The night in this world is always so quiet, but the dizzying moon hanging high in the night sky really makes Ainan unhappy, and for no reason he is irritated when he sees this thing above his head.

There's definitely something wrong with that.

When he first found himself irritated by the moon, Ainan thought it was nervous before raiding the southern camps of the empire, but it had been over for two months, so it was impossible to still be nervous.

What's going on, and why do I have such an attitude towards the moon?

Ainan was full of questions, and his instincts told him that it was definitely not a good thing.

It's just that what if he knows, what if he doesn't know, can he still fly to the moon to explore?

"My lord, my lord, out, out of ......" Reginald ran over breathlessly, and waited for a long time before continuing, "Something happened in the city." ”

Ainan was stunned.

He had already carefully explored the city in the belly of the mountain with swamp crocodiles, and there should be no danger.

From Ainan's expression, he could see that his expression was wrong, and Reginald hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, it's not that there is danger in the city, it's Captain Marcus who dug a passage when he led people to clean up the ruins. ”

"I see, take me to see it."

The depths of this city hollowed out by an unknown race were in ruins, and because the road was blocked by a collapsed boulder, Ainan didn't delve deeper, but just felt that there was no danger in it and ignored it. In the two months since returning from the sacking of the camps in the southern part of the empire, Ainan has had Marcus lead the men to repair and clean up the city, while Sloane is responsible for training the selected 1,000 young men into soldiers.

I thought that life would go on so peacefully—at least for a year and a half—but I never thought that there was an undiscovered passage in the ruins in the belly of the mountain.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, a wave of heat rushed to the face, and the thick smell of sulfur carried in it made people cough again and again. Ainan is an ice mage, and he has a natural rejection of the scorching heat coming from the passage, but he knows that only he is the most suitable for this pathfinder, and if there is no situation without him to lead the way, others may not be able to deal with it.

"Marcus brought two men with me, and the others are here waiting for news."

With that, Ainan stooped in, and Marcus motioned to Reginald to lead the men to wait for him to follow with two soldiers.

In keeping with the city's usual architectural style, the entrances to the passages were as low as the gates in the city, and Ainan and the others had to bend down to move forward. It is for this reason that it has not been discovered until today.

The deeper they went, the higher the temperature became, and Marcus and the others were soon drenched in sweat, while Ainan used ice magic to cool himself. Speaking of which, this is also a benefit for a mage, and a warrior can't do that.

"It's like walking into a furnace...... Belch?! ”

Ainan was muttering quietly, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and a red filled his vision.

Looking at the things in front of him, Ainan felt dizzy, just talking, there is no need to really have a furnace.

At the end of the passage was none other than the furnace that Ainan had just mentioned, and it was a melting pot beyond imagination—the deepest part of the hollowed-out belly of the mountain was not stone or a large hollow, but boiling lava. In the lava there is a furnace the size of three basketball courts, the lower part of the furnace is attached to the lava, and there is a liquid substance bubbling in it.

It's no wonder that the summits of the other peaks of the Danmorro Mountains are covered with snow, but these mountains are the exception.

The builders of the city dug into the belly of the mountain, not only to build a huge city in the belly of the mountain, but also to introduce underground lava into one of the peaks, and use this lava to forge iron and steel, not to mention in this world, even in the technological world before Ainam came, this kind of work is also a huge challenge.

It's no wonder that the rumors Sloane heard that the dwarf races from the Swamp of the Wetlands were well-armed, and compared to the humans who were still hobbling around in the Iron Age, the weapons and armor made by the people were made of steel, so it was strange that they could compare to them.

"Marcus, Marcus ......" Ainan pushed Marcus, who was already stunned, and made the latter come back to his senses from the shock, "Do we have a blacksmith?" If so, bring them over immediately and let them see if the stove can be used. ”

Such a large furnace would be the greatest waste if it was not used, and God treated Ainan well, not only giving him a fertile land and a city enough to use as a foundation, but also giving him a furnace that could forge steel.

"That's right." Stopping Marcus as he was about to return, Ainan remembered something, "Hurry up and ask Reginald and them to look through the ruins to see if there are any other passages, especially the mines." ”

A furnace needs enough ore to work, and since there is a furnace here, the veins must not be far away, otherwise no one would have worked so hard to make such a big project. Ainan didn't expect anything else, he just hoped that the mineral deposits in the veins were still rich enough, and he had to arm the army anyway.

Hopefully, the city's builders didn't leave because the veins had been hollowed out, and the curse that permeated the valley before that might have been small should have been small.

Ainan admits that he has some gains and losses, and he can't do it when the big thing comes.

Maybe today is really Ainan's lucky day, and the good news is one after another.

Marcus called all the blacksmiths, and they unanimously determined that the furnace would still work, but it would need to be repaired for half a month.

Just as Ainan and Marcus and the others were celebrating, Reginald brought another piece of good news - the discovery of the mine.

The mine is littered with tools and untransported ore, which are so durable that they can be repaired and can be restarted.

There are mines, there are furnaces for steelmaking, and there is no need to worry about fuel, although the blacksmith can start work even if there are only a few good ones, then the question is - who will mine?

Everyone knows how hard and dangerous mining is, and although the mine is built very strongly, no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents, and if something happens, all the people will be lost. For a small city with only 10,000 people at present, the loss of even dozens of miners will hurt the muscles and bones, after all, those who can be miners are young and strong.

Marcus apparently thought of this, and he tried to suggest to Ainam, "Why don't you make a deal with those damn slave traders?" ”

Buying slaves from slave traders to mine would have been a solution, but Ainan didn't agree.

Flicked the sword body of Frost's sorrow, and there was a strange smile on the corner of Ainan's mouth: "Don't worry about the miners, I have my own solution." ”

No matter how strong and industrious a slave is, he can't keep up with the undead who won't get tired, don't eat or drink, and can do things all the time.