The Terrans dominated the south and part of the center, while the Orcs expanded to the north and west, but further in these two directions, there were other tribes.

For example, farther away in the Western Beast Plain, there were still large primeval forests, inhabited by the remnants of the Wood Elves, and farther west was the Land of Ice and Snow, where the dwarves were squeezed.

Of course, this is not to say that there are no fuels that can be used as a source of power, such as coal or similar effects are definitely stored in Kaos, but different civilizations will have different uses for obtaining these things.

The dwarves were not as lucky as the Arabs in the desert before Solomon's crossing, and there were enviable and shocking things hidden under the original barren land, which could give them a great deal of wealth from now on.

There is not much storage that can be used by the dwarves to sustain their mechanical paths, and it is not easy to explore and dig because of the snow cover.

In fact, before Borok arrived, the three major tribes of the dwarves were preparing to unite and march underground.

Because in the land of ice and snow, even the shallow storage that is not easy to dig has become less and less under their use for nearly a thousand years, and if it goes on, the dwarves have only enough storage for them for a few more decades.

There was no other way, and the dwarves had been secretly digging underground for ten years, looking for deeper storage.

If you don't get it from the ground, the dwarves will have to fight their way out of the Far West, defeat the Wood Elves, and then fight the powerful Orcs or Terrans for territory to find new fuel reserves.

Ahem, if the dwarves are given enough power sources and iron ore now, and then they are given another twenty years, no, ten years, ten years will be enough for them to make a bunch of machines that can be used in war, defeat the declining wood elves, grab new territory, and even reach out to the desolate land that the two major forces of man and beast don't care much about.

That kind of place is not very valuable to the human and animal races, but as long as you can find the mineral deposits that the dwarves need, it is valuable to the dwarves.

But alas, even if it is just such a dream, the dwarves can't do it, because without that premise, enough power sources and iron ore, if there is, they don't need to go to the deep underground as hard as they do now.

Although it is not easy to explore deep underground mineral deposits, it is difficult to excavate, and it is possible to encounter different underground races.

The danger of the underworld lies in the fact that the underground races, such as the Ant-Man that Solomon once met.

Dwarves will come across a few of the deep deposits that lie underground.

However, after the three major dwarven tribes discussed unanimously, they still preferred to explore the ground rather than go head-to-head with the human and beast races.

As for the elves, although their strength is not stronger than that of the dwarves, they have the primeval forest as a basis, and unless the dwarves have a large number of troops or machinery to help, it is almost impossible to completely defeat the wood elves under the cover of the primeval forest, especially in the primeval forest, there are usually helpers such as tree people.

Before Cecilia arrived, the dwarves had already begun to dig deep underground, but they had not yet found the deposits they needed.

But when Cecilia handed over Solomon's Black Rock to Borok, the dwarves were immediately excited.

Because this thing itself can be used as fuel, but the preliminary judgment is that the conditions are more harsh, and it needs to be in a protected near-sealed state, and it will be quite unstable when exposed to high temperatures in a non-sealed state, and the reason is, of course, that there is a certain amount of magic in it.

However, the fact that it contains thin magic power not only did not make Black Rock less valuable in the eyes of the dwarves, on the contrary, its value skyrocketed to an indescribable value.

If it weren't for that, Borok wouldn't have taken the risk of renting a bipedal wyvern for a long flight, and would have to avoid the levels and go deep into the Terran hinterland, where he would be greeted by Cecilia.

The reason is simple, and this is where Cecilia has a strong interest.

That is, if this kind of magic rock can be used as a fuel for the continuous movement of machinery, and has thin magical power, can it be combined with machinery and magic for a certain period of time?

He had such an idea in magic and alchemy, and he was called "magician".

However, it is difficult to achieve because the number of power sources required for the continuous movement of the machine is too large, and it would be too expensive to provide all the magic crystals containing magical powers.

Solomon's black rocks gave the dwarves and Cecilia a glimmer of hope again, which was why the dwarves paid attention to it.

"I've said everything I can, and now I want to know how much of a black rock like yours has and how difficult it is to excavate?" asked Borok, a little nervously, because it would be disappointing if the rock was not large, or if it was very difficult to excavate.

Solomon held back the excitement in his heart and said, "You can rest assured that the reserves are also very easy to exploit. ”

"Really?" called out Borok happily, rubbing his hands together and said, "Oh my God, this is so pleasant, I should drink a little wine, what a pity, this time for the sake of riding the two-legged dragon, I didn't bring any wine, I stayed at home, I haven't drunk a drop of wine for twenty days, you must not believe it." ”

Solomon couldn't help but wonder that the Köos dwarves were famous for their penchant for alcohol, which they had had since before they had been driven to the far west, and after being driven to the west, they did not stop this hobby, because not only their own alcohol addiction, but also the cold of the land of ice and snow made them have to maintain this habit.

It was also because of their penchant for wine that other tribes had the opportunity to exchange spirits for the finest weapons, and the dwarves were even better at forging than the Terrans.

However, due to its location in the far west, fewer other tribes dared to risk many obstacles to do business with the dwarves than with the orcs, and the dwarves often only made a deal once every few years.

And those who have the ability to cross complex terrain and dangers such as beast fields, primeval forests, wildernesses, swamps, etc., to reach the territory of dwarves are usually only those extremely powerful forces, otherwise they will fight for their lives, and they will lose nine times out of ten.

"So, we can work together, I mean us, Cecilia and his students, and you. Borok said.

Borok was referring to the use of black rock, which ideally could not only be used as a power source for the dwarves' machinery, but also could be used as a basis for magic research, and if the use of black rock for magic guidance failed, it could at least be used as one of the fuel sources that the dwarves desperately needed.

Of course, these two different possibilities determine the different values of Black Rock, and also determine the value of Solomon in the eyes of the dwarves.

"I say, Bojok, it seems that your old family is rejoicing too soon. Cecilia suddenly poured cold water.

"What's wrong?" said Borok, stunned.

"You seem to have forgotten something very important, even if this black rock can be used by you as a source of power for machinery, and even can really be used for magic guidance, even if Solomon has abundant reserves, how can you get a large amount of it?" Cecilia sneered.

The dwarven elder was dumbfounded for a moment, this is indeed a key that cannot be avoided.

Even if Solomon had a large amount of black rock to provide, as he said, the dwarves were far away in the far west.

Solomon was not in a hurry, Cecilia said this just to raise her own value, after all, she had told Solomon at the beginning that if she could produce heavy benefits, she would get two percent of it, then she should have a solution, otherwise these two percent would be too easy to take, so she would only send a message to Borok and them.

Borok also reacted quickly, slapped his head and said: "You Terrans are cunning, Cecilia, you must have a way, let me think about it, is it using the teleportation magic array?"

The mage snapped her fingers, "You're not stupid yet." ”

"You dare to call me stupid, we dwarves don't know that kind of thing like teleporting magic arrays!" Borok said angrily.

Solomon was a little surprised that the dwarves reacted so much, but he soon learned why.

Because the dwarves' qualifications in magic are really limited, including their ancestor Moradin, who has become a god, is also based on strength.

Because of their love for casting, the dwarves have a certain degree of in-depth study of enchantment, and although their magical qualifications are mediocre, how many generations have devoted themselves to a certain aspect of magic, and they naturally have an advantage that others cannot match, whether they are proficient or experienced.

Alchemy inherently requires a lot of repetition to be successful, not just by qualifications.

But comparatively speaking, the dwarves have little to accomplish in other magic.

Teleportation magic, dwarves are not without the opportunity to contact, they have the advantage of casting, over the years, there will be more or less human magicians, similar to Cecilia's partnership, how can there be one or two of them if they ask for dwarves and leak it, but the dwarves just can't master it.

They can't be blamed for this, including their ancestral god Moradin, who only teleports with his own divine powers, not the magic he uses.

This is also one of the reasons why the dwarves have been trapped in the ice and snow of the extreme west for so many years, otherwise if they master the teleportation magic array, they can actually consider finding a suitable place to migrate outside the Kaos plane.

Sure enough, Cecilia said, "I can build a medium-sized teleportation magic array from Solomon's Alien Territory to your Ice and Snow Land for this matter, and my students will be responsible for the daily maintenance of the two places." However, I'm going to take away 20% of the benefits, including the sharing of knowledge of the magician, and I can't get the materials to build the portal. ”

As soon as these words came out, Solomon was not surprised, but Borok almost jumped up, Cecilia meant that she would only take her head and people, and then take away 20% of the benefits, and also share the joint research with the dwarves on the magician.

Especially the latter, which is completely naked knowledge plunder.

It is said that it is only to share the current research, but after it really starts, if you want to understand some knowledge, it is very likely to be traced back to other knowledge, and some knowledge is the experience or formula and design that the dwarves have come up with little by little after hundreds of years, and countless people have passed through I don't know how much real yàn have to come up little by little, and how much will be leaked to Cecilia in front of him because of this?

Although Cecilia is very knowledgeable and is close to a legendary ** master, in terms of what dwarves are good at, even a true legendary mage cannot be compared with the accumulation of most people for hundreds of years.

For so many years, the transaction between the dwarf and Cecilia has been mutually beneficial, but if this one is established, it will be a big loss.

The female mage didn't care about the dwarf's mood and feelings at this time, she raised an index finger and shook her head gently, "Old man Borok, if you have a better way, I can retract what I just said, or can you find a more trusted mage?"

Inside the magic tower, the female mage and the dwarven elder confronted each other.

The female mage was full of spring breeze and had a look of being stunned, while the old dwarf man lost his previous gentlemanly expression and stared at the female mage like a fighting, as if he would pounce on it at any moment and take a bite before he was willing.

Seeing this, Solomon was amused and angry, and coughed dryly: "Both, maybe I have an idea." ”

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