Arcane Lord

The next day, news of Depak's successful advancement had spread throughout the territory, and Shado also arranged a new job for him - joining the Creation Mystery Lock project team.

As for the Personnel Department of the Tower of Time that he originally managed, it has been completely handed over to the relevant personnel of the Advancement Society. Previously, Depak had already handed over most of the work to others when he was preparing to advance. Now, the handover has only been officially completed.

This is of course not that Xia Duo restricted Depak's power because he did not value family. In fact, Depak had a good relationship with his nephew, but there seemed to be a misunderstanding with his younger brother. Perhaps it was caused by who learned magic back then.

It is difficult for an upright official to decide on family matters, so how could an outsider like Xia Duo make a decision based on just a few words from other outsiders?

It's a pity that Depak's two nephews are already old, and their grandnephews have exceeded the age range of the Tower of Time's previous recruitment expansions. Otherwise, they can be recruited in the next Rong Xue Na Xin.

The reason why Shado asked Jin Xuehui to accept the Tower of Time Personnel Department was partly because of his existing plan, and partly because Depak had become an arcanist.

Generally speaking, various mage tower organizations in Netheril would not consider letting arcanists engage in overly tiring mundane work. Instead, they would engage in magic research with peace of mind, hoping to become senior arcanists as soon as possible and then become the backbone of the organization.

If you are lucky enough to become a Grand Arcanist, then the entire organization can turn around and usher in spring.

This is similar to the difference between technical positions and management positions in Xia Duo's hometown. Of course, if the arcanist himself is extremely power-hungry, then that's a different matter.

But generally speaking, people with a strong desire for power rarely become arcanists. They are usually eager to achieve success and become archmages as quickly as possible. This is the absolute backbone of each mage tower organization.

In terms of combat ability, he is not weaker than a senior arcanist, and may even be better at (surprise) combat.

Xia Duo also intends to separate the powers of technical and management positions in the Tower of Time. Those who are engaged in technology will focus on technology, and those who are willing to manage will focus on management.

Runiya's housekeeper Cecily was a very ordinary low-level mage before the inheritance ceremony, but she still managed the vital supplies department of the Tower of Time.

Now Depak's arrangement is only the first step. Next, he will step by step transform the Tower of Time into a more mature modern Mage Tower organization integrating industry, academia and research.

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Creation Mystery Lab.

This is one of the first level three laboratories open for use in the floating city research area. The so-called level three actually corresponds to the level three researcher in Sha Duo's plan. All high-level mages and above can apply for this rank or professional title.

You can become a level 1 researcher by passing the assessment. Subsequent upgrades require paper contributions and project contributions. This basically refers to the research institute setup in [Projection Plane·Remnant of the Empire].

But in fact, the first-level laboratory corresponding to the first-level research institute has completely surpassed any laboratory in the current mage tower of the Tower of Time.

Of course, the current floating city research area has just started, and the so-called third-level laboratory is just a brand. In fact, it only has the first-level laboratory conditions envisioned by Xia Duo, but it will be gradually improved in the future.

Currently, this laboratory is mainly composed of three major areas - comprehensive testing area, sub-experimental area, and office rest area.

Among them, the comprehensive test area is specially used to test the mystery lock. The Magic Network environment is the same as the outside world; the sub-experimental area is the main part of the laboratory. Most of the experiments and tests are conducted here, and it is equipped with equipment covering the entire area. The spell calms the field and ensures the safety of the experiment.

The office rest area, as the name suggests, is a place used to handle non-practical work. It is also equipped with additional rest areas where you can relax and rest for a while.

This is where Chateau and Saville spend most time, brainstorming, discussing, or deriving theories. Occasionally they need to conduct experiments or verifications before going to the sub-experiment area.

Ai Burke has been a regular user of the sub-experiment area since he joined the project. He is responsible for conducting experiments on the requirements put forward by Shado and Saville and feeding back the results.

Of course, starting from today, the sub-experimental area will welcome another regular user, namely Depak.

As for the comprehensive testing area, it can only be said that the current Creation Mystery Lock project has not yet progressed to the point where it needs to be used. Instead, Niya will occasionally come over to borrow and test the communication Mystery Lock.

It's not that Niya doesn't have her own communication mystery lock laboratory, but she wants to stop by to discuss it with Xia Duo, so Xia Duo leaves it to her.

At this moment, in the laboratory, Xia Duo and De Parker introduced the functions and effectiveness of each experimental facility while briefly explaining the details of future work.

"Look, this is a small, editable spell pool. It contains most of the known spell elements to facilitate users to conduct various spell experiments. In the future, you will also need to record the experience of using the spell pool in the laboratory for improvement. "

"Inclusion elements?"

Depak curiously stared at the very regular patterns of the magic array mixed with gold and silver patterns on the ground, and subconsciously said: "Doesn't that mean that the tower spirit can use this to cast spells at will?"

It is not a strange story that the tower spirit can cast spells with the help of the spell pool. The Tower of Time has a very large spell pool that contains a large number of spells with variable levels to facilitate the use of the tower spirit.

But if it exceeds the scope of the spell pool, then even if the tower spirit knows what to do, it will not be able to achieve it. If the spell pool is really running at the element level, the tower spirit may be able to deal with any situation.

"This is indeed one of my purposes for redesigning the spell pool!"

Sha Duo did not deny his purpose, but since he said it, he obviously failed to achieve it, "The tower spirit is not a real spell caster and does not have a will. You should be able to think of what the problem is."

Xia Duo did not directly tell the reason, which can be regarded as a small test for Depak. If he can't even figure out this problem, maybe he will reconsider whether he really wants him to join the Creation Mystery Lock project.

"will?"

Depak didn't react for a while, but as an old mage and a new arcanist, he still had basic magical literacy, so he subconsciously began to simulate the spell-casting process in his mind.

From forcibly twisting the string of the magic net with his will to form the first spell element, and then combining multiple spell elements to form a complete spell, he repeated this twice, and he suddenly woke up:

"I thought about it! It's a matter of source point positioning! The Magic Network is just a rough impression of the macro structure of the Magic Network when the caster crosses the threshold of casting. The Magic Network is not actually a network in the usual sense.

"In actuality, the Magic Network is more like a deep river filled with Magic Network strings that is constantly flowing. There may be countless distances between the first Magic Network string and the second one used when casting a spell.

"I learned about Mysuo before I came here. If it is a movement trend of the Magic Network at the macro level of Mysuo, then the spell may be more like a movement trend of the Magic Network at the micro level. Without the positioning of will, there is no way to form a spell source. point.

"This is also the reason why collaborative spell casting requires resonance of will first, so that multiple casters can create the same spell source point, that is, the same spell."