Chapter 73: Tasks and Contribution Points

After leaving the puppet factory, Amy led the three apprentices to the magical plant garden, and finally, they headed straight for the warehouse.

The last stop on their tour of the base was the warehouse.

As they approached the warehouse, Sherman heard a melodious tune from a distance.

"It's a violin," Adil said, closing her eyes to listen for a moment before confirming.

"Yeah," Corey nodded. "The player's skill is impressive, even better than my previous violin teacher."

Sherman scratched his head, unable to discern the differences but agreeing it sounded nice.

"It's Little Gree playing, meow. She loves to play the violin," Amy said, leading the way toward the warehouse.

The trio suppressed their curiosity and hurried to catch up.

Upon arriving at the warehouse, they discovered a small chair in front of the entrance, where a tiny figure sat, focused on playing the violin.

The figure was about twenty centimeters tall, slender and delicate, resembling a greatly diminished girl.

She had slightly scaled, light green skin and deep green hair entwined with shells and pearls, wrapped in a shawl woven from various seaweeds, exuding a strange beauty.

Adil's eyes lit up. "So cute!"

Sherman hesitated, "Is that... a fairy?"

"You're right, Sherman, Little Gree is a Gremlin. She was summoned from another world by Sunan a few days ago," Amy explained.

Summoned from another world? Gremlin?

Sherman and the others listened, feeling both impressed and curious.

"Don't let her small size fool you; she has lived for many years. Gremlins are a very rare immortal race."

The three apprentices gasped in astonishment.

An immortal race!

Did such a race really exist in this world?

Just then, the melodious violin music gradually stopped, followed by a tender, pleasant voice.

"Amy, it's not polite to discuss a lady's age behind her back."

"Why not? I was just stating the truth," Amy replied, puzzled.

Little Gree approached, casting a resigned glance at Amy, then turned to the three with a smile, saying, "Nice to meet you. I'm Gree, the new warehouse manager."

Sherman and the others snapped back to reality from their astonishment and quickly introduced themselves.

"I know who you are; Lord Sunan has mentioned you," Gree smiled, gesturing for them to follow her to a bulletin board.

"Take a look at this."

The three leaned in closely, noticing various tasks listed on the board.

Tasks included caring for magical plants, cleaning laboratories, extracting Silver Moon Flowers, maintaining clay golems, repairing humanoid targets, making lower-tier active potions, creating lower-tier Dragon Blood potions, crafting strength potions, and refining Blackstone Leopards—nearly twenty or thirty tasks in total.

Each task included details about the location, time, prerequisites, and the contribution points to be earned upon completion.

Tasks like caring for magical plants, cleaning laboratories, and maintaining clay golems offered the least contribution points, only single digits.

Next were extracting Silver Moon Flowers and repairing humanoid targets, which earned over ten points.

However, the former required a certain level of potion-making knowledge, while the latter required mastery of the zero-circle spell [Repair].

Neither was something they could undertake at the moment.

As for the subsequent tasks involving potion-making and refining Blackstone Leopards, they were out of the question.

Looking at the tasks, Adil pondered and turned to Gree, asking, "Lady Gree, can contribution points be exchanged for certain things?"

"Just call me Gree."

Gree nodded, confirming Adil's guess.

"You're correct; contribution points can be exchanged for resources here."

"There's a rule among wizards: equal exchange."

"If you want something, you must provide something of equal value, including knowledge."

"The meditation methods, knowledge, and potions you received earlier were gifts from Lord Sunan as your teacher."

"But starting today, you must work to earn resources."

Gree led the three to another bulletin board displaying various resources.

From basic materials like clay, silver, Blackstone Iron, and Silver Moon Flowers to various books, and larger items like super potions and lower-tier magic items, even runes and steel golems were listed—valuable items that Sherman and the others had long known from Amy to be incredibly precious.

They were all tempted by the offerings.

However, upon seeing the contribution points required to exchange for a steel golem, their hearts sank, and they quickly dismissed any unrealistic thoughts.

"You three are quite fortunate," Amy chimed in.

"Resources are scarce on the Starry Continent right now. Many items listed here are impossible to find outside; only Sunan can acquire them."

"As long as you work hard enough, you won't have to worry about lacking resources to enhance your strength."

Sherman, Corey, and Adil felt a surge of excitement from Amy's words.

Over the past six months, through their studies and conversations with Amy, they had come to understand the importance of resources for a wizard apprentice.

Without ample resources, even the growth of their mental strength through meditation would be difficult, let alone seeking the truth.

Now, their teacher had provided them with a platform.

A platform where they could exchange labor for resources.

As long as they diligently earned contribution points, they could continuously grow stronger until one day, they became powerful like their teacher!

"I'll be here in the warehouse. If you want to take on tasks, check your contribution points, or exchange for items, feel free to come and find me," Gree said.

After saying that, she picked up her violin again.

Seeing this, Sherman and the others tactfully bid farewell and left.

On their way to the residential area, Amy continued to chatter, "Don't be fooled by Little Gree's small size; her archery skills are incredible. She also knows various charm spells, detection spells, and invisibility spells. Even I am no match for her."

Sherman, Corey, and Adil responded absentmindedly, their thoughts drifting elsewhere.

For the young apprentices, everything they had just seen felt so novel.

Before today, they had read numerous books and believed they had a decent understanding of the world of wizards.

But witnessing the facilities in the base firsthand made them feel as if they had just lifted the veil to glimpse a part of the wizarding world.

Their previous assumptions had merely been the perspective of a frog at the bottom of a well.

Especially for Sherman, the realization was profound.

Recalling his earlier dreams of living in a castle, he couldn't help but feel a mix of self-mockery and reflection; he had once been so naive and laughable. This world was far broader than he had imagined.

Compared to the vast and mysterious wizarding world, a mere noble castle was insignificant.

"I must become a wizard and see more of the world!"

In that moment, the young apprentice silently made a firm resolution.

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