Lord of Arcane

Chapter 3229: Ten Million to One Cost is the Lowest

Although Xia Duo had anticipated the effectiveness of students' practical assignments in clearing decay fields before today, he was still surprised by how good the actual results were!

Of course, the effect here does not refer to the actual effect of clearing the decay field, but the effect of obtaining divine grace through this incident.

From the perspective of acquisition efficiency alone, it may not be more efficient than the use of old tools, but if the cost is taken into consideration, the efficiency of distributing student assignments will be greatly improved.

You know, this time Ye Erlan invested over 100 million yuan worth of old magic tools for the experiment, but even so, it only allowed Xia Duo to gain two more patent application graces.

If we use Ye Erlan's old magic weapon as a reference, doesn't that mean that the student assignments Xia Duo invested are worth more than 50 million?
Putting aside the emotional bonus, the five warehouses of the Tower of Time student homework are probably not worth even ten thousand gold coins!
It all depends on whether there is anyone willing to buy it! Many of the old magic tools of the elves are only worn out by non-magical elements on the surface, but their actual functions are still intact.
If you want to sell it, there is definitely a market for it in Netheril, among other things.

Therefore, Xia Duo believed that even if the value of over 100 million mentioned by Philipa was exaggerated, so many old magic tools could not be fake, and the actual value must be over 10 million!
But these were completely surpassed by the students' homework from the Tower of Time!
What does it mean to “spend little money to do great things”? It means to exchange students’ homework for God’s grace!

In addition, through the understanding of many old elves' magic tools and the homework of students in the Tower of Time, Xia Duo also obtained a more specific data on the acquisition of divine grace, which is -

Almost 10 million magic strings must be invested in the decay field to obtain enough divine grace to apply for a patent.

The description of ten million magic strings is not intuitive, but if converted into Misera, it would require almost ten Misera, perhaps like Yeerlan's old magic weapon, winning by quantity.

But both of the above solutions are not as good as the student assignments of the Tower of Time.

Therefore, after reaching this conclusion, Xia Duo's first thought was to seize the time to gain divine grace while the decay field was still there, and the best way to gain divine grace was to invest in the role of students.

Right now, the student assignments accumulated by the Tower of Time have been used up and cannot be obtained again in a short period of time. What should be done?

It’s very simple. If there is not enough homework, assign more!

In the past, the Tower of Time had to consider costs, and practical assignments were essentially materials provided by the Tower of Time for students to practice on. Under Xia Duo's guidance, it can be ensured that every student has equal access to practice opportunities.

But it only provides a foundation and does not allow all students to get sufficient practice.

In other words, there is still a lot of potential for practical work, and since everyone has a casting limit, it is actually impossible to cast spells non-stop 24 hours a day.

Therefore, even if students fill up all the practical assignments, they still have time to attend classes and complete paper assignments.

Considering that students in the Tower of Time have already used all available time, increasing the proportion of practical assignments actually means reducing paper assignments.

However, Xia Duo was not sure whether such an adjustment could improve students’ learning efficiency. If not, he would not torture students in order to gain divine grace.

But if it can be improved, he conservatively estimates that he can get at least 10 student assignments every day. If the decay field is deployed, it will be about 100 million magic string.

In this way, it would take about ten days to obtain the divine grace required for a patent application, a speed that Xia Duo could accept.

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Thinking of this, Xia Duoxian sent a message to Dean, Sammy and others, asking them to first conduct a survey among students in the name of the Entrance Examination Society to find out what the students themselves think about increasing practical assignments.

Then, he sent a message to Jose in the Academic Affairs Office of the Tower of Time, asking him to discuss the pros and cons of increasing practical assignments among the teachers. At the same time, Xia Duo also mentioned that there might be a period of adjustment attempts in the future, so that the Academic Affairs Office could make preparations and respond in all aspects.

After doing all this, Shado came to Iollum's tent again. At this time, many Nether wizards had gathered here. When Shado arrived, he just heard them discussing himself.

"I don't know what the elves are releasing later, but the actual effect is much stronger than before!"

Hearing such comments, Shado smiled knowingly. Only Iolum knew that he disguised himself as an elf to participate in Yeerlan's sacrifice experiment, and Iolum also knew that he was conducting the apprenticeship assignment of the Tower of Time.

But the others knew nothing. They just thought that Ye Erlan was coming up with something new at the end!
However, from the conversations among these Nether wizards, Shado also realized that these people actually preferred to eliminate the decay field by investing magical items to accelerate the self-healing of the magic network.

Instead of asking the secret priests to come and help as Iolum had suggested before.

This is actually also the controversial point of the Iollum plan within Netheril. As far as the plan itself is concerned, it is undoubtedly beneficial to Netheril, especially for the superiors, as there is almost only the risk of these support mages being wiped out.

There are a lot of benefits.

For the secret priests, that is, some arcane mages, being able to gain divine grace by repairing the magic network is of course a good thing. However, according to Iolum's plan, not only can they not gain divine grace, but they have to consume their own divine grace.

Except for a very small number of people with extremely strong faith, I am afraid that most of the mystery priests are unwilling to do such a losing business.

As for other mages besides the secret priests, these people have different opinions. First of all, Iolum's plan requires other mages. It is not enough to have only priests, but also requires the cooperation of a large number of other mages.

This also involves an assessment of benefits and risks. Unless the Seventon Council gives money and provides security, I'm afraid only the Seven Towers Wizard would be willing!

But this is not in the interests of the Seven Towers. Although the authority of the Seven Towers has been reduced a lot after the New Covenant, they are still the actual rulers of Netheril.

Therefore, Shado speculated that if Iollum's plan was finally used, the Alliance would probably have to pay for it in the end. Of course, the Seven Towers or the Seventon Council would also have to pay something.

This expenditure is probably not small, otherwise the dispute within Netheril may not be resolved, but compared with the plan of releasing magic items, the cost of Iolum's plan is undoubtedly very low.

Of course, if the countries in the alliance are willing to wait, they can also wait for the Tower of Time to slowly accumulate enough student assignments. This should be considered a bug solution, and the cost should be the lowest one.

After all, the apprenticeship assignments in the Tower of Time are useless in the first place. If they can be used to eliminate the decay field, it would actually be a waste utilization and additional value creation.

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