System vs Rebirth

Noel looked at the entire project and couldn't help but ask, "How is the fund situation?"

"Far from enough for such an ambitious plan. But this is the only way to cut the biggest cost. If we wait until the city is completed, the cost will skyrocket." Douglas explained.

"How much is the cost compared to our current fund? And how much will it increase if we wait?"

"The current fund? It's about two times... This is the first, so maybe higher than that. And Balott told me that there are also other projects."

Noel fell into deep thought. Getting the necessary funds was easier said than done. If he was not careful, he would lose all the funds without building anything.

Noel turned to Roel. "You should have heard a bit of my plans regarding the rune technology."

"Yes. I've heard from Lady Anna." Roel nodded.

"We have to sell something. It might be the water system." Noel pinched the bridge of his nose.

"If we sell two new weapons, it's going to cover the cost, I believe." Roel explained. Instead of an important water system, he believed this was a better solution.

However, Noel shook his head, rejecting the idea. "We'll keep the weapons to ourselves for now. We're fighting a very dangerous foe, so we can't allow the blueprints of our weapons to be found by the enemies and let them study those weapons. It's going to be troublesome for us."

"If that's the case, how are you going to handle it?" Roel asked.

"Anna."

Anna was confused at first, but it seemed that she understood what Noel wanted. "Since I'm going to meet Damian, I will tell him that you don't mind selling the design for the water system. But shouldn't you ask Livia instead?"

"No. If I go to Livia, it's going to show that I'm desperate, allowing them to take advantage of it to lower the price. But if you go with Damian, the other party won't be able to handle the negotiation, which allows us to demand a certain price. And they will confirm with Livia about the effect. It'll ultimately give us the best advantage in the negotiation."

"I see." Anna nodded before turning to Douglas and Roel. "Are both of you fine? Noel gave you the idea, but you were the first one to ever construct it."

Roel and Douglas exchanged looks. They had been arguing a lot, but surprisingly, they agreed on one thing. Both of them said the same thing. "Sacrifice one to fund ten more."

They wanted to use the water system to fund their research on other things. In fact, by selling this water system, they could get enough funds for the freezer, the power system that would light up the city, and even other things that would be related to those projects.

It was a necessary price to pay.

"Alright. I'll do that."

this, add a condition where they have to acknowledge the inventors and creators. Bring Balott with

it will become fundamentally

this project is important." Roel agreed with Anna. "In fact, we could link this power source to the weapons powered by runes. In other words, the walls don't need to be filled up with a lot of Demon Crystals

design of this fortress, I believe that our city

asked, "Still, we haven't solved the biggest problem. Can the

from her past life. In fact, she didn't think that Noel had created something like this in the past. "I am not sure. Will the Energy Gathering Rune work? If not, do we have to

Noel turned to Roel. "Do you have one to

bring it from my workshop first." Roel rushed out,

returned to Douglas. "So… we were talking about

just think that we're building another freezer. "Besides, there is also another reason why I

"Another reason?"

you could preserve the

best season for farming, it was hard to work during the summer. If he could cool his

entertain their customers even better,

take a long time to break even,

question was whether he had the

murmured while recalling the ice jade he found in the Atracaeca Kingdom. It would be able to create the freezer, but in the end, only

everything would be for naught. So, they needed to find a method to

suddenly thought of something. "Why

looked at Anna's weapon. If he remembered correctly, Anna's weapon had been enhanced by

had mastered the Extension and Hardening Runes long ago. The Blood Rune was extracting the essence in the user's blood to improve the amount of power that could be released, while the Burst Rune was the Advanced Version of the

words, whether it was the Blast Rune, the Blood Rune, or even the Harden and Extension Rune, all that Spiritual Energy could be stored within the sword by using

useful for Roel's project instead of this one. On

mastered it yet. It derives from the Energy Gathering Rune and the Energy Concentration Rune. However, its concept is slightly different. Instead of drawing the energy toward them, they devour it and keep it within the rune. So, it will only work

as though

there is an Insulator Rune. Basically, the Conductor Rune turns things into a conductor

other runes. The Insulator Rune comes from the

the Spiritual Energy is like

who knew this

at Douglas. "For now, just use the insulation materials. I'm going to send some people to the Tower Association to find

"Understood."

you have a connection

past. We happened to meet a few Spirit Magicians, so I think it's time to use

supposed to research