"Mr. Carniel, are you available right now? We need to speak with you about something."
At Capel Company's city office.
Carniel, who had already settled into his work, was suddenly summoned by the staff of the executive office to meet one of the company's senior managers.
The Middle-Tier Mage, who also hailed from Atrelin, wore a slight smile as he spoke amiably to him. "The company is conducting a thorough review of its magical technology. These are the latest Arcana standards established by the Mage Tower. The specifications and parameters for all categories of materials and products are listed here.
Put your other work aside for now and take care of this."
"Understood." Carniel looked through the documents and answered earnestly.
At his current level as a Full Mage, he had no trouble reading and understanding these technical materials. The work ahead was simply organizing and cross-checking documents.
Still, he could not help feeling somewhat puzzled. Why were they suddenly doing all this?
Could the Mage Tower be about to invite bids for a new project?
Perhaps they want the company to produce some useful new materials...
As Capel Company grew and expanded, its business had long since extended far beyond Magic Cards alone.
It also sold the associated ink and paper, various engraving technologies, and magic array restrictions.
In recent years, a new type of magical item called the Elemental Talisman had emerged and was gradually becoming a trend.
Carniel guessed that it might have something to do with these products.
Given the information available to him, that was as far as Carniel could speculate.
He never imagined that the Mage Tower's expectations of them were even higher than he had thought.
Barely half a month later, a new document arrived that left Carniel stunned.
"Produce portable Rune Circuit