The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 269 Lava Sea

On the lava sea, a thin wizard was flying slowly not far above the sea.

The lava sea is a general term for the magma sea outside the main continent of the Chiyang World. It occupies one-third of the area of ​​the entire Chiyang World. In it live countless powerful fire beasts and elemental creatures that have escaped from the elemental territory.

But although the lava sea is vast, the resources it produces are pitifully small.

Although the magma sea is vast, this vast sea area basically has no output except for the fire beasts and fire elemental gems.

The uses of fire beasts are limited. Apart from being used as experimental subjects, their greatest use is as food.

But this market is too small, and the fire beasts near the coast are completely sufficient.

As for the fire element gems, this thing is not lacking in the Chiyang World, and even in all the worlds with balanced fire elements.

If the great wizard is willing, a fire elemental gem from the Red Sun World can bring down the entire fire elemental gem market in the wizarding world.

But doing so would do no good except causing trouble for the great wizard.

Therefore, many of the fire element gem veins on the main continent of the Chiyang World were sealed by the great wizards, and only some of the veins were mined.

Moreover, most of the products produced by these veins are fuel-grade fire gems. The main function of gems of this level is to be used as energy for alchemical machines.

The production of fire elemental gems that can be used as staff heads is strictly limited.

Steady and steady progress is the right way.

Therefore, the lava sea is a big desert for wizards, and few wizards will take the time to explore the lava sea.

thump!
On the calm sea, a fire shark suddenly jumped out with its mouth wide open. It was nearly ten meters long, and the energy fluctuations emanating from its body had reached the standard of a third-level creature.

If this thing was placed on the main continent of the Chiyang World, even wizards would have to send out a team of white wizards, and a three-ring wizard would be needed to lead the team to quickly resolve it.

The target it was aiming for when it jumped out of the sea was the wizard flying above the sea, whose energy fluctuation was no more than the second ring.

"Gah, another blind man."

A black crow flew up from the wizard's shoulder, and its claws suddenly grew larger, grabbing the leaping giant fire shark. The giant fire shark was captured and struggled violently. Every twist and every struggle of such a huge third-level arsenic was full of force.

But the black crow's claws seemed to be made of copper and iron. No matter how it struggled, its claws did not move at all.

The Black Crow's claws kept shrinking, and the giant fire shark in its claws also kept shrinking along with the claws.

The ten-meter-long giant fire shark gradually shrank to five meters, and then slowly shrank to one meter. Finally, the giant fire shark turned into a small fish the size of a palm, which was thrown into the mouth of Black Crow and swallowed in one gulp.

"belch-"

The Black Crow burped and a fierce elemental flame came out of his mouth.

After eating, it looked at the wizard beside it and asked:
"Hey, Richard, does the thing you're looking for exist? I'm getting tired of eating these giant fire beasts these days."

Richard glanced at Ulises, his tone somewhat helpless:

“Ulises, how come you become so impatient after waking up? I’ve already told you that there must be an island on the lava sea. Those Salamanders must have sent people over here.”

"Gah, but we have been searching on this sea for three years."

Richard was helpless, and so was Ulysses.

Three years ago, he woke up from his deep sleep, and after eating a large meal of salamander brains, he was called by Richard to the lava sea to be a guardian.

They said they were looking for islands on the lava sea.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many fire lizard heads, Ulysses would have started cursing long ago.

The lava sea is not only realistic in terms of lava, but also in terms of sea.

Searching aimlessly for an island in a vast ocean is not much different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, Ulysses is more sensitive to this kind of environment with an imbalance of fire elements. Because the lava sea is full of lava, the concentration of fire elements is several times higher than that on the mainland. In the past three years, Ulysses has been very uncomfortable.

"I estimate that the Salamanders have been searching for ten years at sea, and it took several fleets to find them. We have only been searching for three years, why are we in such a hurry?"

Richard's mentality was very peaceful. The days of searching for islands in the lava sea reminded him of his experiences traveling in the distant seas when he was a wizard apprentice.

At that time, he had just obtained the qualifications to become a wizard, and Joe Lord asked him to relax.

Looking back now, more than three hundred years have passed.

"Gah, these Salamanders are real bastards. Why don't they stay on the mainland and run to the sea for no reason? They ran away, but how come you found them?"

Ulysses' tone was sad. Life in this lava sea was too torturous. It was even worse than life in the underground lava sea.

At that time, Richard would often return to the secret realm after obtaining a creature he had never seen before. He said he was exploring, but in fact he might spend most of the day in the secret realm.

Moreover, he was exploring in the lava sea with his energy shield on.

Now, Richard was flying over the sea all day, occasionally returning to the secret realm to meditate, and he could only follow. In order to obtain the specimen, he did not let Ulysses open the energy shield, because that would scare away the fire beast in the lava sea.

Life is so hard these days... A-choo!
Seeing that Richard ignored his complaints, Ulysses could only helplessly return to Richard's shoulder.

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he scanned the surrounding sea, hoping to find some traces of islands and end this miserable exploration.

It was not known whether Ulysses was lucky or the Salamander was unlucky, but when he took a casual look, he actually saw something that was somewhat out of place in the lava sea.

"Gah, Richard, fly over there! I see a weird thing!"

"Huh?" Richard was surprised. "What's that weird thing?"

"Well, it's hard to say. That thing is pointed at both ends and bulging in the middle. It should be made of metal. But I can be sure that it is definitely not something that can grow from a fire beast." Richard turned around and flew in the direction Ulysses was talking halfway through.

What Ulises described was exactly what he and Callion had deduced a long-distance sailing ship would look like.

After conquering Caerion, Richard found several more Salamander alchemy masters, some of whom were also involved in the outsourcing of Morik's Shield.

After combining the information from several Salamander alchemy masters, Richard concluded that the Salamanders must be exploring the lava sea.

And most of them have discovered something.

Otherwise, they would not have been continuously manufacturing long-distance sailing ships for seven or eight years.

Although the process of this judgment was wrong, the result was accidentally correct.

To this end, Richard immediately started the search after Ulysses woke up.

He knew that if the fire lizards escaped to the sea, they would definitely bring a lot of talented people with them. If he could subdue them, these fire lizards would greatly enhance his strength.

Those who are regarded as the fire by the Salamander Empire cannot be a bunch of bad people with connections.

……

On the lava sea, a huge burning metal shuttle was floating quietly on the sea.

Beside it, the fire beast bypassed the metal shuttle as if it were a stone.

In the shuttle, Captain Salamander frowned and listened quietly to the information reported by his subordinates.

"…The hull is damaged by 18 percent, and the isolation cabin has been activated. But the ship's eastern and western parts are severely damaged, according to the craftsmen…"

The reporting Salamander paused, and the captain looked up at him and asked:
"what did he say?"

"...He said that the power components might not be repairable. Even if they were, we've already deviated from our course in the fire elemental storm, and the remaining fuel will hardly support us returning to the [New World]."

The captain looked at the reporting salamander and said nothing for a long time.

"...I understand. Order the crew to repair the damage as soon as possible, and have the craftsmen repair the power components as soon as possible. As for the fuel issue...I'll take care of it."

The captain's calm attitude reassured the fire lizard who was reporting the situation. He saluted respectfully to the captain, then left the captain's room and passed on the order.

boom.

The door to the captain's cabin closed.

The captain looked at the boundless lava sea outside the observation window with some annoyance. He actually encountered such a fire elemental storm.

Although he told the first mate that he would find the fuel, the fuel used on the ship was fire elemental gems. In order to obtain this thing, he had to dive into the lava sea to fish it out.

In the lava sea, countless powerful fire beasts roamed around. Even if he was a silver-horned noble, he would die if he encountered those monsters.

But this is already the option with the highest chance of survival.

"Alas, I shouldn't have coveted that fire whale. If I had returned earlier, even if I encountered a fire elemental storm, I wouldn't have ended up in this hellish place."

The captain sighed, walked to the table, took out a charcoal pencil and began to write a suicide note.

But before he could write a few words, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom! Bang!
Without waiting for the captain to open the door, the first mate who conveyed the captain's order rushed into the room with a look of horror on his face.

"What happened? Why are you so panicked?" The captain frowned and asked in a dignified tone.

The first mate looked at the captain in panic and said an answer he had never thought of.

"Wizard! My lord, a wizard is coming!"

……

On the metal shuttle, Richard easily found the entrance and opened it with ease using dragon alchemy.

At the entrance, a salamander happened to pass by. When he saw Richard, the expression on his face changed from astonishment to horror.

wizard!

Did they come to the sea? How did they encounter a wizard?

Richard couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the salamander.

"Ulises, you have done a great job this time."

"Gah, hurry up and do it. I don't want to stay in this crappy place for even a minute longer."

After entering the cabin, Richard soon encountered a group of salamanders. These salamanders had weapons in their hands, but their faces looked terrified.

After dealing with wizards for so many years, Salamander is still able to identify the wizard's strength.

The energy fluctuations on Richard's body have reached the level of a second-ring wizard. This group of people are just a matter of a few spells in front of Richard.

The wizard's power has long been a nightmare for the fire lizard.

But to their surprise, the wizard did not take action, but spoke to them calmly.

"Salamander, I have no intention of killing you. Call out your captain. I want to speak to him."

(End of this chapter)