The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 252: The Fall of the Linksa Empire (Part )

Before this great counterattack, one-fifth of the Linksa Empire's territory fell into the hands of wizards, a loss second only to that of the Morik Empire.

The long-term rampage of dark wizards in the empire has made the Salamander civilians full of distrust of the imperial bureaucracy, and those corrupt bandits have exacerbated this.

After losing the Salamander King, a leader who was almost like a god, the wizards added a little fuel to the flames, and the conflict between the Salamander civilians and the bureaucrats and the military broke out instantly.

This made those fire lizards within the Linksa Empire who wanted to organize an army to resist completely lose hope.

But soon, the wizard discovered that this situation was not a good thing for him.

……

Boom!

The black fireball exploded, instantly burning a fire lizard warrior to ashes.

A wizard in a black robe strolled leisurely in the camp of fire lizards. The half-golden and half-black metal staff in his hand looked particularly strange.

This is a camp of Salamander bandits. Hundreds of corrupted Salamander warriors are entrenched here, living a carefree life by plundering nearby towns.

In the tents of the camp, many female fire lizards were covered with scars and dirt, and at the back of the camp, many female fire lizards that were dead or still half alive were piled up like a small hill.

To these fire lizard warriors, ordinary female fire lizards are simply consumables.

The black-robed wizard's mental power gave him a clear view of the surrounding environment. He frowned slightly and released fireballs at a faster frequency.

"There's a wizard! There's a wizard!"

Cries of fear echoed through the camp, pulling back the salamanders still moving on the woman from their violence.

The fallen Salamander warrior hurriedly picked up his weapon, his armor worn askew.

It is commendable that although these fire lizard warriors bully ordinary fire lizards, they are not afraid at all when facing wizards.

Seven or eight Salamander warriors attacked Richard from all directions, their eyes wide open, their shouts hoarse, and the black gold scimitars in their hands were as fast as lightning.

"Die!"

But the next moment, a magic barrier blocked all their scimitars outside.

"You guys are not enough to kill me."

The black-robed wizard spoke lazily. After blocking the attack of the fire lizard, he waved his staff and several black fireballs emerged from the air, smashing towards the fire lizards like meteors.

Rumble…

The roar of the spell drowned out the fire lizard's screams.

The wizard walked around the camp and used magic to clean up all the fire lizard warriors. Some fire lizard warriors saw that something was wrong and immediately fled into the dense forest outside the camp.

The black-robed wizard did not chase them, but just showed a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.

After a while, a scream was heard, and several armored hounds covered with gold-patterned computer boards walked out of the woods with blood in their mouths.

The hound walked up to the wizard, lay on the ground, wagging its tail and barking ingratiatingly from time to time.

The wizard touched their heads and took out a few mushrooms from his pocket and fed them.

Then the wizard took out a crystal ball and said to it:

"The bandits in Flagg Town have been cleared out. There are 109 of them. The cleaner is Richard."

After reporting the mission, Richard returned to the camp and began to check each tent one by one.

These bandits were once regular troops of the Linksa Empire, and their camps are still worth looting.

Entering the large tent in the center of the camp, several female fire lizards were lying on the bed in the tent. Some of them had no scars on their bodies, and seemed to have been newly tied up.

Richard glanced at them and then walked around the tent as if he hadn't seen them.

These ordinary fire lizards were not within the cleaning range, and Richard was too lazy to waste his magic power.

When the female fire lizards saw the wizard, they were so frightened that they hid in the corner of the tent. The brave ones even picked up a scimitar from the ground with trembling hands, but pointed the blade at their own necks.

Although the bandits are villains, the wizards are not good people either.

They could understand the evil of the bandits, but many rumors about wizards were more terrifying than the devil in hell.

Those fire lizards captured by wizards were like completely different people. They originally hated the wizards, but after being captured, they became the wizards' lapdogs.

This method is chilling.

The environment of the tent was very bad, and many of the looted items were piled up by the Salamanders. Among these items were a large number of gold coins and exquisitely crafted fire elemental gems, which were hard currency in the Salamanders' society.

But they were worthless to Richard.

After searching through these things for a while, Richard finally found something of value - a wizard's magic pocket. He used his mental power to check the contents of the pocket - the owner of the pocket was dead, and now the pocket was ownerless, and any wizard could open it.

There wasn't much in his pocket, just a few dozen pieces of magic essence, some salamander specimens and a few notebooks.

"It's quite rewarding."

Richard muttered something, then began to search other tents. From beginning to end, his eyes never stayed on the fire lizard for more than a second.

"Why doesn't this wizard kill us?" a female fire lizard asked in a low voice.

The Salamander shook his head: "I don't know, but I don't feel he has any ill will towards us. He looks at us like...stones." "Stones? That would be great. I still want to go back to see my parents..."

A female fire lizard's voice became quieter and quieter, and she finally started to cry. She suddenly remembered that her parents had been killed by these fire lizard warriors.

The surrounding fire lizards quickly covered her mouth when they saw her crying, fearing that her crying would attract the wizard again.

After a long time, a female salamander poked its head out of the tent.

The entire camp was silent and the wizard who destroyed the entire group of bandits seemed to have left long ago.

……

In the night sky, Richard flew at a leisurely pace. In the sky, a huge war airship swam swiftly in the sky like a giant whale.

At this moment, ten years have passed since the great counterattack. The wizards have occupied most of the territory of the Linksa Empire. Only Luxor Province and several surrounding provinces are still under the control of the Salamanders.

The wizards' attack was very rapid in the early stages of the war, and they reached the current territorial area in less than two years. During this process, the wizards encountered almost no stubborn resistance.

A large number of corrupted bandits caused the fire lizard army's combat effectiveness to plummet, and the lack of generals with strategic vision caused the remaining fire lizard army to be defeated one by one by the wizards.

But the wizard soon discovered that those corrupt bandits were even more disgusting than the regular army.

The portal had been assembled, but igniting it required a huge amount of energy, which could not be met by the power furnaces of the two floating cities alone. So the wizards began to mine a large amount of energy ore in the Linksa Empire to assist in igniting the portal.

It is impossible for wizards to mine by themselves, and the brains of the synthetic beasts do not support them to mine, so the task of mining naturally falls on the fire lizards in the wizard-controlled area.

In order to maintain a huge number of mining slaves, wizards need to prepare basic food and basic shelter.

All of these require a steady stream of resources.

Wizards would not farm, let alone serve as mules and horses to transport supplies for these slaves, and the presence of those bandits seriously affected the transportation of materials to the mining area.

In order to solve this problem and to make its controlled area more stable, the command stopped the offensive and instead used a large number of wizards to suppress the bandits.

This is why these Salamander resistance areas in Luxor Province still exist.

Soon, Richard flew to the wizard city closest to the camp. Rays of light kept passing over the sky above the city.

call out!
A wizard flew past Richard quickly, and the gust of air he created made Richard unable to help but activate his magic barrier.

"The command center hasn't even issued any ban to control this group of Meteor Gang members." Richard complained with a frown.

Meteor Party is the name for the extremely fast wizards just mentioned. Because they fly very fast and look like meteors from the ground, they are called Meteor Party.

These people are the speed racing gangs in the wizarding world. In the mission of suppressing bandits, which has a high degree of freedom, these people began to race in their spare time as a form of entertainment.

Richard heard that these wizards had held flying competitions in the wizarding world. The scale of the competitions was not small. Sometimes there were hundreds of thousands of wizards participating, but the prize was only the honorary title of a flying master.

After falling from the sky, Richard arrived at the commercial street with ease. On both sides of the street, wizards of different strengths stood together in harmony, selling their spoils together.

Picking up bargains is Richard's hobby. He always feels happy when he finds something in the trash that is priced below its value.

Wizards have such a long life span that everyone has some hobbies.

The commercial street was not long, and Richard looked around quickly. Unfortunately, he didn't find anything that suited his taste.

When he reached the end of the street, Richard, who had gained nothing, prepared to leave the commercial street and find a place to look at the notes of the unfortunate wizard.

Suddenly, a voice called him.

"Master Richard."

Richard looked back and saw a wizard in a white robe looking at him.

"Iyad? Long time no see."

Richard greeted the wizard with surprise. He and Ayad had not seen each other since they parted ways with the support convoy.

"It's been a while indeed." Iyad sighed, "It's been ten years since we last saw the support team."

After that, Iyad changed the subject and said, "There is a good restaurant in the city. How about you give me a favor, Master?"

"Restaurant?" Richard laughed. "Then you'd better be prepared to bleed. My physique is not weak."

Iyad's face turned red with embarrassment. Oh no, he forgot that Richard was going through physical evolution.

I should have said pub earlier.

But the words were already spoken, and he couldn't take them back. He could only smile bitterly and say to Richard:

"Master, please take it easy. All my magic energy is put into this body."

After walking about three or four kilometers along the commercial street, the two came to an unsigned restaurant.

The guests of the restaurant are all wizards, and the raw materials of the dishes are all powerful monsters. Even after they are cooked, Richard can feel their power when they were alive.

They found a table and sat down. An owl pet came up to them holding a menu.

Iyad glanced at the menu and ordered two of the largest steaks.

After the owl left, Richard communicated with Ayad through spiritual messages:
"What do you want from me?"

"It's nothing serious. I just heard that the headquarters is going to take action against Luxor Province soon. So I'm looking for the master to cooperate with me and get some benefits."

(End of this chapter)