A chat group for a certain tower warlock

"..."

Looking at Yarman beside him, the doctor made up his mind that he must make time to visit Yarman's laboratory in the future. Who knows what strange experiments this madman is doing behind his back? This time it was just the Dream Realm, but maybe next time it will be a plan to transform the entire planet Terra!

"Actually, I have another plan."

"What plan?"

"I want to transform the entire planet Terra!"

Goodness, I was right!

The doctor froze for several seconds before quickly asking, "What do you want to do? Tell me! I'm telling you, you're not allowed to do anything reckless, you know that!"

Seeing the unusually tense doctor, Yarman was also taken aback. It's just modifying Terra, right? What's so surprising about that? They're really making a fuss over nothing!

“This is just a small idea, after all, we still live on Terra,” Yarman said casually. “Don’t worry, I won’t mess with our planet.”

"That's good……"

"But I intend to terraform our star."

"Um?!"

"Don't worry, there won't be any major problems. They're just minor modifications. You can't just take what others give us and use it directly; that will cause problems," Yarman said to the doctor.

"That's good, just don't change it into anything weird."

"It's just that we're planning to change it into a Dreamland server."

"……what?!"

Chapter 112: Monogamy? No, Polygamy

"These are things for a long time to come, we'll talk about them then." Yarman closed his eyes again, ignoring the doctor beside him who was fidgeting like an ant on a hot plate. Let him be nervous, anyway, he definitely had to do these things, and it was better to be nervous now than later.

"In the end, it all depends on when you pay enough money and the world advances before the plan can begin. Otherwise, it's all just empty talk."

"I only kept five million transaction points in the world treasury in my group. The rest were all converted into world origin and injected into our world. What more do you want?" The doctor said helplessly. He used to think that doing this job was very cool, but now that he was in charge, he realized that he had to stretch every penny in half.

He used to have tens of millions of trading points in his slush fund, but now he only has a little over ten million left. He treats people in the group to meals every day, gives them all kinds of gifts, and exchanges for the resources he needs. He spends all his own money. He used to slack off at work, but now he's losing money at work.

Not to mention the World Treasury. Even though most of the groups have now connected to Originium, and the daily trading points are flowing in like a mighty river, the Originium they put in there turns into World Originium before they even have a chance to warm up. After all, those anti-law mines in Terra are also supported by World Originium.

Where do you think those Originium stones came from? Aren't they the world's origins processed by the laws? And the people in the group are now complaining that the energy abundance of the Originium stones is a bit low, and they want him to improve it.

However... when it comes to improving Originium...

"Yarman, do you have any research on Originium?" the doctor asked, turning to look at him. "I mean, the kind of research that studies how to improve the energy storage and stability of Originium."

“Yes, don’t you know that my lineage of tower sorcerers started out researching Originium?” Yarman said leisurely to the doctor, “Our current highest achievement is storing 50 times the energy of pure Originium, which is already considered to have reached a ceiling, and we can’t go any higher for the time being.”

"……this……"

"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking this question?" Yarman asked the doctor, remembering that he had never listened to him when they talked about these things before.

The doctor shrugged helplessly, a wry smile on his face, and said, "It's just that the group is hoping we can provide pure Originium with higher energy abundance and greater stability. I was thinking about whether we could improve the Originium in Terra..."

“There are currently three options for overall improvement.” Yarman held up three fingers to him. “You don’t need to understand the specific principles. The first option increases abundance by 1.25 times and stability by 3.7%. The second option increases abundance by 1.82 times with no change. The third option increases abundance by 2.13 times with a 5% decrease in stability.”

"You choose one, and I'll go back and adjust it."

"Well... what if I want a 2.13x increase in performance and a 3.7% increase in stability?" The doctor looked at Yarman and made a typical client request.

“Then you can go back to sleep. I’ll adjust this dream for you so you can achieve it in your dream.” Yarman responded to the doctor bluntly. If both could be achieved at the same time, he would need to come up with three plans and let the doctor choose. He just started working on it without saying a word.

"In that case, let's stick with the first option: meet their demands and improve both sides!" After thinking for a moment, Dr. Yu chose the first option. They couldn't improve too much at once, otherwise those people would feel that they were holding back and would make even more unreasonable demands in the future.

Don't give customers too big a surprise all at once, as this will raise their expectations. Then, when you can't come up with a surprise of equal value, that's when you'll mess up and get heavily criticized.

But... who can guarantee they'll always be able to deliver big surprises?

“Okay, I’ll go back and get it done after the Siesta music festival ends.” Yarman said leisurely, lying on the water. “Finally, I can enjoy the feeling of floating on the water all by myself.”

"what happened?"

“Last time I came here with Mostima, we went boating to the middle of the sea and then to the seabed. When we came back, we found that the boat was gone. So, to get back, I carried her and swam more than 200 kilometers.”

“…Haha, I said, I’m so… sorry, pfft.” The Doctor was almost unable to hold back. It always made people happy to see other people’s unfortunate experiences. “You’ve won my sympathy, Yarman.”

"What are you laughing at? It's not like you can have a girl like that playing with you." Yarman looked at him and said calmly, "We can sleep together after we're done playing, and we'll even have kids in the future. Do you have that?"

"You're just a lonely, pitiful creature now. Only I will come out for a swim with you, and I'll even use magic to support you from behind so you don't sink into the sea and become fish food."

Upon hearing this, the Doctor immediately lost his composure. He bared his teeth and shouted wildly, like a menopausal woman who had caught her husband cheating, "You're talking nonsense! All the girls on Rhodes Island are mine. It's only because I don't want to that that I can easily find a bunch of girls to keep me company!"

"Really? Then let's go back now, and you go find me one!"

"This one……"

"Sigh, I really find it strange." Yarman shook his head helplessly, drifting on the sea like a small boat with the waves. "So many girls have feelings for you, why are you still single? Anyone else would have a bunch of wives and concubines by now."

"The current policy promotes monogamy..."

"Nonsense! Go look at the Emperor of Yan, the Emperor of Ursus, and Chieftain Sargon before you tell me this!" Yarman said disdainfully. "Monogamy simply doesn't exist in Terra. Nobody wants monogamy, neither men nor women!"

"What you're saying... wait, why wouldn't women want all of this?"

“Go and see the Queen of Sargon, her harem is truly… amazing! They don’t want monogamy at all, they want polyandry!” Yarman exclaimed in surprise. “The same goes for Victoria, those female nobles, they say they are monogamous, but in reality they are polyandrous.”

"She only has one husband in name, while the other husbands are given a different title, such as lovers or male concubines, but in reality, apart from the title, there is no difference."

"As for Letania, the situation there is even more chaotic. Most of them are bisexual, and they have even more different kinds of relationships, like mother and daughter, sisters, brother and sister, siblings... Forget it, I won't go into it. This world is too disgusting."

Looking at Yarman's disgusted expression, the doctor suddenly remembered something and slowly asked, "Yarman, I remember you used to be a Leitanian, right?"

"Well, what happened?"

"So, did you ever... follow the fashion of the nobles... and... become a troublemaker...?"

"..."×2

"Don't undo the spell! I'm going to sink... Ara la la la la... Help... Yarman, help!"

"May you drown!"

Chapter 113: Doctor: Yalman, I love you

"Stop pretending to be dead, I know you're not dead."

Yarman looked at the doctor floating beside him like a corpse and slapped him. "Get up now. If you don't flip over, you'll never have to."

"No!" The Doctor immediately flipped back over, looking at Yarman beside him. "How long will it take to complete your Originium Integration Enhancement Project?"

“The plan and preparations have long been completed, and the pilot project has also been completed. All that’s left is to modify the rules in this regard.” Yarman lay calmly on the sea, enjoying the sunlight simulated by the world’s core, and said, “I’ll go back and work on it after my vacation.”

"Taking a vacation? You actually need to take a vacation?"

"What are you saying? I'm a human being, not a machine. I can't work non-stop all day long. Even if I were a machine, I'd still need to give it some time to cool down!" Yarman said helplessly.

"Are you human?" the Doctor suddenly asked, looking at Yarman. "Aren't you one of the Great Old Ones?"

“Don’t worry about such details. Even if I’m no longer human, I still need to rest. Look at the creator god of our previous life in the Western countries, didn’t he also set the seventh day as a day of rest?” Yarman raised his hand and said to the doctor, “Even the supreme god needs to rest, let alone a minor god like me.”

After saying that, the two of them floated on the sea, silently looking at the sky and enjoying the peaceful moment.

"By the way, Yarman, are you free lately?"

“Just tell me what’s wrong, and I’ll get it done for you when I have time.” Yarman opened his eyes and said calmly, “Don’t ask me if I have time. I definitely don’t. I have so many experiments to do and so many things to keep an eye on in Terra. But if you have something to do, I can make time for you.”

"Well... that's right, do you want your lineage of High Tower Warlocks to multiply and flourish?" Bo leaned closer, looking at him cautiously as he asked, "To spread throughout the world and become famous on Terra?"

"Tell me, who do you want me to teach?"

“Well, look at all these kids on Rhodes Island, why don’t you…” The Doctor was about to suggest teaching them all, but seeing Yarman’s surprised look, he hesitated and said, “Which one do you fancy? You can teach them, okay?”

"You... how should I put it?"

Yarman rubbed his temples with a headache and explained helplessly, "The profession of Tower Warlock has a threshold. It's not something that just any infected person can learn. First, you need to have a good affinity for Originium. Second, you need to be smart. Third, you need to have good mental fortitude. These three are the hard thresholds."

"If these three conditions are not met, everything else is just empty talk. That's why the Tower Warlocks have never been numerous. At most, my lineage only had thirteen people."

Hearing Yarman's words, the Doctor was conflicted again. He knew that the entry threshold for becoming a Tower Warlock was very high, and not just anyone could become one. However, with such a great master here, he was unwilling to let him take on some students or share some knowledge with Rhodes Island.

Rhodes Island was already suffering from a severe shortage of talent, and now all of them are expatriate staff and contractors. There are hardly any of their own people. If something really happens, they will all run away. Just like when they went to Chernobog to fight Talulah, all of them were their own people. Almost none of the expatriate staff or contractors came.

This matter bothered him for a long time. After thinking it over, he finally felt that contract workers and expatriates were just icing on the cake. They could be used, but not relied on, especially expatriates. The forces behind them were all treacherous and might be thinking of taking over Rhodes Island!

Rhodes Island needs its own strength, so that at least when the dispatched personnel turn against each other and leave, someone can fill their positions. Although they have been training them, with the help of dispatched personnel and contract workers, the results have been mediocre, and there has been no significant progress.

Coincidentally, there's a master chef here who can recruit men!

"Then go take a look, okay? There are so many people on Rhodes Island, surely there's something suitable, right?" The Doctor looked at Yarman and pleaded again, pulling his hand. "Just take a look, how about it? Take a look!"

“To be honest, Doctor, with our current resources, anyone who wants to can become a Tower Warlock, no matter how stupid they are!” Yarman looked at him seriously and said, “But it’s still a matter of return on investment. Spending a hundred units of resources to cultivate a standard product is not worthwhile.”

"Do you understand what I mean? If you're willing to invest resources without regard to cost, your kids, if not all of them will become great wizards, then all of them becoming formal wizards is definitely not a problem!" Yarman poured cold water on the doctor's excitement. "But!"

"You need to consider the input and output. Our time is also limited. If you take up a portion of it, some plans that should have been taken up will inevitably have to be postponed or even cut."

“Of course, if you think it’s good for the world and insist on doing it, then I will definitely support you,” Yarman said bluntly.

“You take care of external affairs and I will take care of internal affairs. If your plan can bring more profits to the outside world, I will naturally fully support you, even if it may take hundreds or thousands of years to reap those profits.”

"But I also hope you can consider Terra's current internal resource allocation issues. We are still just a single-planet world, and resources are actually not very abundant!"

"As our world's foreign minister, you should be more mindful of the global situation. That's why I called you to the laboratory and archives to learn more so we can cooperate better."

"...Okay, I understand, but just take a look. If you have the guts, then do it, okay?" The doctor nodded helplessly. He could only make a request, after all, this was the president, and he was just the secretary of state. The president would take care of the secretary of state, but the secretary of state couldn't go too far.

"Alright, alright, I'll go take a look then, although I haven't seen them yet." Yarman shook his head. The people Rhodes Island recruited were indeed all extraordinary, but they all had obvious flaws. Some were not very bright, some had poor mental fortitude, or both.

As for Originium affinity, there's no need to worry about that. I'm almost a humanoid Originium myself, why would I worry about not having affinity?

"Let me think... how about Flame Fusion?"

"generally."

"Where is Stewart?"

"Perhaps."

"And what about Froststar?"

“Frostnova? She’s not… Oh right, you didn’t kill her back then, you just beat her to the point of near death.” Yarman was about to say that she was dead when he remembered that the Doctor had specifically asked him to deal with Frostnova, to beat her into incapacitated but not to kill her.

That battle was truly unpleasant. Not only did we have to be careful in every aspect, but we also had to heal the enemy from time to time to prevent them from suddenly falling ill and dying on the spot.

"If you can save her life, then there's a chance! But are you sure she'll stay with you?"

"Little Ke... never mind, let me think about it some more." The Doctor thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What about rosemary?"

"Maybe, I don't know." Yarman shook his head. "Maybe it's possible, but I'm not sure. How about this, I'll record an introductory course on tower warlocks and give it to you guys. You can show it to anyone you want, and whoever wants to learn can learn it. Once you understand it, you can bring it back to me, okay?"

"Alright then, let's leave it at that." The professor nodded a little disappointed. "It would be good if you could come and visit more often, and give a lecture from time to time."

"Alright, alright, starting from the end of the Siesta Music Festival, I'll go to Rhodes Island every two weeks to give a lecture specifically on Originium Arts, is that okay?" Yarman said helplessly, "But you also have to come to the lab every week, I've already shared the location coordinates with you!"

"Okay, okay! Yalman, you're so great! I love you so much!" The doctor immediately hugged Yalman and gave him a deep kiss on the cheek. "I love you so much!"

"Get out of my way, don't come near me."

"Okay, whatever you say!"

Chapter 114: The Sarkaz Who Use Spells

After drifting at sea for a full five hours, the two finally floated back to shore with the current. By this time, the people of Rhodes Island were extremely anxious. The Doctor had gone out to sea with Yarman, but while they were playing, he disappeared and they couldn't find a trace of him.

“It seems your kids care about you quite a bit.” Yarman patted the Doctor on the shoulder as he watched the Rhodes Island group rushing towards the two of them. “Alright, I’m going to find Mostima and the others. Remember to come to the lab when you have time; there are some things I need to tell you.”

"Next time for sure, next time for sure." The Doctor gave a perfunctory reply and walked towards Amiya and the others, reuniting with the anxious Rhodes Island team.

Yarman wiped all the seawater off his body, changed back into the clothes he had taken off earlier, and looked at the numerous missed calls on his phone. He turned and walked off the beach, wondering why Mostima kept calling him. Surely something serious had happened.

"Hey, what's wrong on your end?"

"Amiya and the others called me, asking if I had your contact information." A gentle voice came from the other end of the line. "You went out to sea with the Doctor?"

“Yeah, it was only five hours, what’s the big deal?” Yarman said as he walked, his long tail bobbing slightly behind him, looking quite pleased with himself. “Just this one thing? Did you enjoy your time in Siesta? Where are you now? I’ll come find you.”

"Not yet, we're in the city of Siesta right now, about to have dinner." The voice on the other end of the phone was sometimes loud and sometimes soft, with occasional bursts of static. "Also, Lord Herman said there's a banquet at eight o'clock tonight, and there are quite a few guests from all over who want to invite you to attend."

"Okay, I got it. I'll be there in a bit." Yarman nodded, and listening to the background noise, he added one last thing, "You guys go have fun."

"Okay, I'm hanging up."

Putting his phone back in his pocket, Yarman walked towards the Siesta City Hall. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be people from Colombia. As for how many, there should also be Minos and Rembiton. Lateran and Syracuse were uncertain, but Yan Country shouldn't be sending anyone.

Or rather, the Yan Kingdom has never really come out. The only way the whole country speaks out is through Longmen. When faced with invitations from the countries of Terra, they basically just send a gift and then don't come. They are in a state of self-enclosed existence, which is comparable to the Iberian Kingdom, which is completely closed off from the world.