Lord of Arcane

Chapter 890 Mithril problem is about to explode
There are two types of mithril refining techniques that Xia Duo brought back from [Projection Plane Arcane Empire].

One is the public refining that does not require magic, which is suitable for batch refining, but the mithril extracted in this way is not of high purity and cannot be used for the manufacture of miniaturized magic items.

Therefore, the second refining technique is needed, a [Element Extraction] spell jointly cast by multiple spellcasters.

Of course, you can also build a [Element Extraction] circle, through which you can obtain high-quality Mithril for making small magic items.

If Xia Duo only wants to produce relatively simple and bulky magic items like communication instruments, then the first refining technique is enough.

But if you want to produce small magic items like talismans and rings, then [Element Extraction] is essential.

Even in the future, if you want to manufacture ultra-miniature mithril components similar to spell chips, the purity of mithril required may be as high as the sky. It is not uncommon for 99.9% to be followed by more than a dozen nines.

The impact of the purity of Mithril is not only miniaturization, but also the impact of [Element Transmutation]. The lower the purity, the greater the impact.

Therefore, even if miniaturization is not considered, the higher the purity of Mithril, the better.

Only the higher the purity is, the less likely it is to deteriorate due to [element transmutation]. Once the mithril is partially deteriorated, the purity will decrease, and then a vicious cycle will eventually lead to the collapse of the energy circuit and the scrapping of the magic weapon.

……

Thinking like this, Xia Duo gradually had an idea in his mind.

However, if you want to refine mithril on a large scale, you'd better have a mithril mine, otherwise, even if you recycle scrapped mithril, there will be a lot of cost and trouble.

Regardless of whether Netheril really does not have the ability to produce finished Mithril, at least on the surface, breaking this balance will definitely lead to backlash.

Xia Duo is not yet able to withstand this level of backlash.

If the family owns mines, refines them, and uses them secretly, even if everyone knows about it, they may still tacitly understand it, but if they wantonly buy and scrap Mithril, it will be different.

Those without refining skills will be jealous, and those with refining skills will feel that you are not interested, and the original vested interests-elves, dwarves, and maybe even the Arcane Federation and the Seven Towers will feel even more upset.

Almost offended everyone once, so there is no way out.

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For a while, Xia Duo really had some headaches, but if he wanted to develop and grow stronger, manpower alone was not enough. There must be something external to preserve and operate the magic power.

And such a foreign object cannot be separated from Mithril!

Unless a new substance or new technology can be found to replace Mithril, the main plane has its own magical civilization, and until now, nothing can really replace Mithril.

At least, Xia Duo has never heard of it on the main plane or any projection plane.

Among the various materials that can be used to link the magic net and guide energy, the performance is not as cheap as Mithril, and it is cheaper than Mithril, but it is obviously not as good as Mithril.

This is like the wires on the earth. Everyone knows that metals can conduct electricity, but in the end only copper has become the most widely used wire material, not silver, which has the strongest conductivity.

Although Xia Duo really wants to find new materials or new technologies, he will not fight against objective facts that have lasted for tens of thousands of years or even longer. At least he doesn't have the money, energy, and time to fight now.

After thinking about it again and again, in the end, we can only work hard from the Mithril mine.

……

Then, Xia Duo chatted with Ganal for a few more words, and of course he stopped talking about official business later, and asked about his recent situation in the study class.

Gardner answered one by one. Today's Tower of Time, especially within the Advancement Society, has already formed a relatively relaxed and harmonious atmosphere.

After all, a lot of knowledge is free and open, and everyone is not shy about communicating with each other. Even for their own specific learning progress, they are not as strict as the tower mages of time in the past.

There is really a rudimentary form of a college!

"By the way, how many people have become level 3 apprentices this month without me, and how many people have become official mages?" Xia Duo asked suddenly.

In fact, he can ask Ta Ling, but Ta Ling can only record death information, so the person concerned must apply for an increase in authority at the Personnel Department before it can be recorded as an official mage.

As for the level 3 apprentices, at first they entered the internal level of the society, and then it was promoted. Of course, some people may not register.

If you don't register the tower spirit, there will be no records. Everyone is an apprentice. It is impossible to judge from some passive spellcasting records, so it is better to understand clearly from a basic mage like Ganal.

Gardner was a little surprised that Xiaduo asked him this question, because Dean and the others knew the most about personnel issues, but he still told some of the things he knew:
"I know of only two new level 3 apprentices. They registered a few days ago, but they are official mages. There were four more apprentices last month. Everyone was surprised."

"Is it!"

In fact, Xia Duo was also very surprised. There were four more official mages a month. Although there were factors accumulated before, the academic training after the transformation must have played a big role.

If things go on like this, the future is very worth looking forward to!
You know, there are nearly a thousand apprentices in the Tower of Time now, and there may only be four more official mages in a month, but those are all the original apprentices who have completed the upgrade.

Once the new apprentices grow up, the number of official mages is likely to increase by hundreds or hundreds.

With the mass production of magic items and the explosion of the number of official mages, Xia Duo almost saw that an extremely vigorous magic civilization was in a state of gestation.

Market, audience, money flow, circular development, Xia Duo was worried about the excess capacity of the Tower of Time before, but now even if it does not interact with the outside world, it may be able to develop only internal circulation.

Of course, the material basis for all this is essential, and this goes back to the question about Mithril.

"Mythril mine! Mithril mine! How can I find you?"

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After separating from Ganal, Xia Duo walked slowly to the Tower of Time's materials department, while quietly thinking about future development issues. In addition to Mithril, there is actually another problem that cannot be ignored, that is——

population!

At present, the total population of the Savile Territory and the Great Xia Territory is just over 6, the Great Xia Territory is close to 5, and the Savile Territory is more than [-].

Among the more than 6 people, there are also many outsiders, the most of which are various chambers of commerce and their affiliated personnel (mainly related to Conifera City).

With such a small number of people, how can civilization develop?
(End of this chapter)