The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 452 Parasitic Disaster
Richard's face changed slightly when he heard Ulises' warning, and this warning sent a chill down his spine.

If this group of wizards were parasitized, then what were they communicating with him during this period?
A wizard? Or a mayfly?
If it was the former, then it meant that these wizards didn't know they were parasitized yet, so there was still some hope. But if it was a mayfly...

Richard felt a sudden chill in his heart.

What do these mayflies want to do?
Rico saw Richard holding the crystal ball but not using it, and asked in confusion:
"What's wrong, Master Richard? Is there something wrong with the crystal ball?"

"No, no." Richard flipped his hand and put the crystal ball into his pocket, with a little fatigue on his face.

"I'm just a little tired. That attack just now was a bit too mentally exhausting."

Rico did not show any abnormality when he heard this, but nodded in agreement.

"I have some potions here that you can use, Master."

Rico took out two bottles of standard potions from his pocket and handed them to Richard.

“I know that Master, who has just joined the military, is used to using potions in critical moments.

But our military doesn’t lack this little money, so we can use the potions if we have them, especially on a battlefield like this.”

Looking at Rico's face full of kindness, Richard forced a smile and took the two bottles of potions.

"Haha, I'm used to it. I can't change it."

After the battle, the wizards naturally returned to the fortress immediately. Everything happened very naturally.

If Richard did not have almost unconditional trust in Ulysses, he would definitely think that Ulysses was nervous and had hallucinations.

These wizards are so normal.

Back at the fortress, Richard led the rest of the dark wizard team on their way out, and Rico also politely escorted them to the door, without any intention of taking action.

This action even made Ulises feel a little confused.

He even doubted whether he had seen it wrong.

"It's really weird." Ulises' eyes lit up slightly, and he glanced at Rico who was about to disappear from a distance.

However, there was nothing unusual about Rico's body, without any trace of the mayfly.

"Could it be that I am just being overly sensitive and seeing things wrong?"

Ulises shook his head and accidentally caught a glimpse of the dark wizard in the team out of the corner of his eye.

But this one look made him instantly forget the idea that he had seen it wrong.

"Richard, these people of yours are also parasitized."

Ulises' voice made Richard's eyes sharpen. He looked at the wizard team that had not yet separated and asked calmly, "How many are there?"

Ulises looked over the team and gave an answer that made Richard's hair stand on end.

"All of them. All of these people are parasitized."

In Ulysses's eyes, the brains of these wizards were all parasitized by a mayfly larva.

Richard took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down as much as possible.

"Is it the same with Fortress 192?"

"Yes, except for the one named Rico, all the others were parasitized."

"Rico is fine?" Richard asked in surprise.

A fortress's legion of white wizards was infested by mayflies, but their commander was not, and was unaware of it.

That doesn't sound like a good thing.

"Don't overthink it. I think it's because his physique is too strong. As soon as those mayflies parasitized him, they were squeezed to death by his cells."

Richard was stunned when he heard this. Indeed, Rico's physique was better than his. Now that he was fine, it was normal for Rico to be fine too.

What parasites fear most is that the host's physical condition is too high. Once the physical condition is too high, the host's immune system and body cells will let the parasites know what cruelty is.

"Can these wizards still be saved?" Richard glanced at the wizards around him, a trace of pity flashing in his eyes.

Although these wizards could not be called elite, their quality was pretty good. It would be a waste to kill them all.

Besides, these were all his subordinates. If they all died, he would be left alone.

How can we carry out the mission like this?

"Maybe we can save them. Let your elves give it a try." Ulises replied, "I'll ask the Snake King to prepare an anesthetic fog to ensure that these wizards will be anesthetized when they enter the secret realm.

But you have to be prepared. We are not far from the fortress. If we take these things out rashly, the mayflies in the fortress will probably know about it."

There was a cold flash in Richard's eyes.

"If you know, then you know. It's a good opportunity to kill them."

In the absence of a chief commander, although this group of white wizards is powerful, they are not so powerful that they cannot be dealt with.

Ulysses did not refute this, and he also did not think that the group of white wizards could not solve the problem.

After making the decision, Richard immediately ordered the wizards around him: "Stop first."

sizzle...

A series of horse reining sounds rang out beside Richard.

The wizards of the team looked at Richard, not knowing what their captain was going to do.

“I thought about it, and in order to prevent the incident of Team Nine from happening again, I decided to let you enter my secret realm fragment.

Your strength is too weak, and the chances of you surviving the mayfly swarm are really low. If this continues, half of the team will be gone before we reach the destination."

The wizards in the team had no objection to Richard's decision. Instead, they were extremely supportive.

It seems that the parasitism of mayflies has no effect on them.

Seeing that the wizards in the team were not unusual, Richard opened the rift in the secret realm and let Ulises fly in. "Line up first, go in one by one, and don't let your dragon beasts fight!"

Behind the secret rift, the snake king, knowing Richard's need, opened his mouth and sprayed a cloud of light purple poisonous mist near the secret rift.

As the wizards entered, the poisonous fog that suddenly appeared instantly made them unconscious. The snake king was beside them, using his tail to move them away to prevent them from blocking the way.

Just like that, in a moment, all the wizards entered the secret realm.

Looking at the wizards neatly arranged on the ground, Richard waved his hand, and the holy tree elves came to the wizards and began to take out the parasitic mayflies.

Because the holy tree elves use mycelium to weave their shells all year round, they have great advantages in precision surgery.

Since these mayflies had just hatched, their connection with the brain was not tight. With the delicate surgery of the Holy Tree Spirit, these mayflies were successfully removed.

Except for a few unlucky people who have some problems with their brain nerves, they may have some limb incoordination after waking up.

Looking at the mayfly larvae that were taken out, Richard did not destroy them immediately, but sealed them all and prepared to use them as research materials and evidence.

Soon, the wizards woke up from their coma.

Looking at the wilderness around them, their minds went blank.

Is this a fragment of a secret realm? It doesn't look like it.

Because the poisonous fog of the snake king was too effective, the memories of these wizards were still stuck at the moment they entered the secret rift.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot. Stand up quickly."

Richard's voice made them stand up from the ground instantly, and at this moment, a wizard finally reacted.

They did not enter the secret realm and are still in the galaxy world.

"What... is going on?" a wizard asked in confusion.

Richard took out a specimen of a parasitic mayfly.

"You are all in Fortress 192, and you are all parasitized by this thing. I just removed all these mayflies from your bodies in the secret realm."

After hearing Richard's somewhat unbelievable words, a wizard immediately wanted to question him. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he remembered a certain troublemaker old wizard, so he quickly shut up.

Richard said coldly: "Touch the back of your heads and see if there are any signs of sutures."

The wizards touched the back of their heads and indeed felt a suture mark.

This was something Richard specifically asked the Holy Tree Spirit to leave behind for the sake of explanation.

After all, these wizards would not be stupid enough to think that Richard would deliberately knock them unconscious and then leave a suture mark on the back of their heads just to make up a lie that sounded absurd.

After confirming the truth of the matter, a wizard exclaimed: "So, Fortress No. 192..."

Richard looked a little heavy, and said, "Except for the commander of the fortress, Rico, all the backbone personnel of Fort 192 have been parasitized.

I will report this news to the theater command. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be isolated and investigated for a period of time."

Not only them, judging from the current situation, all wizards who pass through Fortress No. 192 are suspected of being infected.

It is unknown how wide the impact of this parasitic disaster will be.

Most of the wizards in the team were very happy to hear Richard's words.

Isolation and review means that they don't have to go to the battlefield for the time being. When they are finished with the review, perhaps a new round of equipment will be distributed.

But the quarantine and review are a bit of a headache.

These wizards have entered his secret realm, so theoretically, his secret realm has been contaminated. During the quarantine period, his secret realm will also be inspected.

This is definitely not a good thing for him.

Fortunately, he made a plan in advance and prepared a small secret realm fragment before joining the war.

Anyway, these wizards were stunned as soon as they entered his secret realm, and they had no idea what Richard's secret realm looked like.

After reporting the intelligence using the crystal ball, Richard left the team and flew towards the fortress.

Although these mayflies have not attacked yet, it is never a bad idea to strike first.

……

Inside the fortress, the wizards who were maintaining the fortress stopped what they were doing at the same time.

"Discovered."

"How to do?"

"Control the wizard first."

Information was transmitted in the mental network between mayflies, and in a blink of an eye, the group of mayflies made a decision.

Richard overlooked one thing, that is, although the complex formation inside the fortress was not suitable for the white wizards to deploy, for the mayflies, this complex terrain was an excellent cover.

The mayfly formation is three-dimensional!

In the command room, Rico, who was exercising and monitoring the situation outside the fortress through the monitoring facilities around the fortress, suddenly felt a chill on his back.

An unprecedented sense of danger almost made his hair stand on end.

With almost no hesitation, Rico's body puffed up instantly, and several shields with different protective functions unfolded on him.

The next moment, one of these shields was broken.

"Damn it, mental attack!"

Rico saw the broken barrier and immediately began to organize a defense with his mental power. But before his mental defense took shape, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

When he came to his senses, he found that there were several old wizards from the legion standing beside him.

The old wizards looked at him anxiously: "Sir, mayflies have invaded the fortress!"

(End of this chapter)