LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 548: Chapter 511: Demon Skin Chapter 548: Chapter 511: Demon Skin When Rocky finished sharing his ideas, Aniye and the others exchanged glances and then furrowed their brows, deep in thought.

“It’s possible, that’s for sure,”

This time, Hammerfire was the first to speak, as designing and producing armor was his area of expertise.

“Rocky, are you sure you can design another new armor?”

After thinking for a while, Hammerfire raised the question.

From Hammerfire’s perspective, while the design of the Tank Type 1 Armor was indeed good and the ideas innovative, he was genuinely concerned whether Rocky could continue to design such novel and practical armor. If he couldn’t, then setting up the factory would be a waste.

“Master, I believe I can,”

However, facing Hammerfire’s concerns, Rocky confidently nodded, for his previous experience had opened up a new path of thinking, and he believed that by following this path, he would definitely design more and more innovative armors unlike the conventional ones in this world.

“Since that’s the case… then we obviously support your idea, and I will assist you when the time comes,”

Seeing Rocky so confident, Hammerfire, Aniye, and the others looked at each other and then nodded in agreement, supporting his decision unanimously.

With the support of Aniye and the others, Rocky immediately had Aileen contact the Apple Tree Corporation. As he expected, as soon as the Apple Tree Corporation learned of Rocky’s intention to collaborate on manufacturing armor, they agreed immediately and decided to send representatives for detailed discussions.

Having settled this matter, a huge weight was lifted from Rocky’s mind. If this venture succeeded, it would secure the livelihood of the newly settled population, and if the armor sold well, it would not only resolve the employment issues of the new residents but would also significantly increase the income of Thunderhawk City, naturally a cause for Rocky’s happiness.

Of course, this was only the first step, for this time he not only planned to introduce new industries to Thunderhawk City but also aimed to upgrade the existing industries.

The so-called upgrade didn’t just mean scale, but also content.

After a long period of development, Thunderhawk City had already established three leather factories and three textile factories. If Rocky wanted to further expand, he could certainly do so, but he had to consider a problem—that although he could increase the size, what about the market?

Scale and marketability don’t equate directly. It is not true that the larger the factory’s size and output, the broader the market. Thus, if he couldn’t balance production and sales and rashly expanded the industrial scale, not only would it not improve industrial development, but it would also add various burdens.

This was exactly what Rocky had in mind for the industrial upgrade.

The leather and textile products currently produced by Thunderhawk City were basic and lacked both a quality and a price advantage compared to similar products in the market. They were still sellable mainly due to the good relationship with the Ruby Chamber of Commerce and because of the large market demand for leather and textiles; that was all.

Thus, it was difficult for these two industries to expand their scale unless they changed the current nondescript state allowing continued development in Thunderhawk City.

For this, Rocky had long had his own ideas.

So after Aileen finished contacting the Apple Tree Corporation, Rocky summoned the technicians from the leather factories to the City Lord’s Mansion.

When he had established the first leather factory, he had hired several technicians from the Technician Guild, partly to train the residents in professional skills and partly to help manage the factory. As more factories were built in Thunderhawk City, the number of technicians increased, and a group of capable individuals had also emerged among the residents of the city. This time, Rocky called all these people to the City Lord’s Mansion.

As there were quite a few people, Rocky arranged for them to gather in the mansion’s back garden, where he then asked Aileen to bring out several pieces of Demon Skin from the treasury.

“Everyone, take a look, what kind of skin is this?”

Rocky placed the Demon Skin Aileen had brought on a table and called the technicians over to gather around it.

“This is…”

The technicians fostered by the local residents of Thunderhawk City took a look and shook their heads, as they had only recently completed their training and had too little exposure to recognize what kind of skin it was.

However, the technicians hired from the Technician Guild recognized it immediately, and the oldest of them said to Rocky, “City Lord, this should be Mole Demon Skin.”

“Exactly.”

Rocky nodded. Although he had forgotten exactly where this piece of Demon Skin had come from, it was indeed Mole Demon Skin.

He then asked, “Gentlemen, what do you think this Demon Skin can be used for?”

“Used for what?”

Hearing this, the technicians from the Technician Guild looked at each other, puzzled. They had been wondering all along why Rocky had summoned them, and now it appeared he might want them to make something.

So the elderly man continued, “City Lord, Mole Demon Skin can be used for many things, but it is best suited for making soft armor because the skin is very light yet has excellent defensive capabilities. Directly using it to make soft armor is most appropriate, of course, it can also be used as lining for plate armor or other armors, which would enhance the armor’s defensive power another level.”

“What else?”

“What else?” After looking at Rocky, the old man thought for a moment and then said, “City Lord, if Demon Skin is used to make leather goods… that is certainly possible too, and the quality would be ten times better than leather goods made from ordinary leather. After all, this is Demon Skin, and although the Mole Demon is one of the lowest tier demons, its skin is still far superior to that of ordinary animals. However, doing so would be somewhat wasteful.”

“What else?”

“What else?”

Looking at Rocky blinking, the old man was truly puzzled; he could see that Rocky intended to use this piece of Demon Skin for something but couldn’t figure out what exactly.

It was as if Rocky discerned the old man’s thoughts, and he smiled and then asked, “Could this skin be used to make bags?”

“Bags…? Sir, do you mean the backpacks used by warriors?”

“No, I mean the kind of bags used by women, the kind that look good but aren’t particularly functional.”

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