Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 389 - 9: The Inner and Outer Worlds

Chapter 389 -9: The Inner and Outer Worlds

Floating City, Command Tower Third Floor, Jimmy’s Office

“The Dean just disappeared out of thin air?”

Jimmy, listening to the report from a wizard outside the Floating City, had his eyes bulging in disbelief.

Just who was Garon the Great Wizard? The foremost under the Truth Wizards!

Even a Truth Wizard couldn’t possibly make Garon the Great Wizard disappear without a trace.

“But that’s exactly what happened,” said the reporting wizard. His expression was calm, yet his inner panic made his voice tremble slightly.

“I saw the Dean vanish with my own eyes, and many wizards witnessed it.”

“…Alright, go on with your duties.”

Jimmy rubbed his furrowed brow and waved the wizard away. He was extremely confident in Garon the Great Wizard’s abilities and believed that even if Garon had been ambushed by the World Tree, he would at most be temporarily trapped.

Right now, instead of worrying about Garon the Great Wizard’s safety, they had better take care of themselves first.

Due to the disappearance of Garon the Great Wizard, the entire Floating City instantly lost its support and plummeted from a height of ten thousand meters.

From such a height, even though the Floating City was sturdy, it couldn’t avoid some damage from the free fall.

Currently, most functions of the Floating City were paralyzed, and if they were to repair it, it would require a considerable length of time…

What was most terrifying, however, was that there was a problem with the Floating City’s Power Furnace.

After inspection by logistic wizards, the output of the Power Furnace had significantly decreased. This was a sign that the damage control mechanism had been activated due to damage to the furnace.

This meant that their Floating City could almost certainly not fly out of this world unless they repaired the Power Furnace or opened a Teleportation Gate to the Wizard World.

The former condition was practically impossible to meet. Since the design of the Power Furnace was a top-secret of the Tower of Truth, without the design, even a Great Wizard could not guarantee fixing it without issues.

The latter condition required them to gather sufficient resources in this world.

But given the current circumstances, this world was filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. To conquer this world and collect enough resources was definitely not an easy task.

Moreover, with the disappearance of Garon the Great Wizard, if they now faced a World Master Level power, they could only rely on the White Wizard Army and many Three Rings Wizards to exchange heavy casualties in battle.

If this world saw the arrival of two World Masters, their entire campaign feared complete annihilation.

Thinking of the current situation, Jimmy felt as if his shaved head were going to lose hair.

“Damn, this world is really freakish.”

He sighed deeply and was about to head to the command center to plan the next actions with other wizards. But the moment he reached the door, the Crystal Ball on his desk lit up.

Jimmy was jolted alert; this Crystal was specifically for communicating with Garon the Great Wizard.

“Jimmy, it’s Garon. I am now trapped in this… Inner World, temporarily unable to… open.

I need you… to pull out the World Tree Subbody left in the outer world… the anchor, … those remaining… in the world!”

Garon the Great Wizard’s voice came through the Crystal, fragmented and filled with static, but Jimmy understood his meaning.

Jimmy quickly approached the Crystal: “Yes, Dean, I’ve received the message. I will arrange for someone to extract the World Tree Subbody right away.”

After Jimmy responded, a burst of static came from the Crystal, and then it dimmed.

Jimmy pocketed the Crystal and rushed out of the laboratory.

With a clear goal now, the following tasks would be much easier.

…

In the Inner World, Garon the Great Wizard pocketed the broken Communication Crystal.

Communication between the outer and Inner Worlds was not something that could be easily accomplished. Although he had some knowledge of Alchemy, compared to a real Alchemy Master, his Alchemy skills were only just serviceable.

To complete the communication, he had to overdraw the Crystal’s lifespan.

“Sigh, I was careless, not expecting to encounter these special rules of the outer and Inner Worlds.”

Outer and Inner Worlds, an extremely special world rule. Worlds with this rule are divided into the outer world and Inner World.

The rules of the outer world and Inner World are different, the environments are different, and so are the Races that inhabit them.

What was most frightening was that the World Masters produced by such worlds were often twice as many as those of normal worlds.

Once invaded, the World Masters of such worlds can use this rule to disperse the invading enemies into both the outer and Inner Worlds, then use the advantage of forces to entirely annihilate the enemy.

And this world was also dominated by the World Tree, which made its power even stronger, having already broken through the bounds of Sixth Level life, only a step away from a grand existence.

Garon the Great Wizard shook his head in resignation and, transforming into a giant, used his White Bone Wand to turn the nearby black colossal trees into a sky full of ash.

Behind him, the black ash almost piled up into a mountain.

“Outsider, you cannot kill me!”

The voice of the colossal black tree echoed across the battlefield. Tens of kilometers away from Garon the Great Wizard, a pitch-black root emerged from the ground and in an instant, transformed into a towering tree.

“This is my world, your energy cannot be replenished, but my life is endless!”

Garon the Great Wizard looked at the giant tree with an almost resigned gaze, then teleported next to it and blasted it apart once more.

He wasn’t sure if this World Tree was inherently disadvantaged as a plant-class World Master or if its intelligence was dull from lack of interaction with other beings, but to Garon the Great Wizard, it seemed remarkably feeble-minded.

“And not to mention His tactical blunders, it is enough to call Him an idiot simply based on His judgment of Garon the Great Wizard.

He still believes that Garon the Great Wizard is trapped by Him and now is but a cornered beast putting up a desperate fight.

Rather than considering that Garon the Great Wizard forcibly detained Him to facilitate a more successful expedition.

“You foolish thing, you have such good conditions yet only know how to apply them in such a stupid way, what a waste of heaven’s gifts.

Once the offshoots of the World Tree that you left in the outer world are eradicated, I’d like to see if you can continue being as rampant as you are now.”

…

Outer World, Command Tower meeting room

“…That’s the situation, the Dean needs us to eradicate the World Tree offshoots that have been left in the outer world.”

On the platform of the meeting room, Jimmy accurately relayed Garon the Great Wizard’s instructions, while all the Three Rings Wizards participating in the plane expedition were seated below.

“Removing the World Tree offshoots… That’s not an easy task,” a Three Rings Black Wizard pondered, “Judging from the current situation, the combat power of those World Tree offshoots is extremely formidable. A single Three Rings Wizard is nearly incapable of achieving victory, even multiple Three Rings Wizards might not be guaranteed to win.

This also means that a quick decapitation strike by the Three Rings Wizards is practically impossible; we must deploy the White Wizard Army to clear these things out.”

“Indeed, the Army needs to deal with it,” Jimmy agreed, “But the problem now is that the White Wizard Army moves too slowly.”

As he spoke, Jimmy took out a Projection Crystal Ball and projected a segment of imagery into the air.

In the image, the White Wizard Army was battling a group of gigantic flying birds.

“This is one of the magic beasts of this world; we tentatively call them Secthawks. These magic beasts range from First Level to Third Level in strength and have a very aggressive nature.

Any creature that strays from the dense woods will be attacked by them.

And their numbers are outrageously high.”

Jimmy pressed the crystal ball, and the three-dimensional image in the air changed to a sky swarmed by white birds.

“The numbers of these magic beasts are almost uncountable, and although the White Wizard Army can hold the upper hand in battles against them,

even at an exchange rate of one to fifty, we would still be at a loss.

Therefore, the White Wizard Army will proceed on land from now on.”

“Proceed on land?” a Black Wizard questioned, “Isn’t that even slower?”

“That’s where our plan comes in,” Jimmy explained, “The command has planned to disperse the Three Rings Wizards, sending them all out for sweeping and scouting.

The main task of the Black Wizards is to penetrate deep into the dense woods to investigate the location of the World Tree offshoots and incidentally deal with some things that could trouble the White Wizard Army along the way.

White Wizards, on the other hand, will work on cleaning up the area around the Floating City, removing as many creatures as possible that could pose a threat to the White Wizard squads.

Does anyone have any objections to this plan?”

Some murmuring arose in the meeting room as acquainted wizards discussed their views with one another.

Soon, the noise died down, and not a single wizard raised an objection.

The plan was without issues.

“Then it’s settled,” Jimmy declared, “The logistics wizards will distribute specially made crystals to you all later; these crystals will help the command pinpoint your locations, so please take good care of them.”

The meeting ended, and the wizards left the room.

Richard followed the main force to the logistics department and received a specially made Black Crystal Ball.

Though most of the functionalities of the Floating City were currently unusable, its communication tower was not among them.

With the high power of these crystals, combined with the communication tower, the command could pinpoint the wizards’ locations in this world with clarity.

After collecting the crystal ball, Richard did not take immediate action but instead returned to the Secret Realm.

“What’s the situation outside?” Richard entered the Secret Realm, and Ulysses flew onto his shoulder, asking with some concern.

Richard shook his head, his expression somewhat somber.

“The situation is not very optimistic. This world operates with outer and inner world rules, and Garon the Great Wizard is trapped in the inner world; it’s likely he won’t come out for thirty to fifty years.

Moreover, there’s a problem with the Floating City, not even a retreat is possible.”

“Outer and inner worlds…” Ulysses, after hearing Richard’s words, pondered for a moment before speaking, “This is entirely a good thing for you all.

Among the members of the Gods Civilization, there is a World Tree Divine. According to him, there’s only one World Master for the World Tree worlds.

Now that your Great Wizard has dragged the World Tree into the inner world, it’s as if there is no World Master in the outer world.

Without the World Tree as an obstacle, the losses for you smaller wizards should be greatly reduced.”

Richard sighed softly. “I hope so.”

After speaking, Richard proceeded to the Alchemy Workshop.

“Calion, Sulina, come here, we need to customize the equipment for the Fire Lizards.”

Although the command has requested that after finding the World Tree Subbodies, the White Wizard Army should deal with them,

Richard does not plan on doing that.

Not to mention that the World Tree Subbodies themselves looked like excellent alchemy materials, the mere fact that the World Mushroom needed it was enough for Richard to abandon the thought of letting the White Wizard Army handle it.

It was time for the Fire Lizard Battle Group to be deployed.