‘Damn, I shouldn’t have been so reckless.’
‘Why did I have to explore Soul Structure? Couldn’t I have just gone to work earlier?’
‘Now I have to wash my underwear…’
In the bathroom, Raphael muttered indignantly.
He and Tina had achieved synchronized resonance at a certain moment, together arriving at that vast and boundless weightless space.
When he saw Tina’s affectionate, moist eyes and the flush of heated redness beneath her eyes, he realized belatedly:
‘This isn’t magic replenishment, is it?!’
But it was a close call; fortunately, Raphael was wearing relatively thick pants today.
In any case, while Tina was still recovering from the aftershock, Raphael quickly pulled his fingers away and firmly connected the interface of the Magic Silver Soft Armor to Tina’s Soul Conduit.
The moment they connected, Tina’s body trembled, and the Magic Silver Soft Armor transformed into a simple set of athletic wear, its color darkening.
The upper part was a short vest, loosely covering the area above the abdomen, exposing shoulders and arms.
The lower part was a pair of black shorts, tightly wrapping around the absolute zone about five or six centimeters below the thigh root, making her slender legs look even more taut and shapely.
‘This style… isn’t it a bit ahead of its time?’
Admittedly, this was exactly the style Raphael liked.
Perhaps when connecting to the source, some strange fantasy of Raphael’s slipped in, causing Tina to subconsciously transform the Magic Silver Soft Armor into this appearance.
‘But to be honest, can this really defend against anything?’
Raphael shook his head.
“Forget it, the Magic Silver Soft Armor is mysterious anyway.”
Made from magic silver, in its normal state it’s no different from ordinary cloth, but upon receiving a heavy blow, it automatically hardens.
The impact point bears part of the force, while the rest spreads evenly outward like waves, thereby reducing most of the damage.
All of this is due to the mysterious nature of magic silver itself.
Perhaps the uncovered areas simply become transparent, but in essence it’s still armor.
All in all, this matter had come to a close.
Next, Raphael decided to use the assets left by Lanse to purchase what the hybrids needed.
Proper clothing, normal toiletries, and a batch of books for basic education…
This task could be left to the guards.
All the guards’ Loyalty was above 30, and many had even exceeded 50.
For tasks that didn’t involve core issues, relying on them appropriately wouldn’t hurt.
The tasks were numerous; he had to spend his time on things only he could do.
Activating Spiritual Perception, he arrived at the deepest part of Death Row.
‘Nothing… absolutely nothing.’
After carefully searching, he found nothing.
Having found nothing, Raphael got up and left the bathhouse.
Calculating the time, it was almost time for lunch.
Entering the cafeteria, the first shift of guards had already finished eating.
Upon seeing Raphael, all of them enthusiastically stood up to greet him.
Raphael took the opportunity to give instructions regarding the asset inventory and procurement of supplies.
“Lord, what would you like to eat today?”
The Head Chef walked gracefully to the table and asked with a bow.
“Just the same as the other guards.”
“By the way, Head Chef,” Raphael stroked his chin, “do you have any thoughts on reforming the prison cafeteria?”
“Thoughts? No, none at all. On the contrary, I believe you, Lord, are generous and benevolent, and I deeply admire that.”
“That’s good. You might have a tougher time ahead…” Raphael paused.
“How about this: I’ll give you a 20% raise.”
“Lord, I’m extremely grateful.”
Watching the Head Chef leave, Raphael checked the current prison status.
[Tulip Prison: Level 2]
[Current Influence: 10 (Slightly known)]
[Staff: 41]
[Military: 0]
[Prisoners: 931]
[Liquid Funds: 13,000 Crowns]
[Fixed Assets: 5,000,000 Crowns]
[Current Liabilities: 6,000,000 Crowns]
[Current Net Assets: -987,000 Crowns]
[This Month’s Expected Expenditure: 12,000 Crowns (including military and staff salaries of 3,400 Crowns, prison daily expenses of 8,500 Crowns)]
[This Month’s Expected Revenue: 2,000 Crowns (labor subsidy of 1,400 Crowns, Weaving Workshop 600 Crowns)]
[Prison Riot Index: 19.7 (Affected by factors such as working environment, living conditions, salary, etc., for staff and prisoners; reaches 100, riot is inevitable)]
Due to the significant improvement in the prisoners’ meal standards over the past two days, the expenditures for the remaining days suddenly increased by 2,000 Crowns.
‘Today is…’
Raphael calculated the date.
‘May 26th.’
‘That is to say, for the remaining 5 days of May, the daily food expenses have increased by 400 Crowns.’
‘If extended to next month, 30 days would be 12,000…’
‘Another troublesome matter.’
After eating, Raphael went to the prison perimeter.
There were still twenty tons of supplies in the Heterospace; Refined Iron and Brass were of no use for now, but Timber could be used.
Outside the prison buildings, there was nearly 30,000 square meters of territory.
Raphael planned to build a wall along the territory’s border to prevent Ghouls that came out at night to feed from entering the territory.
As for materials, Raphael intended to use local resources: sand and stones from the desert to build a low wall.
A low wall was enough to guard against Ghouls; building it higher would be useless.
And these timbers would be used to build warehouses and training grounds in the newly acquired territory.
Before long, Estina found Raphael with a list.
“Lord, all the assets left behind by Lanse and his mercenary group have been inventoried. Please take a look.”
Taking the list, Raphael couldn’t help but be shocked.
Cash of 12,132 Crowns, 2 kilograms of gold, 21 kilograms of pure silver, and countless jewelry and jade.
Roughly estimated, this “inheritance” might be worth over 100,000 Crowns!
He had expected a lot, but not this much.
Though negligible compared to the debt, this wealth was more than enough to help the prison through the current crisis.
As a precious metal, gold was far less dazzling than silver in this world, but its exchange rate was still higher than silver.
1 Crown was equivalent to 5 grams of pure silver or 0.3 grams of gold.
2 kilograms of gold could be converted to 6,500 Crowns, while 21 kilograms of silver could be converted to 4,200 Crowns.
Exchanging gold for Crowns required paying taxes, while silver could be exchanged at full value.
Total: 22,823 Crowns.
Those luxury items were hard to appraise, but they had to be worth at least 80,000 Crowns.
“Have the guards sent to procure supplies departed?” Raphael asked.
“Not yet, Lord. We are waiting for you to confirm the budget.”
As she spoke, Estina took out a stack of papers.
“Additionally, we have compiled a detailed list of the remaining 812 hybrids in the prison, which can be used to confirm the supplies needed.”
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Staff Dormitory No.1, second floor, Room 201.
Tina had cleaned the entire room inside and out three or four times, but her heart still couldn’t calm down.
Horns are one of the parts where Demon Men conceive life.
Unlike humans, female Demon Men can only effectively conceive in the womb after a Magic Link.
The horns can convert magic power and life force into nutrients for the fetus, and after birth, supply magic to the child.
Therefore, pregnant Demon Men need to consume large amounts of blood and internal organs to maintain nutrient supply, especially human blood and organs.
Nectar and berries pale in comparison.
The same applies to female Half-Demons.
Thus, the population of Half-Demons among hybrids is far less than that of Half-Orcs.
Tina, of course, did not know these things.
However, she was particularly concerned about that scent.
The Half-Demons’ enhanced senses, far surpassing humans, allowed her to smell a rich Life Aura at that indescribable moment…
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