He paused and looked at Benjamin with a hint of admiration in his eyes. "Academy hopes you can manufacture as many Adamantine as possible. Academy can act as a middleman to help you sell it. Of course, this is a free service, and all the points earned from selling Adamantine will still belong to you."
"Sell?" Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "Academy's operation is basically replenishing inventory."
"If you want to understand it this way, it's almost the same, except that there are less handling fees and intermediate steps." Instructor Clark nodded reservedly.
After thinking for a while, he smiled again, with deep eyes. "Academy needs Adamantine. Whether it is to supply the returning wizards, or as Academy's own reserves and research materials, it is needed. Academy provides raw materials and channels, and you provide technology and labor. This is cooperation."
Benjamin thought thoughtfully, "Academy, how many Adamantine are needed over there?"
"About this..." Clark did not answer directly, but just repeated, "The returning wizard this time is back from Shadow Plane."
Benjamin's eyelids jumped and he understood what instructor Clark meant.
To put it bluntly, he needs to prepare to attack the entire world, and the number of Adamantine required is completely astronomical!
"Even if this exhausts me to death, I still won't be able to complete the task!"
"You think too much of yourself." Clark glanced at him.
"Who told you that Academy is all dependent on you? You are only a small part of the combat readiness system, and Adamantine is only a small part of the anti-corrosion materials. Real combat readiness mainly relies on the work of the Alchemy Department's High-Rank Wizards... You don't need to do too much, just consume all the materials in the Academy's inventory."
Benjamin blinked, took out the small pocket Magic Network Terminal, logged in to Magic Network and checked it out.
Although Academy doesn't know how Adamantine is made, Benjamin is not so stupid as to think that people in the Academy don't know what the raw materials of Adamantine are.
Even though he always arranges a lot of other materials as a cover-up, the fact that the main raw material is gold is definitely not a secret to the Academy.
Just after checking the school inventory, Benjamin's hand shook and he almost threw the terminal away.
Tens of thousands of cubic meters of gold!
Even if his strength has improved now, it would still take a lot of work to refine so much gold into Adamantine in a short time!
"... Is it too late for me to give up on this mission now?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Clark said in an extremely firm tone, "If you haven't looked at the inventory, there is still the possibility of giving up, but now that you have looked at the inventory, I definitely can't let you run away!"
"Why?!" Benjamin looked puzzled.
"Why?"
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Benjamin once felt that the smile on the face of instructor Clark was a bit "insidious".
"Three days ago, the school's gold reserves were only a hundred cubic meters." He approached Benjamin with a conspiratorial smile, "Gold is an ordinary material that has little use and is difficult to collect. How do you think Academy managed to collect tens of thousands of cubic meters for you in such a short period of time?"
Frightened by the smile of instructor Clark, he unconsciously took a step back, and Benjamin swallowed.
After taking a look at the less obvious dark circles on the other person's eyes, and then at the badge about the Alchemy Department hanging on his chest, Benjamin suddenly understood:
"Lian...Alchemy?"
"Clever!"
Clark "smiled" and suddenly reached out and grabbed Benjamin's head.
Lifting Benjamin in front of him like a chicken, Clark's low tone was full of the exhaustion of a social animal:
"I was suddenly called out of the laboratory and worked hard for three days. If you dare to give up this task, believe it or not, I will turn you into gold!!!"
"Okay, okay, I understand! I understand everything! I'll take this task!"
Benjamin grabbed Clark's hand holding his head with both hands, and his legs were fluttering helplessly.
Although instructor Clark has a very good grasp of his power, he can break free as long as he uses a little force.
But now seeing the resentment on his face and trying to drag him into trouble, Benjamin thought it would be better to follow his wishes.
What's more, there is no harm in this matter for him. After all, Academy purchases them at market prices and provides raw materials for free.
But after taking on this task, I'm afraid it will be a little harder for the next period of time.
"Alas..."
Seeing Benjamin hanging on his hand like a salted fish as if all his strength had suddenly been released, Clark's face relaxed, and he opened his fingers to put Benjamin down.
"Okay, don't sigh like that. This task was released by the Academy through Workshop. If you can complete it, you can get 10 points from Military Merit. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is a bad job. There is no way for anyone else to take this task."
"Military Merit?"
"That's right, and it's High-Tier Military Merit."
As soon as he heard this word, Benjamin's eyes lit up, and he no longer looked like a salty fish before, and his whole person became energetic.
The Military Merit system is similar to the point system used in the Noren Academy. Although there is a difference in value between the two, it is not particularly big.
If converted based on the value of redeemable resources and knowledge, the exchange ratio between the points within Noren Workshop and Low-Tier Military Merit is about ten to one, and for High-Tier Military Merit it can rise to about one hundred to one.
The main difference between the two parties is still reflected in the scope of resources and knowledge that can be exchanged.
The points system of the Noren Academy can only be used within Noren Workshop. Without Noren Workshop, it will not be recognized by other forces, while the scope of use of Military Merit is wider.
The low-level Military Merit is released by Star Ring Federation and can be exchanged for resources within the entire Star Ring Federation.
And if it is High-Tier Military Merit released by Star Track Tribunal, it can be redeemed by all major forces in all camps of Wizard Civilization.
The redemption ability of 10 High-Tier Military Merit points is equivalent to 1,000 points, and points at this price can already be redeemed for some Formal Wizard level knowledge.
Wizard Civilization has four main camps except the most special Star Track Tribunal. Each camp has its own unique concepts and representative technologies.
Under normal circumstances, the four major camps are not completely incommunicado, but it is also very difficult to obtain the corresponding technologies and special materials.
For example, Benjamin obtained Level Two Training Agreement before, which contained a contract that could help him connect sales channels to other factions.
But in terms of actual effect, the effect of this treaty is relatively average.
Other forces generally use barter when purchasing, and if you want to buy some unique materials, the price will be severely reduced. As for the unique knowledge within the forces, you can't even think about it.
The actual value of these Military Merit is not too high, but it means that Benjamin has more choices.
The most important thing is that if High-Rank Wizard wants to go to the front line, he must consume High-Tier Military Merit to redeem his qualifications.