The Tower of Purity is 100 stories high. The lower floors are public spaces, while the upper floors are exclusive to the legends. Many of the God-Emperor's relatives and disciples have exclusive rooms or even floors in the tower.
As a legendary dwarf, Sherman has no interest in building his own magic tower. Except for the furnace hall of the Salt and Iron Department, he just forges iron in the room of the Tower of Purity.
Ben Call led Lant to the door of Sherman's room, but the high-ranking dwarf Rozin Bintie stopped him.
The dwarf's face was full of sincerity and his words were very polite: "Lord Lant, your Excellency has been very busy recently. He has an important order in forging, and he really doesn't have the energy to receive you." Lant was not angry after being rejected. He smiled and said to the high-ranking dwarf: "Sir, I know that the last accident in the furnace hall was caused by someone behind Mr. Sherman's back. Both you and the Salt and Iron Department were victims. I I came here to talk to you about something else, and I also want you to inform me." The high-ranking dwarf looked at Lant's expression and understood that he was not here to settle old scores, so he reluctantly entered the gate. After a month and a half, He came out after an hour and reported back: "Sir, my teacher allows you to go in, but he is indeed forging iron. The temperature of his blacksmith's furnace is too high. You may not be able to eat or live. Otherwise, why don't you tell him outside the room?"
"Of course!" Lant nodded. The room Sherman owned was very large, and there were about 3-4 floors above and below. Lant felt that maybe because of Sherman's race, the 2-story 10-meter-high floor was divided into 3 floors.
The top floor is the rest area, restaurant, bar, reception room, etc., the second floor is the study room, training room, storage room, wine storage room, and the third floor is the forging room, workshop, and material warehouse.
According to Luo Zin, there was a door on the third floor that fixed a door in the Salt and Iron Building, allowing Sherman to shuttle between the two buildings.
When they arrived at the door of the forging room on the third floor, Luo Zin refused to let Lant go in again. He could only wait at the door and speak into the room. As for whether Sherman could hear it, it only depended on luck.
"Dang~dang~dang" the sound of blacksmithing came from the room, and every sound was full of power.
"Sir Sherman, I am Lant Galloping Horse. I was so presumptuous that I failed to notify you before coming this time!" Lant expressed his apology in the first sentence.
"Lant, you are so polite!" the dwarf in the room replied, his voice mixed with the clanking of the iron.
"I've been too busy here recently. His Majesty asked me to make something, but I really don't have time to see you! If you want to talk about the magic furnace order, you can talk to Luo Jin!" Seeing the dwarf being so perfunctory, Ben Call said with a smile: "Lan Special, I advise you not to bother. Mr. Sherman is a real person. If he doesn’t want to see you, he definitely doesn’t want to cause trouble and has absolutely no other intentions.” Ben’s words did not trigger any response from Sherman. The forging room Behind the door, there was still only the sound of forging.
After listening to Legend's words, Lant probably understood that the dwarves didn't want to see him. It was probably not just the failure of the last magic furnace installation, but also concerns about various factional struggles.
"Sir Sherman, I'm really just here to discuss business. Although the previous search for the industrial area's terrain was not smooth, we want to purchase some equipment from the Salt and Iron Company, and we also hope to customize a batch of salt-cooking cauldrons from here. "As soon as Lant finished speaking, Sherman stopped and said impatiently: "What do you think of our Salt and Iron Department, your blacksmith shop? Our Salt and Iron Department is an official agency of the empire, directly under the control of God. His Majesty’s leader, if you want to buy equipment or a big pot, who should you go to?”
"No, Master," Lant smiled and took out a delicate box from the space ring.
"I came here specifically for you. When I saw Queen Tenia two days ago, I specifically said that Sir Sherman supports our Yeqi City. I also asked him to make a special one for you..." Finally of
Lant barely pronounced the word "hammer", but just mouthed it.
After a loud "clang", the inside of the forging room became quiet, followed immediately by the sound of heavy footsteps. The pace was particularly slow, and the higher you entered the gate, the slower it became.
The huge dwarf appeared at the door of the forging room, looked at Lant blankly, pointed at the box and asked: "You just said..."
"Yes!"
"This dwarf can indeed hear everything!" Lant, who was secretly happy in his heart, opened the lid of the box, and it was the hammer that Tania had modified.
Sherman took a big step forward and arrived in front of Lant. His eyes were fixed on the hammer. He was about to touch it when he suddenly stopped.
"Rozin!" Sherman shouted.
"Yes, Master!" the high-level dwarf responded quickly. At this moment, Luo Jin Bintie's eyes were also focused on the magic hammer. The dwarves' estrangement from the magic network stemmed from blood, and any artifact that allowed them to get close to the magic network would fascinate them.
If Sherman hadn't been here, maybe Luo Zin would have reached out.
"I can't let His Majesty Tenia's gift come to nothing like this," Sherman said cruelly, turning his head to Luo Jin, and ordered: "Luo Jin quickly prepare hot water, incense, and bring my dress."
"Yes, Master"
"And call Sir Lawrence over. We have something serious to talk to the Marquis of Lant!" Sherman said and ran upstairs. The Lawrence Bernard he was talking about was the permanent secretary of the Department of Salt and Iron.
Seeing Sherman running upstairs happily, Ben said sourly: "You kid, what's wrong with learning from aristocrats is that you have to learn how to give gifts to dwarfs!"... Half an hour later, Luo Jin took the Lant, Ben Call, Alexei, and Lawrence Bernard were led to the living room of the legendary lover.
Looking at the magic hammer held in Lant's hand, Ben and Alexey began to take turns taunting him. Alexey smiled and said: "Count Lant, you gave Mr. Sherman the creation of the Queen of the Magic Network today. I am afraid that the entire legend of the dwarf race will come to the gate of Yeqi City tomorrow!"
"Yes, maybe various departments in the imperial capital will take turns asking for it from you!" Ben was not to be outdone.
"Your Excellency, please allow me to correct you. The lord of the Galloping Horse Plains came here for mankind to regain a foothold on his homeland. He is willing to cooperate directly with the Imperial Salt and Iron Department and bring peace and prosperity to the entire region. Compared to This production tool made by the local queen using local materials can only be regarded as a symbol of our cooperation," said Lawrence Bernard.
"Yes, Sir!" Sherman, who was very cooperative with the permanent secretary's serious nonsense. Sherman, who had changed into a bright red and gold embellished dress, finally appeared at the door of the drawing room. The big shawl with magic runes on it just moved. It will float gently, the braid on the dwarf's head is lost again, the golden beard on the chin has dropped to the ground, and the six-meter-long boulder-like figure looks like a fire truck from a distance.
Under everyone's gaze, the dwarf solemnly walked up to Lant and took a deep breath before taking the hammer.
"Ah..." The moment he held the handle of the hammer, Sherman's body suddenly seemed to be on fire. A large number of magic patterns on his body burst out with golden light. The dwarf's eyes, nose and mouth were all emitting magic-rich light. .
"It won't be a sudden collapse, right?" Ben Kaur muttered, tears streaming down his face, and two streaks of white smoke evaporated in the golden light. After a long time, he said: "So this is the connection. The feeling of being in the magic network."
"Let me see what's different about this magical weapon..." After whispering, the dwarf was about to move to his forging room.
At this time, Lawrence Bernard spoke appropriately: "Your Excellency, should we finalize the content of cooperation with Galloping Horse Plains first?"
"You're right," the dwarf nodded and said to Lant,
"Follow me." Watching Sherman take Lant to his office, Ben Call and Alexey asked: "How much blood do you think this dwarf will bleed?"... In the office, Sherman found a large pile of blueprints and placed the hammer on the table. His left hand didn't want to leave for a moment, and he turned over it with his right hand while talking to Lant.
"The Galloping Horse Plain is a good place, surrounded by mountains. For example, there are salt mines and ley lines in the easternmost part of the plain. There are actually coal mines and coal crystal mines in the mountains to the north. Since the ebb of goblin civilization, coal crystal mines have been It has become a cheap ore that will shatter after storing energy once. But in the goblin era, these coal crystals can be turned into real magic energy storage crystals through magic circles, but neither dwarves, elves nor humans can do it now." When it comes to surveying and minerals, the dwarf seems much more reliable. The map in his hand is marked with dense marks. Each of his stubby fingers can tell information about a mineral on a mark.
The northernmost part of your Yeqi City is Blue Moon Lake. There are large ice crystals at the bottom of Moon Lake, which can store huge amounts of ice magic.
In the Iowa Pass to the west, there is the remnant of a huge vein on the south slope. There is magma more than 200 meters underground, and upwards there are hot springs and flame ore.
About 5-10 kilometers to the north, there is a gem mine, and about 50 kilometers to the north there is a silver vein. According to the distribution of the veins, it must be accompanied by mithril. "After looking at the map of the entire plain from north to south, from east to west, and the partial geological map of each mineral vein, when the dwarf took Lant to thoroughly sort out the mineral resources, it was time to talk about dividing the spoils.
"Your Majesty, how are you going to deal with these minerals in the future?" Lant said without hesitation: "Since you were the one to explore, of course I will do business directly with the Imperial Capital Salt and Iron Department!"
"Good! Happy!" The dwarf was very satisfied. Although he coveted Lant's artifact, Sherman, as the chief of the Empire's Salt and Iron Department, really valued the agent who could transcend the Dragon Kingdom and the master of the Galloping Horse Plains. Direct transactions can ensure that the Blue Dragon family will not occupy too much share.
"Rozin!" After hearing Sherman's words, Rozin hurried in. The dwarf threw out a golden round card and said casually: "Take my token and take Count Lant to the warehouse. He You can ask for anything, no matter how much you want!" This was the first time that Lant and Rozin heard Sherman be so bold in matters other than drinking, which surprised both of them.
Luo Jin looked at Legend, then at Lant, and said with some embarrassment: "Teacher, that is the warehouse of the Salt and Iron Company." Legend picked up the hammer nonchalantly, touched the hammer head, and said: "That's nothing. With this hammer, I can make those rags in less than three days." Luo Jin nodded and asked more: "Okay, are you going to the forging room at night?"
"Go to some forging room. I want to find the Supreme King. I want him to know what a real legendary weapon is." After getting a new toy, he has to show it off. I hope the legends in the imperial capital won't feel embarrassed. Lant leaves. When I was in the office, I wished the dwarf a happy return home.
