Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

After marking, Bobbobovic straightened up with a serious expression, and a short wand slid out from his sleeve, which he grabbed with a "snap." Holding his breath, he raised his arm and pointed the short wand towards a distant stone.

"Corey..."

Bobbobovic's lips moved as he rapidly chanted a spell.

Moments later, after finishing the chant, the tip of the wand trembled slightly and launched four consecutive blue energy arrows with a "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh."

The four blue energy arrows weren't particularly fast, but they carried an indescribable elegance. Like feathers, they drew beautiful arcs in mid-air and traveled a distance of over a hundred meters, descending near the stone where there was nothing.

Just as the first arrow was about to hit the ground and miss, a Demonized Lizard suddenly emerged from behind the stone, its head coincidentally colliding with the energy arrow.

"Pfft!"

The energy arrow instantly pierced through the lizard's body; the lizard stiffened violently and then lay still, devoid of life.

Behind this Demonized Lizard, its companions, unaware of what had happened, continued to emerge unimpacted from behind the stone.

The slightly delayed second energy arrow fell, and although it was slightly off, hitting only a leg of the Demonized Lizard, the result was the same.

The second Demonized Lizard stiffened and became motionless, dying swiftly.

Then came the third and fourth.

A total of four Demonized Lizards crawled out, as if specifically coordinating with Bobbobovic, precisely hitting the energy arrows and dying in sequence.

Splendid!

A splendid display of spellcasting skills!

This was even more spectacular than when Richard had killed three Demonized Lizards with ice cones. After all, not only was the distance increased, but there was also an additional target.

Of course, to be honest, it would have been simpler to throw a Blast Fireball, but how would that showcase a spellcaster's skill?

After completing all this, Bobbobovic exhaled softly, turned his head to look at Joseph, and, with a hint of pride, asked, "How about that, Wizard Joseph? I wasn't boasting, was I? My skills are indeed competent! Oh, and one thing, I should clarify that my name is Bobbobovic, not Bobbobovic."

"Bobbobic?" Joseph murmured softly, looking at Bobbobovic, "I'll just call you Wizard Vici. I must admit, your skills are more astonishing than your name. Honestly, if not for the last detail not being handled well, you would already be at a master's level."

"Huh?" Bobbobovic frowned upon hearing Joseph's words, "What last detail wasn't handled well? I released four energy arrows that precisely killed four Demonized Lizards!"

"That's exactly the problem," Joseph said.

"Huh?" Bobbobovic was puzzled.

That's when Richard spoke up in an observer's tone, pointing out a very harsh reality: "Behind the stone, there were… five Demonized Lizards."

Five?!

"Ah?!" Bobbobovic was startled, abruptly turning his head to look behind the stone.

His eyes widened, only to see indeed, the fifth Demonized Lizard emerging from behind the stone.

Yes, there were five demonized lizards behind the rock, but he had miscounted in his excitement. So, what was supposed to be a splendid display of spellcasting suddenly became flawed.

No, it was more than just flawed!

A flawed display wasn't just insufficient—it was embarrassing!

Damn it!

At that moment, the fifth demonized lizard was crawling on the damp ground, initially unaware until it realized that its four companions were motionless, finally sensing that something was amiss.

"Hiss..."

The fifth demonized lizard flicked its tongue, sensing the unsettling danger in the air, and decided to turn around and run back the way it came, even without seeing Bobbobovic a hundred meters away.

Richard and Joseph raised their hands, ready to cast spells.

Bobbobovic shouted, "Let me do it! I need to finish what I started, I'll personally take care of this one that slipped through."

After speaking, he gripped his short wand, ready to release a powerful spell to completely annihilate the fifth demonized lizard, but suddenly he yelled, "Hey, don't run, don't run, stop for me! Stop for me!"

It could be seen that just before Bobbobovic cast his spell, the demonized lizard fled into the darkness at great speed, disappearing from sight.

Bobbobovic's expression first stiffened, then, gritting his teeth, he cast multiple enhancement spells on himself and chased after the direction in which the demonized lizard had fled.

While chasing, he shouted, "Don't run, come back! I'm telling you, you can't escape! You absolutely can't get away."

Soon, Bobbobovic also disappeared into the darkness.

But in less than fifteen seconds, Bobbobovic returned from the darkness faster than he had disappeared. While running, he kept looking back and continuously swearing, "Damn it, damn it," as if something terrifying was chasing him.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

It was only when Bobbobovic completely emerged from the darkness that Richard and Joseph could finally see what was chasing him—it was nearly a hundred demonized lizards. Like an army, they pursued Bobbobovic, their tails exploding in an attempt to deliver a lethal attack to him.

Had it been Bobbobovic at his full strength, he naturally wouldn't have feared, but he had only anticipated chasing one demonized lizard and never expected to stumble into the lair of the demonized lizards. Thus, he hadn't ingested potions to enhance his power and was merely at the level of a first-level wizard, hardly equipping him to escape from the terrifying number of demonized lizards.

Seeing so many demonized lizards emerge, Joseph's expression also became grave. After glancing at Bobbobovic, he exclaimed, "Be careful!"

Then raising his hand, he began preparing a powerful spell to address the current situation.

His lips moved, spells were spoken, and the surrounding air began to stir.

Joseph slowly raised his hand above his head, lifting it to the highest point, allowing the air above him to gather and swirl, forming a fiery red vortex that looked somewhat like a cloud—a cloud set ablaze.

"Duck!" Joseph shouted a warning to Bobbobovic, then with a flick of his hand, controlled by his extraordinary power, he sent the vortex flying at high speed. It swept over Bobbobovic's head and thundered toward the nearly hundred demonized lizards behind him.

"Boom!"

With a loud explosion, the vortex burst, and in an instant, countless sparks the size of peas shot out.

The sparks fell like raindrops, harshly pummeling the demonized lizards, wave after wave, ceaselessly. Like a sudden torrential rain in summer, they knocked over, scalded, burned to death, and incinerated the demonized lizards.

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