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So contrary to the speculation of many magicians, the real purpose of the "Elson Magic Exchange" is not to "dig the corner of the royal mage" - although Elson City has made many magic apprentices come here voluntarily to take up jobs through generous treatment, but to put it bluntly, this step is at best "making a brand".

Let others know that "Elson City is well paid" and make a choice, in Roddy's opinion, it is only a "second-rate" level. It is not the end of the plan. His purpose is to establish a "standard" that can truly be used in the Karen Kingdom and even on this continent.

In other words, it is to erect the "magical authority" of Elson City, making it the undisputed "first magical city".

The establishment of standards will inevitably conflict with the original vested interests, and this process will never be gentle, so Camilla has prepared more than 12 "exhibition venues" very bluntly, and comprehensively demonstrated and explained in different regions in batches - everything is spoken with strength, and any tricks are pale in the face of absolute strength.

Most people know the importance of "intelligence", but no one would spend as much money and energy as Roddy to build an intelligence organization. While other forces were still relying on "informants" from all walks of life to inquire about intelligence gathering, the information of the mages, who had a total number of visitors, more than eighty percent, had been placed on Camilla's table by the "Elson CIA" in different categories.

Origin, experience, allegiance, and current academic level. While there may be discrepancies from the actual situation, most of them have helped Camilla divide these mages into three categories: those that are worth wooing, those that don't need to be ignored, and those that need to be wary.

Obviously, when the three Magisters deliberately left the table to provoke conflicts, they did not know that they were actually on Camilla's "blacklist" before entering Elson.

The political leanings of the mages are very easy to investigate, and among the three magisters, one is the famous fire magister Elon Musk, and the other two are veteran mages who eat royal funding - they are combat mages, too lazy to do any research, and have not spoken out in the mainstream wizarding world since more than a decade ago, but this does not prevent Camilla from digging up the information of the two and putting them on the list of "need to watch out".

Judging from the monitoring situation at night, the people who spread all kinds of news are basically inextricably linked to these three magisters. Obviously, even if Roddy hadn't been absent from the first day's speech, the group would have looked for an opportunity to sabotage the whole meeting.

Camila ignored these rumors and used the next day's exhibition as a powerful response. And when the one-day exhibition ended, it was no surprise that the arguments of all the participating mages in Elson City had turned a 180-degree reversal.

Piles of magic weapons, hundreds of sets of Mithril armor, charged riding spears... The effect of each magic item may not be very powerful, but when these things can be mass-produced at a rate of N pieces per day, what mage can sit still?

There are 12 exhibition halls, including not only magic prop demonstrations, but also various exhibitions such as a tour of the Elson Library, a tour of the floating tower, an artificial rain observation, a high elf circle, and an arcane golem.

All of this stunned the mages who came to visit.

Since the morning, the "exhibition" has completely ignited the atmosphere of the entire "exchange meeting", and even the four Magisters who have been famous for a long time have stayed in the exhibition hall until they forgot to eat!

Not to mention those ordinary mages. Some of the more popular exhibition halls almost broke the railings because of the crowds of onlookers, and this was still the situation where the rest of the idlers were not allowed to enter. If it weren't for the soldiers in the city to keep the unrelated people out, there would definitely be a stampede with heavy casualties...

While most of the mages were interested in magic-related things, many of the remaining unknown wizard druids were attracted to other "unpopular" ones: the effects of "artificial rainfall" on crops, cultivation methods, and the comparison of yield data with and without fertilization were more of concern to those of less noble origins.

The wood elves druids from the Silent Forest are typical: they tend to wear many hats, being guardians and sometimes managers of the village, while also ensuring the village's food income - such priests do not have time to study magical theories, they value practicality: it is more important than anything else to feed their people.

Therefore, this all-round "exhibition" dazzled the eyes of all participants with a variety of "black technologies".

Many of the mages of the eastern kingdom had simply seen Elson as a "ruined city" before they came here. It's like a big man who originally wanted to laugh at the poor talent in the countryside, but suddenly found that people's floors were all gold and jade... For the next four days, they were largely in shock.

And the more attentive people not only paid attention to the magic circle, but also noticed the happy smiles of the farmers who were wandering around.

This is clearly a scene that has never happened in other parts of the kingdom. After all, in the eyes of the mage, the "lower class" is simply an animal enslaved for the sake of supporting the upper class. The farmers in their impression are all worried about survival all day long, how can they hear that there are people who come out with spare money to wander around?

But the facts in front of him are obviously not acting, and the harvest field is definitely not an illusion. The overall gap between the level of technology and productivity made them finally realize the huge gap between the two sides...

Blanche and Tucker naturally didn't want Elson to become the kingdom's "magical authority center", they came with a political mission, but now, they have to admit that Elson has long surpassed the existing magic level of the Karen Kingdom and stands at the absolute forefront.

In this case, the series of "taunts" they had prepared was completely ruined—after all, forcibly belittling Elson in such a situation would not only make no sense, but would invite the jokes of other peers.

Five days have passed, and everyone has a general idea of the strength displayed by Elson City. It stands to reason that this is the time to get down to business, but to the surprise of the two Magisters, so far, the "Guardian" Camilla has never started a real "communication" project.

Naturally, they don't know that they are being "isolated".

At this moment, Camila was smiling and talking to the other two magisters about Raciman.

Crone and Strange had clearly not expected to be treated so favorably—after all, they knew very well that at the same time, the other mages were still hanging out in Elson's "exhibition area".

"Clearly, Elson thinks that the two Magisters are more trustworthy and worthy of our utmost sincerity. ”

Camilla was wearing a formal robe at this time, and the magic fluctuations on her body were no worse than those of the two magisters. Her words visibly comforted Crohn and Strange, and dispelled some of their doubts.

"Next, Elson City will launch the 'Magic Forum' and work hard to establish a complete spell system in the future. Camila took a step-by-step approach and further demonstrated the advantages of Elson City: "The next three days will be the 'laboratory probationary period', after the probationary period, Elson will open the 'basic laboratory' to all magicians who are willing to provide qualified academic research, and if the academic level is high, they can have a higher level of laboratory access through the audit..."

She outlined her agenda and offered two contracts: "Of course, Elson admires the two of them for their excellence in magic, so he is willing to provide them with the best magic laboratories directly. And at the cost of publishing more than three cutting-edge main papers per person per year in the journal Magic. ”

Crone and Strange looked at each other, both of them feeling that this request was too simple. After all, they had already tasted the sweetness of the publication of the journal "Magic", and at the level of two people, they would definitely publish more than three papers a year - so Camilati's request was not the same as not mentioning?

But the Magister was not bad at all, and they picked up the contract and read it carefully, only to find that there was one very important clause: after the contract was signed, the two parties were not allowed to publish the paper in any other journal, and all the results could only be published in the journal "Magic" for a period of three years.

This is tantamount to tying the two of them to "Magic". Crohn and Strange looked at each other, and both realized that Elson City was buying themselves - after all, the core of why a publication can be read by all magicians is the "gold content" of the content. If the whole article is just picking up people's garbage, naturally no one wants to buy it. But if the above are all authoritative conclusions, there is no need to worry about its "leader" status.

Logically speaking, as the Magister funded by the royal family, the two of them should not have "cooperation" with Elson City. But at the moment, this contract does not mention "Elson City" at all, and the other party who signed the contract is simply "Magic" magazine... In other words, they're just working with a nationwide publication.

At present, there is no second journal as comprehensive as "Magic" in the kingdom of Karen, not to mention that this treaty is only valid for three years, and it will automatically expire after three years. Even if Charles II was dissatisfied, there was no way to stop this short-term "cooperation".

So Kron and Strange signed very happily, and Camilla smiled and put the contract into the magic storage cabinet, got up and said, "Now that the two of you have agreed to the contract, you can use the laboratory according to the contract, and I will have someone take you there." ”

The two magisters couldn't ask for it, and soon went to the laboratory arranged by the upper echelons of the magic tower under the guidance of the attendants. Camilla, on the other hand, was in the conference room, where she brought in the next group of mages and continued to negotiate the contract on various conditions.

(End of chapter)