Arcane Lord

"Sir, this is really the physical magic network string that I researched. The previous subsidy application documents were written randomly because I was worried that I would not be able to pass.

"The reason why I want to bring this physical magic network string to see you this time is because I want to get more support from the Tower of Time."

"Is this how you come to seek support?"

Xia Duo asked, pointing at the elements that had gradually calmed down in the office.

At the same time, he had already thought of something that he had ignored before, and that was the office itself.

There is a large amount of documents and information from the Supplies Department stored in it. Now that it is in good condition, not to mention that all of it was destroyed by the elemental explosion, at least there is nothing left near the location where the strange thread finally stopped.

I don’t know if there is a backup of those data at Talling. If not, then Cecily will be busy later.

Moreover, David brought such dangerous things to the supplies department. If Xia had come half a minute later, Cecily might have suffered.

Even though David might have warned in advance, with Cecily's authority in the Tower of Time, she could neither order the tower spirit to lower a large amount of protection nor teleport immediately.

Only relying on the passive protection inside the Tower of Time and the protection of magic items on the body, it is impossible to withstand that level of elemental explosion.

Of course, one could also escape from the office, but it only took a few seconds for the strange thread to go from being thrown out by David to finally triggering an elemental explosion.

This office is not small, so we may not be able to escape in time.

At the same time, without Xia Duo ordering the tower spirit to put down a lot of protection, the remaining documents and materials in the office would have been destroyed.

Of course, compared to the loss of people, the loss of dead objects is secondary.

…

Facing Xia Duo's questioning, David's lips moved, as if he wanted to explain, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

"The Tower of Time is a place that values ​​order and rules. If you want to get more support from the Tower of Time, you should pay more attention to the subsidy application documents instead of playing these tricks!"

Sha Duo's words were harsh. Although he usually behaved very approachable, he was after all an arcanist and Niya's husband. Judging from the series of events in which he led the transformation of the Tower of Time, he has become The true leader of the Tower of Time.

When a person of such a status reprimanded him face to face, David, who originally had some small thoughts in his heart, immediately buried his head deeply and his body couldn't help but tremble:

"Sir, this is all my fault! I should not have ignored the subsidy application documents, I should not have brought dangerous goods to the supplies department, and I should not have tested you!"

"snort!"

Xia Duo snorted coldly, but did not continue to reprimand, but remained silent for a moment, and then continued: "Now that you know you are wrong, do you know what to do next?"

"I know, I know. I will resubmit the application documents after returning the illegally obtained subsidies. There are other penalties imposed by the Materials Department and the Personnel Department, and I will accept them too!"

David's tone was very sincere, and Xia Duo didn't want to test it with psychic magic, so he just assumed that this was David's true thought.

He is very tolerant towards talents and even encouraged:

"In my hometown, there is a proverb that says, 'You can correct your mistakes if you know them. There is nothing better than this.' I believe that you will become a better you after having learned this lesson!"

However, before leaving, Xia Duo still added, "I allow the existence of unspoken rules in the Tower of Time, but any unspoken rules should not be premised on hindering normal order and normal rules!"

After saying that, he ignored David, who looked complicated, and teleported away.

…

Of course Xia Duo wanted to know the details of the materialization of the Magic Network String, but the meat was already rotten in the pot. There was no need for him to act so impatient, lest David become arrogant and confident.

In fact, Xia Duo still has doubts about the materialization of the Magic Network String until now. Maybe David just discovered a special way of storing energy, rather than the materialization of the Magic Network String.

As for what it is, David will be able to roughly judge it when his subsidy application documents are handed in.

But before that, Xia Duo still had to learn about the energy consumption of David's research laboratory through Taling.

A mid-level mage created an 8th-level spell at the level of an archmage. Why did he do it?

The level of magic network that mid-level mages can access is only up to the fourth level (the fifth level is considered a high-level mage). Although David has not updated his spellcasting level in the Tower of Time for a long time.

But judging from the spellcasting records of Tower of Time members passively recorded by the tower spirit, David has never had a spellcasting record above level 4.

In other words, relying on David's own ability alone, it is almost impossible to create the kind of strange thread that can burst out the elemental energy with the strength of an 8-level elemental spell.

From the 4th level to the 8th level, the actual energy level difference of spells is at least 20 times. This is not only the difference in "quantity", but also the difference in "output power".

Even Xia Duo, relying solely on his own abilities, would have a hard time making moves at the 8th level at the intermediate mage stage.

Even if the strange thread is just a slow infusion of energy, there is also a control issue involved. If you want to use a 4-level spell to continuously control so much energy, the difficulty of casting the spell will increase exponentially.

Similar to low-level expressions of high-level spells.

Would David, who had such spell-casting and spell-designing abilities, still be a mid-level mage?

Sha Duo can almost conclude that David must have borrowed the power of the Tower of Time, mainly in terms of energy infusion.

In addition, he can also deduce that creating that kind of strange thread does not require complicated spells.

David must have discovered a brand new spell element unit!

From this point of view alone, even if the strange thread is not a materialized magic network string, even if it has no use, David has done an extremely remarkable thing.

…

"Ta Ling, report the energy consumption of David's laboratory in the past three months!"

"Agent Xia Duo, David's Laboratory consumes 1,220 energy points in January, 1,480 energy points in February, and 1,350 energy points in March. The main consumption paths are: auxiliary spell casting, and spells to stabilize the field."

Hearing such figures, even though Xia Duo had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be surprised.

The so-called "energy points" are actually arcana points, which are energy measurements defined by Shado. Taking the actual average energy consumption of a 1-level spell as 1 point, the threshold for a 9-level spell is only 200 points.

Just seeing how much energy David consumes every month, no one would believe him if he was not a high-level mage, but that was the fact. There was no record of David's spellcasting at level 4 or above at the Tower Spirit.

Looking at his energy consumption path, auxiliary spell casting actually obtains energy directly from the element pool and energy pool of the Tower of Time. With so many mages in the Tower of Time, most of them will not be able to use this.

It is mostly used in alchemy circles and spells to calm fields.

The former is a workshop and the latter is a magic laboratory.

However, David's energy consumption is concentrated in auxiliary spell casting and spell calming fields, and the consumption of both is equivalent, which means -

David is pouring energy into a certain place through the Tower of Time, and this "somewhere" cannot exist stably. The spell-suppressing field consumes nearly equal amounts of energy to balance its "sequelae"!

"Good guy! With this kind of gameplay, you really don't regard the Tower of Time as your home!"