Wizard Lord:I can Extract Anything

"How much do you need?" Vladi involuntarily repeated Richard's bold claim.

"Friend, did you cultivate these yourself?"

Richard remained silent, his expression indifferent, ignoring the question.

Realizing his faux pas, Vladi ceased probing and stated his terms.

"I need fifty kilograms of these mushrooms."

Richard frowned slightly. Although knowledge trades among wizards often hold high value, Vladi's demand seemed excessive for the mental message compression technology.

The improved sacrificial fungi were produced by the World Mushroom, effectively a world master's body.

The mental message compression was merely a prototype, with perfect alternatives available, and its value couldn't match fifty kilograms of improved sacrificial fungi.

"That's too high," Richard said flatly.

Vladi said nothing, instead entering his basement. He returned with several thick notebooks.

Placing them before Richard, Vladi said firmly, "They're worth the price. These are my ancestor's research notes, including experimental results. You won't just gain mental message compression from these. The technology is more complex than you think."

Now Richard was intrigued.

If it were just the results, it wouldn't be worth the price. But detailed research notes were different.

Research isn't always smooth for wizards; failures are inevitable.

But failures can be valuable—sometimes trash is just misplaced gold.

Richard placed his hand on the notebooks. "Deal."

They signed a contract. Richard retrieved fifty kilograms of improved sacrificial fungi from his secret realm and handed them to Vladi, then pocketed the notebooks.

Before leaving, Richard spent some magic stones to acquire additional apprentice-level knowledge on soul studies from Vladi.

Thus, the wizardly trade concluded.

Back at his wizard tower, Richard didn't immediately delve into the new knowledge.

His grounding in soul studies was too thin, requiring foundational knowledge. Besides, the Dream World Communication Technology demanded him to devise a mental amplification rune array.

Not an easy task.

Richard opened his notebook, crossing off the mental message compression acquisition and listing a new goal.

[Learn foundational soul studies to master this technology.]

...

Research time flies by, and twenty years passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Richard supplemented his soul studies knowledge and continued exploring the unique structures of the Forerunner Crystal.

At dawn, sunlight streamed through the laboratory window, warming Richard's face.

The bloodshot-eyed Richard sensed the slight environmental change, glanced outside, and pulled a vial from his pocket, swallowing its contents.

A diligent wizard's day begins with a dose.

Wizards often immerse themselves in research around the clock, supported by their robust physiques and mental fortitude.

However, such relentless research takes a toll on body and mind.

That's when wizards might resort to stimulants to continue their work—like taking a dose.

Richard's choice wasn't the usual stimulant but a neurotoxin called Ravenvine.

Half a milliliter of this toxin could kill a peak apprentice, yet Richard's powerful physique rendered it harmless.

Of course, Richard had a reason for using the toxin.

It was a small attempt to modify his adaptive physique.

If the adaptive body could handle elemental and physical damage, could it also adapt to toxins?

The idea struck Richard while studying the Forerunner Crystal and browsing potion-related books.

So far, Richard's idea seemed feasible, though the effect wasn't significant. Improving the adaptive body required refining the adaptive potion formula.

Flap, flap...

A black crow entered the lab.

"Caw, Richard, you've been here a year," Ulysses landed on his shoulder, concerned. "At this rate, you'll be the first second-tier creature I've seen work themselves to death."

Richard glanced at him. "I'm close to uncovering the crystal's secret. I'm just a hair's breadth away."

He gestured with his fingers.

Since acquiring the Forerunner Crystal in the Hive World, Richard had spent over fifty years researching it, yielding nothing.

While not uncommon in wizardry research, five decades of fruitless effort was disheartening.

A year ago, an idea struck Richard—perhaps he could explore the crystal's internal structure through multi-magic matrix resonance.

This idea drove Richard to spend a sleepless year in the lab, dedicating every moment outside of necessary meditation to the crystal.

Now, he felt the secret was within reach.

Richard activated the rune array on his desk.

A device resembling an alchemical gyroscope began to glow faintly as magic infused it.

Buzz!

A prolonged magical wave emerged, the result of brief multi-magic resonance.

At the gyroscope's center, a rice-grain-sized crystal underwent magical probing.

Soon, the runes on the gyroscope dimmed, and the connected crystal ball began outputting results.

Richard glanced at the results, habitually noting them in his notebook.

Suddenly, his quill paused.

"Caw, what's wrong?" Ulysses asked.

"Nothing."

Richard closed the notebook, collapsing into his chair.

"I found what I needed—a structure to reduce energy loss. I've found it."

After fifty years, the Forerunner Crystal finally revealed a glimpse of its secrets to Richard.

...

The Forerunner Crystal held many secrets, and among Richard's collection, he sought the energy cycle structure that drastically reduced energy loss.

Finding this structure and converting it into a rune would significantly advance his evocation and alchemy skills.

With the energy cycle structure found, rune conversion began.

Half a year later, Richard gazed at the complex, aesthetically pleasing rune on his test bench, tears of joy welling up.

Fifty years of research had finally borne fruit.

Yet Richard knew this was but a fraction of the Forerunner Crystal's secrets, with much more knowledge awaiting exploration.

He named the rune Forerunner Rune One, which in a rune array reduced Richard's energy loss by nearly ten percent.

Thus, for the same spell, while other wizards needed ten units of magic, Richard required only nine.

Though seemingly minor, in energy-intensive spells, this could mean the difference between success and failure. In alchemical machinery, a ten percent reduction in energy loss could greatly extend equipment lifespan.

Recording the rune in a crystal ball, Richard pulled out a blueprint from his pocket.

The blueprint detailed part of the Lavoisier Type-II Alchemical Magic Stone Cannon.

The Forerunner Rune One's energy-saving properties suited the magic stone cannon perfectly.

"Just need a core spell. Annihilation Heart won't do, but designing a spell with Oblivion Flame as the core rune isn't too hard."

Richard pondered the blueprint, brainstorming.

"With the core spell resolved, the product's competitive edge needs attention."

Richard recalled the massive magic stone cannons he'd seen on battlefields—excellent for defense but lacking offensively.

"Make it a mortar? Or a grenade launcher?"

Fragments of past-life memories flitted through Richard's mind. The White Wizard Corps indeed lacked alchemical weapons with mortar-like functions.

However, Richard quickly dismissed the idea; the White Wizard Corps didn't need such weapons.

Wizards themselves were mortars.

"With Rune One, my magic stone cannon could be lighter. If not a mortar..."

Richard recalled the small cannons on war zeppelins, sparking an idea.

"Rocket artillery seems like a good choice. Lower spell power, increase firing rate, and use it for area saturation."

In otherworldly expeditions, wizard numbers were always a limitation. During the Hive World campaign, the entire Third District had only a few thousand defenders. An alchemical weapon enabling one or two wizards to mimic the White Wizard Corps' combined firepower would excel in planar wars.

With the concept set, Richard began implementation.

He borrowed part of the Lavoisier Type-II Magic Stone Cannon's structure, designing most parts himself, and crafted a spell model.

Throughout, Richard faced many challenges, but his network provided ample support. Whether through the guild, Anna, Ellie, or wizards indebted to him, Richard found help.

Thus, three years after solidifying his idea, the wizarding world's first Spell Support Vehicle emerged.

The vehicle mounted twelve alchemical magic stone cannons, capable of firing 120 fireball spells, each with an energy level of 350, in ten seconds. After use, the casting and magical components melted, requiring replacement for reuse.

Beyond firepower, the vehicle boasted exceptional mobility. Thanks to the world's unorthodox magic, Richard found an anti-gravity rune to lighten the vehicle.

With Anna's help, the vehicle reached speeds of 120 km/h on flat terrain and could briefly hover to overcome obstacles.

Gazing at the war machine, rich in mechanical beauty, Richard followed the naming convention for war machinery and dubbed it—

The Richard Type-I Spell Support Vehicle

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