Chapter 3234: Alliance Assembly, Unanimous Resolution

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Although Xia Duo had expected the effect of the students' practical assignments in clearing the Decay Field before today, the actual results still left him feeling pleasantly surprised!

Of course, the "effect" here does not refer to the actual effect of clearing the Decay Field, but rather the effect of obtaining Divine Grace through this matter.

In terms of acquisition efficiency alone, it is not necessarily higher than deploying Old Magic Artifacts, but if one factors in the cost, the efficiency of deploying student assignments suddenly shoots up.

One must know that for this experiment, Yierlan invested over 100 million in value of Old Magic Artifacts at once, yet even so, it only increased Xia Duo's Divine Grace for two patent applications.

If one uses Yierlan's Old Magic Artifacts as a reference, wouldn't that mean the student assignments Xia Duo invested were worth over 50 million?

Setting aside the sentimental value, those five warehouses of Tower of Time student assignments are probably not even worth 10,000 Gold Coins!

And that is assuming there is even a sucker willing to buy them! As for the Elves' Old Magic Artifacts, many only have wear on their non-magical surface elements, while their actual functions remain intact.

If one wants to sell them, to say nothing else, there is definitely a market for them in Netheril.

Therefore, Xia Duo believes that even if the "over 100 million in value" specifically mentioned by Feilifa is exaggerated, such a large quantity of Old Magic Artifacts cannot be fake; the actual value is certainly at least over 10 million!

But if it can definitely be increased, I conservatively estimate that at most 100,000 student assignments can be obtained every day; if deployed into the Decay Field, that is roughly 1 million Magic Net Strings.

As for the other Mages among the Arcane Priests, their opinions are also unified. First, Iolum's plan requires other Mages; it is not enough to just have Priests, as a large number of other Mages are needed to cooperate.

The Tower of Time of the past had to consider costs; practical assignments were essentially the Tower of Time providing materials for students to practice with. Under Xia Duo's direction, it can be ensured that every student can equally obtain the opportunity to practice.

Yet those were completely crushed by the Tower of Time's student assignments!

Therefore, Xia Duo speculates that if Iolum's plan is ultimately used, the Alliance will likely have to pay for it in the end. Of course, the Tower of Time, or rather the Seven Cities Council, will also have to pay something.

However, from the conversations of these Netherese Mages, Xia Duo also saw that these people actually tend to favor eliminating the Decay Field by deploying Magic Items to accelerate the Magic Net's self-healing.

This is actually the point of contention for Iolum's plan within Nai Se Nie Rong. As far as the plan itself is concerned, it is undoubtedly beneficial to Netheril, especially for those in power; the only risk is that these supporting Mages might be wiped out.

Considering that Tower of Time students already utilize all available time, increasing the proportion of practical assignments in actual operation is effectively reducing written assignments.

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And this also involves an assessment of benefits and risks. Unless the Seven Cities Council provides money and guarantees, I am afraid only the Mages of the Tower of Time would be willing!

But neither of the above two plans can compare to the Tower of Time student assignments.

Thinking this way, Xia Duo first sent a message to Dien, Sami, and others, asking them to first investigate among the students in the name of the Student Union to see what the students themselves think about increasing practical assignments.

This expenditure is likely not small, otherwise the controversy within Nai Se Nie Rong might not be settled, but compared to the plan of deploying Magic Items, the cost of Iolum's plan is undoubtedly still very low.

"I don't know what the Elves deployed later, but the actual effect is much stronger than before!"

Then, he sent a message to He Sai of the Tower of Time's Academic Affairs Office, asking the other party to discuss the pros and cons of increasing practical assignments among the teachers. At the same time, Xia Duo also mentioned that there might be a period of adjustment attempts coming up, and asked the Academic Affairs Office to be well-prepared for all aspects of the work.

What is called "spending big money to do big things"? Using student assignments to exchange for Divine Grace is it!

In this way, it takes about ten days to obtain the Divine Grace required for one patent application; Xia Duo can still accept such a speed.

A description like "10 million Magic Net Strings" is not intuitive, but if converted into Mythals, it is roughly equivalent to investing ten Mythals, perhaps winning by quantity like Yierlan's Old Magic Artifacts.

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But it only provided a foundation and did not ensure that all students received sufficient practice.

It is very simple: if the assignments are not enough, then assign more!

In other words, practical assignments still have a lot of potential to be tapped, and since everyone has a spellcasting limit, it is actually impossible to cast spells non-stop 24 hours a day.

So even if practical assignments are fully maxed out, students still have time to attend classes and complete written assignments.

Of course, if the countries of the Alliance are willing to wait, they can also wait for the Tower of Time to slowly accumulate enough student assignments. This should be considered a kind of "bug" plan, and the cost should be the lowest one.

But others know nothing; they still think Yierlan came up with some new trick at the end!

It is just that Xia Duo is not sure if such an adjustment can improve the students' learning efficiency. If it cannot, he will not torment the students just to obtain Divine Grace for himself.

It takes about 10 million Magic Net Strings invested into the Decay Field to obtain enough Divine Grace to apply for a patent once.

And for the Arcane Priests, or rather some Arcanists, being able to obtain Divine Grace by repairing the Magic Net is of course a good thing, but according to Iolum's plan, not only can they not obtain Divine Grace, they have to consume their own Divine Grace instead.

After finishing these, Xia Duo went to Iolum's tent again. At this time, many Netherese Mages had already gathered there, and when Xia Duo arrived, he happened to hear them discussing him.

After all, the Tower of Time's apprentice assignments were not of much use anyway. If they could be used to eliminate the Decay Field, it would be turning waste into treasure and creating extra value.

And it is not the Arcane Priests that Iolum proposed to come and help earlier.

In addition, through his understanding of the many Elf Old Magic Artifacts and the Tower of Time student assignments, Xia Duo also derived a more specific Divine Grace acquisition data, which is—

But there are a whole bunch of benefits.

Unless it is the very few people with extremely firm Faith, I am afraid most Arcane Priests are unwilling to do such a losing business.

But this does not conform to the interests of the Tower of Time. Although the authority of the Tower of Time has decreased a lot after the New Covenant, it is still considered the actual ruler of Netheril.

Hearing such an evaluation, Xia Duo smiled knowingly. Only Iolum knew that he had disguised himself as an Elf to participate in Yierlan's sacrifice experiment, and Iolum also knew that what he deployed were Tower of Time apprentice assignments.

At present, the student assignments accumulated by the Tower of Time in the past have been used up and cannot be obtained again in the short term. So what should be done?

Therefore, after reaching this conclusion, Xia Duo's first thought was that he must seize the time to farm Divine Grace while the Decay Field is still there, and the best way to farm Divine Grace is to deploy student assignments.