Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Dealing with the offspring of the World Tree was a troublesome matter.

Near the World Tree Subbody, there would be Guardian Forests, and it could also summon the Insect Tide, not to mention that its own strength was not weak.

Relying solely on Richard and Ulysses, they would even find it difficult to approach this World Tree Subbody.

Although the World Mushroom could support them, the support of the World Mushroom was limited.

In the Secret Realm, the World Mushroom could have power close to that of the World Master. But once outside the Secret Realm, apart from its huge strength, its tentacles didn't have any particularly formidable aspects.

Therefore, the role of the Fire Lizard Army became apparent.

Richard only needed to specialize them, and with Alchemy, he could make them temporarily serve as the White Wizard Army.

A battle group of five hundred White Wizards, with just two rounds of Magic Concentrated Fire, could cause a Fire Element Storm.

By then, the Guardian Forest of the World Tree's main body would be greatly damaged, which was absolutely good news for Richard.

And thanks to the Academy's suggestions, before joining this war, Richard had prepared a considerable amount of alchemy materials.

There were so many materials that even recreating ten Fire Lizard Battle Groups wouldn't exhaust them.

For Richard, these materials would definitely be needed later, so it was better to buy a bit more rather than not having anything on the battlefield.

So Richard didn't have to worry about materials at all.

With such perfect conditions, it made no sense for Richard not to utilize the Fire Lizard Battle Group.

…

Calion and Sulina quickly arrived at Richard's side.

"My lord, what should we do?"

Richard took out a notebook from his pocket and began to construct the Specialization for the Single Soldier Armor.

"The outer shell of these armors needs thickening treatment, it must at least withstand a physical attack of five hundred Energy Levels, and they need a corrosion-resistant coating on the outside. Next is the weaponry side, we need to add Fireball Guns and Flame Guns.

The power of the Fireball Gun can be smaller, but the Flame Gun cannot have less than one thousand Energy Levels. And we need to add a Dagger... Lastly, we add a simple air purification device as well as hermetic sealing to the armor."

After finishing the plan, Richard tore out the page from the notebook and handed it to Calion.

"Just these, start as soon as possible. Estimate how long it will take to complete the specialization."

Calion accepted the specialization plan, looked over the content, and after a moment of thought, he said with a troubled expression:

"My lord, this plan will take a long time to execute."

"How long?"

"At least a year."

"A year…" Richard frowned slightly, "Why so slow?"

Calion smiled bitterly, "My lord, there are two things in these items that are the most time-consuming. The first is the armor thickening, our craftsmen's skills are insufficient, so we need to remelt the original armor, then reconfigure a new alloy and recast it into armor.

The second thing is the Flame Gun, although not difficult to make, the Energy Level you requested is too high, which significantly increases its difficulty.

We haven't made Flame Guns before, the workers lack experience, and the machines are not specifically designed for manufacturing them.

When I say a year, I'm already being optimistic, and if there's a problem with the design, just a single Flame Gun could take a year."

Calion's mentioned difficulties were very real, so Richard didn't get angry after hearing it.

Anger wouldn't solve anything.

After some thought, Richard replied, "I'll handle the design of the Flame Gun, and the armor thickening can wait... The Flame Gun is essential, and you can prioritize the production of the Flame Guns and Fireball Guns."

In this forest filled with carnivorous plants, the Flame Gun was essential.

And even if they weren't dealing with these carnivorous plants, if they encountered swarms of poisonous insects, the Flame Gun could be very effective.

The Fireball Gun was Richard's weapon to deal with the World Tree Subbody; without it, the entire specialization would be pointless.

Calion spoke respectfully, "Thank you for your understanding. If you have no other requirements, my lord, then we will start now."

"Alright, begin. And remember, you must pay attention to air purification. The air on the battlefield will contain many toxic spores."

"Yes, my Lord."

…

Designing the Flame Gun was not difficult, over the years, although Richard hadn't delved much into Giant Dragon Alchemy, his foundation was solid.

Even after his guidance, among the Fire Lizard Craftsmen, only Calion and Sulina, who had the highest level of Alchemy skills, were barely able to match Richard in some aspects.

Talent was indeed something unreasonable.

Calion and Sulina were considered prodigies among the Fire Lizards, but in front of the Craftsmen refined by Richard, their talents were just ordinary.

Richard spent a month working out the design. After he finished the design, he left the Secret Realm with Ulysses and Hog.

There was some time left before the Battle Group's upgrade, so he thought it better to look for the traces of the World Tree Subbody first.

…

The Green Forest World was very quiet, with few poisonous insects or fierce beasts that made noises.

These biological weapons always appeared silently and hunted without a sound. Even with spiritual power to probe, these creatures often deceived the Wizards.

Snap!

A sound like a crack of a whip reverberated through the forest.

In the dense forest, a towering tree with vines hanging down seemed to come alive. The vines dangling in the shade of the tree twisted in the air, like Medusa's snake hair, sending chills down one's spine.

Not far from it, a wizard in a black robe was holding a Crystal Ball, recording this scene.

Another hand was using a feather quill to record something on a notebook hovering in midair.

"Hanging Tree, danger level: Second Level, characteristics: shades densely draped with numerous vines. Suggested methods of elimination..."

The black-robed Wizard paused his feather quill, stored the completed Crystal Ball in his pocket, and then drew forth a silver Magic Wand.

With a gentle wave of the Wand, a crimson Fireball flew towards the Hanging Tree.

A loud boom resonated as the Fireball exploded, scattering Elemental Flames that instantly set the dangling vines ablaze.

Once touched by the flames, the vines immediately began to thrash about. It was at this moment that the black-robed Wizard rushed to the base of the Hanging Tree, Magic Power surging within him, and he delivered a punch that struck the trunk.

Next, the black-robed Wizard beckoned with a hand gesture, and the notebook automatically flew to his side.

"Suggested methods of elimination: This creature is particularly sensitive to attacks from the Fire Element. It is recommended to use Fire Element Spells to disrupt its senses, then advance close to eliminate it with physical attacks.

Note: This creature possesses an Energy-devouring Trait. If your spell potency is insufficient, do not provoke."

After writing the recommendations, the black-robed Wizard tucked the feather quill into the notebook and casually tossed it into his Magic Pocket before turning to leave.

Behind him, the Hanging Tree, now infused with Elemental Flames, crashed down thunderously.

Its trunk, which could easily resist a thousand Energy Level Spells, had turned into sawdust.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a dragon cry echoed through the sky as a Giant Dragon, controlled by a black crow, shot from above the dense forest straight toward the black-robed Wizard.

Behind them, a cloud-like flock of seed-sowing eagles was frantically pursuing them.

Snap snap snap...

As the Giant Dragon entered the dense forest, leaves scattered in its wake. The white seeding eagles, on the other hand, halted in the sky above the forest.

"Caw caw caw, you stupid birds, come down here!" the black crow atop the Giant Dragon taunted the flock arrogantly.

The black-robed Wizard, witnessing the scene, couldn't help but shake his head.

"Ulysses, these birds are Biological Weapons; they don't understand your taunts."

Ulysses looked towards the black-robed Wizard, somewhat deflated, "Richard, can't you be less of a buzzkill?"

The black-robed Wizard was none other than Richard, dispatched deep into the enchanted forest by headquarters to scout out an offshoot of the World Tree.

Richard casually asked, "How did the scouting mission go?"

Scouting for an offshoot of the World Tree in this dense forest was not an easy task.

It used to be easy because the World Tree offshoots would take the initiative to act. But now they were all in a dormant state, and it became exceedingly difficult to locate them.

Upon hearing the question, Ulysses' annoyed expression instantly vanished to be replaced by a smug look.

"Caw caw caw, praise the great Lord of Crows, I've found it this time!"

Richard was startled, then replied excitedly, "You found it!? Where is it?"

Ulysses fanned his wings, and a tuft of blue-black flames emerged, forming a rudimentary map of flames in the air.

"We are here," Ulysses pointed to a spot on the map with his wing, "and that thing is here."

Saying that, Ulysses used a tuft of black flames to mark a spot in the upper right area of the map.

"It's only about fifty kilometers from you," he added.

Upon hearing this, Richard immediately declared, "Good, you lead the way. Let's head over now!"

...

Fifty kilometers wasn't far for Richard, and despite encountering many obstacles en route, it took him only one hour to reach the destination.

Gazing at the familiar dense forest before him, Richard instantly shifted his gaze to Energy Vision.

Indeed, under Energy Vision, the entire forest was interconnected with the central tree, which looked somewhat wilted.

"My, all these World Tree offspring seem to be cut from the same mold," Richard remarked as he observed the familiar setup.

The defense measures of this World Tree Subbody were identical to those of the one they'd encountered before.

Ulysses urged, "Stop admiring it and call out your Fire Lizards. Let's not let that thing summon an Insect Tide again."

A month had passed since Richard had entered the dense forest; although the Single Soldier Armor for the Fire Lizard Battle Group had not been upgraded, the Fireball Guns and air purifiers were fully operational.

This fulfilled Richard's basic needs for dealing with the World Tree Subbody.

Upon hearing the command, Richard didn't waste any words and immediately opened a rift to the Secret Realm, summoning the Fire Lizard Battle Group.

Having undergone modification, the Fire Lizards' helmets now sported a mask-like filter device, and in their hands were somewhat odd-looking Fireball Guns.

The grip of the Fireball Gun was still like that of a pistol, but there was a device resembling a revolver cylinder on the gun body – the Fireball Gun's spell-casting component.

At the front of the spell-casting component was a large, horn-shaped barrel.

In theory, the Fireball Gun didn't require a barrel to shoot fireballs. However, after experimentation, Richard discovered that adding a horn-shaped barrel slightly accelerated the casting speed.

Moreover, by simply changing the spell-casting component, the Fireball Gun could be readily converted into a Dragon Breath Gun, or Flame Gun.

With such benefits, Richard naturally added the inexpensive horn-shaped barrel.

The Fire Lizard Battle Group emerged from the Secret Realm Rift and, after a brief clearing of the dense forest, quickly arranged themselves into a formation.

One Fire Lizard stepped forward from the formation, performing a Wizard's Salute to Richard.

"Sir, what do we need to do?"

Richard pointed toward the dense forest in front of them.

"See this forest here? Use your Fireball Guns and blast it to pieces for me."