In the Kingdom of Dawn's capital, Viscount Roster, who was handling official business, arrived at the Tech Lab the moment he got word from the Wild Mage and his team.

The instant he saw this levitating train, he completely froze in place.

His mind was instantly flooded with countless thoughts.

Endless benefits emerged, making him can't help thinking about how to build it. With just his own strength, or even the Kingdom of Dawn's strength, establishing it would definitely be impossible. Continue uniting various nobles?! Tempt each noble with benefits?

Shares?

Or rent land from various lords to build railways?

Hand over management of certain railway sections to local nobles to collect rent?

Or maybe tempt nobles from various territories to build it themselves, just like the Magic Power Network—wait for them all to finish building, then figure out how to connect everything to run together?!

What if we merged the Magic Power Network system with the rail network system?!

Might as well bring in the Golden Merchant Guild too, let the elves do this—seems like it'd be easier.

If we could really build it, the Golden Merchant Guild could definitely expand afterward. Not just Magic Conductors and druid potions—lumber, food, all kinds of specialties could all be traded.

No, wait! The most important thing about rail transit is the route issue. Can't leave it to nobles from various territories to do themselves. Must plan everything from the start. Even if we have to give up more benefits, merging with the Golden Merchant Guild and Magic Power Network is actually a pretty good choice.

Actually, to recover costs, we could also have each lord hand over tens of meters around the railway along with it, then use druid potions to plant some quick-maturing crops. That way, we could earn back the track construction costs, and also through that land... never mind. In the future, when the track coverage is large and everyone knows it makes money, there'll definitely be no problems. But it would absolutely make territorial nobles suspicious and damage credibility.

Still gotta think in terms of raising money through equity and rent. Also need people from various places to contribute some land... It's tough! Even the Golden Merchant Guild's agents would probably have a hard time accepting this kind of rail transit in a short time. Plus we'd have to negotiate the entire route before it could operate normally. Such a hassle!

Joy, worry, excitement, contemplation—all kinds of different thoughts kept switching across Viscount Roster's face, leaving the Wild Mage and his apprentice completely bewildered.

"What are you thinking about?" The Wild Mage looked at his partner with some curiosity. "Is it really that hard to develop this?"

The Wild Mage was extremely skilled at inventing and developing Magic Conductors, but he was completely clueless about how to popularize them. Otherwise, when he first invented self-charging arrays, he wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable position. If it had been Viscount Roster, he probably would've found nobles willing to invest by the time a concept or theoretical model appeared, making progress... well, not explosive, but rapid!

Of course, even if he wasn't good at these things, as the inventor, he knew the train's greatest value was connecting territory to territory. The farther the distance, the greater the value. If it was just used within Roster territory, there'd really be no essential difference from ordinary trains—it would just increase costs unnecessarily.

Viscount Roster quickly explained what he'd been thinking.

"So basically, you're thinking about how to get nobles from various territories to willingly join in building the rails? Get them to provide land and funds?" The Wild Mage showed a look of sudden realization. "Actually, I think it's not that complicated. We directly go through the Golden Merchant Guild, promise each Golden Merchant Guild member's territory what kind of benefits they'll get, then have them communicate with surrounding lords to confirm everyone will profit from the rail's existence. Once we build our rails, it'll be impossible for them to withdraw. If someone withdraws, it'll directly damage the interests of all nobles on an entire route. How many lives does he have? Not easy to withstand that many lords' fury."

Viscount Roster's thinking was: how to get everyone on the same boat, then everyone divides the money together. But the Wild Mage's thinking was: first trick them on board, then weld the doors shut so no one has any choice.

Two completely different approaches clashed and merged wildly in the Tech Lab.

In the divine realm.

Betty couldn't help turning her gaze to Ren. "What about your ideas? How can we get these rails smoothly laid out in the mortal realm?"

"My ideas?" Ren said with a smile. "Why would I need ideas? The tide of the times will teach every lord how to behave. We just need to quietly watch—watch my Magic Conductors connect the entire world into one whole."

He did have some good methods that could make this high-speed levitating train appear in any region of the continent quickly and without risk, minimize side effects, and eliminate potential crises. But he felt there was no need to tell them.

The collision of Roster and Wild Mage's thinking had already produced a barely acceptable plan.

If they kept refining it themselves afterward, they'd basically be able to completely popularize the magic power ultra-high-speed levitating train and promote Magic Conductor spread. As for any chaos that might arise, they'd deal with it.

If he, the God of Technology, had to think about and do everything, the Church of Technology could never grow strong.

"I thought you'd establish a bank, have them borrow money from you, then build railways. That way efficiency would improve a lot and avoid a lot of trouble." After hearing Ren's words, Betty scratched her head somewhat helplessly. "I really can't understand your thinking. You could easily solve it but choose to just watch. It's just like... oh right, Master could've directly taught everyone how to use magic before, but didn't teach everything, leaving some things, saying they could only progress by developing it themselves."

Ren looked at his Goddess of Magic with some surprise. He hadn't expected the Goddess of Magic to have such forward-thinking ideas!

"Some costs, some things, ultimately need to be done by mortals themselves." The Goddess of Magic was quite nonchalant. "But what's this bank? I haven't heard you mention it."

"A bank—that's my next step in the plan. In the future, if we want to achieve online shopping, we'll ultimately need such an institution..." Ren smiled and explained his future plans for the Magic Net to the Goddess of Magic. The divine realm was peaceful, but in the mortal realm, undercurrents surged!

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