As Richard took over the defense zone, the four basic battle zones under his command began promoting the new tactics.
The example of a single basic battle zone was too small; Richard needed more data to corroborate his views.
As for the impact of this tactic... that’s something for the council to worry about.
Compared to a Great Wizard like Richard, the few Crown Thrones of the council are the ones truly concerned about the survival of the Wizard Civilization.
The destruction of the Wizard Civilization greatly harms the property of the Great Wizards, but for the Great Wizards themselves, it’s merely the loss of dimensional power’s blessing.
But for the Truth Wizards, it’s not the same.
The destruction of civilization would lead to the collapse of dimensions, and the Illusionary Dimensions that rely on their existence would also collapse.
If luck is a bit better, perhaps the Illusionary Dimension can barely hold on. If luck is bad, the Illusionary Dimension they’ve worked so hard to create might fall apart in an instant.
Without the Illusionary Dimension as the foundation, a Dominator is nothing more than an oversized World Master.
"What kind of nonsense new tactics is this?"
The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard looked at the order sent by Richard, his Fire Elementalized body swelling with anger.
"If the command center doesn’t directly command, then what’s the point of having a command center? Might as well let the Legion Commanders below discuss it among themselves!"
The command center was silent, facing the anger of the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard, even though the staff officers wanted to explain, they did not dare to say anything at this moment.
Not to mention that the Great Wizard’s anger caused his pressure to leak out.
The wizards across the command center were nearly suffocated by that terrifying pressure.
"No way, connect me with my teacher, I have to report this. The front line is difficult to maintain as it is, if we follow his blind command and the front line collapses, who will be responsible?"
The words of the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard sounded lofty, but all the wizards present knew it was just a facade.
The real reason for the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard’s anger was that his command authority was revoked.
And the one who revoked his command authority was Richard.
Soon, the communication was connected, and the somewhat impatient voice of the Annihilation Storm Great Wizard echoed from the crystal ball.
"What’s the matter, speak quickly."
As the chief commander of the western front, he was very displeased with this kind of reporting over the hierarchy. If Purgatory Purifying Fire wasn’t his student, he wouldn’t have entertained this communication at all.
"Teacher, that Richard is causing trouble again."
The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard exaggeratedly recounted Richard’s orders, adding some of his subjective speculations, such as Richard intending to make an example out of him, or using their faction as a warning to others, and the like.
After listening to the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard’s narration, the Annihilation Storm Great Wizard paused for just a moment, showcasing the steadiness and calmness of an older generation wizard.
"The data? He’s giving you new tactics, it’s impossible that he didn’t provide data."
With this statement, the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard instantly became rigid.
He had started the communication immediately upon seeing the orders, without glancing at the subsequent data.
Noticing his student’s silence, the voice of the Annihilation Storm Great Wizard gradually turned cold.
"You haven’t looked at the data, have you?"
"...Teacher, don’t be angry, his tactics data surely plays with numbers, you won’t see any issues even if you look."
"So you haven’t looked? You fool!"
The Annihilation Storm Great Wizard felt he was blind to have taken such a fool as his student.
This kind of matter should have demanded a look at the data instead of blindly coming to him based on subjective assumptions.
Had he not anticipated his student’s stupidity, he might have been fooled.
"Send it over! You idiot!"
"...Of course, the data! What else could it be, you?!"
Hearing his teacher’s roar, the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard quickly shouted in the command center, "Send the data on the new tactics from the subordinate command center to headquarters... oh right, give me a copy too."
Before long, the data arrived before this teacher-student pair almost simultaneously.
The Annihilation Storm Great Wizard scanned with his spiritual power, and immediately sensed a long-lost feeling.
In this already Elementalized body, he actually felt the sense of rising blood pressure only felt by a flesh body.
"...Fool, did you look at the data?"
"I’m looking at it... teacher."
The voice of the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard trembled, as he suddenly realized that the data seemed flawless, without any numerical tricks.
If this data were true, then the new tactics indeed had outstanding results.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"No more, teacher. No more, no more!"
The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard knew that further speech would probably prompt his teacher to come from the chief command and smash his head.
"If you ever do something this foolish again, you’re going to the Atonement Army!"
With that, the communication was abruptly cut off.
The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard awkwardly looked at the Communication Crystal Ball, feeling frustrated for lodging a complaint only to get scolded instead.
Suddenly, the Communication Crystal Ball lit up again.
The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard quickly picked it up, but after seeing the caller, he instantly deflated -- it was the Great Wizard from the adjacent basic battle zone.
"Twisting Brambles, what’s the matter?"
"The order for the new tactics, has the master received it?"
"What does the master think of these tactics?"
Upon hearing this, the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard couldn’t help but feel a bit irritated.
"What should we do? No matter what, we have to follow through."
"...Did the Master and headquarters respond?"
"No, but you can report to headquarters."
The Twisted Thorn Great Wizard was silent for a moment. As a Great Wizard, he could naturally sense there was an issue with the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard’s emotions.
Considering the usual temperament of the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard, the Twisted Thorn Great Wizard quickly pieced together the sequence of events.
"It seems the Annihilation Storm Master does not agree with this matter," the Twisted Thorn Great Wizard thought silently.
After a few pleasantries, the Twisted Thorn Great Wizard ended the communication. Once it ended, he immediately called his secretary.
"Sir, what do you need me to do?"
"Distribute the information on the new tactics. From today onward, our battle zone will use the new tactics. I will only make decisions and not participate in command."
The Twisted Thorn Great Wizard was very clear that without someone like Purgatory Purifying Fire, a "Wizard’s second generation" with deep connections leading, obeying superior orders was the most correct thing to do at such times.
As a Great Wizard without much background, in this war, he had already learned the art of passing responsibility on his own.
If superior orders were followed and traced down, he would not have any issues. But if he disobeyed and a problem arose, being sent to the Atonement Army was not out of the question.
As for obeying orders potentially causing harm to Wizard Civilization?
Such losses were a matter for the higher-ups to consider. As a Four Rings Great Wizard, at the bottom among Great Wizards, he didn’t need to think about it at all.
After finishing communication with the Twisted Thorn Great Wizard, the Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard reviewed the materials sent by Richard.
He did not believe the data was real.
How could command by a Great Wizard result in worse data than without command?
This was a blatant mocking, implying they were just burdensome side effects.
In reviewing the data, he indeed found something previously unnoticed.
"New Wizards! The source of this data is New Wizards! If this were an Old Wizards’ battle zone, such data wouldn’t appear!"
Saying this, he was about to reconnect with his teacher’s communication.
But right before he infused magic power into the Communication Crystal Ball, he suddenly stopped.
"Forget it, mentioning this now won’t gain teacher’s approval. Wait for a few days until data from these tactics comes out, then it would be more convincing."
The Annihilation Storm Great Wizard’s warning echoed in his ears. The Purgatory Purifying Fire Great Wizard knew his teacher was a person who acted on his words.
If he really continued making foolish decisions, his teacher would indeed throw him into the Atonement Army.
He never doubted the ruthless extent of the Old Wizards.
After pondering, he placed the materials aside and said to the Staff Officer of the Staff Department: "During this period, use the new tactics. In non-emergency situations, I will not command."
He wanted to see what kind of results the new tactics could achieve.
"Hey, Tom, Lord Richard is back again."
At the frontline fortress, a Legion Commander excitedly approached his deputy with an order.
"Lord Richard?" Tom was slightly surprised, then exclaimed, "Oh! You mean the Deputy Zone Command is it!
Has this lord returned to the battlefield?"
As the front lines retreated, the battle zone’s legion also underwent some redeployment. Many legions that originally belonged to the Western Eleventh District were reassigned to other battle zones.
With their spread, the new tactics of the Western Eleventh District became widely known, and Richard’s reputation grew bigger and bigger.
A considerable number of Wizard Army Legion Commanders knew the name Richard. His proposed new tactics were also called Richard’s Tactics.
"Look at this order from above. It directly states that this command was issued by the Deputy Zone Command Center."
Tom took the order and, after glancing at it, couldn’t help but chuckle.
"The Twisted Thorn Great Wizard is still so cautious, even specifying the origin of the command when executing orders."
"Being cautious is good, being cautious prevents problems."
The Legion Commander moved to the edge of the map, a trace of ambition flashing in his eyes.
With tactical autonomy, the possibilities for actions are endless.
The same scenario occurred in different battle zones. Any Wizard Army Legion Commander who received this command was overjoyed.
Frontline command crying for orders has been so prevalent.
Without exceptional command talents, command-style orders have a much lower lower limit than goal-oriented tactics.
The transformation of the front-line battlefield didn’t significantly affect other battlefields.
As long as a counterattack couldn’t happen, the Wizard Army had little impact on the battles between Great Wizards.
The day after White Crystal fled, he returned to the battlefield with three Kings of Mayfly.
In order to restrain Richard, Galaxy Mayfly spared no effort to gather three Kings of Mayfly at the top of the combat power list.
These Kings of Mayfly could have dominated, even slain, Five Rings Wizards on other battlefields, but now they had only one purpose—
Above the Heavenly Vault, Richard looked at the team of Kings of Mayfly, masters of defense, offense, and support, and couldn’t help but smirk.
"Four Fifth Level Kings of Mayfly? You all really value me."
"Your level of attention isn’t enough!"