Leaving Ayda with the fresh addition to the ranks of my personal retainers, I moved to the nearby area where Sander's workshop was located. Just as expected, even before I could even enter the huge hall where he was working on the magic stones, the sound of various machines working in their full swing was already bothering me.
Just imagining how that middle-aged craftsman had to endure this noise for hours upon hours…
Pushing the doors open, I stepped inside the hall. Now, the awful noise of the running machines became even harder to bear. At this point, I just couldn't help but wonder just how much electricity did this single hall of the entire compound consumed.
But no matter how I looked, there was not a single, living soul within the room. After a short tour during which I could see how the process of crushing the stones already relied on the magic-stone powered machine, I had no other choice but to give up.
