John continued as he gave out reasons for precaution, "For reasons of precaution, you won't be able to see the precise designs of these blueprints but a prototype will be made for a demonstration for all the people in this room and see for themselves later on."
"Of all the suggestions, we will implement Jay's plan and buy more slaves whether it is for labor or for forming an army." Many here were unfamiliar with the term army.
John smiled a bit and said to Tornwall, "Tornwall. what do you think of these Blueprints? Can these be made with current materials available?"
Tornwall was very astonished after watching the Blueprints of Crossbow Ballista and Catapult, he never thought that a lever could be used in such a unique way in the form of catapults. He was even more surprised by the ballista however he didn't have time to be surprised and after checking out for a while he gave his honest opinion.
"I think these machines of war can be made from the forge provided by you and I am pretty certain that these weapons will change the landscape on how future wars would be strategized," Tornwall emphasized on these heavy words and said with a very serious tone to everyone present in the Hall.
Everyone in the room was surprised by Tornwall's use of these heavy words and his reaction.
However, from his reaction, they also understood the importance of these weapons and the importance of this matter. This also reaffirmed their thoughts that these weapons would be very useful in the future whether it was against the magic beasts or against other nobles.
Vlad was very surprised after hearing these words about those new weapons from Tornwall and he had quite a different reaction compared to others, he was very serious when heard it from him. He already knew about Tornwall's past but Tornwall's past was like a hornet's nest and that's why he never revealed it to anyone and poked on it unless it was required.
'As expected, he had a plan regarding the invasion of beasts, so it seems he wasn't as naive as I thought however he should still have kept these weapons a secret or maybe he is baiting others in this room' Vlad smiled and made some conclusions
'Anyways if he is that cunning then he sure is worthy enough to become my disciple.' Vlad smiled happily and made some notes and thoughts on John at this meeting.
From this encounter, everyone in this room also understood that Tornwall would be one of the main men of John and chief leading engineer of North-frontier town.
Tornwall also understood that John trusted him enough after their previous encounter on his loyalty and it seemed that John was moved enough to trust him after observing his resolve.
This was a very modern crossbow which was made by combining the knowledge of both the worlds of earth and Sarah's world. Meanwhile, the Catapult could be started for production already however it would not be accurate but it would still be very effective.
"Okay, so it is decided that Tornwall will be in charge of the industrial base of the town, you will report directly to me. Every day the warriors will be trained by Jay in archery. While Josephine and Alan from Marquis Ray's knight order would be responsible for training them in melee combat. I have already prepared for their Training techniques and herbs required for the men. You guys only need to train them in combat and it would be better if you guys can also master the training techniques. We will end this meeting for now and plan for other things from tomorrow."
Everyone later headed out and started preparing for the future events of the town.
Later on, Taylor was given the position of Head Butler of the mansion while Martha was the head Chef of the Mansion. They and all the slaves were allowed to keep their children near them from now on.
Next Day,
John visited Grandma Melanie as always, today she had a surprise for John as she formally introduced Vlad to John.
"John, let me introduce you to one of my past colleagues, you might already know him since you have met him earlier at Pearl City. he is one of my acquaintances from my past and as your master who expects you to be strong and safe in the future, I have previously decided that you will be training under him to improve all the aspects of your combat, you might not know him but few people can defeat him in hand to hand combat in this world. If someday you are able to defeat him then that would be the most glorifying day for your master" Melanie laughed and Joked as she said to John in the pharmacy hall.
Meanwhile, both John and Vlad didn't take it as a joke, John had the confidence in him to defeat Vlad in future as he knew he could use the AI to improve himself and his techniques while simulation would improve him every second in combat while Vlad's instincts rejected this idea as Joke and believed John could certainly him in near future but he still took it as a compliment from Melanie.
However, Melanie still stressed this as the main point while having a conversation with them.
"Of course your first priority would still be to learn under me and become the greatest Potioneer of all time in Arkon so you still can't slack off on herbology and learn about potioneering from me. From tomorrow on, some of your time will be allocated on combat training with Vlad and then, later on, you can play baron in the town."
"I don't have any problems with it since I would anyway get to learn more techniques and improve my techniques as well from a guy who is a veteran when it comes to combat and covert operations. However..."
After this time John paused for a bit added a suggestion after thinking for a while.,
"I would like one person from the group of slaves to train with me, is that ok with you guys?"
Melanie meanwhile had a thoughtful expression on her face as she wondered who was the guy that happened to get John's attention out of all the slaves.
Vlad already had an idea who the guy was but since that guy was John's slave he didn't bother as it would be rude to John. Slaves here in Arkon were treated as livestock and therefore people remained cautious when dealing with slaves of other people.
"who is the person that has caught your attention? I would like to meet him first before we decide."
Melanie asked and said to John.
"Well, I already have an idea on who that person is as I already met all the slaves before John and co arrived at North-frontier town, so I don't think there would be any problem if we have one more person in the training. Since he thinks he can become his asset we might as well try it. However, I will not be responsible for your injuries while we are training," Vlad said to them in a serious manner.
Vlad then looked in the direction of Melanie in a meaningful manner and said to her, "It will be your responsibility to provide medicine baths and pastes for both of them, the only thing I can provide is training and share some of my experiences, I have gone through the same training and so will John so we can't go in a roundabout way for this training. Anyway let's look at the guy since you are so interested in him"
"Well that guy's name is Jake, he seems most worthy for the future among all the slaves when it comes for combat. Additionally, he is young enough who can be trained for the future."
As aspected, it was Jake which Vlad already knew about since only Tornwall and Jake stood out among all the slaves however Jake had eyes of a wolf showing emotions full of determination and revenge deep inside them and hence Vlad's conclusion on Jake.