Wizard Trajan considered it for a moment before speaking. "We need to weigh the prestige of these competitions against when they'll be held. If one is too far off, entering it won't do you much good."
"What you need right now is to secure resources as quickly as possible."
"That's how you'll formally become a Second-Ring Wizard and get on track in the Second-Ring World. You need resources. Only then can you obtain Special-Grade Funding sooner, complete the subproject under your Key Individual Grant, and finish your placement successfully."
"Time is life. You're working hard, but so are your competitors—perhaps even harder.
You can only work forty-eight hours a day right now. Your competitors may already have special treasures that let them work seventy-two."
"And they've had years more than you to work at it."
Wizard Trajan said, "Your competitors are all the Second-Ring Wizards who have joined the Truth Institute in the past five years. There are seven of them in total."
Locke was startled. That many?
Then again, Golden Crown Mountain probably took on two senior researchers every year.
But dozens of ordinary researchers joined the Golden Crown Mountain Truth Institute each year, and any of them might become a Second-Ring Wizard during their time there.
"I've sent you their information," Wizard Trajan said.
"Taking all that into account, I think you could submit this project to the Breeding Science division of the Little Rest Cup, hosted by Little Rest Mountain," Wizard Trajan said.
"Little Rest Mountain ranks only second in the Quinn Joel District, but its actual capabilities may already rival Storm Tower's, or even slightly surpass them. It's very close to Quinn Joel and puts serious pressure on him. The Little Rest Cup is a competition Little Rest Mountain is pushing hard, and they badly need