After listening to Ganal's introduction, Shado also had a general understanding of the recent situation in the Magic Mechanic's Department, especially about the intermediate technicians.
What he had learned before was that there were indeed low-level mages in the Magic Mechanic's Department who were about to be upgraded, but they had not been upgraded at that time, and after they were upgraded, it was not sure whether they would still stay in the Magic Mechanic's Department.
In theory, every official mage of the Tower of Time has the opportunity to set up his or her own private research laboratory when reaching the middle level.
Some outstanding ones even established their own private research laboratories during their low-level mage period, such as Tilak.
Although this has certain historical reasons and is supported by Xia Duo, it also proves the feasibility of this matter to a certain extent.
In the eyes of traditional spell casters, establishing a private research laboratory is something that can be accomplished as a life goal.
As for magic mechanics, although their name carries "magic", they are actually more like porters on the dock. Even if the current salary of magic mechanics is not inferior to that of ordinary mages of the same level, some people still can't change their minds.
Bend over.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask: "Who are those two full-time mid-level technicians? Is there Akers?"
"Yes, it's Ax and Danos. They just became intermediate mages not long ago, and I promoted them to intermediate technicians." Ganal replied.
Hearing the two familiar names of Akers and Danos, Shado couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. Akers was a low-level apprentice and junior technician that he had an impression of before, and he also encouraged him to develop into an intermediate technician.
Unexpectedly, after the other party became an intermediate mage, he still chose to stay in the magic technician department. Sha Duo immediately decided to continue to train the other party into a high-level technician and become a typical representative of the new era and new system of the Tower of Time!
As for Danos, he was originally the apprentice, or subordinate, of the mid-level mage Sandur. Even though he has become an official mage, he has been squeezed by his mentor for a long time.
Later, during the transformation of the Tower of Time system, with Shado's encouragement, Danos and another apprentice of Sandur unanimously chose to leave Sandur's laboratory.
Under the new regulations, the owners of private laboratories and the low-level mage members who join them have the right to choose each other, and minimum wages and maximum working hours are also stipulated.
It is almost unrealistic for Sandur to engage in any bottom-line exploitation.
It's just that Sandur has a bad reputation, and no low-level mage is willing to join his laboratory. Now he is working in the magic item mass production design laboratory of the mid-level mage Horst, which can be considered a good ending.
The former apprentice, Danos, has now become an intermediate mage like him, and will even continue to improve in the future because he will receive more care from Sha Duo.
I don’t know if Sandur will regret it when he thinks of the oppression.
You should, and you should have regretted it now.
If he can continue to work well in Horst's laboratory, he may not be a good comrade in the future.
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After chatting with Ganal for a while, Shado went to see eight magic technicians who were working hard to practice the [Resist Demonic Aura] branch of magic.
Among them are two intermediate technicians, Akers and Danos.
Xia Duo expressed concern and condolences to them one by one, and answered the questions they had while practicing the "Resist Demonic Aura" spell.
…
After leaving the Magic Mechanic's Office, Xia Duo went to several classrooms and listened to the apprentice's teaching for a while. Finally, he quietly came to the Academic Affairs Office without alerting anyone on the teaching side.
Today, Jose rarely participates in actual teaching tasks. Instead, he settles down and devotes all his energy and time to the research of teaching materials.
When Xia Duo arrived, Jose was squinting at a wood pulp paper book on the desk, holding a pen in his hand and making circles on the book from time to time.
"Master Jose, long time no see!" Xia Duo greeted casually.
Hearing someone calling his name, Jose woke up immediately. When he saw it was Xia Duo, he quickly stood up and greeted: "Good morning, Mr. Xia Duo!"
"Good morning." Xia Duo replied.
"I heard that you went to Severton before, but I didn't expect to come back so soon. Do you have any special instructions for coming to the Academic Affairs Office this time?"
"I have some things to leave to you. I don't feel comfortable leaving them to others."
When Xia Duo said this, Jose immediately straightened his back, looked proud, and said loudly: "Please give me your instructions."
"Relax, don't be so formal."
Xia Duo waved his hand and asked him to sit down and talk. Jose did so, and then Xia Duo continued to explain:
"I have brought you some reference materials. Combining these materials with the actual situation of the apprentices in the Tower of Time, I need you to prepare a teaching material writing team as soon as possible. The Tower of Time is going to publish a new textbook!"
"Are there new textbooks?"
Jose was immediately surprised. The current teaching materials used by Tower of Time apprentices seemed to him to be very good. If he had encountered such teaching materials back then, he might have had some arcanist dreams.
Even now, he has gained a lot from reading such teaching materials. Arcanists cannot guarantee that, at least high-level mages and archmages are relatively stable.
Because of this, he attaches great importance to teaching materials and is even willing to spend a lot of time and energy trying to improve existing teaching materials.
Now when he heard that Xia Duo requested a new edition of textbooks, Jose's first reaction was that besides lamenting that the world was changing so fast that he couldn't keep up, his biggest feeling was surprise.
Then he stared at the wood pulp paper books that Xia Duo placed on his desk with a hungry look, and even kept urging in his heart - take it faster, take more!
But it is a pity that although Chateau's portable space is large, the reference materials he prepared for Jose are quite limited.
Mainly, it is the standard textbook of the Magic Academy under the Judgment Department brought back from [Projection Plane·Remnants of the Empire]. The content covers the main knowledge systems from enlightenment to intermediate level, as well as the question bank that Sha Duo values most.
In fact, the teaching materials currently used by the Tower of Time are not bad in terms of knowledge system and even teaching aids. After all, for these contents, Shado also referred to the teaching materials of the magic academy during the heyday of the Arcane Empire.
During the empire's remnant stage, the college's teaching materials were updated, but the biggest changes were in the exams, which were simply appalling.
It can be said that the biggest reason why the graduates of the magic academies in the survivor stage are not mid-level mages is that they failed in the exam.
It's not that you can't upgrade, it's that you can't get all the permissions that belong to an intermediate mage without passing the promotion assessment.
This is actually the main reason why Xia Duo wants to introduce an examination system in the Tower of Time, to separate strength from authority and treatment, and to redesign a more reasonable promotion mechanism to adapt to the future situation where the proportion of spellcasters is increasing.