[{"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-630":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},1846750,2449,"Chapter 632: Two Months","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-630",630,"\u003Cp>Proofread By Thomas F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashton Harbor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two months. We only need to wait for two months,\" said the man with the staff, looking at the map in front of him with profound impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the tower representing the city. He heard new things about it every week, making him want it even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have patience, commander. We have waited long enough; two months will pass smoothly,\" the armored man replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just wished we could attack it now,\" said the man with the staff before shuddering in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had paid a massive price for what they did. It even scared the high command as swiftly it happened while they watched powerlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is nothing they could have done that would have stopped that. Even if they could, they wouldn't have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it would have made them pay a higher price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clap, Clap, Clap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cut the ribbon, and people applauded. \"Let this be the first step to Panar becoming a prosperous, industrious city!\" I declared before entering Pascal Refinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have come to Panar again, this time for the inauguration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, the Church of the God of War opened its church in the Panar, and today, we opened this refinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the only refinery right now, but that won't be long. Two more will open next month, and we are in advance talks with four more businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space in front of me has a large, three-story-tall cylindrical structure standing in the middle. It is a furnace that will refine the crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the space, there are large loads of unrefined grade IV energy crystals. What is here is a fraction of what we have mined in the past few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely sold 10% of it. I'm keeping most to be refined, as that is where the money is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We already have merchants ready to buy the finished product from the empire and merchant state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding buyers is a problem with Grade III but not with Grade IV. People will buy it as long as there is a supply. They are used in everything: forging, enchantments, alchemy, and other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are a few things in which the energy crystals aren't used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start the refining!\" ordered Pascal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the runes lit up across the large space, with runes lighting up the whole furnace. The runes light up under the loads of crystals as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They begin to move the crystals toward the furnace like the conveyor belt, but here it is being done with the enchantments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These crystals will enter the furnace and go through the seven stages of purification,\" \"The final product that comes out will be a 98. 6% pure energy crystal,\" he informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My other furnace didn't give me over 94%, but this one is 98%,\" he added with a smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This furnace is new; I helped him buy it from a merchant state. They don't usually sell outside the States, but they allowed me to purchase it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn't the only furnace here; it is only Grade IV. There are four more furnaces, and they are refining the Grade III crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want every crystal out of the mines to be refined in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will happen with Grade IV since only one mine produces that grade. But it's not the case with Grade III and below. There are several mines of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many are still closed. If I get enough miners, I will open those mines as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is only a tiny profit in the Grade III and below mines, but I am focusing on them, including putting conditions. They will refine the Grade III and below if they want Grade IV crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although their profit might be low, they generate significant employment, which in turn makes the economy flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched the process for a few minutes before I walked away. I checked other furnaces, which were older and smaller; they had come from the empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish you all the success and fortune, Mr. Pascal,\" I said as we finished with a tour of the facility. \"Thank you, my lord,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute later, I was in the carriage with Ina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time I was here was three months ago, and so much has changed since then. The first was the city's population, which had crossed a hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discovery of the mine had built a lot of confidence in the city, bringing more people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We also intentionally sent a lot of people here. The Greltheaven had reached near the limit; its population had reached over four hundred and fifty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to start the expansion so it will not be overcrowded. I don't want that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts and looked outside of the window. I could see painted houses and stores with people coming and going out for their business\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I conquered the city six months ago, I thought it would take over a year, but now, it will take two more months, and it will reach its former peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said two months because that is all I have before things slow down or go downhill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In two months, the protection of the archmage city would disappear, and the undead would attack again. They will not wait, I am very sure; they will attack within a weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been accumulating forces. The merchants and imperials had destroyed many of their ships, but many had survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, there are millions of undead people ready for the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bastards could have attacked others, I am not the only one in the whole damned region, but they couldn't attack Dustorn Fortress even in their dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man there would eat them alive, but there is still Deerpond and Port Midlet, but they didn't touch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They will first come at me before they move to the other cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am the biggest prize in the whole region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second biggest. There is something they want. I don't know, but Archmage Tower does, and it was not doing anything against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only helped me because the undead broke the game's rules, which I don't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know much about anything, including things happening in the Dustorn Fortress. Something is going on there, with the envoys of both princes going there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It isn't simple recruitment on their side anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is frustrating when I don't know things. If I had the information, I could plan accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many people are voicing concern about our trade with Gailhorn,\" said Ina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concern isn't about the current trade but one that will increase after the bridge is built. It is nearly finished; it will be finished in the next two weeks—a month before the deadline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am sure, those with the concern aren't the merchants?\" I asked, and she shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The officials and citizens,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to, not only for the general people in the city but also because. If we don't supply them with those things, the others will,\" I stated. To that, she nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told them as much, but they are worried,\" she replied. \"They have every right to be,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gailhorn is an ally of the undead; it is more like a puppet. People are worried about that, even though I received concerns about it from the officials and citizens of Greltheaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I make an effort to make my people understand its necessity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, many people are against it. I could not do anything against it other than try harder to convince them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the carriage stopped at the city hall, and I got out before stepping inside. We didn't go to her office but to the meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a meeting with officials and important citizens. It was the last meeting before I left the city at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting lasted for an hour before I disappeared. In those three and a half hours, nobody other than Ina and the person I had been with knew where I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened last time and this time as well. It is very necessary; it was the main reason I visited, and I will visit once more before the safety of the six months is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard Barb delayed her trip?\" asked Ina as we left the party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am leaving for Greltheaven. I would have liked to stay for a few days more, but things are waiting for me there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most important of all is the core of Mok's Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are going to milk it the day after tomorrow. It would take a year at least, but this is the thing with a waning legacy. Their masters are frail; they could die at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Sovereign feels the master won't live for long. They could milking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, the prince had delayed his trip, and the master of Tranquill Bathhouse asked them to delay it since the prince wants to meet them,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would rather have them return to the city as soon as possible since they had achieved their objective, but I couldn't reject the request without displeasing the master of Tranquill Bathhouse more than I already did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident with Barb made him unhappy. I am not upset with her; she did what she could to complete her objective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, it will be a good opportunity for them. Meeting royalty is an experience, and they should have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, we reached the carriage waiting outside, along with the company of guards mounted on the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a safe journey, Master Silver,\" she wished. \"I will, and you will take care of yourself,\" I replied, walking toward my carriage before stepping inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is dangerous to travel at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undead isn't the only danger, but if someone is there who could pass through the guards and kill me, it won't make a difference to travel day or night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on Patreon below to read over 20 Advanced Chapters.Become aFree Memberand enjoy theCharacter Art, Maps, and other interesting things.\u003C\u002Fp>",1673,"2026-06-09T06:55:03.455Z",1,"novelbin.me","55db749bb54ee274f51f3ca8969071f34ee5adee60812b96ee127364e7563e70","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-631","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-629",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]