Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 455: Recession

The apprentice has suffered in the Tower of Mysticism for a long time!
No apprentice from other academies or the Mage Tower can understand the bitter tears of the apprentices of the Arcane Tower. Not only is the study period long and easy to be delayed, but graduation is also often delayed.

Simply perverted.

Perhaps it has something to do with its extreme elitist philosophy and the fact that it uses the name of "secret magic" in its teaching. First of all, it assumes that all those who join the tower are little geniuses. If they are put outside, everyone with magical talent is indeed a "prodigy", but it requires all apprentices to be geniuses among spellcasters.

In the early stage, from the age of six to fourteen, these apprentices can only be exposed to grammar, debate, art and mathematics, collectively known as art studies, which is a practice inherited from ancient times. After completing this stage, they need to pass the examination before they can go on to higher education.

If a young man with magical talent has completed arts education in other schools and can pass the exams, then the Tower of Mysticism also welcomes him to join.

Up to this point, the teaching arrangement was acceptable. Next, they obtained the status of formal apprentices and began to learn alchemy, magic circle geometry, mythology history, and Aeschylus. Their underdeveloped brains had been "poisoned" by some logos.

If one is possessed, he might spend every day in the tower repeating something like "Existence is everything, everything is for existence", but this will most likely lead to his failure.

Those who can pass the second stage of study are all proven geniuses! Only then will the professors select the students they like and teach them magic skills as unreservedly as possible. Yes, many apprentices have the opportunity to learn real spells only after they have made it through the second stage, and there is also a prerequisite - being valued by the professor.

It is true that the best are selected from the best, but what about the rest? Some see the reality clearly, and after failing to pass the assessment or not being selected by the professor, they simply enter the job market. After all, the apprentices who can survive the first two stages are already comparable to the college students in Munich and Wirz. Some just waste their youth.

Allowing apprentices to organize mutual aid groups and learn zero-ring tricks on their own during the second stage is the last mercy of the Tower of Mysticism.

If you can graduate, you will be an elite among mages, and you will be guaranteed to be promoted to intermediate level. If not, the Tower of Mysticism will allow you to stay for free until you are 28 years old. If you exceed the age limit, you will have to be supplied to the society.

Luo Xia didn't understand. How could this be tolerated? Could it be that the core magic passed down from generation to generation in the Secret Tower is called [PUA Dafa]? Such dark inside stories were only known to the various factories after they received disheartened apprentices.

They now follow Andre to maintain the growing number of collectors and other magical constructs.

When Rorschach interviewed these "losers" about their mental journey, one apprentice said sheepishly: "To be honest with you, coming to the factory was a helpless choice."

The Magic Guild in the Kingdom of Byrne provided a backup for the Tower of Mystic Magic, and at least the remuneration was enough to maintain a good life. The apprentices who first joined during the food factory period were "unrecyclable garbage" that the guild did not want.

Those who came out of the Tower of Mysticism were always somewhat proud. Rorschach could understand that, in his previous life, when an engineering student said that he went to work in a factory after graduation, he either had tears in his eyes or laughed at himself helplessly. Manufacturing was really hard and tiring, and it was hard for the villagers to understand that a magic apprentice worked in a factory. In everyone's simple professional concept, shouldn't the worst thing he should do is work in an office in the city hall?

After Rorschach expressed his understanding, a straightforward boy spoke the truth: "In fact, the apprentices and mages of the Tower of Secret Magic have some doubts about you and Mage Bart. They are not targeting you, but the teaching level of the Empire's magic academy is not that high."

F**k, so you think that all the graduates from the Royal School of Magic are fakes, right? Although it is true that many students tend to choose the simplest and lowest level magic to pass the examination, but wouldn’t it be good to be recognized as a magician by the guild and the empire earlier? Wouldn’t it be good to graduate quickly? Now we can add one more thing, isn’t it good to have a “spell cloud”?

And in terms of background, I also graduated from the Tower of Stars, which is one of the thirteen magic towers!

As time went by, the factories in the special zone expanded rapidly. Rorschach became rich and planned to swing his pickaxe towards the corner of the Tower of Mysticism. The pickaxe head was called "Spell Cloud" and the pickaxe handle was the simplest and most effective money.

It may not have been possible in the past, but now the two sides have reached a point where one side is gaining while the other is losing. It's time to put your black hands on the Tower of Mysticism and save the poor apprentices!
Munich, Magic Guild branch, Lucas hums a song while reading the newspaper.

There are a lot of "weird" contents in the newspapers, some of which are madly testing the edge of offending the royal family, and some industrial news. Kempson Steel Works has added 12 blast furnaces and imported the latest open-hearth furnace from the Empire. The Lanster Sugar Exchange has listed a high-strength artificial fiber that can replace hemp.
He glanced around and found a lot of good news in the country. As a member of the guild, he knew that it was all related to a young man. He remembered that he had only visited the Tower of Mysticism as a wizard of the Tower of Stars, and he had even led him there. I wonder if Rorschach still remembers me? It would have been better if he had made more friends with him.
Are there any regrets? If so, Lucas just imagined the possibilities, and soon he felt that the days of drinking tree root tea and reading newspapers were good.

There was another page with advertisements, a recruitment information from the Special Zone, and it only wanted apprentices or mages from the Tower of Mysticism.

The treatment is good, but will anyone go? Lucas put down the newspaper with a chuckle. He opened the necklace box and found a miniature oil painting inside. One of the paintings showed his wife smiling sweetly, and the other was of his lovely daughter. The artist did some artistic processing on the hair of the child. In the past year, he has changed from an apprentice who sighed about dropping out of school to a reliable husband and a happy father.

He continued to hum, as today was payday. He pushed down his ID card and walked towards the finance office.

"The door is unlocked, please come in. Oh, it's Lucas." The lady in charge of finance was buried in a large number of files and bills. Even with the help of [Mage's Hand], she was still too busy. She cleverly used [Mystic Mark] to classify different types of documents, and the side effect was that different colors of fluorescence flashed everywhere.

"Yes, I'm here to collect this month's salary."

"Okay." The finance department stood up and opened the safe. The accountant who was present was responsible for registering the matter, and then asked Lucas to put his fingerprints on it.

The hand that was about to press down stopped.

"what happened?"

"The quantity is wrong." Lucas weighed the file bag. It was too light and thin. When he opened it, there were only twelve silver coins sandwiched in the brown paper bag.

He counted it again in disbelief: "That's all? It's not even enough to pay my maid's salary!" Oh my God, he couldn't even imagine how much anger this little money would cause his wife to roar, and how the children's crying would fill the whole house.

"Then you should fire some servants, Mr. Lucas." The treasurer said without even raising his eyelids: "As a Beta-level employee of the guild, this is the amount you get."

"No, no, no, we all know that's just on the surface. Where's my allowance? Look, I went on three field missions this month, and was sent to the telegraph company and Grove Bank."

The finance department allocated another five silver coins and three copper coins: "Sorry, I forgot about the telegraph company. But the other projects... unfortunately, none of them made any money. This is the case for all employees."

The Byrne guild did not have as many subordinate enterprises as Valois, and the main "cash cow" of the Tower of Mysticism and the guild was the banking industry. Unfortunately, due to the bankruptcy of a large number of workshops, the bank's bad debts were increasing sharply, and the business was shrinking rapidly. The only positive income was the telegraph company jointly invested with Rorschach and the investment in the special zone.

And that money must be used first to protect the Tower of Mysticism.

"Also, the HR department didn't find you before, so they asked me to inform you when I give you your salary: Mr. Lucas, due to the decline of our communication business, we don't need so many people in the guild in the future. You will enter the 'talent pool' next month, and after passing the assessment, you will be assigned to the Byrne Telegraph Company for a long time. It is recommended that you first familiarize yourself with the necessary lightning magic and protective magic, as well as related knowledge."

"What if I fail the test?"

".Then you need to pay more attention to where talent is needed."

Trembling all over, Lucas recalled the job ad from the Special Zone. Now he couldn't just laugh it off.

(End of this chapter)