Arcane Lord

Iolum is no stranger to the name Tower of Time, and can even be said to be quite familiar with it. Since Savile was exiled to another world, he will send people to the south every once in a while to learn about the developments related to Savile Territory and the Tower of Time. .

Over the years, he has asked Brod to provide some necessary support and assistance to the Saville Territory many times. The most recent time was to publicly support the Arcane Competition organized by the Saville Territory two years ago.

At that time, the strength of the Tower of Time was severely declining. Without his support, holding such an arcane competition would only attract the ridicule of meddlesome people and the covetousness of greedy people.

But what he didn't expect was that just two years later, the Tower of Time would make such a huge change!

After receiving Congenio's affirmative answer, Iolum looked at the young man who was still humble and respectful, and his heart suddenly aroused the desire to explore. At the same time, he also roughly guessed that Congenio came to him. Why.

At this moment, Congenio had already explained to Iolum the origin and approximate number of apprentices in the Tower of Time, and then he said to Shado:

"You continue to talk about how the Tower of Time organizes teaching when it absorbs so many apprentices, and how it solves the problem of various material consumption."

"Yes, Master!"

Then, Xia Duo briefly introduced the current academic teaching model of the Tower of Time——

"I divided the apprentices into three levels. Those who are receiving magic enlightenment are level 1 apprentices. Those who have received the enlightenment are level 2 apprentices. The series of books you just saw are what level 2 apprentices need to learn. Learn them all. After that, you will be a level 3 apprentice, and then you will be promoted to a formal mage.

"Compared to the free-range, or exploitation model in the past where the Tower of Time allowed apprentices to exchange gold coins for knowledge and facilities, today's Tower of Time has fully opened up basic knowledge and arranged fixed teaching staff to divide classes according to different learning progress. teaching.

"Although the knowledge and facilities are free, in order to prevent the apprentices from losing their ambition, the Tower of Time has signed a three-year contract with each apprentice. If they cannot become an official mage within three years, they need to repay the Tower of Time Although the training fee paid is not much, only 1,000 gold coins, it is still a lot of pressure. "

Having said this, Xia Duo paused for a moment to give the two great arcane masters some buffering time. It was indeed a bit scary to become an official mage in three years, and he had originally considered whether to say it.

But when Iolum came over, it was not difficult for him to guess that Congenio intended to connect him and Iolum, and it was most likely related to these textbooks or the academic teaching model.

Therefore, he decided to release some useful information.

Sure enough, when he mentioned the contents of the three-year contract, the two experienced great arcanists could not help but look shocked.

In fact, this is easy to understand. The reason for signing the three-year contract is to train the apprentice into an official mage within three years.

The current apprentices in the Tower of Time are not deliberately selected, but are only selected based on age. This means that other teenagers and even adults from other places may complete the apprenticeship process within three years and become official mages.

In other words, Tower of Time is using its own actual actions to verify the feasibility of universal mages.

There is no need for Xia Duo to explain what it means to be a universal mage. The two great arcanists will naturally make their own judgments, which will far exceed the development potential and war potential of the elves.

Of course, it is not easy to truly achieve the long-term goal of universal mages. The most critical issue is the consumption of materials.

Apart from anything else, if you want to train apprentices in batches, you at least need a spell laboratory, so that apprentices can practice various spells or experiments in a relatively safe manner.

The mage itself is a very practical profession. If you can't even cast spells and are not familiar with it, no matter how much theoretical knowledge you have, it will be difficult to transform it into actual productivity (including combat effectiveness and many other aspects).

As for the establishment and maintenance of a magic laboratory, how could it be possible without a large amount of resources?

Obviously, the two great arcanists were particularly concerned about this issue, so Sha Duo continued:

“It’s really stressful for the Tower of Time to train so many apprentices at the same time, but I feel that pressure is what motivates me.

“At present, the Tower of Time has achieved a leading market advantage in the field of magic item manufacturing, and is now using the income from magic items to subsidize the expenditure on apprentice training.

"And when this batch of apprentices trained in the academy grow up, they will bring a stronger development impetus to the Tower of Time."

This is actually a snowball. As long as it is done properly, the snowball will definitely get bigger and bigger.

After listening to Shado's explanation, Iolum seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly asked: "The advantage of making magic items you mentioned refers to the Magic Network background communication magic weapon that is very popular in Severnton recently?"

"Yes, the cost of manufacturing a communication instrument in the Tower of Time is much lower than in the past. The income from this part can barely cover the expenses of apprentice training."

Xia Duo did not elaborate on the specific cost, and Iolum did not ask, he just lowered his head slightly and thought silently.

Not long ago, after completing the handover of the work related to the Austrian and French Federation with Congenio, Iolum received news that the price of Severnton's magic network background communication magic weapon had abnormal fluctuations, and it was suspected that there had been Low-cost manufacturing technology, there are manufacturers shipping in large quantities.

After that, he arranged for people to investigate the matter. Now thinking about it, there should be results!

For a moment, the study fell into silence. Just when Xia Duo thought that he had made a mistake and made Iolum unhappy, a teleportation light appeared in the study again.

A stack of parchment documents appeared in Iolum's hand. At this moment, both Shado and Iolum were standing, not far apart.

With Xia Duo's eyesight, he easily saw a line of text on the front page of the stack of parchment documents - "Investigation on the continued decline in the price of magic network background communication instruments"

Isn't this the document he saw in the administrative office area when he came over?

The next moment, Iolum handed over the investigation report in his hand. Sha Duo took the report and flipped through it quickly and roughly, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

This report is very detailed, even so detailed that it even obtained the internal sales data of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, and also inferred that the Tower of Time must have mastered a lower-cost magic item manufacturing technology, but it will take time to crack it.

Xia Duo knew that it was necessary to register a patent for "Eternal Magic Technology" as soon as possible!

It might have been difficult for the original Tower of Time to withstand the impact of such a promising patent, but now it can.

Just like when Xia Duo launched the magic network background communication in order to snipe the negotiations between Lord Hawke and the Arcane Federation on new communication spells, he could only transfer it to Giles Tower to avoid those possibilities when he was weak. There are malicious looks.

But now that he is a senior arcanist, it can be said that his information has definitely been placed on the desks of many lords and leaders of the Mage Tower organization.

No matter how low-key you are, it will have adverse effects.