Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 458: Attitude towards Rorschach

Lucas led Rorschach for the second time, but at this time he was already Rorschach's employee. Along the way, he was in an awkward situation of wanting to say something but not being sure what to say, and he also put too much effort into small details.

You don't need a big brother like this. Rorschach always felt that Lucas was a little too attentive. He used to be very businesslike, but now he's like, "Sir, this way."

So on the way, he took the initiative to ask Lucas about his business.

"There are now eight mutual aid groups of varying sizes that have all used your new system of magic. I have counted 8 users, 156 of whom have uploaded spells."

There are only 800 apprentices in the Tower of Mysticism, and the number of mages it has trained is even less than the average of other regions.

Rorschach roughly estimated that the penetration rate within a month was acceptable. He affirmed Lucas's work. Later, Lucas also reflected a problem. Many people were hesitant about the principle behind it, and some had apprentice bias and thought that this was cheating.

Some apprentices even reported the existence of the "new system of spells" to the professor, but Rorschach didn't care. For the sake of confidentiality, the "Spell Cloud" currently adopted a whitelist system. Except for its own people, the individual magic power could not be too high when promoting it to the apprentices of the Tower of Arcana. The teachers of the Tower of Arcana were at least intermediate wizards and would not be allowed to access it.

However, the current situation and the status quo of Spell Cloud need to be changed. How the changes will be made will depend on the next talks.

Rorschach heaved a sigh of relief, and the Tower of Mysticism located on the edge of the cliff came into view again. Two gargoyles came out to greet him early, and there were also curious apprentices who came out of the tower and wanted to take a look at the young wizard.

The Red Dragon Tower Spirit was still sitting in the hall. When he saw Rorschach, he snorted and turned his head away.

? Rorschach felt puzzled.

"Master Elizabeth has been away since your last visit, so the Guardian may have some... opinions about you." The gargoyle explained considerately.

No, buddy, her choice to stay in Wurzburg has nothing to do with me, it's a personal choice. Rorschach was too lazy to explain, and the dragon's cervical spine was good enough, so he just tilted his head.

When they were brought to the central hall of the tower, the gargoyles leaned down and fell to the ground, as if they wanted Rorschach to step on them and fly up. Rorschach ignored them and took off directly, flying towards Feuerbach's office.

The Banking Association is the material foundation of the Tower of Mystic Magic and the Magic Guild in Byrne, and it has to pay huge sums of money to the two institutions every year. When did this practice start? It is unknown. In short, the Magic Guild and the Tower of Mystic Magic provide protection and endorsement, allowing the bank to be independent in front of the king and the city hall, and this industry alone is enough to support the noble spellcasters in Byrne.

Until a rascal entered the scene. If it weren't for Rorschach, the bank would have been through a lot in the past few years since the war began, and it would have tightened its belts with the secondary guilds to ensure the normal operation of the Tower of Mysticism. But now it has reached a three-way stalemate, and no matter what, it will greatly damage the foundation of the bank.

That is to damage the material foundation of the Tower of Mysticism.

Regardless of whether the insurance company honors the promise or not, the bank will either be overwhelmed by bad debts and go bankrupt, or sit back and watch as most of Byrne's industries belong to the Special Zone. The existence of the insurance company proves that the Special Zone can develop its own financial system and kick out the severely damaged bank. There is also an insignificant factor. Due to the "alchemical industrialization" in the Special Zone, Rorschach's factories have become major buyers of various alchemical materials, pushing up the prices of alchemical materials, and many sellers are more willing to give priority to the Special Zone. In this way, the Tower of Mysticism fell into a situation completely opposite to "increasing revenue and reducing expenditure."

If the banks had not taken the bait, if they had not lent money recklessly, if they had not used the depositors' money to speculate in securities... If it was too much, but greed, no, driven by instinct, all the banks did this, and the wizards in the Tower of Mysticism who were superior in wisdom acquiesced and enjoyed a temporary carnival.

Feuerbach sighed as he waited for the visitor to arrive. He never wanted to get involved in messy mundane affairs, but no matter what, as the chief of the Tower of Mysticism, he had an unshirkable responsibility.

The door opened and the young man walked in. Last time he came with questions, and Feuerbach was in a good mood and discussed the spell of [Reversal Ray] with Rorschach. At this moment, in Feuerbach's eyes, he was not friendly.

Generally speaking, one should not cut off someone's financial resources. Rorschach even considered whether the great wizard would do something extreme, but since he had already made the invitation, he should not be impulsive, right?
Rorschach’s purpose for this trip was: Feuerbach, I’m here to negotiate terms!

Therefore, when he arrived at the office and saw the gloomy face of the Archmage, Rorschach felt that he should calm him down first. After the formal greetings, he immediately started the conversation: "In fact, the situation has come to this point, which is not what we want to see."

The master's blood pressure rose by one percentage point.

In fact, Rorschach was talking about the royal family and the city hall interfering. If they hadn't blocked the deal, Rorschach would have been happy to expand his business and pack up the remaining garbage for recycling. He continued: "If we don't want to be deadlocked like this, we can choose a middle plan that all parties can accept.

“To put it bluntly, the banks’ predicament is that they have no money. On the one hand, there are too many bad debts, and on the other hand, depositors are inclined to run on the banks. If the insurance companies honor their obligations, Byrne’s banks can survive this crisis.

"The kingdom is unwilling to accept it, so we promise to classify the debts and then package them up. The ones with better credit will be re-listed on the market. For those that are determined to be unrepayable, we can set up a company with joint holdings by multiple parties to take over and liquidate and integrate the remaining assets. The capital injection from the Tower of Mysticism and the City Hall can be delayed, and the initial investment will be borne by us."

The core demand of the kingdom is to prevent Rorschach from getting all the debts, so Rorschach can compromise with both parties and release them, and Rorschach is also willing to take out part of the insurance company's cash to save the bank.

Did they lose money? If so, the turnover and premiums of the transactions in that month alone were a huge income. Between Valan’s professional long and short positions, the money borrowed by many retail investors actually flowed into the hands of the largest dealers.

If the kingdom cannot agree to the compromise plan, as long as the Tower of Mysticism agrees, both sides can just shout to the royal family: Go away and play somewhere else.

Rorschach was not here to do charity, and Feuerbach knew that. After listening to Rorschach's rambling, he finally spoke: "I don't care about these things. Just tell me your conditions and what price you want us to pay."

"Master, don't you think the apprentices of the Arcane Tower are too pitiful?" Rorschach shook his head. "They waste their youth in the tower and may be delayed or delayed in graduation at any time. I think this is a reflection of the lack of teaching resources in the Arcane Tower. Are you willing to cooperate and let my Mage Tower and the Arcane Tower jointly train apprentices?"

(End of this chapter)