Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 272 - 56: Truth, Treating Every Creature Equally

Chapter 272 -56: Truth, Treating Every Creature Equally

The battle ended somewhat anticlimactically, but the outcome was all too clear.

The last hope of the Fire Lizard Clan, the Fire Lizard King Morick, had been defeated.

At the mouth of the mineshaft, the miners called up by Lord Richard had despondent expressions. They knew that the Fire Lizard Clan had completely lost all hope.

Standing to the side, Richard watched the scene and nodded imperceptibly.

This was the effect he had wanted.

He knew that before this moment, these Fire Lizards had still harbored impractical fantasies, believing that the Fire Lizard King could lead them once more to expel the Wizards.

But now, that fantasy was shattered.

A younger Fire Lizard, upon seeing Morick flee, suddenly drew a small knife from his belt and stabbed viciously at his own throat.

“Herar, what are you doing!”

Upon seeing this, the surrounding Fire Lizards immediately moved to stop the young one from his folly. But before they could lay a hand on him, they saw Herar’s body freeze in place, immobile, as a chain of Magic Power burrowed out from under his feet, binding him so that he could not move.

The Fire Lizards looked toward Richard, just as Richard silently retracted his finger, speaking in a calm tone,

“Suicide is really quite foolish.

I told you when I took you in to abandon those impractical fantasies and strive to live well in the present.

Clearly, some of you did not pay heed to my words.”

The Fire Lizards silently turned their gaze toward Richard, who reminded them of the words he had said when he first brought them to the mining fields.

“Work hard here, give up on impractical fantasies. Working for me will certainly be ten times better than working under the hand of Fire Lizard Nobles.”

Back then, they had brushed off his words as inconsequential.

Now, those dismissed words had turned into a storm.

Richard moved his fingers again, dispelling the Spell that bound Herar, and the surrounding Fire Lizards seized the opportunity to wrest the knife from his hand.

After his failed suicide attempt, Herar covered his face and wept bitterly. His cries quickly spread throughout the entire mining field, even Heskan, who had become utterly loyal to the Wizards, felt a pang in his heart.

If they had a choice, who would wish to be a crony?

Richard watched the scene in silence. This was what wars between Races entailed.

“Heskan, take half a day off. Tonight’s food remains unchanged; Flame Giant Beast meat is still unlimited.”

Heskan was startled by the words and looked at Richard somewhat bewilderedly before bowing his head and responding,

“Yes, my lord. You treat us even better than our own kin.”

Richard merely smiled and said nothing more.

These Fire Lizards were not merely miners; in the future, they were also to shoulder the responsibility of producing Magic Potions and forming the ranks of the Dragon Beast Knights.

If he did not win over their hearts now, how would he carry out his plans later?

Richard took a box of Red Sun Gold Pattern Stones and turned to enter the Secret Realm.

Under Richard’s development over these years, the Secret Realm had been vastly transformed.

The Secret Realm’s center was still occupied by the World Mushroom, but outside the cap of the World Mushroom, an invisible line divided the realm in two.

On the east side of the Secret Realm was the domain of the Holy Tree Elves, where they cultivated flowers and Demonized Plants. On the other side, several huge alchemy machines connected by conveyer belts took up nearly half the space, with several Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters leading hundreds of Fire Lizard Alchemy Apprentices working in shifts on the conveyer belts.

Over these years, the rudimentary form of the Fire Lizard Alchemy Workshop that Richard had planned had taken shape. He had spent a considerable amount of Magic Essence over the years, trading with other Wizards for Fire Lizards who understood Alchemy.

The Alchemy Workshop in the Secret Realm had grown from a few Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters to the current assembly line.

However, for now, this Alchemy Workshop could only produce items with relatively low technical content, such as the Cross Pickaxes used by the Fire Lizards for mining and certain mechanical components for the Magic Support Vehicles.

Yet, the mass production of the Armored Plates Richard had planned had not even shown the slightest sign of starting.

But Richard had long been prepared for this, as he knew that those high-tech items certainly could not be produced on an assembly line for quite some time.

Richard, carrying the box, strode over to the other half of the Alchemy Workshop’s space.

This space housed the Fire Lizards’ dormitories and material storage. Richard tossed the Red Sun Gold Pattern Stones into the storage and turned to find a Fire Lizard Alchemy Master.

“Talgar, I’ve brought the Red Sun Gold Pattern Stones, what do you need them for?”

Talgar was inspecting the work area at the moment, the alchemy machines’ clamorous symphony forced Richard to communicate with Talgar using telepathy.

Seeing Richard, Talgar immediately made an obeisant bow and then gestured for Richard to leave the work area.

In the Fire Lizards’ usual resting area, there was a soundproof Magic Array. The moment they entered the resting area, Richard’s ears were met with blissful silence.

“Lord Richard, you’ve brought the items, haven’t you?” Talgar said loudly, his voice making Richard’s scalp tingle.

Due to spending a long time in the work area, Talgar had developed a very loud voice, and this up-close conversation was almost as deafening as some Wizard Apprentice’s sonic wave witchcraft.

“Quieter, I can hear you,” Richard said somewhat helplessly.

He then pulled from his pocket a small piece of Red Sun Gold Pattern Stone and handed it to Talgar.

“What do you need this for? Could it be that this thing could be used to make an alloy?”

In Giant Dragon Alchemy, creating alloys was one of the most basic skills. Although Giant Dragon Alchemy could alter the properties of metals, these alterations had their limits. Moreover, different materials had different limits in different aspects.

Therefore, creating alloys had become the most fundamental skill in Giant Dragon Alchemy.

“My lord, that idea might be worth a try; I haven’t yet attempted to use this material to produce alloys.”

Talgar’s volume decreased a bit, but his voice was still loud.

“Let’s get down to business!”

Seeing that Richard was getting somewhat angry, Talgar hurriedly ran to his bed and pulled out a box filled with soft mushroom mycelium. Inside the box, instead of any rare treasures, lay an ordinary ink bottle.

“Lord, have a look at this. I made it using the Red Sun Gold Pattern Stone you brought before.”

Richard took the ink bottle with a puzzled look and opened it, a rich burst of Fire Element instantly spraying out, nearly singeing Richard’s eyebrows.

Looking at Talgar, Richard saw the simple-minded Fire Lizard somewhat embarrassedly laugh: “Haha, the Fire Element was released, an accident, a pure accident.”

Richard touched the bottle with his Magic Power, drawing out a drop of liquid.

The liquid appeared as red as fresh blood, also emitting a scorching aura.

“What is this?”

“My Lord, this is ink.”

“Ink?”

Richard was startled, then quickly pulled out a quill from his pocket. He dipped it in the ink and then infused it with Magic Power, which, mixing with the ink in the quill, caused flames to ignite at the tip.

Richard took out a metal plate from his pocket and began inscribing Runes on it using the feather quill with flames at its tip. The quill glided softly across the metal plate, leaving behind a clear trail of fire where it touched.

As Richard drew the last stroke, a Rune burning with flames took shape on the metal plate.

Richard infused the Rune with Magic Power, and under its influence, the Rune’s flames gradually intensified, finally maintaining a rather dazzling strength.

At this intensity, the Rune was running at full load.

But it wasn’t long before the flames on the Rune began to dim and eventually faded away.

“Incredible, this is unbelievable.”

Looking at the Rune, Richard’s expression shifted from shock to horror.

Talgar had actually concocted Alchemy Ink that could only be created with Wizard Alchemy!

This Fire Lizard had managed to accomplish what Wizard Ancients had once done in stealing fire.

“How did you do it?”

Richard suppressed the astonishment in his heart and asked as calmly as he could.

Talgar scratched his chin, a sheepish look on his face, saying,

“I’m not entirely sure, my Lord, as you know, we’ve tried making ink before. Although unsuccessful, there were still some materials left in the storehouse. One day, I had too much to drink and nothing to do, so I took some and followed the ink-making procedure once through.

But manufacturing this ink requires that Alchemy Array of yours, doesn’t it?

I was quite drunk at the time and ended up operating that Alchemy Array part you made before. I can’t remember how I started it, but it started nonetheless.

I don’t remember much after that, but when I woke up, this thing had formed.”

After listening to Talgar, Richard rubbed his furrowed brow, Talgar didn’t seem to be lying.

It appeared this thing was truly created in his drunken mess.

This Fire Lizard’s luck was truly amazing – a mess without accident and still getting a finished product.

Casting aside the random thoughts in his mind, Richard said confidently to Talgar,

“Very well, this thing is very useful. I’ll supply you with an unlimited amount of Red Sun Gold Pattern Stone. Don’t busy yourself with anything else for now, and quickly work out the formula for this ink, as well as the production process.

Once you have that sorted out, I’ll give you a half-year holiday!”

Talgar was startled upon hearing this, then joyously said: “Yes, Lord!”

He hadn’t expected that something he’d come up with while drunk would be taken so seriously by Richard.

Watching the elated Talgar leave, a hint of conflict flashed through Richard’s mind.

The capabilities of the civilized races really were incomparable to those of common natives.

Talgar might not see the amazing qualities of this bottle of ink, but Richard, a Wizard, clearly could.

Not only did this ink reach the standards of high-level Alchemy Ink, but it also had an additional feature of displaying Rune integrity.

Enchantments can’t possibly last forever; any piece of Magic Equipment has a potential number of uses. Rune integrity serves as one standard to measure the newness and wear of Magic Equipment.

Ink used for Rune drawing from Alchemy would gradually wear out and fade over time and environment, but if it’s common Alchemy Ink, such wear is often hard to detect. However, the Runes drawn with this ink could reflect subtle changes in the Rune through the strength of the flame.

Ink with such functionality was used extensively in large Alchemy Machine manufacturing, with a considerable market.

But this excellent ink wasn’t created by a Wizard, its creator was a native slave looked down upon by Wizards.

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This was like a provocation.

This was a trampling on Wizard intelligence by an Alien creature!

If it were any other Wizard who encountered this, Talgar would already be a corpse by now, and the rest of the Fire Lizards would’ve been eliminated along with him.

Wizards’ attitudes towards Aliens were always to err on the side of killing rather than to let one escape.

However, these Fire Lizards had met Richard, a humble Wizard.

He didn’t view this as a provocation.

Knowledge wouldn’t just emerge because the Explorer was a Wizard, nor would it hide because the Explorer was a Fire Lizard.

Truth treats every creature equally.