Chapter Eighty-Five: The Economic Operation of the Magic Tower
In the blink of an eye, two weeks have passed.
Sitting in the far corner of the hall as usual, Link watched intently as a Level 4 magician on the podium demonstrated magic control techniques, many of which were not found in books, and were all valuable lessons of experience that inspired Link immensely.
His eyes didn't blink, for fear of missing a detail.
This magician is also a student of Bell, named Daris, is Bell's chief disciple, and his level is very high, Bell is very busy, and he usually takes classes on behalf of his tutor.
As a level 4 magician, he is also the most powerful magic mentor that a magic apprentice in the hall can meet, and the opportunity is very rare.
As Link watched, he corroborated with his own feelings when casting spells, and benefited a lot.
At the end of the lesson, Link listened to it with satisfaction, and saw that the other magic apprentices were vying to go to the stage to find the magic mentor to answer the questions in their hearts, Link listened to a few questions next to him, and couldn't help but laugh.
It's all a simple truth, and these magic apprentices can't even figure it out, and they really don't know how they usually learn it.
He shook his head and walked to his room, ready to draw the magic scroll.
On the podium, Darith was very patient, answering the doubts of the apprentices one by one, always with a smile on his face, without any impatient look.
In addition to answering, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Link in the corner of the hall out of the corner of his eye, and saw that he was calm, completely devoid of the enthusiasm of the other apprentices, and felt a little strange in his heart.
'What a weirdo. As Bell's most valued disciple, Darith was of course aware of Link's existence, but he didn't know much about it, except that the mentor had received a letter from an old friend and had promised to bring the 'giftless, taciturn' boy into his magic tower.
'Magic needs to communicate, and what effect can this person have every time he listens to it and leaves?' Darith was strange, but he was busy right now, so he didn't have much to do, and he was going to find a time to talk to the boy when he had time.
Link didn't know that he was being noticed by Daris, and when he returned to the room, he sat down on a small stool in front of the bedside table, took out the silver ink and rune pen that drew the low-level scrolls, spread out the blank scrolls, took a deep breath, his eyes flashed, and his mind began to be highly concentrated, and there was no trace of distraction. Then, he began to draw the stone stabbing technique.
As he drew it, in his mind's eye, a complete image of the Stone Thorn Technique appeared, and every stroke was unusually clear.
And that's not all.
When Link was fully focused, the rune image in his mind seemed to be in front of him, and under Link's control, the image coincided with the blank scroll in front of him.
After that, the rune pen in Link's hand only needs to follow the lines on the image, and the scroll can be completed easily.
After about five minutes, Link wrote the last strokes on the blank scroll.
The whole process, smooth and natural, without even a pause in the middle, overnight, the silver ink lines are uniform and full, in which the flowing magic energy is smooth and quiet, when the last stroke is completed, the entire scroll is lightly lit, and on the rune lines, it begins to flow gently like the glow of magic energy like water.
As always, a success the first time!
After that, anyone, even an ordinary person with no power, can erase the activation rune on the scroll, and the stone thorn technique stored in the scroll will be activated.
Simple and easy to use, it represents a broad market.
The magic scroll is a great fortune for magicians.
Link's current task is to get three magic scrolls a day, and through these two weeks of observation, he knows that an average magic apprentice usually takes 1 to 2 hours to successfully complete a level 0 magic scroll, and if he is unlucky, if he scraps one or two, 3 scrolls may even take 7 to 8 hours.
So, for the average magic apprentice, three magic scrolls a day is a heavy task, but for him, it is extremely easy.
After drawing a scroll, Link continued to draw, completing 9 in one go, each of which was successful, and it took less than 1 hour in total, before he felt a little tired, so he put away his tools and rested.
Of the 9 magic scrolls, he only needs to hand in three, and the remaining 6 are his own, because the free quota set by Drake is two blank scrolls, which means that there are two chances of failure.
This is normal for ordinary magic apprentices, but for Link, it is a big hole in making money.
After drawing the scroll, he rested in the room for a while, and then looked at the magic book, not the basic magic book, of course, but the advanced magic book that Virula had borrowed, called "The Mage's Armor", which was dedicated to defensive magic.
The last time he experienced the assassination of Yaksa, Link was ready to concentrate on studying the magic of the defense system, and then build a magic equipment or two to protect himself.
Because it was in Bell's magic tower, Bell couldn't help but notice that something was wrong, so he just read a book and didn't conduct magic experiments.
After reading for about an hour, Link's mind suddenly flashed, and a hint of inspiration for the paper appeared, so he took out the paper again and continued to deduce.
At this time, Link had already understood that his thesis was deducing the essence of space, which was very, very difficult, and Link didn't expect to be able to complete it all at once, but he didn't plan to give up.
Although the progress of the thesis is getting slower and slower as the exploration continues to deepen, he is always moving forward, and one day, he will get what he wants.
As soon as his mind was immersed in the paper, two hours passed in a flash, and when the time was almost up, Link put away the magic book and the paper scroll, went out of the room, and handed the three stone stabbing scrolls to Warwick, the magic apprentice who was in charge of scrolls.
After two weeks here, Link had a basic understanding of the relationships between the people in Mofata.
In the Magic Tower, the magic apprentices have extra work to do in addition to learning magic, some help with refining basic potions, some help with enchantment, some help draw magic scrolls, and each project has a special magic apprentice in charge.
Warwick is in charge of the branch of drawing scrolls. As for the magician Drake, he is the head of all the low-level magic item sales, and the heads of each branch are managed by him.
All kinds of magic props made by the apprentices will be sold for money, and in the profits obtained, the magician Bell naturally takes the lion's share, and the magic apprentice also has a certain share, so this is also a stable income for the magic apprentice.
When Link appeared with the finished scroll, a smile immediately appeared on Warwick's face: "Hmm, is it done in less than five hours?" That's fast, Link. ”
Warwick smiled and took the scroll, and when he put it away, he deliberately made a small mark on Link's scroll.
As the best of the magic apprentices, Warwick, who has just turned twenty, is already an advanced magic apprentice, and he is now learning the first-level elemental magic fireball technique, and as long as he succeeds, he will be a full-fledged magician.
He is also a genius, and his vision is naturally good, and he found that although the magic scrolls handed in every day are all successful, the quality is different.
Among the highest-quality scrolls, a large part of them actually came from the hands of this newcomer, and the scrolls he drew were of excellent quality, the effect was very stable, and the magic power used was also very high, about 20% more powerful than ordinary magic scrolls.
The biggest users of this kind of low-level magic scroll are those mercenaries who lick the blood with their knife heads, for them, a magic scroll with stable quality and powerful effect is worth buying even if it costs more, because this thing can save life at a critical moment!
Therefore, Link's scroll can currently be sold for 8 silver coins, while Draco stipulates that for every magic scroll sold, he only needs to hand in 6 silver coins, and the additional 2 silver coins will naturally belong to him.
Magicians are generally short of money, especially low-level magicians, Link can make money for him, Warwick is naturally very good to him, and there are some things, he will turn a blind eye, such as Link's consumption of three blank scrolls for each magic scroll to succeed, he just didn't see it.
Link knew what was going on, of course, but it was a win-win, with Warwick making some of the difference while he made more money with the two blank scrolls and free silver magic ink in the consumption range, and the two worked happily together.
Who is afraid of having a lot of money?
"It's not too fast, this scroll will take me an hour." Link replied with a smile, then turned to leave.
He was now going to Ellett to exchange his magic tips.
At this point, Darith misunderstood him, it was not that he did not communicate with people, but he was unwilling to communicate with these ordinary magic apprentices in the magic tower, and only by exchanging their thoughts with peerless geniuses like Ellett could he really reap the rewards.
"Hey, wait." Warwick suddenly called out to him.
"What's the matter?" Link asked.
Warwick looked left and right, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he said softly, "Do you want to make more money?" ”
"Of course." Link nodded, he wanted to hear what this Warwick would have to say.
"Then I suggest you learn secondary armor and secondary sharpness, two secondary level 0 magic. A good quality booster scroll can sell up to 12 silver coins (1.2 gold) each, you know, we only need to hand in 6 silver coins...... When the time comes, we will split the extra income fifty-fifty. ”
Warwick's words had already been said very thoroughly, and Link's heart was also moved, and he nodded and said, "These two spells are not difficult, I will master them as soon as possible." ”
It's right to think about it, a firebomb is a loud firecracker, what can be of great use? For mercenaries, magic to assist in physical attacks is the most useful.
As for the fifty-fifty split, Link agreed, because the bulk of his money was not on the scroll he turned in, but on the two scrolls he had hidden.
"I'm optimistic about you." Warwick had a lot of confidence in Link, and others might not know about this magic apprentice and were a little disdainful of it, but Warwick had a vague sense that this taciturn guy was not simple.
Link nodded, turned and walked out of Bell's Magic Tower, heading towards College Square.
At this time, Ellett should have been waiting for him.