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."

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

ambitious project. If the entire city can be powered by rune, it will become fundamentally different. After all, if we have a giant power

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

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

we haven't solved the biggest problem. Can

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

to Roel. "Do you have one

do have one, but let me bring it from my workshop first." Roel rushed out, getting excited about this project. This was the

Douglas. "So… we were talking

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

"Another reason?"

earlier, if you could preserve the cold, we could actually use

was hard to work during the summer. If he could cool his room through this method, he could

entertain their customers even better, which would lead to their business blooming. He

time to break even, it was still

only question was whether he had

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

naught. So, they needed to find a method to make it so that normal

thought of something. "Why don't we use

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

essence in the user's blood to improve the amount of power that could be

other words, whether it was the Blast Rune, the Blood Rune, or even the

instead of this one.

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

but rise as though Noel had just found an

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

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

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

The only people who knew this answer would probably be the Tower

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

"Understood."

have a connection

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

supposed to research all weird