Alafat Town was an ordinary little town in the southeastern part of the Falk Kingdom. Whether on a map or in reality, it was an utterly unremarkable place.
Traveling roughly three hundred kilometers southwest from the town would bring one to the Drake Duchy, which bordered the Falk Kingdom.
Heading straight north for about five hundred kilometers, or northeast for a little over six hundred, would lead into the Malo Empire, one of the continent's two great empires.
Heading straight south would lead into the Ansu Church Duchy, nestled between the Lampari Kingdom and the Falk Kingdom.
Such a location was hardly remarkable by any measure, let alone strategically important.
Thus, although Alafat Town's history was twice as long as the Falk Kingdom's, it had remained obscure on the Sains Continent for thousands of years, its people quietly living their own lives.
Yet that peaceful, uneventful life had undergone a small change five years earlier.
Ever since the Xinfei Merchant Guild signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Falk Kingdom five years ago, it had led a host of other magic machinery merchant guilds into the kingdom to invest and build, establishing all kinds of factories throughout the country.
Alafat Town had no geographical advantages, so the Xinfei Merchant Guild had passed it over for investment. But as the Falk Kingdom began building roads on a large scale, one eventually reached Alafat Town. A magic machinery merchant guild from the Lampari Kingdom then discovered the town and invested in a household magic machinery factory there.
The factory made only two products: magic fans and magic-powered stoves. Both were relatively simple, low-end household magic machinery, but they were just right for the needs of Alafat Town and the surrounding area.
As a result, the factory had done well over the past