On the afternoon of the 21st, Ben Call met his teacher, Klein, at the Starry Sky Society Magic Tower.
Ever since Ben brought the exquisite ball array, the entire array has been running in Klein's meditation room, even though each of the original exquisite balls has been replaced by a core made by the legendary mage himself, and is displayed in In the cabinet next to it, as the only set of student works, the preference is self-evident.
"Teacher, I heard that Rant had a code match with Sir Han Fei Appleby?" As soon as he saw Klein, Ben began to ask about the situation in the Great Council.
"That child seems to be to his liking," Klein nodded. "The good news is that the protection policy for Galloping Horse Plains will be implemented soon. The girl spent several hours today to stun the people at the scene. , no one wants to tangle with her."
"That's great." Ben smiled unkindly, "I knew that Little Cardinal's future was limitless."
"But there are two pieces of bad news." The smile on Master Klein's mouth gradually disappeared. "Today, the installation of the No. 3 test furnace at the Salt and Iron Department also failed. The situation is similar to before."
"Is it possible..." Ben's habitual guess was interrupted by the teacher before he could say it.
"Sofia, Wendy and Gulea were all at the scene. The circumstances of the accident are very similar to the accident on June 23 that you and Teferi described..."
"They're not hurt, are they?" Ben blurted out without hearing what happened next.
"There are more demigods and legends present than magisters. It's not their turn to cause trouble." Klein looked at his beloved disciple and smiled, "This is the first time I've seen you care so much about a high-level mage."
Klein didn't go on. In fact, the situation was much worse. Although there were many magisters and legends present, the magic elements resonated with the energy in the magma, and the layers of magic shields could barely block the bursting magic. Elements, although there are various suppression arrays inside the mountain, no one can think of operating them.
In the end, Queen Tenia came from the magic network and controlled the magic network to absorb the excess magic power. Otherwise, not to mention the girls in front of the magic furnace, and the legends on the side, there might be problems.
"They are all rare seedlings," Ben felt a little ashamed for interrupting the teacher, "What do you think is the reason?"
Klein let out a long sigh, "I'm afraid, Lant Galloping Horse is not only the favored one of the Demonic Network Queen, but also the favored one of the Demonic Network Goddess."
"This?" Ben looked at the teacher with his eyes wide open. Willie, the God of the Jade Moon who is in charge of the magic network, has never been favored by the human race, but it can be explained in this way. "In other words, it is not the magic network." The problem with the furnace is the person who connected it to the magic furnace. Is it because Lant obtained the authorization from Willy himself that he was able to connect the magic furnace to the magic network?"
Ben's mind was spinning rapidly. If Lant was the favored one of the goddess, then when did Willy fall in love with him? On the day Tania ascended the throne, Willie didn't make any sign.
After thinking for a moment, Ben suddenly thought: "Could it be that time when Willie came? Was it the time before Tenia ascended the throne? It is said that Lant took her to the ladder of the moon at that time."
"I'm afraid it was that time," Klein nodded calmly, and then took out a large pile of various secretaries from the space ring, from thick magic books to clay tablets to metal plates. Ten books, "I went to Madam Ji to check it out. According to human records, no one has ever been able to climb the steps of the Moon Goddess with the magic goblin, and the few attempts ended in miserable failure."
Then a metal plate stood out from the many books and floated in front of Ben's eyes. There was a simple picture drawn on the plate. A humanoid creature climbed up a ladder under the moon under the gaze of many of his peers.
"Coincidentally, in the oldest legend, there is a very similar record, which was recorded by the goblin civilization at least 30,000 years ago..." As the gods were involved, the voices among the legends became more and more intense. Small, getting closer and closer to being passed directly in the magic network.
The goblin god of craftsman received the invitation of the moon god and boarded the jade moon under the gaze of the entire civilization. Then the goblin civilization advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming the second civilization after the gods to dominate the world, regardless of elves, orcs or humans. , they can only live in goblin cities.
"Does Lant know that he is the only builder of the magic furnace?" Although he was prepared, seeing the will of the ancient god still made Ben a little nervous.
"I don't know about that, but some ancient gods must know it, such as the goddess of wealth and commerce." Klein pressed his eyebrows with his right hand, "The second bad news is that Red Dragon Rock has just ordered materials for 10 magic furnaces from the Salt and Iron Department. , six of which have already paid installation and magic pattern fees to Rand.”
"Why is this bad news?"
"Because the original plan of the Finance Department was to use Rand's visit to the imperial capital to negotiate a magic furnace deal with him: Rand would produce the magic furnaces, and the Finance Department would have full authority to install them. The Finance Department's plan was to install 800 magic furnaces first. Plug the hole in the Galloping Horse Fund." Klein knew that the Department of Finance was paying attention to Rand, but he didn't tell Ben or Rand before, and just wanted the Department of Finance to try his luck.
"However, Red Dragon Rock provided him with a large amount of funds, which were used as currency in the Galloping Horse Plains. It doesn't matter how much or how little the money is. What's important is that the Goddess of Commerce reached an agreement with him directly. In other words, the Imperial Finance Department wanted to His plan to work part-time may not work.”
"Department of Finance? Do you want Rand to work in vain?" Ben Call was a little angry. In essence, he was also a link in the magic furnace industry chain, which meant that the Department of Finance also wanted him to work in vain.
"At the very least, I want Lant to fight for a while and wait until he becomes legendary before we can discuss the rest of the matter." Klein shook his head. "I guess they have run out of options. Do you know how much money is left in the Galloping Horse Fund? Originally, The three magic furnaces mortgaged by the fund can only be exchanged for 7.5 million gold coins at most, but now it has been blown up to nearly 2 billion."
When the Galloping Horse Fund was mentioned, Klein's face became obviously ugly. "All magic workshops invested by the fund will receive more orders, and will also be followed up by more legendary families to invest. Although the value of the workshops will rise with the tide, all boats will rise." , but the core magician in the workshop will not recruit new high-level people to produce together and create more magic products.
In other words, the money from the Galloping Horse Fund is not an investment in expanding the production of the magic workshop, but becomes some kind of early reward for the magicians in the workshop. "
"The Department of Finance should have known about the situation of Galloping Horse Fund for a long time, right?" This was the first time that Ben had heard a teacher explain the plight of Galloping Horse Fund so clearly.
"It must be clear. The Finance Department has long understood that, but the Finance Department has no right to choose. All the resources of the empire will eventually be divided according to the possession of the magic furnace by each region. Unless there is a major war, the empire's finances will be It will continue to develop into fragmentation." As the eldest disciple of the God Emperor, Klein is very clear about the current problems of the empire, which also makes his attitude towards the fund very ambivalent.
"As a fiscal and financial tool, the Galloping Horse Fund raises large sums of gold coins from outside the imperial capital, allowing the empire's power to dominate the local area."
"If it weren't for the Galloping Horse Fund, each family would never have handed over the gold coins to the imperial capital, and the empire would have become more and more fragmented. Regardless of the goblin civilization, the orc royal court, the elven alliance, or the human empire, they were all in a similar predicament. inside."
When Ben heard this, he also fell into a conflict. After a long time, he asked: "Then can the Chief Financial Officer solve the existing problems of the empire?"
Klein shook his head: "How is it possible? He is the grandson of the God Emperor. He was trained by the emperor and is not familiar with the economy."
"Then the chief secretary of the Department of Finance must have something to do, right?"
"I'm afraid it's even more impossible. He is an economist." Klein smiled bitterly. "Perhaps we should suggest that Lant Gallop go to the Department of Finance to try. After all, he is a barbarian."
(End of chapter)
