Chapter 713 713 The Other Kind of Meetings

Chapter 713 713 The Other Kind of Meetings

?All night long the meetings dragged on, with nearly every petitioner asking for the same thing, more powerful weapons for their people's defence. Some, like the wrath demon that was looking after the bears, planned to bring their own, but the vast majority had realized that the rifles were more suitable for the job, as long - ranged combat reduced casualties.

The Demons and the Fae might not have been extensively exposed to technology in the past, but now that they had experienced the wonders that were inscribed weapons, they were beginning to understand the human saying "don't bring a knife to a gunfight". It was just good common sense when the guns could actually harm you, unlike the mundane versions that had a very difficult time breaking even a Rank Two armour spell. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

It was nearly dawn by the time that Wolfe finished assuring all the evening's guests that he would really make them weapons that could deal with the influx of more powerful monsters, and the next day had even more meetings scheduled.

Out of courtesy, they should each be done individually, so none of them felt slighted, but Wolfe knew that if he released a statement that they were making weapons for everyone who was on the regular delivery routes, he could likely remove two thirds of them from the waiting list.

The only issue with that was that it would leave him with nothing but a series of dating requests, and there was no good way to move them to someone else's responsibility, as it had been deemed to be his job to vet them.

The truth spell would do a lot of the hard work for him, and it would keep them from outright lying about their purpose in looking for a particular partner, but there was a very high chance that at least a few with ill intentions were still going to slip past on technicalities and generally benign intentions that the defensive spells wouldn't react to.

"I think that we should be alright. We will have contracts ready, and both the Fae and the Demons are tightly bound by contract in a way that the humans aren't. It's not a casual matter for them to betray their employers or go back on their word, as long as it's clearly spelled out and not open to interpretation," he replied.

Cassie understood that in theory, but it still felt like a big risk to be taking, for not enough reward. But everything she was hearing was about increasing levels of danger, and the need for more security. If they wanted the regular citizens to have faith in them, then letting the continent fall back into the terrified state that the Frozen Wastes were used to was not an option.

"Alright, I will have someone arrange it. Perhaps some of your Demons could do the job? They should know people." She suggested.

"That's not a bad idea. Risa, can you come inside for a moment?" Wolfe called.

"You need me to do some recruiting? I'm not on the best terms with the Fae, but if I tell them that I need about ten Rank Three wind users to go with the ten rank three fire users from the Demons, they'll definitely find some, just so they can't be accused of being incapable. They're tiny, but proud." She laughed, showing a pearly white row of pointed teeth.

"That's the spirit. There is just wind and fire involved in the ammunition production, but there is Gravity Magic involved in the additional spells, so I'm going to have to do them myself unless we've got another Gravity Magic user around." Wolfe replied.

"I'm going with no. I don't think I've ever heard of a Gravity Magic user outside the Magi. Even the Royals brought you in for your strange spells, and they should have been able to find a caster if one existed." Rail agreed.

"Perfect. You can do that now, or after shift change, whichever suits you."