The dwarf nodded and said, "Being able to recognize the responsibility on your shoulders means that you have truly grown." Humans have always been able to absorb the good things of other races, such as our dwarven sense of responsibility, and this is your advantage. But when it comes to the original plan, what exactly did you plan to do?"

Siegel looked at Elliint, then at the kitten, and said, "You know I used to be a sailor. On board ......"

He told the dwarves what the old captain had told him on his deathbed, about the secret treasure at the end of the world, "I want to go there and see." Not just for the treasure, but more for the curiosity. ”

"That's a big idea, but I hope you're not burned out and really ready to put it into practice. Elliette tugged at her beard and said very seriously: "Actually, I came this time to ask you to do something, and at the same time, it was also a quid pro for the Gem Family to provide you with assistance. ”

"Aha, as a good friend and a good student, I promise you immediately, but as a local lord, I have to ask. Siegel smiled and said, "There is nothing to produce in Heimchu now, what can you look for?"

"We're looking at you and there's nothing here. Elint the Dwarf said. Then he added, "A hundred years ago, there was a dwarven army that headed west from the Walled Mountains into the vast wasteland. Their mission is to find the end of the world and the dragon's foothold in the New World. We've always wondered why the greedy dragon would abandon the treasures of the Walled Mountains and fly all the way west. We've been instructed by the oracle that this has nothing to do with the dwarves, so for a long time Mora's Peak has taken an uncaring attitude - but not all dwarves think so. The dwarves who moved west were one of the more radical ones, and the elites of the various families were involved at that time. Including our gemstone family. More than half a year ago. They're back. Only about thirty people remained. ”

"Did they find anything?"

"The Wild Lands are bigger than expected, and the monsters there are bigger than expected. Survivors describe storm giants with thunder in their hands, dragons that can refract rainbow light, and Eye of Death that can block out the sun. They couldn't find the dragon's lair, but they did bring back some rare treasures. This time, the Guardian Spirit once again sent an oracle to prevent the dwarves of the Top of Mora from going to the west of the Walled Mountains, lest they cause trouble. Therefore, after discussing with our three families, we decided to throw these westward dwarves to you. ”

"Why? I can't see the strong people who can come back from such a dangerous place, they want to leave. I can't take care of it. ”

"What are you to us dwarves, sneaky thieves?" said Elint, blowing her beard in anger. "After the oracle was laid, all the dwarves of the westward made an oath before the statue of the guardian deity that they would never divulge and fully obey the will of the gods, and that they would do what they said. It's just that their identities are too sensitive, and the three major families don't want to cause turmoil within the top of Mora, and the oracle is only known to the nine people of the core council and the westward dwarves. So we need to find a place for them to settle down, at least some distance from the top of Mora. You're not the right fit here?"

Segalmore rubbed his chin. Carefully considered this matter and weighed the pros and cons. "As long as they can accept the management of my lord. Then I will welcome them with both hands. ”

"Okay, that's enough for you. "Although it is not in accordance with the policy, I still admire the dwarves who have gone west, and their current leader is my uncle, Locke Diamond, and I can praise you in front of him if you have anything to discuss," said Ellint. ”

"When will they arrive? I need to prepare food and drinks in advance. ”

"After we help you build the castle. ”

Siegel was stunned, Elliint looked at his expression with great satisfaction, and then laughed: "What do you think we are here for? Do I need a hundred guards when I travel, I'm not that old? ”

He then said, "The brothers behind me are the best dwarven craftsmen, warriors, and miners, and we heard that you want to build a castle in the walled mountains, so we came. This can't be done from us dwarves. By the way, don't say you're not going to pay us!"

"I thought ......" Siegel had in mind the castle defense chain of the Walled City Mountains against the orcs. The dwarves at the top of Mora and the human lords within the protection of the mountains had an agreement that all buildings on the walled mountains must be designed and built by the dwarves as a covenant against the enemy. Siegel thought that his castle was built under the mountain, and it was not at all to defend against orcs, and the dwarves would certainly not care. Unexpectedly, Elliint still thought of this, and deliberately said that the location of the castle was within the city wall mountain range, and sent a builder for him.

"Thank you, Elinte. Siegel escaped from his pocket the gold he had refined. While practicing magic, he pressed the gold into the shape of a throwing axe. "Thankfully, I have enough gold here to pay for a castle - if you allow me to owe a portion of it first. ”

The dwarf snatched the gold, closed one eye, looked at it with the other, and exclaimed, "It's really good, it's very pure." Where did you find such a good craftsman, who is on a par with the craftsmanship of our dwarves? ”

"I refined it myself, using magic. Siegel smiled and said, "But I'd love to know your method, how about we exchange them?"

"You know we dwarves can't learn magic. "What a cunning little devil," said Elint. ”

With the arrival of the dwarves, the whole of Zebra Mountain becomes more lively, and the castle of Siegel and Janet can finally be built. The dwarf Elint brought not just ordinary builders, they could all be called master builders, and rock, metal, and runes were the most obedient tools in their hands, and they could work freely according to their hearts. The huge sum of 30,000 gold coins gave the entire Heim Mound enough start-up capital, and the gold mines of Zebra Mountain could keep the momentum of development going. However, this information was kept secret from the southern lords, who never knew that the truckload of grain, seeds, and building materials that had been brought from the top of Mora had been bought by Siegel in exchange for gold. Siegel knew his greatest advantage as a lord: within fifteen hundred miles of his neighborhood, he had no superior lords to whom he needed allegiance. It can be said that it is completely free. If he can successfully develop. Heimchu is almost an independent kingdom.

There was a clangling sound on the construction site. It was like chaos. The merchants from the top of Mora stood in wagons and carried barrels of ale, sacks of flour, and bundles of brand-new shovels and pickaxes. The blacksmith shop next to the camp is working day and night, the fire is always burning, and they are building alchemy tools according to the dwarven drawings so that they can build a workshop that can refine gold as soon as possible.

In addition to the trucks that carried food and tools, there were also trucks carrying charcoal from the north. The dwarves taught the native humans how to make charcoal quickly, and as a result, the forest was devastated by the seedlings. Under the power of axes and saws. Wood is really powerless to resist. When Janet heard about it, she immediately stopped it. According to the lord's authority, the forest, the river, and the production on them belong to the lord and cannot be used without authorization.

"You're stealing the lord's property, stop it now!"

The Deva brothers wanted to capture the trespassers, who they saw as a bounty for serving the lord and his wife. However, Janet did not give the order to arrest them, and let them go, but repeatedly warned them not to come back into the woods.

This made Siegel very happy, knowing that his lover would not be a cold and heartless woman.

Siegel took out his gold coins to buy charcoal from the top of Mora, and was not allowed to cut down any trees. He then ordered that the villagers be allowed to freely collect firewood for fire. Each village can have three hunters and three fishermen. If the harvest from hunting and fishing is used in one's own village, there is no tax. Failure to do so will result in a forfeiture of all earnings.

When Fezak was puzzled by this, Siegel told him to prepare the market as soon as possible. The exchange of goods in the realm will be concentrated in the market, and the lord will send people to supervise the conduct of commerce, ensure the trading price of daily necessities, and collect a part of the tax.

The purchase of large quantities of goods caused the price level to begin to fall throughout the territory, and the villagers rejoiced and were excited to buy cheap things. After chopping off two fingers of several black-hearted businessmen who tried to deceive the villagers with shoddy products and throwing them out of the market, the trade also became active. If you don't count the eggs, fish, pork, and other goods that are used as taxes, the market will allow Siegel to have more than one gold coin in taxes recorded every day.

But that's too little compared to the gold mines. Therefore, gold mining is the foundation of the wealth of the territory.

Dwarven craftsmen took over the gold mines of Banderan Mountain and began to build a convenient and efficient mine system. Although there was not enough steel to build the tracks, they used ropes and pulleys to construct another device for transporting ore and soil. Working with the orcs was actually the hardest part, and it was hard for the two of them to get along peacefully. It took a lot of effort for Siegel and Ellint to finally get the orcs to learn how to use the mine system before the dwarves' patience ran out. After that, large quantities of red gold ore were transported out of the mountains and piled up next to the refinery.

The dwarves were very interested in the techniques of how Siegel excavated the mines. However, upon hearing that this required a spell that summoned earth elementals as a foundation, the dwarves looked at each other, knowing that they could not reach such a level of fine magic manipulation. The dwarven bloodline is quite stable, and it is difficult to resonate with magic, so it is difficult to cast spells. Both learning mages and gifted warlocks are extremely rare among the dwarven community.

Siegel thought of a solution, and he asked the dwarves if they could teach him rune techniques. Several rune masters thought about it, it stands to reason that the Ascending Brave is regarded as a member of the dwarves, and this technology does not need to be kept secret from him. Is it just that Siegel has the bloodline basis to become a runemaster?

"I'll try to tell you the basics. "A red-bearded rune master named Taklin was patient and slowly taught his lessons to Siegel. The young lord tried to understand, learning this new knowledge from the perspective of a dwarf rather than the mind of a mage. The language of runes is derived from the ancient writing of the dwarves, and is the text carved by the dwarven guardians in the bones of the dwarves with furnaces and hammers at the time of creation, which can form a stable and long-lasting effect. It can be said that each rune is a spell, and the language composed of multiple runes is like a magical enchantment.

Mages are intrigued by this technology and use a variety of methods, including nefarious methods such as thought control and memory mining, to try to decipher it. They discovered that the power of the runes came from the dwarven gods, like the priest's emblem. They can only understand the general meaning, but they can't imitate it, use it, and can't learn to improve it, so they give up.

"I just want to understand the structure of the runes, maybe I can express the spells of the Earth Elemental Summoning Technique in the rune method. He explained his motives to the dwarves, and then wrote a rune on the table that meant to burn.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, a hole was burned in the wooden table, as if mocking all the mages who had made similar attempts before. (To be continued......)