In the Land of Six Towers, inside the White Dragon Tower's 10-kilometer-level meeting room, the members of Locke's research group had long since guessed that they could pass the qualifying round of the main competition, but they still grew excited at this moment and burst into cheers.
Their hard work over such a long time had finally paid off.
Aside from the four Formal Wizards, even the students in the research group could feel the joy of passing the qualifying round.
At the same time, Locke received fifty Magic Crystal Cards sent by the competition committee's office. He had spent thirty Magic Crystal Cards on various expenses over the past month, leaving him with only seventy. And that was despite his penny-pinching approach to experiments.
The fifty Magic Crystal Cards sent by the competition committee's office—equivalent to five hundred thousand Magic Stones—had undoubtedly come at a crucial time.
Moreover, after passing the first qualifying round, he could ask the Plutarch Family for additional investment.
Locke said to the students, "Our research group has passed the qualifying round. I believe those who thought we were simply lining our own pockets will eventually realize how foolish and ignorant they were."
"I'll ask the Plutarch Family to improve the standard of your accommodations, moving you from the low-level apprentice dormitories at the 5-kilometer level to the high-level apprentice dormitories at an altitude of 15 kilometers."
The forty-five students present froze for a moment before erupting into collective cheers.
The higher the White Dragon Tower rose, the denser its magical tide became. The height at which one lived in the White Dragon Tower represented one's status and position, as well as the resources one enjoyed.
Ever since joining Locke's research group, many of them had been forced to move down from the student dormitories