Chapter 250: Alchemy Factory, Up and Running
With the final screw tightened into the last metal plate, Ambrose pressed the switch on the mana extraction furnace.
Through an intricate magic array, the energy stored within gemstones was converted and funneled into the massive apparatus. One by one, indicator lights flickered to life, and the towering furnace roared fully into operation.
From this moment on, until the day it broke down, the furnace core would run without pause, unstoppable.
Ambrose worked the control panel, flipping a series of switches and inputting several alchemical formulas.
Immediately, hundreds of intake ports began feeding in raw materials. Within minutes, an equal number of output channels started releasing refined liquid compounds.
He had already prepared a bottling line. Before long, potions of every hue filled hundreds of glass containers.
These, however, were not finished products, only base solutions. They still required secondary post-processing and blending to become market-ready potions.
If Ambrose had a second extraction furnace, he could pipe these materials directly into another line and produce finished goods in one go. But such machinery was prohibitively expensive not just to purchase, but to sustain. The mana required for continuous operation was staggering. Building another one would likely bankrupt him.
The sealed base liquids were automatically transported into crates, then carried away by the magical automata Ambrose had constructed. Each shipment was delivered neatly into storage.