"Mr. X? Hehe, it's a lot like that mysterious and evil villain." After getting acquainted with Lucian, Lazar showed his enthusiastic and talkative and unrestrained personality.
Lucian smiled and said: "When I do something big that will alarm the entire magical world one day, I will leave a bloody X letter on the scene."
"Bloody X letter? It feels great! But why does it always remind me of the few words left by the professor when he killed the traitor in the purification sequence, it's really fascinatingly cold." Lazar was intoxicated by talking to himself, completely unaware that the face of his friend around him changed slightly.
As time went by, the reason why the professor was on the purification sequence was circulated, especially since Rogerio, who was sent by the Magic Council, still lived in Alto for a while.
"Hehe." Lucian laughed dryly twice, quickly changed the topic, and discussed Alin'e's famous alchemy shop.
While talking, the two quickly arrived at the "Magician Management Department", this time Lucian successfully activated the arcane badge, the deep black background color appeared with a faint light, and there were seven silver dots faintly flashing on it, a deep mystery.
This badge mainly records names, arcane points and arcane levels, and has no other magic effects, but according to Lazar, after becoming a mid-level arcanist, this badge will be fixed with a magic effect, and another constant at the advanced level, as well as similar magic badges.
"Evans, you decided to add an X after your name?" Eric asked seriously while watching Lucian put the arcane badge on his left chest, Lazar had already affectionately called Mr. X several times just now.
Lucian nodded solemnly: "Yes, Mr. Eric, what else do you have to do?"
"It's nothing, it's just a reminder to arrange your life and residence for a period of time to come as soon as possible, and then come to me to leave your contact address and method. By the way, when you reply to the invitation letter of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly", it is best to include it as well, maybe you will contact me often in the future. Please come in, the door is unlocked." Eric casually advised.
At this time, someone was knocking on the door of Eric's office.
Seeing that Eric still had something to do, Lucian and Lazar hurriedly took their leave.
"Mr. Eric seems to be busy......" Lucian glanced back.
Lazar seemed to have heard some joke and said: "Because he only works two days and fourteen hours a week, and the rest is his time to learn magic and conduct magic experiments. And the remuneration is generous, with an income of thirty Kintale or arcane points a month, which does not affect the usual earnings such as taking tasks and inventing magic."
"The ten deacons of the magician management department take turns doing things like this, it's really enviable, but it's a pity that only intermediate magicians have benefits."
Lucian spontaneously felt envious: "I have less time to work, I get paid more, and it seems to be very close to home, it's really a perfect job."
"If the council doesn't arrange it like this, not many intermediate magicians are willing to do this kind of tedious and low-status management work, after all, the main thing for magicians is to learn magic and arcane and improve their strength. Lazar is young, and it is the time when he is vigorous, so he naturally looks down on the kind of magician who is decadent and decadent and gives up hope.
His expression became serious: "By the way, Lucian, have you considered what you will mainly do in the future? Is it to conduct magic experiments and learning with peace of mind to make up for the arcane foundation, or to explore and complete tasks to obtain a lot of wealth, and then buy magic items and exchange them for potions, materials, etc. to improve your strength?"
"Learn and conduct magic experiments with peace of mind." Lucian has been living in a depressed state for more than a year and has experienced many dangers, so he is not in the mood to take risks for the time being.
Lazar's smile returned to normal: "Then I suggest you wait and choose a job at the magic school."
"Why?" Lucian also planned not to do any tasks or work, first concentrating on learning the arcane and magic knowledge in the library of the Magic Council, and then making other plans until he figured out the level of various fields of the Magic Council, made up for the basic knowledge, and advanced to the second ring.
Lazar smiled and said, "First of all, your guidance task can only be considered half completed, and then you can choose to teach two formal magic apprentices to become advanced and pass the routine inspection of the 'Apprentice Assessment Department', but you will not have a copper fair reward in this. You can also choose a job at a magic school, which not only has a salary, but also requires six apprentices to complete the task as long as six apprentices in the magic class you teach become senior, which is very easy."
"And I remember Lucian, you only have sixty Kintales and nine arcane points?"
"Yes." Lucian nodded honestly.
Lazar patted his palm gently: "Although this money is a wealth that ordinary commoners cannot save in a lifetime, for magicians, it is a stone thrown into the sea, and it cannot be splashed with much waves. As long as you want to gain more knowledge and master stronger powers, magicians are definitely the most expensive profession."
"Lucian, you need money to borrow books from the library, you need money to rent the 'Assisted Meditation Room', when conducting magic experiments, you need money for both the laboratory and the materials, and you still need money to analyze and release magic over and over again. Just to pay for daily needs, sixty Kintales can be used for about half a year. And when you level up, the materials you need will become more and more precious, and at that time, a magic experiment and a summoning attempt may consume sixty Kintale."
Lucian nodded slightly: "I once heard a saying that you can't be a good magician without enough wealth. Fortunately, the magician himself can get money by virtue of his strength."
"So in addition to taking quests, taking adventures, and refining magic items to obtain wealth, the council also provides two ways, one is that the higher the level of arcane and magic, the cheaper it is to buy materials and rent laboratories from the council, and the arcane points reward for high-level papers is very rich, plus the arcane points that are exchanged for new magic invented, which is enough for arcanists who are good at exploration and research to live a luxurious life after deducting magic consumption."
Lazar seemed to be very envious of this kind of arcanist, "The other is that several arcanists and magicians unite to put forward research ideas for arcane or magic in a certain field, and if they pass the approval of the council's 'Magic Research Committee', they will not only provide magic laboratories, alchemy devices, etc. for free, but also directly give a large number of arcane points, but unfortunately most of the similar research projects are led by high-level arcanists."
Lucian couldn't help but tugged at the corners of his mouth, and thought silently: "Is this the rhythm that will allow me to cheat funds in the future?"
"For us beginner magicians, if we don't want to explore or take on more dangerous tasks, we either have a good teacher who can learn and conduct magic experiments with us, or we can find a good thing to do. And going to a magic school is the favorite choice of beginner magicians."
Lazar tsked twice, "If Lucian, you become a teacher at the magic school, you only need to take ten classes and twenty hours a week, and the rest of the time will be arranged by yourself. Although there is only a salary of ten arcane points a month, Lucian, you have to remember that the magic learning laboratory can be used by teachers for free, the school's basic library can be read for free, and the materials for guiding apprentices to do experiments are also provided free of charge by the school......"
"How can I get such a good job?" To be honest, Lucian was moved, especially when he heard that both the magic laboratory and the basic library were free. How much money can you save! Lucian has always been a bit of a money fan.
Lazar patted Lucian on the shoulder: "Just based on the seven arcane points you earned on the first day, based on the evaluation of the word 'groundbreaking' on your arcane paper. Hehe, although the council has a 'support for remote magic school mission' that calls on low-level magicians to work as teachers in magic schools in several remote counties, I think you probably don't want to leave Alinge anytime soon, right?"
"Then I'll see if I can enter the five magic schools in Alinge." Lucian didn't expect that after taking the nickname "Professor", he would really become a magic teacher, which was really "complementary", "By the way, Lazar, is there any mandatory task in the council?"
Lucian remembered the matter of the Pale Hand.
"Yes, one a year. But at the lower levels, only mentoring tasks are mandatory, after all, the council wants us to learn magic with peace of mind and grow up as soon as possible. After becoming a mid-level magician, if the task is too dangerous relative to your own strength, you can pay a certain price in exchange for a new mission." Lazar had no objection to this, because there was no task that was forced to die.
Lucian was relieved and nodded slightly: "This is the best."
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The "mission area" of the five districts consists of silver-gray metal counters, each with a dark green magic water curtain behind it, which displays tasks issued by the council, submitted by magicians, and issued by nobles or merchants.
Lazar and Lucian looked around and saw that there was no one in front of the counter, so they walked over,
Behind the counter was an ordinary-looking middle-aged lady, who asked lukewarmly: "Are you taking on the task or handing it over?"
"Submit task completion." Lucian handed her the certificate presented by the "Apprentice Assessment Department" along with the magic badge.
The middle-aged lady took the document and looked at it, wrote a few words on it, then placed it and the magic badge on the magic circle engraved on the right side of the silver-gray counter, and then pulled the rope, ringing Lucian's familiar bell and silver light.
When the light disappeared, there was an extra piece of parchment in the magic circle - in order to teleport in the magic circle, you had to use parchment paper that had been specially treated by magic means instead of ordinary white paper.
The middle-aged lady picked it up and glanced at it, and said coldly: "Lucian Evans, the task is half completed, will you guide the apprentices selected by the council alone next, or will you accept the 'Supporting Remote Magic School Mission'?"
As she spoke, she took out the basic books on arcane and magic that seemed to be ready at any time, and piled them up in a thick stack.
"I want to apply for admission to one of the five magic schools in Alinge." Lucian replied politely.
The middle-aged woman raised her eyes and snorted coldly: "Don't waste my time, please make a choice."
"Could it be that the council forbade me from applying to the five magic schools in Alinge?" Lucian saw that she had a bad attitude, but he still kept his calm and honest.
The middle-aged woman glanced at Lucian: "No. But you're an Ancient Legacy Sorcerer and only arrived at the Council yesterday, so I think you're wasting your time. Even with a formal arcanist level, I have no hope of entering the five magic schools in Alinge, what do you use to pass the application? Please choose the mission as soon as possible, otherwise I will complain to the 'Magician Management Department' that you are disrupting the normal operation of the mission area."
"Since there is no prohibition and you refuse to apply for Lucian, I will complain to the 'Affairs Committee' that you violate the 'Mission Area Management Law'." Lazar snapped, a warm and kind person like him was enraged by his arrogant attitude.
Seeing that Lazar was familiar with the rules, unlike a new ancient inheritance magician, and Lucian was also seriously looking at the first-level arcanist, second-ring magician badge and mission area management nameplate on his left chest, the middle-aged woman "Lovett" said angrily: "Since you want to waste time, then waste it. Kindly remind you that you still don't know how to be grateful."
Then she took out a document from the counter and handed it to Lucian along with the quill, urging him to fill it out quickly.
Above are names, ages, magician ranks, arcanist ranks, magic factions that are good at and papers that have passed the review, new magic, etc.
Lucian thought for a while, and after filling in the first few items, he also transcribed the specific evaluation of his paper.
After urging several times, the middle-aged woman Lovett took Lucian's document with a shy face, and when she looked closely, her expression immediately darkened: "Is this true? If you cheat, you will be severely punished!"
"You can check my arcane badge." Lucian handed over the arcane badge with an expressionless face.
Lovett looked at the seven silver dots with a dark face, then put the document and the two badges into the magic circle, pulling the bell.
Then she half-closes her eyes, as if praying for something.
The speed of feedback was very fast, and after ten minutes, the magic circle lit up with a pale green light, and the bell rang rapidly.
Lovett looked at the documents and badges inside like a flood beast, and then gritted his teeth and picked it up.
She just swept it slightly, and her face immediately collapsed, so black that it seemed to drip water.
Taking the document from the silent Lovett, Lucian took a look:
"In view of the faction that Mr. Evans is good at, we arrange for you to enter the Douglas School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Transitional chapters, so more than 3,900 words are given to everyone.
(End of this chapter)