The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 132 Secret Realm Evolution
"World...Mushroom?"

Richard was a little confused by this title.

Shouldn't it be the World Tree?

"Yes, it is the World Mushroom, sir. I can make your demiplane bigger and the rules richer. If there is enough time, your demiplane may become a real world..."

The World Mushroom tried hard to paint a rosy picture for Richard in the hope that he could survive.

The horror of Ulysses was beyond its imagination. Even if it had been beaten into seeds and sealed for such a long time, the stink bug would not be one third as terrifying as Ulysses.

It could feel that Ulysses was seriously injured. If the injury healed, it suspected that it and the insect would be the ones to give Ulysses a feast of meat and vegetables.

How could such a horrible creature call an ant its master?

"Ulises, do you think what it said is credible?" Richard asked, "I have only heard of the World Tree, but not the World Mushroom."

Ulises shook his feathers when he heard this:
"Gah, my dear master, the world tree is a general term. Although it calls itself the world mushroom, it is the world tree we are talking about. If you have been to a plane where the earth element is unbalanced, the world tree in those planes is a huge mountain. In a world where the water element is unbalanced, the world tree is a giant seaweed, or a huge jet that reaches the sky and the earth."

As a member of the gods' civilization, Ulysses' status is almost the same as that of a great wizard. He has seen and knows a lot about the scenery of various other worlds. Things like world mushrooms are not even rare in his eyes.

"I see." Richard nodded. "That's indeed useful. You can make a fate contract for him and make the terms stricter."

"Ga..." Ulysses was stunned, and then he aggrievedly picked out some debris from his soul.

Although its injuries have improved a lot during this period, this little bit of debris was returned to him.

"Don't feel wronged." Richard said calmly, "It will be good for you if this mushroom grows. I found a kind of mushroom in my insect nest that can heal soul injuries. If you can plant it in the secret realm, your loss will be recovered quickly."

"Gah, really!?"

Richard said nothing more and took out a sacrificial mushroom from his pocket.

After tasting it, Ulysses immediately took out the Contract of Destiny.

"Gah, for the sake of your interests, my loss is nothing."

……

The fate contract prepared by Ulysses is very strict, but World Mushroom has no choice compared to Ulysses back then.

Ulysses back then could still struggle a bit, but in front of Ulysses, World Mushroom didn’t even have the qualifications to struggle and could only sign the contract obediently.

After being sealed for such a long time, the World Mushroom doesn't intend to die just after coming back to life.

After the contract was signed, the World Mushroom took root in the secret realm. As it landed, the magic power of the entire secret realm began to flow instantly. The magic power was absorbed by the World Mushroom like a vast ocean, and turned into strands of hyphae that spread out.

The holy tree elves noticed this change and hid behind Richard.

Soon, the mycelium of the World Mushroom spread to half of the space of the secret realm, and its height reached about ten meters.

The holy tree elves were very curious about this thing that had suddenly grown up. A group of little guys came out from behind Richard and kept circling around the World Mushroom.

"Boss, what is this thing?"

A spiritual message came from the World Tree:
"My Lord, I will connect with the rules of this secret realm. Then the entire secret realm will undergo some changes, and these little guys may not be able to adapt."

"Can't adapt?"

Richard frowned. The holy tree spirit was of great use to him and was related to his long-term benefits in the future.

“Can this be resolved?”

"..."

World Mushroom was silent for a long time, which made Richard feel like some bosses he met in his previous life, who always made requests from heaven as soon as they opened their mouths.

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After a moment of silence, the World Mushroom sent out a spiritual message:
"I'm not sure, but I can try."

The World Mushroom sent out dozens of long myceliums that connected to the Holy Tree Elf. After a long time, good news came from the World Mushroom.

"My Lord, these little guys are great. I can transform them. If you allow, they can become my followers."

"Family?" Richard was stunned for a moment. After asking Ulysses, he learned the meaning of family.

The so-called clan is a companion race of a powerful creature, similar to the symbiotic relationship in nature.

The clan depends on the strong for survival, and the strong also enjoy the services provided by the clan.

After hearing this explanation, Richard decided: "Okay, but I want to ensure absolute control over them."

Message from World Mushroom:
"Your will."

The transformation of the Holy Tree Elves will take a long time, and it will also take some time for the World Mushroom to connect to the rules of the secret realm. During this period of time, the entire secret realm will be in a state where no one can enter or exit.

Richard still has a mission to complete. If he disappears for a long time or does not move, the command center will consider him slacking off and will question him.

If there is no reasonable explanation, punishment will be inevitable.

Therefore, Richard and Ulysses could only leave the secret realm temporarily and wait for the transformation of the World Mushroom to be completed.

……

"Is everything settled?"

Looking at Richard who came out and Ulysses who had returned to normal, Ellie came up and asked in a low voice.

"Yeah." Richard nodded and turned to look at Lawrence on the side.

“Lawrence, I…” “I understand!”

Before Richard could finish, Lawrence interrupted him and took out a contract from his pocket.

"I promise to keep this a secret and not reveal a single word to the outside world. This is a soul contract."

This old wizard had a very keen intuition about survival. He had no intention of exploring either Ulysses or the blue fungus, especially after knowing the background of Richard and Ellie.

Plane wars are not playing house. There will definitely be some extremely dangerous or even fatal tasks.

The intelligence for these missions is often disguised and then assigned to certain wizards as the command sees fit.

Lawrence felt that if he was not more tactful, given the relationship between these two people, those fatal tasks would definitely fall on him.

"This... is alright."

Richard took the contract with some embarrassment. He had wanted to bribe Lawrence, but he didn't expect Lawrence to give him so much face.

After the contract was signed, the three of them felt a lot more relaxed and their relationship became closer.

After leaving the mushroom field, Lawrence returned to the floating city, while Richard and the others continued to clear out the insect nest.

This is their real business.

In the middle and lower levels of the hive, there are countless rebels of all sizes.

These insects took advantage of the complex environment of the dungeon to fight the wizards. Although they lost more than they won, they still consumed a lot of the wizards' manpower.

This is indeed a disservice to the limited number of wizards.

Now, the war has gradually turned into a quagmire, with each side competing to see which side has a higher health bar.

……

boom!
The staff with black flames fell from the air, smashing the head of a warrior insect along with its blade arm.

There was a sizzling sound of evaporation coming from the staff, and the green mucus of the warrior worm was constantly evaporating.

Richard looked around expressionlessly. This was a small settlement with more than a dozen warrior bugs and dozens of plant bugs lurking in it. Before Richard found their nest, this group of warrior bugs had already harassed them many times through the tunnel.

"It's all settled."

A shadow suddenly appeared beside Richard and turned into a wizard in a black robe.

After leaving the mushroom field, Lawrence returned to the floating city and changed his body.

For a spiritually evolved wizard like him, the body can be used as long as the physical fitness reaches fifty, so he didn't waste long before returning to the underground insect nest and finding Richard and the others.

"What about Ellie?"

A hoarse voice came from the tunnel opposite Richard.

"Also solved."

Ellie was wearing tattered clothes at the moment, with an expressionless face and an aura that made people stay away from her.

At this moment, two years have passed since they left the mushroom field. During these two years, the three of them fought all the way from the middle insect nest to the lower insect nest, and at least a thousand insects died in their hands.

It is difficult for these people to have a healthy mental state after hunting insects in the dark and depressing underground for such a long time.

Richard had heard that many dark wizards would seek out soul wizards to erase some of their memories after the war to make themselves feel more relaxed.

At that time, he was dismissive. Dark wizards started killing people when they were apprentices, and going to the plane war to kill aliens was no psychological burden for them.

What's the point of clearing memory?
These wizards must have very low psychological quality.

Now, Richard finally understood the cruelty behind this rumor.

War is never all glory.

Several people cleaned up the battlefield and cut off and collected the useful parts of the insects.

In recent years, the command has conducted more in-depth research on the Black Crystal Zerg and has also improved the utilization of the insect corpses.

The samurai insect's pair of blade arms are rich in metal elements, which can be collected and refined into various metals.

The black crystal between the eyebrows of the sacrificial insect is the most precious. After being tempered by the sacrificial insect, these black crystals can naturally attract starlight and store it, and can be released for one-time attack when necessary.

The spider knight's entire body is a treasure. Its two pairs of blade arms, the carapace on its body, and the fangs and venom glands in its lower body all have high utilization value. Selling a spider knight separately may even be more expensive than selling it as a whole.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Richard opened the developing crystal ball and continued to use sound waves to detect the surrounding terrain, preparing to go to the next dungeon where the rebels might exist.

But before he could take out the crystal ball, the three people's crystal balls simultaneously sent news from the headquarters.

"Attention all...teachers, the cleaning effect of underground insects...is remarkable, all...have returned.

I repeat, all wizards... return!"

Because they were now located too deep in the ground, the signal from the crystal ball was intermittent, but even so, the three of them could hear the orders conveyed by the command center.

Richard held the crystal ball and was silent for a moment, with an irrepressible smile on his face.

"Finally, I can get out of this damn place!"

(End of this chapter)