Arcane Lord

Then, Xia Duo expressed his speculation about the transformation of other mages. Judging from the prices of magic items in the past, under certain productivity conditions, the more mature the production relations are, the more mature the prices will be.

Of course, maturity does not mean low price.

In fact, since last year or even longer ago, the prices of magic items have been rising, but Shado only regards this as a small torrent in the long history.

The main reason is naturally because of the pioneering wave led by the princess. From this, Xia Duo can even conclude that the pioneering movement was planned very early, and it definitely did not start with the award of "pioneers".

But looking at the overall trend, it is almost inevitable that the prices of magic items will gradually decrease. This can actually be compared to the industrial age on earth. Magic is always developing, and the so-called cheap magic items are not far away.

Therefore, for now, Xia Duo feels that those mage towers that are undergoing transformation are occupying more market share with lower levels, thereby gaining more profits.

At the same time, it also attracts more mages to join, thereby forming a positive cycle.

The transformation idea mentioned by Xia Duo can actually be summed up in one sentence——

"Divide labor and cooperate, and even introduce ordinary people to participate, liberating mages from all types of work!"

Although this is only an improvement in production relations and does not substantially improve the abilities of mages, this improvement frees mages from tedious labor.

This is actually liberating productivity.

The next step in liberating productivity is to develop productivity, which is a step-by-step process.

On earth, science and technology are the primary productive forces. But in Netheril, magic spells are the primary productive force.

In Chateau's understanding, science and magic are conceptually consistent. It is an orderly knowledge system based on testable explanations and predictions about the form and organization of objective things. It has been systematized and formulated. Knowledge.

The concept is consistent, and it doesn’t really matter whether the names and specific expressions are the same.

Today's Netheril does not have a complete scientific methodology, or a complete magic methodology. But Xia Duo has already seen the basic prototype.

That is "Arcane Geometry". He actually doesn't care what the specific content is. What he really cares about is the consensus formed by the Nese mages in it——

A relatively standardized method of describing the nature of magic.

Of course, there are other explanation methods, such as "arcane runes", but in the end "arcane geometry" prevailed, and was almost recognized by all mages.

Xia Duo had no way of knowing what the specific situation was. After all, the relevant books only mentioned it briefly - and it was recognized by all the mages.

Shado found it hard to believe that the process would be smooth sailing. Referring to the competition of various technical standards on the earth, Netheril's magic technical standards directly affected the improvement of its own strength.

It is related to power, status, and even life.

Once there is "arcane geometry", many theories can also be connected, similar to the role of mathematics in natural sciences. And a series of books on the nature of the magic network such as "Deep Magic Network" can actually be seen as Physics book for the wizarding world.

As for the specific spell, it is of course a specific technology created through arcane geometry based on the essence of the magic network, the essence of the plane, and the essence of the universe.

This is why Chateau believes that magic and science are conceptually consistent.

The so-called development of productivity refers to technological progress in layman's terms.

Of course, theoretical progress is also included.

Specific to the current situation in Netheril, it is actually the birth of a specific spell. What Shado can currently determine is the permanent magic that the Tower of Time mage Tilak is studying.

Once the threshold for making magic items is lowered and the corresponding production relations are adjusted, the impact will be almost as much as the popularization of industrial products.

If we want technological progress, in addition to the cutting-edge development of high-level mages, we also need the continuous application of a large number of grassroots mages. The former determines the depth of technology, and the latter determines the breadth of technology.

Thinking about it carefully, Shado felt that the saying "there is strength in numbers" was really applicable everywhere. If all the people in Netheril were mages now, then the technological explosion might be just a matter of minutes.

Specifically, he only did two things. The first was to ask Derrick to negotiate with those complicated people in the Chamber of Commerce, hoping to re-sign the fixed share contract.

Second, it is to encourage births. Xia Duo can't control what the outside world does for the time being, but in the Saville Territory and the Daxia Territory, which he can influence now, he must do this.

As for the transformation of the Tower of Time, Sha Duo still felt that it was necessary to have an in-depth communication with Niya in person. It was not a good idea to make rash changes.

However, he had disclosed the relevant ideas to Aibo and Cecily, and even renegotiated the supply contract to pave the way for this, but they did not strongly object.

…

After leaving Aibok's reception room, Shado came to Tilak's research room.

The moment the door opened, he almost felt that he had gone to the wrong place. He had come not to Tilak's research room, but to the meeting place of his small organization——

He was very familiar with the images behind the door. Dean, Sammy, Edrich, Devine, and Donald were all members of the organization, and they were all gathered here at the moment.

"Shado!"

"Master Xia Duo!"

"Lord Shada!"

…

Several consecutive greetings brought Shado's thoughts back to reality. This was indeed Tirak's research room, but how did Dean and others get here?

They had never interacted with Tilak before. Thinking of this, Sha Duo said hello and asked directly:

"Dean, Sammy, what are you doing here?"

The two looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. At this time, Tilak took the initiative to stand up and replied: "Lord Shada, because my current spell casting level is low, the number of experiments I can perform every day is extremely limited, so I asked Shi The tower applied for two assistants, Sami and Edrich, and Dean and Donald were recommended by them.”

Only then did Shado understand, and he quickly searched Talling's records, and sure enough he saw the earlier records of Sami and Edrich's privilege enhancement, as well as the recent records of their relationship being transferred to Tilak Research Laboratory.

Of course, there were several apprentices who transferred in together, but the only apprentices present today were Dean and Donald.

From Tilak's words, Shado could tell that Tilak regarded Dean and Donald as assistants, rather than just "spell batteries."

It seems that the results of the organization are quite good. Dean will not say anything. Xia Duo has long known that he has stood on the threshold of an official mage. If he had not thought about creating a new spell on his own, he would have been able to increase his authority long ago.

Donald, on the other hand, surprised Sha Duo. At first, he was just a living sign used by Sha Duo to show his organizational training capabilities, and he was regarded as a role model for mage apprentices. Unexpectedly, he could already be recognized by Tilak.

Grows fast!

Xia Duo looked at the flowers he had watered with his own hands with great satisfaction, feeling very satisfied, but he did not forget the purpose of his visit.

"Tilak, how is the recent research progress? Are the relevant materials in place? Do you need other support?"