Chapter 137
Minerva has had a bit of a headache lately, even though she is the true "master, chief senator" of the whole city of Rome and the whole island of Hell, even if she can command an entire army at the same time, even if her treasury is full of gold and gems, but she still has a little trouble - the trouble caused by the damn dwarfs underground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hell Island was caused by Claudius' long stay and the divine power caused by his agreement with Talos to guide the island to drift, and the powerful divine power mixed with the power of the red dragon himself to communicate the earth elemental plane and the fire elemental plane, and also penetrated the planet's mantle, causing a large number of heavy metals, precious metals and other minerals that require high temperature and high pressure to form in the entire active volcanic area below Hell Island to be churned up from the depths of the earth's crust. Therefore, in the depths of the craters of Hell Island, especially Mount Olympus and Mount Vesuvius, the production of pure gold and mythril should be the highest in the entire planet Torrell, not only these two rare metals, but also the production of gold, silver, copper, titanium and other metals is extremely huge, and at the same time, a whole layer of gems and diamonds can be mined in the solidified volcanic rock. To put it simply, the annual production of Mithril on Hell Island is about fifteen to twenty tons, and the production of Adamantite Gold is even more terrifying than eighty tons, which is far from being comparable to the Dark Regions.
So the rich island attracts a bunch of damned dwarves, a bunch of dwarves who like nothing more than to burrow into the ground and dig up other people's minerals. Perhaps elsewhere, above the surface, these dwarves are quite face-saving and can take justice/stubbornness, private ownership and the like, but here, after discovering the horrific reserves of metal ore on Hell Island, the dwarfs are gone. Ignoring Minerva's repeated orders to claim that the entire Hell Island is owned by the state, private mining must obtain a license and pay taxes, and the fact that private mining is prohibited from private mining, and that several rare minerals are forbidden to be mined privately, he has tried every means to steal the precious Mithril and Adamantite minerals.
After all, the passage in the dark area between Hell Island and the main continent is dangerous and changeable due to the ethereal nature of Hell Island, and there are also guards and patrols by metal mushroom people, so there are not many dwarves who can sneak over - before they can find the right path, they must first deal with the group of minotaurs, gray dwarves, cave lizards, etc., in the dark areas on the shallow surface of the continent, and sometimes need to deal with the patrol of the dark elves..... Moreover, the number of dwarves who came to Rome by legal shipping was always limited - the dwarves were not very qualified sea merchants, and although they were very stable, they could get seasick...... Even so, the dwarves who came through legal channels, smuggled through underground passages, and even smuggled to the vicinity of Hell Island and rowed small boats to fight for their lives, began to fight vigorously against the rulers of the city of Rome.
For this reason, many dwarves and the thick bones of the dwarves and the dwarves were hung or hung on the gallows and bone racks outside the city, and Minerva also expelled quite a few dwarves who did not yet die and other races that collected stolen goods, but as long as she did not announce the order that the dwarves would be executed directly when they came to the city of Rome, she could not stop the actions of this group of greedy dwarves.
Thankfully, the dwarf gods, including the dwarves, also recognized private property, so they could not directly claim that all the underground minerals belonged to the dwarves - the dwarves did not dare to do so because of Minerva's terrible army, but the dwarves flocked to the island, and together with the merchants, they were constantly instigating the decree that the land could be owned underground by the land purchase order and the corresponding land purchasers - but unfortunately they could not even take the first step, lobbying the senators of the Senate..... This is also the reason why Minerva's order to establish an auxiliary legion broke out immediately after the initial unpopularity.
Fortunately, even the first serving soldiers were far off if they wanted to join the House of Commons in the future - Minerva had established a twenty-year service for the Auxiliary Legion...... That is, it will be at least twenty years before these discharged soldiers have the right to be elected as the senators of the House of Commons. For now, however, Minerva has decided to carry out a drastic "illegal piracy campaign". Thanks to the fact that her führer, who had nothing but a loaf and shameless Führer who was as immoral as the Romans she remembered, had recently run away to "hunt," Minerva could give all orders at will—though even the bored red dragon seemed to be there.
Dealing with this group of shameless dwarves, Minerva decided to let the metal mushroom people do it, at most plus the technology goblins, the dragon tooth soldiers and centaurs are not suitable for fighting underground, and the auxiliary legion has not yet formed an army, and she is not optimistic about the discipline of this group of races in the auxiliary legion, and she is afraid that the dwarf who will collude with the poaching will be when the time comes. "Go tell Yuzu and let her come to me." Minerva said to the handmaiden of Harpia, beside her. As the maid spread her wings and left, Minerva tapped her fingers on the marble desk, wondering if she was going to release something, "Just, what will the Führer think when he sees it?" The notorious commander also found it a bit tricky, and she still had to find a way to mess with Claudius......
However, the red dragon didn't know what his first subordinates were thinking, and according to this guy's personality, he probably didn't bother to think about it, his attention was now focused on the sky, and unexpected surprises were approaching him. This thing looks quite swaggering, and in the light of a full moon in the sky, the figure of this thing is embedded in the background of the moon, which is really clear. "Three heads, and Long Wei...... The head of a lion, the head of a sheep, the head of a dragon - and a red dragon, with a snake in its tail..... Huge leather wings, which are clearly a ..... Wait, this still seems to be underage! Chimeramon.... That's great! Claudius looked at the beast in the sky with great satisfaction, rubbing his fingers.
It was a chimera beast that was almost four meters long from head to tail, and although it was not as powerful as a dragon of its age, it was no pressure to deter the migrating beasts below - of course, the lions had already begun to flee...... The reason why Claudius said that the Chimeramon was still a minor was entirely because he had already seen the appearance of the beast. The lion's head has very short hair, and the horns on the head of the dragon and the sheep are just protruding, and the proportions of the whole head look a little larger than that of the young beast, and it is quite cute. However, this kind of monster is already very good, and generally speaking, it can fight a dozen real dragons of the same age one level lower - for example, the dragon head of this Chimeramon is a red dragon, so it should have no problem challenging a blue dragon of the same age.
"It's nowhere near my goal, but it's a good start! Aha! There are even unexpected surprises! Claudius was really pleased, and his keen eyes looked to the other side—the one that came from the direction of the forest.....