Construct Humans and a Test

Meanwhile, a minor incident occurred during this process.

While Lord Raphael was traveling by airship, he happened to encounter bandits blocking the road.

Fortunately, the Black Ring Merchant Guild's security force was more than capable. After a brief battle, several unnamed Seventh Rank bandits were all captured by the airship guards.

Out of humanitarian concern, Princess Paola, the twenty-fifth princess of the Blackfeather Kingdom, paid 250,000 gold coins and one Seventh Rank Artifact per person to purchase their freedom once again. Her righteousness was truly admirable.

As for Raphael, the Black Ring Merchant Guild official willing to release those "bandits," Princess Paola's public assessment was: "A pure merchant." ...While Anvis's Black Ring Merchant Guild was rescuing the Federation from disaster, the effects of the Federal Speaker's grand plan were also gradually taking hold.

The most obvious change was that, after low-rank construct humanoids became widely available, the quality of life for ordinary people had indeed improved somewhat.

For commoners who had once needed to farm, raise livestock, and perform similar work, they now only had to lie at home and remotely control construct humanoids through Construct Headbands.

Construct humanoids had higher base attributes than ordinary people and never grew tired. Even if their movements were somewhat stiffer than those of normal people, they were still excellent tools for farm work.

More importantly, this was safe. There was no need to fear harassment from low-rank Magical Beasts occasionally darting out of the forest in the wild. If there were enough construct humanoids nearby, they could even find ways to reasonably hunt the Magical Beasts attacking the fields and earn a bit of extra money.

As for why construct humanoids could remain operational without ever being charged, the commoners did not care. Most of them even believed that because Construct Humans had