Chapter 309: Chapter 28: Unlucky Kayang
Entering the forest, Richard ran wildly for dozens of kiloters.
Finally, after confirming that no Three Rings Wizards were chasing him, Richard stopped and said to Makar beside him,
“Send them a ssage, tell them to co here. We need to keep a low profile for a while.”
When designing the chanic Type One Single Soldier Armor, Richard naturally did not forget to install a communication device and map.
And this component, responsible for this function, was also the most expensive part of the entire armor.
Because this part was purchased directly from another Wizard Comrce at a high price of ten thousand Magic Essence.
This device was integrated into a small box the size of a palm, and through an external Alchemy Array, it could be used for communication and as a beacon for tracking.
Moreover, its range was extrely far, a full five hundred kiloters.
According to Richard’s understanding, such devices were generally used on high-level Alchemy Puppets.
These Puppets often possessed a certain level of autonomous intelligence. Through this device, Wizards could see where the Alchemy Puppet was and also send instructions over distances.
Ten minutes later, rustling sounds ca from the forest.
Three Iron Giants over three ters tall walked through the woods, yet they made no sound whatsoever. In their movent, Richard could only hear the faint noise of branches and leaves brushing against the Armor’s shell.
“My lord, what are your orders?”
The three Iron Giants approached Richard, bowing their heads to ask.
Richard waved his hand, “We just did a big job. For the ti being, I reckon we need to keep quiet.”
After saying that, Richard took out a hand-drawn map from his pocket and started selecting a hiding place on the map.
Unless sothing unexpected happened, the elite Wizards returning from the front lines would conduct a tight search around teor Star Academy, in the surrounding mountains and hills.
But playing hide and seek with such a group of elite Black Wizards, Richard wasn’t really sure in his heart.
After much thought, Richard hesitated for an hour and ultimately decided to venture out.
At this ti, you can’t think that the most dangerous place is the safest. The Black Wizards were all tough individuals who had fought their way out from behind enemy lines; such simple reversal thinking was of no use to them. Hiding near teor Star Academy would only increase the difficulty of escaping when discovered.
Unless Richard could be even more reverse and hide directly inside teor Star Wizard Academy.
Otherwise, the farther he hid at this ti, the better.
Having chosen a location, Richard turned to leave.
But just as he was about to turn around, a faint rumbling sound ca from afar.
Richard leaped up, narrowing his eyes. Through the gaps in the branches and leaves, he saw the teor Star Wizard Academy in the distance suddenly erupt with towering flas, and a mushroom cloud, tinted red by the firelight, appeared in the sky.
Richard revealed a hint of a smug smile and then turned to leave.
“That was a nice firework.”
…
“How bad is the damage to the communication tower?”
In front of the communication tower, Crispin’s face was dark, and he said nothing as he looked at the collapsed tower.
anwhile, Zick remained quite calm.
Before them, the second tallest building of teor Star Academy, the communication tower’s lower half had completely collapsed, and a terrible explosion had destroyed it in an instant.
The upper half of the tower, thanks to the protection of two Three Rings Wizards, was quite intact.
An Alchemy Wizard flew out from the upper half of the tower, quickly approached Zick after casting a glance at Crispin’s grim expression, and began to report the condition of the tower.
“Deputy Dean, the core equipnt of the communication tower is still intact, and the damage is not severe, but…”
The Alchemy Wizard seed hesitant to continue.
“But what?”
Zick smiled at the Wizard, his tone not at all harsh despite the incident.
“But the tower’s base equipnt and functional circuits have all been destroyed. It’s likely to take several years to rebuild these things.”
Upon hearing this, Crispin at his side had an expression so grim it seed as though water might drip from it.
But Zick remained calm and said,
“Isn’t that fine? It can be repaired in a few years, and the Academy war lasts fifty years.”
Having said that, Zick waved his hand, telling the Alchemy Wizard to mind his business, and then turned, pulling Crispin away from the scene.
After returning to the Core Wizard Tower, Crispin could no longer contain the fury in his heart.
In the office, his voice was loud as if a Giant Dragon were roaring.
“Sha! A great sha! A few Wizards actually sneaked into our Academy, boldly placing an Alchemy Bomb inside our communication tower!
And our patrol team, our Three Rings Wizards guarding the tower! They didn’t fucking react at all!
They didn’t fucking react at all!”
Crispin vented his rage, while Zick quietly watched everything unfold, neither intervening nor joining in.
Such roaring continued for nearly half an hour.
In the end, with his voice sowhat hoarse, Crispin sat wearily on a chair in the laboratory, his eyes bloodshot.
“Done yelling?” Zick asked indifferently.
Crispin violently turned towards Zick, his voice filled with gritted teeth as he asked,
“Master Zick, aren’t you angry at all?”
Zick shook his head, “Angry? Why should I be angry?
Our asures were already in place. If others could break in, it ans they’re capable enough—there’s nothing to be angry about.
Is the retreat list you’re drafting finished? If it is, send soone to notify the frontline.
The communication tower will take so ti to fix. We’ll need to find a reliable person to act as a ssenger during this period.”
Crispin looked at Zick and gradually cald down.
Indeed, he was still too green.
“Not yet, I think I need to redraft this list.” A cold glint flashed in Crispin’s eyes, “This disgrace must be washed clean with blood!”
Zick’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, “Before you draft the list, let say this.
Make sure you take the frontline battle into consideration while drafting. You can curse to your heart’s content in private, but don’t let your emotions cloud your judgnt.”
Crispin nodded slightly, “Master, rest assured, I’ll be careful.”
“Oh, Master Lai Kete has gone after them.” Crispin suddenly rembered sothing and spoke again.
Zick was startled, and then a helpless smile appeared on his face.
“That guy Lai Kete is still as hot-headed as ever. I’ll inform him later to rein it in a bit.”
…
Outside teor Star Wizard Academy, Lai Kete hovered in the air like a Fla Giant, his vast spiritual power of a Three Rings Wizard scanning every grass and tree around him like a high-frequency radar, relaying everything back to his brain.
And beneath him, in the thick forest, the unfortunate Kayang watched the sky, barely daring to breathe as the Fla Giant lood above.
The misfortunate Kayang was a well-known Second Ring Wizard among the wizarding community of Black Tower Wizard Academy.
His legendary deeds began during his Wizard Apprentice days. During his entrance examination, the lower-level Synthetic Beasts ant for the experint had an unusual malfunction.
A low-level Apprentice strength Synthetic Beast, due to an adverse reaction, suddenly exploded in the field.
The explosion resulted in over thirty prospective Apprentices’ deaths, and Kayang was among them.
But his position was right at the edge of the explosion’s force, losing only half an arm and one eye.
At that ti, the Academy had an event where crystal balls could be exchanged for Magic Stones, and Kayang managed to make his first fortune because of the Synthetic Beast’s self-destruction.
After entering the Academy, Kayang’s path as an Apprentice wasn’t exactly smooth sailing, but it was certainly full of misfortune.
Ninety-nine percent successful experints often failed in his hands, and this streak of bad luck didn’t just stop with him—close Wizard Apprentices would also be “blessed” with this misfortune.
From daily life to bloody exams, everyone near him suffered from continuous bad luck, regardless of whether they harbored malice or goodwill towards Kayang.
In such daily life filled with life and death crises, Kayang honed a remarkably solid foundation, both in practice and theory.
Misfortune might cause experints with a ninety-nine percent chance of failure to fail, but it can’t make experints with a hundred percent success rate fail.
Later on, Kayang beca a Wizard.
In the Plane War, any mission he was on, no matter how safe, would turn incredibly dangerous in the end. The command center’s intelligence-based ratings ant nothing in face of his luck.
Luckily, in the Plane War, the reward was comnsurate with the risk, though most of the gains were destroyed due to his misfortune.
Still, he managed to obtain a portion of the benefits beyond what ordinary Wizards would receive, allowing him to advance faster and beco stronger than ordinary Wizards.
That was why Kayang was still alive.
Finally, the searching Fla Giant left Kayang’s head.
But even after his departure, Kayang didn’t move, still maintaining his concealed state.
Having struggled with misfortune for years, Kayang knew his own status well; he was sure that any movent would imdiately bring Lai Kete back.
As if to confirm his guess, a trendously strong spiritual power swept over his body once more. Had he dared move earlier, he would have been discovered by the Three Rings Wizard.
Half a day passed before Kayang finally confird that Lai Kete had gone far enough away.
He quickly erged from his hiding spot, peeling five layers of Magic Armor cloaks off his body. These cloaks had all kinds of concealnt abilities, from masking aura to Existence Fade, optical invisibility to shielding from spiritual power—it was truly comprehensive.
Misfortune could make unlikely events happen, but not events without any probability.
However, as soon as he had taken off his cloaks, he sensed a terrifying creature approaching from afar.
Without a doubt, it was Lai Kete coming after him.
This ti, not only was Lai Kete closing in fast, but he was also bombarding the forest beneath with spells.
Huge swathes of forest ignited, and the wild animals within fled in panic.
The wrath of a Three Rings Wizard was no different from a natural disaster to them.
“Damn it, I only killed a few Wizards, what’s with all this fuss?”
Kayang cursed and imdiately rushed away at high speed towards the distant hideout of Richard.
It seed the Goddess of Luck was lifting her skirt for Kayang.
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