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Chapter 72: Chapter 71: The Meaning of Destiny Magic and the Manufacture of Cast Iron_1

Chapter 72 -71: The Meaning of Destiny Magic and the Manufacture of Cast Iron_1

Inside the study.

Knight Griffin hesitated before saying: “Both sides have nothing to do with me, but unfortunately, they can both influence the future of our territory.”

“From a personal perspective, I’m more inclined to stand with Viscount Winchester, because we are both nobility.”

“But this is just a personal preference and should not be the determining factor.”

“My Lord, I am not sure which side to choose.”

Ivita frowned. “If possible, don’t take sides with either.”

Not taking a side until the situation is close to conclusion, and then choosing a side, is the best choice.

However, it’s likely that the winds will not cease even if the trees desire stillness.

But the prophecy given to him by the Pan God states that Ambros City could bring him good luck.

Therefore, he’s more inclined to go to Ambros City.

The Hearthstone Grand Witch’s eyes brightened. “As always, Your Majesty is wise. We have no need to get involved in their affairs.”

The last thing the Old Witch wants is to get involved in somebody else’s fight.

“Neither of the letters specifies a time requirement, so I can assume that neither of them see me as an indispensable ally yet.”

Ivita said: “After all, we are just a newly emerging force.”

“But that’s a good thing.”

“I also do not plan to leave the baron’s territory for the time being, as the primary task is to restore our territory.”

“The second thing is to have a stable period of time to improve my magic.”

“Thirdly, as Pan God said, Jalen will pass through here after a while to enter Ambros. I am really looking forward to meeting this man.”

In fact, Ivita also wants to figure out the Conference Ring he has been wearing on his thumb, but he realizes that it won’t be possible right away.

The Old Witch said: “If Your Majesty wishes to plant Alien Flora, you indeed need to go to Ambros City after some time.”

“Because Alien Flora needs specific soil, specific fertilizer and specific water to grow.”

“Before you plant it, it will never wither, but once it’s planted, it will require very specific soil conditions.”

The Old Witch said: “Because once it is planted, it will begin to grow.”

“If it grows, it will need to consume nutrients.”

“Yes, a dragon’s heart is good fertilizer, albeit a bit wasteful.”

“But it may improve the quality of the Sakura Dragon Tree.”

The Hearthstone Grand Witch added after thinking for a moment.

Ivita nodded. Fine, he had another reason to go to Ambros City.

In the afternoon, he called Rayli to recruit masons to build rows of residences and workshops near the iron mine.

In the future, it would be best for the blacksmiths to live near the iron casting workshop.

He also asked Black Wolf to find construction workers in the territory to start building fifteen blast furnaces in batches.

From the furnace body, the belly to the throat, to the insulation layer, outer layer, and fire bricks, they were built by different people from different places to prevent the technology from leaking out.

In fact, Black Wolf found people from the Builders Guild of Kari Town and several nearby towns to produce different parts.

These workers did not know what they were building, so they naturally wouldn’t leak any information.

Ivita also found different carpenters to assemble the push-pull bellows, and had Black Wolf buy a large amount of charcoal from the nearest city’s logging guild, as well as a batch of crucibles from the city’s blacksmith guild.

The commercial economy of Ambros is primarily a market economy composed of guilds.

The selling price and cost price of goods are determined by the local guilds, not the buyers and sellers.

Luckily, the local guilds in nearby cities did not dare to trouble a baron too much.

However, as a result of all this, Ivita’s expenditures amounted to two hundred and ninety-five gold coins, almost depleting all the savings of the baronial territory.

Now the treasury of the baron’s territory only had a mere fourteen gold coins left in it.

For an individual, this amount is indeed a lot.

Yet these fourteen gold coins are far from sufficient to pay wages to the workers in the territory.

Exactly, Ivita can only substitute food for wages now.

He feels that if this continues, he’ll soon have to borrow money and delay paying wages to the workers.

Thankfully, every serf within the county has an allotted number of days each year to serve their lord.

The rule in Ambros’ territory is set that each serf has ten days a year for war service to the lord, ten days to the lord for miscellaneous chores, and ten days to do heavy physical work for the lord.

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Therefore, Ivita can use serfs who have some feudal obligations, to do chores that don’t require much technical expertise.

The main reason for falling short of income was that the tasks Ivita needed to undertake were quite resource-consuming.

He is currently spending lavishly, all thanks to the resources previously stored by the Moro family, which he is using up without any restrain.

Meanwhile, two weeks later, fifteen blast furnaces were built.

Each one looks like a clay pot covered in a layer of yellow clay from the outside standing only twenty-five meters tall, but its interior temperature can reach 1200 to 1300 degrees.

As of now, the hundred blacksmiths hired by Ivita could start producing iron using these blast furnaces.

However, Ivita first wants to teach these blacksmiths the ‘Stir-frying Steel Skill’.

The so-called stir-frying steel, involves putting semi-liquid raw iron in the crucible, under constant high temperature, being continuously stirred allowing the oxygen to carry away impurities, thus creating cast iron using this method.

After discussing with the blacksmiths for half a month, deliberation, and trying over and over again, Ivita finally produced cast iron that met the requirements. These iron pieces were remelted into liquid and poured into moulds to form iron blocks.

During this process, Ivita surprisingly found that he was immensely resistant to high temperatures.

Even if he held the bottom of the crucible under high temperature with his bare hands, he couldn’t feel much pain.

Inside the cast iron workshop, the blacksmiths looked up in awe at their lord. He held the bottom of the crucible with his fair-skinned hands, without wearing thick gloves, and poured the partially melted iron into the sand mould.

The blacksmiths were all stunned. “The lord is a born blacksmith.”

“Is this even humanly possible?”

“How come our lord can touch the scorching iron with his bare hands? Can I learn to do that too?”

“Can we learn this skill?”

Ivita had no idea why. He asking the Old Witch, “Can all wizard apprentices do this?”

The Old Witch shook her head, her face solemn. “If so, The Church wouldn’t burn witches at the stake.”

“Even among wizards, only those specially talented have this ability.”

“I’m afraid the issue lies with your Fire Dragon Bloodline.”

“Your Fire Dragon Bloodline gives you resistance to high temperatures. I’m not sure if you’re immune to flames though, I’ll give it a try.”

The Old Witch conjured a high-temperature fireball in her hand. She was about to throw it at Ivita.

Ivita’s eyelid twitched, he quickly stopped her. “Wait, even if I have a high resistance to flames, my clothes don’t have that.”

“Stop it!”

What’s more essential is, what if I’m not naturally immune to flames?

What if I only have resistance to high temperatures!

Are you trying to kill me to inherit my debts?

The Old Witch immediately halted. “Ah, I assumed too much. I apologize, your Excellency.”

Ivita said: “I’ve been thinking about learning two spells recently. Do you have any recommendations?”

The Old Witch contemplated for a moment, “I have been flipping through my treasured books of magic for you for the past month. You could try out the Lightning Curse that has been modified for you, without using the magic ring.”

“Among the witches, those who can manipulate lightning are rather scarce.”

“This is a symbol of strength.”

“Secondly, you could try to learn spells related to ‘Fire’ and ‘Floating Stones’.”

Ivita nodded, “I am just about to find a guild to sell this cast iron. You could come with me. I can choose some magic to learn on the way.”

The Old Witch sighed. “Your Excellency, you make it sound as simple as drinking water or eating bread.”

“Only when you officially start learning magic will you understand why some people take several years, even decades to learn a spell.”

“As you will be learning Destiny Magic, not ordinary magic. Hence, you must follow the thought process of the witches who previously used these spells, research these spells again, and come up with new ones. What you need is study and learn, not a simple copy.”

“That’s the essence of Destiny Magic. Only then will there be corresponding changes in the stars.”

“It can integrate into your life, infiltrate into your soul, and become your eternal power.”

“This is why some witches, even if they’ve been burned to death for dozens of years, their magical power still exists and lingers around the place they died, on the land where they lived and grew.”

“Even if the priests of The Church continue praying day and night, they can’t completely eliminate these powers.”