The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 178 Plan and Black Tide

"You said he was the master?"

The minister looked at Richard's clone and sent out a mental force, but no matter how he probed, the one in front of him was a pure nightmare creature.

He has done some research on nightmare creatures, so it's impossible that he can't even tell this apart.

"Minister, this is really the master."

Firth walked up to the minister and told him what had happened, which shocked the minister.

Being able to disguise himself so perfectly, this wizard must know nightmare creatures even better than I do.

The wizarding world is so big, and there must be people who have studied the nightmare world earlier than me.

The minister looked at Richard's clone and said gently:

"So, Master, are you planning to join our Dream Walker Club and participate in this project?"

Richard used his clone to perform a wizard salute:
"I don't dare to be a master, but I am indeed interested in this plan."

The minister nodded and said, "Since you are interested in our plan and want to join us, then our Dream Walker Club welcomes you very much.

But for everyone's safety, all members participating in this plan must sign a soul contract.

I am currently at Room 232, 5th Floor, Residence Hall. If you have nothing urgent to do, please come to this address to find me to sign a soul contract.

I will remain at this address until the end of this project.”

"Sign the contract offline? Can't a contract made with the power of nightmare be used?" Richard said somewhat embarrassedly.

He was different from the wizards in the Dream Walker Club who entered through ritual magic. He entered the nightmare world by mistake. Even if he got out, he was still in the insect nest world.

How can he sign the contract offline?

"The nightmare power won't work." The minister shook his head. He had done a lot of research on the nightmare power. The nightmare power performed perfectly when simulating magic equipment and materials. However, once it came to designing soul contracts, spiritual matrices and other items that affected the soul, it could only simulate a shell.

Seeing Richard hesitate, the minister asked:
"Could it be that my friend, you are in another dimension? And can't come back for the time being?"

Richard nodded, agreeing with the minister's statement.

"That's a pity." The minister said regretfully, "I have to consider the safety of others. If you don't sign the soul contract, then we can't let you participate in this plan."

Things seem to be deadlocked.

After a moment's silence, Richard suddenly said:

“But what if I’m already involved?”

"Huh? How do you say this?"

Richard pointed at Firth next to him and said, "The reason why I fought with Firth this time was because I found traces of magic in the village where you were operating.

The reason why I went to that village was because the officer of the Demon Sword Amade gave me the task of investigating you."

Richard spread his hands and said, "Now I have obviously completed the task, and it looks even better."

As soon as these words came out, the minister and Firth's faces changed instantly.

They thought Richard had accidentally discovered Firth's fishing traces and came here, but they didn't expect that Richard was here to track them down.

Now it's a bit difficult.

"Friend, you sneaked into the Demon Sword Amade?" The minister couldn't help asking, "Your disguise can even fool nightmare creatures?"

Hearing this, Richard was a little confused.

"Can't the nightmare creatures find you in this state?"

The minister shook his head upon hearing this: "That's not the case. I've tried it before, and those nightmare creatures could tell at a glance that something was wrong with me."

It was Richard's turn to wonder.

On the main body side, Richard looked at Ulises:
"Ulises, didn't you say that nightmare creatures below the level of the body lord condensed by nightmare power can't find anything wrong?"

Ulises was a little confused when facing Richard's question: "Gah, this is no problem. I used the body condensed by the power of nightmare to sneak into the territory."

"That's strange," Richard said to himself.

He transferred his mind to his clone, then used the perception of a nightmare creature to investigate the two wizards in front of him.

Soon, a very faint "strange smell" appeared in Richard's perception.

This "strange smell" felt very familiar to Richard. It should be related to the origin of the wizarding world, but Richard himself did not have this strange smell.

"Ulises, how did you enter the nightmare world back then?"

"Gah, I was caught off guard by the nightmare red mist. What happened? Is there a problem with other wizards?"

After listening to this, Richard was silent for a while, then shifted his attention to his clone.

"…This should be a problem with your ritual." Richard answered as briefly as possible, "There is a very faint "strange smell" on your body, which seems to be left by the origin of the wizarding world."

"The origin of the wizarding world!?"

The two of them exclaimed.

"This... the ceremony we use to enter the nightmare world does have some connection with the origin." The minister said with a somewhat conflicted look.

They had never expected that the difficulty they had faced in their research over the years was due to the ritual magic of entering the nightmare world.

"But you don't need to panic. This 'strange smell' can only make the nightmare creatures realize that something is wrong with you, but they can't confirm what you are. Nightmare creatures are very eager for foreign souls. If your identity as a wizard is discovered, these nightmare creatures would have come to encircle and suppress you long ago." "But Amanda has been captured, and Ahmad cannot be unaware that we are wizards." Firth said.

"He may know that you are wizards, but his men don't know that." Richard said calmly, "Amad's men concealed your presence. If you don't continue to take action, Amad won't know that you are back."

"...It's impossible not to continue taking action." The minister was silent for a while and said helplessly.

"I didn't plan this, and I'm not the one who can decide whether to give up or not."

After saying that, a magic circle suddenly lit up under the minister's feet:

"I'll go back to the wizarding world and contact the three-ring master."

Then, Richard saw the magic circle flash, and the minister's body lost consciousness and fell to the ground. A trace of nightmare power began to dissipate from the body and then penetrate into the ground. Firth, who was standing by, quickly merged this body with his own to prevent excessive loss of nightmare power.

"Is this your ritual spell?"

Firth nodded and said, "This is the spell we use to enter and exit the nightmare world."

The two waited there for several hours, and suddenly the magic circle lit up with a dark red light, and a soul gradually emerged from the magic circle.

"Huh, one good news and one bad news."

The returning minister looked at Richard and said, "The bad news is that our plan has to go on."

"What about the good news?" Richard looked at the minister and had already guessed what the good news was.

"The good news is that the three-ring master agreed to let you join the plan, my friend."

The minister walked up to Richard and held out his hand:

"Welcome to this project. I wonder what your name is, my friend."

Richard extended his hand and shook it: "I'm Richard, and I'm glad to work with you."

……

The plan of the Dream Walker Club is simple. The Nightmare Lord Wuxin has more than one Nightmare Knight under his command. Next to the territory of the Demon Sword Amade, there is a Nightmare Knight named Black Dragon Kor Hailon who is at odds with him.

Legend has it that the missing head on the neck of the black dragon Korhalon was cut off by the magic sword Amade.

The Dream Walker Club's plan is to stir up conflict between the two knights, letting these two terrifying nightmare creatures fight each other, so that the three-ring wizard can enter Ahmad's mansion to look for a nightmare artifact called the Crystal Gate.

This plan was proposed by the elusive Three-Ring Master, and the most profitable and dangerous part of the plan, sneaking into Ahmad's mansion, was to be completed by the Three-Ring Wizard himself. The other wizards only played a supporting role.

This is also the reason why other wizards agreed to this plan.

The appearance of Richard brought about some changes in the plan. The original plan was for Firth to fish in the cemetery, deliberately let it go after the battle, and then continue to leave traces, little by little luring the investigating nightmare creatures to associate it with the black dragon.

Now that we have Richard, all these unnecessary measures are no longer necessary.

The investigators and the investigated are in the same group, so the investigation results can be fabricated however they want.

The reward given by the third-ring wizard for this plan is fifty magic spirits plus three little nightmares, which is considered the highest reward among the wizards participating in the plan.

But that's not what the rationale is looking for.

If they could really provoke a war between the two Nightmare Knights, he would be able to gain far more benefits than just this reward.

Since the increase in strength will lead to an increase in the nightmare power consumed in daily life, most nightmare creatures will choose to transform the nightmare power into nightmare crystals, and use them all at once when a sufficient amount is accumulated, allowing them to directly break through to the next level.

Like the puppet Billy, if he wasn't investigating the Black Knight, his normal strength would only be at the level of a first-level creature.

In addition, during the chat with Billy, Richard also got a piece of information, that is, nightmare creatures also have bottlenecks. During the bottleneck period, nightmare creatures swallowing nightmare power will not only not increase their strength, but will cause the excess nightmare power to dissipate.

To break through the bottleneck, one needs to consume a large amount of nightmare power at one time.

This also means that this group of nightmare creatures must have a nightmare crystal warehouse.

Once a war breaks out and there are casualties, these warehouses will become unopened treasures.

Soon, Richard discussed the next course of action with the minister. Before leaving, Richard suddenly thought of something.

"Minister, do you know that a black tide is about to break out in the Amade territory?"

"Kuroshio? Never heard of it." The minister said blankly.

"Haven't you encountered a black knight in the past ten years?"

Richard was a little confused. Even the long-lived nightmare spirits knew about the Black Tide. How could these wizards not know about it?
"Uh..." The minister looked a little embarrassed. "My ritual spell has a limitation. It can only be used for three months every ten years. After these three months, we can no longer freely enter and exit the nightmare world."

Richard recounted the intelligence about the Black Tide.

"Well, this is indeed a problem." The minister said seriously, "I will go back and tell the Three Rings Master about this information and ask him to investigate whether it has happened in Black Dragon territory.

If that happens, our plan will probably only be implemented ten years later."

Richard said nothing more and left the Dream Walker Club's premises.

Even if it is delayed, it will only be ten years.

He can afford to wait.

At the same time, Richard's body also encountered some troubles.

Looking at the black line in the distance that was getting closer to him, Richard rubbed his brows with a headache.

"Dozens of black knights, it's a bit troublesome."

(End of this chapter)