Wizard: I use my omniscience to interpret the truth.

Chapter 145 Research Findings

Upon hearing this, Isolde looked surprised and glanced at Byron.

Did he find some loophole in the contract that allowed him to escape the fifty-year contract he signed with the academy?

Thinking of this, Isolde frowned slightly.

"Byron, even if you find a loophole in the college contract and are able to avoid working for fifty years, I still want to advise you that it's best not to do it."

"You only see finding the loophole and avoiding fifty years of work, but what I see is that you offended a great Stigmata Wizard because of a little cleverness."

"Even if you were a full-fledged wizard, let alone a wizard apprentice, a Saint Mark Wizard would still be an insurmountable mountain for you."

"Even if the Dark Erosion Mark won't hold a grudge against you for such a trivial matter, you might offend a large group of wizards over it, which is definitely not worth it."

Upon hearing Isolde's words, Byron was taken aback at first, then realized what she was talking about, and felt both amused and exasperated.

His mentor really valued him highly, believing that a wizard apprentice like himself could find a formal wizard or even a holy mark wizard to establish a contract with.

He really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Realizing Isolde had misunderstood, Byron quickly waved his hand and explained.

"Mentor, it's not what you think. I'm not necessarily referring to finding a loophole in the contract to escape those fifty years of work, but rather another method, and that method is absolutely risk-free!"

Hearing Byron's confident tone, Isolde was somewhat puzzled.

She simply couldn't think of any other way to escape besides finding a loophole.

Use resources to offset fifty years of work?

Impossible. A Stigmata Wizard would never give up fifty years of formal wizarding work for a mere little bit of resources.

Resources are finite, but a formal wizard is a machine that can create resources.

How could a wizard with a sound mind abandon a resource-producing machine just for a little bit of resources?

And no matter how many resources you have, can you possibly have more than a Saint Mark Wizard who possesses countless worlds?

Seeing that Isolde still hadn't reacted, Byron was also somewhat puzzled. With his mentor's wisdom and insight, it shouldn't be like this, right?

No, there's another possibility!

Byron, noticing Isolde deep in thought, cautiously asked, "Master, haven't you seen the contract our students signed?"

Isolde instantly understood that the problem wasn't that she couldn't understand it, but rather that the issue lay with the contract itself.

Isolde looked at Byron: "It seems there must be some additional clauses in the contract."

Byron didn't bring up the matter again, but instead explained along the lines of Isolde's question.

"Yes, mentor, there is an additional clause in the contract we students sign with the academy that states this."

"After the agreement expires, in addition to working for the Dark Eclipse Wizard Academy for fifty years, you can also be paid for with an outstanding research achievement."

"So the method I just mentioned is this: replacing fifty years of work time with outstanding research results."

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Isolde nodded, but quickly shook her head.

"It's good that you can remember the additional terms; it proves that you never make mistakes."

"But this idea is unrealistic. Compared to fifty years of working time, outstanding research results are undoubtedly more difficult to achieve."

Do you know what outstanding research achievements represent?

This statement, seemingly directed at Byron, is actually Isolde's reflection.

Without waiting for Byron's reply, she spoke for herself.

"If you know, before I became a formal wizard, I never produced any research results that could be called outstanding."

"Even now, of all my research achievements, only eight can be considered outstanding."

Isolde looked slightly wistful: "Don't be fooled by these eight research findings; you should know that I've been a formal wizard for over six hundred years."

"It takes almost a hundred years to produce one outstanding achievement, so you can imagine how difficult it is."

Byron was also taken aback by Isolde's words.

First, I was taken aback by the difficulty of achieving such outstanding results.

It seems I really underestimated this outstanding achievement.

Secondly, it's because of Isolde's age; her mentor, who looks like a woman in her twenties, has actually lived for over six hundred years.

It seems that legitimate wizards really can live a long life.

Byron: "Master, what kind of research results can be considered outstanding?"

Seeing that Byron was no longer as confident as before, Isolde nodded slightly, which could be considered as having dampened his confidence a bit.

Confidence can be a good thing sometimes, but being overconfident is definitely a bad thing.

This was especially true for Byron, who was to depart for other worlds in three years.

Even she can't say for sure what the situation is like in that world right now; there's no complete information.

Therefore, it's best not to be overconfident at this time, lest you lose everything.

So it's true that Isolde said it took over six hundred years to produce eight achievements, but there's a crucial factor he didn't tell Byron.

That is the time required to carry out each mandatory mission and travel to another world to conquer.

It's important to know that each mandatory task can take anywhere from several decades to a hundred or two centuries.

Therefore, considering the time spent on mandatory tasks, Isolde didn't actually spend over six hundred years researching, which is completely unlike the exaggerated claims she made.

Unfortunately, Byron is unaware of this linguistic flaw.

Isolde explained to Byron's doubts: "A research result is generally categorized as ordinary, good, outstanding, excellent, and superb."

Top-tier and the final epoch-making achievement.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that 'outstanding' only ranks third in these categories; the research results achieved at this level are already quite remarkable."

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"You need to know that for a research result to be rated as outstanding, even if it hasn't reached the level of groundbreaking, it still needs to demonstrate its uniqueness and innovation."

When Byron heard the criteria of uniqueness and innovation, his lips twitched slightly.

Given the sheer number of wizards in the wizarding world, meeting these two requirements would be incredibly difficult!

You need to understand, this isn't the previous life; only a select few can conduct research here.

In the wizarding world, every wizard is an independent researcher. They are constantly researching and pursuing new knowledge, and new findings are made every moment.

Because every wizard's greatest pursuit is to discover the truth of this world, not to mention that knowledge is linked to strength.

Even if you don't like studying and pursuing knowledge at first, once you experience the feeling of knowledge transforming into power and influencing the world, you will become a seeker of knowledge and a seeker of truth on the path of exploration.

This is also one of the most terrifying aspects of the wizarding world, a key element that makes it one of the most powerful civilizations in this endless world.