"The achievements of the elves in magic?
If it was before the Racial War, then they would definitely be much stronger than us humans.
But after the Racial War, more than three thousand years have passed. The current level of magic of the elves may not be much higher than us humans. "
"I don't think so.
The lifespan of the elves is much longer than us humans, and their inheritance is more complete.
In addition, the elves are not like us, who have all kinds of miscellaneous matters to deal with. They can completely focus on studying magic, so their level of magic will only get higher and higher. "
"I'm afraid that's not right.
The creativity of the elves is not as good as us humans. We humans can innovate and improve magic in these three thousand years, but the elves can be said to be very few.
This was very obvious before the Racial War.
In my opinion, the current level of magic of us humans has already far surpassed that of the elves. "
"Hmph!
Creativity?
You fellows are always proud of the creativity of humans, but can any of you tell me, although magic machines are very novel, they are actually not complicated things. Why did they wait until Xu Yi, a mere level four magician, appeared before they were researched?
Why didn't any of us Great Magicians research it? "
As soon as President Eren said this, everyone present fell silent.
This was a routine high-level meeting of the Lampari Kingdom's Sorcerers Guild. The only five Great Magicians of the Lampari Kingdom were participating in the meeting.
The original topic of the meeting was to make a summary report on this year's Sorcerers Guild certification exam, and let the other four Great Magicians, except for President Eren, give their opinions.
However, when discussing the specifics of this year's exam, the Great Magicians discovered a strange phenomenon. That was, the number of low level magicians participating in this year's exam had clearly increased. It had even doubled compared to last year, and compared to the year before, it had increased by nearly three times.
This was a very strange phenomenon because in the circle of magicians, low-level magicians naturally made up the majority. But in fact, among these low-level magicians, most of them were already very old, but still hadn't made much of a breakthrough in the level of magic, and were considered to have no future.
For these magicians, they knew that they didn't have enough talent in magic, and it would be difficult for them to improve in their lifetime. Therefore, most magicians had given up on the idea of improving their level. Even if they wanted to, it was difficult to improve because of their limited talent in magic. Therefore, they wouldn't participate in the Sorcerers Guild's certification test.
Generally speaking, those who came to take the low-level magician certification test were mostly young and talented magicians.
However, it was different this year. The number of magicians who signed up for this year's certification test had suddenly increased, and many of them were old magicians who were thought to have no future.
It had to be known that the certification test wasn't free. Just signing up would cost a total of five gold coins. Not to mention, to participate in the certification test, one had to come to Anvilmar City. Because of this, the cost of travel, lodging, and other expenses were also not cheap.
Therefore, unless one felt that their magic strength had greatly improved and had the confidence to pass a higher level certification test, no magician would waste time, energy, and money to participate in the certification test.
This year, there were a large number of magicians who participated in the certification test. Many of them clearly didn't have any obvious improvement in their magic strength, but they still came to participate.
There were even a few magicians who risked being expelled from the Sorcerers Guild to cheat and attempt to pass a higher level certification test.
This was really strange, so when they were summarizing the report, the Great Magicians began to discuss this phenomenon.
The reason why these low level magicians did this was because there were benefits to be gained. Otherwise, no one would waste time, energy, and money for no reason, and even take a huge risk.
But where were these benefits?
After discussing for a while, Great Magician Eisenkel raised a possibility. It was related to the magic machine companies that were being built all over the Lampari Kingdom.
Under the lead of the New Flyer, almost everyone in the Lampari Kingdom saw the large benefits and potential of the magic machines. Therefore, especially this year, all kinds of magic machine companies had sprung up in the Lampari Kingdom.
Since they were producing magic machines, they naturally needed a large number of magicians to be responsible for setting up the Magic Arrays.
As for setting up a Magic Array, as long as it wasn't a very high level or powerful Magic Array, normal low level magicians would be able to do it. This was because setting up a Magic Array didn't require a lot of magic.
Because of this, the demand for low level magicians in the Lampari Kingdom suddenly increased.
Before this, the low level magicians in the Lampari Kingdom didn't have a better life than normal people. Other than working as guards for a company, they didn't have any other good options.
Now that there was a simple and easy job like drawing Magic Arrays, it was naturally welcomed by all the low level magicians.
Of course, the choice went both ways. The magicians could choose which company to work for, and the company would choose which magician to hire.
Even if it was the simplest job of drawing Magic Arrays, a high level magician would be much better than a low level magician.
Not to mention, there were many ambitious companies that wanted to develop their own magic machines like the New Flyer and earn a large amount of money. Of course they needed high level magicians.
And for a company, how could they determine the strength of a magician?
The best proof was naturally the Sorcerers Guild's certification exam.
So last year's Sorcerers Guild certification exam had increased the number of people and this year was even more explosive. The number of magicians participating in the Sorcerers Guild's certification exam almost took up two thirds of the magicians registered with the Sorcerers Guild!
There were even many magicians that had never participated in the Sorcerers Guild certification exam before and weren't even registered with the Sorcerers Guild.
"Of course they will be active.
There are already prices in Anvilmar City. Ignoring Primary Grade Magicians, Second Grade Magicians have a minimum monthly wage of ten gold coins, Third Grade Magicians have a minimum monthly wage of fifteen gold coins, and Fourth Grade Magicians have a minimum monthly wage of twenty five gold coins.
As for Fifth Grade Magicians and above, the price can be discussed in person. "
When they heard Great Magician Eisenkel say this, including Great Magician Camilla, the other four Great Magicians were all stunned.
Towards this phenomenon, the more conservative Great Magician Telucci couldn't help criticizing it.
In his opinion, the job of a magician was to research magic. These low-level magicians were not focusing on their research, but instead became so active because of a meager salary of a dozen or so gold coins a month. This was really a loss of the dignity of a magician.
Great Magician Eisenkel gave a cold laugh at this, "Can dignity feed you?
These low level magicians don't have the financial support of the kingdom like us, so it's impossible for them to earn large amounts of money with their fame.
Don't forget, they are also people and need to make a living.
Not to mention that studying magic requires large amounts of gold coins. If you don't let them think of ways to earn money, are you going to let them wait for death? "
Faced with Great Magician Eisenkel's rebuttal, Great Magician Telucci had nothing to say.
After that, with Great Magician Camilla's testimony, the other three Great Magicians understood that the reason for this strange phenomenon was indeed because of the demand from the various magic machine companies in the Lampari Kingdom.
Because of this, the five Great Magicians couldn't help changing the topic to the New Flyer and then to Xu Yi.
After talking about Xu Yi, Great Magician Eisenkel asked Great Magician Camilla about Xu Yi's current whereabouts.
Because Xu Yi didn't participate in this year's exam, the other three Great Magicians were very concerned about what Xu Yi was doing.
When they learned from Great Magician Camilla that Xu Yi had gone to the Principality of Constantine for an investment investigation, the Great Magicians couldn't help feeling that it was a pity.
This was because in their opinion, Xu Yi's talent for magic was very high. If he was willing to focus on studying magic, perhaps the Lampari Kingdom would have a sixth Great Magician soon.
When they heard Great Magician Camilla mention that Xu Yi was going to the Principality of Constantine's elven Moon Shadow Tribe to discuss cooperation, the Great Magicians changed the topic to elven magic. This created a debate about whether elven magic or human magic was stronger.
Regarding this question, Great Magician Camilla and President Eren remained neutral, feeling that both sides were at the same level.
Great Magician Telucci and Great Magician Torres were more conservative, thinking that the elven magic that had been passed down for thousands of years had a higher level.
As for Great Magician Eisenkel, he was a radical and a complete believer in humanity. He was confident that the human magic level had already surpassed the elven magic level.
But when President Eren asked why the magic machines weren't developed by Great Magicians like them and were developed by Xu Yi, the other four Great Magicians were speechless.
In particular, Great Magician Eisenkel couldn't help feeling a trace of shame in his heart.
Compared to the other four Great Magicians who focused on magic, Great Magician Eisenkel focused on combining magic with business applications. But after focusing on magic for all these years, he had never considered magic machines before. Rather it was Xu Yi who was a Low Grade Magician whose magic level wasn't worth mentioning to him before that was the first to develop it.
"This ….. It can only be said that our thinking has already become rigid ….." After a bit of silence, Great Magician Eisenkel revealed a bitter smile.
"Moreover ….. It has to be said that this kid Xu Yi is truly a genius. There are many areas where even I am inferior to him."
Great Magician Camilla's lips curled and he couldn't help revealing a smile.
Xu Yi was now Stiel's husband and he had watched him grow up bit by bit. Praising Xu Yi made him happier than praising himself.
"Speaking of this, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing ….." President Eren thought for a bit before saying with a frown, "Although with the New Flyer, there are many magic machine companies that have appeared, allowing many Low Grade Magicians to find good jobs, solving a problem that has been troubling our Sorcerers Guild for a long time.
But like this, I'm afraid that many Low Grade Magicians will choose to work for these companies and study Magic Arrays instead of magic.
This isn't necessarily a good thing ….. "
"Studying Magic Arrays can also raise the level of magic."
Great Magician Camilla calmly said, "I haven't told you yet, but ever since I closed the Magic Tower and entered the New Flyer's Academy of Magic to study Magic Arrays, my magic level has quickly increased. I should be a Fourth Grade Great Magician now."