Lord of Arcane

Chapter 727 New Era Persuasion
"Uncle Eberke, Mage Depak, let me give you the simplest example. I went to Severton a few days ago, and a brand new communication magic weapon has appeared there, priced at 1500 gold coins. How much do you think they cost?"

"At least 5 gold coins!"

"If Tilak and the others make it, the cost will be less than 300 gold coins!"

"This is impossible!"

Not only Eberke and De Parker showed disbelief, but even Niya showed a somewhat hesitant expression, "Xia Duo, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true! Don't you guys pay attention to Tilak's research room at all?"

"Is it [Eternal Magic]?! Did they research it?" Abeck, who knew more about the inside story, asked immediately.

"Not just permanent magic, permanent magic can only reduce the cost of materials, and a magic item, the finished material can only account for a small amount, and the real majority is labor, the labor cost of the caster!"

Afterwards, Xia Duo summoned the tower spirit, pulled out a projection, and said to Eberke and others: "Look, this is the scene in the 021 workshop on the public floor. What did you think of?"

There is a production line in the 021 workshop. Of course, the official wizard-level magic technicians are not in place yet, and there are only apprentice-level technicians for the time being.

But these alone give a glimpse of the whole picture.

From the beginning of the production line, a small mithril ingot has gone through multiple rounds of inspections and entered the alchemy circle. Magic technicians with the ability to cast spells skillfully perform auxiliary line drawing, shaping and other processes on it.

After that, it turns into a standard component and flows into the hands of the next apprentice. After multiple comparisons with standard measuring scales, it flows into the final assembly line.

Finally, together with other mithril components, it is assembled into the core of the magic item, and finally sealed by a skilled craftsman using a magic scroll. (This is considered a semi-finished product. The encapsulation and subsequent links to magic nets and inspections need to be done by a formal mage, and there is a shortage of people now)

In a short period of time, Eberke and others witnessed the manufacturing process of each mithril component, as well as the scene of a semi-finished crystal ball being put into a wooden box.

Seven or eight crystal balls have been neatly stacked in that wooden box, and a row of similar small wooden boxes has been placed in a corner of the workshop.

Xia Duo turned off the projection and continued to explain:

"This is the current team of magic technicians in the Tower of Time. Through them, the production cost of any magic item can be reduced by at least [-]%. Of course, don't think that this kind of production method of division of labor and cooperation is only available in the Tower of Time, Severton Many mage towers over there have already done this!"

Of course, Xia Duo frightened them with these words. Although he guessed that there was a division of labor and cooperative production of the mage tower on Sevington, he was not sure how far it would go.

However, with the live demonstration of the Tower of Time's own magic mechanic, no matter how much he exaggerates others, it will not appear too obtrusive.

In fact, Xia Duo had already mentioned to Abeck and Niya that there might be a new production method in Sevington, but they didn't pay attention to it.

"From now to the future, the production of magic items has entered the era of cost reduction competition. Even if you are unwilling to accept it, other Mage Towers will not take care of your feelings! In the future, none of the products of the Tower of Time will be sold. Time, I can’t wait to regret it again!”

Seeing the high-efficiency OEM scene of the Tower of Time with their own eyes, coupled with Xia Duo's well-intentioned persuasion, Eberke and De Parker finally accepted this reality, but——

"What does this have to do with actively training low-level mages? Aren't there many apprentices now?"

"It has a lot to do with it. Once the competition starts, the comparison is who can have the cheaper industrial workers. What can be cheaper than treating the spell casters as ordinary people! The more spell casters, the lower the natural cost, and at the same time It is related to the essence of competition, that is, the strength of each mage tower itself, if the strength is too weak, why guard such a large market!"

After all, whether it is selling magic items to make money, or other ways to make money, only when the Tower of Time itself is strong can it have the confidence to do those things!
In order for the Tower of Time itself to be strong, in addition to improving quality, quantity is also very important. After all, even a great arcanist is not strong enough to ignore the number of (casters).

After finishing speaking, Xia Duo looked left and right again, and said in a low voice: "Don't you think that there are too few people in the Tower of Time? The Seven Towers rely on a large amount of territory input to maintain generations of great arcanists. The Tower of Time Woolen cloth?"

Of course, these words are exaggerated and fictitious, and they selectively ignore that the Tower of Time is a bloodline inheritance, while the Seven Towers have actually become an inheritance of crowd selection.

It's just that Xia Duo is already standing at the apex of the Tower of Time's best talent, and also at the apex of power. It's not too unreasonable to say this, and it's easy for people to subconsciously ignore the possibility of being surpassed by others .

Of course, as far as Xia Duo himself is concerned, he is not worried about bad consequences caused by being surpassed by others. After all, there are still scruples inside the Seven Towers.

Furthermore, Niya's great-grandfather, great arcanist Saville is about to return, and the Tower of Time will be one of the proper Nether Sixteen Permanents. A talented great arcanist from the Tower of Time will only increase the number of Towers of Time. the weight of.

On the practical level, it’s still the same sentence, without the permission of the superior (usually a mentor), it is almost impossible for a new grand arcanist to appear, and if he feels threatened, he will be wiped out immediately, so there is no chance for him to continue to be promoted!

……

Hearing Xia Duo's almost naked hint, Eberke's heart was moved immediately. If he didn't feel anything before, he now knows that in the future, manpower competition is needed, a large number of people is needed, and even more people are needed to give birth to a great arcanist.

There is almost no second way to go. Enrollment must be expanded and students must be actively cultivated!
"I agree, but it needs to be observed for a period of time. If the effect is not good or something unexpected happens, I hope to stop immediately!"

"of course!"

Xia Duo naturally readily agreed to Eberke's old-fashioned words. He knew that once the college-style collective training started, it would be difficult to stop.

Under the pressure of reality, the temptation of painting cakes, and perhaps some ideal influences, he finally convinced Eberke and De Parker.

As for Niya, Xia Duo is not worried, young people are always willing to accept new things!

……

After finalizing the transfer of the low-level mage relationship with De Parker, Xia Duo left in a hurry. Transferring the relationship between the low-level mages is very simple on paper, just a change of data.

But those living people are in trouble. To arrange study and work for them, so that the Academic Affairs Office can truly become the Academic Affairs Office, this cannot be solved in a few words.

(End of this chapter)