This Lord is Very Scientific

Goodness!

Bomb... maker?

Could Granny Hisai have taken a wrong turn??

Lin Ke sent Granny Hisai, who had already become a [Bomb Maker], back to the Plane of Thunder's Power, and relaxed again when he thought of her money-loving nature.

It shouldn't be, right?

Then he thought about what he'd done today.

Playing the ancestor of the Azanen was indeed exhausting, and after Granny Hisai pulled off that stunt, he was truly worn out.

But this also made Lin Ke think of two problems.

The task was initially a five-month-long mission requiring Lin Ke to create enough professions to face the true King of Azanen's return.

For every new profession created, a follower with unyielding loyalty and a bloodline talent rated "very good" or above would follow.

Unyielding loyalty!

This was a trait Lin Ke valued highly. Having seen so much betrayal between people in his previous life, he cherished this quality.

The second issue was the talent problem.

"Very good" talent, at the beginning, wasn't something he paid much attention to, as, in his understanding, "very good" was just at the bottom of the talent chain.

But when he had Ove enlighten many who enlisted, he realized that even medium talent was hard to come by among ordinary people; most had lower talents.

So, this mission helped Lin Ke find the right direction, which was to create as many professions as possible!

However, Lin Ke later learned from Princess Rica and Curry that creating professions was not that simple.

There are many types of professions, such as combat, research, construction, service, entertainment...

Just based on combat, there are ranged, melee, attack, defense, etc.

Going further, there are mages, archers, warriors, tanks, and so on.

Research types and other categories can also be divided into many subtypes.

But among so many types, only a few reach legendary status, and many don't even make it past level ten.

So often, the birth of a legend is very inspiring.

Because reaching legendary means a deeper mastery of a certain rule, which might even lead to the creation of a corresponding profession for that rule.

Of course, sometimes the professions created by legends aren't strong, or they might not create a profession at all, which is another matter.

So, when facing new professions and his followers, Lin Ke couldn't afford to be careless.

Since they chose to follow Lin Ke, he couldn't just anyhow create some professions without development prospects.

To create, one should create truly good professions!

This way, they wouldn't have followed Lin Ke in vain.

Another issue is the defense of Azaenn Castle and the task issue.

Azaenn Castle was only simply built and reinforced at the beginning, with not much effort put into it.

Its architectural structure and design, security, and defense against attacks were nothing special, just average.

Today's blunder by Granny Hisai actually made Lin Ke notice the inherent problems with Azaenn Castle.

The Great Wall stands in the distance to stop the magical beasts from the Lava Swamp, but there is plenty of malice from other places as well.

The original Azanen was just an insignificant rural minor lord.

But now, due to a series of events following the fall of the Lady of Tides, Azanen's reputation has spread.

Although Lin Ke felt that with the legendary Ove stationed there, most troublemakers wouldn't dare to invade, it's always better to be prepared.

While thinking, Lin Ke gradually drifted into slumber.

...

The next day, Lin Ke sought out Ove again.

"You want to learn magic array engraving and the Ancient Naseng Language? What I know isn't much..."

Ove pondered for a moment, then curiously asked, "Little Lin Ke, why?"

Lin Ke explained his idea, "I want to reinforce Azaenn Castle."

"Reinforce?" Ove nodded slightly, "The castle is indeed a bit fragile."

In his view, the current Azaenn Castle was simply like a flimsy block structure that could break with a flick.

Of course, in Lin Ke's view, Azaenn Castle was just a pile of blocks.

But with Ove's addition, what would originally collapse with a light breath became magic blocks made of iron marrow mixed with mithril gold essence and engraved with multiple secret texts.

With Ove there, never mind a breath, even a level ten gale couldn't topple Azaenn's blocks.

However, what Lin Ke wanted to do was to turn the blocks into a truly unbreakable castle!

"But in terms of secret texts, I haven't made much progress, and the books are all with the Materialist School..." Ove looked troubled.

After all, parchment was always in short supply, which also resulted in books being scarce.

"The Secret Text Masters at the frontline..." Ove suddenly remembered halfway through his sentence that Lin Ke was, in fact, out of touch with those people.

"Those on the frontlines are ultimately not one of our own." Lin Ke sighed and shook his head, "Teacher, how can I truly recruit talented people?"

Besides the batch from Lamiel, most of the other people who came were ordinary from the Azanen Territory.

They had neither outstanding bloodlines nor exceptional physiques or minds; most could only serve as soldiers.

What Lin Ke wanted were people like Lamiel, Lolita, and Knicks who could handle things independently.

"Recruiting talent? Why recruit?"

Ove was somewhat perplexed, "Doesn't the Azanen have many family members?"

Although Ove was quite accomplished in research, he didn't understand much about these matters.

However, this opened up a line of thought for Lin Ke.

"Family?" Lin Ke's eyes lit up as he pinpointed the crux of the issue.

Naseng people always used family as a bonding and interest-sharing community.

Only those connected by bloodlines could gain trust.

Therefore, in addition to recruiting commoners and vagrants, Lin Ke had never truly recruited a single noble.

It's undeniable that nobles are nobles for a reason, as they have their specialties, which show in aspects like bloodline talents and heritages.

Ordinary commoners can only hope to become the lowest-tier professionals through some opportunity, like the enlightenment chance Lin Ke provided, and then gradually rise from the bottom tier.

If someday they could become a noble's subordinate or gain a noble's "friendship" like Heshan before, they might become the lowest of nobles—a Pioneer Knight.

Then they could start a family, have many children, select some of the slightly outstanding ones for nurturing, feeding them good food, teaching them etiquette and culture, and after a few generations, they might emerge.

Yet, most people, even if given the enlightenment chance by Lin Ke, would die while serving the lord, and only a few could truly impress and be recognized by the lord.

Actually, the hierarchy in Naseng is harder to break than in Lin Ke's previous life; the social structure here is more rigid!

Thus, if Lin Ke wanted to cultivate talent, he either had to select some loyal and useful people from the Azanen family and give them the chance to pledge loyalty.

Or he could...

"Perhaps some captured slaves from subplanes could meet your requirements?" Ove voiced the thought that Lin Ke had in mind.

Buy slaves!

ps: March, asking for monthly votes!