Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 311 Forum Recruitment
The new week's spellcaster forum exchange meeting began on time when the clock struck nine o'clock in the evening.

Forum members who had the qualifications to attend the meeting and the right to speak almost immediately rushed into the public chat room. It seemed that they had logged into the forum long in advance and started waiting.

Everyone knew very well that the core theme of today's exchange meeting was the recommendation of a new round of members for the Spellcaster Forum. Apart from the earliest batch of old members who joined the forum for free in the early days of the forum, this was already the third time the forum had publicly recruited members.

The entry level for the first round of member recruitment is very low. Initial members only need to pay 100 points and a one-to-one guarantee recommendation to successfully invite a corresponding new member to join under the review of the forum administrator.

The recruitment conditions for the second round of members were quite harsh. For some unknown reason, the forum chose to release a small number of three places in the form of a competitive auction. Two of them were acquired by forum members who obviously had a federation background in the form of high points and material exchanges.

In addition, the establishment of the Forum Magic Encyclopedia was rewarded with three valuable directional positions from the two apparent forum leaders, Administrator Turing and Observer Neumann, due to the Federation's outstanding contribution.

Most members who are active in the forum on a daily basis are well aware that the current forum personnel composition system is definitely topped by the group of members with a federation background. For such a large organization of spellcasters entrenched in the southern continent, it is not difficult to create a group with an overwhelming number of votes in the Magic Network Forum through the resources and relationships it possesses.

The Federation currently has nearly nine members who have officially joined the forum, not including several internal members who do not have trading, speaking, or voting rights, but can participate in exchange meetings and assist in managing the encyclopedia section.

Other members of the forum privately refer to them as "semi-authority members".

The dwarves and elves, who secretly formed the "Southern Minority Alliance", each have two forum members with full authority, and are active in the forum in a semi-public capacity.

In addition, more than ten independent members mostly came from a powerful spellcasting organization in the Seven Wizarding Kingdoms. They did not form a particularly close faction and would only cooperate briefly when necessary.

Originally, this group of people had always been the focus of Harvey's attention. He was worried that their number would exceed the small group of the Federation. Once they formed a group, it would affect the direction of public opinion within the forum and the development of certain important issues. However, this problem was cleverly solved by him in various ways later.

At least the three independent members, Astrologer, Eye of Illusion and Mithril Unicorn, are currently staying safely in his frontier territory, and they owe him a huge debt of favor. In this way, the independent members and the Federation have reached a balance of power to a certain extent, and Harvey's identity as a "forum agent" means that he has several vassal members.

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As usual, the exchange meeting was opened by Mr. Hand of the Elements. This independent spellcaster with a calm temperament and elegant demeanor has been labeled as the "etiquette model" of the spellcaster forum by Harvey.

[Hand of Elements: Praise Mr. Turing and Mr. Neumann! Good evening, everyone...]

Son of Flame: Good, good, good! Good evening, everyone! Let me preemptively announce the exciting news! The Federation's Battle Mage Corps has successfully launched three large-scale counterattacks, pushing the invading demonic forces back from the Evil Moon Mountains to their frontline central fortress. We've also cut off nearly half of the dozens of supply lines they've opened...

Upon hearing this, everyone spoke in congratulations. It seemed that with the powerful anti-magic weapon "Lance of Annihilation", the Federation could independently cross the border and launch a counterattack against the demons even without relying on the assistance of the Church and the Seven-Nation Alliance of Wizards. This was good news for all spellcasters living in the southern continent.

[Frost Giant: Hehe, you guys seem to be fighting fiercely in the Northern Wastes, but I heard the Church took advantage of the situation and stabbed you in the back... They allowed several demonic troops from Broken Tooth Valley to invade the Western Territory, wreaking havoc on the human settlements within hundreds of miles, turning the area into a mess?] Son of Fire, Fer Holden, watched the sarcastic remarks of his longtime "star-marked friend" on the crystal screen of his magical brain, and his teeth itched with rage. However, while the words were harsh, they weren't meant to provoke him. This guy was openly and implicitly accusing the Church of disregarding the safety of its fellow humans and allowing the alien race to invade and kill ordinary people.

Sure enough, it immediately sparked discussion among everyone on the forum.

Captain Ghost: A bunch of short-sighted charlatans! No matter how intensified the conflict between the Union and the Church, or how intense the civil war, as fellow human beings, collectively resisting alien invasion and protecting our own kind is the bottom line! Do they still have the nerve to constantly preach their hypocritical doctrine of "God loves the world"?

[Fallen: On the one hand, they condoned the demon invasion and allowed their own people to be slaughtered... On the other hand, it may also be because the small-scale conflicts with us on the front lines of Saint Valen and Daeus have gradually intensified, causing their military strength to be somewhat tight.]

[Earth-loving Ones: You should be thankful that they haven't been so shameless as to use large numbers of their followers as human shields to engage you head-on... Otherwise, this extraordinary civil war, currently confined to the Central Kingdom, would likely spread across the entire continent, becoming impossible to control.]

The Principality of Barclay, where the Earth-Favored Ones reside, is right on the border of Saint Valen. Compared to the Evil Moon Mountains thousands of miles away, he is obviously more concerned about the internal conflicts among the human race that have broken out around his homeland, and he very much does not want the conflicts to spread and affect his own country.

Harvey watched silently for a while as the crowd passionately cursed the Church of Light. When he saw that the atmosphere had cooled down, he slowly switched to the administrator code and served the "main course" of today's exchange meeting.

[Administrator Turing: Everyone, the Spellcaster Forum has reopened to new members today. I'm sure everyone has received some news by now, right?]

[Scorching Lord: Mr. Turing, I wonder how many points we need to pay for this forum's new membership, and what are the other additional requirements?]

[Administrator Turing: It's very simple. This new member recruitment will have five spots available. Each spot costs 1000 points. Each member with full permissions can only redeem once. Points cannot be redeemed using secular currency or other magical materials...]

After the forum administrator's words, the chat room suddenly fell silent.

1000 points—that's no small sum. At least, a single member simply couldn't possibly accumulate such a massive amount. The forum was full of places where points were needed, like opening separate encrypted chat rooms, anonymous consignment fees, tiered fees for reading the Magic Encyclopedia, and instantaneous magic network teleportation for bulk supplies...

Enjoying the forum's convenient and timeless magic services, and acquiring valuable magic knowledge and experimental materials through risk-free transactions, it is only natural to pay points for these contents.

Not to mention that under the organization and guidance of the forum, members have formed an unprecedented benign development purpose of unity and mutual assistance. When encountering many difficult problems, they can get full help from the forum and other members anytime and anywhere. This part of the benefit is priceless to all members.

The first recruitment is worth 100 points, the second auction is worth 500 points... the third is worth 1000 points...

A frightening thought emerged in the minds of all members. If access to the forum is only obtained by redeeming points, it will become increasingly difficult and expensive. This means that if you want to add members of your own group or faction to the forum without spending points, you must at least make a certain degree of outstanding contribution to the forum like the Federation.

(End of this chapter)