Chapter 25 Successful Promotion
Finally, there was one last magic left—summoning a puppet. This is known as the most difficult and easiest of the apprentice-level ring magic.
The reason for such a discrepancy is that the essence of the magic is to be sacrificed in exchange for a brief allegiance from the trade of an alien creature. The currency used by the Heterogeneous Plane is none other than the magic stone that contains energy. Even if it's just some magic stone powder, it's easy to summon a lowest-ranking clay puppet.
But if you have to rely purely on your own mana power to summon it, then the difficulty is not the same. The right spell - not even a syllable error - the right goal - if you summon an elemental prince-level being that you can't control, it's a dead word - and with protective magic - to prevent yourself from being hit by the energy of the alien plane and causing damage - it is possible to summon a puppet. And you have to make sure that your mana is enough to support until the end of the spell, otherwise you will be sucked dry by yourself.
In the midst of all the difficulties that could be expected, Kaya did not ask for additional help. She just calmed down, took a few deep breaths, wiped the sweat from her hand on her robe, and then gently twisted her wand, ready to cast the final spell.
The sound of oppressive incantations echoed in his ears, short wands drew mysterious patterns in the air, and the trajectories of magic intertwined in mid-air, eroding deeper into the world. In the darkness, it was as if I heard a response from afar, a voice, revealing a longing emotion.
The inspector on the side couldn't help but feel that this was the most dangerous moment. For those responses may contain the voices of demons or the inhabitants of the abyss, waiting for the time to come to earth. One mistake, the death of the caster can only be considered a small thing. There is no upper limit to the size of the damage.
The pitch suddenly rises, and the rapid incantation sound seems to be negotiating with the existence of the underworld, and the summoning is in the final stage.
The Inquisitor quietly activated several protective spells, and once again confirmed that the various pieces of equipment on his body were positioned and ready to play their role. He even secretly opened a secret function of the assessment room, the large magic array of the Exile Technique. It was a magic used to throw everything in the examination room into an unknown plane in an instant before the unmanageable crisis situation expanded.
As for the other irrelevant people in the scope, I can only helplessly say sorry. This is a secret function known only to the owner of Sita, the president of the guild, and the Inquisitors, and everyone hopes that they will never need it.
The incantation will usher in its final stage, and the crowd of onlookers will stretch their necks, and no matter what the outcome, it will become the talk of the town for a long time. But the Great Magician, who is the Inspector, is scared, and it has been a long time since he heard anyone play summoning like this. Thinking of the worst outcome, he couldn't keep his usual composure.
"Answer my call, come into the world and obey my commands, Jerome."
Jerome? Who? It was the only thing on the Inquisitor's mind, and it didn't sound like the name of those notorious demon princes. Shouldn't it be too bad?
The sound of the incantation stopped, and there was silence in the assessment room, and everyone held their breath. It's just that...... As if nothing happened?
"Kuang Dang!"
The sudden loud noise startled everyone. If you look closely, it is a metal iron ball that has fallen from the original shelf to the ground, and then there is a gurgling and rolling sound. The eyes of the audience followed the rolling of the iron ball, all the way to Kaya, the person being tested.
The iron ball, which had stopped rolling, suddenly protruded into its original shape. Then there were protrusions in different parts one after another, and then they returned, as if a creature wanted to break through an eggshell. After calming down for a while, suddenly the iron ball jumped into the air, spun out of thin air, grew limbs, and landed firmly on the ground. There was no head, but two cyan flames were lit in the position of the chest. Everyone present felt that the flame seemed to bring a kind of prying eyes, looking directly into the souls of everyone.
"Squeak, squeak." The first to break the silence was Kaya herself. Before the magic of the animal conversation was lifted, she said directly: Mouse, where are you? I want to have a target to smash and see.
Mouse: Play with mice, dead girl. Lao Tzu is not accompanied.
"Tsk." Knocking her mouth, Kaya didn't have a chance to keep raising the bar, because the Inspector had already arrived in front of him, looking at the steel puppet...... Although it is ultra-small. Like a big strong man full of muscles, but only the size of a palm, he was held in his hand by the old man and held up in front of him to admire.
"It's amazing." It's not uncommon to summon an Iron Golem, but it's quite unusual for someone to summon an apprentice. Although it was such a small-sized golem, in the palm of his hand, the appearance of looking around and vividly appeared, he knew that this was not a low-level spirit.
When he realized that there was a pair of big eyes next to him, looking at him, the inspector hurriedly came back to his senses and said, "Of course, of course, child, you have passed the assessment, which is very exciting." He handed over the small iron golem in his hand and asked, "Then what are you going to do with it, child?" ”
Drop the Iron Golem back to the ground and let it stumble like a child. Kaya took her small bag from the hands of her companion who came to her side. Picking a Red Yao-level magic stone that is in good condition, he said, "The teacher once said that when it comes to the summon, sending it back is as important as summoning it. As he spoke, he crouched down and handed the stone to the iron puppet.
Although there were no instructions, I was paid. Suddenly, a mist-like vortex appeared in mid-air, casting a soft white light on the Iron Puppet. The spirit attached to it seemed to leave with the light, and the puppet's body returned to its original iron ball.
Although the girl had some difficulty holding the iron ball, she was no longer able to use the magic of light objects or great strength, so Kaya had to use her strength to swing the iron ball back to its original shelf.
So far, the apprenticeship assessment has been successfully completed. In total, III (3) people have become official magicians, XI (11) have been promoted to 2nd Ring Apprentices, and IV (4) have become 1st Ring Apprentices. And the last puppet summoning was the object of discussion among most apprentices for a while. After all, it is suspected that the Holy Spirit was summoned, but it was not retained, but it was sent back on the spot.
Someone asked the black-haired and brown-skinned girl afterwards why she didn't leave the iron puppet she had worked so hard to summon. The girl's answer was helpless.
"But the iron that makes up the puppet's body is the property of the association. It's not that I can take it if I want to. Besides, I don't want to take an iron lump home with me. ”
It's really a child's childish answer. In this situation, the association has many accommodating ways to solve the problem of ownership. Not to mention how heavy the iron ball is, and the material is not a rare species, so it is not impossible to buy half and give it away. But the more reason should be the second half of the sentence, it's just that I just don't want to take an iron lump with me.
The day after passing the examination, the two girls welcomed a guest in the residence of the State Guest House, a senior steward from the Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the congratulations, there was also the reward that their teacher deserved, including the Xbar (10,000) Kiel agreed upon by the mall system, and three Tripwood Magics, which were sold after deducting the amount of the association's commission, totaling XbarXbarMMDCLXI (22,661) Kiel, along with an account book for reconciliation.
Such a huge amount of money, of course, is not directly moved more than 30,000 gold coins, but a withdrawal form issued by the Chamber of Commerce and certified by the Association.
Since the Chamber of Commerce was established to serve the magicians, a large customer group was the tower owners from all over the world. For the huge amount of money and goods coming and going, although they are transported by the chamber of commerce's chariots and horses and escorts, it is still quite inconvenient.
In the early days of the Wizards' Association's affiliated chamber of commerce, there were often chariots and horses transporting the grants and remuneration of a certain tower owner, as well as the tower's supplies. After arriving, it is to pay the money first, then to deliver the goods, and then to collect the money, and then to escort a sum of money back.
If there are more such things, a new business model will be created, which in Lin's view is similar to the earth's banking business. However, for the magicians to keep this money, the Chamber of Commerce does not charge a storage fee or interest. Magicians don't use the vouchers issued by the Chamber of Commerce to trade with each other, it's just a place to put money. It's more like the stored value system of some online shopping malls on the planet.
And the visiting senior steward, of course, was not only tasked with delivering withdrawal vouchers and account books, but also with the representatives of the Great Sage's Tower. And this is still the above explanation, to take special care of the guests. Because the mall system that is in full swing is coming from the hands of the two guests in front of them and their mentors.
Harumi took out a long scroll very heroically. It records all the items that Lin wants to buy, and it is divided into three categories. The first category is the must-buy, which is mostly food supplies and materials that the girls can use in their meditation rooms.
The second category is that if you have enough money, you can buy it. Most of them are magical materials, including potions, metallurgy, magic circles, enchantments, and so on. It's all more common stuff though, and there's no rather expensive rarity.
The third category is whether you can buy or not, it's just the degree to which Lin suddenly became interested in what kind of knowledge and bought something to do experiments. There are some relatively rare things, but that is only in the southwestern border of the continent where the Xijia district is located, and there is still a lot of production in other regions.
The Guild and the Chamber of Commerce affiliated with the Guild will occasionally buy some special resources from various places and provide them to the magicians in the district to buy. Of course, the quantity is not large, and sometimes it is out of stock. However, in this case, it will be processed as a post-order delivery.
And this sprinkled with hundreds of items, under the experience and rudimentary calculations of the senior steward of the Chamber of Commerce, the price given was deducted from the remuneration that should be paid to the Tripwood magician, and the Chamber of Commerce even had to pay more Kiel to the magician.
This is still in the first category of supplies, a one-year share of prepaid; And the number of materials in the second category, after buying twice the quantity, gets the figure.
There is no way, the number given by President Yu of the mall system can be described as sky-high; And the remuneration of the three Tripwood magic, although it seems to outsiders that I Kiel did not make any money at all, but those in the know looked at the astonishing number obtained when the amount was so large.
If it weren't for someone who has some understanding of the economy, they would have pointed out that this was just an explosive amount of sales. When most of the mages in Siga bought a browser system, only those who are new to the wizarding world will buy it. At that time, sales will plummet, after all, there are only a few dozen talented newcomers who can join the wizarding world every year.
If the three spells of the Tripwood clan really sell the same amount each month as the first month, some of the association's senior management suggested that Gaibrash Tripwood would directly become history by using the massacre of the village. Then those three spells, after the association took back ownership, repriced.
And this is one of the reasons behind the fact that Orange Fruit Eaton would go to Lin to discuss the amount of commission that the association would charge for those three magics, mainly browsers. If Lin behaves too greedily, it is considered light to be worn in small shoes, and it is possible to kill him directly.