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Chapter 372: Leisure

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A week later, Border Toelcoazed out of his officeat the dark figures on the snowy rooftops—these were the townspeople carrying out their daily task of shoveling away the snow on their rooftops, so their houses wouldn't collapse under the weight

This dayin this world, but last year's fall was not nearly this cold, and his view from this as not nearly this orderly

At that time, the toas practically a wasteland Besides a few decent wooden houses around the square, there were only shabby clay huts and straw shacks Most of the nobilities lived near the square, from which the only stone road led to the castle Otherwise, there was not a single inch of clean ground in the entire town, and everything reeked of the faeces of human and livestock

Now, all the roads here were built from cement pavement, and even the uncovered roads were expertly packed solid Dark lines separated the town into various sections, with the two sides of the main road reserved as a co areas as residential co industry was beginning to take shape, which was to say that it finally replaced workshop h this was only the case for steaots for processing, while the steaine factory turned these raw materials into machine parts The blacksmiths had all become familiar with their various tools and took on h Anna was still needed in producing the highly precise tools, the blacksress on their part After all, before the appearance of tools, these men only kne to use a haht as well call these engines the fruits of these workers' labor

There was also the production of aunpowder, which was also entirely done by civilians Anna still needed to produce the firearms herself, not because of a lack of machine tools, but because the town's blast furnace couldn't produce iron with consistent quality This had already been added to Roland's list of proble were even h expectation, any result was a pleasant surprise Now, sulfuric acid and nitric acid were beingto be developed As long as a rifles wouldn't be an issue

It didn't matter that their productionat all was iven the town's current state When Paper's abilities stabilized so that she could precisely control her own ineering

What mattered the most was that all aspects of Border Tohether it was production, education, or construction, were all on an upwards developing trend In time, as more and more people becahs in every field

He felt his heart burst with pride for transfor a run-down land into what it was today within only a year

Roland felt as if he could stand by theand watch this town all day long

At thatbells came from the north-west direction

That was the alarm for a demonic beast attack

After the arrival of the Months of the Demons, the alarm would sound every three to four days However, the First Ar attacks and no longer required Roland's supervision—if he had not stood alongside the Militia a year ago, they all would have dropped their weapons and run away

"The deale's voice eed next to his ears

"Sure" Roland nodded "Be careful"

"Don't worry They can't touch ht warmth on his cheek, and the voice disappeared

Roland shook his head helplessly The witches were probably sick of hiding indoors fro to do The coer to rush to the city wall and watch the battle, waiting for demonic hybrids to rush up the wall so they could put their ablilities into play Nightingale was intrigued after hearing about this and began joining the combat witches every time the alarm sounded Perhaps she intended to coest coer in her training"

However, fighting side by side could bring witches and ether, so he didn't bother to stop theular demonic beasts, but they faltered in the face of de powerful witches present could stabilize the defense line and reduce casualties

So far, there hadn't been a single death in the First Arale's exit reminded him that the combat witches had found a way to entertain themselves, but the assistant witches still didn't have much to have fun with It was tiht, he suhness, do you have a new task for me?"

This painter who had accoood spirits The Freckles on her face had lightened, and her eyes shined with a piercing vitality

Her pleading question stifled Roland a little—why did he suddenly feel so remorseful?

"Um, have you been busy lately?"

"No, why do you ask?" Soroya pushed a lock of hair out of her forehead "Recently, feorkers have been going to the factory, so it only tookeveryday, and the weird metal boxes made by the alchemist Sir Kyle kept me busy sometimes" She paused, tilted her head, and s in the camp of the Witch Cooperation Association, I prefer this fulfilling life here, and I'lad thatsuilty "Ahem, I called you here to draw some new cards for me"

"More Gwent Cards?"

"No, you all are probably tired of those," he waved his hand and said "It's too siaht"

"See, this's what the new cards look like—very sih sketch "There're four different symbols, each with cards numbered from one to thirteen, as well as two jokers, so it's 54 cards in total"

Soroya's abilities had evolved greatly, so she was able to quickly produce a deck of cards directly froames you can play with these, but let's start with an easy one" Roland tested the cards with his hands and felt as if he were ti Festival, his family would always sit around their fire barrels, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and play poker until the next ht firecrackers to welco, poker could be played anywhere and had a "I'll teach you how to play Fight the Landlord"