The affairs of Outland were important, but they were still matters for the future. For now, Rex had other, more pressing things to do.
This was not the Professional Academy. With Aegwynn joining its ranks, the Professional Academy had gradually found its footing over the past six months. Rex no longer needed to worry about it; Aegwynn could handle ordinary problems herself.
Each day, Rex merely checked on the Professional Academy's general situation before turning his attention elsewhere.
Now, within the Kingdom of Gilneas, the issue that truly demanded Rex's attention was, of course, its industrialization.
Industrialization was something Rexxar had advocated in the Kingdom of Gilneas.
Recalling the power industry had brought in his previous life, Rex had spent years preparing before finally bringing out this formidable weapon.
Magic and similar powers were certainly not weak. In terms of sheer power, magic might still have held the advantage. But when it came purely to household use or developing practical aids, magic was not nearly as competitive.
If the Kingdom of Gilneas wanted to grow strong, its only real constraint was its population.
As long as there were people, everything else would naturally become easier.
Whatever kind of world Azeroth was-whether a world of supernatural powers or something else-it had enormous advantages over the world of Rex's previous life. Yet Azeroth also had its shortcomings, namely its population. Even counting not just humans but Night Elves and Orcs as well, their combined numbers did not exceed twenty million.
These were some of the strongest races in Azeroth. That alone gave some idea of the world's population.
Was twenty million a lot?
A great many?
In medieval times, that would only have been the population of a dynasty that had just emerged from war. In modern society, however, twenty million was