Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 708 Capture
When the Dark Lord arrived with his men, they found the Minister of Research still sweating profusely as he worked on the gate of the Wizard Tower.

The deputy beside the Minister of Research saw the Dark King approaching and quickly whispered, "Minister, the King and the others are here. Shouldn't we hurry?"

The research minister snorted heavily: "I'm researching this right now, aren't I? The rune materials I collected before, the combinations weren't difficult at all. I could calculate it with just a little reasoning. It's just that the ones on this door are a bit difficult..."

The deputy said, "Minister, why don't you let me give it a try?"

The second-in-command also examined the confiscated rune materials. They did indeed seem simple, merely combinations of geometric patterns, relatively...

The research minister glanced at him and said, "Sure, you give it a try."

The minister made room for his deputy and then said, "According to my calculations, this rune lock should have four cores. You only need to calculate how to break the core in the bottom right corner."

The deputy, having received the order, slightly tidied his disheveled hair: "No problem."

But as soon as he took over, he was dazzled by the internal structure.

"Ah? This, this is not right?"

Compared to the simple geometric patterns in the textbook, these intricate runes in front of me, with their rather subtle yet coherent structure, are pieced together to form a spider web-like network of lines.

Forget cracking the core, even the assistant couldn't figure out where the core was.

The Minister of Research scoffed, "Kid, you're still too green..."

The Dark King had already approached and, seeing that his research minister couldn't even open the wizard's tower door, frowned: "What's going on?"

The Minister of Research turned his head, his cold expression instantly melting away, and said obsequiously, "Your Majesty, although we have collected relevant knowledge about basic runes, wizards' understanding and use of runes must have taken a long time. We lack the techniques and various derived runes. Even if I were to refer to these runes, it would take me some time to understand them."

A high-ranking official behind the Dark King asked thoughtfully, "Since we can't unlock the runes, could we use the bone blades to break the lock?"

After all, the bone blade, imbued with the aura of destruction, is an ultimate weapon in the Dark World. Nothing can withstand its corrosive power before the aura of destruction.

This is why, in order to delay the apocalypse, the End City can only rely on people to absorb and assimilate the aura of destruction, thereby using the aura of destruction to fight against destruction.

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Research shook his head: "I've also thought of this method, but it won't work. The lock on the Wizard Tower is linked to the structure of the Wizard Tower. Once it is forcibly broken, the Wizard Tower will immediately initiate a self-destruct program after detecting that the external defenses have been breached. At that time, I'm afraid we will have a hard time finding anything usable from the ruins."

The Dark King frowned.

He never expected to get stuck at this point.

"How much time will it take? If it takes too long, we won't waste time here. We'll just brute force it and take whatever we can."

The Dark King was well-prepared for this operation.

In the best-case scenario, they could control the floating city, or even partially control it. With the floating city, they could protect themselves in other worlds and use it as a base to reproduce the extinct race.

If the floating city cannot be fully utilized, then carry as much data and resources as possible, with a focus on beacon data from different worlds. If possible, it would be best to choose to travel to other worlds and avoid a direct confrontation with the Wizarding World.

Of course, the worst-case scenario is that the floating city is well-defended. Although they have resolved the crisis, it will be difficult for them to make use of it. In that case, they will have no choice but to transfer the legacy of the Dark Annihilation race through their father's immature space-crossing technology.

Now the Annihilation Clan has suffered heavy losses and its population has dwindled. The small-scale teleportation technology they had before is now actually useful. The only problem is that there is a technological gap. Although they have the equipment, they cannot understand the internal workings. If any problems occur during teleportation, they will not be able to locate or repair them.

Therefore, this can only be a last resort.

The Minister of Research immediately patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, I will do my best. Give me another fifteen minutes, and I will definitely decipher it."

"Okay, but once the time is up, we'll have to force our way in and try to find what we can use."

After finishing speaking, the Dark King looked at the others behind him.

Although the Wizard Tower is inaccessible, there are still many public rooms within the floating city. While theoretically there shouldn't be any confidential information here, it's still possible to gather a considerable amount of knowledge. After all, the knowledge and theories already widespread in the wizarding world are invaluable assets for these newly transformed magical beings, saving them the trouble of accumulating knowledge.

The Minister of Research received the time limit and turned his attention back to the rune lock in front of him.

"The deputy painstakingly calculated and finally found the core, but finding the core location is only the first step. The more difficult part is to calculate the solution."

The Minister of Research was also busy. Based on the four core nodes, he was constantly speculating in his mind about the way the runes could be combined. As long as a suitable combination of runes could be found, there would be a chance to understand the operation route of the runes and thus have a chance to crack the code.

Although many formulas for combining magic have been derived, when these formulas are substituted into runes for verification, while the overall structure is somewhat similar, there are still subtle differences.

"That's strange. It looks fine, but there's a slight discrepancy in the result..."

"Is it an error problem?" The deputy looked at the several routes that the minister had tried to simulate. There were indeed similarities, differences, and similar trajectories.

The Minister of Research shook his head: "It shouldn't be like this. If this is an error, the deviation is too large. For such a huge rune structure to function properly, there should be no such large error. Otherwise, each deployment would be like gambling on luck, which is not realistic."

The Minister of Research, who had dealt with wizards many times, was well aware that while wizards could be cruel, they were not stupid. They had a natural command of magic and had never heard of any wizard relying on probability to cast spells with a certain chance of failure.

"Is it possible that, in addition to the four hidden nodes, there is another auxiliary positioning node?"

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Research's thinking was immediately enlightened: "That's right, it's the auxiliary positioning nodes. In addition to the four nodes, there is another node that affects them, which is why their trajectories change. I didn't realize you were so talented."

His gaze fell upon his deputy beside him, filled with admiration.

The deputy looked somewhat embarrassed.

The Minister of Research paused slightly before realizing that the voice that had just spoken was not that of his deputy.

His gaze continued to shift backward, landing on a group of wizards standing quietly around him, dressed in black wizard robes.

The wizards' eyes were cold.

The wizard at the very front, with a black robe embroidered with gold thread and an aura of majesty surrounding him, was the one who had just spoken.

The Minister of Research was no stranger to this person. He had seen the other party negotiate with the Dark Lord at previous high-level meetings. The Dark Lord was the overall commander of the Wizarding World and the controller of the other side in this war.

Beside these wizards, the high-ranking members of Annihilation, including the Annihilation King, were all sealed in amber, motionless, like specimens.

The deputy screamed and tried to escape.

The moment he moved, the wizards in front of him raised their hands and cast petrification, imprisonment, gravity, and freezing spells. Several spells landed on him almost simultaneously.

Its icy aura was absorbed when it touched the deputy's body. However, the petrification and confinement, especially the confinement, were essentially arcane magic, so they were not hindered. Instead, they formed layers of gelatinous liquid that enveloped the deputy.

The deputy's body remained frozen in his fleeing posture, solidified into amber.

The Minister of Research didn't run away; what surprised him was something else: "How...how are you still alive?"

The commander-in-chief smiled and said, "It's just the wind of destruction; it's nothing insurmountable."

"If we want to observe the destruction of the world, and we cannot even withstand this most basic aura, let alone the signs of destruction that follow."

"You agree, don't you?"

The commander-in-chief's words completely shattered the research minister's psychological defenses.

The Dark Lord had always instilled in them the idea that they could use the power of world destruction to unexpectedly cripple the wizards, break through their surveillance, and thus buy time for their retreat.

The power to destroy the world is terrifying. The closer we are to the destruction of the world, the more we can feel that destruction is not as simple as the collapse and transformation of matter, but the dissolution of the concept and meaning of the world.

They believed that even wizards had no way to fight against this power.

Looking at the Annihilation King, who was encased in amber like an insect, the Minister of Research had to admit that they had oversimplified the situation.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Commander-in-Chief said with a smile, "I've heard that all the research in the Dark Kingdom came from your hands?"

The research minister, disheartened, offered no resistance, slumped to the ground, and nodded weakly, "It was me."

"sharp."

Putting aside everything else, the fact that he achieved complete ascension, fully utilized the racial characteristics of the Annihilation Clan, perfectly accommodated the rules of magic, and generated a magic model is enough to prove his research capabilities.

Moreover, in the Dark World, almost half of the various scientific research facilities were created by the Minister of Research, and the other half were developed by him with ideas provided by his deputy or apprentice.

The geniuses transferred from the satellite city were all assigned research projects and resources by the Minister of Research. It can be said that the Minister of Research had done everything within the scope of available resources.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the current Dark King completely trusts him and delegates full authority to him.

The commander-in-chief smiled and said, "I admire your abilities. The limitations of this world restrict your potential. Now that you have transformed into a magical being, would you be willing to become my personal servant?"

The wizards behind the commander-in-chief also looked surprised, not expecting him to say such a thing.

After all, while the Minister of Research has performed well, he shouldn't be occupying a valuable family member slot, as such behavior would affect the subsequent allocation of resources.

The Minister of Research immediately agreed: "Of course."

It's better to be a subordinate of the commander-in-chief than a prisoner.

Their plan failed. Since that's the case, they might as well find a new way out and see if there's any chance to find a way to continue the Dark Annihilation Clan.

The commander-in-chief didn't care what the research minister thought, because no matter what he thought, once the contract was signed, he could only operate within the designated area.

"By the way, what's your name?"

The commander-in-chief said in a friendly tone.

The Minister of Research said softly, "Your Excellency, my name is Li Dao."

The commander-in-chief nodded, and without thinking, he reached out and a contract appeared in his hand. With a gentle wave, the contract was spread out in front of the Minister of Research.

The research minister looked down and noticed that the text above had naturally distorted and transformed into a form he could understand.

His name is listed in the contractual agreement.

The client's name is "Lucy".

Li Dao raised his head and looked at the valiant commander-in-chief, but he couldn't connect him with the name Lucy.

Perhaps it's a translation issue.

A thought flashed through his mind, and the next moment he reached out and pressed his fingers on the contract. Strands of blood, along with the soul imprint, seeped from his fingertips and fell onto the contract.

The contract is made.

Upon seeing this, the commander-in-chief smiled and said, "It seems that the war is nearing its end."

The other wizards also smiled.

"I didn't expect things to be resolved so smoothly. We have grasped the world's will. Now we can try to analyze the rules or intervene more deeply."

"We really owe this to Lucy."

"Yes."

In reality, although the Commander-in-Chief spoke lightly and did not care about the omens of world destruction, it is undeniable that these summons themselves have an astonishing destructive power over the rules. Precisely because they come from the extreme concept of world destruction, the rules they contain are destruction and annihilation.

Conventional protective measures and methods are of little resistance to such advanced concepts.

If Lucy hadn't warned them and made prior preparations, setting up rules to shield and isolate them, they would have been severely weakened if they hadn't been caught off guard by the destructive winds.

The number of survivors could probably be counted on one hand.

Although the world is on the verge of destruction, the world's will still favors the protagonist.

The Dark Lord's desperate gamble was truly his only chance to turn the tide against the Wizards.

However, taking a risky gamble means that risks and opportunities coexist. With prior preparations, the Dark King walked right into the trap and suffered no losses.

(End of this chapter)