Small Magic Furnace
On July 13, in Furnace Hall No. 2 of the Imperial Capital's Salt and Iron Department, numerous Dwarves were bustling back and forth, climbing up and down around two enormous rock cubes, one large and one small.
About an hour later, the lead Dwarf high-ranking prospector, Noli Brophy, and the Human Race grand mage ran over to report to the overall person in charge off to the side, the high-ranking runesmith Luo Jin Iron-Brim.
"Everything is ready. Cleve and I have already checked. There's no problem with these two molds. The Great Fairy's control over the earthen molds is astonishing."
"I know." Luo Jin nodded, then said to the grand mage Cleve beside him, "Please invite those two mages over. It's time to pour."
After the Human Race mage left, the Dwarf prospector finally could not help stroking his beard. "I truly never imagined that His Excellency the Chief would actually order four Magic Furnaces from those little girls!"
"If he could, Master would even want to buy twelve and install one in every Furnace Hall. Unfortunately, they're too expensive." Facing his former apprentice, Luo Jin spoke the truth. "The external quoted price for one is four hundred thousand Gold Coins, including one hundred thousand Gold Coins in material costs, one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins in material-processing fees, and one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins in Magic Pattern processing fees."
"That expensive?" Noli found it somewhat hard to believe.
"Our Salt and Iron Department sits atop a volcano. Once it's installed, all the furnaces will be able to operate at the same time, and we'll never again have to apply to the Imperial Capital for magical power allocation." The high-ranking runesmith looked at the enormous cube before him as if he could already see