East of Nathalas Academy, next to the road leading to Suramar City, a Forging Factory was under construction.
Apprentices from the entire Nathalas Academy came to help, using magic to transport materials, and within a few days, the factory, covering thousands of square meters, was completed.
Inside the factory, magical furnaces were installed one by one.
Blacksmiths hired from various places, under Pisaster's command, forged Sanction Swords, which were then sent to the enchanting area at the other end of the factory for enchantment.
Sethonis guided the Mages apprentices in enchanting; these Mages apprentices came to help for free, aiming to improve their enchanting skills.
Each time a Sanction Sword was completed, Carloswould test it. After passing, it was loaded into a magical cart and handed over to the quartermaster waiting outside.
After Veridis Faron submitted the battlefield validation report to Queen Azshara, Queen Azsharaimmediately decided to order five thousand Sanction Swords and one hundred Sanction Blades.
Gale quoted the prices: Sanction Swords at 1.2 gold coins each, and Sanction Blades at 10 gold coins each.
After deducting material costs and labor costs, the profit was about 1500 gold coins. After further deducting the cost of building the factory, Gale could still earn 1000 gold coins.
The foundation for a magic tower was laid.
The main reason for earning so much money was the support from Nathalas Academy.
Nathalas, under the guise of training, had Magesapprentices help build the factory for free and enchant for free.
Otherwise, the labor costs alone would have exceeded 1000 gold coins.
It's important to know that Mages are the most distinguished profession; how could their labor be cheap?
Relying on a powerful backer makes things easier; Prince Farodis indeed gave Gale too much support.
Gale decided to repay Nathalas Academy; he took out 500 gold coins to establish an experimental fund to help those experimental projects that required huge expenditures.
The Mages apprentices greatly welcomed Gale's generosity, even calling him 'Generous Gale.'
Gale felt a bit awkward being praised; using the apprentices' wages to help the apprentices, and still receiving their gratitude, he was truly an old capitalist.
Soon, batches of Sanction Swords were transported to the front lines and distributed to the First Legion's soldiers.
After receiving the new weapons, the First Legionlaunched a counterattack.
The Trolls lacked intelligence and were still using a 'trade injury for injury' fighting style, a tactic that was a sharp weapon for Trolls against ordinary Kaldoreisoldiers.
Trolls are taller and covered in moss; ordinary weapons can only break their skin, not injure their bones.
Even if injured, Trolls can heal quickly.
But Kaldorei are different; they don't have a physical advantage, and after being injured, they are even less of a match for Trolls.
Therefore, this fighting style caused Kaldorei soldiers a lot of hardship.
However, now, the situation was completely different.
After Trolls were wounded by the Sanction Swords, they could not self-heal.
Their greatest reliance disappeared, and in their panic, their morale vanished.
Kaldorei soldiers, discovering that the new weapons were effective, immediately had their morale greatly boosted.
With one side gaining and the other losing, how could the Trolls still be a match for the First Legion?
Soon, the First Legion achieved a great victory.
When the news came back, the entire Kaldorei Empirerejoiced.
Gale's name spread throughout the empire, significantly boosting his reputation.
Queen Azshara also began to take Gale seriously; she invited Gale to Sin'dorei to become her Royal Mage.
However, before that, Gale needed to complete another military supply order.
One hundred thousand judgment arrows!
After the First Legion defeated the Trolls, ordinary soldiers rejoiced, but the Rangers were very dissatisfied.
The Rangers complained, asking why there were no arrows that could restrain the Trolls; if there were, they could defeat those Trolls without ordinary soldiers having to fight to the death.
Although what the Rangers said was a bit exaggerated, it wasn't without reason.
The Kaldorei population is small; even with the First Legion's victory, hundreds of Kaldorei died.
With long-range support from Rangers, at least half of the Kaldorei deaths could be avoided; fifty people already represent the population of a small village.
The First Legion reported this information back, and Azshara agreed, leading to this order.
Upon receiving the order, Gale was a bit troubled.
The Sanction Sword was effective because of its special runic enchantment.
If arrowheads were forged, they couldn't be enchanted with special runes, so the effect would certainly not be as good as the Sanction Sword.
It seems he could only find a solution in alloys.
Gale opened the discarded alloy formulas and selected one suitable for making arrowheads.
Arrowheads needed to be inexpensive and have a good effect on inhibiting regeneration.
This was also why Gale didn't use the Sanction Bladealloy formula; it was too expensive.
Finally, Gale chose an alloy of carbon and iron in a 3:7 ratio.
This formula was discarded initially because this alloy was prone to breaking.
However, making arrowheads meant breaking wasn't an issue, as they only had a short length.
Furthermore, arrows are consumables; as long as they work the first time, it's better if they can't be recycled!
This way, Gale could sell new arrows!
Hmm… thinking about it this way, Gale was indeed an old capitalist, not giving up any opportunity to make a profit.
Soon, judgment arrows went into production.
The material and labor costs were only 1.5 silver coins, and Gale sold them at double the price.
One hundred thousand arrows yielded a profit of 1500 gold coins, even more than the previous order.
One hundred thousand arrows are just the consumption of one war; before long, Gale would receive the next order.
As long as the war with the Trolls didn't end, Galewould continuously make money.
Thinking of the gleaming gold coins, Gale even wished the war wouldn't end.
He quickly chased this dangerous thought out of his mind; if he pushed for war due to profit, he would truly become a capitalist.
While the order still needed some time to be completed, Gale and Pisaster discussed the development direction of the Forging Factory.
After all, relying solely on military supply orders could not support hundreds of craftsmen.
Fortunately, most craftsmen were on temporary contracts, so when there were no military supply orders, there was no need to pay them salaries.
But for the factory to operate, Gale still signed long-term contracts with more than twenty craftsmen; he had to find work for these craftsmen, as long as the income could cover their wages.
Pisaster said, "We can think about the Mages; Magesare all wealthy, and Mages' weapons are also very expensive.
If we can create a sword for Mages to use, I think it will definitely be popular.
Selling just a few each month should be enough to support these craftsmen."
Gale's eyes lit up; this was indeed a good idea.
However, Mages usually use staves and spellbooks; how could he make them choose swords?
Gale was stumped; what kind of Mage would need to use a sword?
It seems there really are some; many Mages in Sin'dorei's city guard, the Moon Guard, use runic swords.