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.

Anna nodded. "Still, it's quite an ambitious project. If the entire city can be powered by rune, it will become

don't need to be filled up with a lot of Demon Crystals to be fully recharged again and again. We only have to

the design of this fortress, I believe that our city

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

had created something like this in the past. "I am not sure. Will the Energy Gathering Rune work?

Noel turned to Roel. "Do

it from my workshop first." Roel rushed out, getting excited about this project. This was the first time he had a challenge

to Douglas. "So…

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

"Another reason?"

to cool the building. Just like what we discussed earlier, if you could preserve the cold, we could actually use that temperature to cool down the

hard to work during the summer.

they can entertain their customers even better, which would lead

it would take a long time to break even, it was still

was whether he had the rune or

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

needed to find a method to make it so that normal people could create it for a long lasting

something. "Why

remembered correctly, Anna's weapon had been enhanced by five runes:

Runes long ago. The Blood Rune was extracting the essence in the user's blood to improve

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 the Harden and Extension Rune, all that Spiritual Energy could be stored within

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

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

couldn't help but rise as though Noel had just found

there is an Insulator Rune. Basically, the Conductor Rune turns things into a conductor for Spiritual Energy, while the Insulator Rune is

comes from the Spiritual Energy Rune. It is repelling

know is that the Spiritual Energy is like gas, but I don't know whether the energy

an answer. The only people who knew this answer would probably be

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

"Understood."

you have a

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

supposed to research all weird technologies related to