Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

"Patrol team vanished without a trace?"

Crispin looked at the message in the Crystal Ball, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

The powerful Magic Beasts around the Academy had been eradicated on their first day in this world, and they had even dispatched a Three Rings Wizard to patrol, ensuring absolutely no fish slipped through the net.

But if it wasn't Magic Beasts, then there was only one answer for the disappearance of the patrol team.

Crispin looked at Zick opposite him. The two of them were the real power deputy deans of the Academy, and before he became deputy dean, Meteor Star Academy had only Zick as a deputy dean.

This old wizard named Zick had traversed battlefields with his teacher before his teacher became a Great Wizard, his experience in wars was particularly abundant.

He felt it was better to discuss this matter with the two of them.

"Master Zick, what do you think about the disappearance of the patrol team?" Crispin said.

Zick lifted his head, his gaze very calm.

"Somebody has stealthily approached, what's your opinion, should we redeploy wizards from the front?"

Crispin shook his head, "Now is the best opportunity to breach the defenses of Black Tower Academy. As the attackers, we need to seize every chance.

To deal with these rats, I think adjusting the Academy's defense measures will suffice."

Zick nodded, "I think so too, please take the trouble, I'll make the adjustments."

...

The setting sun was falling, the sunset like blood.

Richard stood three kilometers outside Meteor Star Wizard Academy, watching the suddenly changed patrol teams, and couldn't help but shake his head with a headache.

Richard could see that the command layer of Meteor Star Academy had made a move, and the person who acted was an old wizard.

This old wizard had adjusted the patrol teams from small squads to mid-size squads, doubling the number of people in a patrol team compared to before.

Moreover, each patrol team was now accompanied by two Second Ring Wizards as the team leaders and deputy leaders, which significantly boosted the patrol teams' combat power.

Furthermore, the patrol zone of the patrol teams had been greatly reduced; they now only patrolled inside the Academy.

Richard also noticed that some wizards had begun to wear identity badges, which he guessed were products of Alchemy.

The purpose of the identity badges, Richard surmised, was to prevent team members from being silently replaced.

However, their badge count seemed to be insufficient, only a few teams were equipped with badges.

"This is going to be troublesome now."

Richard stroked his chin, looking at Meteor Star Wizard Academy, falling into worry.

There was no choice, their task was to lure the frontline wizards back to the rear to lessen the pressure on the frontlines.

But Meteor Star Academy clearly didn't plan to redeploy people back.

Attack all you want, as long as I reduce the patrol area and increase the patrol team numbers, like a turtle shrinking its head.

Your attacks are useless.

Once the situation on the front stabilizes, then we'll deal with you.

"It looks like they won't redeploy people unless we really hurt them."

Richard undid a Synthetic Beast Pocket from his waist and then released the contents.

Three Fire Lizards woke from their slumber and knelt before Richard saying,

"Master."

Since the rift in the Secret Realm could not be opened through the World Mirror, Richard could only put these three Third Level Fire Lizards into the Synthetic Beast Pocket to bring them into the World Mirror.

Richard undid another pocket, took out the parts of the Mechanic Type One Single Soldier Armor, and handed them to the three Fire Lizards to don themselves.

After over a year of training, the Fire Lizards had become very proficient in donning the armor.

The three helped each other and spent nearly half an hour to fully don the armor and complete the adjustments.

Makar, who had come out earlier, now arrived beside Richard, and Richard's Witch Hunting Team was now officially at full strength.

The three latter Fire Lizards looked at the distant towers, their eyes involuntarily flashing with astonishment.

The Core Wizard Tower of Meteor Star Wizard Academy, although not as tall as the Black Tower Great Wizard's residence, was still seven to eight hundred meters high; such a gigantic structure, the Fire Lizards were seeing for the first time.

Their level of shock was similar to the first time they saw the Floating City.

"Master, is this the Wizard Academy you spoke of?" one Fire Lizard asked, "Such a massive city, such... majestic architecture, is it really just an Academy?"

This Fire Lizard, named Heraen, was a famous Noble architect in Morick Empire before joining Merrick's Shield.

As an architect, he was all too aware of the terrifying aspect of that tall tower.

Such a huge tower, seemingly made of stone, it was nothing short of baffling.

Because if stone was used as the material, then the sheer weight of the height would be enough to crush the stone.

That tower must have utilized many technologies he was unaware of.

"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you," Richard pointed at the distant tower and said, "In the Wizard World, an Academy is equivalent to your capital.

And that tower you see, it is the residence of another Great Wizard."

Heraen looked at the tower, his heart once again filled with fortune.

He was fortunate to see such a magnificent structure, and also fortunate that New World Island was first discovered by Richard.

The more they understood the Wizard World, the more despair filled the hearts of the Fire Lizards.

The gap between civilizations was so vast that even their hatred began to waver.

When the gap between the two parties of hatred is too large, people's mentality tends to change.

The hatred of ants is meaningless to a giant.

The other two Fire Lizards were also stunned by the magnificence of the high tower, but they were not architects and did not have such a profound experience as Heraen.

"Lord, what should we do next?" one Fire Lizard asked.

This Fire Lizard was named Kava, and before joining Merrick's Shield, he was the most outstanding Flame Giant Beast Hunter in the Morick Empire.

"Do what you used to do best, hunt."

Richard looked towards the distant Meteor Star Academy and slowly said.

Although, with his current strength, he could easily slaughter his way through the Meteor Star Academy, doing so would only attract the pursuit of the Three Rings Wizards.

The Witch Hunting Team, though formidable, consisted only of four Fire Lizards.

According to the intelligence Richard had gathered, there were at least dozens of Three Rings Wizards at the Meteor Star Academy.

If the Meteor Star Academy targeted him and dispatched multiple Three Rings Wizards to pursue him, even with the Witch Hunting Team, he would hardly escape death.

The Mechanic Type One Single Soldier Armor, after all, was not the Holy Armor left by the Pioneers that could allow Fire Lizards to slaughter Three Rings Wizards as easily as killing chickens.

In a sufficiently spacious area, facing an experienced Three Rings Wizard, a single Fire Lizard in Mechanic Type One Single Soldier Armor would still be defeated by the Three Rings Wizard—it would just take more effort.

Thus, Richard had to restrain himself and maintain a balance.

This balance must necessitate the Meteor Star Academy to divert front-line wizards without causing them to dispatch Three Rings Wizards after him.

"Lord, the prey is bunkered in its nest; we need some bait to hunt it," Kava remarked after observing the environment inside the academy. From the first glance at those patrol teams, Kava instinctively felt that this team was difficult to deal with.

"Bait?" Richard suddenly chuckled, "Isn't the bait right in front of you?

I am the biggest bait, hoping to hook a big fish."

"You as bait?" the only female Fire Lizard in the Witch Hunting Team spoke up.

"How can you be the bait? Right now, we all rely on you for our survival, my lord. You must not come to harm.

Let's think of something else for the bait."

The female Fire Lizard was named Mishan, and before joining Merrick's Shield, she was a well-known noble physician in the Morick Empire.

Richard had some impression of her; she was among the earliest to sign the contract at New World Island.

Richard waved his hand: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

...

After modifying the patrol range and the personnel arrangement of the patrol team, the news of the patrol team's disappearance vanished from Crispin's crystal ball.

Although the Meteor Star Academy was not built as a fortress, there were quite a few defense measures internally, and magic-powered Light Prism Towers, like street lamps, covered the entire outer ring of the academy.

These Light Prism Towers were directly powered by the Magic Pool of the Core Wizard Tower, each attack reaching two thousand Energy Levels. Moreover, the attack ranges of the Light Prism Towers overlapped each other, and one could trigger the attack of two or even three towers by bad luck.

Once the patrol team identified a suspicious target, these Light Prism Towers would commence operation under the directive of the alarm signal.

By then, unless the infiltrator was a Three Rings Wizard, they would likely perish on the spot.

At night, the patrol team patrolled as usual.

Lead by two Second Ring Wizards who had participated in inter-planar expeditions, the whole team was silent and vigilant, all wizards projecting their spiritual powers outward, not overlooking any suspicious places.

For wizards who had truly experienced war, the battlefield was never a place for looseness; any negligence would only lead to death. Under their insistence, those novice wizards who had never been to a battlefield also had to buckle up and take this boring and unrewarding patrol job seriously.

Suddenly, the Second Ring Wizard at the forefront of the team stopped, and a brilliant beam of light shot from the lantern he held, dispersing a shadow fifty meters away from him.

Seeing this, other members of the patrol team also shone their lanterns towards that area.

As the illuminated area expanded, a distinctive shadow flashed briefly before their eyes.

The shadow did not immediately disappear under the light, but paused for a moment.

This moment might deceive the novice wizards in the team, but it certainly could not fool the two Second Ring Wizards who had experienced wars.

"There's an intruder!"

The Second Ring Wizard shouted loudly, and a red light flew out of his palm, quickly entering the Core Wizard Tower.

The patrol team members waved their magic wands, and disorganized spells instantly covered the area around the shadow, while the surrounding Light Prism Towers already awakened, the colorless crystals at their tips suddenly turning a vivid red.

Then, a figure emerged from the shadow, resembling a Second Ring Wizard based on the magic fluctuations.

After appearing, the wizard flickered into a further shadow, then without looking back, fled towards the outside of the academy.

With such speed, he vanished from the patrol wizards' sight in the blink of an eye.

"Captain, shall we catch this rat?" a novice wizard eagerly asked.

After becoming wizards, these novices rarely experienced combat, and now with an opportunity to act, they were all eager to test their years of research on an enemy wizard.

But both team captains shook their heads.

"Catching them is not our responsibility."

With that, a team of five Black Wizards, all Second Ring Wizards and each wearing a conspicuous red Alchemy Badge on their chests, hurried from the depths of the academy. They approached the patrol team, and after the patrol team captain spoke briefly with the leader of the Black Wizards, they continued patrolling along the planned route.

Meanwhile, the Second Ring team swiftly advanced towards the direction where the figure had fled, quickly disappearing into the darkness.