"See you later!" Layla waved her hand toward Aurelia, who could only remain inside the city. Layla was inside the passenger trailer, which was spacious enough for her to do whatever she wanted.
The two other people that came together with Anna were Andreas and Harley. Andreas had to make sure that Anna was alright, while Harley needed to deal with the information and make sure that the crown prince fell into their trap.
"This is marvelous. To think that it can move like this…" Harley muttered while looking around the pulling car. "So, this area here is where we put the demon crystals."
"Yeah. As long as we have enough crystals, a normal person can drive this." Even though Anna said that, she was still the one supplying the spiritual energy to the runes. After all, she wanted to see how much energy they needed to bring all these.
Currently, they attached everything they had, putting all nine of them into a single vehicle.
"How is spiritual energy consumption?" Harley asked.
"Not too bad. If you add the weight, I'm pretty sure it's going to be hard. That's why we're planning to have a paved road that we will need to build as sturdy as possible. At the very least, they should be able to withstand a hundred tonnes of cargo passing at once. With the paved road, the journey should be much smoother. From my rough calculation, we will probably need about an equivalent of 10 Mid Level Demon Crystals from this place to Laivaen City."
"Only ten of them?" Harley looked down. "I'm not that sure with the price, but if I'm not wrong, a single trip usually costs about a few silver coins… That's for a single wagon since you need horses, protection, and other things. A Mid Level Demon Crystals is equal to 10 silver coins, so about 1 gold coin in total, huh?
"More importantly, this can bring up to fifty tons of cargo, and about a hundred passengers at a faster speed."
"There you have it." Anna smiled. "And by expanding the highway, we can make a route for them so they will go all around Lounstein."
"The goods will be well distributed in Lounstein and more importantly, the people can easily come and go, which makes tourism skyrocket." Harley nodded. "The money that it can bring is simply too big to be calculated."
"Yeah. This is what Noel is planning to do. And we'll gradually introduce it before others can imitate our products. And of course, the information will be spread by you."
"Ah!" Harley finally understood why he was here. He had to gather information from Laivaen City to see how they perceived this new invention. And then he could gradually work his way out to spread it. "I'll do my best."
"Mhmm… In that case, take care of the saintess for now, will you?"
"Yes."
Harley nodded and immediately left the car. He carefully passed the joint of the car, which definitely needed improvement to be safer.
Meanwhile, Anna was carefully driving it. She knew that a weird and absurd turn would cause a big reaction from the rest, so she made sure it was going as straight as possible.
Fortunately, there was only a grassy plain between the main city and Laivaen City, which caused the road to be straight most of the time.
Their arrival had been anticipated by a lot of people. In fact, the mayor had been notified by them so that the people in the city could see it.
"Those are…" The citizens, who had climbed on top of the wall, gasped. They had never seen something this long, and they could see Anna in the very front.
The mayor's expression turned serious. "So, this is a new invention… the one that can bring a lot of people and items in a single trip."
Paladin Lloyd obviously had to come as well, considering the saintess was among the four people that came to this city. He muttered, "It's said that we have to prepare about forty tons worth of materials. We have been sending all kinds of resources that we can to this city. Although we can't fulfill the saint's request, we still get a lot of materials. Can they actually bring all that?"
The Sword Arbiter furrowed his eyebrows. He had been waiting for his chance to enter the main city because he was curious about all the new inventions. Seeing this new one just made him have a harder time holding back.
In the end, he jumped off the wall out of curiosity and landed not far from it.
Anna had reduced the input of spiritual energy, which slowed it down. After it made a complete stop, she came out of the front car and waved her hands to the people on the top of the wall.
They had also raised their gate to receive her, but she had to handle the Sword Arbiter first.
"Is this… What is this called?" The Sword Arbiter asked while looking around.
"We haven't given it an official name yet. For now, we just call it a trailer. As you can see, there are three types: the pulling type, the passenger type, and the cargo type. In a single trip, we can bring about a hundred people and fifty tons of cargo with just ten mid level demon crystals. Of course, the longer the distance, the more demon crystals are needed. But with this, we can minimize the cost of security since this trailer has been equipped with some runes. All we need is to have some soldiers to help."
"What?" The Sword Arbiter dropped his jaw to the ground. For the Sword Arbiter, Anna didn't have to hide most of the information. And her claim made it hard to believe.
"You can do all that?"
"Yes. There's no problem for now. Even a normal person can drive it, as long as there are enough demon crystals. There are some drawbacks, but this thing should be able to operate soon."
"…" The Sword Arbiter could see how this trailer benefited the entire Lounstein. "Are you planning to expand it to other territories?"
"If we have permission, of course." Anna nodded.
The Sword Arbiter fell silent for a moment. His territory was a bit far from Lounstein, so it might not be possible to extend it toward his territory.
However, he had an ally between his territory and Lounstein. He could tell him to accept the Ardagan family's offer and allow the goods and people to move back and forth. And he could just send some goods he needed to him later.
That was right. Noel didn't expect that the highway would connect the entire kingdom. But if he created the highway big enough, the other nobles could just come to the territory where his highway was located and become connected to the Ardagan family.
The Sword Arbiter sighed. "It seems that I can't really match you two."
"Hahaha. Duke Lorelei is still underestimating us." Anna stopped there, making him think more.
The Sword Arbiter furrowed his eyebrows. If that was truly the case, he might really need to go to the main city to take a look.
"So, can I come to the main city now?"
"Right now, Noel is heading to the capital city to receive the reward for our previous battle. But it might take him a bit longer since a certain someone is slowing the travel speed. Once he comes back, we can go to the main city together. That's what he wanted you to know before leaving."
The Sword Arbiter's expression darkened. It looked like he was annoyed by the cheap trick that the royal family was using.
"Tsk." He clicked his tongue as if he wanted to do something, but he didn't say anything. "Anyway, I don't think this can enter the city, right?"
"Yes. We're planning to build a receiving building right outside the city. If everyone has it, the trip will be much smoother and faster."
The Sword Arbiter nodded his head, knowing what he had to do next.
"Don't worry. This trailer will be safe. I can guarantee it. And it seems that you're planning to test it from here."
"You're correct. We'll bring materials first before trying to do both passengers and materials. How about we talk inside?"
"Sure." The Sword Arbiter extended his hand.
Anna asked the soldiers to guard the trailer carefully. He knew that this would attract people, so Anna made more arrangements for their protection.
Meanwhile, Paladin Lloyd was coming toward the saintess. They, too, had a lot of things to discuss.
Lloyd reported everything that had happened so far. Meanwhile, Layla asked him to load all those goods inside the trailer.
Harley and Andreas followed Anna, but their eyes were wandering around. They could see a few suspicious people through their own methods.
However, they still didn't dare attack it because they needed to know what this was first. If it was a trap, they would just expose themselves after all.
These few eyes were glued to the trailer. Some of them looked a bit afraid, some were hesitant, and some were filled with anger and jealousy.
They might not know anything about this trailer, but they needed to inform the masters they served about it and ask for their order.
It was at this time that Andreas and Harley disappeared. Harley might not be a powerful combatant, but he took advantage of the brothel that he set up here to gather the information.
Andreas, on the other hand, became the sword that would kill those spies.
