Chapter 2425: Price of Progress (Part 1)

Lith nodded in reply and Meron continued.

"Yet once Forgemastered, even a power core can't be altered. If we have to craft a new main unit at every step of the project, the expenses will become prohibitive. To make matters worse, the more widespread the Tablets become, the more expensive every update will be.

"I'm afraid that in the long run, the Crown will lack the necessary funds and the isolated areas would end up being neglected."

"You would be right if the main unit worked like an enchanted sword, Your Majesty, but that's not the case. There's no need to craft new ones because the enchantments will be the same, only the contents will change."

Lith pushed the blueprints in front of him aside until he found the one for the external layer of the main unit.