In the reception room of Perth Palace, Solomon sat Durant, Fernandez, Cecilia, and Ulysses, as well as the newly joined Jindes who had recently joined but was already known as the alchemist.

Solomon was discussing with them the next steps in the development of the Wizarding Institute.

"Prime Minister, you see, our next research has a direction, and we have prepared a lot of projects, but once these projects start, if the supply of magic crystals is insufficient, it may delay the progress. However, I still want to say to you, please be cautious about intervening in the battle in the Dark Regions. ”

When Solomon returned and summoned them to discuss the future, several of the leading mages in the Wizarding Institute introduced him to the direction in which they were going to study next.

Now the biggest financier of the institute is the kingdom of Asturias and Solomon, this private investment has been supported, before the time of Margaret, the kingdom and Solomon are very different, but when Stephanie ascended the throne, the interests of Asturias and Solomon in the Institute of Magic can be said to be highly overlapped, almost equal to the only financier, although theoretically Congress can still intervene.

So in the future direction of research, they are of course happy to have Solomon's support, which means that they may be able to get a tilt in the future when competing for resource allocation.

But in addition to the excitement, everyone is also aware of the slight changes in the recent research.

That is, there seems to be something wrong with the supply of magic crystals, the supply has been reduced in some periods, and although the supply has not been reduced in some time periods, it cannot be provided on time as usual, and it will be delayed for some time.

Solomon didn't hide the situation from them, and was frank about the source of his past magic crystals. And reassure everyone. Will find a way to ensure a stable supply.

Get Solomon's promise. Everyone was relieved, but Fernandez was more careful and figured out what Solomon meant, as if he wanted to meddle in the dark region to ensure supply.

"Actually, I've been very happy at the institute in the past few years, because this kind of research environment is not what we dream of, minimizing personnel battles, and there are only different understandings of magic. Use unconvinced research to do so. Fernandez said with emotion, "The support of the kingdom and the prime minister for everyone is also obvious to all, and now that the kingdom is in a little difficulty, I am willing to provide my own storage of magic crystals and some sources that can be exchanged for magic crystals, temporarily make up for the recent gap, and replenish the needs of research in time, but in the dark region, the prime minister must be cautious, the underground world is not comparable to our surface, where it is chaotic and dangerous." The power of the kingdom is difficult to intervene within. ”

Durant also nodded slightly, indicating that if the kingdom is in trouble. He was also willing to fill it with private storage for the time being.

"Thank you for your kindness. Solomon couldn't help but be slightly moved, the development of the Magic Guide Research Institute over the years has not only produced a lot of results, but also established friendship between him and these mages.

Of course, he understands the dangers of the Dark Realm, but he must ensure the supply of magic crystals.

Although the black rock can now provide an endless supply of mana, the magic extracted in the black rock is not suitable for research.

Why, because even in terms of maintaining the spatial teleportation circle, it is already relatively very mature.

However, this is not the case in the new magic research, any new research direction is trying, that is, there are all kinds of uncertainties; if the research tools are or the factors that can cause the instability of the research tools, it is equivalent to taking a ruler that is not standard, and may even change at any time to measure things, which will only cause more variables.

If this kind of accuracy error is not high in application, or if other technologies are relatively mature (that is, even if there is an error, there are only a few known possibilities), it can also be compensated for by increasing the auxiliary magic array or alchemy stabilization agent.

But not in the new research direction, the new magic research is originally to explore and find the results that the researcher wants in an uncertain direction.

In research, it is necessary to explore the unknown X in an environment where all other conditions are as stable as possible, and find out the only result you need.

And when the important conditions in the study are unstable, it is equivalent to taking an unknown Y to explore another unknown X, then the difficulty is greatly increased.

Therefore, in the research of the Magic Research Institute, if you need to use the assistance of continuous output of magic power, you must try not to use the source power output by refining the magic power of the black rock, but to use the magic crystal as much as possible, only when the research direction has been roughly found or has begun the trial production stage, will the latter be considered, at that time the research is relatively mature, and it is necessary to try to lower the threshold of application and find the possibility of replacing the magic crystal as the source force output.

So, with all that said, unless Asturias and Solomon are willing to give up the lead they have already achieved in the study of magic guidance, or tomorrow they will be lucky enough to immediately find a huge magic crystal mine in some heterogeneous plane, they will still have to face this problem.

"I'll think about it. ”

Solomon saw Fernandez off them, and the reception room fell silent, and he smiled wryly when he was the only one.

That's what he says, but the dark region has to intervene there.

It's just how to meddle, Solomon also feels a headache.

It's too chaotic there, there is war going on all the time, between the dark elves and other tribes, between other tribes.

As Fernandez said, it was not like the surface, and Solomon could hardly lay it out, and he had finally looked like it was in front of him because of Biskraulit.

In the case of the Shadows, Solomon was confident that Congress would support it, but that was not the problem.

There was no way for the army of Asturias to enter the Shadows on a large scale, otherwise why would Solomon entrap the underground natives like Mitaunos.

The geography of the dark region is too complicated, first of all, it is not absolutely dark, but that dark environment is a great obstacle for the inhabitants of the surface to live and fight, and only the aborigines are accustomed to that environment.

Secondly, no one has a complete map, and the environment is very complex. Some places are even filled with the poisonous gas that ordinary creatures will die at the slightest smell. Without a large number of priests or priests accompanying the army, it would be very large.

Finally, there are the equally complex and diverse tribes of creatures and intelligence. They are both infighting and generally dislike surface creatures, and the relatively benign ones of each race are surface forces or risk-taking traders who have trade routes with their tribe.

In the case that it is difficult for the kingdom army to enter the dark region, Solomon must have the support of some indigenous races to control the dark region, but Mitaunos and Medusa, who had a good relationship, are facing a large-scale attack by the dark elves.

If you have a choice, Solomon doesn't want to stand on the opposite side of the dark elves at this time, those dark-skinned elves have a look that is not inferior to their cousins on the surface, but they are evil, cruel, **, aggressive, ambitious, and the most troublesome thing is that they not only have the strength that is not inferior to the high elves. And after a long period of escaping underground, they enslaved many tribes.

The most feared thing is that there is also a real god behind the dark elves, Ivy the Queen of Dark Spiders.

Ivy, the dark god, was once one of the three gods of the High Elves and the ex-wife of Sindorem, another elven god.

After Solomon mastered Paradise Lost, he knew more about the history and secrets of the High Elves, because the Moon Walk had a very high status in the High Elf Moon Temple.

Ivy changed from an elven god to a dark god, and then to a god who relied on the beliefs of the dark elves, for a very bloody reason.

It was her husband, Sindorem, the god of the sun, who fell in love with Diana, the god of the moon. Then in the battle between the wife and the lover, he likes the new and hates the old. chose to support the new love.

As a result, Ivy, who was originally the goddess of life, and the High Elves who believed in her were squeezed out by the Sun Temple and the Moon Temple, which eventually led to a civil war among the High Elves.

The defeated Ivy and her followers fled underground, and Ivy, who was injured by her husband and rival in love, went in the opposite direction due to the dark feelings such as hatred and jealousy, coupled with the special influence of the dark region, and began to transform from the ancient gods to the path of faith, becoming a strange existence of half-ancient gods and half-faith.

The goddess became cruel and moody after a drastic change of temperament, and she encouraged her followers to get what they wanted by any means, and even supported small infighting among her followers.

Oh, and by the way, and her incredibly hated High Elves.

When Solomon had previously negotiated with the members of the Wizarding Institute, although Fernandez generously expressed his willingness to temporarily fill the gap in his research with his private wealth, he also vaguely revealed his fear of the dark region by worrying about Solomon's intentions.

Solomon pondered that it was very difficult to grasp the degree of proportion in order to help Mitaunos and them resist the dark elves in the dark region.

The Dark Elves are the most powerful tribe in the Dark Regions, and there is a true god behind them, no matter how confident Solomon is, he is not sure that he can defeat a dark tribe that enslaves many tribes and has the support of powerful gods behind them.

Even if they achieve some early victories, the easier the victory, the more likely they are to attract the attention of the dark elves, so that they do not hesitate to give up their expansion in other directions, and first concentrate on destroying the rising forces that may challenge their position, and even arouse the interest of the spider queen.

But it was absolutely impossible not to help Mitaunos and them, otherwise it would be even more difficult for him to influence the Dark Regions in the future.

Therefore, this degree is really difficult to grasp.

Solomon's fingers tapped on the table, and there was a knock outside the door just in time, and Gera walked in.

"I remember saying that I would add a cabinet minister to Her Majesty's Majesty, to Parliament, to the Cabinet. "I'll make it official tomorrow, but the first thing the security minister will face when he takes office is a tricky thing, are you ready?"

"You mean?" asked Guerra cautiously.

"Dark Regions. There the kingdom cannot be fought in the form of a large-scale war, but the supply of magic crystals must be guaranteed. When you become Minister of Security, you will be given the power to recruit adventurers, as well as select strong people from within the country to form an adventure party to support Mitaunos and Medusa. Solomon said, "You must help Mitaunos and them secure their defenses, but you must not anger the dark elves too much." In addition, you are looking for a way, it is best to have a direct connection with the dark elves, ostensibly it has nothing to do with us, but it is best to let people enter the dark elves' controlled territory in the dark region, and it is best to be able to enter their Redn City. ”

Hearing that Solomon had given him the first task after becoming the Minister of Security, Gla did not dare to slack off, and thought for a while: "Help the underground tribes, I will do my best to select and recruit candidates, if you want to disguise yourself to approach the main city of the dark elves, there is a way." ”

"What's the way?"

"Do you remember a slave trader named Duncan?"

Solomon laughed, "Of course, he is one of my enemies. ”

"He's secretly in our hands. "Gladao," Natalia, who directed the death of William's Majesty, was originally able to infiltrate the Wood Elves by impersonating his identity through his channel, and although we have investigated clearly in recent years, he may not have really participated in the murder of William's Majesty, but we have not intended to let him go, and have been looking for an opportunity to arrest him in China for interrogation and questioning. And this time the opportunity finally came, perhaps after many years, he let down his guard and was succeeded by us. If we agree to give him a way to live, we can take advantage of him, and his slaves and trade can approach the dark elves. ”

"Then ask this acquaintance for help, I'm going to go to Redern City myself. Solomon said. (To be continued......)