The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 174: Recruitment Plan

Looking at the black-robed nightmare in front of him, Billy the Puppet suddenly felt alert.

He didn't notice this little nightmare at first, and only noticed it when he got nearby.

If this happened in a battle, he would probably be at a disadvantage by now, and there is a possibility that he would even die.

But even though he was a little afraid of Richard in his heart, the puppet Billy remained calm.

He asked back in a calm tone:
"Are you the owner of this little thing?"

Richard looked at the little nightmare in front of him, and the energy circulation in its body was clearly visible to Richard.

Richard easily judged his strength—400,000 nightmare powers, a leader among the first-level nightmare creatures.

It would be very troublesome to kill him now.

So he nodded slightly: "I am the boss of Bones, tell me your name, outsider."

When the puppet Billy saw Richard give in, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The strength of the little nightmare in front of him was not ordinary. If they fought, although he was sure he could win, it would still be a bit unprofitable. Judging from his reaction now, this little nightmare was not a hot-tempered guy.

"There is an opportunity to recruit." Puppet Billy thought to himself.

"I am Billy, the nightmare leader under the magic sword Lord Amade. I am here to investigate the Black Knight." Billy stated his origins in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and then changed the subject and asked, "I heard from your subordinate that you killed a Black Knight?"

Li looked at the bones and shook his head slightly.
"Not one, but three."

Although he killed seven black knights, he felt it was better to be conservative. Those black knights were not weak in strength, and ordinary level one nightmare creatures might not be able to defeat them in a one-on-one fight.

Hearing Richard's denial, the puppet Billy was shocked.

Although from what he had just seen, he was indeed quite capable, he had not expected that Richard's strength was even stronger.

A wild little nightmare can actually kill three black knights.

Even he had to panic when he encountered the three black knights.

"Are you sure there are three?" Puppet Billy couldn't help but ask.

Richard nodded slightly, "I'm sure, Billy the Doll."

"Can you take me to see the battlefield?"

"please."

……

Following Richard to the place where the battle took place, after seeing that the location was a forest, the puppet Billy was sure that what Richard said was true.

A large part of the Black Knight's fighting power comes from the charge, and even he wouldn't dare to stand up to a Black Knight charging on the plains, but Richard's battle took place in a dense forest, and the Black Knight's charge was very short, and the longer the Black Knight's charge was, the more powerful it was.

If they can charge for more than ten kilometers, even Lord Demon Sword will have to consider dodging.

"You are so lucky." Billy the puppet exclaimed, "I haven't asked for your name yet?"

Richard's heart moved: "My name is Charlie the Black Robe. I wonder what good luck you are talking about?"

"The black knights charging are called black knights. The black knights in the forest are just a group of beasts with broken legs." Puppet Billy said lightly.

After saying that, Golem Billy opened his chest and took out a black parchment scroll. The content of the parchment scroll seemed to be a map. Golem Billy used the power of nightmare to condense a pen, and then he made a cross on the parchment scroll.

In addition to this cross, Richard saw a dozen more crosses.

If his guess was correct, these were the places where the Black Knight had appeared.

After marking, a ball of black flame came out of Billy's mouth and burned the parchment into ashes.

The ashes turned into a skull in the air, which laughed strangely twice and then turned into a black light and flew towards the south of the village.

Puppet Billy watched the black light go away, then turned to look at Richard.

"I've finished my business, now it's time for us to talk about yours."

"My business?" Richard asked knowingly, "What do I have to do?"

The puppet Billy pointed to the village not far away and said slowly: "Black Robe Charlie, the place you are occupying now is the territory of Master Magic Sword Amade. All the nightmare power you have collected on this land belongs to Master Magic Sword Amade.

If you don't deal with this matter, you will become lawless.

The lawless can only wander in the wilderness or work as mercenaries in lawless places.

They are not recognized by the Nightmare Lord, and they are fat sheep that are watched everywhere."

"Oh?" Richard pretended to be angry. "Are you threatening me, Billy the Doll?"

In order to complete the performance, Richard even had a burst of nightmare power erupting from his body.

"No." Billy the puppet said calmly, "I'm telling you. If you don't cooperate, this will be your future."

"So what do you want to do?" Richard restrained the power of nightmare and asked in a deep voice.

Magic Billy smiled slightly, but as a puppet, his smile carried an inexplicable sense of horror.

"If you cooperate, then these things are nothing. You are not weak, and you didn't make mistakes intentionally.

Master Amade will forgive you.

As long as you are willing to join the army of Master Magic Sword Amade, this village will still be yours, and even the surrounding villages will be awarded to you."

After talking for so long, the puppet Billy finally got to the point.

"What if I don't cooperate?" Richard asked.

"Not cooperating?" The puppet Billy let out a strange laugh, and the surrounding environment suddenly became weird.

"If you don't cooperate, you will become the enemy of the Demon Sword Amadeus!" Ulises, who had been acting as a decoration on his shoulder, suddenly communicated with Richard through mental messages:
"This little Nightmare is not simple. He actually already has the rudiments of the nightmare realm. The nightmare realm is the most disgusting method used by these nightmare creatures. It is best not to get trapped in it if possible."

"Don't worry, recruiting the amnesty has been my plan from the beginning." Richard responded to Ulysses calmly.

From the very beginning, Richard never thought of fighting alone.

He was not as powerful as Ulises, he was just a first-ring wizard. And as a wizard, Richard was more willing to solve problems with wisdom.

It's not a plane war now, he can definitely cooperate with these nightmare creatures.

"I have a question, Billy the Golem."

"You said."

"Does pledging loyalty to Lord Ahmad require being given a name, or something like that?"

"Give a name?" The puppet Billy suddenly laughed, and then he said sarcastically, "Black Robe Richard, you don't think you are such a powerful person, do you?

The nightmares that can be named by the Demon Sword Master Ahmad are the best among nightmares and can become Master Ahmad's personal guards.

And you are just a little nightmare with a little more strength. You are not worthy of using those restrictive measures. "

After hearing this, Richard laughed in his heart.

This time they were heading in both directions.

"Then I agree to join Lord Amade."

The puppet Billy looked at Richard, and after confirming that Richard was not joking, he said:

"Very well, if you are willing to join, then follow me to the territory to meet Lord Ahmad in person."

"When will you leave?"

Puppet Billy opened his chest again, took out a carriage model and threw it to the ground.

"Now!"

With that, the carriage model transformed into a four-wheeled carriage pulled by two nightmare horses.

"I'll drive, you sit behind, let's go now!"

……

The Nightmare Carriage was moving very fast. In the carriage, Richard quietly watched the scenery outside the window flash by quickly.

"Ulises, how much nightmare power can a nightmare knight collect in a year?"

The crow on my shoulder opened its mouth slightly, then flapped its wings in a human-like manner, as if it was yawning.

"Gah, who knows? It depends on the size of the territory. But to maintain a nightmare knight's territory, at least one or two million nightmare powers must be collected every year.

Otherwise, if he does a little bit of manual labor on a daily basis, he will end up spending more than he earns.”

Nightmare power is not only the source of strength for nightmare creatures, but also the food they rely on for survival. Each nightmare creature will consume different amounts of nightmare power every day depending on its strength.

With Richard's current strength, he would consume about ten nightmare powers every day, and that was when Richard didn't move much and spent the whole day studying runes in his room.

If Richard moves even a little, the consumption will increase exponentially.

Nightmare Knights, nightmare creatures that have reached level three or even the peak of level three, usually even have to use sleep to reduce the loss of nightmare power.

"Not bad." Richard smiled.

"Gah, you don't want to attract the attention of those nightmare powers, do you?" Ulises couldn't help but persuade him, "Although I did do this kind of thing in the past, your current strength is far from what I was back then."

Richard glanced at him:
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. The more income a territory has, the more places it can control. I don't believe that a nightmare knight who sleeps all day can stop these people from cheating and playing tricks."

Soon, the carriage stopped. The puppet Billy got a suit from somewhere and opened the door of the carriage very gentlemanly.

"Come on down, ma'am. We're getting there."

Richard got off the carriage and asked: "Do we still distinguish between men and women?"

The puppet Billy's body stiffened, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"You spoilsport, follow me to meet Lord Ahmad."

The Nightmare Knight's base camp is in a city as prosperous as Gaelic City, but much smaller in size. Now that the blood moon is rising, countless nightmare spirits are crawling out from the corners, ready to enter people's dreams.

"This is Lord Amade's core territory, Amade City." Puppet Billy introduced with some complacency.

Richard nodded and pretended to be surprised and said, "It is indeed beautiful and very big. There must be at least hundreds of thousands of nightmare spirits living in it."

"Hundreds of thousands?" Puppet Billy laughed. "There are more than millions of nightmare spirits living here. The nightmare crystals produced in a year account for half of the entire territory of Lord Amade."

"So many! That means hundreds of thousands of nightmare powers must be earned every year!" Richard exclaimed again.

"Hundreds of thousands?" Billy thought this wild little nightmare had never seen the world. "Amade City produces hundreds of thousands of nightmare crystals a year!"

After these words were spoken, Richard exclaimed a few more times, but a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth under the black robe.

The puppet Billy has not yet realized that he has been tricked by Richard.

Following the puppet Billy, Richard walked all the way into the city center and finally stopped in front of a mayor's residence.

There were several guards in front of the residence, all of whom were level two creatures. They were probably the personal guards of Ahmad that the puppet Billy mentioned.

"Sir, I have brought a little nightmare who is willing to serve Sir Amade. I hope to gain his approval."

A guard who looked like a black bear glanced at Richard and silently opened the door of the mansion.

"go in."

(End of this chapter)