"Spell pool, what is this?" Mina picked up the manuscript and flipped through two pages.

"Well, this is what I transcribed last month, Mina, you should read more of it. Aston said dissatisfied.

Kaye also said, "yes, spend less time in the kitchen......"

Mina slapped the manuscript and swept her eyes, "I'm just too lazy to see how it is, do you have an opinion?"

The two men, one big and one small, bowed their heads, "No opinion." ”

Mina snorted and looked at the information, and Aston and Kaye exchanged ears: "...... She's getting more and more irritable these months. ”

"I don't understand what's going on, although I used to be stubborn in the slums, but I was quite gentle. ”

"People say that girls grow up and some things get bigger and bigger, isn't that?"

“...... I don't think it's temper. ”

Mina held up the manuscript and shouted, "Hey! ”

Aston cleared his throat, "Let's start from the beginning. When a person with sufficient innate intelligence has learned the basic legal principles, and can use his mind to cause a weak spell to respond, he is called a mage apprentice. This step is not very difficult with sufficient resources and diligence. ”

"From an apprentice to a full-fledged Level 1 mage, you need to be spiritually connected to the magic net. The range of contact between people and the magic net is limited, and the location where the spiritual power is embedded can better call up energy and information, and such nodes are called 'spell bits.' 'Depending on factors such as experience, skill, school bias, and intelligence, the number of spell slots varies from person to person. ”

"It takes a mage anywhere from a few days to a few months to learn to master a spell, prepare it daily, construct a model of the spell and place it on nodes, and cast it when needed using gestures, spells, and catalysts. The number of layers that control the magic net is called the 'level' of the mage. In this way, the mage only pays the mental power to maintain the node's spell slot, and does not let the dangerous energy flow through the flesh like the warlock does. ”

The naturalist cocked up his index finger, "Kaye." I remember the last time you used that gem to try to increase Mina's mage level. ”

"yes, but that doesn't make sense. The gems have increased both my and her mage levels, but Mina's spells are still deducted from my spell slots. Wait a minute...... Spell pool ......" Kaye looked down in thought.

"That's right, that's right!" Aston saw that Kaye understood, and immediately became excited, shaking his dandruff all over the sky. "The gem is like a key with great authority, it gives you a treasure trove beyond your current power, and at the same time gives others the power to enter, even if it leads to the same treasure trove. Think the other way around. Isn't this an advantage, as long as we expand the stock of the treasury, we can create a group of spellcasters with the 'pseudo-mage level'. ”

Kaye stared and pondered, but Mina understood, "Is this treasure trove a spell pool?"

Aston shook his head, "It's not the same. Another organization called the 'Arcane Federation' invented this mechanism. If you don't use the spell slots of memory, they will dissipate after 24 hours, which is a waste. Union mages deposit unused spells in the spell pool, while other mages can borrow spells as well. Of course, you have to return it if you use it. This is a reasonable resource allocation mechanism. And the spell pool we want to build is a simple output mechanism. ”

I don't know when, the excited audience turned into Mina, and Kaye paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. Looks conflicted.

The scholar fully noticed, and said with a flying eyebrow: "My idea is this, to use the technology on the data to build a spell pool, and use gems to ingest spell slots for storage. The initial accumulation must be very slow, and maybe a way to increase it will be found later. Then we send a message to the nation, giving pseudo-sorcery a level. Of course, the price is very high! Cherish materials, money, and even territory, these are fine, and they are not a one-time deal. The spell level is only the casting authority, and they still have to buy spells, and I can mark the price according to the number, type, and level!"

"Great!" Mina jumped, "I'll do the math, if it's just for individual spells to teach dragon pronunciation, gesture flow, and material science, as well as basic spell principles...... Half a year, maybe less. In this way, we have a considerable caster in a short period of time. ”

Aston has completely indulged in his commanding and the great idea of changing the form of the continent to go down in history. "Not only that, the key is that the authority and spell are in our hands, and if the other party's supply is cut off, he will be nothing. Low risk and high return, not only can we fill the Essien military power, but we can also sell to other countries at a high price. Think of it! We will be the source of Sarap's spells, shaking the continent with every move. Long live Essien!Long live the Commander!" he said as he jumped on the table and danced with his hands.

Mina's eyes lit up, as if she saw that countless nobles were no longer arrogant, but begged to be sent boxes and boxes of treasure, and sell me a [Detection Thought], or [Hypnotic Pattern......

The hot hall was like a sudden frost and snow, inserting an out of place sound. "I disagree. ”

Aston slipped off the table, and the wolf bèi lay on his stomach and asked, "W-what?"

Kaye took a deep breath, "I-no--no---n!!" he pursed his thin lips, determined.

"Why, why!" the scholar shouted at Kaye, his neck red.

The little mage didn't say anything, and slammed the door.

The day was spent in a dreary and irritable atmosphere, and Aston couldn't figure out what was wrong with the plan, and there was a lot of anger. And Kaye himself hid in the real yàn room and closed the door.

"If you don't open the door, don't eat tomorrow!" Mina was about to knock, the door creaked open, and Kaye looked tired.

"Talk to Aston about ......"

"If you want to say it, it's inexplicable. Mina shoved the bottle into his hand.

Kaye opened the lid, snorting from alcohol. "Mages don't drink. "Before that, Mina is gone. He had to go downstairs to the library, where Asherwall was still copying books, apparently very affectionate, pretending not to see him. ”

Picking up a few books as a cushion, he sat down. After a long time, Kaye suddenly asked, "Aston, what is knowledge to you?"

Aston didn't turn his head and continued to copy, humming and saying, "Knowledge is knowledge, what else can it be." ”

"Yes. But to me, magic is more than magic. The boy felt that his mouth was a little dry, and took a sip of wine, the grapes in the north were not full enough, but the sun was abundant, and they were mellow and delicious. "The poorest of the poor have dreams. Dreams have the power to control your destiny. One day, magic appeared in front of me, so direct and within reach, but it would take a long, long struggle to truly master him. You know, this road is not easy to walk, I used to practice my pronunciation while wandering with Mina, but now I pretend to be a noble minister every day. Perfunctory. This is hard work and enjoyment, it is the mark of the temple of magic, stepping through the darkness and turning into stars, this is the charm of magic!"

"So, when I realized that you were going to sell magic like a big fire merchant, rejection was inevitable. ”

Aston dipped some ink in annoyance, "Then you're unhappy with me selling magic?"

"That's just one aspect, Mr. Academic. Magic is more than just power, tools, and identity to me. He is a dream! a signpost that allows me to chase and enjoy my life. I understand the mystery of each spell and the fun of analyzing the elements. But if you put the spell on the counter with a clear price, let the guys who smell of copper argue whether it is a fireball or a lightning bolt. What is this? In this way, even after a hundred years, Esin's magic will not really develop, and all our power will be pinned on a single gem. How am I going to face the teacher and tell him that I sold his skills for a good price and raised a group of rice worms hanging on the magic web?"

Like a fire of wine poured into the throat. Kaye choked and coughed, "If everyone can get it lightly, if magic becomes mundane, and people no longer fear or love it, then magic is dead, my dream, is dead!"

The rustling of the quills stopped for a moment, and a large ink dot fell from the tip of the pen. Aston trembled slightly, and said in a very low voice, "...... I'm sorry...... My dream, it's been dead for a long time. ”

Kaye shook the bottle, poured a glass and handed it to Aston. "How did you die. ”

Scholars are not good at this drink, and their faces are as red as boiled after two sips. "Ahem, when I was 15 years old, the White Tower awarded me my first scholar's badge as a testimony of three years of hard study. When I walked past the others with my head held high with my pin on, they negotiated the market price of the badge. It was then that I learned that the steps that scholars had stepped on to walk up the tower were half books and half gold coins. ”

There was another silence, and Kaye raised his glass: "To your dead dreams." The two swallowed together and then coughed together.

The boy wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Then why are you still desperately trying to get naturalist status." ”

"What else can I chase, now that I think about it, it wasn't the enthusiasm that supported me to get the remaining six badges, I became the same person as them. ”

"Then divide my dream in half with you. ”

"Haha, to your generous dreams!"

Grunting, the aroma of wine fills the pages of the book, and the two of them are slightly drunk.

Kaye was a little confused and said, "Actually, your plan is not non-negotiable, the key lies in the cultivation of a true mage. ”

Asherwall smacked his lips and said, "It's better to do this, after training the first batch of pseudo-mages, disperse them, and let them build their own towers to accept disciples, anyway, those who can afford to pay are considered nobles." ”

"What's the use?"

"Let's say let's say we give someone a level 2 mage and a few 1-ring spells, and we want to use one more spell? Disperse the materials and responsibilities of basic education, and give real mage education to the apprentices who have been gathered. ”

"Genius! That's a great idea. ”

"But in the back, true mages and fake mages must be two types of people, and it's not easy to deal with the contradiction of resources, what if they want to quit?" the scholar spoke a little vaguely.

"We are a public pool, not a public bath, and since we want to join, we will have to pay a price for betrayal. Kaye slapped his thigh and kicked his shoe off.

"Then you'll need to refine the science of contract, and then specify the relevant spell limits......"

The increasingly muffled sound finally turned into a snoring that rose and fell.

An hour later, Mina came over to take a look, and the two men hugged each other and lay down, and said to Jelly in his arms, "No wonder Grandpa said that men's disputes always start with a quarrel of anger and end with drunken talk." (To be continued......)