It would be a joke to say that Xu Yi completely trusted Sarandul Cray.
After all, this fellow had attacked the New Flight Commerce Main Base with Levin Hassock five years ago. Although he'd only fought a great battle with Teacher Carmilla and retreated when he sensed Levin Hassock's unexpected death and hadn't caused much damage to the New Flyer, he was undoubtedly the enemy of the New Flyer in the eyes of others.
When faced with such a powerful enemy at the level of a magus, it was incomprehensible if one didn't raise their guard and prevent him from launching another attack at any time. Xu Yi had actually agreed to his request to join the Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce. In the eyes of everyone in the New Flyer, this was simply madness.
Xu Yi didn't completely believe that Kray The Sorcerer would wholeheartedly work for the New Flyer like Teacher Carmilla.
He also felt that Kray The Sorcerer would try to infiltrate the New Flyer and obtain a large amount of important technological information related to magic machines before turning around to deal with the New Flyer.
However, after some consideration, Xu Yi still agreed.
In Xu Yi's eyes, there were all sorts of hidden dangers with Kray The Sorcerer joining the New Flyer. It could even lead to the leakage of many of the New Flyer's high-end technological information. However, there were ways to avoid such risks and hidden dangers. Even if they did occur, they could be controlled within an acceptable range.
Compared to the benefits of Kray The Sorcerer joining the New Flyer and working for the New Flyer, the losses from these risks and hidden dangers were much smaller.
As for what benefits Kray The Sorcerer would bring to the table?
First, even though the New Flyer already had Teacher Carmilla, in everyone's eyes, the only reason Teacher Carmilla worked for the New Flyer was because of her personal relationship with Xu Yi. It wasn't because the New Flyer was enough to attract a magus like him.
Now that Kray The Sorcerer had also chosen to work for the New Flyer, it meant that the New Flyer had truly attracted a magus to join them.
There was no need to doubt the New Flyer's reputation on the Sines Continent. However, because the New Flyer had only been established for a little over ten years, and because the New Flyer had always been located in the small country of the Principality of Constantine, no matter how famous the New Flyer was, people always felt that the New Flyer was a bit lacking compared to the established companies on the continent.
Now that Kray The Sorcerer had joined, the New Flyer's reputation had instantly risen by more than one level.
It had to be known that in the history of Sines, even though there had been powerful magi who worked for certain companies, most of them were only there in name. Moreover, the companies they worked for in name were all the top companies on the Sines Continent.
Now that Kray The Sorcerer had joined the New Flyer, it wasn't just in name. He was actually going to work for the Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce. His nature was a level higher than that of the previous magi.
Therefore, the increase in the foundation of the New Flyer was extremely significant.
Secondly, even if one didn't talk about the great increase in reputation that Kray The Sorcerer had brought to the New Flyer, just Kray The Sorcerer himself was an extremely rare high-end talent in Xu Yi's eyes.
Although most of the magic machines that the New Flyer was researching currently only required the knowledge of ordinary low-level magic, this was usually reflected in the civilian stage. For the sake of popularizing it, they only chose to use low-level magic so that most ordinary mages could participate in the research.
However, Xu Yi was very clear that the development of the magic machine industry couldn't escape the need for high-end research.
Before this, the New Flyer had the support of the three great mages Xu Yi, Runa, and Telucci, as well as Mentor Carmilla, who was a top-notch mage. This allowed the New Flyer to make breakthroughs in high-end magic machine industry research. However, Xu Yi still felt that it was far from enough.
The most obvious difference was that in many aspects that involved the truly top-notch magic research, even Xu Yi and the other two great mages couldn't participate in it. Only Mentor Carmilla could conduct research on her own.
Now that Kray The Sorcerer had joined, there was another researcher on the same level as Mentor Carmilla.
If the two could cooperate well, New Flyer's research on high-end magic machine industry theory would definitely advance by leaps and bounds.
"But are you really not worried that this Kray The Sorcerer will run back to the Mana Magic Kingdom with the technical data after mastering those high-end technologies?" Elder Elucía frowned slightly as she looked at Xu Yi with a puzzled expression.
"If I say that I'm really not worried, would you believe me?" Xu Yi asked back with a smile.
Elder Elucía thought seriously for a while, then suddenly sighed and shook her head, "I don't know.
You humans' thoughts are very complicated, and Chairman Xu's thoughts have always been especially complicated among humans. I can't guess. "
Xu Yi couldn't help but laugh and waved his hand, "Elder Elucía, you don't have to be so serious. I'm just joking.
But to be honest, I'm really not worried about this problem. "
"Why?" Elder Elucía was puzzled.
"Haven't you always emphasized that technology is the foundation of industry?
You've always emphasized that New Flyer has always had the advantage because you have the absolute lead in technology.
If Kray The Sorcerer leaked your most important and high-end technology, wouldn't it be a very serious blow to the chamber of commerce? "
"How many types of magic machine related technology do you think our chamber of commerce has?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Elder Elucía was slightly startled and shook her head, "I don't know."
"Then let's change the question.
Elder Elucía, how many types of technology does your Nightsong tribe have? "
"This … …" Elder Elucía thought for a while.
"I don't have a specific count, but if we break it down, there should be over a hundred types."
"Then do you think that if we throw an outsider into your tribe and let him spend some time with it, he would be able to grasp over a hundred types of technology?"
"Of course that's impossible." Elder Elucía immediately shook her head.
"Every type of technology involves a lot of magic knowledge, as well as knowledge that only our elven race and even our Nightsong tribe have grasped. There's also the results of our research over the years, all of which contain the blood and sweat of many of our people.
Even if we fully disclose it to one person, he wouldn't be able to grasp it all by himself. "
"That's why … …" Xu Yi spread his hands.
"The magic machine related technology that our chamber of commerce has far surpassed your Nightsong tribe's. All kinds of technological information have already filled several large rooms in the Academy of Magic.
Even if I fully disclose it to Kray The Sorcerer, how much can he grasp?
Moreover, with his current level, it's still a problem whether he can understand it … … "
"He's a Magus, why wouldn't he understand it?" Elder Elucía couldn't help but retort.
Xu Yi smiled but didn't say anything.
Elder Illusia pondered for a moment and instantly realized what was going on.
Although Magi were at the peak of the magic world, the magic machines that New Flyer researched weren't only related to magic. More importantly, it was the combination of magic and machines.
After so many years of research and development in New Flyer, the theory of magic machines had already formed a theoretical system that was completely different from magic.
Even if Kray The Sorcerer's research in magic could be said to be at the peak of perfection, that didn't mean that he was equally familiar with the theory of magic machines.
Elder Elucía was also at the level of a Great Magus and had a close relationship with Xinfei for so many years. Of course she knew this better than many people.
Even if it was her, if Xu Yi took out some of the New Flyer's internal research data and placed it in front of her, she probably wouldn't be able to understand it.
This actually represented a fact that made Xu Yi excited. As the research on magic machines became more and more profound, the various types of machines would become more and more detailed, and the specialization would become stronger and stronger.
The end result was very likely to be similar to industrial research on Earth.
No matter how talented a researcher was in a certain field, they could only be limited to the area they researched. As for other areas outside of their field, they could only be considered to have a superficial understanding.
"But … … Since you've let him join the Academy of Magic, then he'll eventually come into contact with and grasp some technical data.
You can't just let him be a decoration, right? "Elder Elucía asked again.
"Of course, he's a Magus. He's currently the most talented person in magic research. How can I let him be a decoration and waste such a talent?" Xu Yi immediately said excitedly.
"I've already thought about it. I'll give him half a year's time to start from the basics. After he's created a basic system of knowledge on magic machines, I'll let him start on the other high-end magic machine theories that I've thought about countless times.
Mm, I've wanted to let people start on these things for a long time, but it's a pity that Teacher Carmilla is too busy.
Now that Kray The Sorcerer has joined, it'll be much easier, haha … … "
Elder Elucía speechlessly shook her head as she watched Xu Yi laugh maniacally.
She and Xu Yi had known each other for more than ten years, but she had always found that she couldn't truly understand Xu Yi's thoughts.
Although humans were originally a complicated creature in the eyes of the elves, Xu Yi was a bit too complicated even among humans.
Elder Elucía decided to give up on thinking about Xu Yi's thoughts. In any case, this guy had done many things that were considered crazy by others over the years, but so far, there had never been any major problems, so there was no need for others to worry about him.
As an elder of the Nightsong tribe, she had to first worry about her own tribe.
"Chairman Xu, let's talk about business.
Regarding the manpower for this voyage, have you already considered it? "