Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 1450 - 1448: Not Human

"Ha." Richard responded with a smile, earnestly explaining, "Your Majesty, I am not some monster. Everything you see is merely a demonstration of spells, indeed, spells scientifically demonstrated. This is exactly what I’ve spent time researching. According to plan, you might see its ultimate manifestation many years later. However, now that you’ve interrupted it, you can appreciate it in advance. So, please watch closely."

With those words, all Richard smiled slightly, four of them grouped together, quickly charging towards sixteen Level 4 Wizards.

The sixteen Level 4 Wizards were quite alert, attempting to retreat while attacking. One of them, wearing a purple robe, suddenly unleashed a highly condensed energy beam.

Facing the group of Richards, the purple robed wizard showed no fear. The first Richard of the group gathered a golden energy shield, facing the powerful energy beam head-on.

After the energy shield shattered and at the cost of severe injuries, half of the distance was successfully closed.

"Bang."

The first Richard fell, followed by the second Richard in the group charging out, similarly forming a golden energy shield.

"Bang."

When the second Richard fell, the third Richard successfully approached the Level 4 Wizard.

The Level 4 Wizard’s eyes narrowed and decisively ceased the attack, attempting to escape. The third Richard’s brows raised, his body shot forward, enveloped in a layer of red energy, directly tackling the Level 4 Wizard to the ground. Then, the red energy seeped into the Level 4 Wizard’s body, immobilizing them.

"Tap tap tap..."

Deliberate footsteps sounded as the fourth Richard in the group appeared, crouching before the restrained Level 4 Wizard, chuckling softly, reaching out with both hands to grasp the wizard’s neck.

With sudden force from both hands, there was a decisive "snap" and the neck was ruthlessly twisted.

However, the Level 4 Wizard did not die from this. As a Level 4 Wizard, they had some means, their life force was extremely strong, the twisted neck squirmed, trying to regenerate.

The fourth Richard watched without much surprise, merely withdrawing, clenching a fist, raising it above his head, and striking fiercely downwards on the Level 4 Wizard’s head.

"Bang!"

The fist, enveloped in thick purple-black energy, landed like an iron ball squarely on the wizard’s face. The wizard’s features instantly contorted, as the energy wrapped around the fist suddenly exploded, causing a localized blast that vaporized most of the wizard’s head and upper body.

Now the Level 4 Wizard was assuredly utterly dead.

The fourth Richard in the group shook his arm as he stood up, surveying his surroundings, noticing that other groups of Richards had similarly dealt with their target Level 4 Wizards.

Yes, it happened that quickly.

The other groups employed similar tactics—willing to sacrifice one or two members to severely injure a Level 4 Wizard, allowing the fourth Richard to finish them off.

That is the advantage of numbers.

If there were a two-to-one advantage, Level 4 Wizards might manage to fight back with some means. But now it was four-to-one, each Richard possessing near similar strength to a Level 4 Wizard, completely unfazed by injury and death, leaving the Level 4 Wizards utterly desperate.

"Boom!"

"Puff!"

After a few short noises, the scene fell completely silent; all sixteen Level 4 Wizards were dead, whereas over twenty Richards were dead, over twenty severely injured, and over twenty remained intact.

The dead and injured Richards’ bodies twisted momentarily and quickly vanished, while those unharmed approached the Richard pressed down by dark air.

In full view, the Richard pinned to the ground was helped up and merged with the remaining Richards into one person.

Inside the palace, things appear a bit more normal.

Of course, the surviving court officials in the palace corner, as well as the Emperor on the throne might not feel the same.

The unified Richard lifted his head towards the Alliance Emperor without uttering a word, directly walking towards the throne.

The Emperor’s back pressed tightly against the throne, watching Richard’s approach, his eyes slowly widening.

Suddenly, the Emperor blinked, then his eyebrows twitched a bit, returning to normal demeanor.

Just witnessing Richard near the Emperor, a bloody hole abruptly appeared in Richard’s chest. After walking a few steps, Richard finally noticed it, looking down as blood flowed quickly, soon staining his clothing red.

"This..."

Richard muttered in confusion.

"Thud!"

The next moment, Richard staggered, unable to utter further words, collapsing lifelessly to the ground.

Between Richard and the throne, the air twisted, revealing an elderly figure with white hair and beard. Wearing a light gray moon phase robe, his brows furrowed, staring intently at Richard as if expecting him to resurrect at any moment.

This was indeed the Truth Society’s Colorful Rings manager—Red Moon!

"Teacher..." The Alliance Emperor glanced at Red Moon, asking softly, "Is it resolved?"

"Resolved...?" Red Moon elongated the tone, lightly shaking his head, continuing to stare at the fallen Richard, "I’m uncertain, but it seems to me it shouldn’t be this easy..."

"Bang!"

Before finishing the sentence, Red Moon abruptly turned, shooting a red beam from his eyes fixedly at an empty spot, swiftly releasing a blood arc.

As the blood arc just left his hand, a golden light emerged at that spot, the two striking together, producing a muffled explosion, ultimately neutralizing and calming the force.

Subsequently, Richard was revealed at the spot Red Moon was watching.

"Indeed." Red Moon seeing Richard appear, showed a knowing expression, speaking slowly, "I knew it, you couldn’t be easily killed, using Substitute and Void Magic again to transfer damage, right?"

Then the tone shifted, Red Moon said, "However, this isn’t a good method—Substitute Magic consumes massive energy, Void Magic accumulates Void Energy Erosion within. Earlier, you already employed plenty of Substitute attacks, and Void Magic has been used for long; I doubt you can keep using it indefinitely."

"Ha." Richard listened, chuckling softly, gazing at Red Moon and saying, "Actually, I can indeed use it indefinitely because the issues you mentioned were solved long ago. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

For instance, Void Energy Erosion can be completely treated with medicine. As for energy consumed by Substitute Magic, an internal Energy Furnace replenishes it. Of course, that’s just a basic solution; further refinement can be more ingenious.

For example, removing the Energy Furnace, directly connecting to the Void to continuously draw Void Energy. As for the Erosion caused by Void Energy, I figured out a way to transfer it to a substitute. Sure, it sounds easy, but executing it does have some difficulty; however, it’s not overly challenging, which I’ve tackled over a year ago. The only downside to this method is, every instance of using Void Energy necessitates splitting off heaps of substitutes to offset Void Energy Erosion’s damage.

Fortunately, recently, I discovered a third way, making the use of Void Energy and Substitute Magic even simpler, more convenient, and free. If you’re interested, you can guess how exactly it’s done."

Red Moon listened, his eyes quickly blinking several times, staring at Richard, and remained silent for quite a while, uncertain if he believed or not.