Chapter 250: The reward for the Mithril project—can’t afford it?!
The bald magician exclaimed, then turned to face the wall of the hall, no longer looking at Gretel. The magician's original magic is everyone's most precious secret, so forget it by accident. Now that you have discovered that it is someone else's original work,
It's better to be more conscious.
Gestures, spells, materials...
Don't look, don't see anything, don't listen!
The bald magician covered his ears, turned his back to Gretel, and squatted on the spot with his head in his hands. However, covering his ears could not stop the sound from spreading, and he heard mumbling behind him, one after another:
"Oh, sorry, I just relaxed a little...I'll try again!"
boom!
"emmm, it was quite successful, but it's a bit difficult to control... I'll try again..."
boom!!!
"Well, as expected... it's still easy to control and powerful, but it's too troublesome to bring up... I'll try again..."
boom!
"The power has increased, but it's still easy to explode..."
"What are you doing squatting here?"
When the bald magician turned around, he saw Aurora squatting next to him, looking at him with eyes as bright as her blond hair. That friendly and curious look reminded the bald magician of the hound he raised, which also had such a golden retriever...
He smiled awkwardly, released a hand covering his ears, and pointed behind his back. However, after all, he was not in the habit of squatting, so with such a finger, his whole body shook. Aurora simply pulled him up:
"What are you squatting for? You didn't mean to stare. You accidentally saw nothing. It's not like the boss's magic can be learned at a glance. Besides, according to his temperament, the paper and the magic for exchange are probably coming out soon...
…”
"How do you know?" The bald magician looked surprised. Brother, although I don't know why you, a fifth-level magician, called that boss, but he is your boss after all! It's really good for you to be the boss of your boss.
?
"Because I am the person responsible for writing the paper..." Aurora was dejected, and her ears almost drooped.
What, the boss came up with the idea and you are responsible for writing the paper? So happy? The bald magician was surprised and envious at the same time. It was a little funny to see Aurora like this, and there was a thin layer of red on his bald head. Just when he was about to continue asking,
A cry came from behind:
"Auro!"
"Why!!!"
Aurora jumped over happily.
The bald magician shook his head, smiled to himself, and stood up on his knees. He heard rustling behind him:
"Oluo, try this... just use this as the casting material. Didn't you use sulfur as the casting material for the fireball spell? Try this instead. Be careful, it's very easy to explode, and it's a bit difficult to control!"
"Okay boss! Boss, please step back and hide in the corner over there. I'll give you another shield..."
boom!!!
"Wow, boss, you really came up with something amazing..."
However, Aurora is only a fifth-level magician, and he can only cast four or five third-level fireballs a day. Increase the amount of powder, and then increase the amount of powder, and use oxygen and nitrocellulose as casting materials.
After trying the trick several times, he exhausted all his mental energy and had to raise his hands to surrender:
"Boss, I can't do it anymore...let's try again tomorrow..."
"Tomorrow?" Gretel looked at the time and was still a little unsatisfied: "It's less than half an hour. So, how about we try to blow up rocks again?"
He lowered the defensive force field in front of him, raised his feet and walked in. Aurora rushed forward and dragged him:
"Boss, boss, you go back to sleep first! You don't have to do these things! We make things, test them, etc., and we can send out tasks! Yes, send out tasks!"
He was so scared that his mental energy had been exhausted. If the boss's defense skills were broken, he would have no time to make up for it... He would be in trouble every minute!
"Send a mission?"
Gretel hesitated. Aurora nodded desperately:
"Many people do this! We write the basic framework of the thesis and leave the rest of the work to others! It's very convenient! Many magicians are willing to take it! Give some compensation, or give two or three works, there are many
People come to rob, such as..."
"Like me!" The bald magician rushed to interject:
"I don't want any reward, just give me three works! I am the disciple of Master Manning, Baruch Crisp. I can sign a magic contract and never reveal it! Of course, it is best if you can teach me that new magic.
——I don’t ask for free! Can I exchange it at half price?”
Grete and Aurora smiled at each other.
This test lasted until late at night. Then, Gretel took the elevator upstairs by the familiar route, got into Dr. Carlisle's guest room, and fell asleep. The miserable Aurora spread the manuscript paper on the desk outside the guest room and stayed up late.
write thesis……
The next morning, papers on the entire mithril smelting solution, especially papers on new explosives and improved fire magic, were placed on the desk of Master Carlisle. In less than half an hour, Master Carlisle
He personally held the paper and sent it to the legendary mage.
"The little guy has quite an idea." The Lord of Thunder slowly sipped his coffee, flipped through a few pages, and praised him. After flipping through the pages from beginning to end, he raised his head and looked at his disciple:
"Go and make arrangements, try all the things that can be burned and exploded, and see what the results will be if you make the casting materials. Then, ask the little guy if he is willing to authorize this newly made explosive -
—”
Having said this, the master and the disciple laughed at the same time. So far, Gretel has never refused to authorize anything he has brought out. Sometimes he even wants to get rid of it quickly. With a character like his
, it is also a bit rare among magicians, so I have to take care of it as a teacher:
"Well, you should arrange for people to talk about it at the judging panel and the alchemy workshop. Don't treat the little guy badly, including the remuneration for completing the questions and the authorization ratio."
As expected, Dr. Carlisle went straight to the review meeting. The reward for the Mithril production increase project is always on the parliament's task list: as long as it makes some appreciable results, it is 100 research points and 200 contribution points.
However, this number obviously does not satisfy the architect:
"It's already a 10-fold increase now! Not counting the new mining methods and the increase in ore production! How many times did those who received bounties in the past increase? Is it double? Fifty percent? Thirty percent?"
"Then how much do you think we should give him?"
The master of change department couldn't help but rub his forehead: "The standard for getting rewards before was to increase production by 20%, give 100 points, and 200 contribution points. This time, increase production 10 times, give 5,000 points, and 10,000 contribution points? There is no such thing
reason!"
The amount is too high, but more importantly, these rewards are paid for by the demand side. Recently, Gretel has made too much money in the alchemy workshop——
The microscopes are the same, the pencils are the same, and even the shadowless lamps of Black Crow Swamp have recently ordered 10 units. If this continues, it will feel like half of the alchemy workshop is working for Gretel...
Oh, for Gretel’s new magic tower, the alchemy workshop is still preparing materials, and the drawings are being discussed repeatedly with the protection department. It looks like another big expense, and if this continues, the accounts will be unbalanced!
"His plan is indeed very useful, but don't tell me you don't know. The cost is also much higher. To smelt the finished product, it occupies a laboratory all year round and is operated by two chemists; to refine the semi-finished product requires the use of fire gas, and
It occupies two laboratories all year round. The gas in the big iron bottle has exploded twice in the past few days. Fortunately, it is blocked by the force field wall..."
What’s even more troublesome is that the production of these things is all work of the energy plasticity system! Except for the Babel Tower and the Thunder Tower, there are no other places in the entire Igor Peak that have force-field-constrained thunder batteries. Instead of using thunder batteries, everyone can
The magician used electric magic to chop...
The Alchemy Workshop has tried it on its own, and the results are impressive.
When did their transmutation system become stuck in the production of alchemy products with the evocation system?
After all, Mithril production has increased tenfold, yes, but the cost of Mithril production has more than doubled than in the past!
"Ahem, you can't say that." Old Sam interrupted gently:
"First of all, the Magic Council's demand for mithril is too great. Even if the cost is doubled, the general account will still make a profit. Secondly, you haven't noticed that with these new methods, we can produce mithril ourselves without relying on dwarves.
? This alone is worthy of our giving him a heavy reward!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the review meeting nodded. Only the great magician of the transformation department still retorted angrily:
"Then you can't reward too much! With 5,000 research points, how many levels do you want to push his research level to? Five levels? Six levels? Seven levels? Don't you think it's too much? There are also ten thousand contribution points——
He can do so many tricks even without money, but with 10,000 contribution points, he can go to heaven!!!"
Uh... Even Master Carlisle didn't dare to answer these words. Gretel is now a fourth-level arcanist and a third-level magician. He is already the subject of special protection by the Magic Council. He must work hard to hide it. The Tower of Babel will give him one.
Keep your eyes on it at all times. If the research level is pushed higher...
shudder.
Let’s talk about money. Before, Gretel was able to cause a small plague with nothing but a white wolf. With 10,000 contribution points, he can customize a mage tower and blow it up!
"But--"
"Let's talk to him. Is there any relatively expensive magic equipment that he urgently needs? Customize a batch for him, and the price will be within the 10,000 contribution points? What else does he lack? A magic staff? An amplification method.
Weapon? Demon pet?
By the way, the little guy doesn’t have a fixed place to live in Nevis yet, right? It’s not a good idea to live in the laboratory all the time. Let’s see if there is any convenience in the council’s property and allocate a house to him. It will be included in the reward.
It’s—”
So Gretel was carried to Carlisle's office with a confused look on his face.
"Magic equipment? I need it!" Gretel came up with a lot of them without thinking:
"Precision balance! Centrifuge! Oscillator! Two dozen pipettes first! Acidometer! Chromatograph! UV spectrophotometer! Oh, by the way, give me a set of ammeter and voltmeter!"
"Stop, stop, stop, stop - what do you want?!"
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