Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 2203: New Evercraft, A Rebuilt And Modernized City

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We stepped into New Evercraft after making our way through the mountains. On the road there, we discovered that the Arachne had built several new bridges made of firm magic metal. These bridges connected several mountains together, making it much easier to move between them and to reach Evercraft by foot. We walked across them while admiring the beautiful view and the clear sky above. The metal felt solid under our feet, and the height gave us long looks at the valleys below, where forests stretched out and rivers cut through the rock.

Once we reached Evercraft, everything had indeed changed from what I remembered. The ruins were almost completely gone. There were still a few places here and there that were being rebuilt, and piles of broken house pieces and boulders were being pushed to a corner where workers slowly crushed them into tiny pieces so they could reuse the material in other ways. But overall the city looked new.

Everything had been remade. There were huge skyscrapers for some reason, massive buildings that rose high against the mountain walls, a full mall in the center, and an even larger amount of residential areas. There was not a single homeless person in sight. And there was a huge quantity of tourists walking the streets.

"What? Is this real? It changed so much in just a week?" I asked in disbelief. "There’s humans and elves everywhere now...!"

"It’s part of your grandfather’s tourism plans," Aquarina said. "He has offered free rides to New Evercraft with state-sponsored airships, so people who have nothing else to do or who want to go on vacation are coming without end."

"Really?" I gasped.

"It’s a good way to encourage tourism. My father’s a genius for doing this. Of course it costs quite a lot of money if every single trip here from the capital or other nearby cities is free, but..." my mother muttered. "It’s nothing we cannot handle. I presume this is temporary?"

"Yes," Uncle Arafunn nodded with a kind smile. "It seems that the free rides will run for the rest of the year, so everyone who ever wanted to travel here is doing so. They are all marveling at how the entire old city has been remade anew. The tragedy has served as a way for Evercraft to be completely reborn, in a way. Fascinating, isn’t it?"

"I guess it is...!" my father nodded. "Woah, the buildings look so sleek. Kind of modern but not as rustic as before, and there’s plants everywhere... Oh, the ceiling’s open?" He noticed there were several large holes through the mountain above.

"A lot of them are from monsters," Arafunn said. "The King decided to leave them there for now. Later on they will be covered with a special magic glass of sorts, or so I’ve heard."

"There’s something called a mall at the center of the city," Ruby said. "It’s where a bunch of shops from all over the continent have gathered to sell products you wouldn’t normally find elsewhere. It’s awesome. Come take a look!" She grabbed my arm and pulled us along as we rushed after her.

We reached the mall in mere seconds. Once inside we saw all the wondrous things on display. There was an exposition of Evercraft Magitech and even a competition where young dwarf students showed their creations to investors from all over the world. New types of golems were being shown to the people watching, along with new inventions, special armors, and all sorts of useful everyday tools. There were no weapons on display. Everything focused on items that would be useful in a peaceful world.

"It’s a nice expo...!" Ruby said. "Damn, I wish I could have joined, but I failed to meet the deadline because I was busy elsewhere. Oh well."

Within the expo we saw golems that resembled butlers and maids. They were called "service golems" and were programmed to handle small tasks that the larger golems could not do, all with extreme precision and dexterity. Their joints moved smoothly as they demonstrated carrying trays or folding cloth in front of the crowd.

There were also communication devices that allowed people to speak from one place to another over extremely long distances without needing a giant orb. These devices were pocket-sized, and people called them "Pocket Communicators." Several visitors tested them by calling relatives in other cities, laughing when the voices came through clearly.

Among the Magitech there were more of these "televisions" and also "radios," as Alice called them. They looked very similar to Earth’s technology. One tool in particular played a nice melody that people loved. It worked completely automatically, cycling through songs without anyone touching it.

After spending a couple of hours watching everything, we moved to a dining area where there were over fifteen restaurants offering all kinds of unique meals and dishes. We tasted the noodles from the northern cities, thick and chewy with a light broth. Then we tried the fried rice of the dwarves, packed with strong-tasting mushrooms that gave it an earthy flavor. We also had deep-fried fish that was somehow still fresh from the sea, the coating crisp and the meat flaky. There was fresh fruit juice directly from the capital as well, sweet and cold, which tasted amazing after walking around for so long.

At the end of the dining area there was a shop that sold ice cream. They had over twenty-five different flavors. We had fun tasting them with Aquarina and my friends, ending up trying every single one they offered. Some were fruity and light, others creamy and rich with bits of chocolate or nuts mixed in. By the time we finished, our hands were sticky and everyone was laughing at how many different cones we had gone through.

The whole city felt alive in a way the old Evercraft never had. People from different races mixed freely in the streets, talking about the new buildings and the free airship rides that had brought them here. It was hard to believe only a week had passed since the ruins we left behind.

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