Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Apprentice War (Six)

“Sss!”

Anderson and Aldo instantly inhaled a breath of cold air.

An exchange ratio approaching one to forty, were all the apprentices from the Black Tower Wizard Academy monsters?

“One to forty!?”

Anderson and Aldo both exclaimed in shock, the number was so outrageous that their brains struggled to process it.

“Not right!” Aldo was the first to recover, “The strength of the White Wizards must be problematic!”

Richard smiled serenely, without much explanation.

“How could the White Wizards be so weak?” Anderson also came around, his tone carrying uncertainty.

“The White Wizard Academy focuses on legion training, while the Black Wizard Academy emphasizes individual strength. Logically, White Wizards should have an advantage, so how could they be… so weak.”

Richard shook his head. Anderson’s ideas were exactly like his had been at first; who could have thought that White Wizards would be so lackluster.

“Although White Wizards do focus on legion training, their approach is too gentle, and they lack proper combat experience,” Richard explained, “Simply put, these people are rich in theory but lacking in combat experience. Once they encounter unexpected situations, they lose their footing.

When we faced them, we merely blunted their edge a little, and they fled in defeat.”

“That bad?” Aldo could hardly believe it.

If the White Wizards were really as incompetent as Richard described, then how had they become the mainstream who conquered Otherworlds in the Wizard World?

“Believe it or not,” Richard shrugged indifferently, sharing this information purely because they were all in the same camp, as allies with a common goal.

“I’m telling the plain truth. The exchange ratio is laid out right before you, the numbers from all three academies are roughly the same, you can go out and count for yourself.”

After a moment of silence, Anderson and Aldo eventually thanked Richard.

It was undoubtedly a good thing that Richard was willing to share intelligence.

“What do you two plan to do next? Press the advance?” Richard asked with curiosity.

“Hm? Is the Black Tower Wizard Academy not planning to strike?” Anderson frowned, wondering if Richard’s words were a ruse.

If the White Wizards were truly as useless as he said, there was no reason for them not to pursue.

“Mm, our Black Tower Wizard Academy is not planning to pursue,” Richard nodded, “At present, we have some internal issues. I just dealt with a troublemaker, and now we need to regroup.”

Anderson remembered the scene he’d witnessed upon his arrival.

“So, there was a power struggle?” he thought to himself.

He’d initially thought that Richard was in a duel with a powerful White Wizard.

“Apart from that, I would like to advise you two,” Richard said calmly, “The number of White Wizards we faced doesn’t add up; a portion of them did not come to the battle, which suggests they might be preparing defenses at the resource point. If you want to pursue, it’s best to strike as soon as possible.

If you delay, once their defenses are established, the losses will be greater if you move against them.” @@novelbin@@

Upon hearing this, Aldo and Anderson immediately rose to take their leave.

“If that’s the case, then we won’t disturb the Black Tower Wizard Academy,” Aldo stood up and said, “Since this resource point was claimed by your Black Tower Wizard Academy, we at the Annihilation Wizard Academy will not interfere—but as for your original point…”

Anderson also looked at Richard at this moment. One academy holding two resource points seemed excessive.

“How about dividing one point into thirds among the three of us.” Richard suggested indifferently, “We’re all in the same camp, after all, sharing resources is only right.”

Anderson and Aldo were somewhat surprised; they hadn’t expected Richard to agree to such an arrangement so readily.

“But, I have one condition.”

“What condition?” Anderson asked.

“I’d like to borrow some of the Alchemy School apprentices under your command,” Richard said with a smile, “I find the camp constructed by the White Wizards quite nice; I plan to repair and utilize it.”

“Construction of the camp?”

The two apprentice leaders immediately expressed some doubts.

“Repair the camp… Does Black Tower Wizard Academy think we will lose?” Aldo said gravely, “Or is there a problem with the information you’ve told us?”

Richard waved his hand: “I swear by the Sea of Souls, the information I’ve told you is not the slightest bit false.

It’s just that I am naturally cautious, and if you two are defeated, it would be good to have a fortress to hold, wouldn’t it?”

When he finished, Richard playfully winked.

Anderson and Aldo looked at each other, and the doubts in their hearts did not dissipate because of Richard’s explanation; instead, they grew even more.

This was also a downside of being a Black Wizard.

They found it hard to trust others.

But for the time being, confirming the strength of the White Wizard Apprentices was something that both academies needed to do, and since the three academies had no conflicts of interest, Richard had no need to deceive them.

Thus, both academies ultimately chose to pursue the White Wizard Apprentices.

Annihilation Wizard Academy and Void Wizard Academy left a total of thirty Alchemy School Apprentices with Richard, these apprentices not strong, had survived the bloody examination purely by good luck.

And now, being left here with Richard once again proved their luck.

“Talk about stingy, leaving behind only thirty apprentices.”

Richard clucked his tongue, then immediately arranged for these thirty apprentices and those from Black Tower Wizard Academy to start building defensive measures.

Although there was not a hint of falsehood in what he had told Anderson and Aldo, he had a speculation in his heart that he hadn’t shared with them.

The growth rate of the White Wizard Apprentices might be surprisingly fast.

This speculation came from Richard’s intuition.

The White Wizards had reduced their casualties in two battles separated by only a few hours. If they fought a few more battles, those Ivory Tower students would quickly grow.

At that time, the numerical advantage of the White Wizards would be greatly maximized.

But these were only Richard’s speculations.

Under normal circumstances, Annihilation Wizard Academy and Void Wizard Academy amounted to two-thirds of the Black Wizard Camp’s fighting power, taking a resource point that had just suffered a defeat should be a breeze.

Even if the White Witch Camp provided support, they could still retreat.

The worst-case scenario would be a major defeat for the Black Wizards, but the likelihood of that was minimal.

Following the White Wizard’s remaining traces, Richard and a few Alchemy apprentices discussed the construction of the camp.

First came the wall; the foundations of the wall constructed by the White Wizards could still be found in the camp. Judging by the foundation, the wall was incredibly thick but not particularly tall.

Richard surmised that the primary function of this wall was likely to elevate the Wizard Apprentices’ field of vision while incidentally consuming a bit of the opposing apprentices’ Magic Power.

After all, maintaining Levitation Skill also requires Magic Power.

Next were the traps outside the walls.

According to Richard’s thinking, Magic Arrays were best made to be manually activated, and the distance they were set had to be far enough from the camp. In the vicinity of the camp, it was enough just to place a few warning Magic Arrays.

The Undead Wizard’s Puppet scouts would easily eliminate those activation Puppets. Richard was also prepared for the possibility of the Black Wizards suffering a defeat.

If they accidentally trapped their own people with trigger-style traps, it would be quite the joke.

Next, Wizards can fly, especially once they had built the walls; the White Wizards, if they attacked, certainly wouldn’t go by ground.

Magic Arrays that could detect flying weren’t nonexistent, but that was something only Wizards could handle; these Apprentices better just stick to setting up on the ground.

Having confirmed these two points, all that remained were some details. After discussing everything with a few apprentices, Richard began the construction work.

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