CHAPTER 67: THE FINANCE MINISTER

The Goddess of Magic looked with interest at the Magic Conductor prototype in front of her. Since Ren had proposed magic bombs, she’d seen many Magic Conductors, but other Magic Conductors were essentially still magical items—just reorganized runes with a different approach, creating an unprecedented school of magical items without exceeding her understanding. But this time was genuinely different.

This prototype could actually convert magic power into force that could pull and push everything. It was fundamentally different from magical items. In front of this device, magic power was more like... firewood in a fireplace.

Interesting!

Really interesting!

Magic power could actually be used like this!

She was the first to create magic and the god who ruled over magic power. She’d always considered herself the being who understood magic power and magic the most, but this time, she suddenly realized she still didn’t understand enough.

"The biggest problem right now is how to make the ’magic power engine’ run more smoothly. Right now, when anyone besides the Goddess inputs magic power into this big guy, we can’t get it running smoothly, let alone regular mortals. Self-charging arrays can’t guarantee steady magic power output all the time. Besides that, the magic power consumption during operation still seems a bit high—we need to try optimizing it." Betty looked at the cube that was making rumbling noises, her face full of worry.

Actually, the Goddess of Magic had proposed several array setups that could make it run stably, but those arrays were extremely expensive. If they really used them, the only result would be the magic power engine becoming a toy for a few Grand Magicians and high-ranking nobles. That definitely didn’t fit the basic logic of Magic Conductor development!

"No matter how we optimize it, the cost will probably be hard to bring down, right? Mortals don’t have a god who masters the King of Creation to produce parts."

It seemed like Ren was influencing her—the Goddess of Magic seemed to increasingly enjoy communicating with people. But this process was constantly changing. Betty, who spent all day with her, hadn’t really noticed, focusing almost all her attention on this ’magic power engine.’ Only the book, which was busy developing new Magic Net features, could detect it.

The ’magic power engine’ Ren proposed was just too complex. In comparison, magic bombs and ray guns were like toys—basically anyone with hands could handle them.

Hearing the Goddess of Magic’s words, Betty turned to look at Ren and suddenly froze. She saw Ren lying in his armchair looking peaceful, but around him floated massive amounts of metal, constantly reorganizing and reshaping. Strangely shaped parts and components could be completed in the blink of an eye in this environment.

"Who said only I can do this?" Ren waved his hand, organizing all the metal parts and raw materials by category in a certain area around him. "Once mortals manufacture machine tools, the cost of producing these ordinary metal components will be negligible."

"Machine tools?" Betty vaguely felt like she’d heard this before, but couldn’t quite remember what they were for.

"Machine tools are..."

Just as Ren was about to explain, he suddenly seemed to sense something, his brow furrowing slightly: "My Enlightening Fire stationed in the mortal realm has been invaded."

As soon as he said this, both the Goddess of Magic and Betty’s faces changed. Before they could react, Ren had already opened a projection, showing the Dawn Royal Palace.

Facing the Dawn King’s inquiry, Viscount Roster’s mind raced. Finally, he tentatively spoke: "How about we demand that the Teylir Emirates open trading ports? I think our Dawn Kingdom has many goods we can sell to the Teylir Emirates, and we need their minerals—lots and lots of minerals..."

After the godhood ceremony, Viscount Roster had thought about many things. After countless brainstorming sessions, he seemed to have found the path forward: gather massive resources, mass-produce Magic Conductors, reduce costs, sell and buy minerals, create a positive cycle, continuously expand, then keep adding the god’s ’technology’ for upgrades and reforms. Only this way could he possibly achieve the future from that vision.

Opening trading ports, shipping more Magic Conductors over there, gathering massive mineral and magic power resources into his own hands—this was the key!

The Dawn King looked at Viscount Roster with a very strange expression, not knowing whether he was satisfied. Maybe that’s exactly why Viscount Roster felt uncomfortable all over... But Ren and the Goddess of Magic in the divine realm could clearly see that behind the Dawn King was actually a gray giant phantom, constantly emanating divine corruption...

That corruption was like threads, constantly invading Viscount Roster.

But how could Viscount Roster, as Ren’s most loyal believer, not have something divine about him? An invisible flame appeared around him, and under the flame’s illumination, those divine corruption threads actually seemed to be suppressed.

"It’s the Dawn royal family’s divine curse. The Dawn King has indeed been completely corrupted." The Goddess of Magic looked serious. "Send down as many technological rules as possible. Fight divinity with divinity. The God of War isn’t in good shape right now—there might be a chance to replace his corruption."

Without her saying so, Ren was already in action. An invisible force went directly through the faith channel toward Viscount Roster in the mortal realm.

That gray giant obviously sensed the approaching danger and instantly went berserk. In just a moment, he had turned red, his body faintly starting to glow red. Countless steam-like vapors poured from his body, and a bow that had never been used before gradually took shape and began to be drawn... He was brewing... brewing his strongest attack. However, before he could react, the Enlightening Fire suddenly grew larger. Countless flame tendrils spread out, instantly wrapping around the giant.

Countless Enlightening Fires were like a big net, wrapping the giant within them. The Enlightening Fire had no temperature and couldn’t even threaten mortals, but the gray giant wrapped in it seemed to be under massive attack. His body began showing burn marks constantly, even starting to show signs of evaporating...

Under Ren’s control, countless Enlightening Fires kept surging toward the giant. No matter how the giant struggled, it was useless. The Dawn King only felt the whispers in his ears beginning to change... Before long, his expression had also undergone a huge transformation.

"Viscount Roster, I wonder if you’d be interested in serving as the kingdom’s Finance Minister?" After a long while, the Dawn King suddenly changed direction and asked Viscount Roster.

As soon as he said this.

Everyone present was completely stunned.