An hour later, Xu Yi met Grand Magician Camilla on the top floor of the Magic Tower.

After staring at His Excellency the Great Magician for a long time, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

It had been nearly twenty days since the last time I saw His Excellency the Great Magician, but only twenty days had passed, and His Excellency the Great Magician had obviously become a lot older.

In addition to his tired and haggard expression, the most conspicuous thing is that His Excellency the Great Magician's original dark brown hair has now appeared a lot of gray.

To make a great magician who was always full of energy and radiant before become what he is now, he must have encountered strong pressure during these days.

After seeing Xu Yi, Grand Magician Camilla seemed to have forgotten about it, and still nodded to Xu Yi with a pleasant face as at the beginning, and motioned for him to sit down.

"Xu Yi, is there anything wrong with coming to me this time?" Despite his tired expression, Grand Magician Camilla's expression was still stern. "Tell you in advance, if you come back to talk about any business cooperation, you can leave now. ”

Xu Yi pondered for a moment and smiled: "Your Excellency, Great Magician, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." I came here just to ask you some magical questions, because I have encountered some difficult problems that I can't solve for the time being. But now, I have changed my mind, and I just want to talk to you about business cooperation. ”

Grand Magician Camilla raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "Then you get out of here as soon as possible! You guys, all of them have fallen into the eyes of money, what qualifications do you have to be a magician?"

Xu Yi still kept smiling, and his expression remained unchanged.

"Your Excellency, I think you're wrong. It's not right to fall into the eyes of money, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether you are qualified to be a magician, right?"

"Hmph, a guy who only knows how to make money, and doesn't know anything about magic, is he qualified?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "Your Excellency the Great Magician, I have a question for you. Do you say you need money to study magic?"

Grand Magician Camilla's expression was stunned, and the expression on his face changed, first angry, then confused, and finally helpless.

"Of course it takes money to study magic, and not just it, it takes a lot of money...... "Grand Magician Camilla sighed, and his face looked a little amused.

"Therefore, being a magician should not only not be opposed to making money, but should be well combined. Your Excellency the Great Magician, are you right?"

Grand Magician Camilla glanced at Xu Yi and snorted coldly, "Did you come to laugh at me?"

"No, Your Excellency the Great Magician, you are mistaken, and I have no intention of laughing at you. I was just...... I've heard you're having some difficulties right now and want to see how we can help you. ”

Grand Magician Camilla stared at Xu Yi for a while, but only saw sincerity on his face, so he snorted lightly and said, "Is this Steele suing you?"

"Steele did tell me a few, and I heard some from other colleagues. Xu Yi paused and continued: "Your Excellency, I think, should you change your mind now and try to accept the combination of magic and commerce?"

"I hate merchants, and I hate letting them stench with pure magic. Grand Magician Camilla said coldly.

"But you don't hate money, do you?" Xu asked.

Grand Magician Camilla snorted coldly, but did not say anything to refute.

Xu Yi immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "That's right, money is just a tool, and the people you hate are just those who use this tool to make you sad, not the money itself." Money itself is not good or evil, if used well, it is a very useful tool, and if it is not used well, it can also bring great damage. Grand Magician Camilla, what do you think would be used for if you were given enough money?"

"Nonsense, if I had enough gold, I would definitely devote myself to the study of magic. Grand Magician Camilla replied unusually crisply.

"But you don't have enough gold right now, do you?"

Grand Magician Camilla's face changed suddenly, and she was speechless for a while.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi shook his head slightly, thinking that I was afraid that the difficulties encountered by Grand Magician Camilla would be even stricter than what he knew now.

Xu Yi was not very surprised when the research room found that Camillo, Renault, and Wella had actually left the Camilla Magic Tower, but later found that the colleagues in the research room were all fluctuating, revealing the intention of leaving the magic tower, Xu Yi immediately realized that something was wrong.

Later, Tong Guò kept knocking on the side, and Xu Yi finally got an answer that he didn't expect at all.

It turns out that Grand Magician Camilla has no money!

Although Grand Magician Camilla has never been very wealthy, and the magicians working in the magic tower have complained in private, there is no problem in maintaining the normal operation of the magic tower.

Recently, however, many magicians have discovered that there seems to be something wrong with the normal functioning of the magic tower.

First, there was a shortage of magical materials needed for many researches, then some of the magicians' reasonable requests were denied, and finally, and most importantly, for the first time, Wizard Camilla was in arrears of everyone's salary!

Although it was only two days in arrears, it was all repaid, but this time the arrears made everyone vigilant.

In the wizard's circle, many secrets are not secrets, so everyone soon found out that Grand Magician Camilla is now in great difficulty, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of shortage of funds than before, and even if it is not good, it will not be able to maintain this magic tower at all.

After hearing the news, the magicians in the magic tower were shocked, and naturally began to seek a way out.

Camillo, Renault, and Wella had already left first, and of course the colleagues in the research room couldn't sit still, so that as soon as Xu Yi, a guy who had been classified as a big boss in the eyes of everyone, appeared, the colleagues showed unusual enthusiasm.

Xu Yidang, who heard this, even found Steele, who returned to the magic tower with him, and after repeated questioning, he finally got the truth from Steele's mouth.

It turned out that what my colleagues inquired about was true, and Grand Magician Camilla did have a big problem with his funds now.

Generally speaking, if you put aside the other income of the great magicians themselves, then the magicians of the great magician level usually have two stable capital incomes.

One is from the Wizards' Guild.

When a mage breaks through the boundaries and reaches the level of a Grand Mage, he is already eligible for the special perks of the Mage's Guild.

This allowance has strict grading rules, and the most important way to evaluate it is the strength level of the Great Magician, followed by the number of years you have been a Great Magician.

Grand Magician Camilla is currently a three-star Grand Magician, and according to the regulations, he will enjoy a special allowance of two hundred gold coins from the Wizards' Guild every year. In addition, since he has been a great mage for twenty-three years, there will be an additional allowance of fifty gold coins.

If you add it up, it's two hundred and fifty gold coins.

The other source of financial income comes from the countries where the magicians are located.

Because magicians are an important force in every country, and magicians of this level are very precious, no matter which country will give special financial support to the great magician.

Although the Lampari Kingdom can only be regarded as a small country on the continent of Sainz, the Grand Magician of Camilla is still able to obtain financial support of up to 2,000 gold coins from the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom every year.

Because Grand Mage Camilla does not cooperate with certain chambers of commerce like many other great mages, and obtains the gold support of those chambers of commerce while promising to protect those chambers of commerce, the income of these two thousand two hundred and fifty gold coins is almost equivalent to the annual income of Grand Mage Camilla.

If nothing changes, the two thousand two hundred and fifty gold coins will be enough to support the daily expenses of the Magic Tower in the small city of Bonta City.

However, this year, there has been a change.

The main body of the change is focused on this financial support of the Lampari Kingdom.

Originally, before the autumn harvest every year, the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom would release funds to the great magicians in the kingdom, but more than half a month ago, the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom suddenly announced that because of the shortage of funds within the kingdom, the financial support given by the royal family to the great magicians had to be lowered.

As for the Great Magician Camilla, it was to reduce his previous annual capital of 2,000 gold coins to 1,000 gold coins, which was actually cut in half at once!

Grand Magician Camilla was already stretched thin to maintain this magic tower, but now he suddenly lost a thousand gold coins in financial support, which can almost be said to collapse instantly.

One thousand gold coins is equivalent to half of the annual income of Camilla's great magician, and it is so much less at once, not only can many magic research be unable to continue due to lack of funds, but even the salaries of many of his magicians can no longer be paid.

"Grandpa even told me that there was a good chance he would close the magic tower. When Steele said this to Xu Yi, he showed a very helpless smile. "Although from my point of view, I actually think it might be better. Because without the care of the magic tower, grandpa would have an easier life. But I also know that my grandfather spent a lot of effort to build this magic tower, and he put a lot of effort into it, and now he is forced to close it, I'm afraid he won't be able to accept it. ”

After listening to Steele's statement, Xu Yi only thought for a while, and then resolutely came to the top of the magic tower and asked to see Grand Magician Camilla.

And in front of this old man who looked strict and old-fashioned, but was actually very wise, Xu Yi did not intend to hide his thoughts and purposes at all, and pointed out this cruel truth to Grand Magician Camilla very simply and directly.

Grand Magician Camilla, you're out of money!