Wizard Lord:I can Extract Anything

"Luck?"

Richard looked at the staff, somewhat confused.

"You mean luck? Let me put it this way—are you saying that with this staff, I could just pick up money when I hold it?"

Ulysses shook his head.

"Gah, your thinking is too shallow. Let me ask you, haven't you ever encountered a situation where the power of your spell fluctuated unexpectedly?"

"Yes," Richard nodded. "But that's because of imbalanced elements. It has nothing to do with luck."

"Gah, wrong, completely wrong. That is one form of luck." Ulysses said with a bit of arrogance. "You wizards refer to the distribution of elements within a space as a chaotic system. A small variation can lead to a huge change.

I'm not wrong, am I?"

Richard nodded. "That's correct, but you're not telling me that the gods' civilization has conquered the chaotic system and found a formula, right?"

"Gah, a formula? Of course not," Ulysses shook his head. "But we've noticed this, and we've explored it. We added a factor to the chaotic system, called luck. Luck can influence the chaotic system, making the output results more favorable for the one who possesses it.

On this basis, we used the power of faith and some miracle power to successfully create luck blessings.

Once blessed, whenever you're involved in a chaotic system, the output results will tend to favor you."

Richard was deeply shocked by Ulysses' explanation.

The gods' civilization was indeed a powerful civilization. It was not just a group of native strongmen, but a collective of individuals with a shared system of power. Their common interest made them a powerful community.

In Ulysses' explanation, Richard keenly caught a term.

"Miracle power? What is that?" Richard asked.

"Gah, miracle power is the most magical force in the star realm. This power is not constrained by various rules and can create many phenomena that defy logic. Based on our research, miracle power should be a remnant of certain ninth-level lifeforms who transcended the star realm."

"Ninth-level lifeforms!?"

Richard's heart skipped a beat. According to the wizard classification of biological levels, eighth-level lifeforms were the highest, and ninth-level lifeforms only existed in theory.

The horror of such lifeforms was beyond words. According to theory, the most common trait of these beings was absolute eternity.

Time's passage would have no effect on them. Whether a thousand years or ten thousand years passed, even if the world collapsed and the stars died, they would remain unchanged.

Richard gasped. "You were able to use the power left by ninth-level lifeforms!"

Ulysses flapped his wings. "Gah, don't be so surprised. You can use it too. Your curses are essentially borrowing miracle power. The higher-ups in your society should have already known this. But since you're not a curse wizard and your status isn't high enough, you wouldn't have been aware of it."

"…Maybe."

Richard remained silent for a moment before letting out a deep breath.

There were so many secrets in the wizarding world. He was only a couple hundred years old, a second-ring wizard, and there was still so much he didn't know.

"So, does this staff make my spells more powerful?"

Ulysses nodded. "Gah, exactly. But the effect of the luck blessing is limited. The increase in power should be small unless you actively use the power of faith to influence the results of the spell."

"I can actively interfere with the spell's outcome?"

Richard was startled again. If he could actively interfere, then once he had enough faith power, wouldn't every spell be a 'critical hit'?

"Gah, don't think too much. Actively interfering requires more faith power than you imagine."

After saying that, Ulysses flew back to the nest, yawning. "Gah, this thing doesn't have a physical form. Just integrate it into the staff, and it'll be fine.

I need to nap..."

Before he finished speaking, Ulysses fell asleep.

...

Making the staff was relatively easy for Richard. After six months of work, he successfully created a staff with a detachable head.

Since he would be acting as a technical advisor during the expedition, he didn't expect to be sneaking into enemy territory. So, Richard replaced the original Nomi crystal head with a fire element gemstone. This gemstone served a simple purpose: it provided a 10% fire element boost for spells below 1,000 energy.

Once the staff was complete, Richard fused the faith armor into it. Afterward, Richard tested the effects.

In the spell testing field, Richard waved the staff and summoned a black fireball. With a flick of the staff, the fireball shot out instantly and hit a target 300 meters away.

Boom!

The target indicated that the fireball's power reached 500 energy units. Four hundred energy units were the fireball's base power, while the extra 100 units came from the staff's fire element enhancement array and the fire gemstone head. The remaining 20 energy units were the result of the staff's luck blessing.

"The effect looks good, with a 20-energy boost. This is in a controlled environment with nearly balanced elemental distribution. If we go to a world with an imbalance in fire elements, the effect should be stronger."

Once the staff was complete, Richard went on to craft several small magical armors to deal with specific situations.

As an alchemy wizard, the number of magical armors he possessed directly affected his combat strength.

A year passed in the blink of an eye, and the time for the floating city to set off had arrived.

On the expedition level, Richard stood with the Qingshuang Legion, waiting for the arrival of the floating city.

"Kid, be sharp this time. A planar war is your best chance to make a fortune," Vladimir said, standing beside Richard, holding a pipe and speaking somewhat unclearly.

"Hmm? What do you mean, Master?" Richard looked at Vladimir, confused. "As a technical advisor, I'm not supposed to be infiltrating the enemy's rear like the dark wizards, right?"

"Infiltrating the enemy's rear? What's going through your mind?" Vladimir furrowed his brow. "Didn't old Cholo tell you before he ascended? You may be joining the war as a technical advisor, but you're still part of the merchant guild accompanying the army. You have the right to submit a development application to the command center."

"Development application? What's that?"

Richard was puzzled. When Cholo ascended, the news of the Qingshuang Legion joining the war hadn't been announced yet, so Cholo hadn't told him much.

Seeing Richard's confused expression, Vladimir knocked his pipe, took a deep puff, and said, "Right, this war came so suddenly. Normally, the legion wouldn't be participating in two wars so close together. Since he didn't tell you, I'll fill in for him."

"You should know that every planar expedition costs a fortune, right?"

Richard nodded. "I know."

Vladimir glanced at Richard with some disdain. "Based on your look, you don't really know how much a planar war costs, do you?"

"For this war, for instance, we're targeting a small world. So we have around a million wizards mobilized, with over 600,000 white wizards, 300,000 black wizards, and about 10,000 logistical wizards.

Do you know how much it costs just to hire them?"

"…I really don't know."

Richard had been a student soldier in his previous war, so he had no knowledge of hiring costs.

Vladimir exhaled a smoke ring and said slowly, "In general, the greater the intensity of the war, the higher the hiring costs. For a small world war, the hiring fee for a white wizard is about 700 magic essence per battle, while black wizards cost more—about 900 magic essence.

These prices are for first-ring wizards; for second-ring wizards, the price doubles, and for third-ring wizards, it doubles again."

"For over 600,000 white wizards, let's round it down to 600,000, and for black wizards, we'll use 300,000, all first-ring wizards. Just the hiring cost for this war, before it even begins, is nearly 690 million magic essence."

Richard's brain nearly short-circuited at the thought of this.

690 million magic essence? He could hardly fathom how he would ever make that much.

That was nearly impossible to earn!

Vladimir gave a satisfied smile as he watched Richard's stunned expression.

"Such a huge expense, even some wealthier archmages would feel the pinch. So, before every war, the archmages send out notices to many wizard guilds, inviting them to invest in the war and become part of the accompanying merchant guilds."

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