Although Chen Stormstout had agreed, his free-spirited nature meant he could hardly stay in one place for long.
Besides, the school had yet to be built, and there was no spare manpower at all to construct a brewery.
So while the Brewmaster was still in town, Rhode needed to keep him at the tavern as much as possible to work on improving the Black Lager recipe, then have him teach Lilia a few moves whenever he had time.
Lilia showed a keen interest in this novel discipline, which involved channeling "chi" and relied little on weapons. She simply had yet to get used to it, having only just begun.
But as long as she was interested, her progress would not be too slow.
Rhode was studying too.
A few days after he returned to Southshore, support arrived from Dalaran.
Leading the group was Rhode's old friend, Audric. Apparently, he was the "dedicated assistant" Antonidas had mentioned to Rhode earlier.
Audric brought a transport convoy loaded with the textbooks, Magic Books, and magic materials essential to a Magic School.
He himself was also part of Dalaran's support for the school-he could serve as a teacher.
This was an enormous help to Rhode.
Especially the Magic Books and materials!
Back at the Magic Tower, Rhode had designed a large Magic Mech, but his abilities and materials had both been insufficient, forcing him to shelve the project.
Now that he had more books to study, however, he could identify the underlying principles and make the necessary revisions to his original blueprint.
In other words, even if he still could not build the large piloted mech he had originally envisioned, he might have a chance at making a stripped-down version.
At worst, it would be a little smaller, with a simpler structure, lower output,