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."

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

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

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 to be fully recharged again and

of this fortress, I believe that our city will become an impenetrable fortress."

the biggest

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,

sure." Noel turned to Roel. "Do you have one to

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

Roel, Noel's focus returned to Douglas. "So… we were talking about a giant

the backup water facility together with the giant freezer, people will just think that

"Another reason?"

could preserve the cold, we could

hard to work during the summer.

must want something like this so that they can entertain their customers even better, which would lead to their business blooming. He could make money in

to break even, it was still a good

he had

be fused with elements." Noel murmured while recalling the ice jade he found in the Atracaeca Kingdom. It would

be for naught. So, they needed to find a method to make it so that normal people could create it for a long

suddenly thought of something. "Why don't we use Conductor

weapon had been enhanced by five runes: Extension, Harden, Conductor, Burst,

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

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 the Harden and Extension Rune, all

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

drawing the energy toward them, they devour it and keep it within the rune. So,

couldn't help but rise as though Noel

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

comes from the Spiritual Energy Rune. It is repelling the energy from the

only problem is that… if we repel 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 actually fused with the gas or

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

I'm going to send some people to the Tower Association to find any magicians researching things

"Understood."

have

went to El-Alanca Academy with Rose in the past. We happened to meet a few Spirit Magicians, so

is supposed to research all weird technologies