Chapter 431 - 5: Kill Her
For several consecutive days, the twins received a grand reception in Fertile City. Roman treated them as honored guests, sparing no expense. Every meal was of banquet quality, and Roman even assigned them a dedicated chef.
His character was pragmatic; whoever had high productivity would gain his favor.
The twins liberated thousands from heavy labor months in advance. Even if the food supply in Fertile City was not expensive, Roman believed that if the twins requested fine delicacies, he should find a way to procure them. There was no other reason; it was what they deserved.
Meanwhile, he focused his efforts on ’Moonlight’ casting techniques.
Metallurgy needed a lot of preparation—manpower, materials, furnaces—everything had to start anew. Without thoroughly grasping the entire set of techniques, the failure rate would be too high, and the final product quality would be lacking.
Roman studied the techniques for several days. Overall, the technique did not demand much of craftsmen, but the cost of mithril was expensive, and the breakage rate was shocking. He planned to first produce a few prototype sets to assess the outcome and then see if the production could be increased in the future.
Though productivity is the only deity, without raw materials, even a hundredfold increase in speed is useless, else he wouldn’t have to send textile workers to farm.
Roman hoped to discover a mine rich in silver deposits, but it was a long-term project, not achievable in the short term.
Moreover, he had little time left.
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