Finally, there was only one magic left – Golem Summoning. This was known as the most difficult and also the simplest magic among 1st circle Apprentice rank magic.
The disparity in evaluation was due to the fact that this magic required a sacrifice as a reward in exchange for the temporary loyalty of a being from another plane. And the currency used in other planes was none other than magical stones that contained energy. Even if it was just some magic stone powder, it would be easy to summon a clay golem of the lowest rank.
But if you purely relied on your own magic power to summon it, then the difficulty couldn't be compared. The right incantation – even a single syllable error was not allowed – the right target – if you summoned an elemental prince level being, you would die if you didn't have the ability to control it. You also had to use defensive magic – to prevent yourself from being damaged by the energy of the other plane – to summon a golem. Moreover, you also had to ensure that your magic power was enough to support you until the end of the casting, or you would be asking for it if you were sucked dry.
Amid these expected difficulties, Kaya didn't ask for any extra help. She just calmed down, took a few deep breaths, and wiped the sweat on her hands on her robe. Then, she gently twisted her short magic wand and prepared for the final casting.
The oppressive incantation echoed in her ears. The short magic wand drew one mysterious pattern after another in the air. The trajectories of magic power intertwined in midair, eroding toward the depths of the world. In the unseen world, a response seemed to be heard from afar, revealing the emotion of longing.
The inspector couldn't help but be nervous. This was the most dangerous moment. Because those responses might contain the voices of demons or abyssal inhabitants, waiting for the opportunity to descend into the human world. A single mistake and the death of the caster could only be considered a trivial matter. There was no upper limit to the scale of the damage.
The pitch of the voice suddenly rose, the rapid incantation seemed to be negotiating with the unseen existence. The summoning had reached the final stage.
The inspector quietly activated several defensive magic, and once again confirmed that all the equipment on his body was in position, ready to be used at any time. He even secretly activated a secret function of the assessment room, the large-scale magic array of the Exile Spell. It was a magic array used to instantly throw everything in the examination room into an unknown plane before the unmanageable crisis expanded.
As for the other irrelevant people within range, he could only helplessly apologize. This was a secret function that only the owner of the West Tower, the president of the association, and the inspectors knew about. Everyone hoped that they would never have to use it.
The spell was about to usher in the final stage. The onlookers stretched their necks. No matter what the result was, it would be a topic of conversation for a long time. But as an inspector, the archmage was on tenterhooks. It had been a long time since he had heard of someone summoning like this. When he thought of the worst-case scenario, he could no longer maintain his usual calm.
"Answer my call and come to the Modern World. Obey my command, Zerom."
Zerom? Who? That was the only question in the inspector's mind. It didn't sound like the name of one of those notorious demon princes. It shouldn't be too bad, right?
The incantation stopped, and the examination room was silent. Everyone held their breaths. But … it seemed like nothing had happened?
"Kuangdang!"
The sudden loud noise scared everyone. Taking a closer look, it was a metal ball that had fallen from its original position on the shelf onto the ground. Then, it made a rumbling sound as it rolled. The gazes of the people present followed the rolling iron ball all the way to the front of the examinee, Kaya.
The iron ball that had stopped rolling suddenly protruded, and then returned to its original state. Then, it protruded from different parts and returned to its original state, as if a creature wanted to break out of its eggshell. Then, after a short while of tranquility, the iron ball suddenly jumped into the air, spun in the air, grew four limbs, and landed firmly on the ground. It didn't have a head. Instead, two cyan flames ignited on its chest. Everyone present could feel that the flame seemed to be prying into their souls.
"Squeak squeak squeak." The first to break the silence was Kaya herself. Before the animal conversation magic was dispelled, she directly said: Rat, where are you? I want a target to smash and see.
Rat: Playing with rats, damned girl. I won't keep you company.
"Tsk." After smacking her lips, Kaya didn't have the chance to continue bickering, because the inspector had already arrived in front of her and was looking at the steel golem … although it was very small. It looked like a big, muscular man, but it was only the size of a palm. The old man held it in his hand and raised it in front of him to admire.
"It's really admirable." It wasn't uncommon to summon a steel golem, but it was quite rare for an Apprentice to summon one. Although it was such a small golem, but from the way it looked around in the palm, one could tell that it wasn't a low-level spirit.
When he realized that there was a pair of big eyes looking at him, the inspector quickly recovered and said: "Of course, of course, child, you have passed the test. It was very wonderful." He handed over the small iron golem in his hand and asked: "Then, child, what do you want to do with it?"
He put the iron golem back on the ground and let it stumble around like a child. Kaya walked over to her companion and took her small bag. She picked out a Red Dazzle grade magic stone and said: "Teacher said that it is as important to send a summoned creature back as it is to summon it." While speaking, she crouched down and handed the magic stone to the iron golem.
Although there were no orders, she still received her reward. In a split second, a misty whirlpool appeared in the air, projecting a soft white light on the iron golem. The spirit attached to it seemed to leave with the light, and the golem's body returned to its original iron ball.
Although the girl had a hard time holding the iron ball, she didn't have the strength to cast Featherweight or Mega Strength. Kaya could only use all her strength to put the iron ball back to its original position.
At this point, the apprentice test had been successfully completed. In the records, there were a total of three people who became official magicians, eleven people who became second ring apprentices, and four people who became first ring apprentices. As for the summoning of magic puppets, it became the topic of discussion among the apprentices for a period of time. After all, it was suspected that a holy spirit was summoned, but it wasn't kept. It was sent back on the spot.
After that, someone asked the black-haired, brown-skinned girl why she didn't keep the iron golem she summoned. The girl's answer made people feel helpless.
"But the iron that makes up the golem's body is the property of the association. I can't take it just because I want to. Besides, I don't want to bring a lump of iron home. "
What a petty answer from a child. Under such circumstances, there were many ways for the association to settle the issue of ownership of items. Not to mention the weight of the iron ball, and the material wasn't rare, so it wasn't impossible to buy and give it away. But the reason should be the second half of the sentence, that she simply didn't want to bring a lump of iron home.
The day after passing the test, the two girls received a guest in the guest house. It was a senior manager from the Chamber of Commerce. Apart from congratulatory gifts, there was also a reward for their teacher, which included Xbar (10000) Kiel as promised by the system, as well as three Tripwood Magic Castles. After the sale of the three Tripwood Magic Castles, after deducting the Association's commission, the total was Xbar Xbar MMDCLXI (22661) Kiel. There was also an account book for people to check the accounts.
Such a large sum of money, of course, didn't come directly with thirty thousand gold coins, but with a withdrawal slip issued by the Chamber of Commerce and certified by the association.
Because the purpose of the Chamber of Commerce was to serve sorcerers, a large group of customers were tower owners from all over the world. With such a large amount of money and goods coming and going, although the Chamber of Commerce's carriages and guards transported them, it was still quite inconvenient.
When the Chamber of Commerce affiliated to the Society of Sorcerers was first established, there would often be carriages and horses transporting the subsidies and rewards of certain tower owners, as well as the supplies of the tower. After arriving, they would first pay the money, then hand over the goods, collect the money, and then escort the money back.
This kind of thing happened a lot, so a new business model was created. In Lin's opinion, it was similar to the banking business on Earth. However, the Chamber of Commerce didn't charge a storage fee or interest for keeping the money for sorcerers. Sorcerers also didn't use the vouchers issued by the Chamber of Commerce to conduct transactions. It was simply a place to store money. It was more like the value storage system of some online shopping malls on Earth.
And the visiting senior manager's mission was, of course, not only to deliver the withdrawal slip and account book, but also to conduct a transaction with the representative of the Tower of the Great Sage. And this was a guest who was specially ordered to be taken care of by the higher-ups. Because the store system that was being prepared in full swing was in the hands of the two guests in front of him.
Hallumi generously took out a long scroll. It recorded all the items that Lin Xiang had to purchase, divided into three categories. The first category was what he had to buy. Most of them were food supplies, as well as materials that the girls could use in the meditation room.
The second category was what he could buy if he had enough money. Most of them were magic materials, including potions, metallurgy, magic arrays, enchantments, and so on. But they were all relatively common things, and there weren't any expensive rare items.
The third category was what he could buy or not buy. It was simply to the extent that Lin was suddenly interested in some kind of knowledge and wanted to buy something to do an experiment. There were some relatively rare items, but that was only in the southwest border of the continent where the Sijia District branch was located. There was still a lot of production in other areas.
The district branch and the affiliated Chamber of Commerce would occasionally purchase some local specialties and provide them for the sorcerers in the district to choose from. Of course, there wouldn't be a lot, and sometimes there would be a shortage. But at this time, it would be handled by ordering and delivering.
And these hundreds of items, under the experience and simple calculation of the senior manager of the Chamber of Commerce, after deducting the price from the remuneration that should be paid to the sorcerers of Tripwood, the Chamber of Commerce actually had to pay Xbra's Kiel to the sorcerers.
This was the number obtained after buying the first category of supplies in advance for a year, and the second category of many materials, after buying twice the amount.
It couldn't be helped. The number given by the store system could be described as sky-high; and the payment of three Tripwood sorcerers, although in the eyes of outsiders, there was no profit at all, but the insiders saw that when the number was huge to a certain extent, the number would be shocking.
If it weren't for people who had some understanding of economics, they would have pointed out that this was just an explosive sales amount. When most of the sorcerers in the Sijia District had bought the browser system, only the people who had just joined the magic world would buy it again. At that time, the sales would plummet. After all, there were only a few dozen people in the whole Sijia District who were talented and could join the magic world every year.
If the sales of the three Tripwood sorcerers were really the same as the sales of the first month each month, the association's senior management proposed whether or not to take advantage of the massacre of the village to directly make Guebrach Tripwood history. Then the three sorcerers would be re-priced after the association took back the ownership.
And this was also one of the reasons why Orange Eaton looked for Lin to discuss the amount of commission that the association wanted to collect for the three sorcerers, mainly the browser. If the fake Lin was too greedy, it would be considered a light punishment to be given to him. It was possible that he would be directly slaughtered.
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