Chapter 15

A military alliance quickly emerged under Hudson's go-between. The drinking and meat friends around suddenly became "one of my own", and the atmosphere of the banquet was pushed to a climax again.

  Hudson, who was all smiles on his face as he watched the crowd celebrate wildly, shook his head secretly.

  It is estimated that this is the most sloppy military alliance in the world. There is no agreement on the respective rights and obligations, and the alliance is directly announced.

  How much it can play depends on everyone's integrity. When it comes to the battlefield, Hudson has no idea whether he can be reliable.

  Perhaps in the case of the same interests, it can barely be regarded as an alliance. If there is a conflict of interest, it will fall apart in an instant.

  Even so, Hudson still finds the alliance valuable. Among other things, the problems of passive sabotage and smuggling will be solved.

  As long as Earl Pierce is not stupid, he will not go into it. After all, rules are always for the weak.

  More than 30 knights + thousands of soldiers, looking at the entire southeast province is not a small force. If we continue to carry forward the tradition of being a unit of nobles, we can continue to recruit people to join us along the way.

  Although this kind of loose alliance doesn't have much fighting power, it can be scary! Especially for the upper-level rulers, not only the power of the alliance on paper must be considered, but also the influence of the families of the nobles.

  Just as Hudson was thinking about what to do next, Cheers Knight suddenly came over.

  "Little Hudson, you seem to have something on your mind?" It

  can be seen that he seems to be in a good mood now. They all care about the little details.

  "Uncle Chells, I also like magic research, but because I don't have the materials, I want to exchange some magic cores or magic crystals with you."

  Hudson said along the way.

  In the continent of Aslante, magic cores and magic crystals are hard currencies, which are more effective than any gold or silver coins.

  After all, the specifications of gold and silver coins issued by different countries are different, and some powerful nobles also mint their own coins, and the value of the coins is often affected by the conscience of the minters.

  When conducting international trade settlements, it is very difficult to convert currency values. For many large-value currency settlements, everyone likes to use magic spar or magic cores with more stable values.

  Coupled with the role of magic spar and magic core in war, as well as their special effects on magicians, alchemists and other industries, it directly leads to the fact that the two are rarely circulated in the market.

  At first, Hudson thought he could buy it if he had money, but after learning the real situation, he decisively chose to give up.

  Affected by many factors, even if there is an occasional outflow, it will often be sold at a sky-high price, and the price/performance ratio is pitifully low. If you want to obtain it on a large scale, you can only rely on relationships to trade secretly.

  As far as Hudson knows, the price for the Mage Association to obtain these two strategic resources from the Kingdom is only one-third of the retail price on the market.

  Although there are quotas for nobles to exchange for, the prerequisite is to become a magician first. Under this background, even if the ordinary minor nobles have collections, the quantity will definitely not be many, and they will not trade them unless necessary.

  The Cheers knight in front of him is engaged in magic research every day, and has developed so many tasteless magic technologies. These two things must be in his hands.

  The most important thing is that Cheers Knight is short of money now, and all the magic technology has been sold, and the magic core and spar driven by it can naturally be traded.

  "Hudson, you are still young. Listen to my uncle's advice, don't do these messy things like me.

  Magic research is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money is enough to fill it in. Unless you have excellent magic talent, don't do it." It's a waste of time and money on this."

  Chelsea said earnestly.

  It can be heard that these words are sincere. Having personally stepped on the sinkhole of magic research, Cheers really didn't want to see Hudson follow in his footsteps.

  Hearing about "magic talent", Hudson had an idea and thought to himself: Maybe he should work hard to become a magician.

  It is also a waste of money. Knights engage in magic research, which is not doing their job properly. But it is reasonable for magicians to do these researches.

  It's a pity that Hudson has never been exposed to magic, let alone used it. Glancing at Chelsea, Hudson instantly had an idea.

  Just because I don't have the cultivation method of a magician, it doesn't mean that the one in front of me doesn't have it either. Just looking at the pile of magic items in the hall, you can tell that Cheers Knight definitely does not lack theoretical knowledge in this area.

  "Uncle Chells, you should know how to test magic talent, how about helping me test it?"

  Hudson said tentatively.

  In order to figure out how to use the golden finger, he also worked hard. He just sold a big favor to Knight Cheers, and now is his best chance to speak.

  Maybe it was because of Hudson's determination, or maybe it didn't take much effort to just test his talent, Cheers Knight nodded.

  "The magic talent test is very simple. You just need to put a magic spar with no obvious attributes in your hand, and then mobilize your mental power to absorb the magic power in it.

  If you have magic talent, the magic power in the spar will slowly flow into your body." body, and the speed of inflow determines the quality of your talent.

  Of course, this test method is not completely accurate, there may be some errors, and it is impossible to detect specific talent attributes.

  If you want to accurately test a person's magic talent, you still have to go to The Mage Association. The procedure is also very simple, as long as you pay a test fee of 100 gold coins.

  If the talent is not bad, you can be admitted to the Mage Association, and the test fee can be exempted. Of course, that is only for children.

  The cultivation of magicians should start from an early age. At the age of fifteen, the Mages Association will not accept you. Unless you can teach yourself to become a magician, you will not be certified."

  After speaking, seeing that Hudson was still unmoved, Cheers sighed deeply. From Hudson, he saw the shadow of his youth, the same persistence and self-confidence.

  It's just that magic cultivation depends on talent after all, and 95% of them don't have the talent for magic cultivation.

  In the entire Alpha Kingdom, there are less than 500 registered magicians, including half of the magic apprentices.

  Of course, this is also related to the talent selection mode. The high cost of testing directly blocks a large number of poor people from the door.

  If the national talent test is carried out, it is estimated that within ten years, a zero will be added after the number of mages in the kingdom.

  Of course, this is impossible. Whether it is the king or the noble group, it is impossible to let the extraordinary power spread to the lower classes.

  What's more, with the number of magicians in the kingdom, even if they wanted to conduct a national talent test, they would not be too busy.