The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 155: Fortress Attack and Defense (Part )
The war has begun.

After receiving the order, Richard rushed to the mission site with his alchemical golem.

He was very familiar with this place; it was the war fortress he entered when he came out of the insect nest.

On the way, black-robed wizards flew to the front line one by one, and above them, the white wizards' war airships blocked out the sky.

All war airships that were under maintenance were activated and dispatched to various war zones to be responsible for signal transmission and war support.

By the time Richard arrived at the war fortress, the battle had already begun.

The dark sea of ​​insects and the army of moths that covered the sky and the sun attacked the war fortress like a huge wave.

And this is just an auxiliary attack by the insect's front-line wizard forces.

On the front battlefield, wizards will face enemies that are several times their number.

The alchemical weapons of the war fortress roared, and fireballs fell into the insect tide, raising a pile of debris.

As a rare type of soldier, most of the sacrificial insects have been transferred to the front battlefield at this moment. The sacrificial insects remaining in these secondary battlefields are only responsible for conveying orders.

So Richard did not see the starlight barrier that he had seen in the lower insect nest.

Soon, the swarm entered the trap area.

In an instant, countless traps were triggered, and various elements showed their power, fire, freezing, lightning, acid corrosion... various magic array traps caused the insect swarm to suffer heavy losses.

Pieces of insect remains were scattered in the air.

But Richard discovered a problem.

There's something wrong with the strength of this group of insects.

It seems that the strength of these insects is not even at level one, otherwise the power of this magic circle trap would be too great.

But Richard was too far away from the battlefield, and the information he could observe was limited, so he couldn't be sure what was going on.

Soon, the commander of the swarm gave the order to retreat, and the insects retreated rapidly like a tide.

Taking advantage of this interval, Richard entered the war fortress.

"Hey, Ivan, how are you doing these days?"

In the command room of the fortress, Richard greeted enthusiastically.

When Ivan saw the person coming, his face instantly lit up with joy.

"Richard, long time no see. I hope you have been having a good time these days."

As he said this, he glanced at the alchemical golem beside Richard.

"I've got you so much blue mushroom iron that you're rich enough to make a shell for a golem."

Richard shrugged and gestured with his fingertips pointing to the Milky Way.

"It's OK, I only made a little bit."

After the greetings, the two got down to business.

"What is the current battlefield situation?" Richard glanced at the swarm of insects that were glaring at him from afar. This number of insects was just a diversion.

I really don’t know how terrifying the frontal battlefield would be.

Ivan took out two maps, one of the third war zone and the other of all war zones.

"According to the intelligence we have so far, the bugs have gathered about 20 million bugs this time, most of which are in the first war zone. The second and third war zones each have about 4 million bugs. These bugs are distributed to each war fortress, and there are about 10,000 of them."

Richard raised an eyebrow: "That doesn't sound like much."

"Not many?" Ivan raised his voice, "There are only twenty people in this fortress, including you, there are only twenty-one.

Twenty-one against ten thousand! Each of us has to fight nearly five hundred bugs!"

Ivan has the blood of some alien creature, and his voice is very loud, so loud that it sounds like a tiger roaring in Richard's ear.

Richard rubbed his ears and signaled Ivan to keep his voice down.

"Based on the situation just now, alchemical weapons are still quite effective against bugs. The bugs' mission is to contain us, not to kill us.

As long as we can hurt them, a sit-down war is not impossible."

Ivan sighed when he heard this:

"That's easy to say. Alchemical weapons require magic stones to activate, and they will overheat. Magic array traps are useful, but they can only be used once. They will be useless the next time the bugs come.

These bugs have been holding back for so long, they definitely can't be limited to this.

This battle...is so uncertain!"

Richard frowned when he heard this. It was not okay for Ivan to have such emotions.

If the commander does not have enough confidence, how can the soldiers under him have confidence?
He patted Ivan on the shoulder and said seriously:

"Wizard Ivan, your words are full of defeatism, which is not desirable. As the backbone of this white wizard team, you must believe that the great wizard will be invincible. Only in this way will your team members have the fighting spirit to continue fighting.

War is not only a physical battle, but also a spiritual battle!
If you, as a commander, fall into defeatism, then this war fortress will surely be defeated, and we will die on the battlefield!"

Richard's words made Ivan shudder. As a white wizard who had experienced war, he could deeply understand the hidden meaning behind Richard's words.

Ivan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:

"…Richard, is this really your first time on the battlefield?"

This is not something a rookie soldier who is on the battlefield for the first time would say. Richard raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, I am a genuine student soldier, a pure volunteer, and I have to hand over half of the spoils."

Ivan burst out laughing after hearing this: "How can you still be so funny at this time? You still say you are not an old wizard?"

After the joke, Ivan assigned Richard a combat position - combat support.

The wizard in charge of this position will be responsible for assisting the wizard in the main attack position. His main task is to clear out enemies that sneak into the blind spots of alchemical weapons, as well as do miscellaneous tasks such as transporting ammunition and cooling weapons.

This position is a very suitable position for student soldiers.

Ivan stared at Richard's face carefully, wanting to see the wonderful expression on the face of this old wizard who pretended to be young when he saw that he was going to be the student soldier.

He even secretly took out a crystal ball to record this moment.

But unfortunately, his plan failed.

This was really Richard's first time on the battlefield.

Seeing Richard going to the post without any hesitation after getting the position, Ivan was a little dumbfounded. This was not what he expected.

What about anger? What about frustration?

How did you get the job like this?

I'm fucking kidding!
Ivan wanted to stop Richard, but saw Richard disappear in front of him in just three or two steps.

At the same time, his teammates shouted in his mind network:
"Command! The bugs are attacking again!"

……

After arriving at the post, Richard integrated into the job smoothly.

This position suits him well.

This position does not require the wizard to have any battlefield experience. It only requires the wizard to move magic stones and cool down alchemical weapons like a robot.

There are many alchemical weapons in the war fortress. A standard war fortress usually has six alchemical magic stone cannons and a disposable strategic alchemical magic stone cannon.

Alchemical magic stone cannon is a general term for weapons. Specifically, the alchemical magic stone cannons used by each academy and each white wizard legion may be different.

Like the war fortress where Richard is located, four of the six alchemical magic stone cannons installed are the Lavoisier II type plastic fireball magic stone cannons, which can shoot thirty fireballs per minute. The power of each fireball has reached the energy level of eight hundred after being amplified layer by layer.

The remaining two are the Tesla V type plastic lightning magic stone cannons. The power of each shot of this magic stone cannon has reached an astonishing 2,500 energy level. It fires once every ten seconds, causing single-target damage. It is specially used to kill indigenous strongmen.

But the Alchemical Magic Stone Cannon is so powerful, but it also comes at a price.

Each fireball fired by the Lavoisier II consumes five magic stones, and each use of the Tesla V requires fifty magic stones.

Moreover, these magic stone cannons must be maintained after use, and the core components for casting spells must be replaced frequently. Otherwise, as the magic stone cannon is used, these components will wear out, causing the magic stone cannon to be consumed more and generate more heat, and may even "explode" during use.

But even so, alchemical weapons are an indispensable part of plane wars.

Whether on the front battlefield or in these secondary battlefields, alchemical weapons provided considerable help to the White Wizard Legion.

Richard was responsible for transporting ammunition and cooling spells for the two Lavaya magic stone cannons, which was not a difficult task for him.

In his free time, Richard released Ulysses and asked him to collect some insect remains from the battlefield.

"Hey, why did you let your pet out!" shouted a wizard who was controlling the magic stone cannon.

"Isn't it a suicide mission to send a pet into this kind of battlefield?"

"Don't be nervous. My magical pet is not ordinary." Richard answered him loudly amid the hum of the alchemical weapon.

Ulysses was seen moving flexibly between the fireballs, avoiding them by a hair's breadth each time, as if he was provoking the fireballs.

If you have the guts, come and blow me up!

Ulises glided lightly on the battlefield, then grabbed a bug from the ground and flew back. Some bugs saw him and wanted to attack, but under the firepower of the alchemical weapon, they were blown into charcoal in the next second.

Carrying the body, Ulises returned to the fortress safely.

"Gah, boy, you are in trouble now." Ulysses communicated with Richard through mental messages.

Richard frowned and immediately took the body.

As soon as he touched it, his expression changed instantly.

"These bugs are just for show, they are not first-level creatures at all!"

Richard's words made the two wizards around him look at him with horror, and they instantly understood the purpose of the insects.

They were depleting the war fortress's ammunition reserves.

But even though they knew the insects' purpose, the magic stone cannon's fire did not stop for the slightest.

This is the bug's conspiracy. Even if you know that the bug is consuming your ammunition, you have to continue firing according to its intention.

If this were a frontal battlefield, the bug method would be useless. The group spellcasting of the White Wizard Corps could kill bugs in tens of thousands, so no matter how many low-level bugs there were, they would be useless.

But right now they are defending the fortress. If they are deceived by the bugs, a group of legitimate first-level bugs will enter the fortress.

Then these twenty-one wizards would have no choice but to escape.

Soon, the bugs faded away, leaving only corpses on the ground. But no wizard was happy at all.

"We won't be able to hold out for much longer if this continues."

(End of this chapter)