My Magic Age

The public launch of the Metal Magic Rune Plate held by Yekis scholars in front of the Inscriptionist Union Building caused quite a stir in the Imperial Capital.

Not only was it reported in the Imperial Capital Magic Newspaper with a large page, but even the Royal Magic Academy was affected. The magic students in the academy were discussing this topic in their spare time. Many magic students believed that this was the second spring for the inscriptionists, and the metal rune plate industry would rise because of the new magic rune plate. In the academy, many inscriptionists became the focus of everyone's attention.

There was also a follow-up report in the Imperial Capital Magic Newspaper. The reporter from the Magic Newspaper followed up and interviewed a junior inscription master with a little reputation in the Imperial Capital. He admitted that he got a magic blueprint at the public conference held by Yekis scholars, and was lucky enough to buy a magic engraving pen and red copper solution specially used for drawing such rune plates in a magic grocery store in the trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride. After returning to his magic laboratory and practicing for less than two days, he could draw new "penetrating" and "sharp" magic patterns on any flat metal plate. Then he began to try to draw these two magic patterns on the giant crossbow arrows. After another two days, he finally had a successful work, but unfortunately it was a single-attribute giant crossbow arrow.

It turns out that it is very difficult to draw magic patterns on the diamond-shaped giant crossbow arrowhead. It takes a lot of time to practice successfully. The single-attribute giant crossbow arrowhead actually only draws the magic pattern array on one side of the arrowhead. If you want to get the rumored dual-attribute giant crossbow arrowhead, you have to draw the magic pattern array on both sides of the giant crossbow arrowhead at the same time. This is a difficult challenge for the inscriptionist, and no inscriptionist has succeeded in the challenge so far.

However, the inscriptionists in the imperial capital also confirmed that the material cost of the new rune plate has indeed been reduced a lot. Compared with the previous blank rune plate, the inscriptionists only need to buy a certain amount of red copper solution, and in that magic grocery store, the price of this red copper solution is indeed much cheaper than the blank red copper rune plate.

This price difference is more intuitive on the rune board. The red copper solution required for a new magic rune board only costs about ten silver coins. In addition, the giant crossbow arrowhead mixed with magic black iron is sold at four silver coins and fifty copper coins in the market, which is less than fifteen silver coins in total. However, if it is made into a red copper rune board, in the Babington family's business, this kind of black iron giant crossbow arrowhead plated with red copper is sold for thirty silver coins.

In fact, the price of the blank red copper giant crossbow arrowhead sold by the Babington family is already ten silvers more expensive than the price of the single-attribute giant crossbow arrowhead I sold to the South Wind Legion. The current price of the single-attribute giant crossbow arrowhead I sold to Earl Conrad is maintained at twenty silver.

However, for the inscriptionists, if the manual cost of drawing a new magic rune board is only five silver coins at a time, and it is still under the premise of a 100% success rate, for them, the profit of the single-attribute giant crossbow arrowhead is really low.

In response to everyone's doubts, Yekis scholar stood up again five days later to give an explanation, that is, if you only draw a single-attribute giant crossbow arrow, the cost can be reduced to ten silver coins. Only when you draw a dual-attribute giant crossbow arrow, the production cost will rise to fifteen silver coins. This is one of the main reasons for the cost increase.

The success rate of making a dual-attribute giant crossbow arrow is very low. However, once it is successfully made, the price of a dual-attribute giant crossbow arrow in the magic market is currently maintained at around three gold coins, and the price has increased tenfold in an instant. This is also the main reason why many inscription masters insist on taking risks.

After this series of reports appeared in the magic newspaper, Count Conrad of the South Wind Corps Logistics Department came to me for this purpose. He repeatedly confirmed very seriously whether it was profitable for me to sell these single-attribute giant crossbow arrows. After getting my affirmative answer, he still insisted on knowing the specific details. I can only say that because I make these magic crossbow arrows in large quantities, the scrapped giant crossbow arrows are all collected uniformly by the North Duisburg Blacksmith Shop, which can also save some costs. The most important point is that for every fifteen magic crossbow arrows, a dual-attribute giant crossbow arrow will be born, which is my real profit point.

Of course, there is one point I didn’t tell Count Conrad, that is, the metal solution for making the new magic rune plate is what I put into the imperial capital magic market. This metal solution is also priced in the magic market, so the cost of a magic crossbow arrow is lower for me.

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Senior Vernon sat slumped on the sofa with dark circles under his eyes, looking like a client who had not slept for several nights and had been drained of his body by a dozen old women. He lit a cigar in his hand, and the room was filled with smoke. When he saw Noah and I come in, he laughed dryly at us.

Noah covered his mouth and rushed into the room, opened the curtains in the room, let the winter sun shine into the dim room, and pushed open two glass windows. The cold north wind blew in from outside, mixed with scattered snowflakes, and made Senior Vernon shiver all over. He quickly wrapped himself with the blanket on the sofa, and then shouted at Noah: "You want to freeze me to death!"

Looking at Senior Vernon's decadent appearance, Noah stood in the middle of the living room, pointed at Senior Vernon and shouted: "What are you doing? There is no need to work so hard to refine the red copper solution. In fact, we can hire some magic assistants to do this. Look at what you have done to yourself!"

Vernon smiled lazily at Noah, his voice hoarse: "I'm fine! It was just a little stressful for me in the early stage, but I survived. Now I can not only meet Jijia's needs, but also a large part of the copper solution can be invested in the magic market. I just enjoy this state of selfless work, just like entering some kind of deep meditation. It is a very wonderful feeling."

"Vernon Cazaleas, look at me!" Noah stood in front of Vernon, grabbed his collar with both hands, and lifted him up from the sofa.

Senior Vernon's tired face revealed a kind of dead silence. He said to Noah and me in a hoarse voice: "She didn't write me a farewell letter before she left. I naively thought that Hailibu was a mountain between me and her. As long as Hailibu left her, I would wait for my happy moment. But after waiting for so long, what I waited for was her leaving without saying goodbye. What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?"

I didn't expect that Senior Vernon was so persistent in his feelings for Senior Erica, and even fell into a certain madness. Maybe this is why Senior Erica wanted to avoid him. At this time, I understood a little bit that she wanted everyone to calm down.

For Senior Erica, she may have passed the age of loving recklessly. Instead of the kind of love that bursts out with a blazing flame, she hopes for a rational and long-lasting relationship, which can be a cup of warm water on the table or a smile every morning, rather than hanging on the branches of a dry well to taste that drop of honey.

"Damn it! Senior Erika? Just for this, you make yourself look like a necromancer?" Noah shouted at Senior Vernon: "Are you crazy? The streets outside the Royal School of Magic are full of noble ladies who want to find a magician husband. As long as you wear this badge on your chest, you can get any girl you want? Is it necessary to torture yourself like this?"

Watching Noah secretly gesture to me, he probably hoped that I could persuade Senior Vernon.

I first closed the window that Noah had opened to keep the last bit of warmth in the room, then slowly sat on the sofa beside me and said to Senior Vernon: "Erica just received a task and is going to leave the imperial capital temporarily for a while. I don't think you and her are lovers now, so she certainly doesn't need to leave the imperial capital temporarily to write to you. What's more, I think you need to calm down a little and ask yourself what you really want and what you like about her..."

"How do you know?" Senior Vernon asked me puzzledly.

I shrugged my shoulders and thought: I also know that Erica is going to Qiyan City, but I can't tell you now.

I said to Senior Vernon, "When I went to the Potions Guild to hand over magical herbs a few days ago, I happened to see Senior Erica..."