August, the scorching moon.
This is the hottest month of summer. The sun hangs overhead like a furnace all day long, scorching the earth and everyone, bringing unbearable heat and making people sweat profusely.
But at the same time, this is also the season of harvest. Many crops on the main continent are maturing one after another, and the wild fruits in the woods and fields have become red and heavy. In this month, no matter how poor a person is, as long as they are willing to take a walk in the wild in the early morning, they can have enough to eat. When the sun comes out and the temperature rises, after eating and drinking enough, jumping into the pond is a great enjoyment.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Richard. No matter it was scorching heat or severe cold, it would be difficult to force Richard out of Blue Lake Manor. During this period of time, Richard had been staying in the manor, studying various things in an orderly manner according to the many plans he had made.
For example, improvements to micro-spell tracking missiles, improvements to fighter mode, spell cracking in "The Secret of Vaishya", etc.
Some of them encountered problems, while others achieved breakthroughs extremely smoothly.
In this regard, Richard did not have much emotional fluctuations, and he knew very well that this was the most common thing during the research process. Therefore, if you encounter a small problem, you will find a way to solve it. If you get a breakthrough, you will keep working hard and be busy every day.
During this period, Bobo Bovich often came to visit, in the name of visiting, and then constantly offered to exchange combat skills. Richard knew clearly that the other party just wanted to regain the face of the previous defeat in the battle.
And because the improvement of the micro-spell tracking missile needed actual combat testing, he simply agreed.
The result of the exchange was, without exception, a disastrous defeat for Bobo Bovich.
After many attempts, Bobo Bo Vicki finally recognized the reality and gave up his desire to regain face. If he continued to visit, it would be a real visit, talking to Richard about various things.
During the discussion, Richard learned some of Popo Bo Vicki’s background.
For example, Bobo Bo Vicki is different from many wizards. His body has been modified using special transformation spells, and he belongs to a genre called "pharmaceutical wizards". This brought him advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that he can quickly improve his strength through some medicines in a very short period of time, with little to no side effects. The disadvantage is that once the effect of the medicine wears off, his strength will continue to decline, falling back to the level of a first-level wizard, or even lower.
With this transformation, Bobo Bovich had gained some fame before and was known as the "Blue Pigeon".
And...the other person came to Jialan City because of a friend...
Richard was slightly surprised by what Bobo Bovich was talking about, but he was just surprised and didn't pay too much attention. In most cases, everyone just nodded and spent more energy thinking about various issues in research. Thinking about how to break through, how to improve the micro-spell tracking missile, how to torture Bobo Bo Vicki even worse... er, how to use it to better deal with the enemy.
If there are no accidents, this kind of life may continue for a long time.
But as the saying goes, peace is meant to be broken.
…
One day in August, night.
The hot day has finally passed, night has fallen, and the cool night breeze has arisen.
When the night wind became stronger and stronger, Bobo Bo Vicki ended another visit to Richard, left the stone building where they were talking, and walked towards the gate of the manor.
After walking a few steps, Bobo Bo Vicki stopped, turned to look at Richard who was standing at the door of the stone building, and complained a little: "Hey, Richard, we can be considered friends, right? Even if it's not a good relationship, Friends are more than acquaintances. In this case, you are not going to send me off? I know your time is precious and you have many things to be busy with, but it is not good to just watch me leave by myself, right? "
After listening to Bobo Bo Vicki's words, Richard thought thoughtfully, nodded slightly, and said to himself: "What you said makes sense. I really shouldn't just watch you leave like this." , then...goodbye!"
The next moment, Richard waved his hand, closed the door with a bang, and went straight upstairs.
Popobo Vicky, who was left hanging in the yard, was stunned. After a while, he touched his nose and shouted: "Hey, this is a bit too much. You can't treat me differently just because I am only a first-level wizard." .The reason why I am at the level of a first-level wizard is just because I did not take medicine today..."
After shouting, Bobo Bo Vicki also knew that Richard would really not send him off, so he shook his head and turned to leave.
Stepping out of the manor, Bobo Bovich walked along the road towards the Ashes Academy. He didn't walk very fast. As he walked, he thought about what he should talk about in class tomorrow. Recently, Richard had been telling Harry and Cathy a little too little. He wanted to seize the opportunity to bring the two children back to his side.
After thinking about it for a long time, Bobo Bovich only walked half the way.
After finally understanding the content of tomorrow's lecture, Bobo Bovich fixed his gaze and was about to speed up his return, but the next moment his steps suddenly stopped.
"Snapped!"
Bobo Bovich stopped, looked around, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this time, he was on a deserted road in the wild. There were thick trees on the roadside, swaying slightly in the night wind, like ghosts coming out of Hades. Further away, there is a rich darkness, and the black color is rising like sea water, without any light.
The atmosphere is a little weird.
But... it's just weird. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything else wrong.
"Are you too sensitive?" Popobo Vicki said to himself, "Well, it seems that he is indeed sensitive..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bobo Bovich stepped on his feet and ran away, heading towards the fields on the side of the road.
As a result, as soon as he ran more than ten meters, he heard the sound of "whooshing", followed by several "puffing" sounds, and three flat ice picks that looked like blades were accurately nailed in front of Bobo Bo Vicki. On the ground, only a few centimeters away from the tip of the toes.
"What the hell!"
Bobo Bovich screamed, reacted quickly, suddenly changed direction, and fled towards the grove in the other direction.
As a result, before entering the woods, a person had already flashed out of the woods.
It was a middle-aged male wizard in his forties, not wearing a robe, but wearing a set of brown tight-fitting clothes. A thick white cloth was tied around his left shoulder, as if he was injured. After walking out of the woods, he stood still and looked at Bobo Bo Vicki with cold eyes.
Bobo Bovich couldn't help but be stunned, subconsciously stopped, and then looked at each other.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
The scene suddenly became strange. For a moment, it was the middle-aged male wizard who spoke out first and broke the deadlock.