Construction of Helmarte Part 1B

Three months passed faster than anyone expected.

The reconstruction of Helmarte no longer resembled an ambitious proposal debated behind the closed doors of the Royal Council. It was no longer a collection of engineering drawings, budget estimates, schedules, and promises written on paper.

It had become the heartbeat of the capital itself.

From sunrise until well after sunset, the city echoed with the sounds of industry. Steam whistles announced the beginning and end of every shift, while the rhythmic strikes of hammers rang from temporary fabrication yards scattered across the eastern district. Heavy wagons moved through designated supply routes without pause, carrying cast-iron pipes, bricks, cement, structural steel, timber, tools, and replacement machine parts toward the active construction zones.