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Chapter 137: Poisonous Insect Breeding
[Spell Combat Training]:
Serve as a sparring partner in spell combat to improve your spellcasting skills.

The payment is per time, 2 gold per time.

Claim:

The mage level is third-class mage apprentice or above.

Master and flexibly use more than five combat spells.

[Raising Fire Lizard]:
Help raise the 1st level earth creature, the Fire Lizard. You are responsible for feeding it once a day and accompanying it on outings.

Remuneration: Monthly payment, 15 gold coins per month.

Requirements: Fire Lizards are full of energy and are very active throughout the day, so the person who takes on the task needs to have outstanding physical strength.

【Alchemy Machine Trial】:
Try out the "Sound Weaving Machine", an alchemical machine I created.

This alchemical machine was built by me to capture and weave the sounds of nature and daily life. Your task is to record more than a hundred non-repetitive sounds for this alchemical machine.

The mission period is one week.

The reward is 2 gold, and you will receive priority in receiving subsequent optimization tasks for this alchemy machine. If you make corresponding suggestions and they are adopted, you will receive additional rewards.

There are no requirements to accept this quest.

【Caring for Moonflower】:
Help take care of twenty special "Moonroot Grasses".
Note: These twenty plants of "Moonroot Grass" are my graduation design. Those who lack a sense of responsibility should not accept it. If you fail to complete the task and affect my completion of the graduation design, you will be required to pay compensation!
Compared with the tasks assigned by the college, these tasks issued by tutors and students are undoubtedly much richer.

Moreover, the rewards for some tasks are not proportional to the difficulty at all, and it seems like you are picking up money for free.

For example, the [Alchemy Machine Trial] mission.

It is not difficult at all to "record" a hundred sounds in a week, and it does not require much effort.

But the reward is 2 gold.

Isn’t this just making money for free?

But it is normal, after all, there are many students from the "second generation of law" in Seres College.

These people are not short of money at all, so they definitely have no shortage of people who can serve as "suckers".

Moreover, the alchemist himself is a "tycoon".

Of course, corresponding to "picking up money for free" there are also many pitfalls.

Just like the first [Spell Combat Sparring] mission, it looks easy and the reward is high.

However, it is possible to get injured in spell combat, and the mission requirements do not mention how to ensure safety during sparring, nor do they mention compensation plans for injuries.

In addition, combat spells are the most confidential spells in the wizard's spell library. It is not worth exposing them all for a reward of 2 gold coins.

There is no doubt that this mission is a "sinkhole".

Whether it is "picking up money for free" or a "sinkhole" is up to the students to judge for themselves.

If you get cheated, generally you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

Just as Gao De's thoughts were drifting, the words on the task bulletin board suddenly jumped.

The [Alchemy Machine Trial] quest has disappeared from the bulletin board.

Then Gaode saw an old student taking a machine similar to a "music box" from the receptionist at the counter.

Obviously, the trial mission has been accepted by this old student.

This made Gao De a little annoyed - he also had his eyes on this task.

As a result, in just a moment of distraction, the flower fell into his hands.

Just as he was regretting his decision, Gaode, who was still subconsciously browsing the tasks, suddenly found such a task on the task bulletin board.

[Poisonous insect cultivation]:
Care for the eggs of three species of poisonous insects that I have bred. These insects have unique properties and potential magical value.

The person who accepts the task must, on the premise of ensuring the successful hatching of the poisonous insects, promptly deal with the "defective products" after the poisonous insects are hatched and screen out qualified poisonous insects according to his own requirements.

Note: The three types of poisonous insect eggs are not ordinary poisonous insects. Two of them are the eggs of the 0-ring earth vein creatures "Fire-kissed Ant" and "Hemp Scorpion", and the remaining one is the hybrid of the 1-ring earth vein creatures "Phantom Centipede" and "Thorny Centipede".

The three poisonous insects are still toxic even when they are just hatched. You need to be careful during the breeding process to avoid contact with toxins.

If you are accidentally caught, I will not provide compensation.

In addition, those who accept the task need to master and skillfully use the spell [Detect Toxicity] to regularly monitor the poisonous insect eggs for the presence of toxins in order to predict the hatching time of the eggs.

If you are afraid of poisonous insects, please do not accept this task to avoid adverse effects on your physical and mental health!

Reward: After completing the task, you can get a rare 0-level spell formula - [Insect Swarm]. After seeing the task description and task reward, Gao De's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed.

Deal with "defective products" in a timely manner.
The so-called treatment actually means execution.

According to the description, there are three types of these poisonous insects, two of which are 0-ring earth vein creatures, and one is a 1-ring earth vein creature.

Since it is an earth creature, if it is killed, "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow" will be able to obtain the corresponding origin.

The 1st ring earth vein creatures are very powerful, but how powerful can a newly born larvae be?

Newborn lions are easily manipulated.

This means that Gaode can collect two points of 0-ring origin and one point of 1-ring origin through this task!
Yes, it was the 1st ring origin that he would never dare to think about under normal circumstances!
As for the mission rewards, although they are not the most tangible money, a rare spell formula is far better than a monetary reward for Gaode, who is already aiming for "super expertise".

After all, rare spell recipes can't be obtained just by having money.

How many times can you get the chance to obtain both the origin and a rare spell formula, killing two birds with one stone?

Moreover, he happened to have the ability to detect toxicity, which met the requirements for accepting the mission.

Now Gao De dared not delay any longer. If he missed this mission again, he would be heartbroken.

He immediately ran to the task processing counter, handed in his identity badge, and formally applied to take on the task of [Poisonous Insect Breeding].

When Gaode heard that he was going to take the task, the staff at the counter gave him a detailed introduction to the details that were not listed on the task notice board:
"This task was issued by Mr. Shaw from the Potions Department."

"He has been devoted to the study of the fusion of earth vein biological toxins and magic potions. He is also an outstanding insect master."

Insect control, there is such a niche profession, Gao De thought subconsciously.

"Also, the effect of the [Insect Swarm] spell is to temporarily cause a swarm of insects including mites, fleas, and parasites to appear on the target's body."

"This attack method is difficult to defend against and strange, but the damage is not significant."

Although the damage is not outstanding, summoning bugs on the target can also cause mental damage to the target. If the target is a female, the mental damage can be doubled. Gao De said secretly again.

"Also, I must remind you that although the mission reward looks very tempting, this mission is not easy."

"You need to take care of a lot of poisonous insect eggs, and the growth cycle is also long, so it may take one to two months to complete this task."

The more the better, otherwise how can I gather all the origins? This disadvantage is actually an advantage for Gaode.

"It takes so long to get a spell formula that cannot be converted into profit immediately, so this task is not popular."

Normally, those who take missions in the logistics department are civilian mages of ordinary backgrounds.

They need to get monetary rewards by completing tasks to pay for course fees, and then earn credits by completing courses.

A quest whose reward is a spell recipe is naturally less popular in this case.

It’s not that rare spell recipes are bad, it’s just that the students’ primary task in the academy is still “credits”.

Rare spell recipes are the icing on the cake.

Just like when you are really thirsty, it’s not that milk tea is bad, but the only thing that can really quench your thirst is pure water.

I would only choose milk tea when I want to enjoy it.

"Are you sure you still want to apply to accept this task?" After introducing the details and precautions, the staff member confirmed again.

"Of course, I'm sure!" Gao De said without hesitation.

Although he has already felt the foreseeable financial crisis, at least he still has some savings and can "indulge" himself a little.

The staff was a little surprised to see Gao De being so decisive, but they didn't say anything else. They started to help Gao De register and then handed Gao De a certificate indicating that he had accepted the task.

"Take the certificate and go to the Potions Department to find Mr. Shaw. He will assign you a task."

"Okay." Godard took the certificate, turned around and left the logistics department, and came to the "Larry Building" where the Potions Department was located.

Compared to the deserted "Gavin Building" of the Rune Department, the "Larry Building" is much more lively.

This is because although the Rune Master is regarded as the leader of the three royal families, the threshold is too high and the number of Rune Masters has always been extremely small.

And potion masters have always been the largest group among the three great families.

Gold entered Larry Building and quickly found mentor Shore.

After he stated his purpose, Teacher Shaw was not vague and immediately took Gao De to the breeding room he rented specially for breeding three kinds of poisonous insects.

(End of this chapter)