This day finally passed, just like countless ordinary days before it.
But this day was different after all.
On this day, Light Castle achieved unprecedented success. After Atlantis City Hall concluded the resumed Medal Awarding Ceremony, it immediately held several large-scale meetings to discuss numerous matters.
The seeds had been planted. All that remained was to wait for them to sprout.
After that, life began proceeding according to a schedule.
Two weeks later, in the laboratory, Richard accepted a glass tube engraved with magic patterns that the Lich Old Man solemnly handed him. It contained hazy golden vapor—the portion of memories extracted from Burning Wind, the Truth Society's chief steward, after breaking through the "True God's Power Protection." Hidden within were methods for contacting Heaven.
After taking the glass tube containing the memories, Richard turned and left.
About three days later, Light Castle held an internal meeting and adjusted its arrangement for having everyone jointly study how to improve the furnace—all personnel were divided into two groups. First Squad focused on furnace miniaturization, while Second Squad focused on furnace enlargement.
Second Squad clearly had far more members than First Squad.
Not long after that, an inconspicuous hundred-meter mountain called Ash Head Mountain outside Atlantis City suddenly saw the arrival of large numbers of construction workers.
The workers cordoned off several square miles around it, establishing a restricted zone before beginning a full-scale transformation of the mountain.
Railways were laid at an unimaginable speed. Countless locomotives rushed back and forth, hauling out carload after carload of stone and bringing in carload after carload of iron ingots.
The entire mountain construction site operated around the clock, twenty-four hours a day, yet strangely, almost no one knew what they were actually busy with. Even the managers responsible for quality supervision were merely ordered