Chapter 747: Closed-Loop Economy

In this way, the equipment of the 1,000 goblin heavy cavalry and the 1,000 goblin light cavalry that he had promised Bloodclaw before was gone.

Although these equipment are for infantry, it is not difficult to modify and adjust them with magic, after all, the foundation is here, and the consumption will be much smaller.

The equipment of the Crimson Marauders, Goblin Giants, and Goliath Warbands can also be updated, especially the Crimson Marauders, who only have weapons but no armor.

The biggest problem now is that the steel gates powered by the high-pressure steam in the Colossus Dungeon cannot be opened until the high-pressure steam is delivered.

If they were to be transported magically, the cost of transportation would have to be greatly increased, including Gavin's use of the extra-large space backpack and teleportation to transport them back and forthβ€”the cost of time was also a cost.

In addition to this, there is an unexpected bonus - air glass.

The properties of this transparent glass are very similar to that of tempered glass, but the ability to carry hammering and chopping is far superior to that of tempered glass.

It is an exaggeration to say that it is comparable to a steel plate of the same thickness, but it is absolutely fine to exceed the same thickness of solid wood.

It also has the heat-absorbing characteristics that ordinary steel does not have, either it is fire-free, or it is heat-absorbing, but it is only red, but it does not heat up.

Spells such as Scorching Metal, which can make metal weapon handles blazing, are naturally ineffective against equipment made of air glass.

Naturally, the defense against fire magic such as fireball is also higher than that of ordinary equipment.

Coupled with the fact that it is lighter than ordinary glass, it can be used in an extremely wide range, and Gavin can list a lot of them at his fingertips, and forging an air glass shield with it is a good choice.

But what he values the most is the use of cloud rays.

He had been having a headache for forging the main material of the platform on which it was armed.

If it is made of steel, it alone will take up half of the weight of the cloud ray, and the practicality will be greatly reduced.

If it is made of wood, it will be too weak and too shelf-like.

No matter which one you use, the cloud ray's inherent concealment ability will be greatly reduced.

The other is the issue of perspective, high-altitude combat, and it is very important to have a wide perspective.

This series of problems is perfectly solved here in the air glass.

The new problem now is that the production of air glass is a bit too low, and if you want to arm the cloud rays, you need to use air glass is not as simple as ten tons or eight tons, and it will definitely be too late to produce now.

Gavin hit the idea on those display cases, there are enough of them, dismantle them, and add the new ones, which should be able to arm the cloud ray in his hand.

"Here, sure enough, here." In the distance, the cry of surprise from Giharin was heard.

Hearing this, everyone gathered around, and at the very end of the treasury was a huge golden throne, the size of which was so amazing that a storm giant eight or nine meters tall could sit on it.

If it were made entirely of gold, it would weigh no less than a thousand tons.

The whole throne resembles a golden dragon prostrate on the ground, and the dragon's head is not on top, but below, and if a giant of the right size sits on it, one foot will step directly on the dragon's head, and the contempt contained in it is obvious.

"This is the legendary Dragonskull Throne? The treasure of the dwarves of the Northern Shield? How is it a giant size? Gavin couldn't hide his surprise in his words.

Dwarves and giants are really two races that hate and kill each other.

Both sides are eager to exterminate each other's dead races, but there are similarities in many places, and they consciously or unconsciously follow suit.

Giharin shook his head and said: "This is not the Dragonhead Throne of the Shanata Kingdom, but the Golden Throne of the Giant Empire Neorian, at present, it seems that the possibility of the Dragonskull Throne is here, I let you see the exhibition cabinet in front of the throne, that is the biggest treasure here, another part of the Heart of the Mountains." ”

When they heard this, they looked in the direction that Jiharin was pointing, and there was indeed a small display case made of air glass.

Just because the Golden Dragon Golden Throne was too large and dazzling, everyone's eyes were attracted by it, but they ignored this inconspicuous existence.

There is only one item in this display case, a crown with the rustic atmosphere of a dwarf.

This dwarven crown is very unique, it is not made of precious metals such as gold and pure gold, it is made of the most ordinary steel, but the dwarf rune veins on it are not ordinary, it has two protective surfaces to the mouth, and there is a standing hammer on the front, but the hammer surface is hollow, obviously missing a part, and the shape is the same as the heart of regeneration in Jiharin's hand.

Even Gavin, a layman who didn't have much knowledge of the art of forging, had a lot of peeks out of it.

For example, if the material is steel, rather than a more precious and dazzling metal such as gold, it is because the recycled gemstone is produced from iron ore, known as the heart of iron ore, and steel is naturally the most suitable and most likely to bring out all its properties.

Another example is the hammered felt shape on the front, which is naturally a tribute to the father of the dwarves and the soul forger Moradin, which is its holy emblem.

When Giharim approached the dwarven crown with the heart of regeneration, the two bloomed with a soft light at the same time, flashing one after another, as if they were greeting old friends again.

It gives the impression that as soon as Giharin lets go of the Heart of Regeneration, it will immediately regain its unity with the Iron Crown.

"That's a shame." Gavin said with a look of regret.

Although he didn't name names, Giharin obviously knew what Gavin was sorry about, but he said very calmly: "How can a heritage artifact like the Dragonskull Throne be so easy to find?" From the beginning, I didn't have any evidence that it was here, it was just my own speculation.

I've heard that a tribe of Shanata retreated into the depths of the earth and founded the kingdom of Shanata underground, and perhaps they took the Dragonskull Throne to the depths of the earth, so for thousands of years, there has been no news of it on the surface. ”

"If the patriarch can think of it, that's best." Gavin was mainly concerned about Giharin's emotions, after all, he had the greatest expectations for this matter, he had already harvested a sky-high treasure from here, and his influence on him was not inferior to that of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, the Vizeme Manor, and the Road of Destiny.

These three provide help on the level of strength.

The veins of Colossus are a real supply of material resources.

Gavin then shifted his gaze to the echoing Heart of Regeneration and the Dwarven Crown, "The two of them seem to be easier than they thought when they were put back together?" ”

Many times, forging equipment, especially high-level equipment, is a very troublesome thing, which requires careful selection of materials and preparation of corresponding forging methods, and a lot of energy is spent on tempering.

But sometimes, it is a very simple thing, everything is compliant and reasonable, it does not even need too much human intervention, it is forcibly reversed and shaped into the desired shape by the powerful force of law.

This is true of the two major artifacts of war related to Gavindu, the Way of War and the War Marauders.

This situation is certainly related to the divine priesthood of the Lady of Strategy, which resonates with the law, conforms to the concept of self-contained gods, and also fully explains the power of the law.

And the artifact, even if it is a secondary artifact, contains powerful divine power and has indestructible characteristics, even if it is forcibly separated into two parts.

When these two parts meet again, they will also merge again with the power of the gods.

Jiharim had previously developed a series of complex restoration methods, which were based on the destruction of the other half.

Now that I think about it, they underestimated this piece of equipment, if it was really an artifact, how could it be so easy to destroy?

"Yes, just press the Heart of Regeneration to it." Jiharin handed the Heart of Regeneration back again and said, "The artifact is recognized, and the restoration work will be carried out by the lord himself!" Personally, I suggest that the remaining three layers be explored before proceeding, although the remaining three layers are likely to be planted layers, and it is unlikely that there will be such a harvest in front of you, but always be precautionary. ”

"Okay." This time, Gavin didn't push back, directly took the heart of regeneration, and turned to everyone, "Since you have entered the treasure house, there is no reason to be empty-handed, those who see it have a share, give you half an hour of free time, what equipment you fancy can be taken, but it is limited to your own use." ”

Of course, there are not only those standard equipment, but also a large number of magical equipment, the number is not less than a hundred, each piece is held separately in an air glass display case, no need to identify, from the magic aura they emit, it can be determined, at least +3 or more magic equipment, only this kind of equipment worth tens of thousands of gold, can enjoy this treatment.

Gavin spoke, but none of the people who came in with him took action.

There is no ordinary person who can come in with him, in terms of theory, the thinnest foundation is the owner of this place, Shanoba, but the Colossus City is handed over to her to guard, isn't all the equipment up to her?

can even arrange people and tailor them for themselves, these powerful magical equipment in the eyes of ordinary people, of course, can't be seen.

After all, there can't be a second artifact here, and there can't be a unique and powerful magic item, even the dwarves of the Supreme Shanata are not extravagant enough to throw those equipment here and seal it, and arming their own warriors is the king.

Zalanda, who has a close relationship with Gavin, said half-jokingly: "The temptation of these magical equipment to us is far less than the temptation of those dwarf heavy armor, if you really have a heart, it is better to divide us with hundreds of sets of that, even if it is those loose light armor, we will not take your equipment for nothing, we will buy it at the market price or exchange it for other preferential policies." ”

"That's right." Catherine gave a gentle bow of approval.

In the eyes of these two strategist lady voters, the most valuable in this dwarven treasure trove is neither the heart of the mountains nor the golden throne of the giants, but the two thousand sets of dwarven heavy armor.

Use it to form a heavy armoured army of 2,000 people, which is the most extravagant way to use.

Disperse it into an army, and then combine it with ordinary weapons and armor, and with a turn of the head, you can pull up a regular army of 20,000 with good combat effectiveness.

Even if it is the famous Purple Dragon Knight Legion of the Cormier Kingdom, it is impossible for everyone to wear purple dragon heavy armor, among the large-scale legions, there can be two or three out of ten, it is quite remarkable, those miscellaneous servants or attendant knights, most of them are wearing light armor, even leather armor or cotton armor, it is possible not to wear armor, this depends on the ability of the legion to which the purple dragon knights belong, as well as the local finance where they are stationed, whether they can give them additional financial subsidies.

"This must be yours, but the specific quantity, we'll talk about it later." Gavin stopped insisting and continued to the lower level with the group.

In the remaining three floors, the dreamlike scene brought another completely different experience to everyone.

The five floors in front are typical of steampunk, with steel structures everywhere and the smell of engine oil everywhere, and it is believed that when the Colossus Dungeon is reconnected to it, it will be infused with a lot of steam and gear turning, which will be brought to life.

After reaching the back three floors, in addition to the steel gate and the wind of science and technology, everything suddenly became strange, showing the style of a truly dark region, full of glowing ores, glittering mushrooms, the overall environment is stuffy and hot, and the air is filled with mist formed by light water vapor.

This environment is simply a mushroom love, their paradise, where there are not large mushrooms, but patches of mushroom forests, many mushrooms have exceeded the height of adults, dare not say that the entire dark region of mushroom species are all included, at least ten kinds, all of which are edible mushrooms.

The most abundant and unique of these mushrooms is a fiery red, jellyfish-like translucent flame mushroom.

Their red color is not their skin, but a red mass that pulses inside like a burning flame, and they are not particularly large, the largest being an adult fist.

No matter how big they are, they will burst open, squirting the accumulated juice in their bodies everywhere.

This flame mushroom, nicknamed the Explosive Mushroom, is inedible, but it is an indispensable presence in these three mushroom mining areas, and it is the key to nourishing countless mushrooms here.

These explosive mushrooms are not products of the material plane, but alien plants from the fire elemental plane, they are the food of many elemental creatures, they not only like the large amount of fire elements and the purest water contained in the explosive mushrooms, but also like the feeling of them exploding in their stomachs.

The three caves are no longer arranged up and down, but are parallel to each other, at the junction of ordinary rock formations and hot dry rock formations.

Under normal circumstances, whether it is because of the temperature of the earth itself or the hot and dry rock formations, the temperature here is already quite terrifying, and it can steam people, not just stuffy.

At present, it is maintained at about 25 degrees, which is not only the most suitable temperature for most mushrooms to grow, but also the most suitable temperature for most humanoids to survive.

The excess heat is absorbed by this explosive mushroom, condensed into the purest fire element in its own body, and most of it is consumed by maintaining its own growth and luminescence, and the remaining part is neutralized by combining with the water element from the earth and air.

When they grow to the size of an adult's fist, this balance is difficult to maintain, and then an explosion occurs.

And this is also the way their life continues, the water splashed by the explosion has countless fires that belong to them, as long as the conditions are right, all the explosion splash area will be occupied by this mushroom.

The water they splashed during the explosion contains a lot of nutrients, which is the most natural fertilizer, and only a small part of it is absorbed and reused by their next generation, and more is absorbed by the surrounding mushrooms and becomes the nutrients for their growth.

Exploding mushrooms are out-and-out nutrient mushrooms.

This is an all-natural bioavailability of hot dry rock geothermal heat.

This is the plantation of those dwarves, and with the large number of edible mushrooms produced by these three mushroom plantations alone, there is no problem in feeding tens of thousands of dwarves, which is the basis for the dwarves of the Supreme Shanata to support thousands of giants.

At this point, the true panorama of this supreme Shanata dwarf city is completely displayed in front of everyone.

If those dwarves want to, at their peak, they can even form a closed-loop economy and live a self-sufficient life, most of their daily needs can be obtained through the heat energy provided by the hot dry rock, and this energy is not inexhaustible, and the current consumption of the colossus is no problem to support tens of thousands of years.

Not to mention more than 7,000 years ago, even now, as long as it is in operation, it is one of the most advanced cities.

But this is not the last stop, the last stop, and Gavin's first stop, the Colossus Dungeon.

"Who are you? Hurry up and release our patriarch, or don't blame us for being rude. ”

"It's the patriarch, it's the patriarch, the patriarch, you're not hurt, are you? What about the people who flew with you? ”

"Patriarch, what is going on? Who are they? ”

"Hurry up and release our patriarch!"

"Huh? Why didn't you see Domingo, the Golem manager? ”

"Why aren't these heavily armored giant undead guards responding to them?"

"Not only did they not react to them, but they didn't react to us at all, if it was the past, they would have rushed up to intercept them, could it be that there is something wrong with these undead?"

When Gavin and the others re-entered the Colossus Dungeon, the gray dwarves here all reacted, armed with rudimentary weapons and tools, and gathered outside the giant's palace.

But they were afraid of the undead guards of those heavily armored giants, they only dared to surround from a distance, looking at Gavin who fell again, the gray dwarves were immediately angry, and they looked like they wanted to rush up and snatch back the gray dwarf patriarch Yuriou.

Especially seeing that the heavy armored giant undead guards had no reaction to Gavin and his party at all, making them guess that something was wrong with these undead, they couldn't help but move more boldly and aggressively, and many gray dwarves tried to move forward, and those undead guards were still like dead things, unmoved.

(End of chapter)