567: Chapter 457: Journey Afar (End of this Volu)_2 567: Chapter 457: Journey Afar (End of this Volu)_2 The two Sodalite Treants couldn’t determine what this tool was specifically for, but they recognized the wood it was made of, which was no different from the pile of lumber to the east.
Blue Crown said pensively, “City Lord, you don’t want us to use the capabilities of the Bend Wood Art to create such tools, do you?”
“Yes,” Gaven said as he watched the expressions of the two Sodalite Treants carefully, “This wood has been completely saturated with negative energy and possesses excellent conductivity for negative energy, which makes it suitable for manufacturing tools that facilitate shadow control, thus creating greater value.
Currently, I have few craftsn capable of making such complex wooden tools, and I wonder if you could lend a hand?”
Gaven’s words were a mix of truth and deception.
The Bend Wood Art is a second-ring Druid spell, usable only by those with at least four Druid levels.
It isn’t low, but certainly not high either; he could easily gather dozens of Fae Race Druids of that caliber to assist him.
His main goal was to probe the acceptance threshold of these Sodalite Treants little by little.
Compared to cutting down trees, they found it psychologically easier to accept those that had died from the Power of Corruption.
Even if unwilling, they wouldn’t turn hostile over this, after all, it was a byproduct of purifying corruption.
The reaction of the two Sodalite Treants was indeed much milder than expected; Blue Crown said with an air of obviousness, “Making full use of resources in the forest that died due to irresistible causes is also our way of survival.
There should be no problem if they are simply used to make tools.”
Seemingly uncertain about the reactions of so of their tribe, Blue Crown added, “At least most tribespeople should not object, but I still wouldn’t recomnd involving everyone.
It would be best to select a portion who are less sensitive in this regard to assist the City Lord.”
“A portion would also suffice,” Gaven replied, unable to hide his joy.
Sothing was better than nothing, and he asked eagerly, “How many tribespeople can you organize for this task?
And how long will you need to produce such tools?”
After a brief consideration, Blue Crown answered, “Sending over twenty people should be no issue.
These tools seem sowhat complex; we’ll need to study them carefully.
If all goes well, it shouldn’t be a problem for each person to make one per day.”
“Then I shall entrust this matter to you.
After you’ve selected the personnel, let know, and I will transport them here.
The rest, I will send directly to the Land of Sealing for cultivation,” Gaven said joyfully.
“I need at least a hundred of these machines.”
In the Tower of Dominion, there was already a sufficient number of powerful shadows; all that was missing were the Shadow Integrated Looms.
Once the machines were in place, the Shadow Weaving Workshop would turn into a Shadow Weaving Factory, with the productive capacity increasing tenfold: from producing one Shadow Cloak every three days to three a day.
Equipping snoel’s defense army collectively with them would no longer be a dream.
If Gaven so desired, the production of Shadow Cloaks could be tripled on this basis.
But he couldn’t focus all production on Shadow Cloaks; in a few days, Darama’s Hydroelectric Spinning Mill was set to begin trial operation, and Thacel’s large quantities of cotton were about to be harvested.
Once there was a large amount of cotton yarn…
Manufacturing regular canvas would be the main task of the Shadow Weaving Factory in the future.
Indeed, full-force production of Shadow Cloaks would generate much more value than producing regular canvas.
However, from Gaven’s position, his considerations were not purely financial; he also had to think about benefiting the people and breaking the Sambiyan rchants’ monopoly among a series of issues.
Overall, the situation was better than Gaven had expected.
At least the Sodalite Treants of the Silent Tribe were not as barbaric and unapproachable as the legends said; their stance on the forest and trees was not so defiant, and there were margins for negotiation, at least so of the Sodalite Treants could…
From now on, Gaven’s dealings were mainly with this part of the Sodalite Treants.
Those Sodalite Treants with only elm in their heads had beco re cultivation machines, sent to the Land of Sealing to take root and breed.
After settling these Sodalite Treants, Gaven also made specific arrangents for the governance personnel in snoel.
Thunderwood was in charge of the control room in the Tower of Dominion; Gaven had given him the ability to use the Tower’s scanning function.
If there were no special circumstances, he would be stationed there long-term, serving as a deterrent weapon.
As for matters related to shadows, Daphne was in charge, while Estelle mainly took care of the affairs at Weizemay Manor.
The City Defense Army was led by General Stelina, with Kellysha as her aid.
As for the Chieftain of Fearless Boulder and the Fearless One, it wasn’t that Gaven didn’t want to use them, but their hearts weren’t in snoel.
They stayed because of the Necrotic Plague, which had been largely healed by the Earth Resonance; the rest was just recuperation, not heavily reliant on snoel.
Secondly, they helped snoel fend off the Dwarves Elf raids; this issue, too, had been largely resolved—at least for the short term, those Dwarves wouldn’t dare appear within ten kiloters of snoel.
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