Arcane Lord

The top floor of the Tower of Time is the residence of the Tower Master.

This was originally the residence of Lord Epps, and the conditions were better than the common private accommodation on the sixth floor. When Sha Duo came to the study, Niya was sitting at the window, observing the Great Xia Territory through the projection.

“Niya actually has one too!”

Xia Duo calmed down, walked behind Niya, and once again confirmed that Niya was also surrounded by wisps of "cloud energy", which was like light and fog, but did not affect normal vision.

He observed carefully for a while, preparing to observe more targets, so he said: "The farmland opened this year is still a little small, and there will be a bigger harvest scene next year!"

He arrived just in time, and the scene on the projection was the scene of Daxia's leaders harvesting more than 100 acres of wheat fields.

Since the farmland has not yet been divided, a row of people moved slowly from one end to the other. Pieces of golden barley fell behind them, and were bundled and carried by the people behind.

It looks quite spectacular.

Xia Duo knew that Savile Territory had not had such a large-scale collective harvest before this year, but this year is different. I think Mayor Sain will arrange it very well!

However, even if Mayor Thain organized collective harvesting in Savile Town, it would be difficult for the scattered farmland to have the scene seen in Shado.

And next year, there will be more farmland in Xiaduo.

In his plan, in the future, the land allocated to the residents will not be divided in physical space, but in property rights. Since he is starting from scratch, the foundation of the collective farm must be laid in advance!

While Xia Duo was looking forward to the grand harvest scene in the future, Niya had turned off the projection on the window and turned it into a slightly bright sky projection. Then she stood up and turned to Xia Duo with a serious expression:

"Xia Duo, how long has it been since you paid attention to the Elemental Pool of the Tower of Time?"

"Elemental pool? What happened to the elemental pool?" Xia Duo asked doubtfully.

It's true that he hasn't paid attention to the element pool for a while. Since the magic network environment of the Mysterious Ruins outside the Tower of Time has been repaired to a certain extent, the pressure on the Tower of Time has been greatly reduced, allowing the energy reserve of the element pool to achieve positive growth. He didn't care anymore.

Now that Niya is asking this, is there something wrong with the elemental pool?

Regarding Shado's questions, Niya did not explain directly, but projected a blueprint of the Tower of Time in front of him. Of course, it was simpler than the blueprint that actually preserved the core of the Tower of Time, but it could also explain some problems. .

In fact, when Sha Duo saw the blueprint of the Tower of Time, he immediately understood it. This picture described the overall energy direction of the Tower of Time, which also included the energy consumption and energy reserves.

In the picture, the Tower of Time's energy consumption against the external magic network environment still accounts for a large part, but it is no longer the largest part. The largest energy consumption now turns out to be in the spell practice room in the library.

Although the rest of the protective and functional infrastructure is also consumed, it is not much different from before. Only the spell practice room has changed significantly and is very eye-catching.

"This -" Xia Duo was silent. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He really didn't want the transformation that had just begun to be aborted in the blink of an eye.

"Although the spell calming field in the spell practice room can subdivide energy levels and reduce consumption, so many people continue to use it, and the Tower of Time really won't last long!"

Speaking of this, Niya canceled the projection of the Tower of Time blueprint, sighed, and said with emotion: "I'm afraid Savile's great-grandfather would not have thought about it when he was building the Tower of Time. There will be a Tower of Time in the future. There could be hundreds or thousands of apprentices at the same time!

"Xia Duo, it's not that I don't agree with this method of training apprentices, but the reality of the Tower of Time has to be considered!"

"Sorry, I didn't think carefully!" Sha Duo looked at Niya and said solemnly.

This is indeed what he ignored!

However, the energy consumption caused by a large number of apprentices is indeed a problem, and it is also a difficulty that has to be faced on the way to transformation. Even if it is not revealed now, it may cause greater trouble in the future when those apprentices become official mages.

It was just right to reveal it now, giving Xia Duo a chance to eliminate hidden dangers. He thought about it and asked Niya, "If no changes are made, how long can the energy of the Tower of Time be sustained?"

"About half a year, but didn't you say that you would step up the production of communication instruments? And there are other mass production plans later. I'm worried-"

"Don't worry, I'll find a way."

In fact, Xia Duo doesn't have too much worry about the production of magic items. In fact, there will not be much change in energy consumption compared to the past mage personal all-inclusive package. On the contrary, it may be reduced due to the improvement of efficiency.

Only the increase in output due to improved efficiency will bring about new energy consumption. However, making magic items is essentially to solidify the caster's personal spell ability. The maximum output is directly proportional to the number of spells cast by the individual every day.

Theoretically, no one would waste all their spells on making magic items, but would use them more to practice their own spells or conduct spell experiments.

Therefore, even though the output under the new model may increase, it will not increase too much. After all, Xia Duo is not a black-hearted capitalist. Even if they are magic technicians, he will respect these people and give them room to grow.

Compared with this, the problem of nearly a thousand apprentices now becoming official mages in the future is even more serious.

According to Shado's previous rough measurement of the cost of arcane spellcasting, the cost of a 0-level spell is about half that of a 1-level spell.

The cost of a 5th level spell is 10 times that of a 1st level spell.

Correspondingly, even if the energy consumption of the spell to calm the field is not calculated based on the actual consumption of the spell, the consumption of the spell to calm different levels is definitely related to the level of the target spell.

Nowadays, so many apprentices are almost draining the Tower of Time. If they all become official mages and still use the spell practice room as they do now, the energy consumption of the spell practice room will almost double.

And if they all become high-level mages, it will cost 20 times the current cost. This is not impossible. After all, in the vision planned by Sha Duo, most ordinary people have the opportunity to become arcanists.

To use the analogy of the college entrance examination on Earth, it means that all people have the opportunity to pass the college entrance examination and become college students. A senior arcanist is equivalent to graduating from college.

As for the Grand Arcanist, he is an official researcher in Shado's Vision. Anyone under the Grand Arcanist can be classified as a "civilian researcher".

Although this is somewhat difficult, the long-term vision always requires some challenges and cannot be achieved easily!

From this perspective, a powerful and stable energy source must be obtained. The element pool may be feasible, but Shado is more inclined to the Myser energy core.

It can make a section of a mountain peak go in and out of the clouds, which can at least satisfy the consumption of a magic academy.