Factories and Stamping Presses

Victor did not return to Armor as soon as he got back to the territory. Instead, he took a boat directly from Wood Fort Town's docks to Riverside Town. At the beginning of the year, Riverside Village's population had surpassed ten thousand; together with several satellite villages, its total population had reached twenty thousand. Victor officially promoted it to a town, and Bob concurrently took up the post of Town Mayor of Riverside Town.

After arriving in Riverside Town, Victor hurried without pause to a mysterious factory located in a remote corner of the area. It was far from Riverside Town's old industrial district, with hardly any other factories in the surrounding area.

What was even more surprising was that the factory seemed completely isolated from the outside world. Its three-meter-high blue-brick walls formed an impregnable barrier, tightly enclosing the entire main building.

Peering in from outside the walls, one could see only vague shadows and could not make out what secrets lay within.

When Victor led his men into this restricted area, several guards who had never set foot here before widened their eyes in astonishment—they had never expected the security here to be so tight.

Every guard was clad in full armor and carried razor-sharp weapons. They were agile and alert, clearly elite soldiers who had undergone rigorous training.

Judging from their bearing and skill alone, these men were undoubtedly among the best in the combat troops.

"Captain?"

One young guard spotted the captain of the security team. He was the young man's former direct superior from his old unit. As far as he knew, his captain had retired from the army after the war due to his age. He had no idea why the man was here.

The captain saw his former subordinate and merely nodded without