Lord of Arcane

Chapter 697 Obey the way out
Seeing this, Thain immediately began to complain, "My lord, most of the apprentices who can cast spells are here with Ke Yaen, but he just doesn't want to let them go, saying that they are the backbone of the army, and they are sent to the Tower of Time as handymen too wasted."

In his tone, he was very disapproving of Ke Yaen's backbone rhetoric. In the presence of magic, how many ordinary people can play a role!
In Thain's mind, those apprentices who left the Tower of Time were not much different from ordinary people. Could it be that they were really expected to fight like real mages?
But as soon as Thain finished speaking, Ke Yaen immediately refuted:

"Of course, it is the backbone of the army. It is too troublesome to train ordinary people to use magic scrolls from scratch, but these apprentices are different. Regardless of their spellcasting ability, at least everyone can use magic scrolls. They are simply the most ideal candidates for grassroots officers. !
"Now that the territorial army has just recovered from the previous year's war, if these people are taken away at once, the base of the army will fall apart! Since they are doing handyman, anyone can be employed, why must they be drawn from the army!"

After speaking, he looked at Xia Duo expectantly, as if hoping that Xia Duo would change his mind.

When Xia Duo heard this, he also somewhat understood why the two were arguing at the door just now.

Xia Duo didn't know much about the way out of the Tower of Time apprentices these years, but he did know that Sammy's younger brother, after leaving the Tower of Time, worked at home with peace of mind.

As for other people, there is a high probability that they will continue to live on the original life trajectory.

Due to the limitations of the times, they cannot become mages, and ordinary people have very few opportunities to make their debut. The experience of the Tower of Time did not bring them many good opportunities.

Being able to join the army and become a grassroots officer is already a very good way out.

The worst thing is probably to become an adventurer. Being exposed to magic has increased the ambitions of those people, but just the ability of poor apprentices can't make them smooth sailing on the road of adventurers. The ending will most likely end in tragedy.

But when Xia Duo came, it was different. He brought a brand new opportunity, but there was a problem of how to make a smooth transition, which needed serious consideration.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo stopped Thain and Ke Yaen who were still arguing, "Stop arguing, Mayor Thain, let me ask you, are all the 34 people on the list here with Ke Yaen?"

Before Xia Duo's transformation, the Tower of Time recruited new students every year, with a fixed contract of three years. At the same time, there would also be a group of apprentices whose contracts had expired. If they felt that they had no hope in the field of magic, they would leave the Tower of Time.

The number of people who leave each year ranges from dozens to nearly a hundred. Therefore, the number of apprentices in the Tower of Time in the past has always remained at around 300.

This year, because of Xia Duo's transformation, not only did no apprentices lose, but hundreds of new apprentices were recruited. Those 34 are the number of apprentices with spellcasting ability recorded by the Tower of Time among the last two batches of apprentices who left the Tower of Time.

As soon as Xia Duo finished asking, Ke Yaen strongly replied: "No, I don't have that many people here. There are a few people who are determined to be adventurers, and I don't know their information now."

"Mayor Sion?" Xia Duo signaled Sion to answer.

"My lord, there are only three people who have become adventurers. One of them is already dead, and the other two later joined the Chamber of Commerce as guards. If there is no accident, they should have followed their boss back from Conifera City not long ago. Weir took it, and the remaining 31 people are all here with Ke Yaen."

"In this case, Ke Yan—"

Xia Duo looked at Ke Yaen, and ordered without hesitation, "Give me all the 31 people!"

"Yes!" Ke Yan hesitated for a moment, but still agreed with difficulty.

Xia Duo saw the embarrassment on Ke Yaen's face, but he didn't care. Maybe Ke Yaen felt that Niya came back, so he would have the confidence to bargain, which is really naive.

"Go and call people over, now I'm going to take them back to the Tower of Time!"

As soon as these words came out, Ke Yan's face became even uglier, and he left in a low voice.

After Ke Yaen left, Thain said a few good words for him, "My lord, Ke Yaen has been in the barracks all his life, and he attaches great importance to the territorial army. He didn't intend to resist the orders of the adults."

"Don't worry, I don't blame him. He can realize the advantages of the Tower of Time apprentices and make use of them. This is beyond the thinking of many people. I am very optimistic about him."

This is indeed Xia Duo's real thought. After all, the follower of the old lord Ke Yaen has made outstanding achievements and has a high reputation. He is an old man of Savile.

Of course, a little beating is also essential, as long as the army obeys orders, it is not a good thing to have their own ideas.

……

After a while, Ke Yaen came back, not only him, but also several groups of soldiers who looked like soldiers followed behind and stopped outside the barracks.

Seeing the uneasy faces of those former apprentices, Xia Duo couldn't help laughing, ignoring Ke Yaen who came back to his command, he walked out of the barracks, stood in front of these 31 people, and announced loudly:

"Soldiers, congratulations on being recruited! Enter the Tower of Time again, but not as a handyman, but a magic mechanic!
"Perhaps you still don't understand the meaning of this profession, but this is an opportunity for you to get in touch with magic again. You will definitely not regret it in the future. I hope that in a few years, there will be a few archmages among you. !"

Of course, the expected cheering situation will not appear so easily, but the expressions on the faces of these old apprentices are somewhat relaxed. After all, what it means to be exposed to magic again, they still have some expectations.

Then, Xia Duo continued: "As the first batch of magic technicians, as long as you don't give up, I guarantee that each of you will become a real mage."

Forcing others has never been Xia Duo's style, especially for the grassroots, Xia Duo always has a long patience.

Perhaps there was an error in the communication process, and the magic technician was understood as a handyman by Mayor Sion and Ke Yaen, so it is still necessary to explain a little bit now.

After hearing Xia Duo's promise, these old apprentices finally started to be tempted. They exchanged glances with each other, and finally said in unison: "I am willing to serve you!"

"very good!"

Xia Duo turned back and said to Thain: "Mayor Thain, please take them to the portal first, I will be there later!"

"Yes."

……

After Thain and the dozens of old apprentices left, Xia Duo and Ke Yaen were the only ones left in the arena. When Ke Yaen was worried about being punished, Xia Duo spoke:

"Ke Yaen, well, let's call you General Ke Yaen, the magic mechanic is the fundamental plan of the Tower of Time, and no one is allowed to obstruct it. You have done a bad job in this matter!"

"grown ups--"

Ke Yaen was about to argue, but was interrupted by Xia Duo, "I won't say anything superfluous, starting next month, the Tower of Time will add a duty service mission to ensure that there are always official mages stationed here in the barracks. The mages are under your command, and you can assign them formal military positions as needed, including but not limited to front-line battles, training spellcasters, etc."

"real?!"

Ke Yaen was immediately overjoyed. An official mage can play a far greater role than dozens of poor apprentices, not to mention that Xia Duo also agreed to train spellcasters in the army. This is simply——

It's like a dream!
But soon, Ke Yaen became a little worried about gains and losses again, "But my lord, can those master mages obey my orders?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Of course, the tower is responsible for restraining them. I think Bert is the first mage on duty!"

"Here, I—"

Ke Yaen was a little speechless. Burt was his son. The two hadn't seen each other for a while. He didn't know what Xia Duo meant by this arrangement, but he really wanted to see his son.

"Okay, that's it, I have to leave first."

Before leaving, Xia Duo sent another sacred motto of the Lord of Radiance to Ke Yaen——

Only by not doubting the decision of the superior can the power of order grow; as long as you obey, there will be no punishment.

(End of this chapter)