<h4>Chapter 650 Railway Problems</h4>


    Upon entering the vige, Vicente and Rory were soon faced with a very different ce from the one they had left when they moved to Millfall.


    Previously, only the center of the vige had been paved, while the surrounding streets were dirt, which meant there was a lot of mud and dust in the vige, depending on the weather.


    But that wasn''t the situation now. All the built-up areas of the ce had been paved over, and new buildings had been constructed, greatly increasing the viges''s size.


    The vige was practically bing a city and had not yet be one because of bureaucratic issues.


    However, this ce wouldn''t be a city because Vicente didn''t want that to happen.


    Much of the local growth was due to him, so he didn''t intend to open the doors of this ce to people who weren''tmitted to his group.


    He currently had 12 warehouses here, and everyone in the vige either worked for him or had a close rtive who worked for him.


    The teachers at the only local academy were all under his influence. At the same time, even the guards of the Duke of the Province''s family weremitted to following Vicente''s rules.


    The same went for the subordinates of noblemen with livestock farms or ntations near the vige.


    As such, the ce was very different nowpared to then. When Vicente and Rory entered it, people in the streets greeted them in respect, seeing the area leader returning to the vige after a long time away.


    The people greeting them in the streets would not get in their way. They would do so while keeping their distance to avoid getting in the way or disturbing the local leader.


    Vicente and Rory would enter the old estate that had been home to the core of the Fuller family before their trip to Saltstar City.


    Vicente clenched his fists as he entered the building, feeling several memories sh through his mind.


    The fact that he had taken revenge for his mother''s death couldn''t help but make him different as he entered it.


    But he would soon pull himself together and move on, soon arriving at where Benson and the other cksmiths he had sent here were.


    Arriving there, Vicente was greeted with smiles and words of wee from the men, and his master couldn''t help asking him if the king had caused them any trouble.


    Vicente exined to his staff. "The king just wanted to make me an offer. We made a partnership agreement, and now I''m back... Anyway, how are you? Have you studied the area so we can go ahead with our tests?"


    Benson let out a sigh of relief and said. "We''re fine. We''ve managed to study the Crow Woods area and define the best route for the railroad we''re going to build to Millfall.


    We''ve also defined what the metal alloys for the tracks and train carriages will look like and where we can extract the ores that will form part of these metal alloys.


    There''s almost everything we''ll need nearby, but some special metals we''ll need to buy."


    "That will make things easier."


    "I''ve gone ahead with our ns and already bought as much of this material as I thought we''d need," Benson said with a smile on his face.


    "That''s even better." Vicente liked what he heard.


    "I believe if you stay here for a month, we can build the entire railroad line to Millfall and test our project, Vice," Benson added. "You''ll be able to stay here for that long?"


    Vicente didn''t think long and nodded in the affirmative. "Yes. That was my intention."


    "Should I stay here with you?" Rory asked.


    The future metal city was near Millfall, so Rory hade to Martell Vige alongside Vicente. But he wasn''t needed for Vice and Benson''s ns.


    "No. You''d better return to Saltstar City. Finish preparing the group that''s going to Diamond Province. When I return to the city, we''ll talk about your departure for that new post." Vicente said as he tapped one of his friend''s shoulders.


    "All right. See you in Saltstar City in a few weeks." Rory said before saying hello and goodbye to everyone there.


    He intended to stop by his mother''s house first but would be leaving the vige in the next few minutes.


    The journey to Saltstar City would take a few days, even for someone of his level, so he intended to leave as soon as possible.


    As soon as Rory had left, Vicente, Benson, and the other 3rd- stage cksmiths on that estate would go together to a site in the vige, which was on the main street there.


    "Vice, we believe this will be the best ce to build the station in the vige. The location is privileged. From here, we are less than a kilometer from all the warehouses in the vige. Also, there''s enough space here for us to build a ce big enough for unloading and loading resources from the area." Benson exined as he showed a plot ofnd on which two warehouses owned by the Fuller family were located.


    "Hmm, the ce looks good. But where would the rail line go through?" Vicente asked, seeing that behind that piece ofnd, there was a street and houses on the block across the street.


    "We can do it on the street. The properties on the block by the train station have an exit onto the vige''s main street. As for the street where our railway line will be, we can close off half of it and the pavement on the side of ournd. The properties on the other side of the street will still have ess to onene of the street, so it won''t harm their owners."


    Another cksmith said. "We''ll still have space in our warehouse for storing resources and space for handling resources brought in and sent out from this station."


    "We can change what we do now a littleter. If it works out, we can expropriate some property in the surrounding area and build something better."


    "All right. Let''s get on with these ns," he said as he walked towards the Crow Woods. "I want to see the route you''ve chosen. Are there any beast problems along the way?"


    "Yes, that''s the biggest problem we''ve encountered," Benson said. "For powerful magicians, these beasts are no big deal. There are, at most, Acolytes in the area. But I don''t know what the defenses of our train cars will be like, so I don''t know what could happen with Acolytes traveling through the area."


    "Our trains will be very safe. I intend to have Mages be the drivers to provide mana capable of running the trains. So the beasts you mentioned will hardly cause any problems for the train.


    The problem would be the tracks. We can''t allow beasts to put things on the tracks or even cross our tracks at the wrong times."


    "If the boss can put his maic characteristics on the rails and make them work continuously, we can create something capable of driving away beasts and beings from even the beginning of the 3rd stage with ease, even using a method of collecting mana from the air." Suggested one of the cksmiths as they moved along.


    There were two methods of energy source for magical devices: the mana of a magical being and the free mana in nature. In a way, using mana from nature was almost like using light from sr energy on Earth.


    It could be done, but it wasn''t a method that worked perfectly all the time or that could cheaply create enough energy to sustain many operations.


    In the case of using free mana in the air, devices were generally unable to perform veryplex and powerful operations when using this alternative.


    So even if Vicente could create things capable of imitating his 4th stage powers, by using this option, the products he created would be much weaker, as suggested by that cksmith.


    "That''s a good option... But let''s see the terrain you''ve chosen first." Vicente said.


    After analyzing the terrain today, he and this group will start building the railway line between Millfall and V Martell tomorrow!