"Roland, the Sea Demons... the Sea Demons have made no move."
Alina, with her new face, reported her work to Roland rather troubled.
As part of an exchange of interests, William loaded four hundred thousand pounds of gold coins onto the Monarch as the Empress's activity funds overseas.
Although the Empress's subsequent actions made him regret it immensely, the money had already been sent out and could not be retrieved.
The four hundred thousand pounds of gold coins were divided into portions, used for the construction of the Alchemy Laboratory and the establishment of an intelligence network.
Alina received the largest share of investment to start building the intelligence network.
Unfortunately, building an intelligence network takes time to accumulate; Alina's means of obtaining intelligence still relied on other underground intelligence organizations for the time being.
