Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

The practice sword, damaged by the magic, began to slowly crumble, and finally exploded into fragments with a loud bang.

Charles turned his head to avoid the shards of the blade and asked, "Where is your Sword of Despair?"

“Under repair…” Ais seemed to recall something, and her usually calm face suddenly showed an expression of utter despair.

“The debt is... 4000 million francs.”

Cough cough... Ciel covered his mouth to stifle a laugh.

No, young girl, why have you embarked on the ultimate fate of becoming a working person at such a young age?

How many years of detours do you want to avoid?

However, Ais was wasting too much iron by using the longsword like that, and it wasn't very safe either.

Thinking of this, Charles pulled out a ball from behind him, the same kind that Riveria had: "Hey, you can play with the ball too. What you need to do is the opposite of Riveria's: try to prevent it from breaking."

Ais's wind has extremely strong destructive power. An ordinary ball certainly cannot withstand the baptism of the gale. On the contrary, if you can compress the wind and hit a single point to ensure that the ball does not break, Ais will be able to graduate.

This training will not only improve Ais's magical control, but also prevent her from hurting herself when she goes berserk in the future.

……

Russian qing.

Xia Erya squatted in the corner of the castle, in front of him was a mother and daughter, one big and one small, sitting side by side, playing with a ball.

Riveria frowned, struggling to spin the ball with her magic. The ball became distorted and deformed, like a monkey playing in its mother's womb, but she still couldn't break it.

"Snapped!"

As if provoking Rivera, Ais unleashed a violent gust of wind that shattered the ball in an instant. She then pulled another one out of her bag.

"Crack, snap, snap!"

The rhythmic sound of balls exploding echoed.

As if mocking Riveria's incompetence, the series of shattering sounds made veins bulge on her forehead.

The two seemed to be at odds, each harboring their own anger.

Rivera could no longer bear it. Even though she always maintained the elegance of royalty, she was now filled with anger.

In an instant, she poured a massive amount of magic power into the ball, and with a loud bang, it triggered a magical explosion, shattering the ball into pieces.

"Ahem." Charles looked at Rivera, whose face was blackened, and comforted her, "Congratulations, it seems you've independently developed a quick-attack spell..."

"Although it's not quite what I expected, it's not bad either. How about calling it the Seven Injury Fist?"

"Are you mocking me?" Riveria stared with her beautiful eyes, her eyebrows raised.

"No, I've been professionally trained, I won't laugh no matter how funny it is... Pfft... Hahahaha!"

……

Fifteen days passed by in this way.

Charles, on the other hand, followed the same disciplined routine step by step.

In the morning, the four little ones were trained; in the afternoon, Ais trained in magic; Cassandra and Alpha were reading in the Loki Familia's library; and Fels took the time to develop the custom magical artifacts that Ciel had entrusted to her.

At night, Charles would take some time to go back to the church to check on the houses near the reconstruction site and the progress at Maria's orphanage.

In 15 days, led by Alfia, 19 of her subordinates have integrated into the city and are assisting with the house repair work.

The street-facing shops have now been demolished and rebuilt to the size of a supermarket, preserving the street-facing shops while constructing a huge commercial center inside.

According to Charles's plan.

The building is expected to be thirty stories high.

Starting from the basement level, the food and beverage service is located.

Floors one through four are supermarkets mainly selling daily necessities, while floors five and six are for clothing and other items catering to the wealthy...

Floors seven through ten are the entertainment area, where Xia Geng'er plans to operate a card and board game room, and even a simulated dungeon adventure center, etc.

Above the eleventh floor are residences and hotels.

The floors above the 20th are the employees' office area and dormitory.

of course.

Building a building of this scale is certainly not a problem for Orario's technology; the problem is Farley.

His initial plan was simply to build ten stories first, lay a solid foundation, and then continue building upwards once the funds were recouped.

As for the workers...

Ciel contacted Tina, who then brought in many Death followers hidden in the city to help. With the help of several Daedalus craftsmen, they saved a lot on labor costs.

The tasks of leasing shops and seeking partnerships were left to Chloe and Lunova. Hearing that they could have their own shops, they even took out their pensions, voluntarily contributing money and effort, and were extremely busy.

The two of them alone raised tens of millions of fares, and even went out from time to time to accept commissions to fill the deficit.

Lily then joined forces with Palu, who was numbered 1 through 8, to manage the funds.

at the moment……

"But Lord Charles, how will we attract our first customers?" Lily looked at the gradually developing shopping district, feeling lost.

"Discounts! Price reductions! Invite friends to cut the price! Anything goes." Ciel patted Rimuru's head and said with a smile.

In terms of marketing, how can the medieval environment of the Dizang compare to the era of fierce competition in the Charles?

“These are just means; our products must also be special.” Ciel patted Rimuru on the shoulder.

Her body shuddered, and a clump of white milk was squeezed out.

That was the first "ability" Ciel transferred to Rimuru, "Revival Coconut Milk" from [Hungry Lord].

Shire filled buckets with water and poured them into the large vats used for brewing wine in Soma to dilute the effects of the coconut milk. Finally, the workers bottled it one bottle at a time.

He considered having Fels build a production line for packaging test tubes, saying:

"This will be our flagship product, and it will definitely have a huge impact on Oral-ri, which is in dire need of supplies at this stage."

Although coconut milk is only effective for one day, it is cheap enough.

Diluted coconut milk can slightly heal injuries, and it only costs 500 falies, which is enough to break down the psychological defenses of many novice adventurers.

At the same time, it doesn't leave the healing faction without a way out; their longer-lasting elixirs can be provided to large clans that need to go on expeditions.

They belong to two completely different tracks.

Shire plans to open up all channels for ordinary people and low-level adventurers in Orario within a year, and control the basic needs of the people.

Eventually, the chamber of commerce will be gradually expanded to all parts of the world.

"Fighting the Black Dragon is not a one-man show. Connecting our network to countries around the world is also an important part of the process. There are also powerful adventurers from countries like the Magic Kingdom and the Fighting Kingdom."

Charles smiled at Alfia and said, "Alright, let's not talk about that. The props you've been waiting for have been prepared by Fels. Take a look and see if they're suitable."

With that, Charles took out ten rings.

Chapter 277 Did this kid really succeed?

Before Alfia lay ten rings, all black, engraved with intricate golden divine runes.

Item: [Ring of Solomon]

Made from the scales of a black dragon and crafted with the aid of [Mysterious A], this is an eternal prop that records the magic of [Silent Eden].

"Each of these ten items can suppress your magic power by 50%. The ten items can be stacked together, and if you include your own share, they can suppress your magic power by a total of 2048 times."

The effects of the items are terrifying; each one can weaken an opponent by half, and the damage increases exponentially.

After Alfia put on the ten rings, infused them with magic, and activated the spell, the magic within her body instantly vanished.

She casually unleashed a blessing, its power as weak as a normal sonic shock, at most causing a momentary tightness in the chest.

Alfia increased her magical output, which finally allowed her to push the target down.

"The mana consumption hasn't decreased, but the power has been limited to a minimum, not bad..."

The ten Rings of Solomon not only protected Alfia from the backlash of the sound, but also constantly drained Alfia's own magic power.

This is equivalent to Alfia constantly maintaining her magical cultivation, making her a complete perpetual motion machine.

Seeing Alfia's lips curl into a slight smile, Charles mischievously pulled out another box...

"Um, would you like to try this too?"

"what is this?"

Charles carefully opened the box, and when he saw what was inside, even Alfia blushed with embarrassment.

"Is this... a collar?"

With rings and necklaces, what is this child trying to do?

Charles said guiltily, "This was developed by that guy Fels, it has nothing to do with me. It's a mini anti-gravity device that can provide an upward thrust."

"It was originally intended as a power source for the 'school district,' but now, the upward thrust has been redirected downwards to apply pressure to the human body."

Charles scratched his face: "To maximize the effect, after thinking it over, wearing it around my neck is the most suitable option."

Alfia gave Charles a disdainful look, then hesitantly fastened the collar around her neck.

"How does this work?"

"See the red gem in the center? You can maintain it by inputting magic power."

Alfia did as she was told, and an invisible pressure descended evenly over a half-meter radius centered on her neck.

Alfia tried to raise her arm, but without exception, it became very difficult.

"Haha, after all, it's a power source used to power that big thing in the school district. Even though it's a modified mini version, the power output is still amazing."

Charles gestured, "Gravity is also determined by the amount of magic power input. Be careful not to exceed your physical limits."

Alfia nodded.

"That's all for now. Contact me via 'Eye Crystal' if anything comes up."

After giving the gift, as Charles turned to leave, he said, "Wait."