PS: Transitional chapters, so more than 3,900 words are given to you......

"Mr. X, hehe, it's like that mysterious and evil villain. After getting acquainted with Lucian, Lazar showed his warm, talkative, and uninhibited personality.

Lucien smiled and said, "When I do something big one that will shock the entire magical world, I will leave a bloody letter X on the scene." ”

"The bloody X's is so good! What does it always remind me of the words that Mr. Professor left behind when he killed the betrayer in the purification sequence, and it is really fascinatingly cold. Lazar was intoxicated with his own words, completely oblivious to the slight change in the face of his friend.

As time passed, there was a little bit of a rumor about the reason why the professor was going to purify the sequence in the first place, especially since Rogerio, who was sent by the Magic Council, also lived in Aalto for a while.

"Huh. Lucien laughed dryly, and quickly changed the topic, discussing Alinge's famous alchemy shop and so on.

During the discussion, the two quickly arrived at the "Wizard Management Department", and this time Lucien successfully activated the Arcane Emblem, and a faint light appeared on the dark background, and there were seven silver dots flickering on it, deep and mysterious.

This badge is mainly to record names, arcane points, and arcane levels, and has no other magic effects, but according to Lazar, after becoming a mid-level arcanist, this badge will be constant with one magic effect, and another at high level, and the same is true for similar magic badges.

"Evans, did you decide to add an X to your name?" Eric asked solemnly as he watched Lucien wear the Arcane Badge on his left chest, Lazar had affectionately addressed Mr. X a few times.

Lucien nodded solemnly, "Yes, Mr. Eric, what else do you have to do?"

"It's nothing, it's just to remind you to arrange your life and residence for the next period of time as soon as possible, and then come to me to leave your contact address and method. That's right. It's a good idea to include your reply to the invitation to the Arcanist Monthly, as you may be in touch more often in the future. Come in. The door is unlocked. Eric casually admonished.

At this time, someone knocked on the door of Eric's office.

Seeing that Eric still had something to do, Lucian and Lazar hurriedly took their leave.

"Mr. Eric seems to be busy......" Lucien glanced back.

Lazar seemed to have heard some kind of joke, and Halu said, "Because he only has to work two days and fourteen hours a week." The rest is the time to study magic and conduct magical experiments on your own. And the remuneration is very good, there is an income of thirty gold tales or arcane points a month, and it does not affect the usual income from taking on tasks and inventing magic. ”

"This is how the ten deacons of the Wizard Management Department take turns doing things. It's really enviable, but it's a pity that it's a benefit only for mid-level magicians. ”

Lucien was spontaneously envious: "It's a perfect job with less time to work, more pay, and it seems to be close to home." ”

"If the council doesn't arrange it this way, not many mid-level mages are willing to do this kind of tedious and low-status management, after all, the main thing a mage does is to learn magic and arcane. To improve their own strength, only those gentlemen who have no hope of progress will indulge in the accumulation of wealth. "Lazar is young, and when he is vigorous, he naturally looks down on the kind of decadent magician who gives up hope.

His expression became serious: "By the way, Lucian, have you thought about what you will mainly do in the future? Make up for the arcane basics, or explore and complete quests to get a lot of wealth, and then buy magic items and exchange them for potions, materials, etc. to increase your strength?"

"Study and experiment with magic with peace of mind. "Lucien has been living in a depressing situation for more than a year, and has experienced many dangers, and is not in the mood to take risks for the time being.

Lazar returned to his normal smile: "Then I suggest you wait and choose a job at the magic school." ”

"For what?" Lucien still planned to do no tasks or work, first concentrate on learning the arcane and magical knowledge in the library of the Magic Council, and wait until he figured out the level of various fields of the Magic Council, made up for the basic knowledge, advanced to the second ring, and then made other plans.

Lazar said with a smile: "First of all, your guidance task can only be considered half-completed, and then you can choose to teach two full-fledged magic apprentices to become high-level and pass the routine inspection of the 'Apprentice Assessment Department', but you will not have a copper fil in this payment." You can also choose a job in a magic school, which not only has a salary, but also requires only six apprentices in the magic class to reach the upper level, which is very easy to complete. ”

"And I remember Lucian, you only have sixty Quintal and nine Arcane Points?"

"Yes. Lucien nodded honestly.

Lazar patted his palm lightly: "Although this sum of money is a wealth that ordinary civilians cannot save in a lifetime, for magicians it is a stone thrown into the sea, and it cannot not splash much. As long as you want to gain more knowledge and master more power, the mage is definitely the most money-consuming profession. ”

"Lucian, you need money to go to the library to borrow books, you need money to rent the 'auxiliary meditation room', you need money to conduct magic experiments, whether it is a laboratory or materials, and you still need money to analyze and release magic over and over again. Just to pay for daily needs, sixty gold talers can be used for about half a year. And as you level up, the materials you need become more and more precious, and at that time, a magic experiment or a summoning attempt may consume sixty gold talers. ”

Lucien bowed his head slightly, "I once heard a saying that you don't have enough wealth to be a good magician. Fortunately, the magician himself was able to obtain money based on his strength. ”

"So in addition to taking quests, taking risks, and refining magic items to obtain wealth, the council also provides two ways, one is that the higher the level of arcane and magic, the cheaper it is to buy materials from the council and rent a laboratory, and the rewards of arcane points for high-level papers are very rich, plus the new magic invented is exchanged for arcane points, which is enough for the arcanist who is good at exploration and research to live a luxurious life after deducting magic consumption. ”

Lazar seemed to envy this kind of arcanist, "The other is that several arcanists and magicians join together to propose a research idea for arcane or magic in a certain field, and if it is approved by the council's 'Magic Research Committee', not only will they provide magic laboratories and alchemy devices for free, but also directly give a large number of arcane points." Unfortunately, most of these research projects are led by high-level arcanists. ”

Lucien couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, and thought silently, "This is the rhythm that will make me cheat the funds in the future?"

"For us beginner magicians, if you don't want to explore. If you don't want to take on more dangerous tasks, you can either have a good teacher who can learn and conduct magic experiments, or find a good job to do. And going to a magic school is the favorite choice of beginner magicians. ”

Lazar sighed twice. "If Lucien becomes a teacher at a magic school, you will only need to attend ten classes and twenty hours a week, and the rest of the time will be arranged by yourself. Although there is only a salary of ten arcane points a month. But Lucien has to remember that the laboratory for learning magic is free for the teacher, the school's basic library is free for the teacher to read, and the materials for instructing the apprentices to do experiments are also provided free of charge by the school......"

"How can I get such a good job?" Lucien was intrigued, especially when he heard that the magic lab and the basic library were free. How much money can you save! Lucien has always been a bit of a money junkie.

Lazar patted Lucien on the shoulder, "Just by the seven arcane points you earned on the first day, just by the evaluation of the word 'groundbreaking' on your arcane paper." Hehe, although the council has a 'mission to support remote magic schools', calling on low-level magicians to become teachers in magic schools in several remote counties. But I don't think you want to leave Alinge anytime soon, do you?"

"Then I'll see if I can get into the five magic schools in Alinge. Lucien didn't expect that after taking the nickname of "professor", he would really want to be a magic teacher, which really "complemented each other", "By the way, Lazar, is there a mandatory task for the council?"

Lucien remembered about the Pale Hand.

"Yes, once a year. But at the lower levels, only the mentoring task is mandatory, after all, the council wants us to learn magic with peace of mind and grow up as soon as possible. After becoming a mid-level mage, if the task is too dangerous relative to your own strength, you can pay a certain price and exchange for a new mission. Lazar had no problem with that, because there was no such thing as a mortal mission.

Lucien was relieved and nodded slightly: "This is the best." ”

............

The "Mission Zone" of the fifth sector consists of silver-gray metal counters, each with a dark green magical water curtain behind it, on which a quest is displayed, some are issued by the council, some are submitted by magicians, and some are issued by nobles or merchants.

Lazar and Lucien looked around, and saw that there was no one in front of the counter, so they walked over,

Behind the counter was an ordinary-looking middle-aged lady, who asked lukewarmly, "Are you taking the task or handing in the task?"

"Submit task completion. Lucien handed her the identification documents presented by the "Apprentice Assessment Department" along with the magic badge.

The middle-aged lady took the document and looked at it, wrote a few words on it, then placed it and the magic badge on the magic circle painted on the right side of the silver-gray counter, and then pulled the rope, ringing Lucian's familiar bell and silver light.

When the light is gone, there is an extra piece of parchment in the magic circle - in order to teleport within the magic circle, you must use a parchment specially treated by magic methods instead of ordinary white paper.

The middle-aged lady picked it up and looked at it, and said with a cold attitude: "Lucien, Evans, the mission is half completed, will you guide the apprentices selected by the council alone, or will you accept the 'mission of supporting remote magic schools'?"

As she spoke, she pulled out the basic books of arcane and magic that seemed to be ready at any moment, and piled them up in a thick stack.

"I want to apply for admission to one of the five magic schools in Alinge. Lucien replied politely.

The middle-aged woman raised her eyes and snorted coldly: "Don't waste my time, please make a choice." ”

"Could it be that the council has forbidden me to apply to Alinge's five schools of magic?" Lucien saw that she had a bad attitude, but he still kept his calm and said.

The middle-aged woman glanced at Lucian: "No." But you're an Ancient Legacy Mage, and you only came to Council yesterday, so I think you're wasting your time. Even with the official Arcanist rank, I don't have any hope of getting into the five magic schools in Alinge, so what do you get to apply?Please choose the mission as soon as possible, or I will complain to the 'Wizard Management Department' that you are disrupting the normal operation of the mission area. ”

"Since there is no prohibition and you refuse to apply for Lucien, I will complain to the 'Affairs Committee' that you have violated the 'Mission Area Management Order'. Lazar snapped, a warm and kind man of his kind who was outraged by his arrogance.

Seeing that Lazar was familiar with the rules, not like the ancient inheritance magician who had just arrived, and Lucien was also seriously looking at the first-level arcanist, the second-ring magician badge and the mission area management nameplate on his left chest, the middle-aged woman "Lauvet" said indignantly: "Since you want to waste time, then waste it." Kindly remind you that you still don't know how to be grateful. ”

She then took a document from the counter and handed it to Lucien along with her quill, urging him to hurry up and fill it out.

Above it are names, ages, mage levels, arcanist ranks, factions that excel at magic and papers that have passed the review, new magic, etc.

Lucien thought about it, and after filling in the first few items, he also copied the specific evaluation of his paper, since he wanted to fight for it, he couldn't be negligent, what if the gentleman who reviewed this document just looked at the name of the paper and didn't check the evaluation?

After urging a few times, the middle-aged woman Lauvet took Lucian's file with a stunned face, and after a closer look, her expression suddenly darkened: "This is true? If you cheat, you will be severely punished!"

"You can check my Arcane Badge. Lucien grimaced the Arcane Badge over with a blank face.

Lauvet looked at the seven silver dots with a dark face, then put the file into the magic circle along with the two badges and pulled the bell.

Then she half-closed her eyes, as if praying for something.

The speed of feedback was very fast, and after ten minutes, the magic array lit up with a pale green light, and the bell rang rapidly.

Lauvet looked at the documents and badges inside like a flood beast, and then gritted her teeth and picked them up.

She just swept it slightly, and her face immediately collapsed, so black that it seemed to be dripping.

Taking the document from the silent Lauvet, Lucien unfolded it:

"In view of the faction you are good at, Mr. Evans, we have arranged for you to enter the Douglas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. (To be continued.) )