harleyscars Chapter 19 The Scarlet Wizard: This must be a wizard from a different school of thought.
Chapter 19 The Scarlet Wizard: This must be a wizard from a different school of thought.
"As I said, it depends on the value of the knowledge in the Crimson Wizard's possession." Looking at the Crimson Wizard's posture, Loon once again confirmed the situation of offense and defense between the aliens.
"It seems that Thunder Wizard has quite a few magic stone fragments in his possession." After confirming Lo Ang's tone, Crimson Wizard spoke up—compared to before, he now appeared somewhat weak.
She unhooked her hood, revealing her true face to Loen.
She was a woman with light blue hair and a very alluring appearance.
"Since there is a stable supply of magic stone fragments, then Thunder Wizard must be an orthodox wizard."
Only those schools of thought can reliably supply magic stone fragments to their disciples—many schools specifically raise wizard apprentices, who do nothing but continuously condense magic stone fragments.
This is how the vast majority of magic stone fragments in the world come about.
"Compared to the established schools of wizards, a wizard like me can only be called a wild wizard."
"Our knowledge as wild wizards is far inferior to that of the learned wizards."
"I don't know what knowledge I have that could impress the Thunder Wizard."
The Scarlet Wizard spoke with utmost honesty, but mistakenly believed that Loon was an orthodox wizard from a school of thought.
"Every inch has its advantages, and every foot has its disadvantages." Luo Ang didn't explain further.
For him, the Scarlet Wizard's misunderstanding of his origins was actually a good thing.
This will give Loen more control over this transaction.
This also prevents the Scarlet Wizard from being easily tempted by money, which provides greater protection for Loen's safety.
"The wizarding world is full of secrets and knowledge."
"Everyone possesses both known and unknown aspects relative to others."
"No one can guarantee that the knowledge they possess about others is something they already know."
"Even with the same knowledge, different people will have different understandings of it," Loen said in a deep voice, paraphrasing a phrase from the wizard's introduction.
"To be honest, I can't really say for sure what kind of knowledge I want."
"How about this?" Luo Ang pondered for a moment and proposed a solution.
"Crimson Wizard, just tell me directly what knowledge you're willing to trade, so I can see which of that knowledge I need, okay?"
As Luo Ang pondered, he spoke, doing his best to project confidence and composure.
"However, wizards need to maintain their mystique."
"By revealing your knowledge to me, Scarlet Wizard, you are essentially overdrawing your mystique, which will have a negative impact on you."
At this point, Luo Ang suddenly fell silent.
He originally intended to offer a random price to test the Scarlet Wizard.
But then I thought, instead of making the bid myself, why not let the Scarlet Wizard make the bid directly?
Anyway, once the Scarlet Wizard makes a bid, it's not like I can't negotiate the price.
So, Luo Ang changed his mind and continued speaking.
"Crimson Wizard, how many magic stone fragments do you think are needed as compensation for what you've shown?"
"Lo Ang asked."
"Compensation: Magic Stone Fragments."
Hearing Loon first ask him to display his knowledge like a merchant, allowing him to choose freely, the Crimson Wizard instinctively flew into a rage.
But before his anger could rise, he heard Luo Ang's words of compensation.
The anger that had just arisen vanished instantly.
"So, there can be compensation for this kind of thing?" the Crimson Wizard couldn't help but think.
When he exchanged knowledge with other wizarding apprentices, none of them ever mentioned this compensation.
"As expected of a proper wizard from a school of thought, he is much more meticulous in his work than us wild wizards."
"But then again, the first rule of wizarding is that wizards must maintain their mystique... Does exchanging knowledge with other wizards also affect our own mystique?"
"No wonder it's so difficult for us wild wizards to cultivate ourselves."
"It turns out that every time we communicate with other wizards, we are interfering with our own mysticism and slowing down our progress."
"Are those schools of wizards really going to keep even this kind of news from us?"
"No wonder wizards from those schools of thought are always reluctant to communicate with us wild wizards—at first I thought it was because they looked down on our knowledge."
"But unexpectedly, they were worried that communicating with us would affect their mystique."
"This is really..."
"This is really..."
The Crimson Wizard's expression grew increasingly complicated as she pondered the matter.
"But for us unorthodox wizards without any lineage, acquiring knowledge about wizardry is already incredibly difficult."
"What can I do if I don't communicate with other wizards?" Lost in thought, she couldn't help but glance at Lo Ang again.
Was the Thunder Wizard in front of her intentional or unintentional in revealing this information to her?
She couldn't figure it out!
But in her eyes, Luo Ang's image at this moment was already quite "honest and kind".
He has shown complete sincerity in this transaction.
"So, what knowledge can I use in trading?"
"How many magic stone fragments are his influence on me worth, given the knowledge I've shared?"
The Scarlet Wizard pondered—this was a question she had never considered before.
If too little knowledge is presented, although the impact on oneself will be smaller, it will inevitably be unfair to the sincerity shown by the Thunder Wizard.
Moreover, it's unlikely that they'll receive any compensation from the Thunder Wizard.
But if you share too much knowledge, will the negative impact on yourself outweigh the gains?
The Crimson Wizard, considering the negative impact of this exchange for the first time, was filled with anxiety and uncertainty.
Suddenly, an idea came to her.
In a short while, she had sorted through all the knowledge she possessed and then categorized it according to the number of times she had interacted with other wizard apprentices.
The first category is things she has never revealed to the public.
This kind of knowledge must have the greatest impact on her personally, and it absolutely cannot be shared—or rather, it cannot be shared lightly.
She would only take this out if the Thunder Wizard in front of her showed enough sincerity.
The second type of knowledge is knowledge that is acquired through less frequent interaction with other wizards.
This type of knowledge was acquired through exchanges with other wizards, as well as knowledge that was exchanged out by the wizards themselves.
Even if I were to hide this knowledge from now on, the other wizard apprentices would still spread it.
Therefore, there is no problem in presenting this knowledge.
This could even be considered compensation for getting something for free.
While pondering, the Crimson Wizard quickly made a list of what she could offer.