Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Elves and the City of Platinum
The dungeon city of Vikestandi, the "Platinum City" in the goblin language, is a city within a rock nestled between several active volcanic rocks, and the constant lava river separates the city from the surrounding area.
If you want to enter the high-hanging sky pavilion, you can only pass through the spiral staircase under the city, and once you encounter an external enemy, as long as you block those spiral staircase passages, or simply pour water and poisonous smoke into them, you will basically be isolated from the outside world.
And between the rock walls behind the city, there is an exit to the surface, so that it can operate the two-way business of the surface and the underground world, which makes it even more selective in the face of crises.
And in the underground world, security is far more than a rich condition, soon, after attracting countless merchants to settle down, it has become a commercial capital far and wide, except for the goblins who still insist on using its original name of the tongue, other races are generally referred to as Vitan,
The excellent geographical location and difficult terrain of Vitan City make this city a real golden city in the underground world, and the goblins who discovered and established it have made a lot of money.
The cliffs in the terrain can't defend against the daggers and the breath of the dragons behind them, and after a series of intrigues and calculations, the original goblin pioneers have disappeared into the wind, and now, there is no lord here, and it is the most famous unowned neutral city.
Cause? Without him, because the composition of the city is too complex, the forces of each dungeon lord are there, and whoever becomes the city lord may be killed the next day, so this place has become a very strange ownerless area.
"Retain a common upward passage, an intermediary place for trade and diplomacy with other cities", the underground lords and underground overlords who gradually tasted the sweetness formed a consensus.
This is also the reason why Vitan is the place where the underground covenant is concluded, after all, if you form an alliance on the territory of the dark elves, the gray dwarves and orcs will be unhappy, and if you form an alliance in the territory of the orcs, the elves, dwarves, and humans will not accept it, if you form an alliance in Dragon City, first of all, we must have a pair of wings, if you form an alliance in a commercial city dominated by goblins, everyone will be very unhappy due to the high cost of entering the city and accommodation.
The ownerless Vitan naturally became the only choice.
After a shocking entry into the city a week ago, the seventeen giant metal Titans and the scepter of eternal night that he escorted had spread throughout the dungeon, and the young city lord of Brimstone City, Anne, had gradually gained some fame.
Now, wearing robes and cloaks, I wander around a city that bears many similarities to Sulfur Mountain.
It is said that Vitan is similar to Brimstone Mountain City, it is also one of the few multi-racial mixed cities, there is no so-called underground city aristocracy, and they are both famous prosperous commercial cities, but in my eyes, they are completely different places.
Except for the undead neighbors, which are too unacceptable, most of the races in Brimstone Mountain City are mixed, in a small shop, in a patrol team, in a barbershop, maybe every member is of a different race, and in Brimstone Mountain City, relative equality between races has formed a habit, and slaves and the like are simply not acceptable.
And in this city, the slave trade is extremely developed, and there are even special slave markets and slave gladiatorial arenas, although there are many races, but the division between the various races is obvious, not to mention the water does not violate the river, the barriers between the various races are tight, and the secret fighting is endless, such as the two humans who were dragged into the orc area by the wolf cavalry just now, I am afraid that they will never be able to come out again.
"This should be the elven area, and only they will be so idle."
Elves are recognized as a family of artists, and their quest for beauty and art is endless, as are the banished Dark Elves, but it would be too much to underestimate them if they only carve into buildings, sculptures, and paintings.
The huge rocks on and off the top of the rock wall in front of me are carved into vivid statues of beautiful women, the expressions of wanting to refuse and welcome, the upturned lips, and the temptation that the environmental protection arms can't cover. Confusing curves always reminds people of some things that are not suitable for children.
"Uncle Bone, look at this sword, it's so beautiful!!"
Since it was a private visit, naturally I wouldn't bring too many people, and the same cloak was naturally Annie, the nominal leader of the ambassadorial corps, and Eliza, my external conscience.
At this moment, Anne is wielding a Mithril rappier, the body of the sword is as slender as a needle, with golden rose rose lines on it, and two fallen angels are carved side by side at the hilt, and the wings are spread out, as if they are roaring up to the sky.
The green blade showed that he was not just an ornament, but a murder weapon enchanted with poison attributes, at least, the dark-skinned dark elf merchant was trying to convince the young city lord to believe it.
[Artwork: Sword of the Fallen Angel]
[Attack: 0-5 (+1 Toxin Damage) Quality: Excellent]
[Special effects: None, oh, no, she still has a special effect, at least to show that you are rich enough and stupid enough to buy this flashy thing, perhaps, waving it at the sun, and maybe he can dazzle your opponent's eyes.] 】
[Weakness: Vulnerable.] When colliding with a Tier 1 weapon, there is a 70% chance of shattering. - Ash is on top! That elf fool actually carved the sword body empty for the sake of beauty! 】
[This is a typical elf artwork, richly decorated, meticulously carved, expensive materials, and perfectly handmade, and then, useless! Fight? Are you going to take your art to the battlefield? Or are you going to have an epitaph that says you're an artist? Let's go and choose the stupid big and rough of the dwarves.]
At this moment, in the face of Anne, who is wielding a thin sword vigorously and eager to try, I am a little speechless, what is called the system recognizing that you are a work of art, what is the system recognizing that you are a waste, the products of the elves are as always speechless.
The pursuit of art and beauty is indeed understandable, but if you do this and use the precious enchanted metal Mithril to make the sword body, but due to excessive carving, the sword body is more brittle than ordinary weapons, isn't it putting the cart before the horse.
Weapons of the same material, elven craftsmen always make so beautiful, but the excessive modification, for the sake of aesthetics and the adjustment of the practicality of the weapon, always make them make something very speechless, such as the elven rapier in front of them, such as the more famous elf chain mail.
That thing is famous for its compatibility with the best spells, and the general metal will have a huge impact on spell casting, even the battle mages who often go to the front line of hand-to-hand combat are often forced to choose magic robes instead of metal armor with better defense, but the elven archmages invented this elf chain mail called "Song of Harmony", which claims to be able to make mages as comfortable as wearing cloth clothes, and does not affect spellcasting at all.
In fact, it did, and the ecstatic Elven Kingdom spent a lot of money to popularize this series of chain mail, only to find that there was a small problem, and the defense ability of the chain mail was not as good as that of cloth clothes!
Chain mail is generally made up of sturdy lock plates that twist together to provide reliable defense, but the hollow metal locks of the Song of Harmony chain mail break at the touch of a button, making them defenseless against metal weapons.
Sometimes, in order to avoid rolling on the ground with arrows, the locks were broken, and afterwards it took hours to pinch them up, put them together, and then put them on hard, and disguise them well, after all, the poor soldier could not afford to pay the reparations for the chain mail with the mantissa of four zeros.
Then the elven court investigated the design and tried to improve it, but then it was found that it was thought that there were enough hollows to allow the magic power to circulate on the caster at will, but the hollowed out to such a point that there was no need to increase the defensive power, thickening was equivalent to being the same as other metal armor, and fundamentally this design idea was self-contradictory, and naturally could not be improved.
As a result, the kingdom's treasury was depleted of precious metals, and the country was soon wiped out by the undead Scourge, and the Song of Harmony chain mail became a symbol of the flashy equipment of the elves
To be honest, I don't know what to do with the precious metals in those warehouses, and the deep processing and enchantment have made them lose the possibility of reprocessing, and in the end, I still lost them to those elven craftsmen and let them toss them into sculptures and other works of art.
This is also the reason why elven products are not popular in the dungeon world, but are highly sought after among the nobles of the surface human kingdom, and the best weapons and equipment sold in the dungeon are always the "stupid and coarse" of the gray dwarves.
Of course, the elves themselves will not admit it, they think this is a slander of the short-lived species, "We have enough time to gradually improve, you are the eyes of our artistic cells." You stupid and short-sighted things are suitable for the ugly burning sticks of the dwarves. ”
The same is true of the huge female elf sculpture in front of me, it seems that some people still think that she is a statue of the god Rose, or a necessity for some magical ritual, but even if the system doesn't directly sue me, it is a certain detachment of the sculptor's heart. Clothes dance. Mother's sculpture], I can also guess that this is probably the result of the onset of elf artistic talent.
Hanging upside down on the rock wall, it takes a floating magic to reach the large sculpture that is 100 meters high, and it is so beautiful that it attracts countless eyes, but it is still just a sculpture.
If you let human craftsmen do it, you have to form a team of at least 400 people and work together for five or six years, but if it is an elf, maybe it is a great artist who suddenly got nervous, and a person has spent hundreds of years here and made something meaningless.
In front of the elves with an average lifespan of 1,000 years, they can indeed afford it, but humans do not have the leisure time
When the results of the patient contest with Kaya, the High Priest and Child of Rose, came to fruition, and after I had taken my own initiative to say goodbye to the third messenger of the Master's Mother, she also neatly left a letter inviting me to come to the elven quarter of Vitan to discuss directly.
And at this moment, Eliza behind me succeeded in convincing Anne to give up the sword on the grounds that there was about to be a secret meeting and it was not appropriate to communicate too much with the local merchants.
"Please take care of your business, and you can leave miscellaneous matters such as procurement to us." The words were full of venom as always, but since Anne found out that she couldn't win, well, of course, there were factors that couldn't beat this sister, she also began to get used to ignoring the malice in the other party's words.
But looking at this situation, I frowned, Anne is our predetermined city lord, and Eliza is likely to be the future president of the Executive Yuan, the president of the Supreme Court and other high-ranking officials, if they don't get along well, or even hostile, I'm afraid there will be a big mess in Sulphur Mountain City in the future.
"Obviously, Eliza can maintain basic politeness to everyone, how can she be so hostile to Anne, you should still find a chance to talk to her."
Suddenly, the elven guards in front of her opened to both sides, and then, a tall dark elf priestess stepped out of the shadows, behind her. But there are many dark elf women who are gorgeously dressed and proud
"There are a total of seventy-two Dark Elf cities in the underground world, but there are more than twenty First Family Housemaidens, deducting the factor of being too far away to arrive, Queen Rose and her priests rule at least half of the Dark Elf cities, now, is it a demonstration?"
Of course, this is a demonstration, and any of the lords here, in their own dungeons, will not have much less authority and power than the city lords of Brimstone Mountain City, so the silent line like his subordinates highlights Kaya's authority, which is undoubtedly a silent oppression.
"Mortal, if you know how to be humble, you are worthy to be on an equal footing with my men."
But I laughed.
The emperor will never compare authority with the farmer, the real authority and the victor do not need superfluous decorations, putting on this kind of pomp and circumstance can only show that she is weak in heart, she is worried and afraid of the strength of the Brimstone Mountain City, what she wants to suppress this new overlord.
"Hehe, it seems that the scene in the city has a good effect."
On that day, when we entered the city, seventeen Roland series big machines rushed directly and arrogantly into the door.
After being intercepted, one of them was dispatched, and the two black dragons guarding the gate were flattened, and in the melee, they "accidentally" smashed the alloy gate of the city, demonstrating the strength and sturdy material of the giant robot.
Afterwards, I even asked Anne to announce on the spot that these big machines were all weapons and equipment that were about to be auctioned off in Sulfur Mountain City, which caused a huge wave.
This is much more advantageous than any propaganda and boasting, and everyone will think, "This kind of war machine that can slay dragons independently is willing to sell, so does Sulfur Mountain City have a more powerful hole card?"
This was naturally my bluff, and at this moment, I couldn't help but think of the previous interruption and Luo Wei's report.
"My lord, Roland No. 3 to No. 18 have been fully equipped, and if the operator of them is a gold-level combat class, he should be able to exert half a legendary combat strength."
At that time, I was very surprised, after all, the appearance of the Roland No. 2 rampage was still in front of me, how could it be the fierce combat power that easily crushed the legend, although it may not reach the human sage, but it should not be far behind, and now it is only half a legend, which really makes people feel deeply shrinking.
But soon, I learned from the explanation.
"Roland II is a prototype! The prototype is to prove that the design concept is the right thing to burn no matter how much it costs or how many rare metals it uses. At that time, hundreds of engineers brought their own treasures, and one of the masters even used his ancestral Titan Heart to make the Second reach that power, if you want other Roland to achieve this kind of combat power, I'm afraid, even if our engineers do it, you can't pay the bill. ”
Soon, I got verification from the engineers, no matter what kind of engineering machine qì people, it is composed of power source, exoskeleton mecha, engine, transmission transpose, and the heart of the Titan is the heart-shaped gem condensed after the death of the Titan, rich in the highest level of thunder and lightning power, but also the highest level of power source.
After all, this world is relatively balanced, and the combat power above the legendary level cannot be achieved quickly, even if I make a powerful mecha shell, it is impossible to create a more powerful weapon without a powerful top-level power source.
In fact, in this strange world where fossil energy is still just starting, rockets can fly all over the head, the excellent power source is often only hunting super monsters, which can not be found, and the power core that is enough to provide strong power is the foundation for construction machinery to exert its strength.
At the mention of this, I can't help but think of a somewhat similar experience.
Before, didn't I use the system to conduct a monthly lottery, and that time, I happened to draw a weapon that was more than a super artifact - a magical prop shrinking lamp from a certain blue tanuki plane!
At that time, I was so happy that I thought that the messy system was finally normal, and gave me a really usable best equipment, but then, I knew that I had been cheated again, and I was happy too early, and I underestimated the lower limit of the system
The shrinking light is real, but there is no battery in it!!
Looking at the unusable shrinking lamp and manual, I couldn't help but laugh and begged the system to let me exchange a battery for huàn, but it was a pity that that bastard system didn't intend to let me grasp the artifact of peak cause and effect in the first place, so how could I agree to redeem huàn.
After three draws with batteries as the target, and finally only got a bamboo dragonfly flying machine with the same no battery, a toy pistol from a cowboy with an eye, and an inexplicably full hot tub, I deeply understood the system's cheating spirit, and then decided to be self-reliant.
Later, after determining that the engineering of this event did not have the concept of small-scale artificial energy (battery) at all, I racked my brains and collected countless chemical books, only to find that according to the industrial level of the Ash continent, to make such a thing as a battery, it is first necessary to solve a series of bottlenecks such as chemical electrolytes and conductive metal electrodes, and to solve these obstacles, and to overcome a new series of new technical problems, and to finish all the required science and technology trees, it is conservatively estimated that it will take two or three hundred years later, and there will be a smooth journey of miracles. I reluctantly gave up my ambition to start the industrial revolution in the continent of Ash.
Ahem, it's too far away, let's get down to business.
After learning that Roland II would be very powerful before it exploded, but the machine Qì after No. 3 could only reach the strength of the quasi-legendary melee class, I directly revised the plan.
All Roland systems are based on the No. 2 appearance, which does not allow a little difference, and even the number behind Roland has to be erased, which is absolutely indistinguishable.
Then it's simple, after a "Dragon Quest" staged by Roland No. 2, the other Rolands behind it have become the most powerful threat To be honest, every time this name makes me awkward for a long time, but unfortunately, the name change still can't be agreed.
In the eyes of those in the know, it is a crushing legend with sixteen and a half legends, which is very scary to ordinary dungeon lords, after all, an ordinary dungeon lord is a legend, but what is it for an underground overlord with a three-digit dungeon, but now, after acting in a scene, in the eyes of unknowing, it is thirteen sage-level war weapons, even the dungeon overlord should be careful.
And the auction declaration that followed, in which people were shocked by the terrible background of the thirteen saints who were casually sold in Brimstone Mountain City, I could also make a big profit, at least, I could recover all the material and labor costs.
"If the two sides are not on the same level, what kind of cooperation is still discussed, no matter how you talk about it, it will be swallowed up and merged."
And the effect I have worked so hard to create has been achieved, and the posture that Kaya, the daughter of the true god Rose and the nominal supreme leader of all the dark elves, is now putting on is enough to prove it.
"You're the Sleepless. May the footsteps of the spider queen ring in your ears. Perhaps, we can talk. You and I, privately, secretly. ”
There was a strange magic in Kaya's voice, like a lover talking about love, like a holy priest preaching, making people want to hear more before they knew it.
But at this moment, hearing her words and ambiguous. The invitation was invited, but the housewives behind it burst into laughter.
Under the strange and active concept of love of the dark elves, this seemingly ambiguous and ambiguous invitation is actually rude and rude as "**, let's go open a room".
"May the footsteps of the spider queen sound in your ears" is naturally not a good word, it seems to be to let the gods you believe in bless you, but in fact it is also a vicious curse, Rose is the god of spiders, and spiders have no footsteps, when she deliberately makes a footsteps-like drumbeat, but just to remind you of her arrival, or, it means that she is already planning to kill you, and wants to see more of your ugliness in survival.
"For many years, the elves still like to play this game, adding some sarcasm and curses to the greeting, and if you don't hear it, you can laugh out loud at your lack of knowledge and the shortness of your race's lifespan and lack of accumulation."
However, this set did not work for me, and in the past years, I had even seen and led the demise of several elven kingdoms that had been circulating for thousands of years, and countless precious texts had become my collection, so what was such a sarcastic joke.
"Dear Ms. Khaya, thank you for your greetings. May the eight eyes of the spider queen always stare at you, and hope that the candlelight divine messenger will come to you as soon as possible. ”
Again, this is not a good word, Queen Rose is famous for her ferocity and cunning, suspicious, fickle, jealousy (because her reputation is so bad, it can be followed by almost any negative adjective), how can there be good things to be stared at by her, the Candlelight Divine Messenger? Wax melt demon only, this evil creature is Rose's messenger, when it comes, it is definitely a series of conspiracies and troubles, there may not be a reward for completing well, and if it is not done well, perhaps, you can go directly to see Rose, well, the soul goes, and the body is left behind For the master mother, such a superior, it is better not to see it.
My words of blessing are a disaster for individuals, but for Pastor Rose, it is naturally a good thing to be valued by a superior true god, so Kaya cannot refute it.
But Khaya, who had suffered a dumb loss, smiled lightly.
"As a great sage who was able to create the power of the law on his own, your knowledge and wisdom deserve our respect. Let's move beyond the minutiae and dwell on the issues we all care about. ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and planned to let me kiss my hand.
But then, Kaya's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, because I silently took a step back and let go of Anne behind me.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Anne, Anne. Levin, the next lord of Brimstone Mountain City, Uncle Sleepless said that it should be up to you to talk to me. ”
With a cheerful smile, Anne greeted Kaya and took the other person's hand directly, shaking it vigorously.
And at this moment, Kaya, who was shaking her body non-stop, looked at me unexpectedly, for the dark elves who regarded the struggle for power and status as instinct, she ignored this "puppet little city lord" from the beginning, and could not understand the behavior of letting Anne represent Brimstone Mountain City even though I had an overwhelming advantage in all aspects.
And I retreated behind me, but silently looked at the qiē in front of me, and said something that I couldn't believe, I wasn't sure what Anne would be able to negotiate, after all, I just asked her to talk beforehand, but I didn't say anything about it.
"We can't be with you for half a lifetime, this is training, and it's also a test, come on, little Annie."
"Humph! My lord, it's really affectionate. Sure enough, the fiancée is different. However, little Annie, it seems that she is not a necrophile, and I need to prepare to comfort you for the 999th lovelorn drinking party. “
"Don't spread rumors! It will be believed!! There are 999 times, and only 46 times have broken love! It's not even to the triple digits."
"Master, I have to remind you that the elves' long ears and hearing are very good, you say so loudly, the grandmothers of the lovelorn record have heard it, and it seems that a few of them are constantly aiming at your lower body, judging from their comments, they are planning to try new flavors and eat your thousand-year-old chicken. Perhaps, I will wrap you a red envelope afterwards. However, "
As he spoke, he pushed his glasses, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of curvature, revealing a seemingly sympathetic but sarcastic gaze
The implication is clear. "You're a guy with only bones left, and you're still thinking about women?"
"I don't want red envelopes!! I want to be resurrected," someone burst into tears as he read.
"So, if you have a body, are you willing to be eaten by these old women? It's really dirty. "A certain maid took the opportunity to chase after him
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