strictlysupreme Chapter 435: The Surprised Grand Wizard Sulla
Chapter 435: The Surprised Grand Wizard Sulla
Land of Six Towers, White Dragon Tower, the 10-kilometer level, in Locke and others' research group conference room. Although Montgomery and the others had long guessed they could pass the preliminary round of the main competition, at this moment they were still excited and let out cheers.Their hard work all along had finally been rewarded.
Not only were the four formal wizards very happy, even the students in this research group could feel the joy of passing the preliminary round.
At the same time, Locke received fifty magic crystal cards sent from the competition committee office. Over this month, with various expenditures, Locke had already spent thirty magic crystal cards and currently only had seventy magic crystal cards left, and this was still based on being frugal when doing experiments.
Currently, the fifty magic crystal cards sent by the competition committee office, which was five hundred thousand magic stones, undoubtedly helped tremendously.
Moreover, by passing the first preliminary round, he could now request additional investment from the Plutarch family.
Locke said to the students, "Our research group has passed the preliminary round. I think those who believed we were just collecting money will finally realize their own stupidity and ignorance."
"I'll request that the Plutarch family upgrade your living quarters, moving you from the low-level apprentice dormitories at 5 kilometers to the high-level apprentice dormitories at 15 kilometers height."
The forty-five students present were stunned for a moment, then collectively cheered.
The higher the height in the White Dragon Tower, the higher the magical tide concentration gradient. The height at which one lived in the White Dragon Tower itself represented different status and position, and also represented the resources enjoyed.
Since they followed Locke's research group, quite a few people had been forced to move down from the student dormitories at 10 kilometers height to live in cramped and narrow low-level dormitory areas. Their meal quality had also repeatedly declined, but fortunately all of this would change today.
Locke would improve the quality of their living quarters and food.
Locke said, "This way, the Plutarch family people should have no reason to object."
"Besides that, we can also increase the cultivation subsidies the Plutarch family gives to our research group students... for instance, changing the monthly distribution from one vial of Moon Dew Condensation Cream for second-tier wizard apprentices to five vials, and changing the monthly distribution from one vial of Arcane Enhancement Potion for first-tier wizard apprentices to three vials per month."
Moon Dew Condensation Cream was what the Land of Six Towers used to match the Meditation Ointment from the white wizard society of the southeastern quadrant, a simple potion that increased apprentice magical power speed.
And the Arcane Enhancement Potion, in the Land of Six Towers, had roughly the same effect as the Weeping Blood Nightshade Potion and Stardust Tears Potion from the southeastern quadrant's Lilith's Cottage.
They were all benefits distributed to apprentices by the Land of Six Towers, except not only was the quality inferior to the southeastern quadrant's potions, even the quantity couldn't compare.
Lilith's Cottage could distribute five vials of Meditation Ointment per month, and the Weeping Blood Nightshade Potion and Stardust Tears Potion together could be three bottles per month.
Here, it was all one bottle of each.
Actually, it wasn't that they distributed less. From what Locke knew, it was just that these potions were all embezzled by certain people. The academy distributed five bottles, but apprentices could only receive one bottle, with the remaining four bottles going to certain people.
And since his research group had already passed the preliminary round and achieved results, Locke believed it was natural to concentrate resources on his research group, so naturally his research group students' resources couldn't continue to be withheld by certain people.
Witch Barbara and the others nodded repeatedly after hearing this. All three were victims of corruption in the Land of Six Towers, so hearing that Locke was preparing to uphold justice for the students, they naturally empathized and became even more respectful toward Locke.
After a moment of stunned silence, those students also let out cheers again, along with voices thanking Locke.
Montgomery smiled at these students and said, "Now that your benefits and treatment have improved, you should work harder. Although everyone is very happy today, now that we've entered the finals we need to work even harder, so there's no day off today. Continue doing experiments."
"We need to strive to produce the finished product as soon as possible."
The students were all full of energy at this moment, not one of them refusing.
Montgomery said to Locke, "Over this past week or so, we've also created five Chain Magic Vine subspecies, but I know the number is still insufficient."
"Adding the other First Circle level magical plant subspecies you created within this week, we currently have seven Chain Magic Vine subspecies, five apprentice-level ones, and you personally created two First Circle level subspecies."
Montgomery said, "I believe our speed should be accelerated further. I've recently been trying to optimize our approach to see how we can speed up the cultivation of subspecies."
"I want to try cultivating subspecies by grafting the fast-growing magical plant Rapid Growth Vine, and also, Boss Locke, can you apply to the Plutarch family to allow us to use the elemental pool? With the elemental pool, this unique tool of the Land of Six Towers, we can completely accelerate and catalyze magical plants, increasing our cultivation speed."
Locke nodded. "Alright, I'll try."
Tacitus said, "I'm planning to optimize our speed by adjusting and reasonably dividing the students' work."
Witch Barbara spread her hands. "Well... I'm thinking about how to optimize. Unlike you two whose thinking is so agile, I haven't thought of how to optimize yet."
Everyone was amused by Witch Barbara's words.
The atmosphere in their research group was gradually improving, conflicts were also beginning to disappear, and everyone was instead becoming friends.
Even Tacitus and Witch Barbara, who got along worst, had now become close.
As Alicia had said, sometimes doing nothing was actually the right thing. Trusting the team's self-correcting ability was perhaps also a good choice.
Of course, this only applied to management novices.
For management novices, the more they managed, the more chaotic it might become. Better not to meddle randomly, and conflicts might disappear on their own.
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Land of Six Towers, Mage Plane, Mage Saint Hall city.
The Mage Plane had two suns. At this moment, Grand Wizard Sulla turned all the people in the entire Mage Saint Hall city into marionettes, then conversed with Alicia.
He learned with surprise from Alicia that the team Locke led had actually passed the Cloud Marsh Cup preliminary round.
Grand Wizard Sulla immediately showed a surprised expression on his face. Even someone as deeply scheming as him was somewhat taken aback at this moment. "Passed?"
Grand Wizard Sulla knew his own family's abilities. He originally had no expectations for Locke participating in the Cloud Marsh Cup, and was simply painting a rosy picture to win hearts. "He could actually pass the preliminary round, and even ranked sixth!"
"He used all wizards from the Land of Six Towers?"
Alicia said doubtfully, "Grandfather, why do you seem to have no confidence in wizards from our Land of Six Towers? He used all civilian wizards from the Land of Six Towers."
Grand Wizard Sulla was silent for a long while, then said three times in succession, "Good, good, good."
Grand Wizard Sulla said in a low voice, "I was originally thinking about how to quickly elevate your prestige. I was planning to secretly guide you, teach you how to balance various interests and win over trusted subordinates. As long as you spent about ten years, you would always be able to establish some prestige."
"But I didn't expect that right now there's an even simpler method right in front of you. Alicia, your choice to support this wizard was excellent. I wasn't wrong, you really are suited to be family head."
Alicia hesitated for a moment. "Grandfather, Locke and I are just friends. And it wasn't me who chose him, he saved me. At first, I wanted to thank him, and later I discovered that he and I have many topics in common in potion studies and can progress together."
Grand Wizard Sulla waved his hand. "None of that matters. What you're saying is all trivial details. Since he won, I need to give him additional investment, striving to let him get a good result in the finals. Even if he just ranks among the top, that's good. If he can place third... that would greatly help elevate your prestige."
Grand Wizard Sulla said, "I really underestimated him before. His ability to use civilian wizards from our Land of Six Towers to win the preliminary round shows his remarkable capabilities."
"That group of civilian wizards, leaderless, although there are indeed some talented people among them, they've always been used to fighting alone and find it difficult to work together, so their effectiveness is extremely limited."
Grand Wizard Sulla said, "It seems I must raise my evaluation of your friend by another level. He can no longer be an object that can be casually sacrificed."