Tomorrow morning after breakfast, Max get on the elevator and go to Uriel's office on 250th floor! Before he knocks on the door, a warning magically came out on the door 'Wait One Hour!'.
Max can only wait. He afraid if he came back later, then 'Wait One Day!' notice will be posted on the door. A woman is a fickle creature. Max spent the whole night learning about women from the literature in Wolfe's library. SECOND already recorded all kind books in its database and tales of romance filled 5% of it!
After his research, Max reached conclusion woman is dangerous and source of all troubles. Further contact required many deliberations. So Max wait.
'Just what that woman doing inside alone?' Max's mind started to wander again.
[Alert! Host libido rate reaching a dangerous level. Recommend appropriate treatment]
"Even SECOND send out warning. This is dangerous. I need to stop any contact with this woman after I obtain the method for next level'
Max silently meditating outside and the door suddenly opened on its own. 'An hour already passed'. Max confirmed.
He carefully enters the room and greeted by a sweet aroma. 'This smell of flowers irritated me!'
Large garden with beautiful flowers and butterflies dancing around with a silver-haired woman sat on the middle reading a book with her back facing the door. Truly a picture out of fairy tales. She ignoring Max's entrance.
'What kind of cold woman lives in this garden. Her characters are messed up!' Max murmured from afar.
"Good Morning Instructor Gladys" Max greeted with a smile in his face.
"Call me Master!"
"Yes Master," Max said quickly.
Uriel finally acknowledges Max's existence and turn around.
"Uh? You already promoted to rank 1 apprentice?" Uriel surprised but cold image returned to her face quickly.
"Yes, Master. With your book, I'm fortunately managed to become rank 1 Mage Apprentice last night. I come here for the next stage." Max slowly explained.
"Ten magic crystal!"
"What?" Max shocked.
"Ten magic crystal! You think it free?" Uriel said icily.
Max passed ten magic crystal and in return, she gave another blue book to Max. It is thicker than the previous book.
"Now leave! Next book cost 100 magic crystal"
Max exit the room with haste.
"SECOND. Defrag the book as usual"
[Task established! Estimated time: 72 hours]
"That long!"
He slowly returned back to his room with a deep sigh.
"Now I only left with only one magic crystal"
He already used one last night for a one-year food voucher. He never thought he will spend another magic crystal again so fast. Everything in this tower required the magic crystal.
" I need to replenish magic crystal as soon as possible. A week lectures cost one magic crystal."
Max walked out of his room "Mission hall posted new missions every day which most of the missions reward magic crystal. That my only way to get magic crystal quickly."
Mission Hall is located on the second floor in the tower. It also the most populated area filled with hundred if not thousand Mage Apprentices.
Mage usually busy with their own research won't have time to do any mundane works. This task will be assigned to the apprentices. Most Mages in Ivory Tower has their own apprentices but more manpower made the task faster.
The mission hall is separated into three level and the higher the level the more difficult the task. Difficult missions promised more rewards and magic crystals but it also has high risk and mortality rate.
Mission usually divided between collecting, hunting, and assistant task. Apprentices might need to collect magical materials or hunting some magical beast depend on the mission. Assistant is required to assists the Mage in their research. If the apprentice proficient enough, he or she probably tasked to direct support during research and some is more like a lab rat. They might need to use their own body to test the research.
"I'm still a rank 1 Mage, hunting missions are out of my reach even though it pays more. I have zero fighting capability at the moment.
Collecting materials might be a lot easy but I also need to leave the tower and city out to the magical forest outside" Max contemplating.
Outside of Dawn City, there is surrounded by magical forest. There are a lot of precious materials there but also inhabited by varieties of magical beasts. Some have the capability of Mage Apprentice and some capable of killing even Mages.
"These two missions are impossible for current me, that left with assistant work"
Max made his way to the section where all the assistant missions posted.
"SECOND! Scan all the missions here and filter to missions that are not life-threatening "
[Task established! Scanning... Filtering...]
[Task completed!]
List of missions is being displayed in front of Max.