In Li De’s plans, Dawn City’s future would far exceed its current scale.
It might even expand several times over.
Thus, when allocating land, he reserved a five-kilometer stretch of area for future use. At the current rate of development, this land might be needed soon.
His sights were already set on the next five years.
Currently, Dawn City could accommodate around 20,000 humans and 3,000 vampires. Reaching this number would already saturate the city.
Though there were only over 3,000 people in the city now, Li De estimated that by the end of the year, the population would reach 6,000 to 8,000. After another year of development, the population would hit the full capacity of 20,000.
By then, planning a new district would be too late, so it was better to finalize the plans for the new district now to avoid scrambling later.
If the prestigious mage tower were built in the new district, it would undoubtedly serve as an excellent magnet for attracting residents.
Coupled with the future school also being established in the new district, the combination would ensure the rapid formation of the new area.
No one wouldn’t want their children to study magic and knowledge in the mage tower and school. Even if they couldn’t secure a spot immediately, being closer was always advantageous.
Li De estimated that this vast expanse of land could accommodate at least 100,000 residents, sufficient to meet development needs for a long time to come.
Of course, for now, it was still barren land.
“There are still many humans we can put to work. We must utilize this labor force instead of merely feeding them.”
Li De spoke gravely, “While constructing the mage tower, we should take this opportunity to develop more infrastructure.
Preferably, start by repairing the road between the mage tower and Dawn City.
Additionally, the houses destroyed two days ago need to be rebuilt.”
After observing the contemplative expressions of the others, Li De made the decision directly.
“The construction of the mage tower will be entrusted to Emi. Around the mage tower, build a cluster of residences for apprentice mages, designed for 500 people, with enough surrounding land reserved to accommodate at least 5,000 people.
The roads and the reconstruction of Dawn City’s houses will be overseen by Harrison.
The City Hall can establish a new department—the Construction Department—and recruit humans with construction experience to refine the planning of the new district.
Remember, the future new district will be a zone capable of housing 100,000 people. The mage tower and school are just parts of it.
Ensure all facilities are considered thoroughly. Once the new district’s plan is finalized, bring it to me for confirmation before commencing construction.”
This series of commands instantly revealed Li De’s grand vision to the group.
First building the mage tower, then planning a school—this was already a monumental undertaking.
Moreover, while Dawn City had fewer than 3,000 residents and plenty of vacant houses within, Li De was already envisioning three to five years ahead, preparing for the future.
He was even planning to construct a new district capable of housing 100,000 people.
This ambitious plan filled the group with a surge of excitement.
Though they knew Dawn City would eventually grow under Li De’s leadership,
No one expected that just a month after Li De had solidified the vampires’ future direction, they would already be planning a district for 100,000 people.
Though this plan might take years to realize, it didn’t diminish their admiration for Li De.
Even Emi, the well-traveled blasphemer, was amazed by Li De’s foresight.
To think about the future at this moment and devise a plan to achieve it required impeccable vision and skill.
At the very least, if he were managing Dawn City, knowing the current situation, he wouldn’t have formulated such an ambitious and grand plan. At most, he’d focus on filling Dawn City first and leave the rest until the city reached capacity.
Li De ignored their astonished gazes, his deep eyes fixed on the map on the table.
In his mind, he had already sketched out the image of Dawn City several years from now.
However, there was still much work to be done.
After finalizing the development of the new district, Li De moved on to the second matter.
From Mage Hand to Small Fireball , the improvements to these spells gave him much reflection. Though both were successfully modified, he also realized his own shortcomings.
Therefore, Li De wanted to exchange ideas about magic with the group and teach them his improved versions of Mage Hand and Small Fireball .
Mage Hand was secondary; the improved Small Fireball would be significantly helpful to them. Its effectiveness in combat had already been verified on Emi.
Even this powerful blasphemer couldn’t withstand it.
“I’ve recently improved two spells. One is Mage Hand.”
After speaking, Li De snapped his fingers, and Mage Hand appeared before the group.
After several transformations, everyone was pleasantly surprised.
Avi exclaimed joyfully, “What an ingenious concept! This modification gives Mage Hand numerous uses—it’ll undoubtedly be a great help in alchemical experiments.”
Emi also nodded, full of admiration, “The functionality and application of the improved Mage Hand are almost comparable to Tier 2 Spells. It’s truly an impressive improvement, Lord Progenitor. May I know your thought process?”
Li De chuckled lightly and, under the curious gazes of the others, fully explained his ideas and approach to modifying Mage Hand .
Unbound by traditional magical thinking in this world, Li De’s wildly creative arrangement of magical nodes left the group in awe, prompting exclamations of amazement at such innovative techniques.
Meanwhile, the questions and alternative improvement ideas raised by the group during the discussion also inspired Li De greatly, especially those from Emi, the blasphemer. His questions were sharp and highly targeted.
After the exchange, everyone gained a lot, and Li De also developed new ideas for his improved magic. However, he currently lacked the time to delve into further research.
Drawing the magic model of Mage Hand on the blackboard, he provided a complete explanation. The group’s magical knowledge weren’t much inferior to Li De’s.
Learning the familiar Mage Hand came quickly to them. Compared to the apprentices of the Crimson Mage Tower, it was like night and day.
In just two or three sun-hours, the eight second-generation bloodline descendants had already solidified the improved magic model of Mage Hand .
Li De nodded in satisfaction. The stronger the vampires became, the happier he was.
He continued to share his second improved spell—Small Fireball.
If Mage Hand earned their admiration, the improved version of Small Fireball left them astounded.
Especially when Li De personally demonstrated releasing dozens of fireballs in just a few seconds. Aside from Harrison and Augustine, who had seen it before, deep astonishment rose in the others’ eyes.
“Clan Leader, such fast casting speed is incredibly useful on the battlefield for unexpected situations,” Fred said solemnly. He had personally participated in the siege of the vampires in Green City a hundred years ago and knew that anything could happen on the battlefield.
Though the improved Small Fireball wasn’t particularly powerful, its extremely fast casting speed could be life-saving in emergencies.
A fraction of a second was nearly instantaneous.
Emi, who had personally experienced the intense and high-frequency bombardment of fireballs, looked somewhat uneasy. In that battle, he had been nearly overwhelmed by Small Fireball .
Though he had indeed been severely injured and unable to unleash his full strength at the time, the terrifying suppressive power of Small Fireball was undeniably formidable.
He had even spent the past few days pondering ways to counter Small Fireball.
The conclusions he reached were few: one, use teleportation magic to leave the battlefield and cast spells from hiding; two, eliminate the opponent with magic before they could attack; three, wait until the opponent’s mana was depleted.
But the latter two methods could only deal with ordinary opponents. If he faced an enemy like Li De, whose mana seemed inexhaustible, he could only choose the first option—to flee the battlefield and cast spells from hiding.
Though this was a viable strategy, for a Level 15 blasphemer, it was undoubtedly a humiliating option.
This highlighted the role of the Gatling Fireball in combat.
However, what intrigued him even more was how Li De could still maintain abundant mana after casting over a thousand Small Fireballs.
Even though each Small Fireball only required 3 mana points, the total mana required for thousands of fireballs would make even a transcendent mage sweat.