Above the mage

Chapter 136 Making Money! Making Money!

A level 0 spell recipe costs an average of 6 gold coins on official websites.

Gaode currently possesses 19 spells, 16 short of 35.

Based on this calculation, just purchasing the spell recipe would require at least 96 gold coins.

And this is the lowest price.

As you progress further in the game, it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire spell recipes that you haven't yet mastered, and the amount of money required increases accordingly.

In addition, spell recipes are also divided into two levels: common and rare.

Rare spell recipes are not only difficult to buy with money, but they are also usually much more expensive than ordinary spell recipes.

Therefore, if you want to expand your spell library to 35 or more before advancing to the first-ring mage, you need to prepare at least a hundred gold coins.

His current savings balance is: 90 gold and 19 silver.

It has already fallen below the 100 gold mark and is still decreasing at a steady rate.

Although the college does not charge rent for housing, students still have to pay for their meals.

In addition, the cost of renting a Tier 1 training room is 10 silver for 2 hours.

If the leak-free water can truly be preserved, under its blessing, Gaode will need to rent a cultivation room for two and a half hours a day.

The expenditure will increase accordingly to 12.5 silver.

This can be considered a fixed daily expense.

Furthermore, a significant amount of tuition fees will be required for elective courses in the future.

This is another foreseeable major expense.

"Make money, make money!" With this thought, a deep sense of crisis about the "fiscal deficit" immediately welled up in Gao De's mind.

Finding a stable way to "make money" suddenly became urgent.

Magic potion?

Without their own herb garden to reduce raw material costs, the profit from concocting level-zero potions would be too low, barely enough to make a living off hard work.

Not consider.

Returning to his old profession as a restoration craftsman?

This requires no cost and guarantees 100% profit.

Even in an environment like the Academy of Ceres, where everyone is a mage, the total number of damaged magical items that need repair is not too many.

So this is a way to make money, but it's not stable and is more like a one-off deal.

Moreover, how to attract business is also a problem.

Those who live near mountains live off the mountains; those who live near the sea live off the sea.

After some screening, Gaode found that, under the current circumstances, the most practical way to "make money" is still to work for the college and take on tasks provided by the college's logistics department.

And to be honest, he was also quite curious about what kind of academy missions the academy would offer.

Thinking of the logistics department, Gao De suddenly remembered something else:

He hasn't paid the 5 silver coin monthly maintenance fee for the dormitory yet.

If this drags on any longer, I'm afraid the college will put me on their "debt defaulter" list.

He can't afford to lose face like that.

This trip to the logistics department is absolutely necessary.

Logistics Department, Finance Department.

Gao De handed his identity badge and the 3 gold coins he had prepared to the old scholar in the office who was wearing the uniform of the Cyrus Academy.

He plans to take advantage of his current financial situation and prepay a year's maintenance fees.

"Gaode, pay the annual maintenance fee for Building 30 in Zone 1, totaling 3 gold coins."

The old scholar took Gao De's things, and while taking notes, he confirmed with Gao De again.

After a brief pause, he handed Gao De his ID badge and a receipt stamped with the finance department's seal back to Gao De.

"Thank you." Gao De, whose savings had been reduced by 3 gold, took the items and left the finance department, heading straight for the mission hall on the first floor of the logistics department.

This was his destination.

Compared to the committee's course selection hall, the logistics department's task hall was much more lively, with three counters open at the same time.

Two of the counters are for trainees to receive assignments.

There is also a counter used to record requests and post tasks.

—The tasks posted in the task hall are mostly from instructors or even students within the academy, with only a small portion being issued by the academy itself.

"The mission notice board is above. Take a look first, and then go to the counter to accept the mission if you find one you like."

A young female staff member in the lobby pointed to the huge "display screen" hanging above the counter and said to Gao Dedao.

The display screen shows in real time the tasks that have not yet been accepted.

Of course, there are no electronic screens in this world.

The "display screen" is actually a type of gold refining machine.

Alchemists' "employment" can be divided into two main categories: creating extraordinary items and creating alchemical machines.

Although the former has the word "extraordinary" in its name, which sounds more prestigious, the latter's prospects and financial future are actually no less promising than the former's.

Its gold content is no less than that of the former.

If you don't understand why these two directions are on the same level, just one sentence will make it clear:

Airships are actually a type of alchemy machine.

Gaode stopped in front of the huge task announcement board and looked up to browse it carefully.

【Patrol the River】: Patrol and drive away the ley line creatures in the Naga River waters below the Coolie Cliff.

This task operates on a seven-day cycle. To accept this task, you must complete at least one task cycle, and the daily patrol time must not be less than five hours.

Completing this task will earn you 35 gold coins. Additionally, there will be extra rewards for hunting Leyline Creatures of level 0 or higher during the process.

This task requires the mage to be at least a level 1 mage.

[Care for Magical Plants]: Care for the No. 5 herb garden in the Magical Potions system (mainly Vermilion Grass Flower, Vera Aloe, and Crimson Nain Root).

The task cycle is 90 days. During the task cycle, the damage rate of the magical plants in the herb garden must not exceed 50%, the good quality rate must not be lower than 90%, and the magical plants must grow well.

You can earn 27 gold by completing the task.

To apply for this task, you must have completed the course "Plant Cultivation" under the sub-course of "Potion of Magic".

[Magic Circle Maintenance and Repair]: Repair and maintain the magic circles and barrier facilities in the academy's student living area (mainly small cleaning magic circles, small soundproof barriers, small alarm barriers, and small temperature regulation barriers).

The task period is half an academic year, and the repair and maintenance of faults reported by students must be completed within two working days.

You can earn 36 gold by completing the task.

This task requires completion of at least the third stage of the "Spellbook" course.

[Book Restoration]: Go to the academy's library and assist in restoring damaged books. The task will last for one month, during which you will need to spend at least three hours each day to restore at least three ancient books.

Completing the task will earn you 20 gold coins and special access to borrow some books from the library.

This task requires...

The tasks displayed at the top of the task bulletin board are all tasks issued by the academy.

The remuneration is actually quite considerable.

However, there are either requirements regarding the mage's level or the student's academic level; they need to complete specific courses before they can apply to accept the mission.

I looked at more than a dozen task announcements on Gaode Maps, but none of them were ones I could accept.

Of course, it's definitely not the so-called "you need work experience to get a job, and you need a job to gain work experience" dilemma.

Those simple tasks with few requirements must have already been "snatched" by other trainees.

Gaode continues reading.

After completing the academy's tasks, the next tasks will be those posted by the academy's instructors and students.

The content and requirements of the tasks have become incredibly varied.

(End of this chapter)