But in the end, Mage Tower did not require Allen to compensate for these property losses.
"You don't have to blame yourself, Mr. York," the magic apprentice explained with a smile on his face, "These are all within the normal test loss range of the Mage Tower and can be reimbursed."
"Reimbursement? It seems that Mage Tower is quite kind." Allen commented silently in his heart.
However, these words reminded Allen of one thing, that is, for hundreds of years before Queen Margaret came to the throne, the Mage Tower had always been an organization that was too poor to expose itself. It needed to rely on donations from a few nobles and businessmen to be able to operate in the city.
The Church of Light is barely surviving under the influence of the Church of Light.
It was only in recent decades that with the expansion of the colonial plane and the invention of the magical steam engine, the Mage Tower gradually became wealthy; especially after Queen Margaret succeeded to the throne, it received a large amount of financial subsidies from the Kingdom of Braden.
Finally, Master Tower finally had the capital to spend money lavishly, patting his chest and shouting, "Come to me for reimbursement."
After the Mage Tower had money, its efficiency naturally became higher. Soon, several magic apprentices moved in new targets so that they could continue to conduct simple assessments.
A few minutes later, both Allen and Selina put on brand new black mage robes and pinned on the sparkling first-level magician badges engraved with towers and five-pointed stars.
"According to the rules of the Mage Tower, every time you advance to a level, there will be an additional five-pointed star on the badge," the magic apprentice responsible for issuing the badges introduced. "Mr. York, I believe it won't be long before you come here to receive your new badge."
badge.
"The ones with quill patterns next to them are the badges of thesis reviewers. Only magicians above Level 6 who have made outstanding contributions in the academic field can become reviewers. Each reviewer controls the development of many papers.
Killing power. It can be said that this is a very high honor.
"Since you have experience in publishing papers, you should know that Mr. Merlins has always encouraged magicians to share their research results with others. As long as the paper passes the review and is published in core journals, you can get points.
.After accumulating the required points, you can redeem the rewards at the Mage Tower."
"Rewards? What are they generally?" Allen asked. Because he was not short of money, he hoped to get something in the Mage Tower that could not be bought outside.
"Rare experimental materials, special alchemy items, opportunities for individual guidance from high-level magicians... As far as I know, there are usually these rewards." The magic apprentice replied.
"Well... that's not bad." Allen commented politely, trying hard not to say the word "tasteless".
One of his teachers is a master alchemist, and another teacher is a legendary mage. There is no shortage of alchemy items and opportunities for guidance. As for experimental materials... He thought that the pocket money of 300,000 gold pounds should be enough to buy a lot.
"So where are these badges with swords?" Next to him, Selena asked curiously.
"This is the 'Pioneer' badge. It can be regarded as an agreement reached between the Braden Kingdom authorities and the Mage Tower!" The magic apprentice replied, "The Kingdom allocates financial funds to the Mage Tower. In return, the Mage Tower needs to send people to participate in the Kingdom every year.
The foreign wars include wars with neighboring countries and plane colonial wars. All magicians who volunteer to sign up to participate in the war will receive a 'Pioneer' badge, which allows them to receive some preferential treatment in point redemption."
"Then will they participate in the battle against the sect?" Allen asked calmly, "I recently read in the newspaper that the followers of the Dark Temple are becoming increasingly rampant, and the Light Church has issued a wanted order for them across the entire plane.
make."
"Of course not, Mr. York," the magic apprentice said with a smile, "Have you forgotten? The great 'faceless prophet' set a rule on the day he founded the Mage Tower, requiring all magicians who joined the Mage Tower to
You must take the pursuit of truth as your own responsibility and must not participate in any sectarian disputes."
"Then I'm relieved," Selina suddenly interjected, "I heard that the cultists in the Dark Temple are the most terrifying. In order to please their cruel and bloodthirsty evil god, they not only kill and set fire to people, but also sacrifice human beings.
I don’t want to face them head-on.”
Hearing this, Allen's expression became a little strange.
He wanted to explain that "these are all random smears by the Light Church," but in the end he held back his words.
After that, the magic apprentice introduced several special badges such as "teacher", "erudite", and "defender of truth", which are used to reward students for teaching them well, for being knowledgeable, or for being rich.
Pursue the truth and get to the bottom of things... In short, they are magicians who have special achievements or contributions.
"Your teacher, Mr. Merlins, before he became the master of the Mage Tower, he basically collected all the badges here," the magic apprentice said in a tone full of admiration. "Whether it is academic research or teaching students,
Very few people can match him."
"But I didn't see him wearing any badges..."
"This is normal. Of course he will not wear any badges now," the magic apprentice continued to say with admiration. "Your Excellency Merlins once said, 'I used to be proud of these badges, but now these badges are because of my existence.
To add luster; now that I have become a legend, naturally I no longer need these useless embellishments."
It sounded quite in line with the narcissistic image of Mr. Merlins. Allen complained silently in his heart.
"Do you have the latest Braden Morning News here?" he asked, "If so, can you lend me a copy?"
"Of course, Mr. York. Just take it and you don't have to give it back."
Although this magic apprentice was slightly chubby, he ran very fast. He rushed into the bathroom next door at lightning speed, took a newspaper from the bookshelf next to the toilet, and then swished back and handed it to
In Allen's hands.
After learning Allen's identity and seeing Allen's polite attitude, he had already made up his mind to work hard to win the favor of this young magician with great potential.
If you look familiar, if one day the other person is in a good mood and teaches you the secret of spiritual magic, wouldn't you be able to make a comeback?
"Thank you," Allen took the newspaper, rolled it up, stuffed it into the pocket of his robe, threw it together with "Origin", and said to the magic apprentice at the same time, "By the way, I forgot to ask your name just now."
He asked me my name! He finally asked me my name!
The magic apprentice was very excited.
He took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm, then patted his chest, smiled and said to Allen: "Mr. York, my name is Philip. If you need me to do anything in the future, just ask."
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at the same time.
On the highest floor of the Mage Tower, in Merlins' office, Howard sat cross-legged on the floor in front of the window, his eyes closed.
A ray of cool breeze came in through the window and ruffled his chestnut hair, but he didn't even notice it.
Merlins sat behind his desk, flipping through various daily documents in the Lawyer's Tower, while occasionally glancing at Howard, paying attention to his situation with a worried expression.
"Big Mouth, do you think he can succeed?"
There was silence in the office, and no one responded to his words.
Merlins then remembered that the toucan was under his "silencing spell" and could not speak.
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