Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

The Black Tower Wizard Academy was located amidst a terrain of hills that stretched on endlessly like waves.

But it seemed due to the season, the hills were covered only with withered yellow grass and dried bushes, rarely a green plant in sight.

The woods among the hills were also mostly golden.

Surveying the terrain, Richard immediately decided to release a Dragon Beast.

At this time, flying in the sky was simply to be a living target.

Most wizards generally didn't touch the ground, and this terrain was also quite suitable for aerial reconnaissance, flying could easily result in a direct encounter with wizards from Meteor Star Academy.

Upon opening the Synthetic Beast Pocket, Richard immediately released the majestic and mighty Dragon Beast.

The Dragon Beast had the appearance of a horse, but it possessed a fierce and majestic dragon head. It had a robust build, standing two meters tall at the shoulder. Moreover, its muscles were extremely developed, especially its sturdy back and the four pillar-like legs.

Its hide was covered in a layer of black scales, which did not reflect sunlight, emitting an air of profound darkness.

After being released, the Dragon Beast displayed no joy at newly found freedom, on the contrary, its golden dragon eyes looked towards Richard the second they opened.

To create a Dragon Beast, the blood of a Fire Lizard was needed, and traditionally, the blood donor would become the owner of the Dragon Beast.

But Richard was certainly not a Fire Lizard.

Therefore, Jolod thoughtfully modified the Dragon Beast.

Jolod had implanted a control tumor into the Dragon Beast's brain, a tumor that could interfere with its judgment, causing it to mistake Richard for its master.

In addition, Jolod had fitted a neural connection port onto the Dragon Beast's spine.

If Richard was willing to modify himself, or add a Biological Magic Equipment to his tailbone, he wouldn't even need to cultivate a bond, and could achieve Man and Horse Unity directly through the neural connection.

The Dragon Beast looked at Richard and tentatively let out a call.

"Roar?"

Richard stepped forward, stroked its head, and then took out a large piece of Flame Giant Beast meat jerky from his pocket.

Upon seeing the jerky, the Dragon Beast's eyes lit up, and its calls became much more cheerful.

Richard fed it the jerky, and the adult-sized piece of meat disappeared after just a few bites in the Dragon Beast's mouth.

Richard stroked the Dragon Beast's head, and it made no resistance.

This meant the Dragon Beast had acknowledged him.

Richard took out another piece of meat the same size as before and fed it to the Dragon Beast, then with a small leap, he jumped onto its back.

Jolod had thoughtfully prepared a saddle and reins for Richard, but he did not need these things.

With a pat on the Dragon Beast's neck, Richard uttered a syllable that might sound a bit grating to ordinary people.

"Gloh!"

Upon hearing this syllable, the Dragon Beast chewing the meat jerky suddenly raised its head. Its muscles began to move, smoothly like flowing water.

Its thick, pillar-like legs started to bend, and its hooves the size of large bowls left deep footprints on the ground.

"Roar!"

The Dragon Beast responded and then bolted forward like a landslide.

Richard sat on the Dragon Beast's back, nodding in satisfaction.

The syllable he had just uttered was from the language of Giant Dragons, a language Richard was originally not aware of, but some of his subordinate Fire Lizards had fought with Dragon Beast Knights.

From their accounts, Richard learned that the Dragon Beast Knights had their own exclusive set of language for controlling the Dragon Beasts.

Richard had them imitate those languages and then found a Giant Dragon language dictionary in the Wizard World.

As Richard had surmised, the languages of the Dragon Beast Knights all originated from the ancient Giant Dragon language.

With the dictionary and practice with the Fire Lizards, Richard quickly developed a set of languages to control Dragon Beasts. Unfortunately, at the time the Dragon Beast had not been optimized, so Richard had no chance to experiment.

Now it appeared, his languages were indeed useful.

Richard then took out a Magic Scroll from his pocket and tore it open.

The spell recorded on this scroll was called "Existence Fade," a Curse Magic that could reduce the presence of its user.

It could even allow the user to blend into a group of ten people, and no matter how others counted, they would only perceive ten.

Compared to optical invisibility, the advantage of this spell was that it could fool even spiritual power probes.

However, although this spell sounded well suited for hiding, it was actually a brutal combat spell within the Curse School.

Because this spell could cause the existence of the afflicted to completely disappear, and in the end, the afflicted would enter a strange state.

He would still be alive, but unable to interact with anything in the world.

He could not attract energy, could not eat, saw nothing but darkness, heard nothing but silence, and felt nothing even when touching with his hands.

Spreading out his spiritual power only revealed a void.

This was a solitude comparable to Soul Darkness.

Once caught in this state, only two paths lay ahead for a wizard, one was suicide, and the other was to live until the caster died.

Once the caster died, the effects of the spell would vanish.

However, the "Existence Fade" in Richard's possession was a lightweight version, the power stored in this scroll could allow a Wizard Apprentice to disappear completely but for Richard, a Second Ring Wizard, at best it could only help him avoid casual spiritual power probes of wizards.

...

On the other side of the battlefield, on the side opposing the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

Meteor Star Academy was executing their plan.

At the center of Meteor Star Academy, a red tower was emitting a fervent aura.

This was the Core Wizard Tower of Meteor Star Academy.

On the hundred and fiftieth floor of that tower, all Three Rings Wizards of Meteor Star Academy gathered together. In front of them, on a flat map projected from a Crystal Ball, countless dots were steadily spreading towards the surroundings of the Academy.

"What is this?" asked a Shaping Wizard who had completely transformed his body into an elemental form.

At the edge of the map, a Wizard with a monocle, who looked rather scholarly, responded to him.

"This is a map, and the lights on it represent the patrol teams we've sent out. We don't know where the Black Tower Wizard Academy is, so we're using this method to find them for the time being."

He was one of the Deputy Deans of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy, a student of the Meteor Star Great Wizard, Crispin Stevens.

"What are we doing here then?" asked another Wizard, his eyes flashing with thunder. "Just sitting around?"

Crispin adjusted his glasses and said calmly,

"We need to decide on an attitude, what our ultimate goal is. This war with the Black Tower Wizard Academy is a complete accident.

The Wizards of the Black Tower Wizard Academy just need to defend, but we have much more to consider.

To what extent are we going to fight this war?

Are we going to take over their commercial area, or their residential area, or perhaps their test zone, or should we simply leave them with nothing but their Core Wizard Tower?"

"What does the Dean say?" asked an old Wizard.

Crispin spread his hands with a tone of resignation,

"The Dean told us to destroy the Core Wizard Tower of the Black Tower Wizard Academy, but that's obviously a bluff. Destroying the Core Wizard Tower wouldn't benefit the Dean at all; it would only give him another enemy.

I tried to contact him before the war, but I couldn't get through."

"Let's just leave the Core Wizard Tower then," the old Wizard spoke again.

He was Zick Helta, one of the Deputy Deans of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy, and a trusted assistant to the Meteor Star Great Wizard.

"After all, the Dean needs to save face. Leaving them with the Core Wizard Tower will look good for him, and we minions won't have too hard a time either."

Having said that, Zick looked at all the Wizards present.

"What do you all think?"

The fiery elemental Wizard who had spoken earlier was the first to respond, "Okay."

The other Wizards, after a moment's thought, nodded one after another.

"I don't mind."

"Let's just go with that, call me when it's time to fight."

"I agree."

Seeing that all the Wizards agreed, Crispin clapped his hands and declared,

"If that's the case, then our target is tentatively set to occupy all areas of the Black Tower Wizard Academy, excluding the Core Wizard Tower."

Having said that, he joked,

"Let's hope the orders they receive on the other side are to defend the Core Wizard Tower so we can both take it easy."

...

Watching a Wizard fly over his head, Richard stood in the woods with a cold smile on his lips.

He didn't even feel any spiritual power when these Wizards flew over his head.

They were clearly students who had never seen battle.

Any Wizard who had been on the battlefield would maintain their spiritual power at a high level of diffusion while scouting and would devote a considerable portion of their attention to the ground.

The bloody lessons taught Wizards that if you don't scout the ground, you'd better have enough means to save your own life.

The natives weren't going to go easy on you just because you're a novice.

Richard took a Magic Wand out of his pocket, but it wasn't his Secret Silver Wand; it was his own Pure Gold Magic Wand.

Richard then took out a Nomi Crystal Stone from his pocket, switched the head of his Pure Gold Magic Wand, and after the switch, the Pure Gold Magic Wand's boost to his Spell power dropped significantly.

But at this point, pursuing power was actually pointless.

A 500-Energy Level Fireball and a 1000-Energy Level Fireball could both kill the Wizards above; using a Nomi Crystal Stone wand head, the Spell fluctuations would be smaller.

After switching the wand head, Richard began moving slowly in the direction the Wizards had come from.

The Meteor Star Wizard Academy did not know where the Black Tower Wizard Academy was, and naturally, the Black Tower Wizard Academy was also unaware of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy's location.

Originally, Richard had planned to scout a bit, but now there was no need.

As Richard set off towards the Meteor Star Wizard Academy, other Second Ring Wizards also noticed these scouting Wizards in the sky.

...

"Are they not even scouting the ground?" Anka shook his head as he watched the Wizards fly overhead.

As a seasoned old Wizard, he felt an unusual pity for these novice Wizards, who were so reckless.

They were so inexperienced that he felt like he was bullying children.

"Never mind, let's not kill these rookies yet. The attack hasn't started, and it would not be good to provoke powerhouses."

With that, Anka's figure suddenly vanished, leaving behind only a trail of faint footprints that spread outwards.

...

In various places on the battlefield, the elite Wizards dispatched by the Black Tower Wizard Academy watched the Wizards flying overhead, each reacting with derision, emotion, or disdain.

But there were also those unlucky ones who had headed in the opposite direction of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy and had not encountered any Wizards yet.

However, they all shared one common trait—they chose not to engage in combat.

All the Wizards tacitly chose to lurk, following the tracks of these inexperienced Wizards and infiltrating the Meteor Star Wizard Academy.

Their mission was to cause disruption behind enemy lines and to deplete the strength of the Meteor Star Wizard Academy. At this juncture, the war had not yet begun.

Any Wizard who exposed themselves was looking for death.

Thus, the first day of war passed in such a quiet way.