After a brief silence, the classroom erupted into a discussion even more heated than before.
"What the hell? An external box? It's so crude!"
"This is an insult to Alchemy! How is this any different from a blacksmith hanging a bell on a suit of armor?"
"There's no aesthetic at all. And that Rune Paper… it's a one-time use thing, right? You have to replace it after one or two uses? What a shameless profiteer!"
Victor immediately sneered.
"Allen Wesren, you call this an upgrade? This is nothing more than a shoddily made, patched-together consumable!"
"What are the farmers supposed to do when your little box runs out of energy, or when that flimsy Rune Paper fails? Spend more money to buy a new one? You're not solving a problem—you're just milking them dry, trapping them into sending you money for the rest of their lives!"
His words were inflammatory and immediately won the support of most of the apprentices.
