Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 300 - 299 The Person Who Should Not Appear
Chapter 300: Chapter 299: The Person Who Should Not Appear
Chapter 300: Chapter 299: The Person Who Should Not Appear
Richard followed Angel and looked in the direction she indicated, only to see the speaker was a woman, nearly in her forties, with a gaunt face and sallow complexion, her chin sharp.
The woman was clad in a scarlet Wizard Robe, embroidered all over with roses of various colors, resembling a rose garden. Between the roses, faint white skulls were visible, imparting a strange and thrilling sensation.
The woman looked at Angel and scolded coldly, “Angel, what on earth are you doing?!”
“Teacher, I…” Angel’s face was pale, and her body trembled slightly, like a mouse caught by a cat. There was no respect for the old woman on her face, only fear—more precisely, terror. Angel opened her mouth to explain, but the old woman ruthlessly cut her off before she could finish.
“Haven’t I told you not to talk to people outside Rose City? You promised me that before I brought you to White Stone Tower. So, you’ve only been here a few days and you’re already thinking about disobeying?”
“Teacher…”
“That’s enough, come here!” the old woman commanded sharply.
Angel jolted like a startled rabbit, obediently walked over without even daring to glance at Richard, and followed the old woman away.
Richard’s eyes twinkled, watching the departing figures of the old woman and Angel, he touched his nose, muttering, “Seems interesting…”
Turning his gaze towards the distance, Richard saw more and more White Stone Tower Wizards appearing, and Wizards from other Wizard Organizations who came for the “study exchange” also gradually showed up, collectively annihilating the remaining Infected, whose numbers were dwindling.
Thus, the disaster caused by the Infected hadn’t had a chance to fully manifest its destructive potential before it was terminated.
That was to be expected.
After all, this was White Stone Tower Academy, home to numerous Wizards. Any disturbance could swiftly attract a large crowd, preventing significant damage.
However, minor damage is still damage.
During this incident, a teacher from White Stone Tower Academy was infected, and it was uncertain if recovery was possible; students from White Stone Tower Academy and other Wizard Organizations suffered varying degrees of fatalities. Particularly, students from Deep Blue Castle killed in this part of the square were nearly completely wiped out, even though more students from Deep Blue Castle were present elsewhere in the academy, the losses were substantial.
White Stone Tower Academy was bound to compensate Deep Blue Castle since the event happened on their territory. However, for White Stone Tower, compensation was a minor issue; the main concern was the hit to their prestige, which was devastating.
White Stone Tower had put a lot of effort into organizing this East Coast Joint Exchange Conference, which this incident disrupted, likely irreversibly. They would bear the stigma of this for many years to come.
Richard squinted his eyes, curious about the motive behind this incident.
Clearly, it was the work of the Mysterious Organization, Suo Men. But why would they strike at White Stone Tower like this? Weren’t they previously involved in destroying narcotics? Why was there such a huge discrepancy in their actions?
Could it be that Suo Men bore a grudge against White Stone Tower Academy? Or did the hosting of the East Coast Joint Exchange Conference by White Stone Tower interfere with some plans of the organization Suo Men was part of, prompting them to act destructively?
After much thought, Richard couldn’t pin down the truth, as the information he had was too scant. Shaking his head, he discarded these distracting thoughts, deciding not to get too involved in this matter as it might affect his own activities.
With this in mind, Richard walked off to start on what he had originally planned to do at the academy—try his luck at the library and also ask Gro to keep an eye out for books related to the Black Spirit Empire.
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Night time, at the main laboratory, the laboratory.
Richard was busy.
About the two tasks he performed during the day at White Stone Tower Academy—trying his luck at the library and asking Gro to look out for books related to Black Spirit Empire; the latter was settled as Gro agreed immediately. However, the former bore no fruit, as not a single book in the vast library could make the ancient Ring heat up. This indirectly showed that succeeding by pure luck was indeed not a trivial matter.
“Swipe,” Richard, after busy processing numerous culture dishes and returning them to the cabinet, walked back to the experiment table to continue his research on Magic Runes.
“Rustle, rustle, rustle…”
Initially, Richard sketched and wrote on the Papyrus Scroll for a long time, then he started working with No.2 Ring and eventually engraved a new Magic Rune on it—Low Temperature Dizziness.
This was an excellent Magic Rune that he had recently developed through continuous research and integration of many runic formations. Its effects were similar to the other runes on No.2 Ring—Paralyzing Lightning, Frost Freeze, Erosive Poison—all of which induced negative effects on enemies, specifically causing them to feel dizzy or faint.
The underlying mechanism of action was to lower the enemy’s body temperature, slow down the circulation of their blood, and reduce the blood supply to the brain, which led to insufficient cerebral circulation and consequently dizziness, fainting, or even death.
After completing the engraving of the Magic Rune, Richard laboriously found two mice in the yard and conducted an effectiveness test. The result was that one mouse died and the other was severely injured.
Richard nodded in satisfaction, quickly wrote down notes on the Papyrus Scroll, sat down in a chair, lay his body flat as much as possible, relaxed his whole body, and began meditation.
The reason for meditation wasn’t merely a sudden interest on Richard’s part but stemmed from multiple factors.
Firstly, it was necessary to practice meditation regularly to train his Spiritual Strength.
Secondly, it served as an adjustment after tedious work.
Thirdly, and most importantly, earlier that day at the White Stone Tower Academy, he had led away a large group of the Infected single-handedly without the aid of other wizards. The process was not particularly perilous, but it had consumed a significant amount of Free Energy Elements from his Magic Origin, which needed replenishment.
Richard closed his eyes, let his mind go blank, and started to enter a state of meditation.
Before long, the effects of meditation were evident; Richard felt his body slowly becoming heavier and heavier, as if it was a massive stone sinking downwards.
At this moment, beneath his body was no longer the wooden chair but the limitless ocean.
“Splash!”
Richard thought he heard the sound of something heavy plunging into water, his body jolted. Then his body entered the water, and the buoyancy of the water, like a pair of hands, lifted the body that smashed into the “sea water” and threw it upwards.
“Swish!”
As his body left the water surface, Richard felt as if he had shed some heavy fetters, becoming lighter and lighter. Gradually, he transformed from a huge stone to a small stone, from a small stone to a pebble, from a pebble to a leaf, and finally from a leaf to a feather floating upwards…
Richard tried to “open” the eyes of his consciousness and saw that his Consciousness had separated from his body and was now floating above the chair, while the ocean and everything else did not actually exist and were merely illusions and perceptions in his mind.
Having gathered his thoughts, Richard didn’t waste time; he controlled his Consciousness to ascend rapidly, breaking through the roof and up into the sky.
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Eventually, Richard’s Consciousness stopped hundreds of meters above the ground and began rapidly absorbing the Free Energy Elements projected by the Star Body in the starry sky.
Under the control of his Spiritual Power, the Free Energy Elements continuously entered Richard’s Consciousness, then followed a long strip attached to the back of the neck of his Consciousness, transferring back to the physical body in the main laboratory, and storing inside his Magic Origin.
After a while, Richard finished the absorption and storage of the Free Energy Elements, and his Consciousness began to descend, preparing to return to his physical body in the main laboratory. However, just as the altitude dropped to several tens of meters, he suddenly stopped; his Consciousness’ eyes gazed out toward the street outside the laboratory’s courtyard wall, conjuring strange thoughts in his mind.
Hmm? What’s this situation?
The street where the laboratory was located was very secluded, a reason he had chosen to rent this house initially from Alex. Normally, there were no people walking on the street, and the nearby houses were quiet, resembling haunted houses. Yet now, a person who shouldn’t be here was wandering in the street.
“Um…”
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