Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Upon receiving the news, the community at the Black Tower Wizard Academy within the Tower of Truth bubbled with excitement.

Beams of light shot into the sky; some rode brooms, others sat on flying carpets, some spread their wings wide, and some galloped through the air. The multitude of wizards employed their divine skills as they raced toward the Teleportation Gate.

Richard casually counted and saw tens of thousands of beams of light rising just within the community.

If one also considered the faculty of the Academy currently on expeditions now being recalled, a rough estimate suggested that the Black Tower Wizard Academy could mobilize fifty thousand wizards for this war.

Though this number seemed small compared to the number of wizards involved in Plane Wars, it was still formidable.

And they were Black Wizards; they did not move in groups like the White Wizards.

Fifty thousand wizards were already a significant force.

Richard joined the radiant army, following these wizards as they flew toward the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

After becoming a Second Ring Wizard, Richard's flying speed had greatly increased. In less than half a month, he arrived at the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

In the Black Tower Wizard Academy, the wizards and faculty recalled over the years hovered in the sky.

Above them, an immense mirror reflected a vast expanse of land.

Richard looked around among these wizards and surprisingly, did not find his teacher, Jolod, only seeing a few fellow apprentices gathered together.

"Sister, where did Teacher go?" Richard approached Anna and quietly asked.

When Anna saw her long-missed junior apprentice brother, she couldn't help but show a slight smile.

"You've finally arrived. Teacher is now a Three Rings Wizard and has become a member of the command center.

All the command center members are inside the Central Black Tower, communicating with the Dean about the war."

Richard looked at Anna. Since he had gone to the Red Sun World, he had never seen Anna again. Almost a century had passed, and she had undergone significant changes.

Anna's mechanical arm had become more refined; the once clunky design was now covered with a layer of flexible metal acting as skin.

Besides the arm, this silver-grey flexible metal skin covered most of her body, with only her cheeks still composed of flesh and skin.

Richard curiously touched Anna's metal skin and couldn't help asking,

"Sister Anna, this skin of yours is quite special."

Anna's face lit up with pleasure, somewhat proudly saying,

"Hehe, pretty good, right? This layer of flexible metal skin is my recent research and has quite a strong defense against elemental attacks."

Richard was curious, "How much can it defend?"

With a touch of pride, Anna answered, "A thousand energy levels!"

A thousand energy levels...

Richard stroked his chin, his mind not quite catching up.

He had grown accustomed to Giant Dragon Alchemy, where armored plates could easily defend against a few thousand energy levels of elemental attacks. Suddenly hearing about a thousand energy levels, he felt underwhelmed.

Just a thousand energy levels, what could that possibly defend against?

Anna noticed Richard's unusual reaction, but thought her junior apprentice brother was awestruck by her research.

Truth be told, Anna was only ten years older than Richard, and was now just over three hundred years old.

At her age, to create such an amazing piece of work, one needed talent, effort, and luck.

Because of this work, she had caught the eye of the society leader of the Golden Gear Society and had become a member of the society's Inner Ring.

After becoming an Inner Ring member, the Golden Gear Society's knowledge about Alchemy Machines would be completely open to her.

This knowledge was a treasure trove for any wizard.

Moreover, the society leader had promised that if Anna could continue to produce such excellent work, once she became a Second Ring wizard, he would hire her as the Deputy Dean with real power at his Academy.

For a One Ring Wizard, this was unquestionably a tremendous opportunity.

Unfortunately, the one standing opposite her was somewhat unreasonable.

"Amazing, truly amazing," Richard praised, though his heart wasn't entirely in it.

His fire lizards, after finishing the design of the Mechanic Type One Single Soldier Armor, had made leaps and bounds in their Alchemy proficiency.

Calion and Sulina, the two leaders, were almost catching up to him in skill.

"What are you two talking about? Include me and our junior sister, why don't you?"

A male voice came from behind Richard; he didn't need to turn to know who it was, he just opened his arms and embraced the wizard who had come up behind him.

"Brother Chax, you've gained weight again."

Chax remained his usual self, only even rounder than before. Richard could feel that this "fat" was no simple matter, probably the product of some kind of Alchemy Magic.

Chax released his arms, patting his belly and said with mock seriousness,

"What do you know, it's stored energy; it can save your life in a critical moment."

Beside Chax, their junior apprentice sister, Yelena, was sitting astride a Flying Dragon, grinning at them.

"Yelena, that Flying Dragon of yours looks impressive."

Richard touched Yelena's Flying Dragon; it had reached the peak of Level 1 Creatures, with a bulge on its neck, missing just the final push to become a Second-level Creature.

But seeing how docile it was, it seemed it must have been raised by Yelena from a young age.

"Brother, you flatter me. It's just luck."

The Flying Dragon did not dare to act up in Richard's hands, although it was just one step away from becoming a Second-level Creature; the one touching it was a real Second Ring Wizard.

"What do you usually feed it? I have some high-level Magic Beast meat here, if you need it, I'll sell it to you at cost," said Richard.

Yelena's eyes lit up at the words, "Really? You can't go back on your word, Senior Brother."

Anna timely walked up to Yelena's side and patted the youngster's head.

"Little one, your Senior Brother here is quite the wealthy man, earning tens of thousands of Magic Essence.

Would he even care about your small sum of money?"

Chax also joined in with a laugh, "Exactly, right now we're all relying on Richard for our livelihood.

Isn't that right, President Richard?"

Hearing Chax's teasing words, Richard punched him with a laugh.

"Cut it out, what president? This is the Academy, there's no president here, only Junior Brothers and Sisters."

After the banter, Richard greets a few more of Jolod's students and made some introductions.

These people had become Jolod's students long after Richard had, so naturally, he was not close with them. Nevertheless, they were fellow apprentices, and on the battlefield, helping each other out was a given.

A few days passed, and Wizards from all directions continued to pour into the Black Tower Wizard Academy.

Above the Academy, the figures of Wizards loomed like dark clouds, shrouding the sky.

"By the way, Junior Sister, where have all the apprentices of our Academy gone?"

Richard suddenly realized that apart from Wizards, there seemed to be not a single living soul in the entire Black Tower Wizard Academy.

Logically, there should still be tens of thousands of Wizard Apprentices around.

"Oh, that. They've all entered the Dean's Secret Realm," Yelena responded, "Wizard Apprentices are essentially ineffective in the Academy war, so the Dean sent all those with mediocre intelligence into the Secret Realm.

He had them grow into high-level Wizard Apprentices and then directly dispatched them elsewhere.

As for those who have already become official Wizard Apprentices, they are now inside the Central Black Tower.

As long as the Black Tower is not destroyed, they will be able to ascend to Wizard at the Tower of Truth after the war."

Richard raised an eyebrow in surprise, "That is quite the treatment, they're spared even the need for exams."

Yelena smiled and said, "They are indeed fortunate. But they also participated in the Academy war, so this is their reward."

Several more days passed, and suddenly, a ripple appeared on the enormous mirror in the sky.

A Wizard World Guardian wearing a black robe flew out from within, his features still human, but his skin resembled the bark of an old tree; beneath his robe, countless root-like things seemed to be writhing.

Simultaneously, a Wizard flew out from the Central Black Tower. Richard took a closer look and saw that it was Deputy Dean Alex.

Alex flew next to the robed Wizard and respectfully performed a Wizard's Salute.

"Great Guardian."

The robed Wizard looked at Alex and gently asked,

"Alex, is your Academy prepared? If so, the war will commence in six hours."

Alex bowed his head in response, "We are ready."

The robed Wizard nodded, a wooden arm extending from beneath his cloak, from which countless roots spread, gradually forming into a Magic Wand.

The wand appeared as if made of old tree roots, with many tiny roots at the top twisted together, forming a sphere of roots.

The robed Wizard waved the wand, and Magic Power surged out of him like a flood. In the sky, a huge pentagram Array emerged on the mirror's surface, and the mirror emitted a beam of light that enshrouded the entire Academy.

And in the Mirror World, a Black Tower Wizard Academy started to gradually appear.

Richard, watching the World Mirror in the sky, felt a flash of awe.

In the Wizard World, Magic Equipment was only classified by quality, not by level.

After all, many Magic Equipment items had different effects, and the technologies applied within them varied greatly, so it was hard to establish a standard.

In Alchemy Wizard circles, although there was no explicit level classification for Magic Equipment, there was an established, conventional distinction.

The categories were, Common Level Magic Equipment, Rules Level Magic Equipment, and Truth Level Magic Equipment.

The difference lay in the creator, and the so-called Truth Level Magic Equipment referred to that crafted by a Truth Wizard with dedication.

This World Mirror before him was one of the few Truth Level Magic Equipment in the Wizard World.

Rumor had it that a Truth Wizard had integrated a core from a great world while forging it, giving the Mirror World inside an almost infinite space.

According to rumors, aside from providing a battlefield for the Academy war, inside the mirror were sealed some enemies of the Truth Wizards. These foes were dreadful, so much so that even Truth Wizards struggled to eliminate them and could only seal them within the World Mirror, eternally imprisoning them.

As time passed, the Black Tower Wizard Academy within the World Mirror became more distinct.

However, the Black Tower Wizard Academy in the Wizard World became more and more indistinct.

The Academy in the Wizard World was like a painting whose colors had been diluted with water, its hues fading and its form growing transparent.

Through these increasingly transparent structures, Richard saw that the site of the Black Tower Wizard Academy was being replaced by a vast tract of land.

"Has it been displaced with the Mirror World?" Richard conjectured to himself.

Six hours vanished in the blink of an eye, and the original location of the Black Tower Wizard Academy was gone. Where the Central Black Tower once stood, a group of Third Ring Wizards from command, along with some Wizard Apprentices, floated in the air.

The World Realm had displaced the Academy, but could not displace the Wizards within it.

The World Guardian once again waved his wand, and the beam of light from the World Mirror suddenly exerted a suction force. This force made Richard feel as if he was caught in a gigantic vortex at sea. Even with all his strength, he was like an ant trying to shake a tree when faced with such mighty power.

Richard did not resist, allowing the force to draw him into the World Mirror.

A minute later, the sky full of Wizards all disappeared, the Guardian waved his wand, and the image in the sky slowly faded.

In the Mirror World, the Wizards who had been sucked in were now falling toward the ground, pulled by gravity, resembling shooting stars.