The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 97 The Wizarding World
After the Apprentice War, Richard's life began to change.

Since he had obtained the qualification to be promoted to a wizard ahead of time, Richard no longer stayed in the academy to study hard, but went out for a walk as Joe Lord suggested.

The location of the Black Tower Wizard Academy was at the edge of the Wizarding Continent, close to the archipelago that surrounded the continent. The Plantagenet Kingdom, where Richard was born, was located on a relatively large island in the archipelago.

There is more than one such kingdom in the archipelago.

Richard rented a large ship and traveled back and forth between these islands, and also saw the wizarding world in person.

Most of the countries on these small islands were in the feudal period, and the lords and kings were fighting against each other. Richard traveled there for a year and witnessed many joys and sorrows.

A year later, Richard sailed to the open sea. Although there were few islands there, it was full of various wonderful sights, which were much more beautiful than the fighting between humans.

In the open sea, whales as big as islands float to the surface, spewing water nearly a thousand meters long. Sharks as big as ships swim swiftly in the sea day and night. These sharks swim all their lives and only stop when they die. Schools of silver-white flying fish leap out of the sea. They are birds of the ocean and migrate along the ocean currents every year. Tides of luminous krill walk underwater, and at night they look like fireflies in the sea...

All these wonderful scenes aroused many emotions in Richard's heart, and he began to study these things involuntarily, without any utilitarian purpose or for power.

Richard simply wanted to explore the secrets and enjoy the process of exploration.

Richard spent two years at sea, during which his soul was baptized. He was no longer obsessed with the purpose of research, but began to enjoy the research process.

The education of the Dark Wizard Academy often makes a wizard fall into the utilitarian trap, that is, to pursue power in everything he studies. But for wizards, power is only a by-product, and the knowledge gained is the real treasure.

Two years later, Richard came ashore and began to travel around the cities governed by the college.

The Black Tower Wizarding Academy's management of the cities under its jurisdiction presents two extremes, either careful training or letting them run wild.

For example, the Gaelic city that Richard had visited before was very developed, and ordinary citizens could receive a good education. But in the Plantagenet Kingdom where Richard was born, the medieval feudal system was still in place, and the people under its rule were all ignorant.

Richard observed these well-developed cities and found that these cities were all located on a certain waterway, that is, they were all the destinations for the Wizard Chamber of Commerce's airships.

The Wizard Chamber of Commerce's airships will definitely stop for rest during long-distance transportation.

And these well-developed cities just happen to be stuck at these points.

"It seems that the Wizarding Chamber of Commerce plays an important role in the wizarding world." Richard muttered as he watched the airships taking off and landing in the airship field.

He traveled around the cities under the jurisdiction of the academy for two years, during which time he met many graduated wizard apprentices.

Some of these apprentices are still studying, while others have completely integrated into the ordinary people and enjoy the happiness of being part of the powerful class.

Apprentices who graduated from the academy usually worked for the academy for a hundred years before being assigned to a city under the academy's jurisdiction as garrison apprentices to monitor for any crazy wizard apprentices.

These apprentices are the most popular guests among the mortal upper class, and their extraordinary powers can help the powerful solve many problems.

But some apprentices are unwilling to do so. These people usually join a mercenary group and start traveling around the wizarding continent.

As wizard apprentices, these people generally do not encounter any danger in the current wizard continent.

After the trip, Richard returned to the academy. At this moment, his mental power had reached the limit of 49.9, with no room for improvement.

After returning to the academy, Richard found Joe Lord immediately.

"Not bad, you look a lot better after traveling." Joe Lord glanced at Richard and said happily.

After several years of traveling, Richard's temperament has changed greatly. At this moment, Richard looks more calm and introverted, and exudes a mature temperament.

"Teacher, I'm ready." Richard said.

Qiao Luode calculated the time and it was almost time to go to the Tower of Truth to attend the party.

"Okay, I just happen to be attending a party at the Tower of Truth, so let's go tomorrow."

In the evening, Richard and Ellie met. Although they had not seen each other for several years, this did not affect their relationship at all. Over the years, Richard had been sending letters to Ellie to share the wonderful sights he had seen.

"You are back this time to go to the Tower of Truth to become a wizard, right?" Ellie said softly while lying in Richard's arms.

"Yes. My mental strength has reached the limit of my apprenticeship, and the teacher is going to the Tower of Truth, so it's just on the way."

"I heard that becoming a wizard is quite dangerous."

"A 30% failure rate." Richard said lightly.

Ellie suddenly sat up, turned around and stared at Richard's face, and said seriously:
"Don't fail, Richard. I'm waiting to live with you for ten thousand years."

Richard smiled:
"It will work."

……

The next day, Joe Lord took Richard on the airship.

"Teacher, do wizards also need to ride in airships?" Richard asked in confusion. "Generally speaking, wizards don't need to." Joe Lord walked into the airship's cabin and turned around to close the door.

"But if we take you with us, it will be different. To take you to the Tower of Truth, we will have to spend at least a thousand magic stones, and we will have to sleep in the open air."

As he spoke, Qiao Luode patted the big bed in the box.

"Take an airship, you don't have to sleep outdoors, it only costs a few hundred magic stones, and you don't have to fly yourself. You can take two airships in the middle, and you can also see a real wizard city.

No matter how you calculate it, this is a good deal.”

Richard was speechless. He obediently found a chair and began to study the runes.

He has been studying the Dark Water Rune given to him by the great wizard Qingshuang in the past few years, and has figured out some tricks.

The Dark Water Rune is different from the runes Richard usually sees. It is a rare rune, and each rare rune is equivalent to natural magic.

Like the Dark Water Rune in Richard's hand, after being activated with magic power, it can generate a ball of black liquid that has the effect of swallowing light and is highly corrosive.

After Richard's testing, it was found that this ball of liquid was actually some kind of alien form of the water element, that is, this thing was also a water element and could also undergo annihilation reaction.

Richard tried to use ordinary fire elements to cause an annihilation reaction with it, and the result surprised Richard greatly.

Since the dark water has the property of absorbing light, a portion of the light emitted by the annihilation reaction is absorbed by it, which in turn causes the energy level of the core of the spell's power to increase.

Richard was delighted by this discovery.

He had an idea. If he could find another fire element rune that had the same light-absorbing properties as the Dark Water, he would be able to greatly enhance the power of the spell Annihilation.

But rare runes are treasures to any wizard, and it is not easy to find such runes and obtain them.

Richard was fully prepared for this.

After riding the airship for a month, Qiao Luode finally got off the airship.

As soon as he went down, Richard was shocked by the scene before him.

"Boy, you haven't seen it before." Joe Lord looked at Richard's reaction with some pride.

In front of Richard was an enormous airship field, where hundreds of airships took off and landed.

Beyond this, various peculiar buildings gathered together, together with the towering wizard tower, forming a large fantasy city.

In this city, alchemy motorcycles and horse-drawn carriages traveled on the same road, and people of all kinds walked on the streets, not surprised at all by this scene. There were streams of light between the wizard towers, and if you look closely, you will find that those streams of light are some wizard apprentices riding in magic costumes.

Black flames were billowing from the chimney of the alchemy workshop, and hot steam was introduced into the workshop from the underground boiler through thick pipes. Opposite it, a tavern built on a tree was open for business.

Orcs, dwarves, and even all kinds of drinkers who have become strange due to the fusion of blood, come to this tavern in alchemical motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages, or even on magic brooms, and drink heartily without any reservations.

On the street, some strange-looking alien creatures were eating or sweeping, cleaning the streets.

In the sky, small airships were flying banners advertising newly opened alchemy shops.

This city is like a stack of various fantasy elements, mixed with some steampunk and modern elements, making it look extraordinary.

"The White Wizard Academy is different from us. They like to combine the academy with the city, and the wizards directly manage all aspects of the city." Qiao Luode introduced, "What you see now is the city of the Golden Dragon Wizard Academy, and also the Golden Dragon Wizard Academy."

"This... is a little too fantastical." Richard muttered to himself.

However, Richard quickly accepted this reality. As a world that opens up to the conquest of other worlds, it is normal for the wizarding world to be a little fantasy.

"Shall we go in and take a look?" Richard asked.

"Walk around?" Joe Lord shook his head. "We only have two hours. We have to take three airships to get to the Tower of Truth before the end of this year's promotion period."

"Promotion period?" Richard asked doubtfully.

"You don't think you can get promoted just by going to the Tower of Truth at any time, do you?" Qiao Luode glanced at his disciple, "July to September every year is the promotion period of the Tower of Truth. After this period, you can only wait until next year to get promoted."

"From what you said, teacher...it seems that to become a wizard, I need to use the equipment in the Tower of Truth?" Richard asked.

"Equipment?" Qiao Luode shook his head. "Any academy can gather what is needed for the promotion ceremony, but the most important thing can only be found in the Tower of Truth."

"what?"

"The origin of the wizarding world."

(End of this chapter)