Chapter 252
For a moment, silence ruled, no one taking the opportunity to speak. The situation was too complicated, too risky.
It looked like I had to take the lead. “Liam, what’s the situation with our metal reserves, and what’s our current production capabilities for melee weaponry?”
Liam looked surprised. “Are we going to focus on the melee weapons?”
“We have to,” I answered. “Cannons are useful, but they consume resources aggressively. We don’t have the capability to equip all those towns on short notice. Mana-alloy weapons are the better choice.”
He stopped for a moment. “If we mobilize everyone to melee weapon production, we should be able to push the production numbers to a hundred thousand daily,” he said. “But, the mana density of the weapons wouldn’t be too high, and the durability will be suspect as well.”
“That has to be enough,” I said. “Split the production into two tiers, and try to produce a high-quality weapon for every fifty low-quality ones. Arming the elites appropriately will be helpful as well.”
Liam nodded. “Should I leave to oversee it?” he asked.
“Do you have anything critical about the other topics?” I asked. He shook his head. “Then, go and oversee the production. The sooner we retool our production lines, the better.”
Liam left.
“What’s next?” I asked.
“We need to decide the minimum number that we are going to keep to defend ourselves,” Harold added. “We should keep at least seventy percent of our power at home. The heretics or Drakka might use it as an opportunity to attack us again.”
Maria interrupted, her gaze sharp. “Defending the town is essential, but if we let every other settlement collapse, we’ll be left surrounded, while all around us, the dungeon breaks would trigger bigger and bigger monster waves. We can’t be shortsighted.”