Inside a cave on the south slope of Iowa Pass, after nearly a month of preparation, a new magic factory had been completed. From the Magic Furnace Room inside the volcano to the Glass workshop, iron-smelting furnaces, copper-refining furnaces, Magic Pattern Plate workshop, Life Magic Pattern porcelain workshop, Blacksmith Shop, and even the complete rail transport system running from raw material intake to product shipment—all of it had been fully built.
This super magic factory, combining energy supply, metal smelting, and product processing, had been conceived by Landen. The Dwarves and Mages designed the details, the Earth Great Fairy and Black Rabbit excavated the mountain together, and the main industrial equipment came from the Industrial New District beside Night-Kirin City.
In the magic control room at the very heart of the factory, Landen placed a Demigod-grade Exquisite Orb before his subordinates as its control core, marking the launch of the entire magic factory.
Once the brief opening ceremony ended, Redbird grabbed Landen and voiced her doubts. "My lord, with a great war right around the corner, are you really sure about building a factory here?"
Understanding the girl's concern, Landen nodded. "It's very necessary. There's a ready-made volcano here, and the conditions are similar to the Salt and Iron Department in the Imperial Capital. With this factory, we won't need to haul coal a thousand miles to the Iron Mine. In the future, the Iron Mine will mainly focus on ore extraction, while the nearby lake can be used to breed Water Arrow Fish. I've already arranged for two thousand kilometers of railway with the Imperial Capital..."
The moment the subject turned to planning his territory, Landen became an unstoppable torrent. He did not merely talk—he also used magic to draw a map of the territory beside him, marking it