Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

Heaven's Wings clearly wasn't joking and replied seriously,

"I'm seriously serious! Items like the Pressure Belt Hammer, soil clamping hammer, and simple press machines can still be hand-crafted, even in an era where industrial foundations are relatively weak.

With these, making a semi-automatic simple lathe, though somewhat troublesome, isn't impossible, not even if it involves slightly deteriorated Leyang steel pipes. These things aren't hard; you just need hands."

The other players, watching this discussion unfold, felt an old surge of blood spurt out.

The epitome of having hands!

Donut: "Bro, I think you guys should report to the police station. What exactly do you do?"

Heaven's Wings: "A gluer? A DIY video creator? Interpret it however you like, but why report? Things like Hundred-forged Steel, Thousand-forged Steel, as long as you can create basic devices, manufacturing them is easy.

If you could make a press machine, making firearms and ammunition isn't out of the question either. It might be tricky in reality, but it's worth a try in the game. Wait, you guys aren't thinking of reporting me, are you?"

Immediately, the chat group became lively as players started to enthusiastically discuss how to shake things up in the upcoming session.

"Fast forward to dwarves becoming unemployed, angrily hunting down the Undead."

"Since you've all started preparing to smelt iron, it shouldn't be a problem for me to become Levin Hook of the underworld gate, right? Hand-grinding microscope lenses and studying a bit of Necromancy Magic, fast forward to bio-technology transforming the world!"

Lol, I'll soon have you heretics burned at the stake."

"That aside, I also run a small workshop in reality, I've made some unopened swords and such that I've sold online, and I'm pretty confident about it.

Now, in the game, I've found a blacksmith and am in talks with him to see if there's a chance for me to take on blacksmithing as a side job. Group members, sign up and get a discount with your name!"

"Stop it, stop it, all of you are already playing the game while we, the melon eaters, are still eagerly waiting on the forums. Damn, this is too cool!"

"Actually, converting flat-nose pliers into punching machines and such really isn't impossible, and backyard steel refining isn't something unheard of, right?"

"Those who know, know; those who don't, no need to explain it! Speaking of which, does the other world really have something like gunpowder?"

"There definitely are substances with similar functions to gunpowder, but whether it's black powder or some kind of liquid explosive, that's hard to say."

"But haven't we seen something like firearms used by Anthony's comrades in a promo video before?"

"I've heard about that thing," Luxius chimed in, "It belongs to the weaponry that only the captains and above of the Lion Heart Battle Group can possess: the Magic Rifle."

There were also players who had started exploring subsidiary occupations speaking up: "Including the Dwarves and such, they also have certain forging techniques, which although cannot be popularized, are not as weak as you might think.

So, stop thinking about making major modifications. Bullying the in-game civilians isn't fun.

Ordinary firearms facing those developed NPCs may just take a couple of hits, and if that's not enough, then one more strike."

...

Time flows.

By now, in "Gates to the Underworld," some things had subtly changed.

Time stops 77 days before the public beta in Titan Town, Lancaster Territory.

By then, this small border town had already undergone significant changes from when the players had left.

It must be said that the potential unleashed by the major powers in action far exceeded Kael's imagination.

Although he knew that this statement, like "When a policewoman leads the enemy AD with an Infinity Blade, the damage is particularly high," belonged to the category of nonsense, he was still shocked by the actions of the major forces in this world.

The situation changed so rapidly that Kael had not expected so many forces to participate in the infrastructure development of Lancaster Territory this time.

Due to Kael's actions, the Royal Capital was abuzz, and Lancaster Territory suddenly became the focus of attention for all major powers in the Duchy.

A group of people could not understand how Fox, a Border Lord, had managed to persuade so many forces to support him on the matter of the Undead.

It couldn't just be because of his restless little tail, could it?

According to Kael's original plan, he was to bring Luxius in first, and then see if there was a chance to get the top Mage Academy in the Duchy involved, securing the initial capital.

Then, based on this, he would contact the Church of the God of Literature. With these two forces stepping in personally, he could evade most dangers.

But now, he was no longer just bringing Luxius into the picture; he had become the director of the "New Energy Shaping Mage Training Program," which Lion Heart Duchy had high hopes for.

Apparently, upon hearing about this plan, the Lord of Lion Heart had hardly hesitated before immediately confirming the approval of the plan,

and a batch of funds, a substantial sum for Lancaster, for mage training was handed over to him, to be managed jointly with the Mage Academy and Kael.

The main purpose was to solve the Border Lords' need for stability and a lack of overall defensive power, and a facility would be established in Lancaster specifically for the rapid training of new Energy Shaping mages.

Later, with Luxius persuading the Earth Mother God Sect to come forward, and the Church of the God of Literature quickly following suit and announcing their participation in the territorial infrastructure development, all Kael needed to provide was a place for them to set up a church for the priests and nuns to preach.

Kael naturally agreed to this.

Although various forces could not understand what exactly the long-dormant Church of the God of Literature was up to, they were not too shocked.

But what followed soon after began to seem quite surreal.

Not long after, the Archbishop of the Magic Goddess Church, who originally led a team to a very high-level Dungeon for exploration, suddenly returned to the Royal Capital half a month ahead of schedule, and the next day announced joining in the development of Lancaster alongside other forces.

The behavior of the two churches, which had already conducted a dirty transaction behind the scenes, suddenly caused an uproar in public opinion in the Royal Capital.

And what completely ignited all these events was a force that Kael had not initially intended to rope in...

The Lion Heart Battle Group!

This organization, once headed by his father, was the most powerful institution in the Duchy of Lancastrian, and had already quietly sprung into action.

On the night that the Magic Goddess Church issued its notice, Fox, one of the main leaders of the Bronze Cross, who had not been seen for a long time, came to visit Kael's home.

The general message was that with so many forces openly gathering in Lancaster Territory, it had attracted the attention of the Bronze Cross, which was responsible for the security of the main towns of the Duchy.

According to Fox, to ensure that there would be no disturbances in various aspects of the Duchy, it was necessary for the Bronze Cross to send people to participate in this joint cooperation of the forces.

That night, Kael and Fox talked for a long time, and as he was leaving, the smirk on Fox's face made Kael realize that all the previous talk had been just for show; essentially, this was a small benefit that Fox had secured for him.

After all, from the perspective of the Bronze Cross, the gathering of so many top forces in one place and the emerging signs of their cooperation

were something that the Bronze Cross, responsible for the stability of the towns, naturally needed to be wary of and focus on. Participation in this cooperation was only natural.

As for whether this process would bring certain benefits to Lancaster Territory, that was another matter entirely.