Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Enemy Approaches

“Bzzz!”

The Mosquito Monster flew into a rage in an instant. The item it had dropped was none other than its feeding device—a long, slender proboscis.

With the Mosquito Monster’s rage, Richard had successfully achieved his goal—drawing its ire.

“This can’t be used like that anymore.”

Richard gasped in pain. Although that strike was powerful, it had cost him all the muscles in his arm to break. Now, his sword-wielding arm lacked any strength, and it would take several minutes to recover enough to use it normally.

Minutes may sound short, but in a battle, that could be the entire fight.

Utilizing the Gale Boots and Levitation Skill, Richard deftly maneuvered through the trees, teasing the mosquito into chasing him.

The Mosquito Monster didn’t have any long-range capabilities, and it wasn’t very smart—just physically robust, with a hard proboscis and wings that cast a mesmerizing effect.

Richard almost felt leisurely as he dodged the creature.

“Richard!”

At Ali’s call, Richard began to lead the Mosquito Monster back the way they came. But he hadn’t taken many steps when a surge of a distinct wave pattern suddenly froze him in his tracks.

Other people were approaching.

In that instant, Richard realized that the arrival of someone with a distinct wave pattern at this moment likely meant trouble.

“Let’s test that person’s level with this Mosquito Monster.”

With that thought, Richard promptly smashed an Alchemy Potion on the ground from his Magic Pocket, and a pungent smoke arose in the woods.

Richard squatted in the smoke, invisible under his Invisibility Cloak, as the Mosquito Monster buzzed stonily.

With the cloak shielding him, his wave pattern was immediately masked by another.

From afar, Ali also sensed someone’s approach. Unlike Richard, she decided to fire her long-held Spell in the direction of the wave.

Boom!

A violent explosion echoed through the dense woods.

Richard, who was hiding, shook his head at this.

Ever since following Master Susanna, Ali had grown fond of using the Fireball Technique as a greeting.

The explosion’s blast dispersed Richard’s smoke screen, but by then he no longer needed the smoke for cover.

A larger target had attracted the Mosquito Monster’s attention.

“Cough cough cough… Since when is the Fireball Technique considered a new Wizard’s Salute?”

On one side of the dense forest, a row of Wizard Apprentices advanced neatly, and behind them, a blind Apprentice with eyes rolled back addressed Richard.

“Soul School Apprentice.”

Richard narrowed his eyes and quietly slipped on two rings from his Magic Pocket.

He was already wearing a Mind Protection Ring, but when dealing with Soul School Wizards, it didn’t hurt to take extra precautions.

Soul School Wizards excelled in mental manipulations: Slave Seeds, Mind Control, Thought Stamps—all specialties of the Soul Wizards.

It could be said that if Curse Wizards had a bad reputation among wizards, then Soul Wizards were infamous, inducing disdain even from the dogs.

“Are you Richard?”

The blind Apprentice greeted Richard.

But before Richard could respond, his ring suddenly lit up red, and a sharp pain instantly cleared his mind.

“Damn it, trying to mess with my mind right from the start.”

Richard narrowed his eyes, a hint of murderous intent flashing through his mind.

At the same time, Ali also encountered some trouble.

An apprentice, standing beside a Flame Giant, gave Ali a Wizard’s Salute.

“Shape-shifting School, Holder.”

Ali returned the salute, “Shape-shifting School, Ali.”

As an apprentice of the same school, Ali could clearly feel the terrifying strength of the apprentice before her.

The Flame Giant’s strength was almost that of an Advanced Apprentice; every move it made was equivalent to a Fire Element Spell, and if it exploded, it would flatten hundreds of meters around it.

How could such a thing be controlled by an Intermediate Apprentice?

“So, you are a disciple of Master Susanna,” Holder frowned slightly.

If Ali were a disciple of any other Shaping Wizard, he would not have feared her, but unfortunately, she was Susanna’s student. @@novelbin@@

Susanna was one of the few wizards in the Academy who was proficient in both curses and shaping.

He had once heard his mentor say that Susanna possessed a Spell called Curse Flame, which, once contracted, was as unshakable as a curse, burning everything from the body to the soul to ashes.

It was just unknown whether she had passed this Spell on to Ali before her.

…

“Mind Protection, Alchemy Wizards really are rich,” the blind apprentice remarked regretfully upon sensing the failure of his mind invasion.

If this had succeeded, he would have secured a spot in the top three of the points board.

However, he was not too disheartened; it was just a layer of Mind Protection, and he had ways to break through.

Richard silently drew out two Magic Stones to extract Magic Power.

Anger did not make Richard lose his sanity; he knew even a lion exerts full strength when catching a rabbit, much more so since this blind apprentice was no rabbit.

He stared at the blind apprentice, thinking coldly, “I’ll feed you to Wuni later.”

In the sky, the Mosquito Monster seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier, frantically circling in the air. The blind apprentice looked at the mosquito with a trace of regret on his face.

Although the Mosquito Monster was of low intelligence and easily deceived by illusions, due to the Rebound Effect, its spiritual power had reached forty points, which he, with his slightly over thirty points of spiritual power, couldn’t control.

If he could control this Mosquito Monster, then in this exam, Holder would be his only enemy.

“Don’t be so tense; it was just a joke,” said the blind apprentice, waving his hand as if trying to lighten the awkward atmosphere.

But coincidentally, Richard’s Mind Protection Ring lit up again, this time twice at once.

This time the blind apprentice didn’t display his previous nonchalance.

“Two Mind Protection Rings! Just how rich are you!”

The blind apprentice frowned, as a disciple of the Soul School, he hated encountering rich individuals like Richard, whose one or two pieces of mind-protective Magic Equipment could render his Spell completely ineffective.

Spiritual Protection Magic Equipment was considered noble among Magic Equipment, each piece starting from at least three thousand Magic Stones. Even making it oneself would cost around five hundred Magic Stones.

And here Richard had two pieces.

Alchemy Wizards are indeed wealthy.

And with two pieces of Spiritual Protection Magic Equipment, Richard must have many other pieces of protective Magic Equipment on him, and naturally, he would not lack Magic Stones. If he could kill Richard, the loot from this act alone would probably exceed his total gains from the entire exam.

Thinking this, the blind apprentice greedily licked his lips.

Just two layers of spiritual protection; he had ways to break through.

But before that, he had to deal with the Black Scale Giant before him, wielding a Great Sword and intending to kill him.

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