Arcane Lord

"There is no direct connection!"

"No direct connection?" Depak frowned. He didn't think that Shado would waste time to entertain him, but he couldn't figure out what the connection between the price of magic items and the 'study group' was.

The purpose of Xia Duo's coming here was to find out and get some fresh air, not to guess riddles. A logical chain of thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he said:

"Times have changed, Master Depak! Have you ever thought that one day, the price of magic items may be cheaper than the raw materials?"

"This is impossible!" Depak retorted immediately.

Xia Duo shook his head. In fact, it would be much easier to understand if we replaced it with "market price" and "cost". The situation of "market price \u003c cost" has happened countless times on the earth.

"Market price" is relatively stable, but for production entities with different technologies, "cost" is a variable.

The more you sell, the more you lose. It is not a joke, but a possible reality.

In the magical world, the current manufacturing of magic items is inseparable from spellcasters, so the actual pricing is largely determined by the mage, and materials account for a small proportion.

Cost = mage labor + materials.

The labor cost of a mage is largely proportional to the time the mage spends on production. So in terms of qualitative analysis——

Cost = mage time + materials

Improving production relations is actually to reduce the working time of mages and hand over some work that does not need to be completed by senior mages to low-level mages or even ordinary people.

Once productivity changes suddenly, and mages may even be separated from specific production links, the cost will be limited to materials.

Of course, Shado did not speculate on the possibility that magic items in the future may not need to be manufactured by mages personally. He only mentioned the benefits of improving production relations and the speculation that other mage towers may already be undergoing transformation.

The "Study Group" is a pilot provided for the transformation of the Tower of Time.

Chateau will not only try more advanced production methods, but also try more advanced organizational methods to lay the foundation for the next comprehensive transformation.

After saying that, he looked at Depak, waiting for the other party's reaction.

"Master Xia Duo, I think what you said makes sense, but there is a problem. Doing so will inevitably lead to a large spread of relevant knowledge. This -"

Looking at De Park's still doubtful expression, Sha Duo sighed deeply in his heart. The prosperity of science, technology, and manufacturing on Earth actually allowed a considerable degree of public knowledge to exist.

Secret methods and recipes have been replaced by patents.

However, in the magical world, the boundary between theory and technology is not clear. Theory can be directly transformed into technology (spells), while technology is still technology (spells).

To a certain extent, knowledge is equivalent to strength, and it is also the strength of an individual, so most Nese mages are relatively conservative.

Especially the lower you go, the more conservative you become. You want not to let others know at all. It is best if you are the only one who is a mage and everyone else is an ordinary person.

This is just like on earth, it is against human nature to get rich first and then get rich later. Only people with firm beliefs can truly do it. Most rich people, the purpose of their existence is to make more money and prevent others from doing so. People become rich.

In the magical world, visionaries do not exist.

The birth of the Arcane Federation is actually a consensus and compromise reached by the spellcasters who control the power. From this, Chateau vaguely saw the prototype of a magical community similar to a scientific community.

It only needs to replace the Severnton Council and become the official legal system of Netheril.

The will of the country and the organization does not depend on the will of the individual. Even if they are as powerful as the Grand Arcanist, as long as there are more than one person, they must seek common ground while reserving differences.

Regardless of the external environment, "Neseril" actually has a strong desire for development. However, it is limited by the current backward production relations and cannot fully liberate productivity and vigorously develop magical civilization.

What Xia Duo is doing now is in line with the development trend of the current era to some extent. The real era is calling!

Xia Duo didn't explain too much about Depak's worries. He was relieved and relieved, and then let him think for himself.

If you go against the trend, you will inevitably be swallowed up by the trend.

Of course, even if you follow the trend, you may encounter undercurrents. The so-called darkness before dawn is generally like this.

After leaving De Parker, it was already getting late. After completing a set of concentration training, Xia Duo rested early. However, before going to bed, he asked Ta Ling to make an appointment with other managers of the Tower of Time and mid-level mages. Meeting the next day.

Mages are all busy people, especially mid-level mages. Of course, Xia Duo can go directly, but if the other party has something important to do, then his trip will probably be in vain.

Making an appointment is actually a reminder to remind them to make time in advance.

…

the next day.

There was still no news from Niya. On the Saville side, Derrick had received Shado's instructions and started negotiating with the branch presidents of the Raw Material Suppliers Association in Saville, trying to re-sign a fixed share supply contract. .

At the Tower of Time, Shado interviewed all the mid-level mages. Of course, unlike "insiders" like De Parker, Shado did not directly talk about "study groups" for these mid-level mages.

Instead, it was like daily communication, asking them whether they were satisfied with the current environment, what improvements the Tower of Time needed, and other questions, just like a boss chatting with employees.

Intermediate mages are not a closed circle. There will be communication and cooperation among them. The transformation of the Tower of Time is not a secret.

But Xia Duo hopes to cause widespread discussion, rather than notifying everyone once, without any feedback, and then a group of people will run away when the transformation really takes place.

In the next few days, Xia Duo did not return to Linshui Village, but stayed in the Tower of Time, waiting for Nia's news, while using the spell laboratory to increase the intensity of spell practice.

At the same time, he also kept an eye on Tilak's permanent magic project and Derrick's negotiation process outside. Of course, there was no progress in both for the time being.

...

The fifth day after Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time was also the eighth day after Xia Duo expelled Priest Cole.

On this day, Xia Duo was practicing the first [Detection] in the spell laboratory. He was very interested in this kind of prophecy-like spell, so he only ranked it after [Short-distance Teleportation].

Of course, there is no such thing as a complete spell casting or success in one go in the first practice. Instead, it is the same as the previous method of practicing spells, splitting the element units, and waiting until all the element units are practiced proficiently before casting the complete spell.

Splitting the element units requires the caster to have a good understanding of the principles of spells and be able to identify the internal logic. Otherwise, simply splitting them is actually meaningless.

In the final analysis, the elements are essentially just operations on the strings of the magic network. There are limited types, but the element combination units of different magic network levels are almost infinite.

According to the principles of spells, the split element units are actually the decomposition of specific casting steps. There is no need to practice a single element at all. Xia Duo has already mastered it.

While Xia Duo was practicing, the tower spirit suddenly sent a reminder, "Agent Xia Duo, the master has returned to the Tower of Time. Please meet in the study."