Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 257 - 41: The Collapse of the Linksa Empire (Part 2)

Chapter 257 -41: The Collapse of the Linksa Empire (Part 2)

Before the great counterattack, the Linksa Empire had already lost one-fifth of its territory to the Wizards, second only to the losses of the Morick Empire.

The long-term ravaging of the Black Wizards within the empire’s borders had filled the Fire Lizard civilians with distrust towards the empire’s bureaucrats, and the actions of the corrupt militia only worsened this sentiment.

After losing the Fire Lizard King, a leader nearly divine, a slight push from the Wizards caused the contradictions between the Fire Lizard civilians, bureaucrats, and military to explode instantly.

This caused the Fire Lizards within the Linksa Empire who had the intention of organizing an army to resist completely lose hope.

However, the Wizards soon discovered that this situation wasn’t beneficial for them.

…

Boom!

A black fireball burst open, instantly turning a Fire Lizard Warrior into ashes.

A Wizard clad in a black robe strolled casually through the Fire Lizard camp, holding a metal Magic Wand that was half gold and half black, which looked particularly strange.

This was a camp of Fire Lizard bandits, where hundreds of corrupt Fire Lizard Warriors camped, living carefree days by plundering nearby towns.

Inside the camp’s tents, many female Fire Lizards bore scars and filth, while at the rear of the camp, several dead or nearly dead female Fire Lizards were piled up like small hills.

For these Fire Lizard Warriors, ordinary female Fire Lizards were simply consumables.

The Black Wizard’s spiritual power surveyed the environment effortlessly, his brow slightly furrowed as the frequency of fireball release increased.

“There are Wizards! There are Wizards!”

Terrified cries echoed across the camp, pulling the Fire Lizards from their abuse.

The corrupt Fire Lizard Warriors frantically picked up their weapons, their Armor on crookedly.

Admirably, while these Fire Lizard Warriors bullied ordinary Fire Lizards, they showed no fear when facing Wizards.

Seven or eight Fire Lizard Warriors attacked Richard from all directions, their eyes wide, voices hoarse, and their Black Gold Scimitars swift as lightning.

“Die!”

But the next moment, a Magic Barrier deflected their scimitars.

“You think you can kill me with that few?”

The Black Wizard said lazily, blocking the Fire Lizards’ attack. With a wave of his Magic Wand, several black fireballs emerged from the air, smashing towards the Fire Lizards like meteorites.

Boom, boom, boom…

The roar of the Spell drowned out the Fire Lizards’ screams.

The Wizard took a turn around the camp, using Spells to cleanse all the Fire Lizard Warriors cleanly. Some Fire Lizard Warriors seeing the situation turn south immediately fled towards the dense forest outside the camp.

The Black Wizard didn’t chase them but instead, a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

Soon, a scream was heard, and several armored Hunting Dogs, covered in golden engraved armor plates and bloodied mouths, emerged from the woods.

The Hunting Dogs walked up to the Wizard, lay down beside him, and wagged their tails continuously, occasionally making a few pleasing sounds.

The Wizard petted their heads and absentmindedly took out some mushrooms from his pocket to feed them.

Afterward, the Wizard pulled out a Crystal Ball and murmured,

“The clean-up of the bandits in Flag Town is complete, 109 people cleaned up, cleaner, Richard.”

After reporting his mission, Richard returned to the camp and began checking tent by tent.

The bandits had once been regular soldiers of the Linksa Empire; their camp still held value for plundering.

Entering the main tent at the center of the camp, inside, several female Fire Lizards lay on beds, seemingly unharmed and possibly newly captured.

Richard glanced at them, then ignored them as he roamed the tent.

These ordinary Fire Lizards were not within the cleanup scope, and Richard didn’t want to waste his Magic Power.

Seeing the Wizard, the female Fire Lizards immediately hid in terror in the corners of the tent, the braver ones trembling as they picked up a scimitar from the floor, but held the blade to their own necks.

While the bandits were villains, the Wizard was no saint.

The bandits’ cruelty they could understand, but many rumors about Wizards were more terrifying than the demons of Hell.

Those Fire Lizards captured by Wizards seemed completely changed, those who had despised the Wizards became their sycophants.

Such tactics were chilling.

The tent was in poor condition, and many looted items were piled up. Among these items were numerous Gold Coins and intricately crafted Fire Element Gems, highly valuable in Fire Lizard society.

But to Richard, they were worthless.

After searching among these items, Richard finally found something of value—a Wizard’s Magic Pocket. He checked the contents with his spiritual power—the owner of the pocket had died, and now it belonged to no one, open to any Wizard.

The pocket didn’t hold much, just a few Magic Essences and some Fire Lizard specimens along with a few notebooks.

“Still some gains.”

Richard muttered, then moved on to search other tents, his gaze never lingering on the Fire Lizards for more than a second.

“Why doesn’t this Wizard kill us?” a female Fire Lizard whispered.

The questioned Fire Lizard shook its head: “I don’t know, but I don’t feel any malice from him towards us; he looks at us… like we are stones.”

“Stones? That would be great, I want to go back to see my parents…”

A female Fire Lizard’s voice grew softer and she suddenly burst into tears. She suddenly remembered that her parents had been killed by the group of Fire Lizard Warriors.

The Fire Lizards around her hurriedly covered her mouth, fearing that her crying would attract the Wizard again.

After a long time, a female Fire Lizard poked her head out of the tent.

The entire camp was silent, and the Wizard who had destroyed the gang seemed to have already left.

…

In the night sky, Richard flew unhurriedly. In the sky, the giant War Airships moved swiftly like whales.

It had been ten years since the great counteroffensive began. The Wizards had occupied most of the territory of the Linksa Empire, leaving only Luxor Province and a few surrounding provinces still under the control of the Fire Lizards.

The Wizards’ attack was very rapid at the beginning of the war, achieving the current territorial extent in less than two years, with almost no fierce resistance encountered during the process.

A large number of rogue soldiers caused the combat effectiveness of the Fire Lizard army to plummet, and the lack of strategic leaders allowed the remaining Fire Lizard forces to be defeated one by one by the Wizards.

But soon the Wizards discovered that those rogue soldiers were even more aggravating than a regular army.

The assembly of the Teleportation Gate was completed, but igniting the Teleportation Gate required a huge amount of Energy, and the Power Furnaces of the two Floating Cities alone were not sufficient. So the Wizards began to mine Energy Ore extensively in the Linksa Empire to help ignite the Teleportation Gate.

The Wizards could not mine themselves, and Synthetic Beasts were not suitable for mining, so the task naturally fell to the Fire Lizards in the Wizard Control Zone.

To maintain a large number of mining slaves, the Wizards needed to provide basic food and housing.

And all these required a continuous flow of resources.

The Wizards wouldn’t farm or act as mules to transport goods for the slaves, and the presence of the rogue soldiers severely impacted the material transportation in the mining areas.

To resolve this issue and stabilize their control zones, the headquarters stopped the offensive and instead directed a large number of Wizards to eliminate the rogues.

This was also the reason why the resistance zones in Luxor Province still existed.

Soon after, Richard arrived at a Wizard City closest to the camp. Above the city, streaks of light continually flashed across the sky.

Whoosh!

A Wizard flew past Richard at high speed, causing him to involuntarily activate his Magic Barrier.

“These Meteor Party members, the headquarters should really issue a ban,” Richard muttered frowningly.

Meteor Party was a term used for Wizards like the one who had just flown past at extreme speed; because their speed was so fast that from the ground they looked like shooting stars, they were thus named the Meteor Party.

These individuals were the street racers of the Wizard World. In the highly autonomous task of rogue elimination, they started racing for entertainment besides their official duties.

Richard had heard that these Wizards had even held flying competitions in the Wizard World, with a quite large scale. At times, hundreds of thousands of Wizards participated, and the prize was merely the honorary title of Flying Master.

Descending from the sky, Richard, familiar with the route, arrived at a commercial street. On both sides of the street, Wizards of varying strengths stood together harmoniously, selling their spoils of war.

Bargain hunting was one of Richard’s small hobbies; finding something undervalued amidst the junk always brought him joy.

The lifespan of a Wizard being so long, everyone had some hobbies.

The commercial street was not long, and Richard quickly took a look around. Regrettably, he didn’t find anything that met his liking.

Walking to the end of the street, having found nothing, Richard was ready to leave the commercial area to check out that unfortunate Wizard’s notes.

Suddenly, a voice called out to him.

“Master Richard.”

Richard turned around to see a Wizard in a white robe looking at him.

“Iyad? Long time no see.”

Richard greeted the Wizard happily; he hadn’t seen Iyad since they had separated from the support caravan.

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“It has been a while,” Iyad sighed with some emotion. “It’s been ten years since we parted from the support caravan.”

After saying this, Iyad changed the subject: “There’s a nice restaurant in town, how about it master?”

“Restaurant?” Richard laughed heartily. “Then you’d better be prepared to bleed, my Physique is not low.”

Iyad’s face turned awkward. Oh no, he had forgotten Richard had followed the Physique Evolution path.

He should have suggested a tavern.

But since the words were already out, it was awkward to take them back, so he could only smile wryly and say to Richard:

“Master, please take it easy, I’ve put all my Magic Essence into this body.”

Walking along the commercial street for about three or four kilometers, the two arrived at an unmarked restaurant.

The restaurant’s patrons were all Wizards, and the raw ingredients of the dishes were all powerful Magic Beasts; even made into dishes, Richard could still feel their former majesty.

Finding a table, they sat down. A Magic Pet owl brought over the menu.

Iyad glanced at the menu and ordered two dishes with the largest portions of meat steak.

After the owl left, Richard communicated with Iyad using a Spiritual Message:

“What do you need?”

“Nothing major, I just heard through the grapevine that the headquarters are planning to take action in Luxor Province soon. So I thought it a good opportunity to cooperate with the master and scoop up some benefits.”