Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 267 - 51: Talent Recruitment Plan

Chapter 267: Chapter 51: Talent Recruitment Plan

The Fire Lizard looked at Richard, seemingly bemused by what he was saying.

After a long while, the Fire Lizard finally spoke blankly, “My name is Crawl Crawl, aren’t you a wizard? Why are you asking for my name?”

“I’m not quite the same as the others.”

Richard watched Crawl Crawl, and the reaction of the Fire Lizard before him gave him a strange feeling.

Its reaction was not like that of a normal creature.

While speaking, Crawl Crawl’s emotions remained unchanged apart from a hint of confusion, and even as it answered Richard’s questions, the metal block in its hand continued to shift shapes ceaselessly.

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This indicated it didn’t care about Richard.

But it recognized Richard as a wizard. The reputation of wizards among Fire Lizards didn’t need to be mentioned—evil, cruel, demon; these negative words often appeared in abundance when describing wizards.

Yet, the Fire Lizard before him showed no fear or revulsion.

This was indeed worth studying.

“You are very strange, if it were before, I might have made you into a specimen. But now, I want to propose a deal with you.”

“…A deal?”

This time, Crawl Crawl replied much quicker than before.

“I don’t really understand what this means, Luo Jia’er never taught me what ‘trade’ means.”

“Luo Jia’er? Is that the name of this Fire Lizard?”

“…Yes, can you save him? He is about to die.”

Richard turned his gaze to the Fire Lizard behind him; Undead Magic was continuously draining his Life Energy. His life was like a candle flickering in the wind.

“I can save him, but in exchange for that, you must make a deal with me.

To give something in exchange for something else, this is what trade is.”

At this moment, Luo Jia’er could still hear Richard’s voice. He struggled to move his mouth, wanting to tell Crawl Crawl that all wizards were demons and not to agree to this deal.

But despite his efforts, he couldn’t make any sound.

He was dying; his body was no longer able to sustain speech.

“…Oh, so this is what a trade is. In that case, I will make a trade with you. Can you save Luo Jia’er?”

Crawl Crawl’s answer made Richard smile. He pulled out a Soul Contract from his pocket, made a few modifications to the terms, and handed it to Crawl Crawl.

“This is the contract. Just sign your name on it.”

Crawl Crawl took the feather pen and contract handed over by Richard, looking somewhat bewildered.

“If I sign my name, you will save Luo Jia’er? You aren’t deceiving me, are you?”

Richard chuckled, “No, healing him is actually very simple. There’s no need for me to deceive you.”

Crawl Crawl fell silent for a long while, and then awkwardly wrote down “Crawl Crawl” on the contract with the feather pen.

“Wizard, you are really nice. If you were there earlier, my mother wouldn’t have died.”

As the signature was completed, the Soul Contract turned into a blaze and vanished without a trace.

Seeing this, Richard was quite pleased and immediately opened a Secret Realm Rift, throwing the Luo Jia’er on the ground into it.

“World Mushroom, heal this Fire Lizard.”

With that, Richard grabbed Crawl Crawl and entered the Secret Realm together.

…

Suddenly entering the Secret Realm, Crawl Crawl’s eyes instantly widened.

It had never seen such magnificent scenery in its life.

That weirdly shaped big tree was huge. What were those flying things beside it, insects?

There were so many flowers on the ground, and over there, was that a statue of this wizard? What’s that thing standing on its shoulder?

Crawl Crawl took in every plant and detail of the Secret Realm, feeling as if it had entered another world.

Indeed, it had.

The Luo Jia’er that was thrown in was now being bound by the mycelium of the World Mushroom; the Undead Magic on him had been dispelled, and a steady Life Energy flowed through the mycelium into his body.

In a short time, Luo Jia’er’s body was healed from its serious injuries and looked even healthier than usual.

But, to prevent the Fire Lizard from acting rashly, the mycelium of the World Mushroom did not release him after the healing.

“Crawl Crawl, go and see that Luo Jia’er you spoke of.”

Crawl Crawl walked over to Luo Jia’er and looked at him closely.

After finishing his inspection, he turned to Richard with a look of amazement: “Incredible, he is really healed.”

Richard smiled and then called over a few Holy Tree Elves, who took Crawl Crawl aside.

Then, he approached the Fire Lizard who looked as though it would kill him with its glare. This Fire Lizard wore a robe stained with blood, but on the right chest of the robe, one could still make out the symbol of a shield.

Richard recognized this mark; it was the emblem of Merrick’s Shield.

Ignoring Luo Jia’er’s murderous gaze, Richard casually checked him over. Soon, he found a folded white sheet of paper underneath the scales.

The paper was edged with golden filigree.

“Oh, an unexpected find.”

Richard unfolded the paper, which was written on with cryptic text.

Luo Jia’er watched Richard, his glare as fierce as that of a wild beast.

“You won’t get anything from me!”

Richard glanced at the overly self-aware Fire Lizard, and immediately a message appeared before him.

[Material: Fire Lizard’s Cryptic Paper]

[Extractable Information: Fire Lizard’s Task]

[Extraction Cost: 1 Spiritual Power]

“So it’s an Execution Officer,” Richard said, the corners of his mouth revealing a faint smile. He then chose to extract.

Soon, Richard knew the task of the Fire Lizard.

“Assisting Alchemy Master Calion in his retreat.”

Richard read the content of the paper in front of Luo Jia’er. Although Luo Jia’er hid his shock well, it did not escape Richard’s gaze.

“Heh, it seems that it’s true.”

Looking at Luo Jia’er, Richard spoke calmly,

“Listen, Fire Lizard. You’re worth next to nothing compared to that young fellow. I have a contract here; you’d better sign it.

It’ll be good for both of us.

Of course, you can choose not to sign, provided you can withstand what I’m about to do.”

Luo Jia’er’s gaze was fiery as he stared at Richard, his anger seeming like it could shoot out of his eyes and burn Richard to ashes.

“Wizard, you had better kill me now. Otherwise, once I escape, I will definitely make you…”

Luo Jia’er couldn’t finish his sentence as he was interrupted by a burst of intense pain. Tiny white mycelium, like numerous brushes, was burrowing into his body through the gaps between his scales, rubbing against Luo Jia’er’s nerves over and over.

It felt like countless steel needles thrusting into his flesh, and the excruciating pain instantly robbed Luo Jia’er of the ability to speak.

Richard looked at him calmly, “I’m not interested in your threats, and you can’t do any of what you’ve said.”

He gestured, and the World Mushroom controlled the mycelium to carry Luo Jia’er into the mushroom’s stalk.

In fact, even if Luo Jia’er could withstand the torture, Richard still had ways to make him work for him.

The World Mushroom could produce a type of zombie fungus, a fungus that can erode the nerves and even the brain of living beings. Once the erosion is complete, the original creature naturally dies, but its husk becomes something akin to zombies or clay automatons under the action of the zombie fungus.

Moreover, the World Mushroom could influence and control these husks created by the zombie fungus.

Although this fungus takes a very long time to work, and creatures with energy circulation can easily counteract it, Luo Jia’er obviously had no capacity to resist in the hands of the World Mushroom.

If Luo Jia’er remained unwilling, his fate would be as just described.

Richard walked over to CrawCraw, who was carefully communicating with the Holy Tree Elf. Perhaps because their intelligence was on the same level, the communication between CrawCraw and the Holy Tree Elf was surprisingly smooth.

CrawCraw gesticulated at the Holy Tree Elf, who then sprinkled a cloud of glowing magic power dust, seemingly to show CrawCraw his capabilities.

“World Mushroom, check if there’s any problem with this Fire Lizard’s brain.”

“Yes, my master.”

Myriad mycelium emerged from the ground, latching onto CrawCraw’s scales, and burrowed in through the gaps between them.

CrawCraw felt an itch on his back and reached to scratch it, but Richard stopped him.

“CrawCraw, don’t move, I’m going to perform another check on you.”

“…Oh.”

In a while, the mycelium withdrew from CrawCraw’s body.

“Master, there is an abnormal growth in the thinking organs of this Fire Lizard. It has compressed his thinking organs and caused some underdevelopment,” the World Mushroom informed.

Richard nodded, his thoughts clear, “No wonder this Fire Lizard acts so strangely. It turns out there’s a tumor in his brain.”

“Can this tumor be removed?”

“It’s possible. But his thinking organs have been compressed by the growth for a long time and have become somewhat deformed. Removing it may cause issues with his spirit.”

“Will it kill him?”

“No.”

“Will it affect his talent?”

“It might.”

Richard frowned, if it might affect the talent, then there was no need to remove the tumor.

He had contracted CrawCraw for his Alchemy talent.

“Can this tumor keep growing?”

“The growth rate is very slow.”

“Then leave it,” Richard said indifferently.

Since the tumor was benign for now, there was no need for change.

Richard tended to be nicer to these Fire Lizards compared to other wizards. But in his heart, these creatures that looked like lizards, covered in scales, were still considered alien.

“Not of my race, their hearts must be different,” while somewhat absolute, this saying often described a common phenomenon.

Differences in race and life environments meant that two groups would have vast cultural and customary differences. Adding to that the varying physical characteristics caused by their different anatomies, trusting an alien race was an oddity.

“CrawCraw, you’ll stay here for a while. If you need anything, just let the Holy Tree Elf relay it to the World Mushroom.”

With that, Richard pulled out a gold-veined Armored Plate from his Magic Pocket and handed it to CrawCraw.

“If you get bored in the meantime, you can take a look at this.”

As soon as CrawCraw saw the Armored Plate, his eyes went wide.

“Wizard, is this for me? This item is even better than Master Haye’s work, even more…”

CrawCraw struggled for words, finally coming up with an adjective.

“Even better-looking!”

Richard chuckled, laid down the Armored Plate, and left the Secret Realm.

The paper held not just a task but also coordinates, the location of which was presumably where Master Calion could be found.

Richard was curious to try and see if he could also make a contract with Master Calion.

Among so many Fire Lizards, there had to be a few soft-hearted ones.