The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 764

The Exchequer nodded happily. They were always happy to have plans to improve the lower income sides of town. The majority of the housing there belonged to the city, and it was rented to the residents, so there wasn’t much to be done except rebuild.

They were about to rise when Beth brought over juice, with plates of fried eggs and potatoes.

"Eat before you go. I’m sure you’ll both be busy all day." She insisted.

Karl smiled at the Demoness, and she vanished back into the kitchen to finish helping prepare something.

"I think she’s sweet on you. Normally, she yells at people to pay before their food comes out." The Demon across from Karl laughed.

"Meals are included in our room fee. They’ve been quite good to us here."

They ate quickly, and Karl left a few copper coins on the table to pay for the other man’s meal.

"This one’s on me. Let’s go get some work done."

It was a short trip to the Castle, with the sun high overhead. But the guards all smiled at Karl on the way in, and no questions were asked about his identity when they simply bypassed the line of visitors, which extended all the way to the docks from the southern main gate.

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Karl gave the exchequer a sympathetic smile. "You, Sir, have a very hard week ahead of you."

The Demon laughed. "My subordinates even more than myself. I just need to sign off on the orders, they are responsible for the prioritization of complaints, and the plans to rebuild the city.

While we walk, how about you tell me more about the apartment buildings that you are planning to recommend?"

Karl gave a brief description of the steel frame construction with concrete floors and divider walls, which were not only massively stronger than the existing brick and shiplap floor construction of the apartments in the Redwood Sprawl.

The Demon called for an assistant, and a Dwarven girl, or young woman, came down with a notepad to copy Karl’s description, then alter it with his instructions.

She instinctively understood what he meant, as the concept was the same as bracing a mine roof for a layered dig, and a Dwarven Architect knew all about that sort of thing.

They just hadn’t been involved in the last round of construction of the Redwood Sprawl.

"So, how do people get up and down?" The Demon asked as they happily chatted.

"There are stairs, but mostly via the lift. There are two options, either a counterbalance and pulleys like an ore lift from the mines, or magic. I don’t know which one your people are better with. But either one will let you move a whole group of people up dozens of floors with minimal effort.

Well, much less effort than walking up ten flights of stairs." Karl amended.

The Dwarf smiled. "We have magical pulleys in the mines. Simple Earth Magic. We can make elevators with a counterbalance and pulleys easily enough. Just put in a switch and it’s on and off. All sorted."

The safety standards would be a bit different from the Golden Dragon Nation, but with the retractable gate in the design, nobody should get squished, Karl assumed.

The demon was doing mental math as they explained the process, calculating costs. Then his eyes brightened. These buildings were expensive to make due to the labour of skilled artisans, but they would hold so many more people that the overcrowding issues would be solved for years.

The Dwarf split off to go to the city planning department as they reached the vaults, where the Guild Bank was likely to be.

The door was opened by a pair of guards, then another pair followed Karl and the Exchequer into the vault itself.

There were two stone podiums in front of them, and safety deposit boxes all along the sides of the massive vault.

But it was the System Notice that caught Karl’s attention.

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