Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 459 Joint Training
Joint training is no stranger to those who have taken the postgraduate entrance examination in their previous lives. It can be a lifesaver, meaning that the school can have more admission places. It can also be a big pit, meaning that the bosses on both sides will either ignore the students or severely exploit them.

Now the apprentices of the Tower of Mysticism can only see the former.

"Joint Training Program Registration?" A new announcement appeared in the hall, and this new phrase aroused widespread interest. Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, "senior" Lucas began to promote his product:

"Joint training is good, everyone. Now Master Luosha's Mage Tower has started recruiting students. Students who are interested can come and learn more. Since it has just started, the graduation requirements are very simple, and you can start learning spells according to your level as soon as you arrive. We guarantee that you will learn until you master it.

"The requirements have been lowered, but the joint training will retain the status of each of you as an apprentice of the Tower of Mystic Magic. After you quickly become a formal magician, you will still be recognized by the Tower of Mystic Magic."

So good? Everyone was disdainful at first. After all, that so-called Rorschach, a quack wizard who appeared out of nowhere, dared to come to the Tower of Secrets to recruit students even though he was not even a Grand Master? Moreover, the halo of "student and research collaborator of Master Takano of the Stars" and "winner of the Order of the Moon-bearing Ibis" in his personal resume could not cover up the essence of "student of the Imperial Royal School of Magic".

Alas, academic discrimination is everywhere.

Fortunately, Lucas's words were not in vain, and many students who were stuck in the second stage began to be tempted. When the professors of the Arcane Tower confirmed the news, the apprentices finally began to discuss it enthusiastically.

What really made the potential apprentices decide was the following additional clauses:
The number of joint training places at the Rorschach Tower is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. More places will be available for joint training with enterprises in the future, and the trainees will enter Kempson Steel Plant, Lanster Food Plant, Basf and Jing Factory, etc. The training period will be longer and they will need to undertake some work in the factory.

Corporate joint training can also gain recognition from the Tower of Mysticism, but the assessment is no longer conducted in Rorschach’s personal Mage Tower. Instead, one must return to the headquarters for formal mage certification, which is obviously more difficult.

However, there are also apprentices who are willing to participate in corporate joint training. The reason is very simple: money. They pay a lot of money, at least the same level as working in a magic guild. It is the first time I have heard of such a good thing that I can earn money while studying.

In the past, money would hardly tempt apprentices. Who could come here to study without some wealth? Talking about money, who would be looked down upon? However, the past was the past, and this is now. As Byrne's economy deteriorated, the children of big businessmen found that their families had less money, and some even went bankrupt. Not only that, the second sons of nobles learned that their family's investment had lost a lot of money, and they would have to be self-reliant in the Tower of Mysticism from next month.

The Tower of Arcane provides food and accommodation so one won't starve to death, but alchemical materials, scrolls, and books are not cheap, and without support from family, one would be in the same situation as Rorschach was in the magic academy. No, it would be even worse, because the magic academy took into account the economic situation of children of commoners, and in the Tower of Arcane, anything that costs money is not cheap.

This damn work-study tower is located in a place where only birds shit, and it takes a long time to travel to the nearest city, Munich. Professors who don't care about the apprentices' embarrassment even require them to be on call at any time or do all kinds of odd jobs after class.

In other words, if Rorschach had not proposed this plan, the Tower of Mysticism would really have ushered in a wave of dropouts. At least those apprentices whose families went bankrupt would really not be able to stay there, as they would have no income and no hope of graduating.

Some people saw that if they hesitated any longer they would not even be able to go to the Mage Tower and they had to quickly grab the front spots, while others saw that “enterprise joint training” was a life-saving straw.

As for the love-hate relationship between students from branch campuses and students from the main campus, or whether joint training is inferior to others, Rorschach doesn't care. He just teaches magic to the apprentices and then praises them: "Young man, you have good vision!" Although some of the apprentices who have delayed graduation may be older than him.

There is also the issue of spell clouds. Can the Tower of Secrets introduce a new spell system as teaching content?
"Border" welcomes the fourth guest.

Feuerbach's spirit looked up at the luxuriant Tree of Law. This place was truly between fantasy and reality, close to the symbolic realm, and the Tree of Law and the Guardian made him marvel.

However, the Archmage always had an indescribable sense of familiarity, wondering if he had been here before. "I didn't expect you to be able to do this. Is this the source of the new spell system?"

In fact, Feuerbach was not in the tower when the banking crisis first started. He was busy with two things. One was to find a new meeting place with other members of the Senate, especially when the guild was torn apart.

Second, Kano submitted a shocking report to the Senate in early June, claiming that with the joint efforts of the Starry Tower, he had successfully broken through the Transmutation Dust Layer and reached the Original Layer, witnessing the "Tree of Truth" recorded in ancient books.

Kano cited the example of the super-level necromancy incident, and believed that the magic guild should set up an organization to monitor the activity of the "Tree of Truth" for a long time. Low-level spells are used in large quantities all the time, and the amount of data is huge. It is just a ball of light reflected on the Tree of Truth, so there is no need to worry about monitoring. But for high-level magic, monitoring and early warning are necessary.

Kano concluded: The establishment of the "Tree of Truth" observation organization will become the foundation for the survival of the magic guild in the new era and new situation.

The other chiefs and members of the Senate were still in heated discussions. After all, they were the main users of advanced magic. At least for now, monitoring the "Tree of Truth" was the same as monitoring themselves.

Rorschach actually cultivated a second "Tree of Truth", which he called the Tree of Dharma. When Feuerbach reached the border, he was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to evaluate this master and disciple pair.

"I once thought that if your plot was unacceptable, I would not let you leave the office." In Feuerbach's view, Rorschach was quite a villain. His stirring up troubles had bankrupted countless people. Fortunately, there were no high-rise buildings in Byrne, and the Tower of Mysticism would not be lent to speculators to jump off the building.

Rorschach believed that he had only accelerated the process. His main goal was to pry open new businesses, and reaching out to other industries in Byrne was just a side job. Whether there was a June Bank crisis or not, the difference between those workshops being slowly dying or dying suddenly was just a matter of time.

Feuerbach continued, "But now I realize that I was wrong. I may not be able to keep you, Master Rorschach. On the other hand, if I don't agree and have seen this 'Tree of Law', will it be difficult for you to let me go easily?"

Master, you don't have to judge others by yourself. Although Rorschach dared to let Feuerbach come up, it was because he had enough confidence that the spirit of this great wizard would not pose a threat.

He wants the Spell Cloud to enter the teaching system of the Secret Tower, and wants more people to upload magic. In this way, the Tree of Law will usher in a huge growth, and Rorschach, who is deeply bound to it, will also receive rewards. For now, with the efforts of the apprentices of the Mutual Aid Association, and the attempts of others such as Caroline and Richard, Rorschach opened the panel, and it took a long time to scroll through the spell list before he could see the end.

Although the spell cloud is shared, the tree of magic can only be fully opened to Rorschach.

However, he felt that he had not made any essential improvement. The so-called "great wizard" was nothing but a passing cloud. What really impressed Rorschach was the power demonstrated by the ancient sages.

Similarly, the Tree of Law also needs to be upgraded. It is foreseeable that the number of users will explode in the future, so Rorschach needs to make some restrictions to avoid overloading the tower spirits in the Tree of Law. Another thing is to improve its response and processing methods to give users a better experience, and even try to resist the Empire's magic-banning technology.

If Feuerbach agrees, Spell Cloud will join the Grand Master collaborators and participate in the iterative construction of Spell Cloud; if he cannot accept and agree, Rorschach can only modify the other party's memory in his spiritual state and then let him go back.

(End of this chapter)