—For the second phase of the project, Agatha needed to order materials from Eileen.
Only Eileen could obtain alchemical mineral deposits on a large scale, because nearly all production sites within witch-controlled territories belonged to the First Witch's wealth. Since the Witch Agency had appropriated part of those assets before, it had no choice but to compensate for what it had taken, along with an additional 5% in damages.
—The third phase required factory blueprints designed by witches, as well as leyline routes.
Many years ago, witches had already put an end to a certain bizarre phenomenon in weapon forging.
For example, an old blacksmith might exhaust every ounce of strength to forge a divine artifact, only to lose all his cultivation afterward. The witches had determined that this was caused by a certain kind of world will. Since they had given the local world's world consciousness a proper upbringing, factories arranged according to the blueprints provided by witches had a high chance of achieving excellent forging results.
The random values in recipes could shift in a favorable direction, and combined with the Cat Lamps' unreasonable "Turn it into a cat!" forging ability, they could create quite respectable curios.
—The fourth phase required purchasing the patents needed for the alchemy workshop.
She needed to acquire 79% of the sensitive alchemy patents. Of those, roughly 50% came from Angelite, 10% from alchemists of various professions, and another 19% from the alchemical race of witches.
In the witch world, academic patents were serious business. There were no academic thieves here. Although Olivia used Angelite's patents, strictly speaking, she had not broken the law. Witch patent law stipulated that affiliated Cat Lamps could use their partners' patents, and Olivia, Eileen, and Angelite all belonged to the foremost Great Witches, making them fellow partners.