The Witcher: Elemental Lords

Before Nicole could speak, Williams retorted.

“While the Apothecaries' Guild can certainly do this, our Ellengard Academy isn't without its familiar merchant guilds. Over the years, Ellengard's students have been everywhere. As long as the word gets out, obtaining materials will be easy. If the quantity is sufficient, they can also make money.”

The two sides started arguing about this again.

Seeing this, the surrounding people remained silent.

Regardless of which side won, they would ultimately be the ones raking in profits, while they would only benefit after the city was built.

After arguing for a while, the bald man next to Standing tapped on the table, and the venue quieted down again.

Standing glanced at the representatives of the two parties, feeling somewhat speechless.

Ellengard was on their side; the deans of the various academies were all members of the Watts City families, and the students were recruited from within the city's domain. On the other hand, the Apothecaries' Guild usually had people sent down from above. He was more inclined towards Ellengard Academy.

At this time, he said, "The person who proposed the plan from the academy's side this time is Wizard Dole, right? First, tell us, why did you make such a choice?"

Dole thought, 'Finally, it's my turn to speak.' He stood up, turned and bowed to everyone, and said slowly, "My idea is this: the South Bay Swamp is vast, and the amount of antidote potions or other detoxification methods needed will definitely be large. In terms of efficiency and speed, naturally, speed is slightly better.

Efficiency means using higher-grade materials, more advanced refining methods, and more advanced techniques. In Watts City's current situation, the number of apothecaries and apprentices from the three forces is clearly insufficient to support the efficiency plan.

In terms of speed, low-level detoxification solutions use widely available materials, which are easy to collect and simple to prepare. Most of them can be prepared quickly by second-level apothecaries. This is the speed I'm talking about. I've read the Apothecaries' Guild's plan, and it is indeed highly efficient. I admire many of the techniques in the plan, but the plan's requirements for apothecaries and alchemists are too high. Taking our academy as an example, the number of apothecary students doesn't support it. Alchemy is a bit better."

Hearing this, the surrounding people suddenly understood. Nicole, Nicholas, and Williams had said so much, but none of it was as clear as Dole's one sentence.

That's right, they had overlooked the number of apothecaries in Watts City.

At this time, the Apothecaries' Guild also fell silent. As the guild of apothecary families, they knew better than anyone how many apothecaries there were.

At this moment, Nicole, Nicholas, and Williams also looked at Dole, gaining a new understanding of his linguistic abilities.

Standing chuckled and scanned everyone. This child had finally hit the nail on the head. His name was Dole, right? In the future, he could have the people below him interact with him more.

“Does everyone have any other questions about this?” Standing directly announced.

After a moment, the meeting adjourned, and everyone filed out.

Lamb walked behind Dole, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a happy smile, "If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have thought about it this way. This time, the academy is going to make a fortune."

“It's alright, isn't half of the area still going to the Apothecaries' Guild?” Dole also said with a smile.

Lamb chuckled, "That's different. If their production can't be increased, that half will eventually be taken over by us. After your words, the City Lord's Mansion is already leaning towards us."

Dole nodded. What the City Lord's Mansion wanted was efficiency. They had easy access to materials and a large number of grassroots personnel, so they were faster than the other side.

He wasn't worried about the Apothecaries' Guild making things difficult for him. Everyone was working for Watts City, and these issues weren't involved.

After walking to the entrance of the Provincial Government, Williams, Nicholas, and Nicole all stepped forward, inviting Dole to their families for a chat. Dole refused on the grounds that he was going back to work on the wizardry model, but he accepted their tokens. After this battle, they also recognized Dole's status.

…

Back at Lamb's Mage Tower, Dole went to the laboratory, informed Morris, Luo Qiu, Fais, and others of the situation, and left the matter to them. He returned to his room alone and began to study the Flame Shield.

The Flame Shield could increase fire affinity by 30%. Only by creating this thing could he truly stand at the stage of a second-level wizard.

A second-level wizard without defensive abilities shouldn't be considered a second-level wizard.

On August 15th, the academy's next semester began, and the number of applicants here directly exceeded forty. In addition to the three-level apothecaries who had already graduated, more than a dozen people applied. Some of these people were commoners, and some were nobles.

Seeing the list, Dole had a headache because these noble students actually had a good reputation in the school. They also knew his requirements for students, and some people didn't dare to apply.

Williams and Nicholas were also preparing to stuff people in, but he directly refused. Lamb's pleading was useless in this matter.

The most embarrassing thing was Luo Qiu and Fais. Apart from the real nobles, basically no one applied to them.

The two of them were also holding back a bellyful of anger. They secretly lobbied some nobles. This semester, they were going to show their true skills.

Rumors flew for a full seven or eight days before the list turmoil passed. A few days before the official start of school, Dole finally calmed down here.

In addition to the Ellengard Academy's own people, the military department, which had a good relationship with Dole, and the Apothecary Academy, which had a general relationship, also came to plead.

The City Lord's Mansion had nothing to say, and Dole handled official business impartially, refusing sternly. However, on the Apothecaries' Guild's side, after receiving a full ten apothecary formulas, he happily accepted ten disciples.

The final number of students in his class brazenly exceeded fifty, becoming the class with the most people on the wizard side, even more than the students in the wizardry class.

At the beginning of September, when school started, the classroom had been changed to a large classroom, and it was equipped with a magic blackboard driven by magic crystals. Dole only needed to project the things in his consciousness onto the darkness, and the patterns on it would automatically change, and it could also form complete continuous images, just like a magic cinema in a theater.

This greatly improved his teaching efficiency and accuracy, and the content also became rich and colorful.

Morris and Sano were still in the class. Although they had been promoted to the third level, their foundations were not stable. Dole's courses were all practical, and they would usually help.

On September 3rd, after the first class, Dole had just taken a step when those new students surrounded the three-level students.

“Lord Morris, are there any places left in the laboratory? I want to participate.”

“That's right, Lord Sano, I want to join. You can name your conditions?”

Accepting imperial orders and producing antidotes. Such a large profit had long alarmed all the wizards in Watts City, especially those students who broke their heads to get into Dole's class.

Morris and Sano looked at each other across the table, smiles on their lips.

There were seven three-level apothecaries in the class, all from Dole's lineage, but in the end, they were the two with the highest status and status. The two of them had been working hard for a long time, and their efforts had not been in vain.

Morris coughed, walked out of the crowd, coughed, and said, "The matter of the laboratory is not decided by the two of us, but by all of our three-level apothecaries as the main force, so we will go back and discuss this matter. Furthermore, we are not clear about your level and level. We will talk about it after listening to some courses. You have also listened to Lecturer Dole's courses today, and you should have a deep understanding."