Tower of Time, Public Floor, Human Resources Department.
After receiving the news, Xia Duo and Niya rushed over as soon as possible. Since there was no delay on the way, when they arrived, the director of the Human Resources Department and the senior mage Depak had just arrived.
Seeing the two of them appearing here together, De Park was very surprised, "Niya, Sha Duo, why are you here?"
"I have always been very concerned about the promotion of apprentices, and I just received a notification from the tower spirit."
Sha Duo took over the conversation and explained briefly. Then, he asked Depak a question: "What do you think of the promotion of these apprentices?"
"Well--"
Depak pondered, with a look of hesitation on his face. He still knew some basic information about the Tower of Time.
There are more than 40 apprentices, or new mages, who applied for promotion rights. Before today, he had never experienced such a scene.
But how to arrange it for so many people?
If all are promoted, then these 40 or so new mages who are difficult to generate income in a short period of time will immediately bring considerable financial pressure to the Tower of Time.
In addition to the basic salary paid to them, there is also the cost of maintaining the Tower of Time infrastructure, which amounts to a loss of nearly 10,000 yuan per month.
Although he is not responsible for the financial problems of the Tower of Time, in all honesty, Depak still does not want to be promoted to so many official mages at once.
But he also couldn't figure out Xia Duo's thoughts. Logically speaking, Xia Duo should support the promotion of apprentices, but the current situation of the Tower of Time is here. Today, there are more than 40 promotions. What about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?
You must know that the Tower of Time, including those rehired past apprentices, now has nearly a thousand registered apprentices. As for the specific number, as the director of the Human Resources Department, Depak also knows that very well——
720 people in total!
The vast majority of them have received new education for more than a year, and the so-called new education, in Depak's view, is complete arcanist education.
He was not sure how many of those apprentices would eventually become arcanists, but it was not difficult to become an official mage.
Before today, nearly 20 people had already become official mages and received promotions within the Tower of Time. This batch of more than 40 people has come.
This is the explosive period for apprentices to become official mages.
Depak can almost imagine that in the not-too-distant future, hundreds of people will all become official mages. The expenses of so many people will be difficult to cover with the income from the few mass-produced magic items currently available in the Tower of Time.
past.
Even he could foresee the future. Could Xia Duo, the senior arcanist who designed the new education, not be able to foresee it?
But if you say that promotion is not allowed, or promotion is deliberately blocked, it goes against the spirit of justice in the transformation of the Tower of Time that Shado promotes.
This kind of thing can be done secretly, but it is still a little bit bad to say it in front of the person involved!
At this moment, Depak was not only hesitant, but also troubled, entangled, and in a dilemma. In the end, he could only say vaguely:
"These people can become official mages in such a short period of time. They are all outstanding apprentices. I think it is necessary for the Tower of Time to give them certain support."
He said it, but it seemed like he didn't say anything.
Xia Duo didn't think too much about this. He came mainly because he was worried that Depak deliberately blocked the promotion of those people. In addition, he also wanted to meet this group of new mages.
Regardless of whether these people are in a hurry or not, if they can complete the upgrade as soon as possible and apply for promotion rights, they are still the "best among apprentices" as De Park said.
If possible, he would also be willing to give some advice to make these people face the basics and return to the right path.
"As for the promotion of these people, please follow the regulations of the Tower of Time. Those who meet the conditions will be promoted. Those who do not meet the requirements should not be deliberately taken care of."
After saying that, Xia Duo turned to look at Niya and made an invitation gesture, "Then let's just watch from the side."
"good."
…
In the Tower of Time, it is very convenient for the tower spirit to convey information.
After Xia Duo signaled De Parker to start, a familiar face soon appeared at the door. Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but shook his head secretly. This De Parker was really thoughtful.
The visitor is an old acquaintance of Chateau’s from his apprenticeship—Donald!
In the past, Donald was the first person to enter the society as a model of progress in exchange meetings. Now he has become an official mage. Although he came later than the first batch of members who entered the society, he has made remarkable progress compared to others.
Sha Duo wouldn't believe it to his death if De Park did not deliberately place Donald first. However, the order of promotion is not important.
The key is whether you can be promoted.
"Dear Lords, Lord Shado, Lord Depak, Donald salutes you!"
In front of Niya and De Parker, Donald still didn't dare to call Sha Duo by his name, but his expression showed a calmness that ordinary apprentices did not possess.
It seems that the experience in Tilak's laboratory has really made him grow a lot.
Of course, along with the growth of character and ability, Donald's body shape has also grown. In just two years, Donald has grown from a little fat man who was a head shorter than Xia Duo to a big fat man about the same height as Xia Duo.
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In terms of body shape, today's Donald is definitely a match for Xander, the famous foodie mage from the Tower of Time.
However, as someone who is familiar with Donald, Xia Duo knows very well that Donald is not gluttonous, and maybe he has some special bloodline.
Thinking of this, Shado immediately decided to send Donald to Jilan Tower for further study if he had the opportunity in the future. Maybe Donald could find a new direction of development there.
"Donald, show me the level 1 spells you have mastered." Following the procedure, Depak asked in a very formal manner.
"yes."
Donald responded and immediately began to cast spells, but the spells he cast were not ordinary 1-level spells, but equivalent 1-level spells used for the level-up test. In fact, they were entirely composed of 0-level elements.
Depak nodded secretly when he saw this. In fact, he had heard about Donald's reputation for a long time. After all, there were nearly a thousand people in the Tower of Time and they could never find a third fat man.
It is said that this guy is doing well in Tilak's Research Laboratory. It seems that he did not become an official mage recently. He must have been delayed or forgotten something before.
"That's enough, Master Donald. Congratulations on your successful promotion!"
Later, Depak handed Donald a contract document. Now the official mage of the Tower of Time was promoted. Although it still followed the previous form, the contract document was very different from before.
In fact, at the early stage of the Tower of Time's transformation, everyone had already changed to a new contract, except that Donald had now changed from the previous apprentice contract to the contract of a full member of the Tower of Time.
Donald took the contract and did not write anything. He just said to the contract, "I agree!"
A trace of sacred aura flashed over the contract, and then disappeared, but in the magical vision, the contract still exuded a brighter glow of holy power.
After the sacred contract is signed, the next step is to increase the authority on the tower spirit. This step is the simplest, as long as the person with authority communicates with the tower spirit and issues an order.
Soon, Donald completed all the promotion procedures.