Wizard: I can refine all things.

Chapter 81 Strengthening the Fog

Chimera is an ancient art. In ancient times, chimera was a forbidden technology used by some wizards to create slaves.

During the Enlightenment, this ancient technology was greatly developed due to war, with large numbers of chimeras serving as cannon fodder in the Wizarding Wars.

In this pioneering era, chimeras have become one of the essential skills that every academy must master.

Creating a chimera involves three steps: first, cultivating a chimera core; second, preparing living flesh and various limb parts; and third, using an alchemy array to combine these things together.

Richard had tried to create chimeras, but unfortunately he had no talent for it. The best he could do was to copy what he read in books without any original thought.

But that was enough for Richard.

In the laboratory, Richard, wearing a magnifying glass, was using a quill pen to continuously inscribe runes on a black stone platform.

Creating a chimera requires an alchemy array, and strengthening a chimera also requires an alchemy array.

After completing the inscription of 3,750 runes, Richard breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Inscribing runes is no easy task. Using alchemical ink requires a constant infusion of magic into the quill, a process that must be kept stable. Any fluctuation in magic will cause the quill to explode. In the worst-case scenario, even the stone platform will be damaged, necessitating its replacement.

"The alchemy array is complete; now it's time for the actual operation."

A year and a half has passed since Richard carried out his mission. During this time, the fleshy tentacle produced 1,500 grams of high-quality, active flesh for Richard. This flesh is extremely resilient; according to the Wizarding Merchant Guild's rating, it has reached level three activity, and its market price is ten magic stones per gram.

Richard pulled a transparent quartz tube from his magic pocket, inside which was a piece of flesh that was constantly writhing.

"Mmni."

Richard called softly, and a black crow flew over from one side of the laboratory.

"This flesh and blood can sell for 15,000 magic stones outside. I've gone to great lengths to strengthen you, so you'd better do your best later."

Richard muttered to himself as he placed the anesthetic on the testing table, then took out a vial of anesthetic and injected it into the patient's body.

Once the anesthetic took effect, Richard transferred the collapsed nymph to the dissection table and then put on a pair of low-light vision glasses.

Since Jorod didn't have a shadowless lamp among his techniques, Richard could only use these low-light vision glasses to counteract the shadow's effect.

After securing Wuni's limbs, Richard took out a razor and removed the feathers from its spine, then cleanly and efficiently cut open the skin on its back with a scalpel.

The bright red blood, the trembling muscles—Richard calmly watched all of this, then opened the quartz tube containing the living flesh and blood and took it out directly with his hands.

Living flesh possesses parasitic properties; it will combine with any fleshy creature it comes into contact with and spontaneously become part of their body. Therefore, wizards generally avoid direct contact with living flesh.

But Richard was an exception.

Richard used his ability to manipulate flesh to gain control of the living flesh as soon as it had completed its parasitic infestation.

Under Richard's control, this living flesh began to flow into Wuni's body through the wound and attach to his muscles. This living flesh would strengthen Wuni's physique and enhance his life regeneration abilities.

Generally, implanting living flesh is a long and tedious process because the spread of living flesh is unpredictable, and the wizard must divide it and place it into various muscle groups.

But Richard has the underhanded skill of flesh manipulation. With just one wound, Richard can control living flesh to go to the places he wants to strengthen.

After the parasitic growth on the living flesh was complete, Richard did not rush to separate the living flesh from himself. Instead, he took out a white bone piece covered with runes from his pocket.

"With the first-circle spell distorting the light, combined with Wuni's black fur, she'll definitely be a master scout once she enters the forest."

Richard looked at the piece of metal with satisfaction; this was an idea he had when he implanted the magic gun.

The first-circle spell, Light Distortion, can create a slight invisibility effect, and when placed in the shadows, it is almost indistinguishable from the third-circle invisibility spell.

Richard never intended to use Wuni for a direct attack; Wuni's strengths lay in sneak attacks and reconnaissance.

The spell inserts are placed into the wound, then the living flesh is controlled to hold them in place. Fine threads of flesh seep into the pores on the bone fragments, firmly securing them to Wuni's body.

Having done all this, Richard used a scalpel to separate the living flesh from himself, then stitched up the wound and placed it on the newly made alchemy table.

As magic was injected, the alchemy array began to promote the assimilation of living flesh and blood into Wuni's body. This was a long and dangerous process.

Assimilation of active flesh and blood has a certain probability of failure. If it fails, the active flesh and blood will either die and lose its activity, or it will riot and directly take over the host, becoming a cancer-like entity.

Richard locked the lab door and hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it.

The matter with Wuni is now settled.

Back in his bedroom, Richard picked up a book called "Elementary Alchemy Mechanics" and began to study.

Alchemy is one of the most widely used branches of alchemy. From Richard's magical airship to the floating cities used in the Wizarding World's conquests, all are masterpieces of alchemy.

But Jorod didn't have many books on alchemy and mechanics.

As a wizard who studies chimeras, Jorrod and alchemists are natural enemies.

This is similar to the difference between genetic ascension and mechanical ascension. One side believes that the human body is flexible and reliable, and is the most perfect creation of nature. The other side believes that the mechanical body is sturdy and has a strong load-bearing capacity, and is the future direction of evolution.

These two viewpoints have fundamentally irreconcilable factors.

To Jorrd's dismay, aside from Chuck, neither Anna nor Richard showed any talent in chimeras, and Anna even possessed exceptional talent in alchemy. To prevent Anna's talent from going to waste, he could only reluctantly endure her learning alchemy.

As a teacher, George R.R.'s professional ethics are quite reliable.

Alchemy gave Richard a lot of inspiration, especially when he saw an alchemist mention in a book that the essence of the Ice Spike spell was physical damage and proposed a solution that was very similar to the Magic Gun. Richard even felt like he had met an old friend in a foreign land.

Unfortunately, Jorrod didn't have enough books on alchemy, and Richard's time was very limited. He would have to wait until he became a wizard to make significant progress in alchemy.

"To become a wizard... we'll see in the exchange competition six months from now."

Winning the exchange tournament means becoming a wizard ten years earlier!

(End of this chapter)