Chapter 532 Meeting Albert again
The Celtic wizard said to Locke: "The time you got stuck is pretty good. There are three opportunities for Golden Mian Mountain to apply for Zhenzhiyuan project funds in a year, namely from January 1st to January 7th, from May 1st to May 7th, and from September 1st to September 7th."
"It is currently May 3rd, you have to If you finish writing the project application a few days later, you will have to wait until September 1st to apply. Time is life. You can only stay in Zhenzhiyuan for a total of five years, which is equivalent to you can only stay in Jinmian Mountain for five years. These five years are very precious to you. "
This is the reason why Witch Ekaterina asked herself to join the group half a year in advance.
Locke understood that this behavior almost made him spend more than half a year in Zhenzhiyuan in vain. After all, during this period, he still enjoyed various benefits.
You should be aware of the four-level Zhenzhiyuan Fund Project, right? ― ''' '''''''''' From the low-level fourth-class Shinchiin Fund projects, to the third-class, second-class, and the highest-level first-class Shinchiin Fund projects”
“Generally, what we call Shinchiin Fund Projects refers to the third- and fourth-class Shinchiin Fund projects. Almost every researcher can apply for this level of Shinchiin Fund projects.”
Locke said: "Each level of Zhenzhiyuan Fund Project can only be applied for once. Therefore, this time I applied for the third-level Zhenzhiyuan Fund Project."
It is not possible to directly apply for second-class and first-class Shinchiin Fund projects. Only after applying for a third-class Shinchiin Fund project, and after being approved, have submitted project information, exceeded the expectations of the fund committee, and obtained unexpected research results, can you then apply for second-class and first-class Shinchiin Fund projects.
This is also the reason why most researchers have been working on a Zhenzhiyuan Fund project for five years.
Because if their projects are done well, they can continue to deepen and expand their results, and apply for more advanced Zhenzhiyuan Fund projects.
If you do well in the third class, you can apply for the second class. If you do well in the second class, you can apply for the first class.
And if you can apply for the first class and still exceed the task... then you may be able to apply for... the special funding fund.
And that is also the purpose of many young first-level wizards and super geniuses coming to this Zhenzhiyuan.
Director Morrison of the Yunze Cup Competition Committee once said to himself that if he wanted to make full use of Zhenzhiyuan, he had to get all the projects available here, which are the three major projects.
But in fact, after Locke entered Zhenzhiyuan, he discovered that it was not easy for most researchers to achieve second-class Zhenzhiyuan fund projects, let alone first-class.
As for the sub-topics of special funding and key individual projects, that is another matter.
Special funding requires competing for resources with the super-genius first-level wizards in the entire Zhenzhiyuan.
Because there are only one or two places that can be allocated to this Zhenzhiyuan in a year.
As for the sub-topics of the key individual plans, it depends on the mood of Catherine's throne. This is entirely decided by the three-ring wizard himself.
But who can understand the thoughts of the three-ring wizard?
So, it becomes more difficult.
There is no standard, but it means that the standard can be infinitely high.
The Celtic wizard put his magic seal on Locke's project application and said, "Then, go ahead and apply."
Locke said: "Thank you, Lord Celtic."
The Celtic wizard did not give any response. He just looked at Locke's leaving back and frowned slightly.
…
One day later, in the Dragon Fern Garden of Golden Crown Mountain, Witch Ekaterina was located in the office on the highest floor of Zhenzhiyuan Castle. The Celtic wizard cautiously saluted Witch Ekaterina and explained his work to her.
Witch Ekaterina flipped through the magic book in her hand casually. "You're doing a pretty good job. Celtic, you have to step up."
The Celtic wizard knew what the Witch Ekaterina was talking about, and suddenly there was sweat on his forehead.
Witch Ekaterina asked: "Kelt, let's not talk about your own affairs. Let me ask you, how is the performance of the new little wizard? What do you think of him?"
"I want to ask you about his character."
The golden dragon behind the wall behind Witch Ekaterina suddenly opened its sleeping dragon eyes, then closed them again and fell into dragon sleep.
In the office.
The Celtic wizard wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Majesty, I think the young wizard named Locke Augustine does have some talents."
Although Witch Ekaterina did not say it with her mouth, she did not know in her heart that the Celtic wizard was picky.
This immediately aroused her interest, and she raised her brows and said: "Huh? Your opinion of him is a bit unexpected, please tell me more specifically."
The Celtic wizard said: "It took him two months and the initial funding for scientific research to produce good pre-experimental data."
"The quality of the data is very high. He has keen observation and ability. Insight ability."
"However, his character is very problematic." The Celtic Wizard said: "I made good-hearted suggestions to him several times, but he ignored them."
"He ignored the scientific research progress of the six groups and only focused on what he had in front of him. And he is too impatient. He has a lot of tasks to do at one time, and I doubt whether he can finish it."
"After all, whether he can solve the problem depends on whether he can move from a third-class Shinjiin Fund project to a second-class Shinjiin Fund project."
The Celtic wizard said: "I am going to wait until he hits the wall and try to make another suggestion to him. Whether he listens or not is up to him."
, Kelt."
"Celt, make things beautiful. I don't like simple things, nor do I like things that are not beautiful. You know what I want."
"Also, you can arrange students for Locke."
The Celtic wizard bowed to the Catherine witch, then turned and left respectfully.
He secretly glanced in awe at the witch Catherine who was reading a magic book.
Every time he communicated with Witch Ekaterina, he felt frightened.
Just as he could never feel the magical pressure of Witch Ekaterina, he could never see the specific thoughts of Witch Ekaterina.
After the Celtic wizard left, Witch Ekaterina put down the magic book in her hand, and the wall behind her suddenly completely disappeared. It turned out that the wall was created by illusion from beginning to end.
The golden dragon Fafnir raised his dragon head, sneezed, and said: "It looks like something is not good, Ekaterina."
"The superior wizard of the little dragon cub didn't think very highly of him."
"This confirms my previous point. No matter how good the outside wizards are, their shortcomings are too great, and what determines a wizard's final achievement is his shortcomings."
Witch Ekaterina shook her head slightly. "That's just a Celtic statement."
h "It is a very dangerous thing to understand a person only through other people's one-sided evaluations."
h "Fafnir ”
Witch Ekaterina said: “Look at the results of the first project he did in Zhenzhiyuan.”
Fafnir sneezed and fell asleep again.
…
In the study room, Locke pressed his palm on the red crystal matrix, and a number 8900 suddenly popped up on it.
"It is still 100 less; it is estimated that in the near future, I can bepromoted to the level of a sorcerer at the stage of one ring to crystallize; />
"Next, I will have to wait for about half a month to a month before I know whether my project application will be approved."
Locke summoned the gray fog slate, used the image dialogue function, and contacted Albert, who used a special method to use the gray fog slate.
At this time, Locke saw the familiar yet unfamiliar alchemy cabin of Lilith's cabin.
He once lived in this kind of wooden house for four years and studied magic for four years, but it has been more than two years since he saw Lilith's cabin again.
The man in front of him, with a unshaven beard and an aging look on his face, almost didn't let Locke connect with the once cheerful and talkative Wizard King, Albert.
At this time, the corners of Albert's eyes were drooping, his head was full of black hair mixed with white hair, and his eyes were like that of an old man in his twilight years.
After Albert saw Locke, his pupils shrank slightly, and then he immediately stood up and saluted Locke. "Sir Augustine."
"Hello."
Locke frowned slightly. "It's just that we haven't seen each other for more than two years, why should we be so unfamiliar. Albert, just like what you once said to me - we call each other our own. So, you and I are still friends, you don't need to call me sir, just call me by my name."
Albert's eyes showed a little more reaction.
In his eyes, Locke today is so powerful and majestic, his words are steady and mature, and his words can easily affect his emotional changes.
Albert's mind came to mind. When he first saw Locke at the dock of the port city of Lilith's Cottage, Locke had a slightly immature appearance. Then he looked at Locke, who was now wearing a formal wizard's white wizard robe and hanging a large number of distinguished identity badges.
Today, the status of the two people is completely different.
Can't be said in the same way.
He is a first-class wizard apprentice whose future is almost cut off, and Locke is no longer the ordinary first-class wizard apprentice who just joined the wizarding world and was born in the mortal world. Instead, he is a researcher of the Advanced Zhenzhi Academy in the Land of Misawa.
High weight.
Locke frowned slightly. He thought of his experience of fighting side by side with Albert in [Rashid Tahrir]'s Curse Technique Research Institute. He suddenly said with more concern in his tone: "Albert, don't give up hope. , you have one last chance."
There was some color in Albert's eyes, and then he suddenly said: "Locke, can you bring me some Ibogo pepper water?"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The barriers that had originally arisen suddenly disappeared in this joke.
In the beginning, when they boarded mortal ships and pretended to be smuggling noble merchants, they once sat under the ship's deck and endured the dirty, messy and small space.
And Albert asked Locke for a dose of psychedelic Ibog pepper water to deceive his senses into thinking that he was in a clean and tidy place.
Shared experiences have now turned into amazing memories, narrowing the distance between the two.
Albert looked at Locke, and then he seemed to be really thinking, and said: "Master Harlan Vera, tell me, Locke, you are already a wizard in the liquefaction stage, and you are also a researcher at the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge."
"Locke, like Sophia, you have gone too far compared to us."
"And Andy will never move forward, he is stuck in the past, and I will probably stay in the present."
Locke couldn't laugh or cry. "Albert, when did you learn to speak like a lyric, the saddest kind. This is not the you I know."
Locke became serious. "Failure is normal. Success is always based on countless failures."
"And you now have another chance to succeed. The principle of a permanent defense field such as Mister's Power is very different from an ordinary permanent defense field."
"I have read your information." Locke said: "After all, the 30,000 magic stones per month are not given to me for nothing. Every time you are about to be promoted to an official wizard, do you have a mana disorder, causing you to fail the promotion?"
Albert nodded and said: "Well, Locke, Mrs. Morgana thinks , There may be something wrong with my soul, so I will never be able to become an official wizard in this life. "
"I am only a first-class wizard apprentice at most."
"And no one in the southeast corner can cure me."
Loke thought for a moment. "There is indeed very little research on souls in the Southeast Angle Region. The one with richer information on ghost studies is the Holy Ghost Cult in the Dark Wizard Alliance."
"But I am in Yunze Wetland, where I can access more abundant information. Please send me another copy of the specific information about your soul. What I have seen before is only other people's records of you. I also guessed that there may be something wrong with your soul."
Locke's eyes glowed with azure magic light. "But it was just a cursory inspection, and I didn't find any physical changes in your soul."
The mana suddenly conflicts with the spell model of the permanent defense field engraved on the surface of his soul. "
"Fortunately, you have not had many permanent defense field spell models engraved on your soul before, so you can still engrav the forest sanctuary."
A flash of hope flashed in Albert's eyes. "I just engraved it a little bit before, and my mana would be extremely chaotic."
"I don't know what the reason is, others never seem to encounter such a problem."
Locke also read Albert's information before, and then he understood why Lilith Cabin wanted Albert to be the first first-class wizard apprentice in the Mist Power Research Institute's project to cooperate with him.
The forest sanctuary is indeed special. The main body of the runes in its defensive force field is not in one's own soul, but in the forest. 』
『If it was the engraving of defensive magic that caused an abnormality in Albert's soul, maybe having Albert engrave the forest sanctuary would not cause this kind of mana chaos. But why does this phenomenon occur? 』
This is very attractive to me as a potion master. 』