"Roland, we prioritized a batch of Detonation Talismans and Magic Missiles, just as you requested.
You have no idea-Bi Sheng Three was practically working itself into a smoking wreck!
Using such an expensive machine to mass-produce low-end cards is a real waste, so we're considering modifying Units One and Two to handle specific types exclusively. Then we can send them out for use in East Lainer..."
In late February, inside the Mage Tower.
Roland visited the Bi Sheng Laboratory to check on its recent progress himself.
His old classmate Skord received him.
As they chatted, azure light flowed, and Seris Magic Cards bearing the character for "explode" emerged one after another.
The workshop workers deftly sorted, appraised, and packaged them, displaying a level of magical industry akin to an assembly line.
This production line had been imported from Atrelin. While Roland devoted himself to building the school, Skord, Thibault, and the others had gradually gotten this enterprise off the ground.
The Seris Magic Cards used by the many mercenaries and Blood Eagle Warriors during the previous war had come from the workshops and production facilities they established.
Now even the Laboratory, originally intended to become a research and development center, had begun helping with production, substantially increasing output in a short time.
Roland asked with particular concern, "Are these apprentices proving useful?"
They were all his students, but their grades had been below average, and they had failed to become full-fledged mages.
"Our tower still follows a three-year curriculum, and Lainer World's foundations in magical education are weak. Passing the formal assessment remains somewhat difficult.
But I think they should have no trouble working as industrial laborers."
"They're doing quite well, actually. Your educational efforts have been quite successful."
Skord gave them a favorable assessment.
"But honestly, their biggest advantage