Chapter 69
Fahrenheit, having received permission from the royal palace, was busily working to create a new city.
Recently, Claude had been home a lot, and even when he went out, he would return before dusk, allowing Fahrenheit to focus on his own work with peace of mind.
Selecting the construction site, securing materials, and ensuring personnel. He arranged experiments for the planned water and sewage systems and various other facilities to prevent failures that might arise from abrupt implementation. There was a mountain of tasks to be done, but he tackled each one meticulously to avoid any mistakes.
Meanwhile, Claude was at the training grounds. Gazing at a book of Ancient Magic, he drew magic circles and executed them, conducting experiments to see if he could reproduce their effects using only his imagination. If a magic circle was drawn correctly, anyone could reproduce its effects as long as their magical power permitted. However, one couldn’t always be drawing magic circles. As an experiment, he had tried incorporating a magic circle into a staff to create a dedicated one, but it interfered when using other magic and thus wasn’t practical. Given that, the necessity arose to reproduce them using only imagination for use in actual combat.
Although they were termed Ancient Magic, their effects varied widely: some possessed only the might of a beginner-level spell, while others had truly unique effects. The spectrum was vast, ranging up to those that outperformed even advanced magic. Using the knowledge gained from Ancient Magic, he even went as far as to develop new spells by visualizing original magical concepts. Thanks to his vast reserves of magical power, his research progressed at a speed unattainable by ordinary individuals.
Throughout the Prominence Domain, calls for recruitment of laborers and other workers for the city-building project were issued, and applicants flooded in, hoping to secure these jobs. The officials were desperately trying to cope, but the reality was that they couldn’t keep up. It had also been decided that numerous soldiers would be committed as part of the labor force, adding to the many tasks that needed handling, such as revising security plans.
The new city in the Prominence Domain was named Apolonia.
It was to be built in a plains region, ideal for flourishing agriculture and animal husbandry. Its water source would be secured by drawing from a voluminous river, with the water eventually returning to its original course.
Backed by ample funding, they succeeded in attracting a multitude of people and experts possessing outstanding skills; consequently, the large-scale urban development project proceeded at an unprecedented pace. Experiments on the previously concerning facilities were also largely completed without any significant issues. Those that initially proved unviable would undergo continued experimentation and ultimately be implemented as part of the city’s infrastructure.
The implemented facilities, their utility widely recognized, gradually disseminated throughout the country. This catalyzed substantial improvements in public sanitation, and Apolonia would come to be hailed as a harbinger of modern cities.
Fahrenheit, who oversaw and directed the construction of Apolonia, earned recognition for his distinguished service, was highly acclaimed, and achieved a monumental feat destined to be recorded in the annals of history.