A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 135 "The Triumphant Rooster General"

For several days after his dissertation defense, Rorschach was trying to improve his equipment. He discovered blue crystals in the remnants of the decay, which he could touch directly and which would release ether if destroyed.

Rorschach realized that this might be passivated transmutation dust.

Although he doesn't fully understand why some transmutation dust is transformed into a blue state, or why it's in such a stable state, it doesn't stop him from trying to increase the amount of transformation.

Perhaps it's the effect of the divine power of Delyuez? In any case, Rorschach now sees that the passivation technology route may have been developed first.

Since the center has now moved to the research building, Rorschach was the first to arrive at the meeting room when the group meeting started. After setting up the presentation board and lighting the fireplace, he sat down and began to redraw and redesign the magic circle.

"Senior brother?"

Luo Xia looked up and saw an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time enter. He greeted him and then lowered his head to continue doing what he was doing.

Pascal, now like a rooster about to crow, puffed out his chest and circled the table, deliberately making "cough" sounds as he passed Rorschach in an attempt to get his attention.

Seeing Luo Xia engrossed in his project, constantly writing and drawing, he couldn't help but remind him, "Um, junior brother, don't you think there's anything different about me now compared to before?"

Rorschach sized him up. Pascal was now wearing a blue robe, and the brand-new badge on his chest was shining brightly—the blue light indicated that a major problem in the research group had been solved, and now his senior brother was like a victorious general, waiting for his junior brother to find the differences.

"Oh! I think I understand!" Rorschach cooperated by feigning sudden realization, then activated his mage badge, which emitted the purple light befitting an intermediate mage: "Congratulations, senior brother, you've advanced to a beginner mage!"

"Junior brother, there's no need to emphasize 'beginner,' and there's no need to specifically activate your mage badge."

"Oops, it lit up by accident." Luo Xia blinked his clear eyes earnestly. "Senior brother, now that you've become a formal mage, shouldn't you treat us to a celebration?"

"Junior brother, you didn't treat us to a meal when you advanced to intermediate mage, did you?"

"Right, right, I forgot!" Rorschach's desire to perform suddenly surged, and he exaggeratedly slapped his forehead. "How about this, I'll treat the entire research group to a meal at the Starlight Torch Tower? Senior, if you're treating everyone to a meal, make sure it's not less than this restaurant!"

Rorschach was a little annoyed by the interruption, but he could understand Pascal's excitement. So, as a small act of revenge, and taking advantage of his own financial resources, Rorschach was willing to sacrifice himself to raise the standard of his senior brother's treat.

"The same level as Starlight Torch Restaurant? Rorschach, you might as well kill me! I don't have that kind of money!" Pascal protested immediately. Rorschach could only pull out his last trump card to settle accounts with this slippery senior:

(End of this chapter)