One year later... During this year, the Principality of Nazarick developed rapidly.
Sebas had completed his mission and returned to Nazarick half a year ago.
By now, the population in the city had reached seven hundred thousand, with two hundred thousand choosing to become warriors.
Of the remaining five hundred thousand people, most were assigned to the industrial zone for manufacturing work.
Brewing, handicrafts, furniture, material manufacturing, and so on, all had corresponding production lines.
The products produced would be sold in the trading district.
Nowadays, the trading district is bustling every day; the Principality of Nazarick has become an important stop on the trade route between the East and West, with a large number of merchants coming here to trade.
Even Caroline's shop moved here.
Draco had promised her that he would let her become an agent.
Therefore, Nazarick's unique magic potions and various scrolls were still her responsibility to sell.
Furthermore, the coordination with the Roland Merchant Guild was also handed over to Caroline.
Because the products were so popular, Caroline was busy running around in circles every day.
To this end, Draco simply established a chamber of commerce and renamed her small shop to the Nazarick Chamber of Commerce.
In a way, Caroline became Draco's employee.
Besides the commercial district, the neighboring entertainment district also began to rise.
There were boxing, restaurants, theaters, Celestial Paradise, foot massages, bathing centers, and more.
These entertainment projects attracted a large number of adventurers, which also allowed Draco to make a fortune.
On a side note.
Some monsters from the east side of the Jura Great Forest would also come over from time to time.
Like the Dwarf Kingdom to the north, the Principality of Nazarick is a nation that can accommodate multiple races.
Monsters are naturally no exception.
Because the librarian, Titus, needs various materials to produce magic scrolls.
Nazarick has been purchasing various materials from monsters at high prices.
For large tribes like the Minotaur Tribe and the Centaur Tribe, with populations in the thousands, daily hunting can yield many monster furs, horns, and teeth.
These tribes would bring the materials they had to the city to exchange for daily necessities.
For example, things like salt are good choices for curing meat or cooking.
But Nazarick's primary source of income is still the cultivation area in Milim's territory.
Sebas followed Draco's arrangement and purchased a million slaves.
(The slaves here are not the kind Draco brought back, but the kind of slaves who worked for landlord families for generations during the landlord era; the slavery system implemented by the Puppet Kingdom is actually a landlord system.)
The remaining three hundred thousand were all assigned to grow grain in Milim's territory.
Wheat and potatoes are the main crops, along with a large variety of fruits and vegetables.
The land in Milim's territory is so fertile that you can literally harvest a full crop just by scattering a handful of seeds.
With large-scale planting, tens of thousands of tons of grain can be harvested every season.
Some of the fruit and wheat would be brought back to Nazarick to be made into high-end alcohol, while the rest would be exported to the Eastern Empire and the Puppet Kingdom, or sold in the city.
Any surplus would be stored as reserves.
In addition, Milim's territory contains a large number of precious medicinal herbs, rare minerals, and rare monsters.
Through negotiations with Milim, these resources were purchased by Draco at a reasonable price.
Kurobe now had a source for the magic steel blocks needed to forge high-tier weapons, and the sous-chef Pichy had a source for the herbs to refine magic potions.
Those rare monsters were kept in captivity by Demiurge's men; their fur is very suitable for making magic scrolls.
It must be said that Milim's territory, which has been undeveloped from the beginning of creation until now, is truly full of treasures.
Nazarick's wealth accumulated to a terrifying level in just one year.
The number of gold coins reached a million.
You should know that the assets of a small country are at most a hundred thousand gold coins, but the current Nazarick earned enough for ten small countries in a single year.
One can imagine how staggering the funds were.
But more than half of these gold coins were used by Draco to renovate the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Various traps, special buildings, and special environments—anything that was even slightly useful was exchanged from the system using gold coins.
It could be said this way.
If a million-strong army invaded Nazarick, Draco could eat hot pot and watch the show without even deploying the level 100 NPCs.
During this year, Draco did not neglect his Designated Summoning.
Three times a month, thirty-six times a year.
Seven of those times, "those" beings from the Eighth Floor were summoned, and they were all placed within the tree of life.
Their task was to look after Lupusregina Beta to prevent her from going on a rampage or losing control.
At the same time, they were also Draco's trump card.
The remaining thirty draws were mostly Demiurge's subordinates.
Envy, Greed, and Wrath are the Three Demon Generals under Demiurge; there were four of each type, twelve in total, and each demon general was over level 80.
In addition, there were the Frost Virgins, subordinates of Cocytus from the fifth-floor glacier world.
There was even The Death's mount, a Level 70 Cockroach General made entirely of metal.
Draco didn't have much interest in these individuals.
Now, Designated Summoning was no longer a skill Draco focused on.
He now focused on Magic Item Summoning within Summon All Things.
Just half a year ago, he accidentally drew a World Item.
Ouroboros!
This ring is an enhanced version of Wish Upon a Star—yes, the very ring that Ainz spent a whole summer's bonus to obtain but failed to show off with in front of Albedo.
Although it can only be used once, its effect is extremely exaggerated; one can directly make a request to the system.
You heard right, one can directly make a request to the system; this request can even change the game system—it's an incredibly broken item, one of the Twenty!
Because of the appearance of this World Item, Draco began to frantically use the Magic Item Summoning skill.
Believe it or not, a month ago, he summoned another one.
Five Elements Overcoming!
It can change parts of the magic system; for instance, if fire originally countered water, after modification, water would counter fire.
Draco is still testing the specific effects; it's a very complex piece of equipment to use... (Divider)
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In the next chapter, Rimuru will appear!
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