Chapter 409 Live Gold
The Styx Shipping carried the rune giants ashore, and the long sound of a horn rang out in the mountains, with distinctive pauses and continuous echoes into the distance. At the same time, two hill giants with brown bodies rushed from the cliffs and hillsides. Their bodies are fat, and their bare bellies bounce up and down, but their whole bodies can also hang like a ball on the cliff and jump forward, which is several times more agile than rock sheep. Soon they were in front of Feige.
"Tell your King Jolo that we have brought Tata back. Yaka said to the giants at Feige's motion, "Hurry up and pay the pay, we have limited time!"
"Looks like he's dead, we're ......"
It is true that the hill giant's brain is not very bright, and such a quibble may affect others, but the devil is not moved at all. Yaka spat directly on the ground, and then said, "What qualifications do you have to make a big deal here? Are you King Jiaoluo?"
Then the hill giants began to shout nonsense such as "this is the land of giants, we are the rulers here, and all living beings must obey giants". From time to time, Yaka responded with ridicule, as if she liked the verbal confrontation. But the devils had already taken advantage of this time to consolidate their positions and spread their reconnaissance and defense posts in all directions.
After more than an hour, a team of forty giants came out of the mountain and gathered towards the river. Leading the way were three rune giants, whose size would not seem so large only when compared to the mountain peaks. As they got closer, the ground shook more and more pronounced, with the roar of boulders rolling down and landslides coming and going. In fact, the giants are accustomed to the mountain environment, and they can move on the cliffs without hurting the turf. They deliberately made such a big noise just to give the devils a shock.
Having just completed a very successful raid, the Devils of Feige are full of enthusiasm for battle, and the shocking actions of the giants only make them more excited. As the spokesmen of evil, the devils will first fulfill the contract, but there is no shortage of things that will immediately start a raid after the completion of the contract, killing the ex-partner with a ruthless and ruthless attitude. Therefore, the devils are always ready for battle, and killing is killing, so as not to waste time playing tricks that deter the enemy.
The giants approached, and judging by their swift dispersion to seize the high ground, they were also guarding against the devil. A particularly strong rune giant stood in front of Yaka, his head shaved but with a large white beard that hung in sixteen braids. The ends of each braid are crimson, dyed with the blood of the enemy, according to the custom of giants. Each braid symbolizes two hundred kills, or the conquest of a city of more than 10,000 people. Feige hopes it's the latter, so that the giant will be richer.
"Horned Demon, you sent my Tata back. It's just that why did he stay unconscious?" Jiao Luo crouched down, and then lowered his head, still a little taller than Yaka. He looked down at the more than thirty devils in front of him, his brown eyes trembling slightly, as if he was observing and assessing the strength of these devils in front of him. "My tower must be intact before I will pay you. ”
"He's really intact. Feige said.
"Why does this contract demon dare to interject?" the corner waved his hand vigorously, and the slap slashed past Yaka and slapped heavily on his chest. "Smack!" a loud bang swept through the wind, and the terrifying destructive power of the rune giant's gestures was unmistakable. The wings behind Yaka swayed slightly, effortlessly maintaining her balance, while Feige didn't flicker.
"The soul contract is with me, and I can speak on behalf of the lord, so of course I have a say in this matter. Feige raised his right hand, and a scroll glowing with golden light appeared in the palm of his hand. The giant Jiao Luo didn't need to be careful, his soul throbbed, and he had already confirmed the authenticity of that soul contract without any doubt.
"I've allowed you to speak. Jiao Luo habitually squinted his eyes at Feiqi, especially the soul contract he held tightly in his hand: "According to the contract, bring my son back intact, and you will receive the promised reward." ”
At this point in the deal, Feige wasn't worried about the giants breaking their promises. The deterrent power of the soul contract is still very strong, and the rune giants are inherently evil, so they cannot get the help of angels, so they cannot use the method of redemption to fight the soul contract. So, Feige withdrew the spell that kept the rune giant asleep, allowing the giant prince to slowly wake up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he immediately went on combat alert, and without thinking about it, he swung his fist at the nearest devil. A smile appeared on the corner of King Jiaoluo's mouth, and he was proud in his heart, such a lively rune giant full of fighting spirit was his son! When you meet a stranger in a strange place, wave your fist first, and the rest of the things will definitely be easier to do than before you swing your fist, this is the rune giant's philosophy of life!
Feige was not in the range of the attack, but he was prepared, and with a wave of his right hand, a spatial crack appeared in front of the giant's fist, teleporting something a hundred times more terrifying than a battering ram to other places. The Ice Demon, who was originally in front of his fist, had already raised his arms to make a parrying motion, and was surprised to find that the giant's "hand was broken". He grinned, vibrated his wings, and pulled away.
The Giant Prince withdrew his fist in confusion. He didn't feel any discomfort other than a punch, and his lack of knowledge of spells prevented him from understanding the power of the spatial rift blocking method. He held the ground with one hand, and with the other he was about to throw another punch, when Yaka roared, "A second punch, you're pretending to be confused and want to attack!
"Stop!" shouted King Joloh, and his son had to let the second punch go halfway and take it back in a huff. "Come here, get back to the people, we have more to fight. ”
Obviously, the Giant Prince was a little unsatisfied, and he looked at the devils around him with contempt, deliberately shook his arms and swaggered, and walked past the devils with the attitude of touching porcelain, and returned to his father. He was slapped twice first, it sounded loud and his face was red, but any demon who was proficient in the art of torture could see that these two slaps did not leave a wound at all. "Go find Haman and ask her to check it out. ”
The other party must inspect the goods, which is also expected by the devil. Rune Giants aren't very powerful in spells, and their detection and healing spells are primitive and simple, making it difficult to find the control spells that Feige has hidden with his mind-bending abilities.
Waiting for the Giant's caster—not sure if it was a shaman or a priest, for it was not known if the sign in the man's hand was a totem or a holy emblem—waited for her to examine Tata's entire body in detail, even the inside of her lips and nostrils, and finally confirmed that the Rune Giant Prince was intact.
"Come with me, and I'll pay you. King Jolo waved his hand and told the devils to follow.
Feige jumped onto the shoulders of an ice demon and followed it as a mount, followed by Yaka and the other demons. The Devil's Scout posts along the river are not moving, they are going to hold the place so they can call for the Styx shipping to take them away.
The giants followed for a while, and soon separated, leaving only King Jolo and Prince Tata. "The place we're going to now is only accessible to my immediate family, you are a special case, do you know what to do?"
"The contract stipulates that the location and inventory of the Rune Giant's treasury will not be revealed in any way. The devil always keeps the covenant, and you don't have to worry about that. ”
"Hmph. Although you are the devil on the other side, there is no difference between the devil and the devil. After taking the payment, you will leave my sight, and I will not bother to make your face the next time we meet. ”
"Please be sure not to recognize it, and just hit as much as you like. Feige smiled like a devil, "If possible, please attack Hell! ”
The Rune Giant King snorted, "The ability to speak is very good, and he is a competent contract demon, that's all." ”
They had climbed over thirty hills, had reached the heart of the mountains, came to a barren place devoid of vegetation, and then stopped. Feige jumped off the Ice Demon's shoulder, frowned as soon as he landed, and leaned over to place his palm on the gravelly rock. Seeing this, the Horned Demon Yaka immediately became vigilant, but Fei Qi clapped his hands and stood up with a smile: "There is indeed a feeling of gold here, the amount is huge, and even the elemental environment has been seriously affected. ”
"At most, there is only grass here, and no trees can grow. As he spoke, Tata was glared at by his father.
"I asked you to come here today so that you know how much the clan has paid for your mistakes! From this day on, your loot and income will be used to compensate for the loss first!"
"Hey, aren't you just going to loot more, give me a team, and I'll be able to get it back soon!"
Feige flew into the air and stood between the two giants: "If you have a job to loot in the future, we can also accept the hire." But after you pay the pay, there will be a next time, okay?"
King Jolo waved his hand as if to drive away flies, but he didn't slap Fitch in the end. He then hammered hard at specific points on the rock, while urging the blood, causing the runes hidden beneath his skin to glow. When the runes light up, the giant can use simple spells and even make himself even bigger. And this was the case with King Jolo, whose body swelled and turned into a giant who stood tall in the sky, and then reached out and buckled into the mountain, and lifted it upwards with all his might. He lifted an entire hillside, revealing a huge hollow below.
Feiqi was sweating profusely, he had thought that this would be some kind of spell mechanism, the kind that would automatically get out of the way after receiving the correct password, but he didn't expect it to be a manhole cover that was carried by brute force. However, the "manhole cover" carried by the giant was very sturdy, and there was no sign of disintegrating on its own. Fitch went around to the inside and found that it was actually a mountain covered in vein lines.
The rune giant didn't give the devils time to test and check, and as soon as he put down the manhole cover, he led them down. They walked from the interior of the mountain into the ground, and the vanishing light had no effect on them, except for a suspicious howl coming from deeper. Soon, with the sound of dull and hurried footsteps, two giants armed with all-metal spears rushed over, and when they saw King Jolo, they immediately lowered their weapons and knelt tamely.
These were two deformed giants, extremely hunchbacked, with curved spines almost semicircular, and hump-like lumps behind their shoulders. Humpbacked giants can hang their arms down to the ground and their legs bend backwards like chickens, unlike other giants. Their eyes are thin and narrow, radiating a milky white glow in the dark, apparently adapted to the underground environment. There was a very strong smell coming from them, not a body odor, but more like some kind of alchemical potion.
"Weigh him, and then take out ten times the weight of live gold. King Jolo said.
"Living gold?" Feige keenly caught this, and immediately asked, "Are you going to change the reward?"
"Our gold is different from yours, and you will understand it when you see it. The king was not in a hurry to explain, but took them on deeper.
After walking down for a few hundred meters, a huge karst cave suddenly opened up in front of everyone. There is underground lava flowing, and on the other side there is a dark river, and in the center of the water and fire is a flat clearing, where more than thirty golden dragons inhabit. They are chained around their necks like goats, each with their wings and legs cut off, and the only way to move is to crawl on the ground with their bound front paws. The wails they had heard earlier were from these golden dragons, and their eyes showed even more despair when they saw the devil. However, Feige noticed that this desperation only appeared in the eyes of the larger, older Golden Dragon. Those who are younger have only numbness in their eyes. Perhaps they did not fly freely in the first place, and there would not have been such deep pain without comparison.
"This is our living gold," said King Jolo proudly, "these golden dragons belong to a special category, real golden dragons. We feed them this alchemy gold, and they will grow golden scales. Come and see the condition!"
He walked up to the golden dragon and pressed the dragon's neck with one hand, and directly picked at the dragon scales with one hand, and pulled off a piece with a click. The golden dragon trembled, but it didn't dare to wail, let alone resist. Fei Qi couldn't bear it, but his expression couldn't show the slightest sympathy. He reached out and took the blood-stained dragon scales.
In terms of feel and material, half of the thickness of the heavy dragon scales is indeed gold, forming an extra layer of protective shell, and the other half is ordinary dragon scales. This is a type of protective scale similar to composite armor, and although it is unknown how much defense it can increase, in terms of value, these dragons that can produce gold scales can indeed be called living gold.
"If you extend the growth time, the whole scale can be gold, and then you can take it and smelt it directly. All I'm going to give you is pure gold scales. King Jiaoluo pointed to a few chests in the corner and said, "Those chests add up to seven hundred tons of gold, and then I will give you a few more live golden dragons and show you how to raise them." Your lord will definitely reward you with a big reward when he receives such a cash cow!"
"No wonder you're the richest giant king in the world," Yaka omitted a word or two, kind of patting the ass. "That's how you paid the devil's mercenaries for the gold, right?"
The Rune Giant King snorted twice, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. He had the soul contract in mind, so he kept looking at Feiqi and asked, "What do you think of this payment method?"
"I need to talk to my lord. "Feige has not been very sure of the gold, he has to think about it. "Don't worry, I don't need to leave, just give me a little time. ”