Chapter 50 The Poor Great Magician

An hour later, Xu Yi met the great magician Camilla on the top floor of the magic tower.

After staring at His Excellency the Great Mage for a while, Xu Yi couldn't help but sighed inwardly.

It has been nearly 20 days since the last time I saw Your Excellency the Great Mage, but only 20 days have passed, and Your Excellency the Great Mage has obviously become a lot older.

In addition to looking tired and haggard, the most conspicuous thing is that the dark brown hair of His Excellency the Great Magician has now appeared a lot of gray.

To make a great magician who used to be full of vigor and high spirits become what he is now, he must have encountered a lot of pressure in these days.

After seeing Xu Yi, the great magician Camilla seemed to have forgotten something, just like the beginning, nodding to Xu Yi amiably, motioning him to sit down.

"Xu Yi, what's the matter with me this time?" Although he looked tired, the Great Magician Camilla's expression was still serious. "Tell you in advance, if you are looking for some business cooperation, you can leave now."

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "Your Excellency the Great Mage, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. I came here this time just to ask you some questions about magic, because I encountered some problems that I couldn't solve for the time being. But Now, I have changed my mind, and I just want to talk to you about business cooperation."

The great magician Camilla raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Then get out of here as soon as possible! You guys, all of you have fallen into the eyes of money, what qualifications do you have to be a magician? Ah?"

Xu Yi still kept smiling, his expression unchanged.

"Your Excellency the Great Mage, I think your sentence is somewhat wrong. It is wrong to fall into the eyes of money, but it seems to have nothing to do with whether you are qualified to be a magician, right?"

"Hmph! A guy who only knows how to make money and doesn't know how to study magic is qualified?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "Your Excellency the Great Mage, I have a question for you. Do you need money to study magic?"

Great Mage Camilla's expression suffocated, and her face changed, first with anger, then with doubts, and finally with a look of helplessness.

"Of course, researching magic requires money, and not only it, but also a lot of money..." Great Mage Camilla sighed with a look of disinterest on her face.

"So, not only should being a magician not be opposed to making money, but it should be a good combination. Your Excellency the great magician, are you right?"

The great magician Camilla glanced at Xu Yi and snorted coldly, "Did you come here specially to laugh at me?"

"No, Your Excellency the Great Mage, you have misunderstood. I never meant to laugh at you. I just... heard that you are encountering some difficulties now and want to see if there is anything that can help you."

The great magician Camilla stared at Xu Yi for a while, but only saw sincerity on his face, so he snorted softly and said, "Is this what Steele told you?"

"Steel did tell me something, and I also inquired about it from other colleagues." Xu Yi paused, and continued: "Your Excellency the Great Mage, I think, should you change you now? the idea of ​​trying to embrace the combination of magic and business?"

"I hate businessmen, and I hate letting the businessmen's stench be contaminated with pure magic." Great Mage Camilla said coldly.

"But you don't hate money, do you?" Xu Yi asked.

Archmage Camilla snorted coldly, but did not refute.

Xu Yi immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "That's right, money is just a tool, what you hate is only those who use this tool to make you sad, not money itself. Money itself is neither good nor evil. Yes, it is a very useful tool when used well, and it can also cause great damage when used badly. Great magician Camilla, do you think that if you are given enough money, you will Where would you use it?"

"Nonsense, if I have enough gold coins, I will definitely devote all of it to magic research." The Great Magician Camilla replied very simply.

"But you don't have enough gold now, don't you?"

Great Mage Camilla's face changed suddenly, and she was speechless for a while.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi shook his head slightly, thinking that the difficulties encountered by the great magician Camilla were more serious than what he knew now.

Xu Yi was not surprised when the research lab found out that Camillo, Reno, and Wella had actually left the Camilla Magic Tower, but later found out that all the colleagues in the research lab were all heartbroken, revealing that As he meant to leave the magic tower, Xu Yi immediately realized that something was wrong.

Later, through constant slaps, Xu Yi finally got an answer that he was completely unexpected.

It turns out that the great magician Camilla is out of money!

Although the great magician Camilla has always been poor, so the magicians working in the magic tower complained in private, but there is no problem in maintaining the normal operation of the magic tower.

But just recently, many magicians have discovered that there seems to be a problem with the normal operation of the magic tower.

First, many magic materials needed for research began to be in short supply, and then some of the magicians' reasonable requests were rejected, and finally, and most importantly, the first time magician Camilla owed everyone's salary !

Although it was only two days in arrears, all the reissues were made, but this time the default made everyone alert.

In the circle of magicians, many secrets are not secrets, so everyone soon found out that the great magician Camilla is now encountering great difficulties, and I am afraid that the funds will be much shorter than before, or even impossible Well, this magic tower can't be maintained at all.

After hearing the news, the magicians in the magic tower were shocked, and naturally began to seek a way out.

Camilo, Renault, and Wella had already left first, and of course the colleagues in the laboratory couldn't sit still, so that as soon as Xu Yi, who had been classified as a big boss in the eyes of everyone, appeared, the colleagues showed that Unusual enthusiasm.

After hearing about this, Xu Yidang found Steele who had returned to the Magic Tower with him. After repeated questioning, he finally got the truth from Steele's mouth.

It turns out that what my colleagues inquired about was true, that the current funds of the great magician Camilla did have a big problem.

Generally speaking, if the other income of the great magicians is not counted, then the magicians of the great magician level usually have two stable capital incomes.

One is from the magician's union.

When a magician breaks through the boundaries and reaches the level of a great magician, he is already eligible to enjoy the special allowance of the magician's union.

This allowance has strict level regulations. The main evaluation method is the strength level of the great magician, followed by the years of becoming a great magician.

The magician of Camilla is currently a three-star magician. According to the regulations, he will enjoy a special allowance of 200 gold coins from the magician's union every year. In addition, since he has been a great magician for 23 years, there will be an additional allowance of fifty gold coins.

If they add up, it is two hundred and fifty gold coins.

Another source of financial income comes from the country where the magicians are located.

Because magicians are important forces in every country, and magicians of the level of the great magician are even more precious, so no matter which country they are in, they will give special financial support to the great magician.

Although the Kingdom of Lampari can only be regarded as a small country on the Sainz Continent, the great magician Camilla can still obtain financial support of up to 2,000 gold coins from the royal family of the Kingdom of Lampari every year.

Because the great magician Camilla does not cooperate with certain chambers of commerce like many other great magicians, and promises to protect those chambers of commerce while obtaining the support of gold coins from those chambers of commerce, the income of these 2,250 gold coins is almost It is equivalent to the annual income of the great magician of Camilla.

If there is no change, these 2,250 gold coins are enough to support the daily expenses of the magic tower in the small city of Bangta City.

However, this year has changed.

The main body of the change is focused on this financial support from the Kingdom of Lampari.

Originally, before the autumn harvest every year, the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom would distribute funds to the great magicians in the kingdom. However, more than half a month ago, the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom suddenly announced that due to the shortage of funds in the kingdom, the royal family would give them money. The financial support of the great magicians had to lower the standard.

Specifically for the great magician Camilla, he reduced his annual fund of 2,000 gold coins to 1,000 gold coins, which was cut in half at once!

The Great Magician Camilla was already struggling to maintain this magic tower, but now suddenly there is a thousand gold coins for financial support, which can be said to collapse in an instant.

One thousand gold coins is equivalent to half of the annual income of the great magician Camilla, which is so much less. Not only many magic researches cannot continue due to lack of funds, but even the salary of many magicians under them has not been opened. come out.

"Grandpa even told me that he is likely to close the magic tower." When Steele said this to Xu Yi, he showed a very helpless smile. "Although from my point of view, I actually think this may be better. Because if there is no magic tower to worry about, grandpa will live more easily. But I also know that grandpa spent a lot of effort to build this. A magic tower, he has invested a lot of effort in it, but if he is forced to close it now, I am afraid he will not be able to accept it."

After listening to Steele's statement, Xu Yi just thought for a while, then resolutely came to the top of the magic tower and asked to see the great magician Camilla.

In front of this old man who looked serious and old-fashioned, but was actually very wise, Xu Yi did not intend to hide his thoughts and purposes at all, and pointed out this cruel fact to the great magician Camilla very simply and directly.

Great Sorcerer Camilla, you're out of money!