Chapter 198: The Story of Ironwood
According to the information provided by the Iron Lock, Levi left Blackstone Castle, and after killing hundreds of Beastmen who didn't know how to get in the way, they finally arrived at the west of Blackstone Fort, on the outskirts of an abandoned mine.
It is said that it was originally an iron ore mine for the dwarves, but it was abandoned because it was almost mined, which is very common.
It's just that later this place was occupied by some green skins that came out of nowhere, and gradually developed a certain scale, not only often robbing passing caravans or something, but even often organizing small troops in the number of hundreds to launch attacks on Blackstone Fort.
Although their strength is not very strong, they do not pose any threat to the powerful Blackstone Fort itself, but it is still a lot of harm to those ranger outposts outside the Blackstone Fort, so Blackstone Fort has also issued a lot of missions for this, and Levi received 5 different missions before leaving.
Some of them have to kill a certain number of designated greenskins, and some of them have to collect some of the unique fangs of the greenskins as proof of kill, and the conditions vary, but the way to complete them is basically the same, that is, to kill those damn greenskins!
As he walked, Levi was chatting with the dwarven double-axe fighter beside him: "Tiemu, I've heard from others before that when you dwarves marry a daughter-in-law, you all need pure gold of the same height as a dowry?" Is this true? ”
This is the message revealed in the story told to him by Dick, his butler, who had taken refuge with him yesterday.
Levi thought to himself, even if the dwarves are shorter than humans, but their muscle density is different from that of humans, Temu, a guy who is about one meter and a half, plus the equipment on his body is almost two hundred pounds, and the ordinary dwarven bride is probably almost 100 pounds, right? And the density of gold is greater than the body, are the dwarves so rich?
Speaking of this, Tiemu suddenly became excited, and he nodded busily: "Of course, of course, this is a tradition that our dwarves have passed down since ancient times!" ”
As if afraid that Levi would not believe him, he continued: "In fact, among us dwarves, gold and silver alone are not the measure of wealth, at least not the most important part. You must know that when we dwarves were at their heyday, there was a road of hundreds of miles in the east where our dwarves were most prosperous, and its name was the Silver Road, Levi, do you know why it was named that? ”
Timber's loud voice immediately attracted a lot of attention, and even Hua Meisi, who had just come back from exploring the way in front and was about to report to Levi, temporarily stopped her movements and prepared to listen, because in her opinion, Timber must be telling a story again.
"Could it be that the whole road is paved with silver?" After saying this, Levi was also surprised.
After such a long time, he already knew that although this is a game, it is still as close to rationality as possible in many aspects, and things like gold and silver treasures are definitely not refreshed casually, otherwise the game may also collapse economically!
"That's right, exactly!"
Tiemu puffed out his chest with pride, even though it was thousands of miles away from Blackstone Castle and belonged to different dwarven kingdoms, but he was also proud of it, because it represented the glory of the dwarven race!
"Hey, that's a bit awesome."
Levi couldn't help but be secretly frightened, although he also knew that Temu had always had a habit of bragging, or that all dwarves basically had a habit of bragging, but they were not going to lie, even if Tiemu said that the silver road was ten miles long, it would definitely be enough to buy a human kingdom and be rich!
The others were also amazed, if the dwarven kingdom could come up with so much silver to pave the way, then their dwarven dowry would not be so conspicuous in comparison.
Their amazement made Ironwood even more proud, even though in fact the silver path had nothing to do with him, and had long since been destroyed by the reference war between the ancient and the demons, and now it no longer exists.
Instead, Bloomis leaned over: "Now, Timber, what is the important thing to measure your wealth?" ”
Temu still had a good impression of Huames, because one of them loved to tell stories and the other loved to listen to stories, so he also loved to talk to this little human girl.
"For us dwarves, owning a mine means really having wealth, but the mine is also divided into levels, for example, iron ore or something is definitely not as good as a silver mine, if anyone owns a gold mine, even a beautiful dwarf girl will become enthusiastic and active."
Looking at Tiemu, who was almost drooling, Levi next to him couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, so even if he was in the game, he couldn't escape the stalk of having a mine at home?
Levi rubbed his eyebrows, digested these things, and then prepared to ask Hua Meisi how the previous investigation was, but looking at her appearance, it should be nothing, otherwise she would definitely report important information first, although she came out of Oak Village was very curious about the new things in the outside world, but she was not so bad that she couldn't tell the priorities, but Tiemu's other words attracted his attention again.
"Of course, there is actually another one, and that is to become a rune craftsman, a technology that represents wealth in itself."
"Oh, is it? Like this? Levi raised an earthy yellow metal bracer on his left wrist, a gift from the Oak Village Maiden - the Bracer of Fury, which was said to have been made by the dwarves with rune technology.
"Aha, that's right, Levi, that's it, now that you've put it on, you must have understood the power of our dwarves, right? Although dwarves can't use any magic due to our natural resistance to demons, our rune craftsmen can seal the power of magic into equipment, which can also greatly increase our strength! ”
Levi nodded, this point of ironwood is not wrong, although it is only a green piece of equipment, but its power is quite extraordinary, it will definitely not be cheap if it is sold as equipment, then there is no problem with ironwood saying that rune craftsmen represent wealth.
It's just that Levi has reservations about what Tetsuki said about their dwarves not being able to use any magic, because he has seen videos released by other dwarven players on the forum, and those raised hands are a big fireball, blowing up a green-skinned dwarven native, even if it is not magic, there will not be much difference in power and effect!
At this time, Hua Meisi also remembered what she was about to report, and she hurriedly shouted to Levi: "Levi, I found some teams mixed with greenskins and goblins in front, but what they are doing now is very strange. ”
"Strange? What's a strange way? ”
"They're moving stone and wood, and they seem to be planning to build something!"