System vs Rebirth

"You what?!" Duke Lorelei gasped in shock, thinking, 'When I was still the acting head, if I'm not wrong, to provide enough water from the territory, I would spend about 200 gold coins a month. A single Advanced Level Demon Crystal cost me about five gold coins each.

'So, needing only 250 gold coins a month to maintain an unlimited supply of water is simply ridiculous. It's not about providing 'enough supply' but 'unlimited supply.' And by doing so, the people don't need to fetch water from a certain facility anymore.

'The initial investment is big, but I also need to create a facility to do that. So, the difference might not be as I expected. More importantly, the people would definitely be satisfied, which would cause the city to bloom with people. The taxes you can get from the city alone will surpass the operation cost.'

Duke Lorelei wasn't the only person who was shocked. Even Anna was dumbfounded, but for a different reason.

The duke she knew would always be calm and collected. He was a cool guy who could cut down on his enemies easily. Yet, the same dignified duke was falling on his butt out of shock.

She might never get a chance to witness something like this again for the rest of her life.

Duke Lorelei realized that his appearance was a mess, so he hurriedly regained his composure and coughed a few times. "I apologize for showing you such behaviors."

"What are you talking about? The duke just lost his balance because of this unusual plate and recovered quickly." Anna smiled while gesturing to him to stand on the plate again.

Duke Lorelei embarrassedly stepped on the plate and said, "Are you… really telling the truth?"

"Of course." Anna pointed at the well. The well actually had a black rod sticking out and it was covered with a wooden pipe that flowed through the storage facility. "If you see that pipe over there, that's the pipe that holds the power of the runes.

"Normally, the pump would require people to operate it, right? The rune can be activated as long as there is a Demon Crystal. So, the Rune is the one shooting up the water before it was flowing down the storage.

"We simply redesigned the storage facility so that the entire city can receive that unlimited supply of water. It's as simple as that." Anna explained.

"That's…" The Sword Arbiter nodded. He obviously understood that the pump could be operated 24 hours a day, but it would still take too much manpower. And if the entire city used it, there was no way a few people's strengths were enough.

But it would be different if it were run automatically by the rune.

"Do you know where I can purchase it? No, how do I ask for one to be constructed in my place?" Duke Lorelei asked. He wanted to purchase the rod only so he could construct the rest of the facility himself. But there was no way they would accept it, so he corrected himself and tried to hire them.

Anna chuckled. "I don't have the authority to take care of the problem."

your father's good friend

only thing I can do is propose it to

had been catching up to him causingpassed on him to be unable to maintain his composure. He sighed, "I'm stupefied. No, you have truly shocked me. Still… I don't think this city is that clean, right? Aren't you worried

students will learn it too. But that's all for the time being. Even if they bring it, unless they can implant that rune, it will be impossible." She shook her head as her eyes turned cold. "And if they are blatantly using our creations, it just gives us the reason to attack them. I

Duke Lorelei couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. It seemed that these two youngsters had seen through him. "In that case, I will talk to him personally. Since you don't seem to be able to tell me

do you

"That automatic carriage!"

to a carriage, but we just use a rune to drive it forward instead of a horse. And we make the front wheels

much

Level Demon Crystals. That's without luggage. If you have a full amount, then

coins. The cost is

we use them to pull the carriage, there is a chance that they might suffer injury and other things, increasing the cost. They also need to

design can cut that cost and even continue the journey tirelessly. If we just calculate the speed of the horse alone, you could travel at least twice as much without a break, let alone at a speed higher than that. And I don't know how much luggage you're talking about, but we need two or three horses to pull

waved her hand,

deep breath and asked, "Still, it's dangerous to use that

"Yes, but not really."

such speed,

her right hand and poured her

that you use this thing to cut the power supply? Then, it will

but you get the general idea." Anna nodded. "This way, it's still quite dangerous,

cold breath. He then pointed at the plate they were driving. "How about

can't tell you anything about

seemed to have understood the general idea of what Noel planned to do in this city. He asked, "Do you still need some funds to build

talk to Noel about

Anna would slip up, but it didn't work. He ended up changing his question to, "How about that one on the

up and down, which would make construction far easier. It only costs you about one or two Low Level Demon Crystals every day. I guess it depends on

able to achieve all this in just a few weeks after his arrival here. But it showed how much potential Noel carried. Losing these two youngsters would cause a huge setback. At the same time, the Greenwood Kingdom would have known about this through

of the Greenwood Kingdom, there was no doubt that Noel would

Noel actually invited him to this place. There was something that he could get from him—something that the Greenwood Kingdom couldn't