"No one is recruited? How is that possible? Could it be that the salary we offered is too low? "
Rorschach was a little surprised by Morton's feedback. This was really not normal.
After recovering from "meditation", Rorschach quickly threw himself into his work. He felt that his time was probably running out.
But Morton gave a puzzling result for the work he had previously assigned.
"The requirements for low-level mages shouldn't be too high, right? The salary we offered should be very sincere. Also, has the news that I have a lot of high-level knowledge that can be given as a benefit come out?"
"Yes, but there are still no takers. They seem to have received good invitations recently …"
After Rorschach built the Mage Tower, he naturally wanted to make it work. After all, the investment could not be wasted.
But now that several research teams had moved in, there was still a lot of empty space. Considering that there would be new projects in the future and the need for practical spellcasters here, Rorschach intended to recruit them.
Some of these spellcasters below grade two were not talented enough to be promoted, and some were pure newcomers who had just graduated from the academy. What they had in common was that they were very weak, so weak that no place was willing to accept them, and at the same time, they were very short of money.
Low-level mages were probably the weakest of all the professions. The effects of low-level spells were abnormally weak, and casting spells required enough time to prepare. Their magic power was always between not enough and basically no, and even adventurer teams did not accept them.
However, the profession of mages burned money abnormally, and even the newcomers were no exception. To be precise, compared to their wealth, the newcomers burned more money.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. Apprenticeship required money, buying experimental equipment required money, and figuring out one's own development path also required money. The worst thing was that low-level mages had no way to make money at all.
But Rorschach's plate was big, but he was short of people. Low-level mages could make do.
Veterans and recruits needed the support of magic power, the Kuroy people needed a large number of teachers to educate them on basic knowledge and basic magic, and the newly built defensive facilities needed spellcasters to activate. Low-level mages and mage apprentices were probably the most suitable choices.
Cheap, easy to use, motivated, easy to trick into working overtime … Cough, before I knew it, Rorschach had become the type of person I hated the most.
With the experience of fooling the veterans, Rorschach didn't do it himself this time. Instead, he let Mordon, the former rookie apprentice, do the recruitment. Similar people had similar topics, and it was easier to resonate with them with his own words. Success in fooling them … Rorschach felt more and more that his heart was beating faster.
He only had a little bit of moral integrity. He gave them treatment and gold coins that were slightly higher than what they could get on the market. Then, he gave them access to some advanced magic knowledge and provided them with a certain amount of low-level magic materials. These were undeniably attractive to low-level mages.
But he did not expect that despite the time, money, and treatment, Morton would only bring back less than ten people in the end. The original quota of 150 people was lower than expected, and the recruitment was a big failure.
Malton's answer was that he did not know what was going on. Recently, these newcomers had suddenly received good job offers. Not only did they provide food, accommodation, and training, but they also looked down on a bunch of rookies like him.
"Elves again?"
Upon hearing this, Rorschach's first reaction was that the elves were here to cause trouble again.
But soon, he vetoed this news.
The elves didn't have such a large body. They couldn't recruit low-level mages on a large scale. Even if they could afford the gold coins, they wouldn't have enough resources to train them.
And if they only recruited people as servants, then the news of cheating the newcomers would spread and ruin their reputation. How would they recruit new people in the future? Without new seedlings, the organization would be considered useless.
Shaking his head, Rorschach asked him to inquire about the news again. This time, at least he had to know which societies were recruiting.
And the information that came back confirmed Rorschach's judgment. It couldn't be a conspiracy against him by a certain society.
"Most of the large societies are recruiting? And the treatment given is quite good? The whole market has been digested. No wonder we can't recruit anyone. "
Rorschach was thoughtful. This was obviously not a normal situation.
Large societies were like large companies. While the benefits were good, they also had high requirements. If you wanted to join, you had to go through three stages and kill six generals.
And because the mage profession required talent, intelligence, and resources, most people were destined to be low-level mages for the rest of their lives.
If such a person joined a large society, he would probably be a handyman for the rest of his life. But would a large society lack handymen? Arcane servants and summoned creatures were far more useful than low-level mages in terms of labor.
So, in most cases, large societies would set the admission requirements high. They would wait for the low-level mages to reach a certain level and become the main force of mid-level and high-level mages before they would consider admitting them.
Now that they were crazily recruiting people, regardless of whether they were good or bad, there was obviously a problem.
"Malton, why don't you go again? Which secret society do you go to this time? Buy some information."
There must be something that I don't know about. Rorschach shook his head helplessly. It wasn't that he didn't want to pay for this information, but he felt that since he was already in the Mage Country, why was he still acting like a blind person?
"It seems that I'll have to set up an information organization. How about I ask Lori to bring Su Nanna over … Forget it, it's too late now. Malton, come back first and bring more money with you. Buy me a monthly information card that the secret society sold me last time."
He didn't know how long he would have to stay in this country, so Rorschach decided to just make do for now.
But in his heart, he had already made up his mind to recruit some thieves, spies, and so on. It wouldn't do to develop completely behind closed doors in this era.
Soon, Malton returned. After all, since this information could make all the large societies take action, it naturally wasn't some extremely valuable secret, and the price wasn't high either.
But this didn't mean that it wasn't important. When he saw this information, Rorschach knew that his future plans would have to be revised.
This information … To be precise, there were two pieces of information, both of which were directly related to Rorschach.
The first one was about Ansorenne's Plane Barrier. There had been news before that the Plane Barrier was dissipating, and now there were experts and gods who had obtained a more accurate conclusion — the Plane Barrier would most likely disappear completely within seven to ten years.
At the same time, this also meant that the Plane War had entered a countdown, unless the Evil Gods of the outside world were willing to give up this exceptionally fertile world.
"So rushed, we have to speed up."
Once the Plane War started, Rorschach and Lori would be parties that couldn't avoid or retreat. The chips in their hands weren't enough, and Rorschach's anxiety was accumulating.
But in the next moment, he realized something else.
"Damn it, that bastard lied to us!"
At this time, Rorschach thought of the liar in Ansorenne … Titan.
"He said something about helping him get rid of that Fallen Titan and he'll get rid of the Devil Fog … If we don't do anything, the Devil Fog will naturally dissipate. Is he planning to use the information gap to make us work for free? As expected, none of those old fellows are simple. "
At this time, Rorschach's emotions were a little complicated. He was a little angry at being lied to, but more than that, he felt a sense of novelty.
"Heh, as expected, you have the ability to deceive my 'honesty'."
His trump card that had never failed was easily broken by Titan, but Rorschach was a little happy …
"Then, maybe, when I'm strong enough, I can bypass this damned thing. It's too uncomfortable to lie … I can find an excuse to sleep naturally and not train early, I can lie about my age and buy alcohol to go to the nightclub to broaden my horizons, I can find an excuse not to train that Night Bat."
Titan had broken the ability, which indirectly meant that this ability wasn't without limitations, and there was a possibility of breaking it. Rorschach was secretly glad because of this.
But soon, Rorschach's mood was completely ruined by the second half of the information.
If the first half of the information only ruined Rorschach's long-term plans, then the second half completely ruined his short-term plans.
"In order to prepare for the Plane War within ten years, the Truth Symposium is leading all the major guilds to participate. They're going to organize a large-scale Plane Smuggling Expedition, but only those with professions below grade 3 can participate. That's why the major guilds are frantically recruiting members."
There was no need for further explanation. A familiar phrase was enough to explain everything.
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