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n“Mister Viktor!”

nOswald’s face immediately brightened when he saw Viktor’s arrival. But the man’s gaze immediately shifted to another figure. Who else if not Metal Guardian?

nThe Metal Guardian not only caught the attention of the Golden Company Guild Master, but also his bodyguard, Argus, one of the few Saint Realms that existed here. Even the other workers also paid attention to the Metal Guardian.

nThey had all heard the news circulating in the city and were curious as to who was behind the mask.

nBarry who was the center of attention tried to stay calm. Even though he had disguised himself as a Metal Guardian several times, he was still not used to the glare of people staring at him, especially the look in the eyes of the Saint Realm bodyguard standing next to Oswald.

n“Is that Metal Guardian?”

n“Romanov’s men.”

n“He looks normal.”

nWhispers began to rise. The workers talked about Metal Guardian on the sidelines of their work. Oswald who heard them gossiping immediately told them to be quiet.

nWhile Viktor himself seemed to be smiling confidently, you could even say he looked proud. He knew all this would happen.

nHowever, Viktor had no idea that rumors of a Metal Guardian defeating the Red Faction’s strongest warrior had been circulating.

n“Sorry for the inconvenience, Mister Viktor. It’s cold outside let’s talk inside the tent.”

nThen, Oswald led Viktor and Barry to another place. They entered a large tent located in the center of the camp. Inside looked empty, there was only a table and a pair of chairs. Oswald then took a bottle of vodka along with two glasses.

n“Cold weather is best for drinking coffee. But the Burka tastes better, doesn’t it, Mister Viktor?” Oswald poured a bottle of Vodka into both glasses.

nViktor’s eyes were wide open. “You are right.” He hadn’t drunk alcohol in a long time while on an expedition to the north.

nThen, the two of them had a conversation.

nOswald, as a merchant who already had a lot of experience in talking to business clients, led the flow of the conversation in a relaxed manner. Starting from pleasantries, such as asking about Viktor’s club development; to an important issue related to the mayor’s project.

nEven several times, Oswald had offended Metal Guardian with caution. He was very curious. The richest man in Perm City, like Albert Romanov, shared an interest in Metal Guardian.

nViktor just responded casually as he took a sip of vodka. He already knew how the character of a rich man. Everything can be bought with money.

nMeanwhile, inside the armor, Barry was drenched in cold sweat. He struggled to hold back Argus’s gaze ever since he entered the tent.

nAfter long pleasantries, the main topic finally begins. Viktor who had been sleepy listening to Oswald’s words turned happy.

n“So when can your best men start?” Oswald’s eyes fell on Barry who was standing behind Viktor.

nViktor was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking. “Can Metal Guardian and I take a look at the items for a second?”

n“Of course.”

nThen, they went to the iron rail storage tent.

nThe location for the storage of iron rail rods is located near the excavation of the railroad track. When Viktor came in, he could smell the iron smell. Inside was filled with piles of iron wrapped in cloth.

n“Just this much?” Viktor asked.

nOswald shook his head. “There are nine more tents.”

nImmediately Viktor picked up a second time. His head started to count.

nThe length of the Trans-Siberian Railways is about 9300 km. While the length of the iron rail per bar is 8 meters and requires one pair of rails for each installation. So Viktor had to do Metal Tempering 2,325,000 times.

nSo, each tent has more than 200,000 iron rails.

nViktor had known the figure would be this high long ago, even when he proposed the project to the Mayor and Mister Oswald. But when you hear it, it’s hard. Not to mention, only Viktor himself could do it.

n“Okay, I’ll stay first. I still have to re-examine the digs. I’ve also prepared a tent for the two of you to stay.”

nViktor stopped Oswald who was about to leave. “Mister Oswald! Since this process is very dangerous and requires high concentration, I request that there be no outside interference while Metal Guardian is working.”

nOswald seemed to nod. “Okay.”

nAfter Oswald’s departure, Barry asks Viktor what steps to take next.

n“Of course, it works Barry. We finish. The sooner the better.” Viktor snorted.

nThe master and servant switched positions, starting work. Barry took off all the cloth wrapping the rail bars and took them down one by one. Meanwhile, Viktor did Metal Tempering.

nViktor touched the rails with his palms. Energy in the body flows and metal objects iIt vibrates, a sign that the molecules are starting to move closer together.

nYou have successfully tempered tier 0 material with outstanding quality

nHer lips were smiling as a notification popped up in her head.

n“One train track has been successfully tempered. Less than 2 million,” Viktor muttered.

nYou have successfully tempered tier 0 material with outstanding quality

nYou have successfully tempered tier 0 material with outstanding quality

nIn less than five minutes, three iron rods were successfully tempered.

nIn the first minutes, the tempering process went smoothly. No problems, everything went fast. But when it was nearly three hours, Viktor’s hands started to hurt, even his whole body was sweating.

nNot only did Barry help lift and lower the rails, he occasionally stepped out in Viktor’s fur coat. Besides aiming to take food and water, it also aims to reduce suspicion.

nViktor continued to do Metal Tempering until the sky turned dark. During that time, he managed to strengthen about 50,000 iron rails. After finishing work, Viktor went straight to sleep in his tent. The next day he woke up and returned to the storage tent.

nThat goes on every day.

nViktor absolutely never did anything else, other than feeding and tempering rail rods. Not because he was very hardworking, but because he wanted to finish this tiring job as soon as possible. Only occasionally did he come out of the tent without wearing armor, just to show himself.

nMister Oswald checks the tempering process about every two weeks, and he occasionally came together with Mayor Benjamin. Apart from seeing how many metal pieces were ready to be installed, he also wanted to see how Metal Guardian strengthened the rail rods. But he never succeeded because every time Viktor entered the tent, Viktor immediately invited Oswald to chat outside the tent.

nWhen Viktor is focused on work, time goes on. In his mind there are only forging rail rods. Until finally there are no more rail rods that can be strengthened.

nUnbeknownst to him, he had already been in the labor camp for an entire month.

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