Chapter 231: Metals

"Seems like this place has become even more massive than last time, the last time I came here it was roughly half this size"

"That’s due to our need for expansion, my liege, and numerous additional factories have been built outside the city to refine ordinary metals such as iron, aluminum, copper, and other metals... while the ores of rarer, higher-grade metals are transported here so they can be refined by the experts... metals such as Arcanium, Vodanium, and Silestium"

Vaelor listened to her attentively, immediately recalling the properties of those metals.

These three metals were among the rarest metals in the universe, and a single gram of them sold for hundreds, or even thousands, of times the price of a ton of other metals.

A single ton of cosmically rare metals sold for thousands, or even millions of times more than the price of a ton of ordinary metals.

You could buy several tons of iron by paying a single Prime, but in order to buy just a single ton of Arcanium, you’d have to pay tens of thousands of Primes for it.

And the reason behind these astronomical prices wasn’t just their rarity, but their properties as well.

For instance, Vodanium was among the most sought-after metals in the universe, because it was a metal saturated with the Law of Space, and it was also used in manufacturing every type of spaceship... military, commercial, touring, and even private ships.

In addition to it being used in manufacturing every type of equipment that carries the trait of space... such as storage rings and weapons that utilize the Law of Space.

And then there was Silestium, considered one of the most widely used metals in the universe, for it was considered one of the best reinforcing metals.

It was enough to mix an appropriate amount of this metal with any other metal, and the hardness of the desired metal would immediately increase, in addition to an enhancement in the properties of the base metal.

For instance, if you mixed a quantity of Vodanium with a tiny proportion of Silestium and crafted a weapon from them, not only would the weapon’s hardness increase, but the properties of the Law of Space resulting from the Vodanium would increase as well.

As for the percentage increase in the strength of the base metal’s properties, that came down to the quality of the alloy formula itself... and every empire had its own alloy blueprint that it never leaked to any outside party.

And Arcanium was among the best energy-conducting metals, and was also considered one of the essential metals used in manufacturing epic-tier gear...

As for manufacturing ordinary gear with it, even Sixth Level gear, that was considered a waste of this metal... and the High Industrial Council was storing as much of these metals as they could, keeping them until Vaelor obtained a method for crafting epic-tier gear, so they could make full use of them.

"Alright, let’s go"

Vaelor gestured with his hand toward Ayat and Olivia and headed directly toward the High Industrial Council.

"Move it, you wretches, those tons of ore aren’t going to move themselves!"

Supervisor Jaco rode a machine made of a circular disk on the bottom, with a metal safety railing extending upward from it, encircling Supervisor Jaco.

This machine floated above the ground and moved back and forth at great speed, which made the task of supervision and moving around much easier for Supervisor Jaco.

This machine was one of the inventions of one of the young elves in recent times.

That young man was skilled in the Law of Formation, in addition to being one of the people with talent in the Path of the Soul, and had opened the First Gate of the Soul.

And after the armies were disbanded, that young man joined the High Industrial Council... and with some basic knowledge and some training in shaping, refining, and polishing materials, that young man crafted the shape of this machine... and using his knowledge of the Law of Formation, specifically wind formation, in addition to the Path of the Soul, that young man inscribed a simple charm onto the shape he’d crafted, and named it the Charm of Wind Levitation.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, I didn’t notice your presence!" the moment Supervisor Jaco noticed Vaelor’s presence, he rushed forward at once, running toward him and kneeling, apologizing before him.

"Raise your head, Jaco, there’s no need for all this" Vaelor patted Supervisor Jaco’s shoulder, speaking gently "how are things going with you right now"

"Things are going well, my liege, everything is proceeding smoothly thanks to your graciousness in bestowing all these blessings upon us" Supervisor Jaco lowered his head, thanking Vaelor, but in the face of this flattery Vaelor scowled "alright, enough with the flattery, you become annoying sometimes"

"As you command, my liege" the moment he heard Vaelor’s order, Supervisor Jaco immediately straightened up, alert, and didn’t dare push the matter further"

"Alright then, I want you to gather the refining team, the array teams, the industrial development team, and the....." Vaelor listed the names of numerous teams, one after another, until Supervisor Jaco began to sweat.

"Forgive me, my liege, but if I may, could I know why you need all these teams, perhaps I could help with something too" Supervisor Jaco bowed, asking respectfully, and Vaelor replied...

"You’ll know everything when you return" then he took out a paper with numerous items written on it "and take this with you, and bring me everything listed on this paper"

Supervisor Jaco took hold of the paper and began reading the names written inside it, and the further he read and came across an additional material’s name, the more he scowled... until he finally finished and looked at Vaelor with a slightly scowling face...

"I’m sorry, my liege, but we’ll need some time to gather all these materials and transport them and bring them here from the warehouses"

"That’s fine, I have the whole day" Vaelor waved his hand and began walking forward "when you’re finished, you’ll find me here, strolling around here and there"...

Then he turned his head back toward Jaco again, gesturing toward Ayat and Olivia "and you can take the two girls with you to help you with your tasks!"