[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-501":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846621,2449,"Chaper 503: The Ship and The Forge","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-501",501,"\u003Cp>Aston Harbor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man with the staff looked out with a smile as the large ship without masts rose from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water began to flow out of it like a fountain, and in a minute, all the water was out of the ship and his staff glowed with a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone could sense it. They would notice a big movement on the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the ship, the boxes begin to open one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeletal heads begin to come out of one box, the legs come out of the other, and many other parts come out of the other boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They begin to snap together. Forming complete skeletons at a rapid pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, the line of skeletons marched out through the ship's ramp and entered the port while the people watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today is special, and it's why he showed the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was not, it would have been docked underwater and emptied their cargo there, before leaving the port just as sneakily as it came, without anyone knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our forces are steadily increasing,\" said the armored man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's far from enough to capture the entire region,\" replied the man with the staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ships like this came many times in the past months, bringing more and more undead and powerhouses. Increasing their numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is slow, but slow is fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is much better than rushing and getting destroyed by the enemies like the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of ships is easier to track. The intelligence about them spread much faster. On the other hand, it is much harder to track a single ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these two months, the merchants and imperials had been able to destroy only three ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little by little, their forces are increasing. It won't be long before they accumulate the required forces, and then there will be reckoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire continent will know the power of Vris'Alud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gagarin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped into the tower, and it seemed to be even more crowded than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are people everywhere, looking at everything, but most are captivated by the massive skeleton of the Wyrm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is really something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being dead for thousands of years, it fills the hearts of people with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at it, before stepping into the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped out onto the fourth floor. It is crowded with most of the people around my store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guild master,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people recognized me and greeted me. I nodded at them, but only spoke a few words before walking into the store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six people, including my daughter, are already working there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four of them are my disciples, while the fifth person is someone I hired. He is an engraver like my daughter, and we need them. My daughter and Baur aren't enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded at them before walking deeper into the store, which was crowded like outside, with the lines at the two billing counters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goods are selling like hotcakes. Much faster than we had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me happy, but also a little worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, I reached the back of the store and opened the wooden door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the morning, there was not any space for a person like me to enter; there was so much stuff, but now, half of it had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We might not be able to last till the evening,\" said Mardes from behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send the message to the Madam, when less than 10% remain,\" I replied. He nodded, and I closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legacy makes a lot of things easier. There is a massive underground storeroom connected to the legacy where they had asked me to place our things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not me, but every store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If our goods are sold, they will transfer the goods to the warehouse here directly. It happens instantly. Saving us a lot of time and effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the things before undressing. Carefully, putting the suit on the shelf. It cost me a lot, but it's a good thing, I bought it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to wear nice clothes to look the part of a legacy store owner. I couldn't always wear worn-out soot-covered clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The function at the central square had been good. I had met a lot of people, both unfamiliar and familiar, but now it was time for work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For it, I need to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Silver says, I am not just crafting things, but putting on a show for the people. I have to make it look good, and enthralling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not the word anyone would associate with blacksmithing, but the one I had heard a lot, in the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, I have a blacksmith's clothes, and they are comfortable. Though, if it were up to me; I would be fine, wearing only pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once changed, I came out and walked to the workstation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How was the function?\" asked Atil as I reached it and sat on my spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, a lot of important people had come,\" I replied and placed the bar of metal into the furnace and activated Fast Red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the metal heated. I looked at my apprentices; they are my best people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the ones coming to the interview are much better than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One seemed even better than me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am expanding my workshop in the city. For it, I have taken a loan. I had money, but the expansion was big, and I had brought a lot of fancy equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am also hiring new blacksmiths and apprentices from the schools and city. It is one of the conditions of Lord Silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to expand. It had become necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything I had forged had been sold. Now, everything that is present in my store has been bought from the empire, merchant state, and some from the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord wants 75% products I sell should be from the city and thus the expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am also opening a store in the city. Bigger than this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This store made me famous, not only in the city but also in the empire and merchant state. I need to capitalize on that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Lord Silver who suggested that, and Atil agreed with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To me, it is an enormous risk, but I trust the lord and my daughter. If it were not for her, I would still be forging weapons in a soot-filled workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The workshop will be ready in two weeks. I have till then to hire all the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been taking interviews every afternoon for the past three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a break only today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am hiring quite a lot of people. Many are interested and they are coming, not only from empires and merchant states, but also from other countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those people, some would work with the mist, after the store closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every space would be utilized, and we need to be smart about it. It is the same for the woman below, but she is still thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a massive order I have to complete. Everything we are forging is going to the legacy, but there are still many things we have to forge to complete the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is only the order of legacy we are trying to complete. There are other orders we have yet to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been contacted by hundreds of people. These are big merchants, willing to make big orders and ready to pay instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some offered to build me a bigger workshop with more expensive equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everybody wants the mist crafted goods and are willing to pay a tremendous price for them. Far more than what legacy is paying for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even hinted their willing to buy under the table. I shot down those proposals immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understand very well. What I have is because of legacy and Lord Silver could take it away just as easily as he had given it to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am controlling my greed, but one of my apprentices couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fired him, despite it only being a knife, that he tried to steal. I need to be harsh; I can not let anything happen, that will risk this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the metal bar is ready. I didn't even look at it; I know it through the Blacksmiths Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought it out and put it on an anvil, before activating Malleable Metal. A moment later, I started hitting it with the hammer, activating Rapid Hammering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every strike, the mist covering the hammer thickly would flow inside the metal, little by little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is difficult, considering the more mist that enters inside the metal the harder it becomes to forge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing Miss Eva told me was to find the balance with the amount of mist I need to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I use too much, I will end up tiring myself and the power of my skill, too quickly. Which is bad considering I forge for at least twelve hours every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need myself and my skills to last that long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still remember how quickly I used to get tired. Even now, I still get tired, but I am learning to manage it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am forging the skewer rods. I have to give twenty-four of them to the legacy by the evening, along with many other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only the seven of us worked, then it would take over a month to finish the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it will change with the new people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed as hundreds watched us from the window. Some, if important enough, can watch from close up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the four people are doing right now. I recognize one of them; he is a vice-guild master of the enchanter guild from Namdar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if he will be the man. It is unlikely, given his position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Silver is hiring the enchanters. With enchantments, the mist-crafted goods would become even more effective and valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, and I finished a skewer rod, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope to finish the order of the legacy as soon as possible and hire more people to finish other orders. So, I can do those things I am thinking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a particular type of forging I want to do. It is difficult and requires a lot of resources and training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could afford those resources now and someone promised me the guidance as her field of work intersects with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never thought this day would come, but it did, and now I want to start as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only need to wait for a little more time before I can start it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought put a smile on my face before I focused on the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, it was five and a familiar woman appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it ready?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" replied Atil, and handed her the box. It had the skewers they ordered, along with the other stuff we had crafted in the past few hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She checked the box and nodded before walking away, while I focused on work. I want to finish the knife before I go home to get ready for the party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap onto read up to 20 Advanced Chapters. Become aFree Memberon Patreon for maps and other stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>",1873,"2026-06-09T06:55:00.676Z",1,"novelbin.me","e99fd0c56831908621ba529ba482e1549f15cf2d2bd79afa56656c248b998d64","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-502","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-917",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]