"Cut, the birdmen of their Phoenix family are just very capable of living, even if they train an inscriptionist, it will be in vain. Ajda is a waste of waste, looking like a vulture. ”

On the way down the fifth floor of Darko and Phyllis, Phyllis was still shouting for Agida's disdain, but saw the two people in front of her stop and turn around when they heard the sound, it was Kevin and Wendy. Kevin, of course, successfully passed the grade certification, and he looked back with a smile as he tossed the jeweler's badge in his hand.

"Yo, our Inscription Master has also completed the level certification. Kevin whistled, then stepped forward and grabbed Darko by the shoulder.

Dakko noticed that Kevin was only holding a junior jeweler's badge and asked curiously, "You only have the rank of junior jeweler?"

"I don't need to rely on this kind of thing to prove myself, it's enough to get a beginner, and it's convenient to hide the true level and confuse the opponent. ”

Phyllis pursed her lips disdainfully, "Hmph, that's a mystery." You say it sounds, but it didn't take so long to get certified, but in fact, maybe you only have a beginner level. ”

Wendy floated over and explained, "No, Kostner finished the junior jeweler's standard in half a minute, and he spent the next twenty-nine minutes retouching the bracelet." ”

When Phyllis heard this, she just snorted and said nothing, but Darko was stunned, and completely understood Kevin's achievements as a jeweler. There are some similarities between jewelers and other auxiliary professions, although it is not that the higher the level, the faster the speed, and the technique cannot be completely evaluated by speed, but the speed itself shows that the auxiliary profession has a very high level of proficiency, and the courage to improve the speed is also a reflection of self-confidence, and the psychological quality must not be bad.

"Wouldn't this badge of ours be used to buy things at a discount? When he got the Herbalist badge, he thought about buying low and selling high to make some difference by buying the badge, but he never had the opportunity.

"How can it be so good, discounts are a fact, but they restrict the trading currency, and can only use the alchemy points of the Alchemy Guild. Alchemy points cannot be exchanged for gold, but are obtained after you hand over the finished alchemy products to the guild and recorded in your badge. Wendy explained to Darko that she was still making sounds with a blaster that sounded weird.

"Oh, so the alchemy point is about the same as the number of credits in the Academy of Magic. ”

"It's a bit similar, they all have their own independent monetary system, which serves to prevent the outflow of resources. However, you can still trade credits through gold coins, but alchemy points are very difficult to buy. If you want to obtain alchemy points, you must pass the Alchemy Guild and hand in the finished alchemy products to exchange them for alchemy points. For example, if you hand in a glyph scroll, it is valued at 100 alchemy points, which is equivalent to 1000 gold coins, but you can buy magic materials equivalent to 1500 gold coins through the discount of the master badge. "Kevin knows a lot about the Academy of Magic and the Alchemy Guild, so he immediately made a comparison.

"So good!" Darko exclaimed in amazement.

"Stupid, what's good. Phyllis tapped on Darko's head, "This is how the Alchemy Guild monopolizes the alchemy market! Define a currency that circulates internally, and can only be obtained by selling finished alchemy products, and this currency can only buy alchemy raw materials." With just a small favor, they can make the auxiliary professions of the entire plane serve them, and monopolize the alchemy market with this. Collect so many finished alchemy products, but restrict circulation, in order to raise the market price of alchemy equipment, and then make a profit. Phyllis summed up angrily, "It's clearly a squeeze for cheap labor." ”

Darko asked curiously, "The price of the finished alchemy product has been raised, and the auxiliary profession will also benefit?"

"If there were no Alchemy Guild, our finished alchemy products would not be so expensive, but raw materials would not be so expensive without the monopoly of the Guild. In short, there is an alchemy guild between us and the market, and we are raising it!" Phyllis waved her hand and made up her mind on the matter.

Kevin said to himself on the side, "If there was no Alchemy Guild, the alchemy market in the plane would not be as large as it is now. Auxiliary workers spend more time searching for the materials they need to get the materials they need. While monopolizing the raw material market and raising the price of finished products, the Alchemy Guild also created convenience for various auxiliary professions, which can be said to be a mutually beneficial relationship. ”

Darko nodded yes approvingly, and after becoming an inscriptionist, he realized that time is money. When he was on the Mercury plane, he was often faced with the problem of not being able to buy inscription materials, and he had to waste a lot of time collecting them himself. The Alchemy Guild gathers a large number of buyers and sellers, saving a lot of time for various auxiliary professions, which is indeed a lot more convenient.

When the four of Darko went down to the first floor of the Alchemy Guild, Otto and Leah were already waiting, and Otto had a junior pharmacist's badge on his chest. Darko saw that the pharmacist's badge was a pattern of flames and water droplets blending on it, which vividly showed the scene of the pharmacist's alchemy.

Otto was also very happy to get the badge of a junior apothecary, after understanding him, he already knew that if an ordinary magician wanted to become a pharmacist, it would usually take several years of systematic learning to make it possible, but he didn't expect to be able to be directly achieved by him with such a shortcut as inlaid glyphs. In fact, Otto was able to successfully become a pharmacist, mainly because he himself had the level of a great swordsman, so he was able to manipulate the glyphs to release magic like his fingers. In the same way, if a great mage learns the technique of an apothecary, it will also take less than a day to reach the elementary level. So this is not the effect of the Dactroic glyphs, but the inevitable result of Otto's own situation. Of course, since there was no reference to compare, everyone attributed this credit to Dakota, which made Dakota feel instantly bursting with self.

The registration office for the Alchemy Grand Prix is on the first floor. The first thing Dakko saw was the tide of human heads, and through the gaps, he could faintly see the rows of alchemy machinery against the wall, as well as the Alchemy Guild staff sitting in the back. This reminded Darko of the scene when he first entered the magic academy, when he was a little skeleton who didn't know anything, and now he is a great magician who can take charge of himself, and he sighs when he thinks of this. Darko suddenly felt his sleeves tighten, turned his head and saw Phyllis pulling him to smile, it turned out that Phyllis also thought of the scene when Darko first entered the magic academy, and Darko's heart swelled with warmth.

Leah directly chose a spot and squeezed over, and beckoned to the Darko people behind her, "Hey!

When I arrived at the registration office, Daktronics found that many of the scenes that looked crowded were actually watching the excitement, and there were far fewer people who actually came to sign up. A junior jeweler registered behind the alchemy machine, and after checking the badges of six people, he pushed a contract over, "Just sign on this, each profession must be signed according to the position marked on it, the first is the name of the team leader, and the team name is filled in the space at the top." ”

"Captain, uh......" Liya suddenly realized that several people had not discussed who was the captain before, so there was a little problem here. Generally speaking, whoever leads a team is the captain. The captains are all people with high prestige and dominance, and the quality of alchemy skills is secondary in comparison.

Several people looked at each other, and they were all speechless for a while, Kevin shrugged, "I'm not interested." ”

Wendy didn't say anything but shook her head slightly, she had to avoid the eyes and ears of the Stormwind Church as much as possible, and of course not in a prominent position like the captain.

Otto didn't care, but if a half-pharmacist like him was pushed to the position of captain, it would be a shame for the team, so he was directly ignored.

Although Leah is a member of the Lopez family, she is not the direct heir, and she doesn't want to be too public, so all eyes stay on Phyllis in the end.

Phyllis said dissatisfied, "Is that how much leadership I look like?" Well, but the name of George's team last time was Nike Remmons, and if the same name was still used, it would only be in his shadow, and others would only say that it was from the Nike Rimmons family. ”

When a name is followed by a prominent surname, outsiders often attribute all their success to the lineage, resources, prestige, etc., that the surname brings, ignoring their own efforts. In the Alchemy Grand Prix, George had just won the championship in the last edition, and Phyllis felt this more obviously, if the team was still named after Nike Remmons, it would only remind people of the team four years ago, and ignore that the team members were not four years ago, if they failed to win the championship, they would only be criticized, thinking that their family had gone downhill, and Phyllis was absolutely unwilling to bear this kind of stressful thing.

Leah thought for a moment and said, "Then it's called Phyllis!"

"Why don't you call Leah, it's a shame if you don't win the championship!" Phyllis shook her head like a rattle, and then out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw Darko, "Hey, how about calling Team Darko?"

Darko was stunned for a while, the least noticeable thing here was him, he didn't expect to be discovered, but he couldn't refute what Phyllis said. Several other people didn't want to struggle with a team name for too long, so they unanimously agreed, and Dakko silently objected in his mind to no avail.

Several people looked carefully around the contract for a while, and then signed their names in turn, only Wendy only signed one Roberts surname. This was agreed upon before, so that Wendy would just reveal her surname, and there were not many people with the surname Roberts, who could not only confuse the Storm Church, but also find someone else with the surname Roberts to drop the bag at any time.

With a flash of light, a chaotic cluster of light suddenly appeared overhead. This light cluster turned out to be composed of countless letters, and when Darko looked closely, those letters were all names. In the midst of the strangeness, Darko saw that the six people on his side all floated out of their eyebrows with a little spiritual power, and entered the light cluster, and the six points of light passed by quickly next to each name.

"This is to check the identity of the contestants, and in order to prevent people from repeating the competition, the mental power is compared with the mental power of the team members of the past 750 championships, and only if the mental power on the name is not repeated, the contract can be successfully signed. Phyllis still tugging at Darko's sleeve and explaining carefully in Darko's ear.

A moment later, the six points of light had all swam in the light cluster, and then the light group gradually dimmed, and six contract runes appeared in the air, which were imprinted into the eyebrows of the six Daktronics. This is a permanent contract, and the effect of the contract will always work on their souls even after the end of the match, and if they participate in a future Alchemy Grand Prix after winning the championship, they will be considered a broken contract.

Dakko asked a little puzzled, "It's too troublesome to verify all the previous 750 champions, it's been three thousand years since the first session, I'm afraid only legendary powerhouses can live so long." ”

"Well, that's really redundant, in fact, just take out the spiritual imprint of the last 100 champions and compare it. The junior jeweler in charge of registration looked at Darko and patiently explained, "But since the second session, this registration process has been like this, not only a kind of inertia, but also a ritual, so that applicants can experience the history of our Alchemy Grand Prix." ”

Darko nodded thoughtfully, and then slowly exited the crowded registration office with the others. A nice voice suddenly came, "Hey, isn't this Kostner, you're here for the Alchemy Grand Prix?"

Darko turned his head to look and saw six people next to him looking at Kevin excitedly, they were a combination of four men and two women, it seemed that they were also a team participating in the competition, and it was one of the young men who spoke. Kevin frowned and thought about it, but he didn't gain anything, so he could only ask suspiciously, "Who are you?"

"Ah, it's you!" Darko cried out, pointing to one of the diminutive girls, "You're a student of the San Diego School of Magic!

Now it was the turn of the short female student to be surprised, "We are indeed from the San Diego School of Magic, but how do you know?

"If I'm not mistaken, your name is Kate, right? I'm Darko, have you forgotten? We were the only two of us among the herbalists to make it. Darko remembered the past and laughed.

"Dakko, Dakko, it's you!" Kate remembered the name Dacko and exclaimed, "You were so handsome, you always wore a cloak on your body at that time, I thought you were ugly!"

Four of the six were all students who had been selected in the San Diego selection competition, and it was when Darko saw this female student who was in the same group of herbalists as him that he remembered the origin of this group of people.

Darko was overjoyed that his name would be remembered, and immediately began to talk to the student, until Phyllis pinched him behind him, and he grinned and fell silent. Kevin is sparse and ordinary, after all, he is a celebrity in the academy, and it is more common for the other party to know him and he does not know the other party, Kevin asked, "You are also here to sign up for the Alchemy Grand Prix?"

"Yes, after we arrived at St. Yale, we saved more than a thousand alchemy points by taking tasks in the guild and working as assistants for those masters during the year. A male student obviously admired Kevin and responded excitedly, "Kate, Amy, Baie, and Andy all met at that tryout two years ago, and I also participated in that tryout but didn't pass, and it was at last year's tryout that I got the badge." Oh, my name is Jerry, and I'm a jeweler. ”

Another male student said, "My name is Nal, and I only passed the selection last year, and the four of them originally wanted to be called Orlando together, but unfortunately he is gone, so I will take the position of inscription master." ”

At the mention of Orlando, Darko and Kevin were silent all of a sudden, both of them were witnesses to that event, and vaguely remembered Orlando's cheerful personality. If it hadn't been for that accident, Orlando might be standing here right now, discussing the Alchemy Grand Prix with them, right?

Leah asked, "What's the name of your team?"

Baie replied, "All six of us are students of San Diego Academy of Magic, so the name of the team is Team Diego." However, the teams participating in several other magic academies are not weak, and they are all students who have passed the selection, which is a very strong opponent for us. ”

"Hey, isn't this Mentor Nike Remmons, and you're also on a team with Senior Costner?" the little boy named Andy also squeezed forward and exclaimed in surprise.

Phyllis didn't expect anyone to recognize her, so she immediately smiled and said, "It's me, well, Kostner is my henchman now, and he's going to follow me to become a champion." ”

Kevin was speechless for a while, ignoring Phyllis, but inquiring carefully, "So, in this Alchemy Grand Prix, each magic academy has students who spontaneously form a team to participate?"

"Well, yes. However, the teams of the three colleges of St. Barro, St. Goode, and St. Auckland are relatively weak, only the students of St. Tyro are more powerful, and their strength is stronger than ours, and one of them is a descendant of a certain inscription master. Amy directly told what he knew and discerned, it seemed that he had tried against St. Tylon's team, and he admired their strength very much.

Leah stepped forward and patted Amy, "You've already signed up for the competition, right? ”

Speaking of which, several members of Diego's team were all down, and it was still that Kate who said calmly, "We can't afford orc warriors, we can only use ordinary orcs, and we will be satisfied if we can participate in the qualifying competition, and we don't expect to advance." ”

The carrying capacity of the orcs is much lower than that of the orc warriors, and they must not be opponents, Darko didn't expect such a team to participate, and asked strangely, "If you can't advance, then why do you want to participate?"

Kevin experienced the last Alchemy Grand Prix and explained to Darko, "Although there are no orc warriors and they don't want to advance, they can also show their strength in the competition." There are many ways for support professionals to become famous, and the Alchemy Grand Prix is undoubtedly the most convenient one, and there are not a few teams like them. ”

Nay nodded hurriedly, not embarrassed at all, "That's right, we plan to make a name for ourselves here, if we can be remembered, we will get more commissions when we become assistants in the future, and maybe someone will come to us to order exclusive alchemy items." ”

Darko was stunned for a while, and he realized that in fact, most people did not have a strong bloodline and family background, and could only rely on their own efforts to fight step by step. However, it is precisely such a majority that forms the solid foundation of the entire Holy Yale Alchemy Society.