The gift Arnold brought on behalf of the Alchemy Research Institute was a model incorporating many technologies used in combat armor. Its texture was top-tier among top-tier.
Compared to the plastic figurines Jia Xiu had bought back then while cursing their price yet willingly paying the "idiot tax," it was exquisite to an unimaginable degree.
This model should be genuine. Detection Spell is already spamming notifications that it has research value.
"But why ask me to find ways to sabotage these technologies? After all, I'm not exactly a highly skilled Warlock."
Jia Xiu was not being modest. He really was only LV5.
That was fairly good among students, but across the entire continent, it only counted as having just left the beginner's village.
"We invited many people to sabotage the technologies used in the armor. They say progress comes through opposition. As for other nations learning from it, that does not matter. As long as it helps the continent resist the Devil Race more effectively, they are willing to share the technology. That is the Emperor's order."
"Wow."
Jia Xiu had not expected that. Looking at it this way, the Ukmak Empire's way of doing things was certainly unusual, but it did not seem quite as villainous as the rumors made it out to be.
Arnold continued, "You were specifically named by the director as someone to invite. We originally planned to contact you after the first semester ended, but since we have run into you now, I can give it to you directly. The director said that while your strength is limited, your way of thinking must be the strangest. You will definitely discover angles the research team never considered."
For the time being, Jia Xiu decided to take "strangest" as a compliment.
"Uh, you carry this around in