Chapter 368 Lucian's Plan (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Weekend? So fast?" Hearing Florence's voice that looked quite lazy after the electromagnetic transmission operation, Lucian was very strange, with the stinginess of His Excellency Maurice, he would make the ring so quickly? Now there are only two days left until the weekend!
Alinge is not like the city of Psalm Aalto, and weekends are generally Sundays.
Florence seemed to be covering her mouth and smiling: "This time you were almost 'abducted' by someone in Elemental Will, and the teacher felt very embarrassed, so he accelerated the progress of ring making."
After a pause, she stopped laughing and became a little serious: "At least, after you wear the three Holm crown rings and the 'Immortal Throne' robe, you have a certain possibility of saving your life against high-level magicians."
"Really?" Lucian was even more strange, the high-ranking officials of the elemental will definitely didn't know that they had already recognized the initial materialization of the world and could use high-level items three times in a row, so where did they get the confidence to face the high-level magician to save their lives?
Florence giggled and said, "Constant magic is very good, the teacher didn't skimp on materials, the magic combination of the two rings is great, so he regretted it after making it, hehe, he even wanted to cancel the award banquet to save this insignificant amount of money."
This is really the style of His Excellency Morris, Lucian asked a little expectantly: "Ms. Florence, which two seven-ring magic are constant?"
"Well, keep it a secret, it will be clear when you get it." Florence smiled and teased Lucian, "Maintaining curiosity and anticipation is the secret of youth."
Zizizi, the electromagnetic communication was interrupted, leaving Lucian helplessly flipping through books such as "The Book of Astrology and Elements" and "Advanced Magic" to guess what kind of magic effect his two rings and a magic robe would have if they would each have a constant magical effect.
The shrunken Avery lay on the sofa, looking at his salary for the month repeatedly with relish.
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Shining Basilica, a retreat room.
The Speaker of the House of Lords, Duke Rex, the "King's Griffin", is meeting with Cardinal Philippe, the magnate of the Court, Bahá'u'lláh, and others.
"Rex, I understand what you mean, and I agree with this idea, and I will report it to the Holy City." There was no anger on Philippe's face, only a little tiredness.
In the Kingdom of Holm and three other countries, the strength of the church is completely disadvantaged, after all, the branches of the Magic Council are concentrated in a few cities, most of the legendary magicians are in Alinge, and the church is scattered among the strong, and if you want to gather it, you have to worry about other forces.
Stone, the leader of the Knights of the Holy Grail, who had always been very eager to go to war, was also quite calm at this time: "We are relieved to know the attitude of the nobles, and I hope that when the opportunity arises, you can cooperate well. We will work hard to calm down this time."
Stone is not a fool, he has to choose the most difficult path, and waiting for the opportunity to win over the nobles is not to back down, not to violate his knightly creed.
Although Bahá'u'lláh and Valenhill were not very satisfied, it was worth exchanging this incident for a change in the attitude of the nobles of Holm, Calais, Briana and other countries.
"But according to the information I know, James, Russell and other nobles are more inclined to the Magic Council, I don't know what Rex, you can do?" Philippe Bell raised the issue of division within the nobility.
Rex nodded stiffly and seriously: "There are actually very few so-called enlightened nobles who are biased towards the Magic Council, accounting for only about ten% of the number of nobles in the kingdom, less than half of the strength of the nobles who are close to the church, and most of the other nobles are neutral, but they absolutely do not reject the church, as long as it can be in their interests and create a situation that does not allow them to waver, they will completely fall to us."
"Rex, you forgot, most nobles are in agreement with the lord, and you are not the king of Holm, nor are you the heir to the throne." Stone is a holy knight and knows the mentality of the nobles better, and if the interests do not reach the point where the nobles lose their minds, they will definitely "rally around the lord". Even the most stupid nobles understand that once they trample their loyalty to their lord on the ground at will, they will only fall apart and rely on the help of the church to maintain their rule and lose their independent status.
Rex was silent for a moment, and his voice became low: "I am sure to persuade His Majesty the King."
"His Majesty Feltis is already old, and his knightly level is not high, and he may be called by the Lord within a few years, are you sure you will find an opportunity in a few years?" Felibel shook his head slightly, as a cleric who had been treating Feltis for a long time, he knew very well about Feltis' physical condition, knowing that he was old and would not live for a few years, which was a trend that could not be reversed by divine magic.
Rex's face was gloomy and he didn't deny it.
Felibel looked at the others and continued in a flat tone: "And Prince Patrick is too biased towards the Magic Council."
"Well, Prince Patrick is too biased towards the Magic Council." Rex repeated in a low voice.
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At 8 p.m. on Sunday, the Elemental Will Alinge Branch was lit up and the cups were staggered.
"Lucian, President Morris will be in a bad mood for a long time this time, and there is nothing particularly important, so it's best not to look for him." Gaston held a wine glass and teased Maurice for "pretending to smile" to entertain other high-level magicians.
Several members of the Arcane Review Committee naturally gathered together, surrounded by their respective students, friends, and magicians such as Larry, Ulysse, K, and Lazar from the Lucian Atomic Institute.
Lucian shook his head and smiled: "After the door of the microscopic world opens, there may be many major contributions worthy of going down in history in the elemental field, and Your Excellency Morris has to adapt to this situation in advance."
"Really?" Morris's voice emerged from behind everyone like a ghost, with a strong "gritted teeth" in his tone.
He and Florence and other sociable executives came back after greeting a circle of guests, and when he heard Lucian's words, he immediately felt like he was shot in the heart by a sharp arrow.
"Of course, this is a completely new field, a field that involves the deep mysteries of matter." Lucian seemed to be unaware of Morris's "hatred" and said frankly to the committee members, "So I suggest that the Holm Crown Award be changed to be awarded once a year."
"What, awarded once a year? This is absolutely not good!" Morris's voice was slightly higher, and his expression was "serious".
Florence looked at Lucian with a smile, not understanding why he was provoking his teacher, and the other Elemental Will executives also looked over amused and strange.
Lucian smiled indifferently: "If there is no achievement worthy of awarding the Holm Crown Award in a year, then it is directly vacant, and if there are several, only one award a year, so as to avoid the pain of awarding several rings at once, and it is best to award them at a fixed time to make the magicians of the council full of expectations."
"This is a good idea!" Morris "strongly agrees."
"The problem is that this only delays the number of years the ring is issued, and does not fundamentally reduce the loss of the warehouse." Seeing her teacher smiling, Florence couldn't help but hit him, and at the same time looked at Lucian with a smile, what exactly did he want to do?
She didn't believe that a guy like Lucian would make suggestions aimlessly.
Lucian shook his glass and smiled: "No matter the materials or money, they will not grow in the warehouse, but what if they are used to invest in money-making projects? What is the annuity return that can be received if a Holm Crown Ring is postponed for one year? Anyway, sooner or later it will belong to someone else, so why not use it to earn some annuity income? A pool of stagnant water can only slowly decay, and the flowing spring water will be clear for a long time."
"What do you want to do?" Morris and the others were not fools, and at this point, how could they not understand Lucian's thoughts.
Lucian smiled: "I talked to Mr. Arthur Doyle of Holm Mining Union Bank, he is very interested in using the electricity converted by water flow, such as reducing the materials and requirements of magic crystal lamps, promoting them to the nobility, such as transforming the magic that retains sound into alchemical items, such as building magic towers extensively or using other methods to greatly reduce the level of electromagnetic communication.
Morris and the others knew quite well about Lucian's hard work through Jin Kula, and they all nodded slightly at this time, sounding very good.
Lucian continued to smile and said, "The most important thing is that once nobles, citizens, and farmers are adapted to a life where magic is popular, their faith in the church will be shaken and diminished. We magicians really don't need the help and trust of ordinary people, but since the church is widely preaching, it means that they must have a certain level of demand in this area, and what the enemy wants is what we must destroy!"
"When the foundation of the church's existence is shaken, then they are not far from decline."
"This is the general trend brought about by the development of magic, and in front of it, any attempt to block it will be completely crushed!"
"Let's discuss this matter in a few days." Morris was quite "excited" and turned to the higher-ups of the other elemental wills.
Seeing that no one objected, Lucian really laughed in his heart, such a promotion of alchemy items would definitely be frantically counterattacked by the church in the middle stage, if he ate alone, other magicians would definitely laugh at the bystanders, so it was better to take the opportunity to pull the elemental will onto the chariot.
Greed is okay, but it can't blind reason.
Morris, who was in a good mood, climbed onto the half-height platform in front of him and said to all the guests:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the development of arcane and magic is roaring like a steam train, bringing unprecedented change, and today we are presenting the Holm Crown Award to two outstanding arcanists for their outstanding contributions in the field of elemental and alchemical magic."
"First of all, we invite Mr. Lucian Evans, the 'Elemental Order', to come up."
When Lucian stood aside, Morris began to deliver his award speech: "He discovered new particles, opened the door to the microscopic world, and made pioneering and groundbreaking contributions to the development of elemental magic. His research in the field of elements is extremely important and may bring us a new microscopic era!"
He took out a uniquely shaped ring, like two silver rings intertwined, with an azure pure gemstone inlaid in the center, shining brightly and very beautifully.
"The Elemental Will and the Royal Academy of Magic of Holm thank Mr. Evans for his great promotion of the development of elemental magic with this ring, it is the thirtieth Crown of Holm, and its name is 'Electron'."
"Origin" is the twenty-eighth piece, and "Ionization" is the twenty-ninth, so Lucian is awarded first, and "Origin" is reissued, placed after "electron".
In the applause, Lucian took the ring, and the inner layer of the ring read, "819 Holm Crown, thank you Mr. Lucian Evans."
The initial substantive cognitive world allowed Lucian to quickly leave a mark on his spiritual power and obtain the information about the ring.
"Holm's crown ring 'electronic', a seventh-level perfect magic item (one layer of seal), requires mental strength to reach the level of a high-level magician to break the seal and exert its full power."
"This one-of-a-kind ring is powerful with its constant seven-ring magic 'Anti-Magic Ray'!"
Asking for a few monthly passes, there is only a few votes difference from the previous one! Although it doubled at the end of the month, it was better to stay at the top of the overall list~
(End of this chapter)