Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 186 - 16: Opening the Treasure Chest

Chapter 186 -16: Opening the Treasure Chest

After the Demon Sword Amade left with a host of Nightmare Spirits, the entire Amade City, and even the whole domain, fell into an undefended state.

This wasn’t because they were not cautious; on the contrary, Amade’s command for all the Nightmare creatures to join the expedition was in itself a cautious act.

However, he could never have imagined the existence of someone like Richard.

To the eyes of the Nightmare creatures, Richard’s splitting technique was utterly inconceivable.

Between the Nightmare creatures, there are no distinctions of sex, nor do they reproduce; all Nightmare creatures grow from basic Nightmare Spirits.

How could one Nightmare creature possibly split and create another Nightmare creature?

Moreover, even if another Nightmare creature was produced, the fact that Nightmare creatures lack souls meant they couldn’t split off another, but only create a new creature of the same kind.

And besides, Amade’s order for a full mobilization could effectively prevent neighboring domains from taking advantage of the situation.

The Black Tide is a disaster for all Nightmare creatures. I am fully committed to fighting the Black Tide, yet you take advantage of the situation for your own gain—if this matter were brought to the Nightmare Lord, it would still be Amade who had the right of it.

Moreover, the Black Tide brings not only disaster but also the potential for great profit.

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Should Amade return victorious, the Nightmare Knights who took advantage during the crisis could expect to be held accountable.

But he never anticipated the existence of someone like Richard.

Using the Power of Nightmare, Richard conjured a Concealer Cloak, and then, draped in the cloak, he entered the inner city of Amade.

Inside the inner city, numerous strangely shaped Nightmare Spirits scurried about on the streets—these small fellows, new Nightmare Spirits, had no idea how to deal with the approaching Black Tide and could only run around in panic, venting their inner fears.

Richard walked among them, silent and unnoticed, moving through the city.

High above, Ulysses was scouting for any place that might hide treasures.

The Black Tide had sprung up so suddenly that Richard had been forced to act without carefully preparing his mark, and now it was up to Ulysses to make up for this deficiency.

Soon, Ulysses landed on Richard’s shoulder.

“Caw, there’s a place with no Nightmare Spirits, you might want to check it out.”

“Lead the way.”

Following Ulysses, Richard weaved through the city streets and quickly arrived at a silent street.

In this panic-stricken city, this street was devoid of any Nightmare Spirits, as if they all deliberately avoided this place.

As Richard stepped onto it, he was instantly assaulted by a fear that seemed to materialize from nowhere.

It was as if an investigator had come face to face with an Ancient God, a pervasive fear that began to erode Richard’s rationality.

But the next moment, a warm white light welled up within Richard’s soul, inspiring in him a courage as tumultuous as the ocean.

Faced with this courage, the irrational fear vanished without a trace.

“Intimidation Technique? No, it must involve Dream Rules, otherwise it wouldn’t be so effective.”

With the fear subsided, Richard coolly assessed the situation.

“However, the effect of the Courage Badge is somewhat unexpected; it doesn’t insulate me from fear, but rather ignites the courage within me.

The power comes from within?”

The Courage Badge was a magical item Richard had recently acquired, and he had yet to experience its full effects—to his surprise, the badge proved extremely potent, truly living up to its name.

With the Courage Badge’s help, Richard traversed the street with ease, and he quickly located a peculiar house.

The house was a toy shop, filled with all sorts of toys.

Among them, a giant chest seemed particularly conspicuous.

“Caw, that looks like a trap,” Ulysses said, eyeing the large chest, “I bet that chest is a Treasure Box Monster, and the one that actually contains the stash is somewhere else.”

“Is that so?”

Richard eyed the chest and quietly entered the shop.

The toy shop was spotless—an unusual sight in the Nightmare World. There’s dust in the Nightmare World too; without anyone to clean, the room would still gather it.

In fact, the vast majority of rooms in the Nightmare World were covered in dust and the floors and furniture bore the footprints left by Nightmare Spirits.

Richard regarded these toys without touching any; he had now switched to Energy Vision, and in his sight, these toys were connected with energy circuits. If he touched them unwittingly, he would undoubtedly trigger something.

Among these toys, the only item that wasn’t linked to the energy circuits was the large wooden chest.

But this didn’t mean the wooden chest was harmless.

In Richard’s vision, the chest was riddled with energy circuits, appearing much like a Nightmare creature.

In his hands, Richard conjured a Refined Gold Long Spear with the Power of Nightmare and casually inscribed a few Runes on it with Battlefield Alchemy.

He then knocked on the chest.

Thud, thud, thud!

The chest showed no response at all.

“Caw, are you sure you want to open this chest? Let’s keep looking,” Ulysses urged again, “This chest looks like a trap no matter how you look at it.”

Richard glanced sideways at the military crow offering him advice and casually asked,

“Ulysses, have you been tricked by a treasure box monster before, which is why you see a chest and think it’s a monster?”

Ulysses’s eyes bulged, and he retorted, “Caw, as the great Lord of the Crows, how could I be deceived by such a simple trap?”

But Richard, who had grown familiar with him, knew this guy was just being stubborn again when he claimed to be the Lord of the Crows.

Richard, holding the long spear, opened the wooden chest.

The next moment, a gaping maw full of sharp fangs appeared before Richard, and a crimson tongue lashed out at lightning speed towards him, trying to wrap around him and swallow him into the chest.

But a refined gold long spear pierced the tongue just as it extended, stabbing into the treasure box monster’s mouth, pinning the tongue back into the box.

After the spear penetrated, Richard conveniently shortened its length, making it just right to jam the lid of the treasure box monster, preventing its gaping mouth from closing.

“Caw, see, I told you it was a treasure box monster,” Ulysses said smugly, “My eyesight is much better than yours!”

Richard looked at the smug crow, then used the Power of Nightmare to form a pair of long gloves over his hands, and reached into the throat of the treasure box monster.

Obstructed by the refined gold long spear, the treasure box monster was struggling continuously, but the spear was not something that it could overcome with brute force.

As Richard probed within the throat, the treasure box monster’s struggle became more and more intense.

Finally, with Richard’s constant digging, the treasure box monster couldn’t hold back and vomited. However, what it spat out was not disgusting mucus or any partially digested corpses.

It spewed out black Nightmare Crystals.

“See,” Richard said to Ulysses, spreading his hands, “My idea wasn’t wrong either; there was indeed something in this chest.”

Ulysses stared at the Nightmare Crystals being vomited out, his eyes somewhat vacant.

He couldn’t help but ask, “Caw, have you seen this stuff before? Or did your Energy Vision reveal it?”

Richard shook his head, “In the Energy Vision, this thing is just a treasure box monster.”

“Caw, then how did you know it had something hidden inside?”

Richard said indifferently, “This is the Nightmare World, and for these Nightmare creatures, isn’t something like a treasure box monster quite in line with the rules of the Nightmare World? Moreover, treasure box monsters are very deceptive; most people would think it’s a fake chest upon seeing it as a monster.

Who would think the treasure box monster is the real chest?”

“Caw, so you deduced there was definitely something inside this treasure box monster?”

“Not really,” Richard said coolly, “I was just giving it a try; after all, the treasure box monster couldn’t resist, and it didn’t take much time to dig through. Even if I triggered some deadly trap, I would have lost only some Power of Nightmare.”

The treasure box monster’s vomiting continued for a while before stopping, having expelled about fifty thousand strands of Power of Nightmare as Nightmare Crystals.

These might not have been all of the treasure box monster’s storage, but Richard didn’t want to waste more time watching it continue to vomit.

Richard collected these Nightmare Crystals in his pocket, then conjured several refined gold chains using the Power of Nightmare, binding the treasure box creature.

The treasure box monster tried to resist, but after being handled by Richard, it had little strength left and was obediently trapped and tossed into another Magic Pocket.

Seeing this, Ulysses couldn’t help but comment,

“Caw, stealing someone’s things and even taking their chest, you’re really something else.”

Richard said with an indifferent face, “What’s the problem? The intensity of this war is not low; who knows if the owner of this chest will come back. Rather than let this chest get killed by other Nightmare creatures, it might as well serve as a specimen for me and contribute a little value, right?”

After leaving the toy store, Richard strolled through the streets, ensuring that there was nothing left, and then continued his search in the city.

In fact, the majority of Nightmare creatures store their Nightmare Crystals in their own territories, and only the Big Nightmares or celebrities like Demon Puppet Richard reside for long in Amade City.

Among them, most are Amade’s trusted aides.

But Amade’s trusted aides didn’t need to prepare their own vaults; they simply took what they needed directly from Amade’s warehouse.

So after searching the city, Richard didn’t find a second vault, which disappointed him.

“Caw, why not take a peek at that old lair of Amade’s?” Ulysses suggested.

“Hmm? Amade’s mansion is not an easy place to break into.” Richard looked at Ulysses with some doubt, “Why would you suddenly suggest that I go there?”

“Caw, because I just saw a Wizard in the sky kill two of Amade’s trusted aides and then rush into it. If you go now, maybe you can get a share of the spoils,” Ulysses said indifferently.

“Hmm?!”

Richard’s pupils shrank, his mind instantly recalling the Dreamwalker Club’s plan.

That Three Rings Wizard intended to break into Amade’s mansion, hence the two terriotires’ war, but now with the emergence of the Black Tide, Amade had gone all out, creating the perfect opportunity to seek out that Nightmare Artifact!

Richard decided on the spot,

“Let’s go! We’re heading to Amade’s mansion. Let’s not miss out on the feast if the Master is eating meat!”

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