Factory Number One, Eastern Industrial Zone, Hub City.
The massive factory floor was no longer empty. Five production lines lay sprawled like great steel dragons, surrounded by all manner of equipment.
Six Advanced Apprentice operators, handpicked by Vera from the New West alumni network, were dressed in matching robes, working busily and methodically at their stations.
A taciturn First-level Alchemy Wizard with a sharp gaze was patrolling between the production lines.
This was the factory manager Victor had recommended—Rodney, a veteran with over eighty years of experience in Alchemy Factories.
When he reported for duty, he didn't waste a single word. He spent two hours walking through the entire process of all five production lines from start to finish, then proposed three improvements, all of which Allen adopted.
Allen was inspecting several Golems that had just come off the line.
