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."

since we're the ones selling this, add a condition where they have to acknowledge the inventors and creators. Bring Balott with you to

by rune, it will become fundamentally different. After

the walls don't need to be filled up with a lot of Demon Crystals to be fully recharged again and again. We only have to link them to this power source

this fortress, I believe that our

the biggest problem. Can the

created something like this in the past. "I am not sure.

turned to

out, getting excited about this project. This was

focus returned to Douglas. "So… we were

backup water facility together with the giant freezer, people will just think that we're building another freezer. "Besides, there is also another reason why I want to

"Another reason?"

could preserve the cold, we could actually use that

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

want something like this so that they can entertain their customers even better, which would lead to

a long time to

was whether he had the rune or

found in the Atracaeca Kingdom. It would be able to create the freezer, but in

it was stolen, everything would be for naught. So, they needed to find a method to make it so that normal

of something. "Why don't

Noel looked at Anna's weapon. If he remembered correctly, Anna's weapon had been enhanced by five runes: Extension, Harden, Conductor, Burst, and

user's blood to improve the amount of power that could be released, while the Burst Rune was the Advanced Version

the Conductor Rune was actually the main rune among those five runes. It made the sword able to conduct Spiritual Energy much more than it was capable of. In other words, whether it was the Blast Rune, the Blood Rune, or even

one hand, it looked useful for Roel's project instead of

Advanced Level Rune. Even I haven't 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 for Roel's project." After listening to Noel's explanation, Anna looked a bit sad since her

rise as though Noel had just found

"If there is a Conductor Rune, there is an Insulator Rune. Basically, the Conductor Rune turns things

other runes. The Insulator Rune comes from the Spiritual Energy Rune. It is repelling

the Spiritual Energy, will we be able to repel the air as well? What I know is that the Spiritual Energy is like gas, but I don't know whether the energy is

people who knew this answer would probably

insulation materials. I'm going to send some people to the Tower Association to find any magicians

"Understood."

have

El-Alanca Academy with Rose in the past. We happened to meet a few Spirit Magicians, so I think it's

famous academy that is supposed to research all weird technologies related to Spiritual