Lord of Arcane

Chapter 175 Master Jose Jose
In the afternoon, Xia Duo first had a summons with Edric and the others to inquire about the apprenticeship competition. The result was very gratifying. Edric asked someone to inquire. The Mage Tower does not prohibit it, and of course it does not encourage it.

The premise of everything is that you can't violate the relevant regulations of the Mage Tower, and you can't delay your own tasks-apprentices are essentially servants and have to work.

And Edric and the others have already solicited opinions from the apprentices to see what kind of competition to organize. The apprentice competition will definitely be different from the official arcane competition to be held in the territory.

After a few words of encouragement, Xia Duo went to the supplies application office.

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Public Floor, No. 6 Material Application Office.

Perhaps it was because of the willingness to start classes in the Mage Tower, the materials application office in the afternoon was particularly deserted, but for Mage Jose, it was particularly enjoyable.

Although in normal times, apprentices would take over most of the work and would not disturb him often, it still couldn't be compared to when there was no one else.

When no one was around, even the apprentice on duty would be careful not to make any noise, so that he could think quietly for a while.

If he was in a good mood, he might give the apprentice a chance to ask questions. For this reason, even if he didn't get much money from working in the materials application office, some people still squeezed their heads in.

But not every material application office has an official mage on duty, and not every mage on duty will talk to him so well.

Taking a glance, he saw that the apprentice was tidying up the counter and counting carefully. Master Jose nodded in satisfaction, ready to allow him to ask a question during the break.

Just at this moment, there was a whisper from the door. Mage Jose frowned, looked over, and then stretched out. It turned out that he was an official mage, so he knew he was coming to work.

"Master Jose, would like to ask you to take a look at this scroll?" Xia Duo took out a [Steam Ray] scroll and handed it over.

"Huh?" Master Jose was stunned for a moment, but quickly took the scroll, first checked it from the outside, and then unfolded it for a closer look.

It took a long time to look away from the scroll, looked at Xia Duo, and asked, "Are you—"

Although Xia Duo recognized Master Jose, the other party obviously did not remember him, "Master Jose, just call me Xia Duo."

"Master Xia Duo, if we read correctly, this should be a brand new spell?"

"Yes!"

"This is rare. There hasn't been a new spell in the Mage Tower for a while!" Mage Jose seemed to be feeling a little bit emotional. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, "Xia Duo, Xia Duo, you were brought back by Mage Leonard that apprentice?"

"Yes, it's me."

"What do you—" Mage Jose has already remembered that Xia Duo exchanged a lot of 0-ring study scrolls here, and it also involved the lord's student Leonard, which had a profound impact on him at that time.

It was only later that the two of them hadn't communicated for such a long time, Master Jose had long since forgotten it, and it was only when he heard the name just now that he recalled it.

"Congratulations, you have become a member of the official mage." Jose's tone was a bit sad. People like Xia Duo are indeed rare, and it is impossible to say that you are not envious.

"What are you going to do with this scroll?"

"Ask the price. If it's suitable, maybe a batch will be sold regularly." Xia Duo said calmly.

"You made this magic scroll?" Jose was very surprised, and could no longer maintain a calm expression on his face, "I mean, this is really a rare masterpiece."

"Thank you for the compliment, what price can this scroll be sold for?"

Xia Duo didn't take it seriously whether it was a high-quality product or not. He would also say what he said on the scene. What he really cared about was the price and whether it was worth his long-term production.

Jose checked the scroll. Although it was an encrypted normal version, he could deduce some information, for example, it was an offensive spell.

However, the specific effect of use can only be known after actual testing. After all, it is not a common popular scroll, so Jose did not directly quote.

"I need to actually test it once, but you don't have to have too much hope. There are too many choices for the 1-ring magic scroll. Even if the effect is special, I guess it will not exceed 30 gold coins."

Xia Duo was very surprised. He thought that the price would be lowered. After all, the Mage Tower couldn't be more clear about the cost of a 1-ring scroll. It can be said that 30 gold coins has actually exceeded Xia Duo's expectations.

"Although Mage Jose is testing it, I suggest using living organisms to test it. I call this spell [Steam Ray], and it has a miraculous effect on living organisms."

"Don't worry, the Mage Tower has a special testing process for this type of spell." Mage Jose suggested, "Want to take a look?"

"Is this okay?"

"Of course, I think you may use it in the future." Master Jose gave an affirmative answer.

Xia Duo immediately became interested. He didn't know that there was such a place in the Mage Tower. After all, his time in the Mage Tower was too short.

After explaining a few words to the apprentices on duty, Master Jose led Xia Duo into the elevator next to the No. 6 material application office.

"The place we are going to is on the basement floor of the Mage Tower. There are special blasting rooms, bondage rooms, sealing rooms, and dungeons there. You will often deal with them in the future."

Saying so, Master Jose ordered Ta Ling to send them to the basement floor.

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On the way, Master Jose asked Xia Duo for another two ordinary scrolls.

Generally speaking, the emergence of a new spell must go through multiple and repeated tests. This test is not a feasibility experiment before and after the spell is completed, but a functional test similar to a product.

For example, Xia Duo's [Steam Ray], he himself only completed the feasibility experiment, proving that this spell can really emit steam rays.

He didn't actually test it with living organisms. As for the effect, he guessed it based on someone being scalded by high-temperature steam on Earth.

Scalding is not an instant fatal injury, but it can make people lose their ability to resist quickly, so this spell was dubbed "non-lethal rapid incapacity spell" by Xia Duo.

However, for scrolls, 3 copies are almost enough. After all, people who use scrolls can only simply guide spells to be released. Even when non-casters use them, they can't even do basic guidance. The command is released.

Therefore, non-casters are generally reluctant to use offensive spells.One mistake, the enemy didn't hit him, but he killed himself, which is ridiculous.

When Master Jose told him about this, Xia Duo immediately realized that he had chosen the wrong spell.

[Steam Ray] may become a hot item in a short period of time because of its novelty, but in the long run, it is far less popular than auxiliary magic scrolls.

It was too late to be annoyed, the elevator had already stopped on the basement level of the mage tower.

"arrive."

　happy New Year to all!

　
(End of this chapter)