"Actually, there is still some information."
Leo quickly relayed all the information he had gathered to Alice, word for word, and he swore he hadn't omitted a single character.
As for the final garbled message, "I can only say that I will hand it over to you after my soul strength is strong enough to decipher it."
"If you don't believe me, I can make a contract with the Wizard Consciousness to guarantee that not a single word I say will be wrong."
Leo detested this kind of information preservation method that involves viewing and then destroying the information. Since they came to explore together, if one person viewed the information and then it was gone, no matter what was said, the second person would feel alienated.
"Okay, I believe you." Alice surprisingly didn't dwell on it much.
"But you have to compensate me. I can't do this mission for free."
The fact that he came with April and the others to capture Jia ye he was originally a deal between Leo and Alice, and had nothing to do with her.
Now that the mission is complete, Leo has obtained what he wanted, including the information from the stone tablet in the underground city. As a result Alice Leo nothing.
"So what do you want?" Leo asked, somewhat troubled. Alice indeed put in a lot of effort, but hadn't received anything in return.
"I think your nuclear bombs are pretty good. Give me a few for self-defense," Alice said casually.
"No problem."
Upon hearing that Alice wanted nuclear bombs, Leo immediately pulled out ten from the Shadow Space and placed them on the ground.
He made several deals with Green Cottage, buying several tons of nuclear materials. In his spare time, he built a considerable number of nuclear bombs, all of which he kept for self-defense.
What was originally the most advanced weapon for humankind on Earth was, in Leo's eyes, just an ordinary bomb.
Even if Alice didn't say anything today, Leo wanted to find an opportunity to give Alice a few pills for self-defense.
It must be said that nuclear bombs have many drawbacks, such as insufficient energy concentration and overly conspicuous explosions.
But for them, First-Level Wizard, the tens of thousands of attack power of a nuclear bomb was enough to overshadow all his weaknesses.
" Benji, here are a few nuclear bombs for you."
After giving Alice ten, Leo glanced at Benji at his feet and immediately gave Benji three more. Such a loyal fighting partner deserved some reward.
"Really?" Benji's three tails stood up in disbelief. With these three nuclear bombs, he would have at least three more lives. He really didn't expect Leo to give him three nuclear bombs.
"You know how to use it, right?" Leo asked with a smile.
"I know how to use it, I know how to use it."
Benji immediately put the three nuclear bombs into his wizard ring, jumping around happily, not at all like a level Gulu Beast that had lived for hundreds of years.
The two then returned to the starship, awaiting orders to return to the Wizard World.
What initially seemed like a rather uninteresting first expedition turned into something quite enjoyable for Leo after he acquired a bunch of gibberish.
The methods that a civilization ultimately preserves cannot be considered primitive!
This unfathomable sense of mystery, like a kitten's claws constantly scratching at Leo's tender heart...
At the same time, Leo also understood the significance of the expedition. While conquering a world and seizing more resources, the collisions and interweaving between different civilizations were what he should gain even more.
He began to understand the Black Skull Stigmata Wizard a little better; energy crystals, or rather, equivalent items, were not something they cared about.
What they want are things that seem the most insignificant, but which best embody the essence of a civilization.
Ordinary wizards acquire energy crystals, but these wizards are acquiring a world, a civilization!
[The number of Eyeless Spider in the Black Tomb World has decreased to 3%, and there are no energy reactions of level two or higher. The expedition is over. Well done, wizards!]
[Starting today, all wizards will return via the space portal. Those who wish to return with the starship can remain inside.]
Suddenly hearing the announcement that he could go home, Leo felt a sense of relief.
It has been twenty-nine years since he left the Wizard World, and he will now have a hundred years to recuperate.
Leo clenched his fist. This past hundred years must have been a hundred years in which his strength has greatly increased!
Thinking of this, Leo immediately took out his experimental notes. Time was of the essence, and he needed to carefully plan the experimental program for the next hundred years. He couldn't let it be like the previous hundred years, where his strength hadn't improved much in seventy years.
"They're gone, they're gone,"
While Leo was still planning what to do when he got back, Alice's voice came through the crack in the door.
"Leaving now? I see the space portal is full of wizards; it'll be at least a month before we can return safely." Leo had already seen it; the line of wizards in front of the space portal stretched as far as the eye could see. After nearly thirty years of expedition, who wouldn't want to go home as soon as possible?
"You have a wizard's badge, you can cut in line."
"... All right."
This was the first time Leo had ever seen someone so confidently justify cutting in line.
As expected, upon arriving at the portal, Leo revealed his Third-Class Wizard Medal and cut in line. To Leo and Alice's surprise, April, also wearing Third-Class Wizard Medal, cut in line and returned together.
Since Tao Rhys and Allison were nowhere to be seen, April must have had to pay a considerable price to acquire ownership of the Third-Class Wizard Medal from them.
After a few polite exchanges, they considered their meeting over and agreed to cooperate again in the future.
Leo and Alice were teleported directly to the outer office tower of the Tower of Elements.
The long-distance teleportation nearly made Leo faint, and Alice wasn't much better off; the two of them were practically clinging to Benji.
Only someone with a cultivation level of three like Benji could offset the side effects of such a long-distance teleportation.
Leo glanced at the row of unconscious wizards and slaves beside him, a sense of pride involuntarily rising within him. He had the means to do so; he didn't have to lie on the sidelines waiting to wake up.
The teleportation array behind them brought back batches of wizards and slaves from the Black Tomb World. Those who were unconscious were simply carried aside by the giant rats to rest.
Those who are still able to move must undergo a variety of checks to see if they are carrying anything dangerous to the Wizard World.
After passing through several checkpoints set up by the Jerry Clan rats, Leo and Alice finally emerged from the tower and quickly flew towards their wizard tower.
"I'll be returning to the academy in a while; it will probably be more than ten years before I can come back," Alice said.
"I've learned a lot from this expedition. I might be staying in the lab permanently. Let me know when you get back, and we'll study food together again," Leo said with a smile.
Returning after many years, I no longer feel the trepidation of returning home; instead, I feel a strong sense of belonging.
"Then you can't treat me to barbecue anymore," Alice joked with a laugh.
Leo recalled the first time he treated Alice to dinner—barbecue—because he didn't have any money. Leo could only cover up his mistake with a forced laugh.
Alice's decision not to break off their friendship was already incredibly magnanimous!
They soon arrived at the Wizard's Tower, Alice returned to her Ice palace. After so many years, she had much to do.
Leo landed on the open ground in front of the Wizard Tower in his Benji. Looking at the thriving Fire Essence Flower in front of the Wizard Tower, Leo felt a sense of peace despite the simplicity of the scene.
"Congratulations, Lord Leo, the Ancestor has returned in triumph."
Ten level-one Gulu Beast, leading ten mechanical slaves, lay prostrate on the ground, loudly offering their congratulations.
"Yes, thank you for your hard work over the years."
Leo looked around his wizard tower. Nearly thirty years had passed, yet it hadn't changed much since he left. Even the recliner in front of the door was still in the same spot it had been for thirty years.
Everything is exactly the same as before, which shows that they have taken great care of it.
" Benji, in three months, go to the tower and retrieve my share of energy crystals from the past thirty years. There should be over two thousand crystals. I'll give you five hundred of them. Use them to buy some potions to help these level one lads grow faster. They've been at this level for decades; how much can they possibly achieve in the future?"
Leo's words seemed to express disdain, but Benji was so moved that he almost shed tears.
Having witnessed the wizarding expedition and seen millions of wizards and tens of millions of slaves, he deeply understood his own position in the Wizard World, and at the same time, he knew that the Gulu Clan was the weakest of the weak.
Benji had vaguely sensed Leo's true intentions towards them; they were dispensable. The reason he signed the Battle Partner Contract with Li Xi was solely because Li Xi possessed level three combat power, which compensated for Leo's current lack of high-end combat power.
He dared not imagine whether Leo, once he possessed level three combat power, would die as easily as the slaves under other wizards.
At the start of the expedition to the Black Tomb World, the slave army on a single starship exceeded ten million, but upon their return, less than 30% remained.
A full 70% died, which is more than seven million slaves. Each of them was a level one or above, but in the hands of those wizards, they were like a bunch of ants that died!
This discrepancy in the data deeply stung Benji; once Leo no longer needed him, his fate would be the same.
But the fact that Leo is using energy crystals to nurture his offspring today shows that Leo truly accepts them from the bottom of his heart.
Their status has changed from this day forward; they are no longer slaves to be discarded at will!
"Lord Leo, we will definitely work hard and won't let you down," said Benji in a hoarse voice.
"That's great, keep it up!"
"I'll leave the Wizard Tower matter to you. I'm going to relax for a few days, be a couch potato, and then get back to work."
After saying that, Leo lay down on the recliner like a salted fish, and a few seconds later, the sound of Leo snoring could be heard.
He was exhausted. In the Black Tomb World, he had to maintain a constant state of tension. Now, as soon as he relaxed, sleepiness washed over him like a tidal wave. Leo wished he could dig a hole and bury himself, only to dig himself out again next year when he sprouted!