The small energy furnace still instantly conducted the elemental energy from these ten magic crystals, and the brightness of the Third Ring Charging Magic Array below lasted a little longer.

When Ernie put in a hundred magic crystals, the conduction of the energy furnace finally showed delay, taking about a second to complete.

The Third Ring Charging Magic Array below was finally fully lit, maintaining for about ten seconds before dimming again as the magic crystal energy was exhausted.

"Finally, it's done." Ernie breathed a sigh of relief.

From the time Speaker Francis firmly demanded he stop the development of large energy furnaces and focus on tackling the energy conversion issues of small energy furnaces, he realized how important this task was.

Although he wasn't sure of the specific reasons, it weighed heavily on his mind.

In subsequent research on small energy furnaces, he hardly took a break, afraid of delaying Speaker Francis's plans.

Up to this point, inspired by the two little ones, he had directly improved the energy conversion efficiency of the small energy furnace from apprentice level to the Third Ring, which should meet Speaker Francis's needs... right?

"Honorable Legislator Ernie, congratulations on completing another great experiment." The middle-aged assistant hastily congratulated upon seeing this, "If you weren't already an Honorary Legislator, this experiment alone might have secured you the position again."

"Yes." Ernie nodded with a smile, "Deliver the latest magic pattern design drawings of the small energy furnace to the assistants and researchers of each major laboratory, and make a batch of samples to be sent to Francis's Warehouse. I need to report the progress of the small energy furnace research to Speaker Francis."

Speaker Francis had instructed him to start an emergency communication report as soon as the small energy furnace's conversion efficiency reached the One Ring.

Now that it's directly reached the Third Ring, it naturally needs to be reported promptly.

"Yes." The assistant responded, then turned and walked out of the laboratory.

Ernie also took out the Continent Communication Device, opened Francis's contact number, and initiated an emergency communication request.

Three seconds later, a light screen unfolded before Ernie.

On the other side of the light screen was the figure of Francis.

"Honorable Legislator Ernie, are you contacting me because the small energy furnace can now convert a One Ring magic array?" Francis's face showed anticipation.

Now, Abyssal Wizards were already at the Fourth Ring, but Mechanical Wizards were still stuck on the energy furnace issue, which was really too slow.

If it drags on, by the time the decisive battle comes, the strongest Mechanical Wizard might not even reach the Fifth Ring.

"Speaker Francis, the situation is somewhat better than you expected." Ernie bowed, smiled, and replied, "I got some inspiration from the improvements of the large energy furnace, and now the conversion efficiency of the small energy furnace has reached the Third Ring level."

"The Third Ring?!" Francis raised an eyebrow, quite surprised and visibly pleased, "Haha, well done, Legislator Ernie. Feel free to ask if you need anything. I can grant you one additional request."

He felt that mere contribution points and rewards from magic crystal mines and territories were far from sufficient to commend Ernie for his contribution, so he simply promised an extra request.

"One request..." Ernie pondered for a long time and found that the only thing he lacked was time to understand the essence of runes and seize the opportunity to break through to the Fourth Ring.

Over the years, with the accumulation of contribution points and the successful optimization of the small energy furnace, even the contribution points required to become a Speaker were almost met.

But precisely because he focused solely on improving the energy furnace, he had no time to understand the deeper meaning of runes.

"Speaker Francis, I wish to resign from my position as the Director of the Energy Research Institute to focus on understanding the essence of runes, striving to break through to the Fourth Ring." Ernie raised his head, slightly apprehensive as he made his request.

Given the importance Speaker Francis placed on him, he feared he couldn't leave without using this request to resign.

Even with it, he felt uneasy, worrying that it might not be granted.

Upon hearing Ernie's words, Francis's smile froze momentarily but quickly returned to its original state. He nodded and said, "Alright, first make some small energy furnaces for me, then go find Amy for the handover."

To be honest, he was extremely reluctant to let Ernie go. The Third, Fourth, or even the Fifth and Sixth Rings of the small energy furnace would depend on this little fellow's effort.

But not letting him go was not an option. Research work requires wholehearted dedication to possibly capture inspiration. Forcing him to stay was meaningless.

And if the little fellow truly managed to break through to the Fourth Ring, both his lifespan and cognitive memory would make significant progress, greatly benefiting the future.

Sentimentally and logically, he couldn't deny this request.

"Okay, I've already instructed the assistant to make the energy furnaces, and they should be sent to the warehouse soon." Ernie completely relaxed and replied with a smile.

"Alright, go ahead." Francis waved his hand and disconnected the communication, letting out a light sigh.

If Ernie succeeds in breaking through, then all is well. If not...

"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it now." Francis shook his head and instead sent Amy a message, asking her to publish an examination on the Eleventh Continent to recruit a thousand talented apprentices with excellent Elemental Control ability for an experiment.

After completing all this, he refocused his thoughts on the creation of witchcraft.

Finding truly outstanding apprentices will take at least a year, so there's no rush to contact Domenico to attempt modifying Mechanical Wizards.

...

Meanwhile, at the edge of a plane far from the Wizard Plane.

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