While Freeman led a group of people in trying to repair the little bridge, more than three hundred kilometers away, the private fief of Marquis Southgate was bustling with activity as well.
As many as seventeen Magic Excavators of various sizes worked simultaneously, digging deep pits across the stretch of unused land Marquis Southgate had specifically set aside as a magic industry base. Mana Bulldozers then cleared away loose soil and leveled the uneven ground, quickly turning it into a construction site that was easy to work on.
President Cruz stood on the site, watching the progress intently.
In fact, since the Amli Merchant Guild had begun cooperating with the Xinfei Merchant Guild, it had carried out countless projects like this over the past few years and had long since mastered them.
Even without their president present, the five most experienced construction crews under him could have completed the work beautifully, without any problems whatsoever.
Yet President Cruz had come anyway, staying at the site every day to personally supervise the work.
Even during the earlier downpour, he had not left. Instead, he had waited at the site alongside his workers until the rain passed, then immediately directed them to resume construction, fully demonstrating just how seriously he took this project.
That was understandable, of course. After all, aside from building the highway connecting the Southwestern Province to the Falk Kingdom, this was the second major project the Amli Merchant Guild had secured within the Malo Empire. Naturally, it deserved their full attention.
Moreover, unlike laying a highway, this project involved helping the Xinfei Merchant Guild and the other merchant guilds that had answered its call to invest in the Malo Empire build factories, workers' housing, and other supporting facilities. This was the Amli Merchant Guild's traditional specialty-construction engineering.
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