Chapter 173: Is Magic the First Productive Force?
In just 10 days.
The stru of the vocational academy and the recruitment of teachers became hot topics.
These casual versations soon spread the news far and wide.
Many focused oeag positions, while others, thinking ahead, silently debated.
How o into the vocational academy?
Uo reach Ralph the steward, many soldiers were pushed forward to subtly question Old John.
The tter smiled slyly and casually answered:
"Any eligible child permaly residing in the Bay Territory attend the academy..."
A seemingly ordinary statement, yet it excited everyone.
However, some were more curious:
"So many children— the academy haeag them all?"
"Just how big is this academy going to be?"
With permission to reveal some inside information, Old John colorfully responded:
"How big? The entire undeveloped northern town area is part of the academy grounds!"
"So don’t fret. Start studying hard now—you might even bee a teacher one day!"
Most people ignored Old John’s st ent, fog instead on the mysterious academy under stru.
However, their curiosity was mostly blocked by a t 4-meter wooden fence, and few could glimpse inside.
Currently, the work was being carried out by thousands of kobolds.
Driven by whips ay meals, most new kobolds became exceedingly docile and worked diligently.
Silver-Fang, now smarter, studied the building blueprints ihought.
From time to time, he turo ask the chief architect questions.
Initially, the team of architects was terrified of the kobolds, worried they might go berserk at any moment.
But as time went on, the architects became increasingly adept at direg them.
They soon realized these creatures had many excellent qualities.
As long as they were well-fed, the kobolds showed remarkable enthusiasm and stamina.
Though they couldn’t prehend plex orders.
Simple tasks, however, were pleted with impressive efficy.
Especially digging—the kobolds ha as naturally as eating or drinking.
In just a few days.
The foundations, including the sewers, were almost entirely dug out.
Although there was still much work to be done, like ying bricks, fl, reinf tunnels, and seg supports...
The team was quite satisfied with the work efficy.
"The better the quality, the faster the work, the greater the reward."
To better harhe kobolds' bor.
The building crew split into two shifts. A small team managed daytime work, while the majority oversaw the night.
The kobolds didn’t work in shifts; instead, they rested during the day wheired more easily, w from dusk till dawn.
This way, they worked during their peak performance hours, rec quickly and maintaining long work periods.
What about the daytime downtime?
Naturally, the human stru crew was called in to handle more teically demanding tasks.
As for the heavy lifting, that was handled by several massive stone golems.
"These modified stone golems restore some energy through ground tact, allowing them to work 6 hours a day and spend the rest of the time resting and rec."
Those were Matthew's words to Ralph the steward.
Matthew thought using these low-energy-recolems for this purpose was an effit allocation.
When Ralph handed over trol of the stone and s to the stru crew...
The team was initially skeptical.
But as the golems carried out orders perfectly, saving time and ensuring safety...
The crew quickly decided—the molems, the better!
Besides this assistance, Matthew also had Ralph distribute a "Basistruanual" piled by the pyers to the crew.
A simple ghrough these valuable insights vihe crew to sign a tract immediately.
After a few days of learning and applying the principles, they met Matthew’s requirements for basic design work.
pared to the old bor-intehods, their stru speed had increased by more than tenfold!
All this was made possible through molem resources, manpower, and effit supply lines.
Matthew watched their progress closely. Though they were still far from being the "super stru crew" he remembered, they were finally on the right track.
Cultivating professional talent had to be done oep at a time.
Matthew hesitated, ultimately deg not to introduce t as a game-ger.
After all, his strength wasn’t enough yet. His soldiers weren’t numerous enough, and his wealth hadn’t accumuted suffitly.
sider this: just to secure one ruin...
The Carlisle family had mustered over 3,000 soldiers!
Otherwise, how would the Carlisle family dare to covet the ruins of the Merman Castle?
It was because they trolled a powerful private army and had strong professionals uheir and.
Though Matthearent weakness pyed a part, so too did his ck of resources and fidence.
Even though the Pfizer Caravan was a more subtle and dangerous threat...
The Carlisle family, with its overt strength, was likely just a "vanguard" sent to test the newly risen Bay Territory.
inally, Matthew hadn’t wao get involved in this mess.
But sidering the Carlisle family’s aggressive stance, he realized he couldn’t afford to be too soft.
Otherwise, not only would he lose the Merman Castle, but he might also forfeit the "potion" profits he had fought so hard to secure.
"Why is it so hard to just farm peacefully and grow stronger?"
However, by the end of today, Matthew hoped to escape his current predit.
"Ding, your hired adventurer has sin a Level 3 gnoll warriaining 30 points of Fate Energy."
"Total Fate Energy: 11,674."
After nearly 10 days of accumuting Fate Energy, bined with his experience modifying golems, Matthew was finally ready to start work on Mountain.
Matthew po modify Mountain, both as a reward and as a solution to the Bay Territory’s energy problem.
With more and molems needing rapid recharging after use, he couldn’t let them beere ors.
Matthew's pns for automated produ facilities required a massive and stable energy supply as their foundation.
Electrical power was out of the question for now.
The necessary infrastructure, talent, and resources weren’t something a Level 6 Arist like Matthew could simply "magito existence.
What Matthew could create at this stage was something known as the "elemental energy pool," the energy core of a wizard’s tower.
The key to strug the elemental energy pool y within the ruins of the Merman Castle!
The modified Mountain would be Matthew’s a the hole!
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