Chapter 1318: Advanced Technician Models and Promotion Mechanism Reform

After listening to Jianaer's introduction, Xia Duo had a rough understanding of the recent situation at the Magic Technician Office, especially regarding the Intermediate Technicians.

What he had previously understood was that the Magic Technician Office did indeed have low-rank Mages about to level up, but they had not yet done so at that time, and it was uncertain whether they would remain at the Magic Technician Office after leveling up.

Theoretically, every Official Mage of the Tower of Time has the opportunity to establish their own Private Research Lab upon reaching the Intermediate Rank.

Some outstanding ones, like Tilake, even established their own Private Research Labs while still low-rank Mages.

Although this had certain historical reasons and received support from Xia Duo, it also proved the feasibility of this matter to a certain extent.

In the eyes of traditional spellcasters, establishing a Private Research Lab is something that can even be treated as a life goal to be achieved.

As for Magic Technicians, although the name contains "magic," they are actually more like porters at a dock; even though the treatment of Magic Technicians today is no less than that of ordinary Mages of the same rank, some people's thinking still cannot be turned around.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask: "Who are those two full-time Intermediate Technicians? Is Aikesi among them?"

"Yes, it is Aikesi and Danuosi. They just became Intermediate Rank Mages not long ago, so I promoted them to Intermediate Technicians," Jianaer replied.

Hearing the two quite familiar names, Aikesi and Danuosi, Xia Duo felt a stir in his heart. Aikesi was a low-rank Apprentice and Primary Technician he had an impression of before, and he had also encouraged the other party to develop toward becoming an Intermediate Technician.

Unexpectedly, after becoming an Intermediate Rank Mage, the other party still chose to stay at the Magic Technician Office. Xia Duo immediately decided to continue cultivating him into an Advanced Technician, becoming a typical representative of the Tower of Time under the new era and new system!

As for Danuosi, he was originally an Apprentice, or rather a subordinate, of the Intermediate Rank Mage Sanduer; even after becoming an Official Mage, he had long been exploited by his mentor.

Later, during the period of the Tower of Time's system transformation, under Xia Duo's encouragement, Danuosi and another of Sanduer's Apprentices unanimously chose to leave the Sanduer Research Lab.

Under the new regulations, the owner of a Private Research Lab and the low-rank Mage members who join it have the power to choose each other, and minimum wages and maximum working hours are also stipulated.

It is almost unrealistic for Sanduer to try to engage in any more bottomless exploitation.

It is just that Sanduer has a poor reputation, and no low-rank Mage is willing to join his research lab. He is currently working at the Magic Item Mass Production Design Research Lab of the Intermediate Rank Mage Huosite, which can be considered a decent ending.

And his former Apprentice, Danuosi, has now become an Intermediate Rank Mage like him, and in the future, he may even continue to progress due to receiving more care from Xia Duo.

I wonder if Sanduer will feel regret when he thinks of the exploitation back then.

He probably will, and he should already be regretting it now.

If he can work properly at the Huosite Research Lab, he might not necessarily be a bad comrade in the future.

……

After chatting with Jianaer for a while, Xia Duo went to see the eight Magic Technicians who were working hard to practice the 【Resist Demon Aura】 spell branch operation.

Among them were the two Intermediate Technicians, Aikesi and Danuosi.

Xia Duo expressed his concern and condolences to them one by one, and answered the questions they raised during the process of practicing the 【Resist Demon Aura】 spell one by one.

……

After leaving the Magic Technician Office, Xia Duo went to several classrooms in succession to sit in on the teaching situation of Apprentices for a while. Finally, without disturbing anyone, he quietly arrived at the Academic Affairs Office.

Nowadays, He Sai rarely participates in actual teaching tasks, but instead settles down and devotes all his energy and time to the research of teaching materials.

When Xia Duo arrived, He Sai was squinting at a Wood Pulp Paper book on his desk, holding a pen and circling and marking on the book from time to time.

"Mage He Sai, long time no see!" Xia Duo greeted him in a relaxed manner.

Hearing someone calling his name, He Sai woke up immediately. When he saw it was Xia Duo, he hurriedly stood up and greeted: "Good morning, Lord Xia Duo!"

"Good morning," Xia Duo replied.

"I heard before that you went to Seventon, Lord. I didn't expect you to return so soon. Do you have any special instructions for coming to the Academic Affairs Office this time?"

"There are some things I need to entrust to you; I don't feel at ease entrusting them to others."

When Xia Duo said this, He Sai immediately straightened his back, looking honored, and said loudly: "Please give your instructions, Lord."

"Relax, no need to be so formal."

Xia Duo waved his hand and let him sit down to talk. He Sai did as he was told, and only then did Xia Duo continue to explain:

"I have brought you some reference materials. Combining these materials with the actual situation of the Apprentices in the Tower of Time, I need you to form a textbook compilation group as soon as possible. The Tower of Time is going to release new textbooks!"

"New textbooks again?"

He Sai was startled. In his view, the textbooks currently used by the Apprentices of the Tower of Time were already very good. If he could have encountered such textbooks back then, perhaps he could have had some dreams of becoming an Arcanist.

Even now, he gains a lot from seeing such textbooks. He wouldn't dare guarantee becoming an Arcanist, but at least becoming a High Mage or Archmage is relatively stable.

Precisely because of this, he attaches great importance to textbooks and is even willing to spend a lot of time and energy trying to improve the existing ones.

Now that he heard Xia Duo requesting a new version of textbooks, He Sai's first reaction, besides sighing that the world is changing too fast for him to keep up, was surprise and joy.

Then he stared with a hungry gaze at the Wood Pulp Paper books that Xia Duo placed on his desk one by one, even urging in his heart—take them out faster, take out more!

But unfortunately, although Xia Duo's Personal Space is very large, the reference materials he prepared for He Sai are quite limited.

They are mainly the standard textbooks of the Magic Academy under the Judgment Division brought back from 【Projection Plane: Empire Remnants】, covering the main knowledge system from enlightenment to the Intermediate Rank, as well as the question banks that Xia Duo values most.

In fact, the textbooks currently used by the Tower of Time are not bad in terms of knowledge system and even teaching aids. After all, Xia Duo also referred to the Magic Academy textbooks from the heyday of the Arcane Empire for these contents.

During the Empire Remnants stage, the academy's textbooks were updated, but what changed the most was the examinations, which were simply appalling.

It can be said that the biggest reason why graduates of the Magic Academy during the Remnants stage were not Intermediate Rank Mages was that they failed at the examinations.

It was not that they could not level up, but that without passing the promotion assessment, they could not obtain all the Permission Levels belonging to an Intermediate Rank Mage.

This is actually the main reason why Xia Duo wants to introduce an examination system to the Tower of Time: to decouple strength from Permission Levels and treatment, and to re-formulate a more reasonable promotion mechanism to adapt to the future situation where the proportion of spellcasters is getting larger and larger.