Chapter 25: Successfully advanced
Finally, there is the last magic left - Summoning Golem. This so-called apprentice-level magic is the most difficult and the easiest one.
There are such disparate evaluations because the essence of this magic is to sacrifice as a reward in exchange for the short-term allegiance under the transaction of alien creatures. And the common currency on the alien plane is the magic stone that contains energy. Even if it's just some magic stone powder, it's easy to summon a lowly clay puppet.
But if you want to summon it purely by your own magic power, the difficulty is not the same. The correct spell──Even a single syllable error is not allowed──, the correct target──if you summon an elemental prince-level existence, if you can’t control it, it’s a dead word──, and you need to cooperate with protective magic── To avoid being impacted by the energy of the alien plane and causing damage──, it is possible to summon a golem. And you have to make sure that your mana is enough to last until the end of the spell, or you will be asked for it if you are sucked dry.
Amidst the expected difficulties, Kaya asked for no extra help. She just calmed down, took a few deep breaths, wiped the sweat from her hands on her robe, and then lightly twirled the short wand, ready to cast the spell for the last time.
The suppressed sound of incantations echoed in my ears, and the short wand drew mysterious patterns one after another in the air. The trajectory of magic power interweaved in mid-air, eroding towards the deeper part of the world. In the dark, it seemed to hear a distant response, a sound, revealing the emotion of longing.
The inspector at the side couldn't help thinking that this was the most dangerous moment. Because those responses may contain the voices of demons or inhabitants of the abyss, waiting for the opportunity to come to the world. One mistake, the death of the caster can only be regarded as a trivial matter. There is no upper limit to the scale of damage.
The tone of the voice suddenly rose, and the rapid curse sound seemed to be negotiating with the existence in the dark, and the summoning came to the final stage.
The inspector quietly activated a few protective magics, and once again confirmed that all the equipment on his body was positioned and ready to function at any time. He even secretly activated a secret function of the assessment room, the large magic circle of the exile technique. It was the magic used to instantly throw everything in the examination room into an unknown plane before the unmanageable crisis situation expanded.
As for other irrelevant people within the scope, I can only say sorry helplessly. This is a secret function that only the owner of Sita, the president of the association, and the inspectors know about, and everyone hopes that they will never use it.
The incantation will usher in the final stage, and the onlookers stretched their necks. No matter what the result is, it will become a topic of conversation for a long time. But the great magician, who is the inspector, is worried. It's been a long time since anyone played summoning like this. Thinking of the worst outcome, he couldn't maintain his usual calmness.
"Heed my call, come to this world and obey my call, Jerome."
Jerome? who? It was the only thing on the inspector's mind, and it didn't sound like the name of one of those notorious demon princes. Shouldn't be too bad?
The sound of the incantation stopped, and the examination room was silent, and everyone held their breath. It's just... as if nothing happened?
"Kuangdang!"
The sudden loud noise startled everyone. Looking carefully, it was a metal iron ball that fell from the original shelf and fell to the ground, and then there was a rolling sound. The eyes on the scene followed the rolling of the iron ball and came all the way to Kaya, the person being examined.
The iron ball that stopped rolling suddenly protruded, and then returned to its original shape. Then there were protrusions in different parts one after another, and then recovered, as if a creature wanted to break out of the eggshell. After a short while of calm, the iron ball suddenly jumped into the air, turned around out of thin air, grew limbs, and landed firmly on the ground. There is no head, but on the chest, two groups of blue flames ignited. Everyone at the scene felt that the flame seemed to bring a kind of spy, looking directly at the souls of everyone.
"Squeak." Kaya herself was the first to break the silence. Before the magic of animal conversation was broken, she said directly: Mouse, where are you? I want a target to smash and see.
Mouse: Playing with the mouse, **** girl. I don't want to accompany you.
"Tsk." She slammed her mouth, and Kaya didn't have a chance to continue to argue, because the inspector had already come to him, looking at the steel golem... although it was a super small one. Like a big, muscular man, but only the size of a palm, he was held in the hands of the old man and held up in front of him to admire.
"It's amazing." Iron golems were not uncommon to be summoned, but rather rare by someone of apprentice rank. Even though it was such a small-sized golem, in the palm of his hand, he could see that it was not a low-level spirit body from the vivid appearance of observing the surroundings.
When he realized that there was a pair of big eyes looking at him beside him, the inspector quickly recovered and said, "Of course, of course, son, you have passed the examination, which is very exciting." Handing the small iron golem in his hand to out, and asked: "Then, child, what are you going to do with it?"
Put the iron golem back on the ground, and let it stumble like a child. Kaya took her small bag from the companion who came to her side. Picking out a Hongyao grade magic stone that was not bad in appearance, he said: "The teacher once said that when dealing with a summoned object, sending it back is as important as summoning it." While speaking, he knelt down and handed the magic stone to To the Iron Golem.
Although there was no order, they were still paid. Suddenly, a misty vortex appeared in midair, casting soft white light on the iron golem. The spirit body attached to it seemed to leave with the light, and the puppet's body returned to the original iron ball.
Although the girl struggled to hold the iron ball, she was no longer able to perform the magic of Light Object or Great Strength, so Kaya could only use her strength to return the iron ball to its original shelf.
So far, the apprenticeship assessment has been successfully completed. According to the records, a total of III (3) people have become official magicians, XI (11) people have been promoted to second-ring apprentices, and IV (4) people have become first-ring apprentices. And the last puppet summoning became the subject of discussion among most apprentices for a period of time. After all, it was suspected that the Holy Spirit was summoned, but it was not kept, but sent back on the spot.
Afterwards, someone asked the black-haired and brown-skinned girl why she didn't keep the iron golem that she worked so hard to summon. The girl's answer was helpless.
"But the iron that makes up the golem's body belongs to the association's property. It's not that I can take it away if I want to. Besides, I don't want to bring an iron lump home."
What a petty answer for a child. The ownership of the item, in this situation, the association has many accommodations to solve it. Not to mention the weight of the iron ball, the material is not rare, and it is not impossible to buy half and give half. However, the more reason should be the second half of the sentence, it's just that I don't want to take an iron lump with me.
The next day after passing the assessment, the two girls welcomed a guest in the guest house, a senior manager from the chamber of commerce. In addition to bringing congratulations, there is also the remuneration due to their teachers, including the Xbar (10000) Keir agreed by the mall system, and three Tripwood's magics. After the sale, the association commission is deducted. XbarXbarMMDCLXI (22661) Kiel, with an account book for people to use for reconciliation.
Such a huge sum of money, of course, is not a direct transfer of more than 30,000 gold coins, but a withdrawal form issued by the chamber of commerce and certified by the association.
Since the purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to serve magicians, a large customer base is tower owners from all over the world. For the huge amount of money and goods coming and going, although they are all transported by the Chamber of Commerce's horse team and escort, it is still quite inconvenient.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Affiliated Chamber of Commerce of the Magicians Association, there were often carriages and horses transporting the subsidy and rewards of a certain tower owner, and at the same time transporting the supplies of the tower. After arriving, pay the money first, then order and deliver the goods, then collect the money, and then **** a sum of money back.
There are many such things, and new business models will emerge. In Lin's view, it is similar to the banking business on the earth. However, to keep the money for the magicians, the Chamber of Commerce does not charge storage fees or interest. Magicians will not use the vouchers issued by the Chamber of Commerce to conduct transactions between them, it is simply a place to put money. It is more like the stored value system of some online shopping malls on the earth.
And the mission of the visiting senior manager is of course not only to send withdrawal vouchers and account books, he also has to come to conduct transactions with the representatives of the Tower of the Great Sage. And this is a customer who has been explained above and needs special care. Because the mall system, which is being prepared in full swing, comes from the hands of the two guests in front of them, the instructors they belong to.
Hallomi proudly took out a pair of long scrolls. It records all the items that Lin wants to buy, which are divided into three categories. The first category is the must-buy. Most of them are food supplies and materials for the girls' meditation room.
The second category is that if you have enough money, you can buy it. Most of them are some magic materials, including medicine, metallurgy, magic circle, enchantment and so on. But they are all relatively common things, and there are no quite expensive rare items.
The third category is whether you can buy it or not. It is simply the extent to which Lin is suddenly interested in some knowledge and buys something for experimentation. There are some relatively rare things, but that is only for the southwestern border of the mainland where the Xijia branch is located, and there are still a lot of production in other areas.
The sub-chamber and the chamber of commerce affiliated to the sub-chamber will occasionally purchase some special resources from various places, and then provide them to the magicians in the area for purchase. Of course, the quantity will not be large, and sometimes it will be out of stock. But at this time, it will be handled by the way of delivery after ordering.
And for these hundreds of items, after the price given by the senior managers of the Chamber of Commerce based on experience and simple calculations was deducted from the remuneration that should be paid to Tripwood's magician, the Chamber of Commerce actually had to pay Xbra More kiel to the magician.
This is the number obtained after paying one year's share in advance for the first category of supplies; and purchasing twice as many materials for the second category.
No way, the figure given by the president of the mall system Yu can be described as a sky-high price; and the reward for the three Tripwood's magic, although it seems to outsiders that Ikele is not profitable at all, but insiders think it is a huge amount. After a certain level, you get the jaw-dropping numbers.
If it weren't for someone with some understanding of the economy, he pointed out that this is just an explosive sales volume. When most of the wizards in Xijia District bought the browser system, only those who were new to the wizarding world would buy it again. At that time, the sales will plummet. After all, every year, there are only a few dozen newcomers who are discovered to be talented and able to join the magic world in the entire Greater Xijia District.
If the monthly sales of Tripwood's three magics are really the same as the first month, some association executives suggested whether to use the massacre incident to directly make Gabrash Tripwood a history. Then those three magics were repriced after the association took back the ownership.
And this is also one of the reasons why Orange Fruit? Eaton would approach Shanglin to discuss the amount of commission the association would charge for those three magics—mainly browsers. If Lin was too greedy, it would be considered light for someone to wear small shoes, and he might be killed directly.