Chapter XXVIII
"The Offet Chamber of Commerce is a small chamber of twenty people, and it has been trading with various pioneer camps in the northeast of the month for many years, selling daily necessities and collecting furs. A month or two ago, when their ship was heading east from Tide Camp, it was stolen by the sea monsters of the Coria Pirates, and the Chamber of Commerce men went their own way to make a living, and one of them ran to our Chamber of Commerce, he had no idea that the Offet Chamber of Commerce had plans to produce small goods, and he thought that they were not capable of it.
It is worth noting that after encountering the pirate group, they were rescued by a mage, two druids, and a red dragon. The mage can sculpt stones, both druids will become eagles, and the red dragon will be about the size of a horse. Those people and seven dwarves with dozens of goblins didn't know what they were doing by the sea, and Offet stayed there as well. When the men returned, they were preparing to set up a makeshift camp, which was about two hundred kilometers from Sentia. At the conclave, Little Preg reported the results of the investigation to Old Preg and a dwarf.
"The people I sent found that they were there to organize the goblins to produce and that they were also building on a large scale, but the camp had just been attacked and the damage was severe. Our men captured a few runaway goblins and confirmed that the camp had been attacked by fishmen and sea monsters a few days ago, and it was probably the Coria Pirates. A little over a month ago, they raided and destroyed all the pioneer camps in the vicinity, and also banned the nearby seas. We once suspected that the pirates and the Offet Chamber of Commerce were in calamity, but now it seems clear that this is not the case. Goblin Town's production base is in a specially cleared field in the woods, presumably to prevent another attack. ”
"Goblins can still produce these things?" said Old Preg Daqi.
"The dwarves are pretty much the same, but the goblins are impossible, and my apprentices still have a lot to offer. "The bearded dwarf is unequivocal.
"Master, you're mistaken. The process they use is very different from ours, and our people managed to get a few unprocessed semi-finished raw materials, you can see it at a glance. ”
There are a total of four semi-finished raw materials, three short steel wires and a small steel sheet.
The dwarf was amazed as he carefully compared the raw material with the finished product, and old Preg looked very closely.
"It's just that this level of processing is indeed capable of goblins, who are short and small, and have an advantage over us, and they don't have to pay. But this semi-finished product is very important, how is it processed?"
"I don't know, our people didn't find out. They found a blacksmith shop there, and several dwarves were working in it, and when they tried to check the blacksmith shop, they found it, and they broke one. The letter and the sample were sent back with the leftover one. ”
"Dwarven craftsman, you say this, I think of a special skill invented by our dwarves that can be done, and the difficulty is not very high, but it is very different from the kind of weapon and armor that makes it, so no one has been able to learn it for a long time. Those people are really ingenious, dividing the manufacturing process into two parts, one part of the high-tech molding is for us dwarven blacksmiths, and the other is for the low-tech polishing of the goblins. ”
"Master, what do you see?"
"Since the new technology is deliberately used, and a large number of goblin slaves are used, the cost is understandably lower than ours, but it is difficult to say how much lower. The dwarven craftsmen and those few people must be in partnership to do business, one is responsible for producing semi-finished products, and the other is responsible for catching goblins and post-processing, and the cost has a lot to do with how the profits are distributed. ”
"Can you and the apprentices make it?" said old Preg hopefully.
"I can definitely make it, but I haven't practiced that kind of skill before, so I have to try it first. ”
"Then please. ”
The devil is in the details.
Old Preg was convinced of this statement.
Although the dwarven blacksmith said that he could imitate it, old Preg did not pin his hopes entirely on him. This is a great opportunity for the Chamber of Commerce to go one step further, and it must not be missed, and it must be prepared for both.
So, he invited Rex, the Thunder Swordsman, and Merodi, the Tide Knight, to secretly discuss the relevant plans.
The elder Preg was also an adventurer back then, and after realizing that he lacked mage talent and turned into a merchant, he did not cut ties with the others. Ten years later, the Preg Chamber of Commerce began to take shape, and some of the former partners had become white bones, and some of them had settled down, but there were also two people whose strength had risen sharply, and the elder Preg funded them to set up a mercenary group.
Thunder swordsman Rex, a powerful swordsman with dual cultivation of magic and martial arts, is good at using a thunder light sword, the thunder and lightning enchantment on the sword plus the thunder and lightning storage method plus Rex's thunder and lightning infusion, the power of one blow is enough to kill the rhinoceros. Although the 4th order spell that the Bloodline Stimulation Society learned was not a Transfiguration Technique, and he could not become a real Golden Dragon Knight, he had a Pegasus, and his self-confidence and those guys were only in between. The Thunder Mercenary Regiment established by Rex has more than 230 combatants, mainly humans, and is a good hand in land and naval warfare. The main business is to exterminate evil creatures and protect merchant ships, and the main business area is the coastal route between Centia and Melwater and Santilburg.
Tide Knight Melody, a powerful half-orc Beastmaster Ranger, tames plesiosaurs as animal companions and mounts, and is good at killing giant sharks with a single charge with a wave-breaking spear. Although he can't become a true white dragon knight without a white dragon due to the limitations, he has a griffin, and he is confident that he is only in the middle of the same with those guys. The Tidal Mercenary Regiment founded by Melody has more than 260 combatants, half of them human and half of them are fishmen, all of whom are good men who are proficient in naval warfare. The main business is to eradicate pirates and protect merchant ships, and the main business area is the cross-sea route between Centia and Mumaster.
The two mercenary groups and the Preg Chamber of Commerce have a very close relationship in both public and private affairs, and they have come to this day step by step with mutual support.
"I'm looking for two of you today because there may be something to trouble you about lately. There are a few dwarves in this place, and they are of great importance to me, and I may have to trouble you to capture or kill them when the time comes. "Old Preg made it clear.
"On Kolya's grounds? "Due to business reasons, Merodi is familiar with the distribution of forces in the eastern part of the Moon Sea.
"Yes, but the dwarves haven't been cleared out. They were there with a red dragon, a mage, and two druids to catch goblins and gnolls, and although they were also attacked, they were all those slaves who died. We are investigating their origins, and their strength is not clear. In short, I want you to be prepared first, and then take action depending on the situation. ”
"Only the dwarves or is it solved by the others?"
"It's not sure yet, but it's likely that we'll have to catch more goblins back, and the mages and druids will either catch or kill them. You'd better send someone to investigate, but the stakes are high and you must keep it secret. ”
"Don't worry, this kind of thing is not once or twice. Melody replied.
"It's okay if you just kill it, but since you may need to be caught alive, you have to ask a few more questions. Sentia isn't Melwater, there are spellcasters among those people, what are you going to do when they are captured?" Rex asked.
Old Preg hesitated. "It should be that they are going to be locked up with the goblins for production, and the specific location has not been decided, and most of them will have to trouble the two of them to send people to guard at that time. ”
As they left, Melody struck up a casual conversation with Rex.
"It's been more than twenty years since we came out, old friend, you're forty-five this year. ”
"yes, three years older than you. Thunder Swordsman Rex sighed, "Back then, when we were young, we all thought that we could become real dragon knights, and so much time has passed in the blink of an eye. ”
"We half-orcs are aging faster than you humans, and in another five or six years, I'm afraid there will be a relatively big decline in strength, and it will not be easy to eat the bowl of rice of the mercenary group at that time. ”
"Some time ago, you said that you were going to make a place near Mumaster, how about talking?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. They wanted me to fight the fish-man, and I didn't want to say yes. How did you talk to Fort Santil?" sighed the Tide Knight.
"It didn't work out. The condition of Santil Fort is to obey their call in wartime, and now that the situation between them and the Far Mountain City is so tense, maybe one day a fight will break out, how can I agree. The Thunder Swordsman sighed, it was not difficult to find a way out, but it was difficult to find a suitable fit in all aspects, "I'm thinking about Hope Village right now. ”
"Hope Village, this name seems familiar, but I can't remember it for a while. Melody scratched her head.
"It's the place of the crocodile Dundee, which used to be a town of two or three thousand people, and after Dundee became a murderer, it slowly became a small village. ”
"That's the place. Merodi suddenly realized that Hope Village is very famous because of the crocodile Dundee, but everyone generally calls it Dundee Village or Crocodile Village, "What can you do when you buy it, most of us are still at ease when we enter the soil, and there is no way to develop at all." Or are you confident that you can eliminate Dundee?"
"That's why it's hard to decide. The Thunder Swordsman sighed, "Hope Village used to be a town of two or three thousand people, and there is even greater potential, if you can eliminate Dundee, you can do a lot of things, are you interested in joining us?"
"Forget it, plesiosaurs can't play in that place. However, I do think that the location of the goblin town that Pregg pointed out is good. Where the three do not matter, there is no need to go through anyone's consent. There used to be three or four pioneer camps in that area, and although they weren't strong enough to settle, you and I should have the ability. The biggest problem there is the Coria pirates, and we can build a town there as long as we can settle down. Even if it is not easy to attract immigrants, it is possible to train goblins just like those people. When the time comes, you can either build with goblin slaves or sell goblins to buy slaves. Tide Knight offered what was in his mind.
"It's really good, but it's very close to the Lead Peak Dragon Palace, and you don't forget Hubert twenty years ago. Rex reminded. Although the Dragon Palace has been very peaceful in the past ten years, its fierce power is by no means comparable to Dundee and its ilk.
"Those people were stupid and killed the dragon of the Dragon Palace, which attracted a big report. Then no one went to beat them, and they stopped beating others. Didn't Damshore make a conservation agreement with the Dragon Palace, and we should be able to do the same. Melody analyzed. It didn't matter if Hubert was destroyed, but the destruction was not complete, and it became extremely troublesome because it was occupied by the evil creatures who attacked with the Dragon Palace.
"It occurred to me that they could be sent by the Dragon Palace?"
"It's up to us to investigate. ”
"In that case, why didn't you think of it before?"
"Who said no, it's just that it can't be leveled with pirates, but Preg should have this ability, and he needs secret al-Qaeda goblin production, so we let him build the base there, wouldn't it be possible to kill two birds with one stone." Melody suggested.
"Well, I'll think about it. ”