The news of Ylvania's defeat shocked the entire continent of Yureka. Previously, people thought that the orc army could be driven back, but now they realized that the rise of the orcs in the northern region of the Ylvania Empire was inevitable.
The Ylvania Empire sent a request for help to Rhineland and Britton. The request for help was immediately rejected.
A week later, the Emperor of Ylvania accused Britton of selling weapons, magic items, and various other things to the orc army. Britton did not deny it, instead issuing a statement:
We support free trade without racial discrimination. Every country has the sovereignty to trade with anyone without being restricted by rules that harm the interests of the country.
This statement angered the people of Ylvania, as it was clear that Britton was one of the countries helping the orcs. Britton was not ashamed to admit this because this was not the old era where humans united and fought against other races such as orcs, elves, and so on. There was no such thing as human unity; each country had its own interests.
Meanwhile, in the village of Einsburg, Evan, who had modified his meditation technique, continued to modify the spells he had purchased.
He modified the blood-drying spell, which was used to draw blood out of dead monsters' bodies, into a controlled dehydration spell. Incidentally, he used this spell to help dry silica bricks.
In addition, he also created a precision cutter from a water jet, which he then used to cut stone and wood for blast furnace purposes.
Enemy detection spell became an element detector, which could be used to detect the type and amount of chemical elements in an object. He created a micro-sight from the far sight spell that can be used to see the microscopic world. In addition, there is also a controlled small fire spell derived from the lighter spell, which is usually used to create small fires.
Finally, he modified the anti-poison gas spell, which has a mechanism for filtering toxins from the air to create an oxygen filter spell capable of filtering oxygen from the air.
Of the ten spells he bought, he has modified six of them, the rest are spells that are good for fighting, Evan has no intention of modifying them.
After modifying these six spells, Evan practically only has 596 points left. He had spent 156 points on this modification, plus 352 for wheat simulation, and 23 points for meditation technique modification.
Additionally, Evan himself had a 200-year simulation plan for the livestock he owned. To create superior livestock that had undergone 200 years of selective breeding.
However, that idea had to be put on hold. He was now short on points. To run the simulation for that long, Evan could only simulate a maximum of two animals.
"I'm short on points and money," Evan complained.
It was June, and the harvest was still a month away. Evan could only hope that the blast furnace would be completed soon and provide him with another source of income.
The steam blowing engine was finished. About a week ago, the steam blowing engine parts arrived by airship, which cost Evan an additional 2 marks.
This delivery was necessary because the blow cylinders, steam cylinders, and beams were too large and heavy to be pulled by horse-drawn carriages or ox carts.
Once all the parts arrived, Evan just needed to assemble them. He placed both of the blow cylinder on the foundation he had built a few weeks earlier. This process was quite difficult because the blow cylinder was so heavy that Evan needed the help of dozens of people to do it.
He erected two parallel cast iron support columns and installed a pair of giant beams on top of them. Evan did not forget to add several wooden beams on top to support the parallel movement of the beams.
Simply put, these beams function like a seesaw, pushing and pulling the piston in the blower engine, with a little help from the connecting rod that connects the beam and the crankshaft, thereby converting linear motion into rotational motion.
The design of two beams, two blow cylinders, and two steam cylinders built by Evan is more stable and produces more air even though it is slightly smaller than a single set of beams with larger steam and blow cylinders.
Once finished, he installed the steam cylinder, then installed the flywheel and crankshaft near the steam cylinder. After that, he assembled the pistons, then connected the steam and air piston rods to different ends of the beams.
Finally, he attached the governor to the crankshaft with a gear belt so that the rotation of the engine would move the governor balls. When the engine was too fast, the governor would pull a lever that automatically closed the steam valve.
Before the final step, Evan first tested the movement of the entire engine by turning the flywheel. After making sure everything was in order, he took the final step.
Installing the pipes from the boiler to the steam cylinder and the blast furnace cylinder was his last step.
"No, there's one more thing," Evan muttered. He installed a magic device shaped like a filter between the air pipe leading to the blast furnace and then welded it back together with a concentrated flame.
This magic device was Evan's creation, based on the latest spell he had modified, namely an oxygen filter. This way, the wind blown by the blower cylinder would be filtered to at least 90% oxygen.
This device is powered by a low-purity magic crystal. He estimates that it will remain active for up to a year before Evan needs to recharge the magic energy in the crystal.
"Let's activate it, My Lord! I want to see how this device works." Phillip Kruger, the blacksmith from Einsburg, expressed his desire with an enthusiastic expression.
"Uh, we need to heat the boiler first. It will take about half a day. We'll only be able to see it work tomorrow," Evan explained.
Phillip sighed, looking disheartened. "Is that so..."
The change in his expression was so quick that Evan felt like Phillip was a child who had lost his toy.
"Be patient," Evan could only offer Phillip a little comfort.
Evan ordered two people to light a small fire with wood in the boiler to warm the boiler structure and its foundation stones. This needed to be done overnight to keep the boiler in a banked fire state.
The next day, Evan was forced to wake up early when someone knocked on the door of his castle. He came down from his room and opened the door.
"Phillip?" Evan was surprised to see Phillip Kruger come to him this early in the morning. How enthusiastic was this man?
"Good morning, My Lord. Two people in the boiler room are asking for additional instructions."
"Uh, let them both rest, then hire someone else to start gradually adding coke to the heater. Continue and come back in two or three hours."
"Okay, I'll pass on your orders," said Phillip. He then walked away.
Evan was relieved that Phillip had left. He spent the morning as usual. Enjoying breakfast, warm tea in the morning, and not forgetting a pancake with honey poured on top.
About two and a half hours later, he went to the iron smelting complex.
The iron smelting complex was not in the village but a few hundred meters from it. It was where Evan built an iron ore warehouse, a coal and coke warehouse, a blast furnace, a reverberatory furnace, a boiler, and a steam blowing engine.
Upon arriving there, Evan checked and found that the steam pressure from the boiler was almost at working pressure.
He opened the drain valve to warm up the steam cylinder and remove condensation that could damage the piston. He then slowly opened the main regulator valve.
At this point, the engine was moving slowly. It was about two revolutions per minute, very slow, but it was enough to get Phillip excited.
"Look! It's moving!" Philip said excitedly.
After a few minutes, Evan closed the blow-off valve and let the engine run without load with the blow-off valve open. He left the engine in that condition for 30 minutes.
After that, he slowly closed the blast furnace cylinder valve. He continued to close it until the pressure reached a certain point. At this point, the engine was operating at full capacity with all the air blown into the furnace.
Evan checked whether the air being sent was actually being filtered by his magical device. Since the blast furnace was not yet complete, he slowly reopened the blow cylinder valve. He allowed the engine to operate without air pressure.
With that, the steam blowing engine was complete. He gave operating instructions to the workers there and even wrote an operating manual for Phillip. For the next few days, he let them fully master the operation of the steam blowing engine while the blast furnace was still incomplete.