With Eadwig in City Titan and the ink drying on his "Voluntary Restructuring Agreement," Ragnar felt assured that his rise to power was secure.
Thus he spent the remainder of his day visiting Leif the Elder's workshop.
The man was currently busy overseeing the production of the new high-tensile steel cables; it had been a while since Ragnar last popped by to inspect the R&D department, and there was a particular reason for him to do so this time.
Ragnar had devised a much smaller, concealable weapon based on the principles of the repeating crossbow but utilizing a torsion spring mechanism instead of a bulky bow-arm; the previous Mark II pattern was too large to be kept well hidden by his agents across enemy lands, and he had wanted to fix that issue.
Thus he stopped by Leif's workshop unannounced.
Ragnar quickly tapped his cane on the heavy iron door, and a few seconds passed before Leif opened it, wiping grease from his hands with a rag.
