<<Previous Chapter | Let's Manage the Tower | Next Chapter>>
Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
The fact that Divine Engraver was too expensive was one of Crown’s biggest problems.
Since it first appeared, it has been updated several times, including in terms of performance, but there have not been any drastic changes like this.
As Sarasa had mentioned before, if the cost of creating them would be reduced to one-tenth, and the burden on Crown would be reduced tremendously regarding the creation of Crown Cards.
Incidentally, the Divine Engraver that Kousuke made at the very beginning was made using materials of national treasure quality.
Even if there was no risk of such things being stolen, they could not just be installed willy-nilly in different places.
Incidentally, it could be said that the Divine Engraver was given by Kousuke as a ‘favor’. After all, there was nothing in this world that could create something that could match the Divine Engraver.
Given that the Divine Engraver alone was in such a situation, of course, even if Kousuke was not a living god, he would have been treated as if he was one by the upper echelons of Crown.
Even when they treat Kousuke as a living god, they also recognize him as the most important person for the survival of Crown.
Even though the price of making them has been reduced, Divine Engravers still belong to the classification of divine tools. There were many magic tools that were impossible to reproduce using current technology, but even among these, there was a clear distinction between divine tools and other tools.
The difference was between those that could be reproduced using future technology and those that were completely unknown in terms of what kind of power they were driven by.
To put it more simply, since Divine Power was a completely unknown force, there was no way for normal people to analyze it.
In this situation, things that were completely unknown or run using unknown sources were treated as divine tools.
On the other hand, even though they have high technical capabilities, tools that were powered by Magic Power or Holy Power were considered to be impossible to reproduce with current technology, but they were thought to be possible to develop in the future.
In this situation, the Divine Engraver was treated as an unknown tool because Crown never released it to the outside world.
Since it was a machine that was only available at Crown headquarters or branches, there was no opportunity at all to verify the details.
People at Crown naturally did not have any intention of requesting an investigation.
It was enough to know that it was a divine tool that could be the catalyst to be recognized as a living god.
However, the more direct reason for this was because Kousuke himself did not think there was any need to go out of his way to spread the word, so Crown was simply not trying to spread the word either.
With the Divine Engraver in this situation, it was completely unknown how the Crown Cards, which were Crown’s greatest feature, were created.
Of course, everyone had seen the machine that was issuing the cards when one registered with Crown.
There have been attempts to copy the Crown Card since it first appeared, but to date, there has never been a successful case.
There were countless organizations, groups and countries that were desperately trying to copy it, while on the surface they were smiling and pretending to be making inquiries.
Of course, it was impossible to reproduce it, as long as the status display was recognized as a work of God.
Even so, the fact that such movements have not diminished over time might simply be a sign of human greed.
When the branch expanded from the Central Continent to other continents, some people were hoping that some of the technology would leak out.
However, the countries that wanted to create Crown branches within their own countries were countries that had high expectations of Crown from the start, so they did not take any action that would betray those expectations.
In other words, Crown had absolutely no room for those who were trying to do something dishonest.
As a result, the secrets of the Divine Engraver and Crown Cards were still kept to this day.
♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦♢♦
With this in mind, Schmidt turned his attention to Sarasa.
“Then, it appears that the unscrupulous people will be active again.”
The ‘unscrupulous people’ Schmidt was referring to here were those who were trying to steal the technology of the Divine Engraver and Crown Cards.
Sarasa’s reply was simple and clear.
“I think we should just let them do what they want. Of course, it’s better to take some kind of visible countermeasure.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Some of the higher-ups were listening to their conversation and chuckling.
What Schmidt was saying was that as Crown grows in the future, there would be more and more room for unscrupulous people to try and get in.
Adding to that, there would also be countries that have connections with them.
Sarasa’s response was that since the important parts related to status could not be stolen anyway, they should just be left alone to do as they please.
Incidentally, there were also numerous security measures in place within the Divine Engraver itself to prevent it from being stolen.
If they had the technology to unlock and steal such things, they would have already made a fortune developing magical tools and holy tools.
They had never even heard of magical tools that had been developed through such innovative development.
In other words, it would be impossible to steal the Divine Engraver even with current technology.
Furthermore, the people present all know that the Divine Engravers, and its ability to display that statuses was due to a living god. There was not a single person here who would be reckless enough to try to do anything with the divine artifacts created by a God.
“So, how many can you actually make?”
“If you don’t mind the distribution of the materials that will be used, I can make as many as you want.”
“Well, we’d have to check the materials we need to use.”
Several people nodded in agreement with Schmidt’s words.
Sarasa was hinting that if they used all the rare materials that were in circulation, they would be able to meet all their needs. However, if they do that, it will definitely cause chaos in the market.
The people in the Merchant’s Department would never allow such a thing.
For that reason, after confirming the necessary materials, we are going to consider how to secure the materials that can be used for the Divine Engraver.
Furthermore, if Kousuke and Isnani were to work together to make a few Divine Engravers, that would be fine, but if we were to think about increasing the number of them around the world, they could not rely on only those two forever.
Even if Kousuke had to make the parts that affected the status display, it would be better to delegate the other necessary parts to other people.
If they were unable to do that, mass production would simply be a pipe dream.
“…eventually, the production of Divine Engraver will become a specialty product of the headquarters, as well.”
When one of the higher-ups muttered this, everyone’s faces lit up.
“I see. That’s certainly true.”
“First of all, we’ll have to set up branches in various places to make that happen.”
Sarasa and Schmidt nodded in agreement.
If Crown branches could be established all over the world, that future would definitely come to pass.
It was unclear whether Kousuke himself would be involved in the production of Divine Engraver by that time.
The report on the Divine Engraver was discussed in a friendly manner after the initial discussion.
As the number of branches increased, so did the amount of work, but that also meant more profit for the whole organization.
As the upper management that supports the Merchant’s Department, this was basically something to be welcomed.
This was probably because everyone gathered in that place was a merchant.
However, the friendly atmosphere did not last for long.
It was a little while later that everyone present would tense up in response to the bomb dropped by Sarasa.
<<Previous Chapter | Let's Manage the Tower | Next Chapter>>
