The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 262 Talent Recruitment Plan
The Salamander looked at Richard, as if he didn't understand what Richard was talking about.

After a long time, the fire lizard said stupidly: "My name is Papa, aren't you a wizard? Why do you ask my name?"

“I’m not quite like them.”

Richard watched the fire lizard crawling in front of him, and the reaction of the fire lizard in front of him gave him a strange feeling.

His reaction was not like that of a normal creature.

When Papa was speaking, his emotions did not fluctuate except for a hint of doubt. And when he was answering Richard's questions, the metal block in his hand continued to change shape.

This shows that he doesn't care about Richard.

But he also recognized that Richard was a wizard. It goes without saying how bad the reputation of wizards is among salamanders. Evil, cruel, devil, these negative words often appear in batches when describing wizards.

But the fire lizard in front of him did not show any fear or disgust.

This is something that is worth studying.

"You're weird. If it were in the past, I might have made you into a specimen. But now I want to make a deal with you."

"……trade?"

This time, Papa's recovery speed was much faster than before.

"I don't quite understand what this means. Logar never taught me what a deal is."

"Logar? Is that the name of this salamander?"

"…Yes, can you save him? He is dying."

Richard looked at the fire lizard behind him. The necromancy was constantly sucking his vitality, and his life was like a candle in the wind.

“I can save him, but you make a deal with me, and this is the price you have to pay.

You pay a price, you get a reward, that’s the deal.”

Logar could still hear Richard's voice at this moment. He opened and closed his mouth hard. He wanted to tell Papa that wizards were a group of demons and he should not agree to this deal.

But no matter how hard he tried, he didn't hear any sound.

He was dying, his body was no longer strong enough to speak.

"...Oh, so this is the deal. Then let me make a deal with you. Can you save Logar?"

Papa's answer made Richard smile. He took out a soul contract from his pocket, slightly modified some of the terms, and handed it to Papa.

"Here's the contract. Just sign your name on it."

Papa took the quill and contract handed to him by Richard and looked at him blankly.

"If you sign your name, you can save Logar? You are not lying to me."

Richard smiled and said, "No, it's actually very simple to treat him. I don't have to lie to you."

Papa was silent for a long time, then he wrote the word "Papa" on the contract with a feather pen.

"Wizard, you are so kind. If you were here, my mother wouldn't have died."

As the signature was completed, the soul contract turned into a ball of fire and disappeared without a trace.

Richard was in a good mood when he saw this. He immediately opened the crack in the secret realm and threw Logar on the ground into it.

"World Mushroom, heal this Salamander."

After saying that, Richard grabbed Papa and entered the secret realm together.

……

Suddenly entering the secret realm, Papa’s eyes widened instantly.

He had never seen such a strange scenery in his life.

That weird-looking tree is so huge. What are those flying around it, bugs?
There are so many flowers on the ground. Is that the statue of the wizard over there? What is that standing on his shoulders?
Climbing and looking at the plants and trees in the secret realm, I felt like I had entered another world.

In fact it is.

Logar, who was thrown in, has now been tied up by the mycelium of the World Mushroom. The undead spell on his body has been expelled, and an endless supply of vitality is flowing into his body along the mycelium.

In a short while, Logar's body recovered from its previous serious injury state and became the same as usual or even healthier.

However, in order to prevent the fire lizard from suddenly doing something out of line, the mycelium of the World Mushroom did not release after healing him.

"Let's go and see the Logar you mentioned."

He crawled over to Logar and looked at him carefully.

After reading it, he looked at Richard in shock: "It's amazing, it really healed me."

Richard smiled, then called a few holy tree elves and took Papa aside.

Then he walked up to the fire lizard that wanted to kill him with its eyes. The fire lizard was wearing a blood-stained robe, but on the right chest of the robe, a shield symbol could still be seen.

Richard recognized the mark. It was the mark of Morik's shield.

In the face of Logar's murderous gaze, Richard continued to grope Logar's body as if nothing had happened. Soon, he found a folded white paper under the scales.

There are gold patterns on the paper.

“Oh, there’s an unexpected bonus.”

Richard opened the paper and saw several lines of words written in secret code.

Logar looked at Richard with eyes as fierce as a wild beast.

"Don't you want anything from me!"

Richard glanced at the overly self-aware fire lizard, and then a message appeared in front of him.

[Raw materials: Fire Lizard's cipher paper]

[Information that can be extracted: Salamander's mission]

[Refining consumption: 1 mental power]

"So he's an executive officer." Richard smiled and chose to refine. Soon, Richard knew the mission of this fire lizard.

"Assist Alchemist Master Carrion to evacuate."

Richard read the contents of the paper in front of Logar. Although Logar concealed it well, the shock still did not escape Richard's eyes.

"Haha, it seems to be true."

Richard looked at Logar and said calmly:
"Listen, Salamander. You're nothing compared to that little guy. I've got a contract here, and you better sign it.

This is good for both you and me.

Of course, you can also choose not to sign, provided that you can survive my next move."

Logar looked at Richard with burning eyes, and the flames of anger seemed to be able to shoot out of his eyes and burn Richard to ashes.

"Wizard, you'd better kill me immediately. Otherwise, when I escape, I will definitely kill you..."

Before Logar could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sharp pain. Tiny white hyphae seemed to penetrate his body through the gaps between his scales, rubbing against Logar's nerves repeatedly like a brush.

It felt like countless steel needles were repeatedly thrusting into his flesh and blood. The intense pain instantly made Logar lose the ability to speak.

Richard looked at him calmly: "I am not interested in your harsh words, and you can't do everything you say."

He made a gesture, and the World Mushroom controlled the mycelium to send Logar into the World Mushroom's stem.

In fact, even if Logar could survive these tortures, Richard would still have a way to make him do things for him.

The World Mushroom can produce a kind of zombie fungus, which can corrode the nerves and even the brain of living things. Once the erosion is complete, the original creature will naturally die, but his body will become something like a zombie or a spirit figurine under the action of the zombie fungus.

Moreover, the World Mushroom can influence and control the bodies created by these zombie fungi.

Although the fungus takes a long time to work, it can do this and can be easily countered by organisms with energy cycles.

But Logar obviously had no ability to resist in the hands of the World Mushroom.

If Logar is still unwilling, this will be the end that awaits him.

Richard walked up to Papa, who was communicating cautiously with the Holy Tree Elf at that moment. It seemed that because their intelligence levels were on the same level, the communication between Papa and the Holy Tree Elf was unexpectedly smooth.

Papa made a gesture to the Holy Tree Elf, and the Holy Tree Elf sprinkled out a glowing magic dust, as if showing his abilities to Papa.

"World Mushroom, check if there is anything wrong with this Salamander's brain."

"Yes, Master."

One by one, hyphae emerged from the ground, clinging to the crawling scales, and drilled into the gaps between the scales.

Papa felt an itch on his back and reached out to scratch it, but was stopped by Richard.

Richard said in a friendly manner: "Crawl, don't move, I will check you again."

"……oh."

After a while, the mycelium was pulled out of the reptile's body.

"Master, there is an abnormal growth in the thinking organ of this salamander. This growth squeezes his thinking organ, causing it to be underdeveloped."

Richard nodded and understood, "No wonder this salamander behaves so strangely. It turns out there's a tumor in its brain."

“Can this tumor be removed?”

"Yes. But his thinking organ has been oppressed by this growth for a long time and has become somewhat deformed. Removing this growth may cause him to have mental problems."

"Will you die?"

"will not."

"Will it affect his talent?"

"maybe."

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

He signed the contract with Papa just for his alchemical talent.

“Can this tumor continue to grow?”

“It’s growing very slowly.”

"Then there's no need to cut it." Richard said indifferently.

The tumor is still benign for the time being, so there is no need to change it.

Richard had a better attitude towards these fire lizards than other wizards, but in his heart, these creatures that looked like lizards and were covered with scales were still aliens.

Although the saying "Those who are not my kind must have different hearts" is a bit too absolute, it does describe a common phenomenon in many cases.

Two ethnic groups with different races and living environments must have great differences in culture and customs. In addition, due to certain physical characteristics caused by different structures of different races, it is actually a rare thing to trust people of different races.

"Papa, you stay here for the time being. If you need anything, just ask the Holy Tree Elf to convey it to the World Mushroom."

As he spoke, Richard took out a piece of armor plate covered with gold patterns from his magic pocket and handed it to Papa.

"If you are bored during this period, you can take a look at this first."

When Papa saw the armor plate, his eyes widened instantly.

"Wizard, is this for me? This thing is even better than Master Haye's work..." Papa racked his brains and finally found an adjective.

“It has to look better!”

Richard smiled, lowered the armor plate and left the secret realm.

That piece of paper contained not only a task, but also a coordinate. The location of the coordinate was probably the location of Master Kalion.

Richard wanted to give it a try and see if he could sign a contract with Master Carion.

With so many salamanders, there have to be a few soft bones.

(End of this chapter)