Over the span of several intense days, Lucen and his team pushed out breakthrough after breakthrough.
Their first innovations were focused on improving the forge. Lucen introduced the mold, a simple but revolutionary concept for the people of this world. Instead of hammering metal into shape, molten metal could now be poured into carved molds, saving time and producing consistent shapes.
At first, the blacksmiths were skeptical. But when they saw the uniform components for the arquebus emerge from the molds, it was clean, precise, and identical, and their doubts melted faster than the ore in the crucible.
Even Robert was amazed by the simple idea, yet immensely useful.
"Wow, it's so simple, but why hasn't anyone thought of this before? I would really want to open up your head to see how that mind of yours works." Robert spoke jokingly, though it didn't entirely feel like a joke.
