Wizard: I can refine all things.

Chapter 85 The Apprentice War (Part 3)

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, ending in a crushing defeat for the white wizard apprentice.

Richard earned eight badges in the battle, and various elemental spells rapidly increased the elemental concentration on the battlefield, allowing the fire giant to thrive and unleash tremendous power with every move.

While cleaning up the battlefield, Richard counted the number of people and found that only a dozen or so dark wizard apprentices had died in the battle, while the white wizard apprentices had left behind a total of three hundred corpses.

Richard was secretly astonished by the battle casualty ratio.

They're all wizard apprentices, so why are these white wizard apprentices so bad?

What happened to the legion training promised by the White Wizard?

This cannot be blamed on Richard's misjudgment; he had never been exposed to planar wars and did not know what planar wars in the Wizarding World were like.

Therefore, he could only use his impression of soldiers from his previous life to judge the white wizard apprentice's situation.

In reality, these two cannot be said to be the same; rather, they are worlds apart and completely unrelated.

Many fights broke out during the cleanup of the battlefield. Dark wizard apprentices fought each other over a badge or two, forcing Richard to personally intervene.

"Ugh, my head hurts."

Richard looked at the dark wizard apprentices who had fought over cleaning up the battlefield and felt utterly overwhelmed.

If it weren't to prevent internal strife, Richard would never have bothered with this kind of thing.

"This is the downside of dark wizard apprentices; the dog-eat-dog environment forces them to seize every opportunity to gain profit."

Richard sighed, then ordered that any disputed badges be decided by flipping a coin, and if this happened again, he would personally kill both parties.

Dark wizard apprentices have their own rules: might makes right.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the many dark wizard apprentices were eager to fight him again.

The reason was simple: the battle was won too easily, so much so that they thought the White Wizard Apprentices were easy prey.

Looking at his group of dark wizard apprentices, Richard ordered a full-scale attack, heading straight for the public resource point.

Although Richard had the idea of ​​a defensive counterattack, now that the White Wizard Apprentice's courage had been broken, it was the perfect time to strike while the dog was down.

Moreover, judging from their appearance, the public resource points are probably not well-defended, and it wouldn't take much effort to take them down.

……

Public resource points.

"Useless, all of you are useless!" O'Rey roared in the newly erected tent.

"Twelve hundred apprentices fought against three hundred apprentices, and in the end, they made no progress and three hundred even died! Don't you find this ridiculous?"

Inside the tent, several senior wizard apprentices from the Guardian Academy had grim expressions; the battle they had just fought had truly shattered their confidence.

"So what do we do next?" a senior apprentice asked.

They are currently suffering heavy casualties and their morale is low. If the black wizard apprentices attack now, they will surely flee again.

"What do we do?" O'Reilly glared at the apprentice who asked the question. "Reorganize the team, devise tactics, and then reclaim our lost dignity!"

Do I even need to explain this?

"Do you expect us to slink back and tell the other academy apprentices that we were defeated by the dark wizard apprentices and that over three hundred of us died, while the dark wizard apprentices might have only lost a few people?"

Although Ore said that, he was actually very pessimistic about the upcoming battle.

This battle gave him some insight into the problems of white wizard apprentices.

Although there are many white wizard apprentices, their lack of combat experience makes them prone to losing their composure when faced with sudden attacks.

Furthermore, due to a lack of experience in killing, many white wizard apprentices are terrified when they see corpses, leading them to act irrationally.

In addition, he discovered that he, as a leader, lacked authority within the team, and when the battlefield faced headwinds, no one obeyed his orders.

And these are just the problems he has just discovered. If the fight continues, he should be able to discover even more.

Several senior apprentices silently stepped out of the tent and began to organize their teams to set up defensive measures.

Compared to Richard, who had never been involved in wizarding combat, the white wizard apprentices' courses included instruction on how to build fortresses and defensive measures on the battlefield, so they were very adept at constructing defenses.

White wizard apprentices typically employ defensive measures such as thick walls and spiky moats. Alchemy apprentices may also place dangerous magical plants outside the moats. Furthermore, when constructing these measures, alchemists will inscribe magic circles to create traps or reinforce the walls.

For a group of terrified people, nothing is safer than a solid city wall.

Unfortunately, not long after they began their construction, the figures of black wizard apprentices appeared in the dense forest.

"The necromancer releases the puppet," Richard commanded.

As an apprentice of the alchemy school, Richard naturally knew the methods of his peers.

The necromancers summoned skeletons to advance, quickly triggering several magic circles.

Seeing the sudden appearance of fireballs and ice spikes, the dark wizard apprentice in the forest cast an admiring glance at Richard.

Without Richard's wisdom, many of them might have rushed in headfirst.

The white wizard apprentices at the resource point immediately spotted the black wizard apprentices, but due to the battle just now, the white wizard apprentices had no interest in fighting and ran away as soon as they saw the black wizard apprentices.

This rendered some previously usable defensive measures useless.

When Ore saw this scene at the resource point center, although he was furious, he managed to hold back his temper.

"Ox! Bazark! Organize your apprentices to retreat in an orderly manner, don't flee like a fugitive!"

Upon hearing Orei's order, the two bewildered wizard apprentices instantly felt reassured and immediately began organizing their retreat.

The dark wizard apprentices stormed into the resource point, unleashing their spells without restraint. The white wizard apprentices scattered like lambs, but this time, due to their experience and organization, their losses were much smaller.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the White Wizard Apprentice left behind about a hundred corpses in the entire battle for the resource point.

"It seems the white wizard apprentice is starting to gain experience."

Richard muttered to himself as he looked at the statistics.

If this continues, it won't be long before the white wizard apprentices grow up, and then the war will truly begin.

"Gather the team, stop the pursuit."

Richard gave the order to the dark wizard apprentice beside him.

"Huh? Boss Richard, aren't we going to continue chasing these people?" the black wizard apprentice asked in surprise.

"Are you questioning my orders again?" Richard gave him a cold look.

During their escape, the white wizard apprentices were constantly being organized into groups, but the black wizard apprentices, lacking the corresponding training, were a disorganized mess during the pursuit.

If they continue chasing, they'll be the ones who die once the white wizard apprentice recovers.

"Yes, boss."

The dark wizard apprentice nervously bowed to Richard and then began relaying Richard's orders.

"The boss has given the order: stop the pursuit! Stop the pursuit!"

(End of this chapter)