I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 71 Mission
He paused, looked at Jemin, and said with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, "The academy hopes that you can produce as much refined gold as possible. The academy can act as an intermediary to help you sell it. Of course, this is a free service, and all the points earned from selling refined gold will still belong to you."

“Selling?” Jemin raised an eyebrow. “The academy’s actions are basically just replenishing its inventory.”

"You could understand it that way, but without the fees and intermediate steps," Professor Clark nodded reservedly.

After a moment's thought, he smiled again, his eyes deep: "The academy needs refined gold. Whether it's to supply returning wizards or as reserve and research material for the academy itself, it needs it. The academy provides the raw materials and channels, and you provide the technology and labor; this is cooperation."

Jemin asked thoughtfully, "Approximately how much refined gold does the academy need?"

"Regarding this..." Clark didn't answer directly, but simply repeated, "This time, the returning wizards came from the Shadow Plane."

Jemin's eyelids twitched; he understood what his mentor, Clark, meant.

To put it bluntly, he needs to prepare for an attack on an entire world, and the amount of adamantite required is astronomical!

"Even if I work myself to death, I still won't be able to finish this task!"

"You think too highly of yourself," Clark glanced at him.

"Who told you the academy relies entirely on you? You are only a small part of this war preparedness system, and adamantite is only a small part of the anti-corrosion materials. The real war preparedness mainly relies on the high-level alchemy wizards... You don't need to do too much, just use up the materials in the academy's inventory."

Jemin blinked, took out his smaller portable magic network terminal, and logged into the magic network to check.

Although the Academy didn't know how adamantite was made, Jemin wasn't foolish enough to think that the people in the Academy wouldn't know what the raw materials for adamantite were.

Even though he would arrange for many other materials to cover it up each time, the fact that the main raw material was gold was by no means a secret to the academy.

Just glancing at the school's inventory made Jemin's hand tremble, and he almost dropped the terminal.

Tens of thousands of cubic meters of gold!
Even if his strength has improved, it would still take him a lot of effort to refine so much gold into refined gold in a short period of time!

"...Is it too late for me to give up on this mission now?"

“Absolutely not!” Clark’s tone was unusually firm. “If you hadn’t checked the inventory yet, there was still a possibility of giving up, but now that you’ve checked the inventory, we definitely can’t let you get away!”

"Why?!" Jemin asked, puzzled.

"why?"

Whether it was just his imagination or not, Jemin felt that the smile on his mentor Clark's face was somewhat "sinister".

“Three days ago, the school’s gold reserves were only a hundred or so cubic meters.” He approached Jemin with a sinister smile: “Gold is an ordinary material with few uses and difficult to collect. Guess how the academy managed to gather tens of thousands of cubic meters for you in such a short time?”

Startled by Professor Clark's smile, Jemin unconsciously took a step back and swallowed hard.

Glancing at the barely noticeable dark circles under the other person's eyes, and then at the alchemy badge hanging on his chest, Jemin suddenly understood:
"Alchemy...?"

"clever!"

Clark grinned and suddenly reached out, grabbing Jemin's head.

As Clark lifted Jemin up to him like a chick, his deep voice was filled with the weariness of a corporate slave:
"I was suddenly pulled out of the lab and forced to do three whole days of hard labor. If you dare abandon this mission, believe me, I'll turn you into gold!!!"

"Okay, okay, I understand! I understand everything! I accept this mission!" Jemin grabbed Clark's hands that were holding his head, his legs kicking helplessly.

Although Coach Clark controlled his strength very well, he could break free with just a little effort.

But seeing the other party's resentful expression and his intention to drag others down with him, Jieming felt it was better to go along with him.

Moreover, this matter did him no harm, since the academy purchased the materials at market prices and provided them free of charge.

However, having taken on this task, things will probably be a bit tough for the next while.

"Ugh……"

Seeing that Jemin seemed to have suddenly lost all his strength and was hanging on his hand like a salted fish, Clark's expression relaxed, and he spread his fingers and put Jemin down.

"Alright, stop sighing like that. This task was issued by the academy through the workshop. If you can complete it, you'll get 10 military merits. Tsk tsk tsk, this is a lucrative job. No one else can even get this task."

Military merits?

"That's right, and it's a high-ranking military achievement."

Upon hearing the word, Jieming's eyes lit up, and he was no longer the lazy bum he had been; he became energetic and alert.

The military merit system is similar to the points system used in Norren Academy. Although there are differences in their values, they are not particularly significant.

If we convert them based on the value of exchangeable resources and knowledge, the exchange ratio between Noren Workshop points and low-level military merits is about 10 to 1, while the ratio for high-level military merits can rise to about 100 to 1.

The main difference between the two sides lies in the range of resources and knowledge that can be exchanged.

The Norren Academy's points system can only be used within the Norren Workshop. Once outside the Norren Workshop, it will not be recognized by other forces, while military merits have a wider range of uses.

Low-level military merits are issued by the Star Ring Federation and can be exchanged for resources throughout the entire Star Ring Federation.

Furthermore, high-level military merits issued by the Star Orbit Arbitration Court can be exchanged for by various factions across all factions in the entire wizarding civilization.

Ten high-level military merits are equivalent to 1000 points, and these points can be exchanged for some formal wizard-level knowledge.

Apart from the unique Star Orbit Arbitration Court, the Wizard Civilization mainly consists of four factions, each with its own unique ideology and representative technologies.

Under normal circumstances, the four factions are not completely isolated from each other, but obtaining the corresponding technologies and special materials is quite difficult.

For example, the Level 2 training agreement that Jemin previously obtained included a clause that would help him connect his sales channels to other factions.

However, in practice, the treaty's effect was rather limited.

Other factions typically barter when making purchases, and if they want to buy unique resources, the price will be driven down significantly. As for unique knowledge within a faction, forget about it.

These military achievements, while not particularly valuable in practical terms, gave Jemin more options.

Most importantly, high-level wizards must spend high-level military merits to qualify for the mission to the front lines.

(End of this chapter)