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."

where they have to acknowledge the inventors and creators. Bring Balott with you to

it will become fundamentally different. After all, if we have a giant power source, we

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 to be fully recharged again and again. We only have to link them to this

I believe that our city will become an

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

this in the past. "I am not sure. Will the Energy Gathering Rune

not sure." Noel turned to Roel. "Do you

first." Roel rushed out, getting excited about this project. This was the first time he had a

Roel, Noel's focus returned to Douglas. "So…

with the giant freezer, people will just think that we're

"Another reason?"

Just like what we discussed earlier, if you could preserve the cold, we could actually use that

was hard

they can entertain their customers even better, which

long time to break even, it

whether he

fused with elements." Noel 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 one freezer would

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

"Why

he remembered correctly, Anna's weapon

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

the sword able to conduct Spiritual Energy much more than it was capable of. In other words, whether it was the Blast Rune,

it looked useful for Roel's project instead of this one. On the other hand, Noel thought

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

as though Noel had just

Basically, the Conductor Rune turns things into a conductor for Spiritual Energy, while the Insulator Rune is the other way

Insulator Rune comes from

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 actually fused with the gas or a different type of gas

Anna couldn't give an answer. The only people who knew this answer would probably be the Tower

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

"Understood."

have

Rose in the past. We happened to meet a few Spirit Magicians, so I think it's time to use them to find the necessary

famous academy that is supposed to research all weird