Half a month after contact with the dwarves, Li De returned to the City of Dawn.

At this time, the time has come to August 7th, August 7th, 3522 A.D.

It's been more than a month since the player arrived, but the player has caused a lot less influence than he thought.

After he saw the hard work of a group of players on the forum, he was also a little surprised.

The hardcore degree of "Glory" is indeed beyond most people's imagination, and Li De also learned for the first time that it was really miserable to be mixed at the bottom.

He became the ancestor of vampires when he came to glory, and the identity of this ancestor is still the baron of the Nolan Empire, the disciple of the archmage Spark, and he has the title of genius mage.

This status is not to mention that it is a commoner, even an ordinary nobleman cannot compare.

So he didn't realize what the real low-level civilian life of Glory was like, and as soon as he came, he lived the aristocratic life that everyone dreamed of, eating and drinking without worrying, and he had huge power.

After a detailed understanding of the player's living state, Li De suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the civilians of Daybreak City were so grateful to him.

Compared to the tragic experiences of these players, the inhabitants of Daybreak City are literally living a life that is not much different from that of the nobility.

"Good day, Patriarch"

"Good day, Harrison, is there any progress on the border?" Li De sat on the gray couch in his office on the third floor of City Hall, staring at Harrison, who was sitting across from him.

It's been more than half a month since he heard the news of the Mithril Vein and he has cast all his power out, but unfortunately, although his current way of finding the Mithril Vein is stronger than looking for a needle in a haystack, it's not much better.

The boundaries are too wide to be effective in a short period of time.

Sure enough, Harrison shook his head.

"Patriarch, although Odis and they have taken most of the bloodline, it is still too difficult to find the dwarves who may be hidden in some obscure mountain range in such a wide area.

We need time. ”

Li De nodded, a bit of contemplation flashed in his eyes, "Didn't the dwarf still speak?" ”

Harrison shook his head with a strange expression, during this time the dwarves had been "labor reform" in the blacksmith shop, but the three dwarves did not let go.

The stubbornness of the dwarves gave Harrison a headache, and he was helpless against these guys with special body structures and stones in their heads.

Fighting, because of the body structure, dwarves are very resistant to pain, if the response of ordinary humans to pain is 100, then dwarves are at most 10, so torture has no effect on these stubborn guys at all.

With magic, the dwarves are the sons of the earth, and magic is very slow to react.

Dwarves are one of the few races in the Glory World that do not have casting talents, and even lowly races such as kobolds and ratmen have spellcasters, but only the entire race of dwarves cannot find a caster.

Magic seems to be non-existent for dwarves, and the most direct manifestation of their slow response to magic is their inability to cast spells, but they also have extremely high resistance to mind and soul spells, and ordinary soul spells cannot be effective against them at all.

Therefore, it is ineffective to fight, and it is ineffective to use magic, and coupled with the stubborn character of the dwarves who are more troublesome than stones, Harrison has no way to deal with these dwarves.

"Don't put your hope in the dwarves.

We need to take the initiative into our hands."

Li De shook his head and his tone was very calm, he has never been a passive waiting character, and the dwarf must also advance if he does not speak.

The Mithril vein was worth enough for him to make some investment.

Finding a vein is like a venture, and although you need to pay a certain amount of cost and take risks upfront, once you succeed, the high debriefing is enough to make anyone blush.

"Moreover, if the dwarves really agree to cooperate with us, it may not be a good thing," Li De's eyes were deep, and his tone was meaningful.

"The Mithril Vein is very precious, but there are more valuable things in the Dwarf Tribe than the Mithril Vein.

Harrison, do you see what I mean? ”

Harrison was slightly stunned by these words, and then his face showed a bit of abruptness.

"You mean, dwarves??"

Li De smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and changed the topic.

"You tell Otis to be careful about the border, and although there are still a few months to go before the Winter Moon, the Barren Wasteland is not a quiet and peaceful place.

Orcs are always a great threat. “

Harrison nodded knowingly, "Otis has been at the border for so long, I'm sure he'll be able to return safely."

It's just that the matter of the Mithril vein ......"

Li De waved his hand, "This matter is not as urgent as you think", and after speaking, he paused in his tone, and his face showed a bit of amusement.

"Do you think the dwarves are acting like the tribe has been devastated?"

Well?

Hearing this, Harrison was slightly stunned, and then thought of the dwarf actions reported by his subordinates in the past few days, and shook his head decisively.

"No, the dwarves are angry, but they don't seem to be in a hurry about it......"

"That's right", Li De picked up the lacquered gold glass teacup on the log table in front of him, and gently took a sip of black tea to moisten his throat.

There was a bit of sharpness in those dark eyes.

"No one can remain calm in the face of the danger of extinction, especially the dwarves, a group that is extremely interested in the tribe.

Although the dwarves are now seeking allies, it can be roughly inferred from their performance that although the dwarven tribe is in a difficult situation, the crisis they are facing is not so urgent.

Or that the dwarven tribes are not in danger of being destroyed in a short period of time.

They are not yet in a desperate situation, and there is still a choice.

Therefore, even if these dwarves are under house arrest in Daybreaker, they can maintain enough composure to die and refuse to reveal the news of the Mithril vein.

Because, they know that the dwarven tribe will not be in much danger in the short term, which is why they can repeatedly refuse our kindness. ”

Extrapolating from the dwarves' actions, Li De quickly saw the true situation of the dwarf tribe.

He put the dwarves in the blacksmith shop in the city of dawn, not only to vent his anger, but also to test the dwarves.

If the tribe is facing a great crisis and may be destroyed at any time, these three dwarves who cannot reach each other will definitely find a way to contact each other and spend all their efforts to escape from the City of Daybreak.

If this happens, then the initiative will be firmly in his hands, because the other side is in a hurry, and they must immediately ask for reinforcements.

Judging from the recent actions of the dwarves, although they are under house arrest, their desire to forcibly escape is not so strong.

This can deduce a lot of information.

The three dwarves who were striking iron in the blacksmith shop were afraid that they would not be able to imagine that they were already about to be deduced by Li De if they didn't do anything.

"And the orcs attack the dwarf tribe, in addition to plundering, I think there is a high probability that they also look at the dwarves themselves.

What are dwarves best known for? ”

"The ability to craft weapons?" Harrison was a little stunned.

"That's right, the orcs are not only short of food, but also of weapons, a valuable resource, and Green City has always banned the sale of weapons to orcs.

If I were an orc, I would not kill these dwarves who could make excellent weapons, but enslave them to help me craft them......"

The context of the whole thing is inferred to this extent in Li De's opinion.

The orcs discovered the existence of the dwarven tribe, perhaps for wealth, perhaps for food, perhaps for weapons, and launched an attack on the dwarves.

The dwarves were unable to resist the large number of orcs, and soon the entire tribe was broken, except for a few dwarves who escaped, and all the rest became captives.

Instead of killing the captured dwarves, the orcs enslaved them, allowing them to forge weapons for themselves, provide food, and so on.

The dwarves who escaped, on the other hand, carried important information - an untapped vein of mythril was trying to find the power to repel the orcs.

But this Mithril vein is too precious for the dwarves to trade it all.

It was then that Laurent, a merchant who had worked with the dwarves, came into their sights, as the merchant was backed by the Scarlet Mage Tower, who had recently gained fame for his magic scrolls.

And it just so happens that behind the Scarlet Mage Tower is the archmage Spark.

So much has happened because of the mistake.

"The dwarves won't be in much danger anytime soon, and we have enough time to look for traces of the dwarves, Harrison, don't worry too much......" Li De's eyes were full of encouragement.

Harrison was greatly relieved to hear this, and Li De's initial impatience put him under a lot of pressure.

In the City of Dawn, Li De's will is the direction in which the entire city is heading, not to mention that he wants to look for traces of dwarves on the border, that is, to start a war against the orcs, and the City of Dawn must immediately prepare for this.

But the barren wasteland is too big, and the distant mountains and mountains inside the barren wasteland are too vast, even if the number of blood clans is not small, it is difficult to see any results in a short period of time.

"Patriarch, I'm sure Otis can bring us good news."

"Hmm"

At present, several major projects in Daybreak City have been completed, and there are no other projects to focus on for the time being, so now he can devote a large part of his energy to finding the dwarven tribe.

Li De nodded, looked down at the tea leaves slowly floating in the teacup, and his thoughts slowly shifted to the construction of the City of Dawn.

The City of Dawn has achieved a lot of results in the past six months.

In agriculture, the wheat has been harvested and put into storage, and the winter wheat will not be planted until the end of September, with a buffer period of more than a month.

The farm has already been on track and has begun to breed at full capacity, but it has not been able to expand in a short time due to manpower problems.

The cultivation of the Magic Word Bat will not be fruitful until September, and for now it only needs to provide enough food to wait for the harvest.

In terms of city construction, the Daybreak Mage Tower has been completed and the training of mages has begun, and this is the production area of the future Mages of Daybreak City.

Although the expansion and renovation of houses in the southern area have not yet been completed, the Ministry of Construction is in the process of unified management and planning, and the residents of the rural areas have been attracted to join the construction project, and it is foreseeable that more houses will be built in the next two months.

Overall, the first phase of the construction of the City of Dawn took nearly a year to complete preliminarily.

The cultivation of farmland, the establishment of the Mage Tower, the construction of the breeding farm, the expansion of the southern district, the construction of the blacksmith shop, and the bustling streets of the central part of the city are all the fruits of the efforts of the people who have worked up and down the city of Dawn during this time.

Li De already has a first draft in mind for the second phase of the construction of the City of Dawn, but he has no plans to start a new round of construction for the time being.

He needed to give Daybreak a little time to ease up after the intense construction, and he also had to use this time to prepare for the looting population that was coming.

It's not an exaggeration to say that most of the work he has done in Dawnbreak this year is to prepare for the predation of the population in the winter moon.

A large area of empty houses in the southern district was uninhabited, a large area of land in the Moonlight Plain was uncultivated, and the development of believers in the Dawn Breaking Sect had also entered a bottleneck.

It can be said that if there is not enough population, Daybreak City can only maintain its current size, and if it wants to continue to expand, more humans will need to join.

After thinking for a while, Li De shook his head with a smile and took back the thoughts that were scattered.

Harrison, who had been silent, was just about to speak, when a cyclops suddenly appeared by the window.

The words that I wanted to ask were immediately changed, "Harrison, how are our iron ore reserves now?" ”

The excavation of ore in the Valley of the Giants greatly alleviated the need for steel in the City of Daybreak, and even with the efficiency of the Cyclops, the ore was slightly richer.

"Patriarch, the blacksmith currently has thirty tons of steel in stock, which can be used at any time as long as needed."

A city has only thirty tons of steel reserves?

Li De shook his head a little funny, if this was placed on the earth, it would only make people laugh when he said it.

However, according to the current productivity, it is not bad to be able to accumulate dozens of tons of steel after supplying the amount of a city.

"Thirty tons, less is a little less, but it can be used.

Can these dozens of tons of steel reserves be used to build tap water? ”

Li De still has a longing for running water, although as the owner of the city, there are people waiting for everything, but the lack of infrastructure such as running water always makes him feel a little inconvenient in life.

You can't turn on the faucet to take a shower on a hot day.

But if you want to lay water pipes in the whole city, you need more steel, and these dozens of tons may not be able to see a shadow when they are invested.

There is no plastic in this world, and if you want to be strong and durable, you can only use steel pipes.

"Patriarch, running water is not so urgent for Daybreak City at the moment, and when the winter moon comes, more people will join Daybreak City, and I think it will be better when it is built.

And these dozens of tons of steel may be used in more useful places......"

Li De bowed slightly when he heard this, it seems that the construction is a little urgent now, tap water is not an arsenal, and a day earlier or later has little impact on the overall situation.

Shaking his head, he gave up on the idea of building running water for the time being, and was a little curious about what Harrison had left unfinished.

"Where is it more useful??"

"Of course," Harrison said with a little excitement in his eyes, "we have an army of aces that needs better heavy armor.

I heard that in the past few days, the blacksmith shop has researched a new alchemy formula, and the strength of the smelted steel has increased three times compared to before!!

If we use these dozens of tons of steel to make armor, maybe we can get an incomparably powerful ground force. ”

"Ace Army??" Li De raised his eyebrows, and there was only one army that could wear heavy armor in the entire Dawn City.

"Cyclops??"

"Yes, that's right," Harrison nodded affirmatively.

As the overlord of the ground forces, Cyclops has never doubted their combat effectiveness, these giants with up to 6 or 7 blades are more domineering than heavy tanks.

With his exaggerated body, the cyclops has an overwhelming advantage over ordinary human soldiers.

Strong physical fitness, huge body, incomparably strong strength.

These big men could not shake them even by the charge of cavalry.

"Patriarch, when the Northland warriors were ambushed, the armor on the Cyclops was temporarily cast, and the quality was not high.

Even so, they also crushed those high-level professionals.

If we protect them with the strongest armor, maybe they will burst out with a fighting force that outsiders can't imagine. ”

Hearing this, Li De touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.

Cyclops' most powerful talents are their huge bodies and the ability to push down mountains, but their large bodies make them very inflexible and easy to target.

If they are really armed with stronger armor, then they can maximize their advantages, and these 6 or 7 blade tall giants will become invincible on the battlefield.

At the beginning, Grlot jumped down from the air and directly slashed Koso, a level 15 cyclops lord, to serious injuries, and the armor on his body was cut in two.

Of course, this is due to Grote's strength and the sharpness of the giant sword in his hand, but it may not be due to the low quality of the armor on Corso's body.

It is not easy for the City of Dawn to create such a huge armor for a dozen cyclops in a short period of time, and as for the quality of the armor, I am afraid that it depends on the thickness to defend it, and you can know the result if you think about it.

Fortunately, the cyclops has the blood of an ancient giant, and his physical fitness is so strong that he is perverted, otherwise he really can't play.

"But now it's different, Corso has a more powerful Bronze Cyclops bloodline, if you can really arm him, turn him into a humanoid mecha......"

Thinking of the scene where Corso wore heavy armor and carried a huge mace with more than ten blades higher than a building, he was greatly moved by the scene of Li De being rampaging among the enemy.

The Cyclops' fighting prowess was evident in the ambush of Grote, and without Corso's presence, their hard-fought battle might not have been won

Now that he has changed to stronger armor and has been upgraded to Bronze Cyclops, how much can his combat power be improved?

Thinking of this, Li De subconsciously reached out and touched the little bat on his chest that exuded a warm atmosphere, patted his head, and there was some amusement in his eyes, he almost forgot his personal bodyguard.

Castro, the newborn king, can fight with Corso in hand-to-hand combat, if Castro is armed again.

So what kind of scene will this newborn king have when he dives from the sky to the ground?

Giants up to 7 blades on the ground and heavy armor too heavy to pierce with siege crossbows rampaged through the enemy army, huge mace sweeping that could kill dozens of people in a single sweep, blood and dirt splattered everywhere they passed.

In the sky, a terrifying beast wrapped in steel swooped down with 16-bladed batwing wings, a pair of bats equipped with weapons sharper than the blades, slashing through the dense army like sharp knives, and the enemy fell like wheat cutting frantically.

Thinking about this scene, Li De was quite moved, especially when he was currently trying to seize the Mithril vein, and it was very likely that he would directly shake the army of ten thousand orcs, improving his own combat effectiveness was undoubtedly a very important thing.

Besides, Li De has always been very interested in this kind of thing.

"Go and bring Corso from the Valley of the Giants to the blacksmith's shop. Let's go see the Dwarven Blacksmith.

I'm going to rebuild a new armor for Corso, and I'm going to make this bronze cyclops a true overlord of the ground, a Gundam in the magical world, the best humanoid mecha ......"

Looking at Li De's excited expression, although Harrison didn't understand what his boss was talking about, he sounded very powerful.

"Yes, Patriarch, Corso will surely be a sharp blade in your hands, slicing the throat of your enemies"

"No, he will be a war hammer in my hands, smashing the heads of my enemies.

They're super hoplites on my hands!! ”

Li De was in high spirits.

After a sunset hour.

Blacksmith's shop.

Valen looked at Li De in front of him with a very complicated expression.

As a dwarf who had lived for three hundred years, Valen had seen so many magical and incredible things in his life.

But no matter how unbelievable it was, none of the things he had seen in the past few days made him feel incomprehensible.

This city ruled by vampires has managed to live together without discrimination between two hostile races.

It's incomprehensible.

You're vampires, isn't it in your nature to kill, brutalize, and eat human blood? It's unbearable that you get along so well with humans.

"Should I call you His Majesty Iro, or Lord of Kachar??" Although Li De did not become the appearance of the blood clan, he still made Valen recognize him.

He didn't even have to look at Li De, he could deduce it from the respect in the eyes of the blacksmiths around him.

Li De smiled at the bearded dwarf who was dressed in linen clothes and had forbidden demon chains tied to his body, and the other party had two pigtails on his beard for him to take a few more looks.

"Call Kachar in Daybreak, Valen, you're a clever dwarf......"

Valen shook his head and interrupted Li De's words, "City Lord Cachar, I don't think we will have a chance to cooperate on the matter of the Mithril Vein, and you don't need to be in the ......"

Li De shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm not here to discuss the Mithril Vein with you today."

After finishing speaking, he said in a somewhat meaningful tone, "I don't need you to help me in this matter anymore."

Valen was shocked, and before he could ask, Li De waved his hand to stop him.

"Valen, there is no need to say much about this.

I'm here today to ask if the dwarves have any armor that they can't craft? Of course, I don't mean artifacts......"

Valen took a deep look at Li De, and his heart was extremely impressed by this vampire, this dark creature was really too smart, and a few words made his heart flutter.

Shaking his head and not thinking much about it, the initiative is still in his hands now, as long as the other party does not discover the Mithril vein, he is fearless.

But the Mithril vein is so secretive, and how can it be easily discovered, the dwarves almost missed it at the beginning.

"Kachar City Lord, as long as it's not an artifact, there's no problem.

I even dare to say that if the dwarves can't forge armor, no race in this world can forge it" Speaking of dwarf pride, Valen temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart and raised his head at Li Degao.

The notion that dwarves must be produced by the best is already the consensus of the whole glory, and no one will dispute this, just as no one will question the power of the dragon.

Li De nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the street next to him.

Valen was slightly stunned, and his eyes followed Li De's gaze.

Immediately after that, a creature with seven blades in his sight, the muscles of its body seemed to be forged of steel, its body was full of wrinkled gray-white skin, and the hairless head had a huge eye.

Cyclops.

"Master Valen, I want to forge an indestructible armor for him."

Seeing the huge body, Valen, who was holding the hammer, unconsciously shook his hand, and his face was a little stiff.

"Lord Kachar, do you want me to forge armor for this cyclops?"

Li De shook his head, and just as Valen was slightly relieved, he took out a bat, the size of a palm, from his pocket.

Then in the shocked gaze of everyone.

The palm-sized Castro transformed into a terrifying behemoth with a height of 4 blades and a wingspan of more than 16 blades in just a few seconds in the clearing around him.

The dark red patterns on the wings are full of majesty and mystery, and the body that reflects the metallic light resembles a giant beast made of bronze.

Li De stretched out his hand and gestured to Castro, with a slight smile in his tone.

"Not just the Cyclops, but also him, the king of the Daybreaking Bats, Castro

I need you to forge two pieces of proper armor for them......."

Looking at the giant beast with two toes as thick as his thighs, bang, the hammer in Valen's hand didn't hold it for a while, and smashed directly on the ground.

At the same time, this dwarven forging master, who was extremely proud just now, had a little pale on his face at this time.

I don't know why, the surrounding blacksmiths saw this scene and inexplicably felt sorry for the dwarven blacksmith for a few seconds.

How long will this person have to be forged?