Chapter 750 Closed-loop Economy

In this way, the equipment for the 1,000 hobgoblin heavy cavalry and 1,000 hobgoblin light cavalry that he had promised Blood Claw was settled.

Although these equipments were prepared for infantry, it was not difficult to modify and adjust them with magic. After all, the foundation was here, and the consumption would be much smaller.

The equipment of the Crimson Reavers, the Hobgoblin Giants and the Goliaths could also be updated, especially the Crimson Reavers, who only had weapons but no armor.

The biggest problem now was that these steel doors driven by high-pressure steam could not be opened before the high-pressure steam from the Colossus Dungeon was transported up.

If they were transported out by magic, the transportation cost would be greatly increased, including Gavin's use of a large-capacity space backpack with teleportation to transport them back and forth - the time cost was also a cost.

In addition, there was an unexpected gain - air glass.

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

It is a bit exaggerated to say that it is comparable to steel plates of the same thickness, but it is absolutely no problem to exceed the same thickness of hardwood.

It also has the heat absorption property that ordinary steel does not have. It is either fire-proof or heat-absorbing. It just turns red but does not generate heat.

Spells such as scorching metal that can make the handle of metal weapons extremely hot are naturally ineffective against equipment made of air glass.

Its defense against fire magic such as fireball is naturally better than ordinary equipment.

In addition, it is lighter than ordinary glass, which makes its use range extremely wide. Gavin can list a lot of them with just his fingers. Forging air glass shields with it is a good choice.

However, what he values ​​most is its use on the cloud ray.

Previously, he was worried about the main material for forging the armed platform on it.

If it is made of steel, it will account for half of the cloud ray's load, and its practicality will be greatly reduced.

If it is made of wood, it is too weak and too cheap.

No matter which one is used, the cloud ray's inherent hiding ability will be greatly reduced.

Another is the perspective problem. In high-altitude combat, a wide perspective is very important.

This series of problems has been perfectly solved with air glass.

The new problem now is that the output of air glass is a bit too low. If you want to arm the cloud ray, the air glass you need is not as simple as ten or eight tons. It is definitely too late to produce it now.

Gavin set his sights on those display cabinets. There are enough of them. Just dismantle them. With the new output, you should be able to arm the cloud ray in your hand.

"Here, it's here." Jihalin's surprised cry came from a distance.

Everyone gathered around after hearing the news. At the end of the treasury, there was a huge golden throne. The size was amazing, enough for a storm giant eight or nine meters tall to sit on it.

If it was made of gold, the weight would definitely be no less than a thousand tons.

The whole throne looked like a golden dragon crawling on the ground. The dragon head was not on the top, but on the bottom. If a giant of the same size sat on it, one foot would directly step on the golden dragon's head. The contempt contained in it was obvious.

"Is this the legendary Dragon Skull Throne? The treasure of the Northern Shield Dwarves? Why is it the size of a giant?" Gavin's words were filled with surprise that could not be concealed.

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

Both sides want to destroy each other, but there are many similarities in many places, and they consciously or unconsciously imitate each other.

Jiharin shook his head and said, "This is not the Dragon Skull Throne of the Kingdom of Shanatar, but the Golden Throne of the Giant Empire of Ner'rein. At present, it seems that the possibility of the Dragon Skull Throne here is very small. I'm showing you the display case in front of the throne. That is the biggest treasure here, another part of the Heart of the Mountains."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked in the direction pointed by Jiharin, and there was indeed a small display case made of air glass.

Just because the Golden Dragon Golden Throne is so huge and dazzling, everyone's eyes are attracted by it, but they ignore this inconspicuous existence.

There is only one item in this display case, a crown with a simple and majestic style of the dwarves.

This dwarven crown is very unique. It is not made of precious metals such as gold or fine gold, but the most common fine steel. However, the dwarven rune veins on it are not ordinary. It has two face guards that reach the mouth, and a standing hammer on the front, but the hammer face is hollow, obviously missing a part, and the shape is exactly the same as the regeneration heart in Jiharin's hand.

Even Gavin, a layman who has not done much in forging, has seen a lot of things from it.

For example, the material is fine steel, not more precious and dazzling metals such as gold, because the regeneration gem is produced from iron ore, known as the heart of iron ore, and fine steel is naturally the most suitable, and it is most likely to stimulate all its properties.

For example, the front is in the shape of a hammer felt, which is naturally a tribute to the father of the dwarves, the soul forger Moradin, which is its holy emblem.

When Jiharin brought the Heart of Regeneration closer to the dwarven crown that retained its original steel color, both of them simultaneously emitted soft light, flickering, like an old friend greeting each other.

It gave people the feeling that as long as Jiharin let go of the Heart of Regeneration, it would immediately reunite with the Iron Crown.

"That's a pity." Gavin said with regret.

Although he did not name anyone, Jiharin clearly knew what Gavin was regretting. Instead, he said very calmly: "How could a heritage artifact like the Dragon Skull Throne be found so easily? From the beginning, I didn't have any evidence. Proving that it is here is just my wild guess.

I heard that a branch of Shanatar retreated into the depths of the earth and created the underground kingdom of Shanatar. Maybe they took the Dragon Skull Throne deep underground. Therefore, for thousands of years, there is no trace of it on the surface of the earth. news. "

"If the patriarch can think about it, that's best." Gavin was mainly concerned about Jiharin's emotions. After all, he had the greatest expectations for this matter. He had already harvested a sky-high price treasure from here, and its influence on him was no less than that of Long. The kind of Oak Tree, Widzeme Estate and Destiny Road.

These three provide help at the level of strength.

The ore veins of Colossus City provide a real supply of material resources.

Gavin then turned his attention to the Heart of Rebirth and the Dwarf Crown, which kept echoing, "It seems easier than imagined to reunite the two of them?"

Many times, forging equipment, especially forging high-level equipment, is a very troublesome matter. It requires careful selection of materials and preparation of corresponding forging methods, and a lot of energy and effort.

But sometimes, it is a very simple thing. Everything is compliant, reasonable and natural. It does not even require too much human intervention. It is forcibly twisted and shaped into the desired appearance by the powerful power of law.

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

The occurrence of this situation is certainly related to the divine priesthood of Ms. Strategy, which resonates with the law and is in line with the concept of divine objects becoming self-contained. It also fully explains the power of the law.

And artifacts, even minor artifacts, contain powerful divine power and are indestructible, even if they are forcibly separated into two parts.

When these two parts meet again, they will be reunited into one body under the influence of divine power.

A series of complex repair methods previously developed by Jihalin were based on the situation where the other half was destroyed.

Now that I think about it, they underestimated this piece of equipment. If it was really an artifact, how could it be destroyed so easily?

"Yes, you just need to press the Heart of Regeneration on it." Jihalin handed the Heart of Regeneration back again and said, "The artifact is owned by the owner, and the repair work can be done by the lord himself! My personal suggestion is, still Complete the exploration of the remaining three layers before proceeding. Although the remaining three layers are likely to be planting layers, the possibility of harvesting like this is unlikely, but it is always necessary to be just in case."

"Okay." This time, Gavin didn't give in anymore and directly took the Rebirth Heart back. He turned to everyone and said, "Now that you have entered the treasure house, there is no reason to be empty-handed. Everyone who sees it has a share. I will give you half an hour." During the free time, you can take whatever equipment you like, but it is only for your own use.”

Of course, there are not only those standard equipment here, but also a large number of magic equipment, the number of which is no less than a hundred pieces. Each piece is stored individually in an air glass display cabinet. No identification is required. It can be determined from the magic aura emanating from them. At least it is magic equipment above +3. Only equipment worth tens of thousands of gold can enjoy this treatment.

Although Gavin had spoken out, no one who followed him in had acted on it.

There is no ordinary person who can come in with him. In theory, the owner of this place with the weakest foundation is Shanoba. But the city of the Colossus is entrusted to her to guard. Isn't it up to her to choose all the equipment?

It can even arrange for people to customize it for you. Of course, these powerful magical equipment in the eyes of ordinary people will look down upon.

After all, there cannot be a second artifact here, nor can there be a unique and powerful magic item. Even the dwarves of the Supreme Shanatar are not so luxurious as to throw those equipment here and seal them up, so they can arm their own warriors. It is the kingly way.

Zalanda, who has a close relationship with Gavin, said half-jokingly: "The temptation of these magic equipment to us is far less than that of the dwarf heavy armor. If you are really serious, you might as well give us hundreds of sets, even if it is You can also buy loose light armor, and we won’t take your equipment for free. We will buy it at market price or use other preferential policies to exchange it.”

"That's right." Catherine nodded in agreement.

In the eyes of these two strategic lady voters, the most valuable thing in this dwarf treasure house is neither the heart of the mountains nor the giant's golden throne, but the two thousand sets of dwarf heavy armor.

Using it to form a heavy armored legion of two thousand people is the most luxurious way to use it.

Scatter them into an army, and equip them with ordinary weapons and armor. With a single turn, you can pull out a regular army of 20,000 people with good combat effectiveness.

Even the world-famous Purple Dragon Knights Legion of the Kingdom of Cormyr cannot make everyone wear the Purple Dragon heavy armor. It would be quite remarkable to have twenty-three out of ten in a large-scale legion. Those handymen or attendant knights , most of them are wearing light armor, even leather armor or cotton armor. It is possible to wear no armor. This depends on the capabilities of the legions to which the Purple Dragon Knights belong and whether the finances of the places where they are stationed can provide them with additional armor. Financial subsidy.

"You will definitely need this, but we'll discuss the specific quantity later." Gavin stopped pressing and led everyone to the lower level.

The dreamlike scenes in the remaining three floors brought everyone another completely different experience.

The first five floors are typical steampunk style, with steel structures everywhere and the smell of motor oil everywhere. I believe that when the Colossus Dungeon is reconnected to it, a lot of steam whistles and gear turning sounds will be integrated to promote this style to the extreme.

After reaching the last three floors, except for the steel gate and the style of technology, everything suddenly became bizarre, showing the true style of the dark area. There are glowing minerals and flashing mushrooms everywhere. The overall environment is stuffy and hot, and the air is filled with mist formed by light water vapor.

This environment is simply the love of mushrooms, their paradise. What grows here is not large areas of mushrooms, but patches of mushroom forests. Many mushrooms are taller than adults. I dare not say that all the mushroom species in the entire dark area are included. There are at least more than ten kinds, all of which are edible mushrooms.

Among these mushrooms, the most numerous and the most unique one is a fiery red, translucent flame mushroom like a jellyfish.

Their red color is not their skin, but the red substance inside that looks like a burning flame. They are not particularly large, and the largest is only the size of an adult's fist.

If they are larger, they will explode and splash the juice stored in their bodies everywhere.

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

This explosive mushroom is not a product of the material plane, but an alien plant from the fire element 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.

These three mines are no longer arranged up and down, but are in a parallel state not far apart, located at the junction of ordinary rock layers and dry hot rock layers.

Under normal circumstances, whether it is due to the temperature of the earth itself or the dry hot rock layer, the temperature here is already quite terrible, the kind that can steam people, rather than simply sultry.

Now the temperature here is maintained at around 25 degrees, which is not only the most suitable growth temperature for most mushrooms, but also the most suitable survival temperature for most humanoid creatures.

The excess heat is absorbed by this explosive mushroom, condensed into the purest fire element in its body, and most of it is consumed by maintaining its own growth and emitting light and heat, and the remaining part is combined with water elements from the earth and air to neutralize it.

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

And this is also the way they continue their lives. There are countless fire seeds belonging to them in the water splashed out by the explosion. As long as the conditions are right, all the areas splashed by the explosion will be occupied by this mushroom.

The water splashed out during the explosion contains a large amount of nutrients, which is the most natural fertilizer. Only a small part of it is absorbed and utilized by their next generation, and more is absorbed by the surrounding mushrooms and becomes nutrients for their growth.

Explosive mushrooms are authentic mushrooms for feeding.

This is a purely natural biological way to utilize the geothermal heat of hot dry rocks.

This is the plantation of those dwarves. With the large amount of edible mushrooms produced by these three mushroom plantations alone, there is no problem in feeding tens of thousands of dwarves. This is the basis for the dwarves of Supreme Shanatar to raise thousands of giants.

So far, the true picture of this dwarf city of Supreme Shanatar has been completely revealed to everyone.

If those dwarves want, 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 hot dry rocks. This energy is not inexhaustible. With the current consumption of the Colossus, it is no problem to support it for tens of thousands of years.

Not to mention more than 7,000 years ago, even if it is put in the present, as long as it is running, this is one of the most advanced cities.

But this is not the last stop. The last stop is also Gavin’s first stop-the Colossus Dungeon.

"Who are you? Let our leader go quickly, or we will be rude to you."

"It's the leader, it's the leader, leader, you are not hurt, are you? Where are those tribesmen who followed you up?"

"Leader, what happened? Who are they?"

"Let our leader go quickly!"

"Huh? Why don't we see Domingo, the stone giant manager?"

"Why don't these heavy armored giant undead guards react to them?"

"Not only do they not react to them, but they don't react to us either. If it were the past, they would have rushed up to intercept them. Is there something wrong with these undead?"

When Gavin and his men entered the Colossus dungeon again, all the gray dwarves here reacted, holding simple weapons and tools, and gathered outside the giant palace.

But fearing those heavy armored giant undead guards, they only dared to surround them from a distance. Seeing Gavin falling again, the gray dwarves were immediately furious, as if they were going to rush up to snatch back the gray dwarf leader Yuriu.

Especially when they saw that the heavily armored giant undead guards had no reaction to Gavin and his party, they guessed that something was wrong with these undead, and their actions became bolder and more radical. Many gray dwarves tried to move closer to them, but those undead guards were still like dead objects, unmoved.