Chapter 420 The Difficulties of the Little Tutor
The Land of Six Towers, No. 2 White Dragon Tower, a conference room at the White Dragon Magic Gem University at a height of 10km.
Because the White Dragon Tower is under your feet, the elemental fission well inside the White Dragon Tower will produce exaggerated magical energy at all times, so the four walls of this conference room, including the ceiling and floor, are covered with special magic paintings created by the illusion school.
As Locke moves his fingers, the scene on the magic painting also moves.
Locke sat in his seat and said to the three first-circle wizards he had recruited: "The Plutarch family has allocated this conference room to us."
"If you have any information, you can first find the sketch artist of the Plutarch family and transfer the information into the magic painting, and then you can display it freely in this conference room."
The three first-ring wizards in front of them all nodded.
One of the three wizards in front of him is the genius breeder that Locke recruited before, Montgomery, who is the ghostwriter of Eric Plutarch, and the other two are also ghostwriters of Eric's articles.
It’s not that Locke deliberately targeted him, but that Eric really wanted to improve in order to be able to publish articles and swallow up family funds. The writing skills of the civilian wizards he kept in captivity were getting higher and higher.
In fact, for ordinary wizards, this is also a path that can lead to rapid advancement, but it just means that there is an upper limit to the future. At most, it will end when you reach the first level wizard.
Eric won’t let you take another step up.
That's why Montgomery wanted to take a risk before and wanted to go to the Spiral Basin to become a dark wizard in order to isolate himself from the control of the Plutarch family.
Locke looked at the other two people. One was Barbara Witch, a botany wizard, and a bloodline extractor. Her main research field was dryad bloodline. Her greatest strength was the combination of botany and bloodline science, forming her unique spell-casting style.
The other wizard is Tacitus, a botanical wizard and a wizard from the Conjuration School. He is also a ghostwriter for Eric's Conjuration School.
At this time, Montgomery reported to Locke about the students they recruited. "Lord Locke, we have recruited a total of fifteen first-class wizard apprentices and thirty second-class wizard apprentices. This should be enough for the early development work."
"However, these wizard apprentices are students of other wizards, so we not only have to pay for those students' monthly living expenses For the cost, you also need to pay magic stones to the wizard mentor behind them."
"A rough calculation, it is about 150,000 magic stones."
Locke frowned, but he did not expect that recruiting people would cost much more than he thought.
It’s not because these wizard apprentices have a big mouth, but because there are different official wizards behind these wizard apprentices.
Whether it is in the Land of Six Towers or in other wizarding places, students are considered one of the assets in the hands of official wizards.
can be used for trading.
It is normal to second students.
Developing tactical-level magic plants requires a large number of people to perform data calculations and experiments, so a large number of wizard apprentices must be recruited from the beginning.
Hence, it is necessary to deal with the official wizards behind the wizard apprentices and borrow their students from them.
Barbara Witch sighed. "There is no way. None of our four wizards has the teaching position of a lecturer. There is no way to have first-class wizard apprentice students and second-class wizard apprentice students. At most, we can recruit some third-class wizard apprentices. But what use are those students who have just been exposed to magic for four to five years?"
"The only ones who are useful are first-class wizard apprentices and second-class wizard apprentices."
Tacitus is the oldest among the four of them, and he also sees it most clearly. The core of this team is Locke. Whether it is funds, equipment, or projects, they all exist because of Locke.
Without Locke, the Plutarch family would have canceled the newly formed research team the next day.
Tacitus said to Locke: "Mr. Augustine, what I'm afraid of is that some wizard mentors will suddenly change their minds midway. For various purposes."
Locke nodded slightly.
Only when a relatively large research group was formed, did I realize the complexity, and even caught myself a little off guard.
The first is the issue of funding. More money is spent on personnel recruitment than I imagined.
There will be more places to spend money later.
No wonder, some new wizard instructors have to work three jobs to support the daily expenses of their own research groups...
Secondly, there is the issue of personnel allocation. In wizarding colleges, people are a type of asset, and they are the most expensive kind.
The issues involved here are more complicated than I thought.
witch Barbara was a little dissatisfied and said: "The money has been paid and the contract has been signed. What else can change suddenly?"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the conference room. Locke frowned and opened the magic lock. Suddenly, a wizard tutor from the White Dragon Magic Gem University and an old wizard from the Plutarch family laughed. Standing at the door, he ignored the three civilian wizards, but said to Locke with a guilty conscience: "Locke, sir, I have thought about it for a long time, and I feel that the contract I signed with you yesterday was still too hasty."
"So, can I take my student back? After all, a first-class wizard apprentice can do a lot of work. As a break, I can pay you double the magic stone."
Locke looked at the old wizard and raised his eyebrows. "It's Wizard Eric. What did you do again?"
The old wizard's face turned pale and he waved his hand quickly. "No, no. It's just that I just want to take care of myself at the White Dragon Magic Gem University. After all, I can only stay in the wizard stage of the gasification stage for the rest of my life. Don't make it difficult for me, let me take my student back."
If the first-class wizard apprentices in their research group can come and go as they please, come and leave as they please, then their research group will undoubtedly be lame from the beginning and it will be difficult to continue.
But none of the three wizards spoke, but secretly paid attention to Locke's reaction.
As the leader of this project, if Locke doesn’t respond, it will be difficult for them to respond.
At the same time, the three of them should prepare their own escape route.
Locke looked at the old wizard in a dilemma, smiled, closed the information in his hand, and said: "It's okay, I won't embarrass you."
"I know your difficulties. Eric seems to have spoken out again." Locke took out the contract of the first-class wizard apprentice working in the library from the astral ring. "This is the contract of your student. I actually admire his work ability. He also helped me find the previous information about the Yunze Cup."
A look of surprise flashed in the old wizard's eyes. "Lord Locke, thank you for not making things difficult for me. I really don't want to get involved in the dispute. Ah, that student's work ability is pretty good. I used him to get a piece of equipment worth 100,000 magic stones from the library director."
Locke looked at the complicated eyes of the three one-ring wizards and handed the contract to the old wizard. After the old wizard got the contract and was about to turn around and leave, he said calmly: "By the way, after you leave, I will go to Eric to have a good talk. Young people, why are you so angry? If you need to put an old wizard in such a dilemma, I will let him apologize to you in person. Just this afternoon. You wait in your office."
The old wizard who had just walked to the door suddenly stiffened. He swallowed, turned around, and looked at Locke. "Sir Augustine... I don't want this contract anymore. Once it's signed, it's signed. There's no reason to cancel it and take it back." "No, aren't you in a dilemma?"
The old wizard's face turned slightly pale. "This is indeed a contract I have signed without careful consideration. It must be respected. Keeping one's word is one of the cornerstones of our white wizard society."
Locke looked at the contract he handed over and nodded slightly.
The old wizard wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but feel the cold air coming out of his back. At the same time, he looked at Locke and thought: "This beholder wizard is even more capable than the rumors say." 』
『我真蠢，居然还敢得罪他。 』
(End of this chapter)