Chapter 40 Iron ore?

"Can we build a basement with an area of ​​about one hundred square meters?" Weilin asked, pointing to a place next to the stables.

"Sir, yes, but in this case, the second phase of construction cannot be carried out."

"Don't rush for the second phase. Let's finish building the basement first. I'll be useful."

"Yes, my lord."

Eunice hesitated before accepting the order.

Later, Verin, led by Eunice, began to visit the completed area.

After visiting all the way, he was very happy that he had found an architect to build his castle. There were many doors in it. Only by using building materials rationally could the defensive function of the city wall be maximized.

When he came to a wall, Weilin drew out his long sword, and Guang relied on his strength to slash at it, leaving only a shallow mark.

"That's right, my three thousand and five hundred gold coins were not in vain. It's expensive for what it is."

After hearing this, Eunice's smile on her face suddenly stiffened, and then returned to her ladylike appearance the next moment.

"Lord, if you have magic materials, I can carve a simple magic circle for the city wall to enhance its protective capabilities."

"Huh? You can actually do magic."

In order to confirm her words, Eunice chanted a spell directly and formed a flame in front of her.

Looking at the flames that could be blown out in one breath, Verin looked at Eunice with suspicion, doubting her real talent and knowledge. She didn't want to have sex for nothing and use my magic materials to improve her own strength. .

Eunice felt the awkwardness in the atmosphere and said hurriedly: "Sir, I am not good at fighting. Yes, my talents are all in the carving and construction of magic circles, and I also have some knowledge of animal taming."

"Eunice, now, I can't believe what you said. Besides, I don't have magic materials for you to use." Weilin spread his hands out, showing a helpless look.

Hearing this, Eunice's eyes couldn't help but dim, but then she recovered and continued the visit with Weilin.

Along the way, the two of them returned to normalcy, with Eunice explaining from the front and Verin nodding in agreement from the back.

In the conversation just now, Weilin was very clear about the half-elf girl's purpose. She did not want to waste her good time as an architect in the past ten years.

Verin had promised before that Eunice would be freed after serving him for ten years.

From her tone and movements, Weilin could feel her confusion and uneasiness about the future.

However, Verin has no plans to accept Eunice as a subordinate yet, at least not until the construction of the castle is completed.

To examine a person, we must not only understand him or her, but also observe the people around her.

After the visit, Weilin encouraged the workers and then went down the mountain back to the village.

Looking at the bare terrain around him, Verin fell into deep thought.

He didn't know whether the guidance of fate would extend the time after his strength increased.

This problem arose when he broke through the Silver Knights. It is still impossible to know and can only be verified at the beginning of next month.

When Weilin returned to his residence, Baird ran over with excitement and reported: "Sir, iron ore, we have discovered an iron ore."

"Where is the iron mine?" Weilin was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing and asked hurriedly.

"Eleven kilometers to the north, there is a hidden tunnel that leads to more than 100 meters underground. When we were clearing out monsters today, we found many goblins infested, and my subordinates captured a lot of them. After strict interrogation, I got the news."

"Lead the way."

Verin and Baird then rode north.

At this moment, at the entrance of the passage, more than twenty goblins were sitting on the ground dejectedly. Several of them were whispering in low voices and looking at the human soldiers guarding them from time to time.

"Boss, what should we do next?" an ugly goblin whispered in goblin language.

"Wait a minute. At night, we can escape by taking advantage of the chaos and it will be safe if we return underground." A goblin in leather clothes lowered his head, his small eyes turning quickly, secretly checking the surrounding situation and looking for a direction to escape.

As a treacherous miner goblin, he can be regarded as a "reputable" figure in the underground world. He originally planned to come out today and trade with the surrounding goblins in exchange for materials on the ground. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he ran into A large number of humans.

The goods were gone and the goblins were captured.

Fortunately, he was smart, could speak Common Language, and made up lies, otherwise he would have been stabbed into a bloody gourd like his younger brothers.

As for the iron ore, it was natural to fool this group of humans.

The tunnel was only one meter high, and he still didn't believe that these people would go down to investigate.

In addition, the goblins around him are all mentally retarded and do not know the common language. As long as he bites the news, the other party will not be able to distinguish the authenticity.

Then, Goblin Gerry looked at the slightly shaking stones on the ground, raised his head and looked into the distance, and found that the human who had just left returned to the camp with a strange human.

Based on his twenty years of life, as a father of eight children, it was easy to determine that this younger human must be the talker here.

The goblins who disappeared without a trace must have been the one who took the lead.

Verin arrived at the place of detention, got off the red phosphorus horse, and went straight to the group of goblins.

"Lord, this is the goblin who can speak Common Language." Baird came to his side, pointed at the goblin wearing leather, and said respectfully.

When the goblin Gerry heard the exchange between the two, he crawled over and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Great lord, Gerry had no intention of offending your territory. Please forgive Gerry's life."

Weilin lowered his head and looked at this little thing less than one meter long. He released his momentum and created oppression, causing the low-level bronze goblin to lie directly on the ground, trembling with fear.

"Let me ask you, is there really iron ore a hundred meters underground?"

Feeling the physical oppression, Goblin Gerry gritted his teeth and replied: "Great lord, Gerry...what Gerry said is...is true."

When Weilin heard this, his face was calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Gerry, who was lying on the ground, was in agony, fearing that his body would be separated from his body at the next moment.

"Pfft"

"Sorry, I missed the mark." Verin shook off the blood on the knight's sword and said expressionlessly.

Gerry caressed all parts of his body, turned around and saw his little brother whose body was separated, and was so frightened that he peed directly.

"Sir, what I said is true. There is really iron ore. If you don't believe me, you can go down and check." In order to survive, Gerry still made up lies.

The human being in front of him is so murderous. Once he knows that he has deceived him, he will definitely die miserably.

Under the fear of death, the goblin still answered like this, and he already believed most of it in his heart.