The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 211 Prepare to go to war
"Lucky?"

Richard looked at the wand, somewhat confused.

"You mean luck? Let's not talk about whether luck exists. You bring luck with a staff. Does it mean I can pick up money when I hold it?"

Ulises shook his head:
"Gah, your idea is too shallow. Let me ask you, have you ever encountered a situation where the power of a spell suddenly fluctuates when you are casting it?"

"Yes," Richard nodded, "but that's due to the imbalance of elements, and has nothing to do with luck."

"Gah, wrong, totally wrong. This is a manifestation of luck." Ulises said proudly, "You wizards call the distribution of elements in a space a chaotic system. A little bit of variable can cause a big change.

I am not wrong about this.”

Richard nodded and said, "That's right, but you're not going to tell me that the Gods have conquered the chaos system and found the formula, right?"

"Huh, formula? Of course that's impossible." Ulises shook his head, "But we have noticed this situation, and we have also explored it.

We have added a quantity to the chaotic system, namely [luck]. Luck can affect the chaotic system and make the system output more favorable to itself.

On this basis, we used the power of faith and certain miracles to successfully create the blessing of luck.

As long as you are blessed, when you are involved in a chaotic system, the output will tend to be in your favor."

It must be said that Ulysses' explanation gave Richard a great shock.

The civilization of gods is a civilization after all. It is not a simple alliance of a few indigenous strongmen, but a community of interests composed of a group of strong men who have mastered the same power system.

Richard keenly noticed one word in Ulises' explanation.

"Miracle power? What is that?" Richard asked.

"Gah, the power of miracles is the most magical power in the star realm. This power is not restricted by various rules and can produce many phenomena that violate common sense. According to our research, the power of miracles should be the product left behind by some beings that have reached the ninth level and transcended the star realm."

"Ninth level life!?"

Richard was shocked. According to the wizards' classification of biological levels, level eight life was the highest pinnacle, and level nine life only existed in theory.

The horror of this kind of life cannot be described in words. According to theory, one of the most common properties of these lives is absolute eternity.

That is, the passage of time will have no effect on them, whether it is a thousand years or ten thousand years. Even if the time is so long that the world collapses and the stars are extinguished, they will not change at all.

Richard gasped: "You can actually use the power left by the ninth level life!"

Ulises waved his wings. "Gah, don't be so surprised. Can't you use it too? The essence of your curse is the borrowing of miracle power. Your superiors should have known about this a long time ago, but you are not a curse wizard and your status is not high enough, so you don't know it."

"……maybe."

Richard was silent for a moment, and finally let out a sigh.

There are too many secrets in the wizarding world. He is just a second-ring wizard who is only a few hundred years old, and there are too few things he can access.

"So, this staff will make my spells more powerful?"

Ulises nodded. "That's right. But the effect of Luck Blessing is limited. It can't increase the power much. Unless you actively use the power of faith to influence the result of the spell."

"Can I actively interfere with the outcome of a spell?"

Richard was shocked again. If he could intervene actively, then when his power of faith was sufficient, wouldn't it mean that every spell he cast would be a "critical hit"?
"Gah, don't think too much. Active interference requires more power of faith than you think."

After saying this, Ulises flew back to the bird's nest and yawned:
"Gah, this thing has no substance in essence, just make your staff and integrate it in.

I need to get some sleep..."

Before he could finish his words, Ulises fell asleep.

……

Making a magic wand was very easy for Richard. After half a year of production, Richard successfully made a magic wand with a detachable head.

Since he entered the battlefield as a technical consultant this time and probably wouldn't have the ability to sneak into the rear, Richard replaced the original Nomi crystal head of his wand with a fire elemental gem. The function of this gem is very simple, it can provide a 10% fire element amplification for spells below one thousand energy levels.

After the production was completed, Richard integrated the faith weapon into it. After the integration, Richard experimented and saw the effect.

In the magic testing ground, Richard waved his staff and summoned a black fireball. As soon as he waved his staff, the fireball shot out and hit a target 300 meters away.

boom!
The target showed that Richard's fireball had a power of 500 energy levels, of which 400 were the basic energy levels of the fireball, and the extra 100 energy levels, 80 of which came from the fire element amplification array of the staff and the fire element gem on the head of the staff, and the extra 20 energy levels were brought by the staff's lucky blessing.

"The effect looks good, an increase of twenty energy levels. This is the result of the element distribution in the test field approaching a balance. If we enter a world with a balanced fire element, the effect should be even stronger."

After completing the production of the staff, Richard also made some small magic costumes to deal with certain special situations.

As an alchemist wizard, the amount of magic equipment he has directly affects his combat power.

A year passed in the blink of an eye, and the time for the floating city to set out has finally arrived.

On the expedition level, Richard waited for the arrival of the floating city with the Qingshuang Legion. "Boy, you should be smart in this war. The plane war is your best chance to make a fortune."

Vladimir stood beside Richard, a pipe in his mouth, and spoke in a vague manner.

"Hmm? Master, what do you mean by that?" Richard looked at Vladimir in confusion. "As a technical advisor, I won't have to sneak behind enemy lines like a dark wizard, will I?"

"Sneaking behind enemy lines, what are you thinking about?" Vladimir frowned slightly, "Didn't that old guy Qiao Luode tell you before he was promoted?
Although you joined the war as a technical consultant, you are also a member of the military chamber of commerce, and you are qualified to submit a development application to the headquarters."

"Development application? What is that?"

Richard was completely confused. When Joelod was promoted, the news that the Qingshuang Legion would participate in the war had not yet been announced, and there were many things that Joelod had not told him.

Seeing Richard's confused face, Vladimir tapped his pipe, took a deep breath and said:

"That's right. This war came too suddenly. Logically, the Legion would not participate in two wars in such a short period of time. Since he didn't tell you, I told him for him.

You should know that every plane expedition costs a lot."

Richard nodded: "I know."

Vladimir glanced at Richard and said with some disdain: “From the look on your face, you don’t know how much it costs to fight a plane expedition.

Take our current war as an example. We are fighting a small world this time, so we mobilized about one million wizards, of which more than 600,000 are white wizards, 300,000 are black wizards, and there are 10,000 to 20,000 logistics wizards.

Do you know how much it would cost to hire so many wizards to fight in the war?"

“…I really don’t know.”

Richard was a student soldier when he participated in the last war and received no hiring fee at all.

Vladimir blew out a smoke ring and said slowly, "Generally speaking, the more intense the war, the higher the hiring fee. For example, when fighting a small world, the hiring fee for a white wizard is 700 magic essences per war, and the hiring fee for a black wizard is slightly higher than that for a white wizard, up to 900 magic essences.

And these are the prices for a first-ring wizard. The price for a second-ring wizard is double, and the price for a third-ring wizard is double that of a second-ring wizard.

There are more than 600,000 white wizards. I will count them as 600,000, and the black wizards as 300,000, and all of them are first-ring wizards. Before this war even starts, the great wizard will spend 690 million magic essence.

In addition to the hiring fee, the great wizard also had to rent a floating city and prepare various logistical supplies. Although these things did not account for the majority of the expenses, they would still amount to tens of millions of magic essences.

More than 700 million demons in one war, what do you think of this number?"

Listening to Vladimir's calculations, Richard's brain went into a state of shutdown for a moment.

Seven hundred million demon essences, Richard couldn't even think of how to earn this number.

Seven hundred million magic essences! His cooperation with the Qingshuang Legion only earned him 150,000 magic essences. He needed to cooperate with them more than 5,300 times to earn this amount.

And this is just the smallest consumption of a plane war.

Looking at Richard's somewhat dazed reaction, Vladimir smiled with satisfaction.

"Such a large expenditure would be painful even for some wealthy wizards. Therefore, before each war, the great wizards would send notices to many wizard chambers of commerce, inviting them to invest in the war and become chambers of commerce accompanying the army.

The investment of these wizard chambers of commerce is equivalent to a shareholding. If the war is won, he can apply for the mining rights of certain resources in this new world by relying on his status as a military chamber of commerce."

"What if we lose?" Richard couldn't help but ask.

Vladimir spread his hands and said, "If we lose the war, our investment will go down the drain. War is risky, so we need to be cautious when investing. Do they dare to ask the Great Wizard for the money?"

Vladimir went on:

"Many of the resources in these newly conquered worlds are special products based on the rules of the world. If these things are put on the market, even if they sell like hot cakes, there should be no problem in making a profit. The clause of accompanying the troops added by your Chamber of Commerce is just taking advantage of a loophole.

Because of the dean's participation in this war, the Legion is equivalent to a great wizard. And you have reached a deal with the Legion, which can also be said to be an investment."

"Can this be considered an investment?" Richard asked in confusion.

The Qingshuang Legion signed a contract with them in black and white.

Vladimir blinked. "The pricing of a new weapon is vague. Its value is entirely determined by the Legion. Your Chamber of Commerce reached a deal with the Legion at a price lower than the Legion's pricing. This is also an investment behavior."

"Ah? Can we still play like this?"

Richard was shocked by Vladimir's actions. Isn't this equivalent to poaching talents from the academy?
Vladimir smiled and said, "The Dean has taken the lion's share of the Plane War. What's wrong with us small shrimps having a little soup? As long as it doesn't affect the combat effectiveness of the war, the Dean has never cared about these small matters."

As he spoke, the sky rippled like water waves, and the huge floating city gradually entered the wizard world.

Vladimir patted Richard on the shoulder:

"Get ready to enter the floating city. Planar wars have more twists and turns than you think."

(End of this chapter)