After Richard looked around, he saw the surprise, disbelief, astonishment and other expressions in the eyes of the wizard apprentices. He couldn't help but smile and said, "My name is Richard, Richard Clavier. Many of you here should know me."

As soon as Richard finished speaking, the audience could no longer remain silent.

Instantly, exclamations like a tsunami sounded from below.

If we say that just now, many wizard apprentices were still wondering in their hearts whether the other party was the person they thought.

But now Richard, the person involved, admitted personally that he was that Richard. The shock to everyone was almost enough to make them dizzy.

"Oh my God! This speed may break the record of the fastest promotion to an official wizard in the history of the Ignis School!" said a second-level wizard apprentice with his eyes wide open.

He entered the Ignis School in the same batch as Richard, so he was naturally familiar with Richard, the former chief freshman.

"Not only is this the record for the fastest promotion to a full wizard, I'm afraid all previous records have been broken."

"Are you talking about the record of the promotion from Level 2 wizard apprentice to Level 3 wizard apprentice?"

"Yes, it only took a year and a half to be promoted from a first-level wizard apprentice to a full-fledged wizard. It seems that the school's record for promoting third-level apprentices is not so fast!"

"Hiss! How terrifying!"

"It seems that I made the right decision to join the Ignis School." A freshman said, looking at the young teacher on the stage with burning eyes.

"Yeah, I originally thought that my family recommended me to the Ignis School because they didn't think highly of me. Now it seems that this is not the case." Another freshman murmured to himself.

"Actually, your family probably doesn't think highly of you. The case of wizard Richard is a special case. However, it is estimated that the admission standards of the Ignis School will be much higher next year." The freshman next to him interrupted.

"If that's the case, the ranking of the three major undead wizard academies may change in the future."

"That's not the case. It's too difficult to change the underlying situation."

“.”

Richard looked at the many wizard apprentices below who couldn't help whispering to each other, but he was not angry.

After all, the speed of their promotion was such a shock to their existing concepts, so it was normal for them to find it hard to control their emotions all of a sudden.

A minute later, after he released some of his mental power again, the entire classroom fell silent again.

"Now, let's start the class."

"The origin of puppetry can be traced back to the ancient mythological era." Richard's magnetic voice began to sound in the classroom.

"Puppetry can be used to create various mechanical devices and combat puppets, and is applicable to a wide variety of combat scenarios."

“For example, this.”

Richard took out a small squirrel from his arms.

At first, the apprentices below didn't react, but later they realized that this was not an ordinary squirrel, but a mechanical squirrel.

"Yes, this is a mechanical squirrel. It doesn't even require a control core to make it. It's considered an entry-level product of puppetry."

"But such a small thing, with very weak combat power, what use is it?"

"If we put a bottle of Fire Dance Star in the mechanical squirrel and set the mechanism so that it will automatically explode when attacked, it may not be very effective against highly intelligent enemies, but it can be used against monsters with low intelligence."

Richard's in-depth and easy-to-understand explanation of puppetry immediately fascinated many wizard apprentices in the audience.

"This is the blueprint for a primary puppet - a harvesting puppet. It is also a very common primary puppet in the dwarven region. It can be used to harvest barley and wheat, and can also be used to deal with ordinary enemies. Its combat power is about the level of a quasi-knight."

Richard took out a one-meter square drawing and explained it carefully.

At this moment, Lina in the audience's eyes were already lighting up. Is this the fighting power of a "quasi-knight"?

If I go one step further, I will have the combat power of a knight, which can complement me in combat. In this way, I can form a combat power that is no less than that of a three-person team.

"This is also a blueprint for a primary puppet. This is an iron combat puppet, but it requires a primary control core. Similarly, its combat power is higher than the previous two. The combat power of the iron combat puppet is comparable to that of a formal knight."

"Hiss~"

Many wizard apprentices below are still at the first-level stage, and their own strength is only around that of formal knights, and some are even only at the level of quasi-knights.

Therefore, after hearing Richard's introduction of the Iron Battle Puppet, his eyes lit up and he was salivating over it! "This puppetry is too good. With just a little mental energy, he can control a puppet with combat power comparable to that of a regular knight. This is much lower than the entry threshold of various undead summoning techniques."

"Yes, unless one is extremely talented, in order to ensure the success rate of summoning the dead, it can only be performed by a wizard apprentice at level 2, and it also consumes a lot of mental energy."

"It seems that the cost-effectiveness of this puppetry is simply amazing! I just wonder how many magic stones are needed to make such a puppet?"

“.”

After the class, the two words Richard and puppetry quickly swept through all the wizard apprentices of the Ignis School.

Even many students who were on external deployment or escort missions knew that a wizard apprentice who had been enrolled in the school for only one and a half years had successfully been promoted to a full-fledged wizard.

At first, when the other apprentices heard the news, they often had an expression like "Are you kidding me?"

But later, after verifying and finding the news to be true, he was completely stunned, and soon he became another person who spread the news.

Since the Ignis School was currently serving as a transit station for the underground battlefield, the news soon spread to the apprentices of the other two major Undead Wizard Schools. ——In the Ring of Noth, a room filled with the smell of various healing potions.

"What? That guy showed up, and now he's a formal instructor at the Ignis School?"

Gildarts, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, couldn't help but sit up suddenly when he heard the news that Richard had become a formal teacher of the Ignis School.

However, the surprise on Gildarts's face quickly disappeared.

"I should have thought of it earlier. If he really was promoted to a formal wizard in just one and a half years, he would definitely be valued by the Ignis School, and it would not be surprising to hire him as a teacher!"

"But... in this case, I can't use many of my methods openly."

Gildarts muttered to himself after his expression regained its composure.

Looking at Gildarts's dazed face, the burly Andino beside him sighed and said:

"Gildarts, you should take good care of your injuries first. Some things will always come back in the future."

Gildarts was seriously injured in the last battle, and because of the injuries, his strength almost fell below the level of a formal wizard.

Half a year passed, and countless magic stones were consumed before Gildarts' strength was finally preserved to the level of a formal wizard. This was also the result of the great efforts of the Colonna family behind Gildarts.

However , Gildarts’ potential and future were almost cut off from then on!

At the same time, Gildarts was quickly replaced as the chief heir of the Colonna family by a new member of the family, and his treatment in all aspects was also reduced across the board.

In a large wizard family, internal selection and competition are also very fierce. Similarly, it is impossible for the family to choose a child whose future is already blocked to inherit the position of patriarch, which will cause turmoil in the entire family.

In Gildart's eyes, all of this was caused by Richard and was the result of Richard's actions.

It can be said that Gildarts hated Richard to the core! "No! Andino, I must take revenge!"

Andino couldn't help but shake his head. Seeing his once high-spirited friend become like this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said, "Gildarts."

But as soon as Andino opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Gildas.

"Don't worry, Andino. I know what you are going to say. Now that the opponent has become a rising star of the Ignis School, I know the importance of the situation and will not take action on my own."

"But don't forget that I know everything about what the other party did in the Norman Secret Realm. Robert Soto also died in his hands. I will reveal this news to the Soto family immediately."

Robert Soto, if Richard were here now, he would definitely think of this person.

The opponent was the first third-level wizard apprentice killed by Richard after entering the Norman Secret Realm.

The Soto family behind it is a very powerful family in the Ignis School.

When Robert Soto died, the Soto family sent someone to ask Gildas about the relevant matters.

But Gildarts was in a coma at the time, and there was no evidence to prove that Robert Soto died at the hands of Richard, so the matter was left unsolved.

When Gildarts woke up, he paid a huge price to hire a powerful astrologer for divination, only to find out that not only his son, but also Robert Soto died at the hands of Richard.

But before Gildarts could tell the Soto family the relevant information, Richard disappeared.

Now that the other party has returned, Gildarts can make use of this information.

He will never let Richard have an easy time!

There are three official wizards in the Soto family, which can be said to be the leading large wizard family in the Ignis School, and its influence is deeply rooted in the Ignis School.

In particular, the Soto family has an elder who is over 150 years old. His strength is close to that of a top-level wizard, and his status in the Ignis School is second only to a second-level great wizard.

If the other party knew that his most beloved grandson, who had the most potential to be promoted to a formal wizard in the family, died at Richard's hands, he would definitely not be reconciled and would do something. ——After class, Richard came to the laboratory located underground in the Ignis School.

Before coming to the laboratory, Richard had never imagined that such a vast space had been dug out from under the school, which contained dozens of laboratories of different types, control rooms for various wizard formations, and a formation spirit that had been passed down for a long time.

The wizards' point statistics or complex calculations are all completed by this array spirit.

No wonder, if the wizards leave the school’s residence, the points cannot be updated in real time.

At this moment, Richard had just finished making one hundred primary control cores and was thinking about something.

"My return this time is quite high-profile. The main reason is that the incident in the Norman Secret Realm may have some sequelae. Therefore, I deliberately joined the school in a high-profile manner and taught puppetry courses."

"If someone continues to cause trouble for me in this situation, I think I should fight back appropriately so that the school won't be too biased."

It turns out that this is the purpose of Richard's high-profile return.

"In addition, we can start making the blood-bone puppet right away. In addition to the skeleton, I prepared three other raw materials, including the advanced control core, when I left Tug City."

"Among the skeletons I saw in the room of Great Wizard Glass this time, there are several that meet the requirements for making blood-bone puppets."

"However, it is not advisable to go directly to the Great Wizard Graf. I should go to the school's supply point first to see if there are any high-quality bones that I need among the exchange materials."

"Even if there is none, it would be more appropriate to ask Master Celes to trade with the great wizard Graf."

After a while, Richard sorted out the things he needed to do.

After thinking about it, Richard quickly left the underground laboratory and came to the supply point.

Inside the supply point, the girl with red hair was still working today. When she saw Richard coming in, she stood up and smiled sweetly, saying:

"Lord Richard, what do you need this time?"

"Help me find the raw materials related to the skeleton."

Richard also said with a smile, and at the same time, handed his seal ring to the girl.

"OK."

The girl respectfully took Richard's seal ring with both hands and quickly operated it.

After a while, rows of material names appeared on the black stone slab nearby.

"Sir Richard, this is the list of materials you are looking for. You can flip through the pages to search for them yourself. Of course, you can also tell me more detailed requirements and I will help you with the process." The girl said respectfully.

"No, I can do it myself."

Richard looked carefully at the list of materials on the black slate.

Under the control of the school's underground formation spirit, this black stone slab almost achieved the same effect as the tablet in Richard's previous life.

Of course, the effect mentioned here is just display and simple page turning operation.

The list of materials associated with the skeleton shown on the black slate is not long.

Soon, Richard eliminated some irrelevant options such as bone powder, bone palms, bone staffs, and then eliminated the skeletons of non-human creatures, leaving only three items.

"A strong orc skeleton, a rare orc skeleton from the continent of Vetroor. It is estimated that the strength before death was about the high level of the first level. It is complete. Exchange conditions: The total points exceed 1,000 points. 250 points are required to exchange this item."

"Ogre Skeleton, a skeleton from a wandering ogre, estimated to be mid-level level 1, complete. Redemption conditions: total points exceed 800 points, 150 points are required to redeem this item."

"An ancient troll warrior skeleton, from a certain ruins. It is estimated that he was at the top level when he was alive. The pinky and ring fingers on his right hand are missing. Redemption conditions: The total points exceed 1,500 points. 300 points are required to redeem this item."

The sight of these three skeletons immediately made Richard's heart warm.

From his own perspective, the three skeletons had met his minimum expected goal, and he wished he could get them all at once.

But when Richard looked at the 100 points displayed on the inner wall of his seal ring, he couldn't help but sigh.

"It takes 700 points to get all of them. It's really a headache. I have already made a preliminary calculation. The points that can be exchanged for the three advanced knowledge are just enough to exchange for the first-level witchcraft model."

"If I want to exchange for more bones, it seems that I am not able to do so."

Richard crossed his arms and rubbed his chin.

"Let's wait for the review results to come out first!"

Not long after leaving the supply point, Richard met Instructor Ceres in the corridor.

However, Celes looked at Richard with a serious expression, as if something bad had happened . This immediately made Richard's heart skip a beat.

"Richard, come with me, I just need to talk to you about something."

"Okay, mentor." Richard bowed slightly.

(End of this chapter)