Rhodes remained silent, his head down, his eyes purring, unsure if "McCarder" was testing him, or if he had just accidentally asked in advance.

But how to answer, Rhodes was a little hesitant, it was related to his future destiny, and it was not difficult for a spellcaster to make a choice whether to regret it.

It's just that Rhodes doesn't want to do that, and since they got along for a while, he has been impressed by the knowledge and bearing of McCad, the so-called "newcomer", and he is not willing to say perfunctory words, or even deceptive words.

After thinking about it, Rhodes finally followed the truest choice in his heart, "My lord, I need to seriously consider this matter, but one thing I can guarantee is that I will never be an enemy of adults." ”

"Yes, when you complete your promotion, tell me your choice!"

Xia Duo did not force the other party to make a choice on the spot, in fact, Rhodes's answer was already very sincere in his opinion, and if he was a villain, he might have promised well now, and he might turn his face immediately afterwards.

Moreover, what he needs is a collaborator who is willing to cooperate sincerely and actively cooperate, rather than a passive coercion forced by the situation.

If Rhodes doesn't want to, he really won't do anything to the other party, but he will be a little disappointed.

At present, there are fourteen assistant researchers in the laboratory, and if there is an ordinary person who agrees, Xia Duo will wake up laughing when he sleeps, because that means that at least twenty-eight high-level mages will follow his arrangement and conduct the research he assigned.

Of course, the more people agree, the better it will be for him.

Ideally, there can be up to 14 * (1 + 3) + 3 = 59 high-level mages who conduct various studies under his arrangement.

It's just cool and crooked!

It is foreseeable that once he leaves this projection plane, Xia Duo will not have such good research conditions for a long time in the future.

……

Time flies.

Two days later, Huck was able to advance to Arcanist, and his application for promotion to the rank of Researcher was quickly approved by the above, based on his experience with at least three "good" evaluations.

Huck Labs is here!

On the same day, Xia Duo proposed to Huck Labs to outsource the project "Improvement and Expansion of the Teleportation Spell Response Mechanism Based on the Background Fluctuation Positioning of the Demon Net", which Huck gladly accepted.

At the same time, Xia Duo's own preparations for the trial production of spell chips are also fully ready.

However, on this day, after reaching an outsourcing agreement with Harker Labs, Xia Duo suddenly received a notice from the management center that there was a new batch of apprentices who needed to be accepted by Mercad Labs.

The so-called apprentices, in fact, they are all full-fledged mages.

Most of the low-level mages, a few are already mid-level mages, and all of them are upgraded in a similar way to the Tower of Time Ascending Ring Trial, and they are not spell-casting tool people who only understand the individual spells of the relevant ring level.

Each laboratory of the institute will be assigned a certain number of apprentices, and if one of them can become a high-level mage or an arcanist, the researcher will be rewarded with corresponding points.

These apprentices have already been screened at the academy stage, and being able to enter the academy shows that they are the best of their peers.

Assigned to various labs, in addition to serving as de facto spell batteries, they also sometimes offer constructive comments on the lab's projects.

Arguably, there is hardly a lab where apprentices are not welcome, and of course research assistants may not be welcome, as it takes up too much of their time to mentor apprentices and is not fairly compensated by formal researchers.

But here in Chado, he did not welcome the arrival of the apprentice.

The project he has now arranged for everyone in the laboratory is difficult to complete even for high-level mages, not to mention the additional conditions above, and it will not be easy to complete.

If it weren't for him to follow up on the progress of the project and give him guidance from time to time, he really doubted that one of these projects would eventually be completed.

When an apprentice comes, the assistant researchers will be distracted and their precious time will be wasted, which is difficult for Xia Duo to accept.

Perhaps these apprentices may be helpful to the project, but it is not very likely, and if they are used as spell batteries alone, they will not be able to make up for the losses they have caused.

Xia Duo wondered if some Level 1 researcher who was against him was doing something, because it wasn't time to graduate from the Academy of Magic.

The most obvious evidence is that the same newly established laboratory, Huck Lab, was not placed as an apprentice.

It's only Xia Duo who has been arranged, and it's hard not to make him think, if you don't graduate early and admit early, will those apprentices appear?

Moreover, he was also suspicious of the quality of his apprentices, in case he was given some crooked melons and cracked dates again, resulting in a low proportion of high-level mages that eventually appeared, it would be another troublesome matter.

But Xia Duo still can't say anything against it, because these systems are reasonable and more in line with the overall interests of the remnants of the empire, and they are supported by everyone, and he will not be allowed to oppose them.

At the same time, Chado himself could not find a reason to object, could it be said that he was worried that the apprentice would affect the progress of the laboratory's project?

Others also have influence, why don't others say it?

This will make his situation even more difficult, and some people will have to revisit the review of his rank and authority.

"Why am I so hard!"

After the slander, Xia Duo could only ask the Rhodes Management Center to bring people back, and a total of twelve people were arranged according to the normal number of people in the laboratory.

Otherwise, according to the ratio of one senior mage to three apprentices, dozens of people will be arranged to come over, and then the laboratory will not have to work in the future, and all the children will be taken with them.

You must know that although there are more than a dozen assistant researchers in McCard's laboratory now, they will also be promoted and will leave.

At that time, dozens of apprentices were piled up in the laboratory, and Xia Duo had to bring them, and the scene really made him feel physically and mentally exhausted just thinking about it.

With such a comparison, it seems that these twelve apprentices are not difficult to accept now!

……

In a short time, Rhodes brought back twelve young people, nine men and three women, and Xia Duo arranged them to observe in various project teams with a wave of his hand, and they were put away in a short time.

As long as they don't interfere with the project, twelve new potted plants have been added to the lab.

After doing this, Xia Duo read the apprenticeship information brought back by Rhodes, although he graduated early and was admitted early, but he finally didn't get him any crooked melons and cracked dates.

"The Great Age of Genes"

Among the twelve people, four passed the intermediate mage assessment, and the remaining eight failed to pass the intermediate level assessment, but they were only a few points behind.

If this had been placed in the Tower of Time, they would have been able to upgrade through the Ascending Ring Trial to become a mid-level mage.

If nothing else, it can be two or three years at the fastest, or three or four years at the slower, and these twelve people can become high-level mages.