Starting with the defeated female knight

At a crucial moment, when Elise was enraged to the point of losing her mind, the information Edith had provided came in handy.

It seems a little too 'effective'.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Seeing Elise completely paralyzed on the tentacles, her entire body flushed with an eerie red, Grimm was genuinely shocked.

Because of Edith's concern that her sister might be even more sensitive than she was, Green deliberately lowered the intensity, cutting it by about half based on Edith's level.

But as a result, even with the intensity reduced by half, she almost fainted after the incident was over.

"I'm... fine."

After regaining her senses, looking at the swaying tentacles in front of her, Elise's body trembled involuntarily, and her voice became strained.

Surprisingly, she didn't resent or hate Green because of this; instead, her gaze gradually became complicated.

She didn't know how to describe her current feelings.

Angry? Of course, he was. Faced with Green's actions, which were like he was afraid the fireworks wouldn't explode big enough and he kept adding pressure, it would be a saint to be able to hold back his anger.

But aside from being angry, the more time she spent with Green, the less she knew how to describe this strange being.

Yes, he did many things that caused her high blood pressure, but apart from that, He was in charge of the entire operation of Dawn City, and He definitely had the ability to cover up those high blood pressure-inducing actions.

At the same time, his attitude was also unpredictable. He trusted her completely after a brief exchange with a noblewoman from the empire who clearly did not trust him. He showed her Dawn City and even some of his own things without reservation, and he would do his best to help her whenever she needed anything.

Elise even dared to say that the level of cooperation and understanding between Green and her, as well as the help he provided in management, was even stronger than when she was in the Stuart family, and by a significant margin.

Even within the same family, conflicts and contradictions can arise due to various interests. While they might be willing to cooperate with her as long as their own interests are not involved, they can have a hard time if they are even remotely connected to them or to someone they don't get along with.

Elise had been disgusted by similar things countless times. Even when she used her power as a 'Blood of Glory', the other party would cooperate on the surface, but would definitely find ways to disgust her behind her back.

However, with Green, let alone feeling disgusted, as long as her orders are correct, Green will immediately help carry them out without hesitation.

Even if she makes a mistake, Green won't blame her or act sarcastic or critical as if he's caught her doing something wrong. Instead, he'll sit down and discuss it with her, explaining where the problem lies and why it can't be done that way. After clarifying their thoughts, they'll recalculate together.

What does it feel like?

Elise is hard to describe.

Because she had never experienced this feeling before, it was as strange as someone who had been submerged in water their whole life suddenly being pulled ashore and able to breathe normally.

She had never experienced it, so naturally she couldn't describe it.

Moreover, aside from the lack of trust, her relationship with Green felt strange.

At the beginning of their contact, she was still wary of the other party's status as an ancient god. While reading the documents, she pretended to be friendly and tried to figure out what the other party meant.

However, it didn't take long. After spending some time with Green, she almost instinctively began to relax, her pretense gradually faded, she stopped trying to figure out his intentions, and focused more on management, even gradually ignoring his identity as an ancient god.

And that's why she was so angry that she lost her temper just now.

If she were facing an ancient god, she would remain calm and vigilant at all times, slowly gathering information and waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

But facing Green...

"Only one of us can live today!"

"Don't move, I'm going to cut you into three pieces!"

"I swear in Stuart's name, I will make you a bastard—ooh."

Recalling what had just happened, Elise's face turned even redder.

But it wasn't because of how Green treated her, but because of her previous behavior—a loss of composure she had never experienced before in her life.

As for how Green treated her, she didn't care much.

She had already said all that, and even brandished her blade at the ancient god, yet the other party not only wasn't angry, but instead used gentle methods to temporarily restrain her. After she calmed down, the other party even showed concern and comfort. What could she possibly be dissatisfied with?

"...I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

After recovering a little, Elise slowly sat up, leaned against the tentacles behind her, and apologized softly.

No, no, it's my fault. I just clicked on the tech tree option without thinking. I really didn't consider the situation.

Green knew it was indeed his fault, but when he apologized, he was so busy that he accidentally touched the tentacles on Elise's back.

A slight vibration and friction caused her face to flush again, which had just started to improve. She pursed her lips to avoid making any strange noises.

After calming down (?), although the situation was terrible, we still had to face it.

Faced with the mess he had made, it might not be wrong to exploit Elise a little, but without considering moral factors, constantly exploiting Elise is not a good thing.

Especially considering that she is the only one here who can help carry the main load, it would be a loss if he ruined her by over-exploiting her.

The problem is, to put it bluntly, looking across the entire Dawn City, there aren't many things on the ground that can be called brains.

Moreover, those with brains were generally assigned important tasks, serving as his human computing nodes, and were essentially left without...

Ok?

As his tentacles swayed slightly, Green actually thought of someone.

Yves.

That child usually has a lot of free time, and although he is young, he is quite intelligent and might be able to help with some things.

Of course, we must first ask the person involved for their opinion...

"Of course, I can do anything you need."

The girl blinked gently, but her tone was quite serious.

Subsequent events proved that Green was right.

Although she was quite young and had little prior experience with these things, she learned very quickly, and her speed and efficiency in processing information increased day by day. This even surprised Elise, who wondered if Green had somehow captured a little girl with noble blood.

Where am I supposed to find nobles in this desolate wilderness?

According to the Empire's bloodline theory, she was of the lowest possible bloodline, to the point that it was questionable whether she could even be considered human.

As it turned out, Green's prediction was correct. Although the nobles of this world did possess mystical powers, they were nothing more than that.

The reason why there is the view that "our advanced noble bloodline has completely surpassed the old and inferior bloodline" is simply because the power it brings is too great.

With their first-mover advantage, accumulated wealth, and access to more education and resources, they generally appear to be far superior to those of lower bloodlines.

But in reality, true strength is only based on power or certain bloodline traits.

But there's a small problem here.

Logically speaking, even though Green was tired, he could still manage to handle the situation in Dawn City on his own.

With Elise's help, even if more projects were launched, Eve wouldn't need to join. In fact, if the workload were averaged out, it should even be reduced.

So why is this the case?

The answer is simple.

While Green and Elise were busy, the investigation team wasn't idle either.

They are even busier than them.

Book 1: Chapter 52: Miracles and Puddles

The investigation team is very busy right now.

But it wasn't like this from the beginning.

In fact, although he temporarily trusted Green, and although he agreed to the deal with him and indeed intended to fulfill it.

But in the beginning, the people in the investigation team didn't really intend to take it seriously; they just wanted to go through the motions.

After all, even disregarding the fact that this is a city under the rule of an ancient god, and whether assisting in training would be considered treason, even within the empire, they could not completely open up their technology and abilities to other people or forces.

If you can lend a hand for Green's sake, point out some problems, or offer some suggestions, that would be quite good.

The exception is probably Uli.

As the vice president of the Mage's Association, she was not so resistant to the ancient gods, nor did she mind cooperating or exchanging technology with Grimm.

With the vice president taking the lead, other members of the Mage Guild who were already somewhat restless gradually loosened up their actions and began to try to talk to some people in Dawn City and exchange some things they needed.

It's no surprise that mages love Dawn City.

After all, even disregarding the technology and other factors in Dawn City itself, Dawn City is a border city, so it is only natural that there would be a large number of cheap materials that are scarce and expensive in the capital, but common and plentiful in the border region.

In particular, a demonic tide had previously broken out outside Dawn City, and during the previous camp defense battle, many remnants of monsters corrupted by the gray mist remained.

These things are excellent materials, whether used as research material or for understanding the Demon Tide.

Many mages signed up for this demonic tide investigation not so much because they were responsible, but more out of curiosity, or simply to take the opportunity to gather materials for research or even resale.

In fact, if it weren't for Green poking around there, and his appearance being rather terrifying, they would have dragged back every tentacle they saw on the roadside for research, let alone the materials in Dawn City.

"Ha, those idiots, that's all they know..."

In a corner of the industrial area, Uli lay in a recliner, her large mage robes loosely draped over her body, drinking a specialty beverage from Dawn City provided by Green while examining the design blueprints for a new type of musket in her hand.

for a long time.

"It can still be optimized."

She put the drawing back on the table, picked up a pencil, and marked a few dots.

"If the strength of the materials can be improved further, these structures can be optimized, which will reduce costs, lighten the load, and improve stability."

“I don’t understand the proportions of gunpowder, but I think you could try using the church’s ‘sanctification’ materials and see what changes occur in the properties of the sanctified gunpowder and the bullets—forget about the gun body, sanctified metals often soften, and even the church itself doesn’t use them much, let alone here.”

Sanctification is a technique used by the Church to infuse items or materials with holy power, usually used to make holy water. Because it was not Edith and Cecilia's forte, they hadn't mentioned it to Grimm. However, one of the priests accompanying the Church this time knew about it, and it was indeed something Grimm had overlooked before.

As it turns out, in any world, those who bear the title of magician often provide considerable assistance in terms of technology.

With Uli's addition and technical support, Dawn City's technology tree has seen an explosive improvement.

It's not that Ulido is smart or has any understanding of industrial technology; on the contrary, even after several days, she still doesn't quite understand the situation and technology on Green's side.

The problem is that, although she doesn't understand things on Green's side, as a native of the Empire and the vice president of the Mage Association, she understands the Empire, especially the technology of the Mage Association, and she can see many disharmonies and even strange things on Green's side with just one glance.

Take sanctification materials, for example. Even though church members were right there and had a close relationship with them, Green seemed completely unaware of their existence and had no intention of trying them.

For example, regarding the properties of certain items, it seems that He knows the recipe for what He wants to make from the very beginning, and then seeks out materials with similar properties based on that recipe.

Of course, this approach is correct, but precisely because it is correct, He continues to 'walk the right path,' thus ignoring other possibilities.

For example, at Uri's suggestion, Green had people try mixing some things into the gunpowder that, from any perspective, did not help improve the gunpowder and might even reduce its quality.

However, after testing, it was found that most of the materials inside, and even by using certain methods to make the gunpowder damp, could increase the power of the gunpowder and even add some special properties.

"Magic reaction".

This is what Uli calls that phenomenon.

As for more detailed information, although Uli did explain it to him, it involved a lot of technical terms and calculations. Even after gesturing for a long time, neither of them really understood what the other meant.

Let's take it slow and find an opportunity later.

The communication was fruitless, and with many other things to do, Grimm had to put his curiosity about magic technology aside for the time being, even though he was very curious about it.

Of course, while Uri was helping Green, her efforts weren't in vain.

After all, putting everything else aside, the very act of exchanging and colliding technologies is a reward in itself.

Not to mention, in areas other than technology, some of Green's ideas, logic, and especially his way of thinking and stance, are something that the now severely cliquish Magicians' Association lacks.

Basic education should be made more accessible, and academic exchange and communication should be promoted. A technology should not be shelved simply because its future prospects are not yet clear. Diverse and multifaceted development should be encouraged, and the interconnectedness of technologies should be emphasized. Technologies should not be isolated or treated as isolated phenomena.

To be honest, even without anything else, these things alone would be enough for Uli to gain and digest.

But in addition to that, after confirming Uri's intention to cooperate, Green generously allocated her a space specifically for her experiments and research, provided her with a large amount of rare materials, and indicated that if necessary, he could also allocate some manpower or tentacles to assist her.

Don't worry, both the supplies and the people are free. I can provide more if needed.

But in exchange, I need you to share the results of my research.

Of course, it's not free. After all, you've put in a lot of effort in the research, so if it yields results, I can give you some additional compensation.

When Wuliren first heard this condition, she was stunned. After she came to her senses, she wondered if she had been living too comfortably lately, which led to such an absurd dream.