Translator: AnubisTL
After all, only low-rank logistics wizards needed the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol, and logistics wizards already constituted a minority within the overall wizard population.
Furthermore, the primary disciplines utilizing this technology were alchemy, magic potions, and rune studies within the Logistics Department, further reducing the number of wizards who would purchase the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol.
Moreover, not all low-rank wizards studying these disciplines would acquire the technology, making this estimate seem reasonably accurate.
However, even this revenue was still remarkably high!
Let alone low-rank wizards like Jieming, who were still struggling at the bottom, even many high-rank wizards at the sixth-tier or above would likely be green with envy upon learning of this figure!
Huff...
Regardless, this unexpected windfall had completely alleviated his financial straits.
With this in mind, Jieming contacted Mentor Clark almost without hesitation.
The communication connected, and Mentor Clark's eternally impassive face quickly appeared on the holographic screen.
Suppressing his inner excitement, Jieming tried to maintain a calm tone as he explained the reason for his call. "Mentor, this is the final payment for the seventh-tier large elemental pool I ordered."
With practiced ease, Jieming operated the terminal, transferring a staggering sum of eighteen billion military merits to Clark.
On the other side of the holographic screen, Mentor Clark received the massive transfer and, for a rare moment, fell silent.
Then, his deep, piercing eyes scanned Jieming from head to toe, and he asked the question that nearly made Jieming choke: "Did you... sell yourself?"
Jieming's face darkened with irritation as he quickly explained the legitimate sources of his wealth.
Only then did he cautiously inquire, "Mentor, when do you think the seventh-tier large elemental pool will be completed?"
Clark listened quietly to Jieming's explanation, a hint of satisfaction and pride flickering deep within his usually cold eyes.
However, he quickly reverted to his usual detached demeanor.
When Jieming asked about the pool's progress, Clark shook his head. "I've been focused on researching the living plane in the Flamefrost Plane lately, so I haven't been following the construction progress of the seventh-tier large elemental pool."
Jieming then saw his mentor seemingly contacting someone through other channels.
After a long wait, Clark finally replied to Jieming:
"The main body of the elemental pool is complete. Next comes the final infusion of origin and the nurturing phase for debugging. Based on the current progress, it should be formally delivered in less than ten years."
Jieming was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected the construction to proceed so quickly.
The seventh-tier large elemental pool's exorbitant price was, of course, justified by its value.
For one thing, this device was touted as a "man-made miniature elemental plane."
In truth, this claim was accurate.
The most fundamental core material used in its construction was a plane origin containing the "complete fire element rule"!
What exactly does "complete fire element rule" mean?
Simply put, it contains enough law information to theoretically allow a wizard completely ignorant of the fire element to master the entire fire element rule from scratch, reaching the threshold of the sixth-tier—a quantity equivalent to one thousand strands of origin!
In other words... one thousand strands of origin!
The cost of this single raw material alone reached a staggering ten billion low-tier military merit!
Moreover, building a seventh-tier large elemental pool requires far more than just plane origin.
When Clark initially quoted the cost price, he hadn't been lying, judging by the value of the various raw materials.
After receiving the final payment via his terminal, Clark looked at Jieming and suddenly asked, "Your mandatory conscription period should be coming up soon, right?"
Jieming froze, then remembered the standard contract he had signed at the "junction point" long ago.
The wizard civilization's saying, "Low-rank wizards are obligated to participate in planar wars, while high-level wizards are rewarded with the opportunity," wasn't just empty words.
Although his mandatory military service to the academy had ended, that didn't mean low-rank wizards like him could now relax without a care in the world.
The contract he had signed at the "junction point" indeed contained a mandatory conscription clause: [ Third-tier low-rank wizards, after each planar war, are entitled to a maximum of two hundred years of free rest. Beyond this period, they will be forcibly conscripted to participate in the next planar war. ]
However, for most wizards struggling at the bottom of the hierarchy, this clause held little practical significance.
After all, the vast majority of low-rank wizards lacked both the resources and the financial means to sustain continuous research in their laboratories for two hundred years.
Most wizards would have already returned to the battlefield, either because their points had run out or their research had hit a bottleneck.
Jieming's situation was a rare and unexpected anomaly.
After a quick calculation, Jieming realized his remaining "rest" time was indeed running short.
While he could barely hold out until he received the seventh-tier large elemental pool, he likely wouldn't have enough time for extensive modifications and adjustments before being thrust back into some unknown battlefield.
After thanking Mentor Clark for the warning and watching him end the communication, Jieming began seriously planning his next steps.
The deep modifications to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane and the seventh-tier large elemental pool would have to wait until after his return from the next planar war.
However, if he acted quickly, he could thoroughly test the true combat capabilities of his newly developed "Black Giant" during the upcoming planar war!
With this thought, Jieming hesitated no longer. He opened his magic net terminal and began his "spending spree."
Since the seventh-tier large elemental pool couldn't be used immediately, he planned to purchase a massive quantity of small elemental pools as temporary energy plugins. These would provide sufficient energy to the hatchery, catalyzing the birth of the Black Giants!
Based on his "design" of the Black Giant race, with enough energy, he could forcibly reduce the incubation time from one hundred years to less than six months.
Of course, this approach would consume a staggering amount of energy.
In terms of small elemental pools, this meant spending a vast number of military merits.
Fortunately, Jieming had just made a fortune and was far from short on funds!
If he acted quickly, he could assemble a Black Giant combat squad before the planar war.
(End of the Chapter)
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