In this way, the equipment for the thousand goblin heavy cavalry and the thousand goblin light cavalry that he had promised to Bloodclaw were available.
Although these equipment are all prepared 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 Raiders, Hobgoblin Giants and Goliath Chapters can also be updated, especially the Crimson Raiders, who only have weapons and no armor.
The biggest problem now is that these steel gates driven by high-pressure steam cannot be opened until the high-pressure steam from the Colossus Dungeon is delivered.
If they were transported using magic, the transportation cost would be greatly increased, including Gavin using a large-capacity space backpack and teleportation to transport them back and forth - the time cost is also a cost.
In addition, there is an unexpected gain - air glass.
The properties of this transparent glass are very similar to tempered glass, but its ability to withstand hammer blows and chops is far superior to tempered glass.
It is an exaggeration to say that it is comparable to steel plates of the same thickness, but there is absolutely no problem if it exceeds the thickness of solid wood.
It also has heat-absorbing properties that ordinary steel does not have. It is either immune to fire or absorbs heat. It only glows red but does not generate heat.
Spells such as scorching metal that can make metal weapon handles become extremely hot are naturally ineffective against equipment made of air glass.
The defense against flame magic like Fireball is naturally higher than that of ordinary equipment.
Coupled with the fact that it is lighter than ordinary glass, it has an extremely wide range of uses. Gavin can list a lot on his fingers, and using it to forge air glass shields is a good choice.
But what matters most to him is its use on cloud rays.
Previously, he was having a headache with the main materials for forging its armed platform.
If it were made of steel, it would take up half of the cloud ray's load, and its practicality would be greatly reduced.
If it were made of wood, it would be too weak and unassuming.
No matter which one is used, the hidden ability of Cloud Ray will be greatly reduced.
Another issue is the perspective. In high-altitude combat, it is very important to broaden the perspective.
This series of problems are perfectly solved by air glass.
The new problem that arises now is that the output of air glass is a bit too low. If you want to arm the cloud rays, the air glass you need to use is not as simple as ten tons or eight tons. It is definitely too late to produce now.
Gavin put his idea into those display cabinets. There were enough of them. If you dismantle them, and add the new ones, you should be able to arm the cloud ray in your hand.
"Here, it is indeed here." Jiharin's surprised cry came from the distance.
After hearing the news, everyone gathered around. At the end of the treasure house was a huge golden throne. The size was astonishing, enough for an eight or nine-meter-tall storm giant to sit on it.
If it were made entirely of gold, its weight would definitely be no less than a thousand tons.
The entire throne looks like a prostrate golden dragon. The dragon's head is not on top, but on the bottom. If a giant with a matching size sits on it, one foot will directly step on the golden dragon's head. There are hidden treasures in it. The meaning of contempt is obvious.
"Is this the legendary Dragon Skull Throne? The treasure of the North Shield dwarves? Why is it the size of a giant?" Gavin couldn't hide his surprise in his words.
Dwarves and giants are really two races that hate each other.
Both sides wish to exterminate the other's race, but they are similar in many places, and they imitate them consciously or unconsciously.
Jiharin shook his head and said: "This is not the Dragon Skull Throne of the Kingdom of Shanatar, but the Golden Throne of Neorion of the Giant Empire. At present, it seems that the possibility of the Dragon Skull Throne being here is very small. I will let you see The exhibition cabinet in front of the throne is the biggest treasure here, another part of the Heart of the Mountains."
After everyone heard this, they looked in the direction Jihalin pointed. There was indeed a small exhibition cabinet made of air glass placed there.
Just because the Golden Dragon Golden Throne is so huge and dazzling, everyone's attention was attracted to it, but they ignored this inconspicuous existence.
There is only one item in this display cabinet, a crown that exudes the simple and elegant style of the dwarves.
This dwarf crown is very unique. It is not made of precious metals such as gold or fine gold. It is made of the most common fine steel. However, the dwarf rune veins on it are extraordinary. It has two The face protector also has an upright hammer on the front, but the face of the hammer is hollow and a part is obviously missing. The shape is exactly the same as the Heart of Regeneration in Jihalin's hand.
Even Gavin, a layman who didn't have much experience in the art of forging, gleaned a lot from it.
For example, the material used is fine steel instead of more precious and dazzling metals such as gold. This is because recycled gemstones are produced from iron ore, which is known as the heart of iron ore. Fine steel is naturally the most suitable and most effective. May inspire all its properties.
Another example is that the front is in the shape of hammered felt, which is naturally a tribute to the father of the dwarves, Moradin the Soul Forger, which is its holy emblem.
When Jihalin approached the dwarf crown that retained the true color of steel with the heart of regeneration, both of them burst into soft light at the same time, flickering like they were greeting an old friend again.
It gives people the feeling that as long as Jiharin lets go of the Regeneration Heart, it will immediately become one with the Iron Crown again.
"That's such 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. "
"It's best if the patriarch can think about it." 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. At the same time, 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 we must always be prepared 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. However, the city of 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 Those loose light armors are also fine, and we won’t take your equipment for nothing, we will buy it at market price or exchange it with other preferential policies.”
"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 will talk about the specific quantity later." Gavin stopped pressing and led everyone to continue going downstairs.
In the remaining three floors, the dreamlike scene brought everyone another completely different experience.
The front five floors are in a typical steampunk style, with steel structures everywhere and the smell of engine oil everywhere. I believe that when the Colossus dungeon is reconnected with it, there will be a lot of steam and gear rotation sounds. Take this style to the extreme.
After arriving at the back three floors, in addition to the steel gates and the wind of technology, everything suddenly became weird and bizarre, showing the style that truly belongs to the dark area. There were glowing ores and glittering mushrooms everywhere, and the overall environment was stuffy and hot. , the air is filled with mist formed by light vapor.
This kind of environment is simply a paradise for mushrooms. What grows here are not large tracts of mushrooms, but tracts of mushroom forests. Many mushrooms are taller than adults. I dare not say that the entire dark All regional mushroom types are covered, at least more than ten kinds, all of which are edible mushrooms.
The most numerous and unique of these mushrooms is a fiery red, translucent jellyfish-like flame mushroom.
Their red color is not their skin, but the red substance that beats inside like a burning flame. Their size is not particularly large, and the largest one is only an adult's fist.
No matter how big they are, they will explode, spraying the juice accumulated in their bodies everywhere.
This kind of flame mushroom, nicknamed the Explosive Mushroom, is inedible, but it is indispensable to these three mushroom mining areas. It is the key to nourishing countless mushrooms here.
This kind of explosive mushroom is not a product of the material plane, but an alien plant from the fire elemental plane. They are food for many elemental creatures. They not only like the large amount of fire element and the purest water contained in the explosive mushroom, but also like The feeling of them exploding in your stomach.
These three mines are no longer arranged one above the other, but are in a parallel state not far apart, located at the junction of ordinary rock formations and hot dry rock formations.
Under normal circumstances, whether it is due to the temperature contained in the earth itself or brought by the hot dry rock formations, the temperature here is already quite terrifying, the kind that can steam people to death, rather than simply being sweltering.
Now the temperature here is maintained at around 25 degrees, which is not only the most suitable temperature for the growth of most mushrooms, but also the most suitable temperature for the survival of most humanoid creatures.
The excess heat is absorbed by this explosive mushroom and condensed into the purest fire element in his body. Most of it is consumed by maintaining its own growth and emitting heat, and the remaining part is mixed with water from the earth and air. The elements are combined and neutralized.
When they grow to the size of an adult's fist, it becomes difficult to maintain this balance, and then they explode.
And this is how they continue their lives. The water splashed out by the explosion contains countless fires belonging to them. As long as the conditions are right, any area splashed by the explosion will be occupied by this kind of mushroom.
The water they splashed out during the explosion contains a lot of nutrients and is the most natural fertilizer. Only a small part is absorbed and used by their next generation, and more is absorbed by the surrounding mushrooms. , becoming the nutrients for their growth.
Explosive mushrooms are truly nourishing mushrooms.
This is a purely natural biological utilization of hot dry rock geothermal energy.
This is the plantation of those dwarves. With the large amount of edible mushrooms produced by these three mushroom plantations, there is no problem in supporting tens of thousands of dwarves. This is the basis for the dwarves of Supreme Shanatar to be able to support thousands of giants.
At this point, the true panorama of the supreme Shanatar dwarf city was completely revealed to everyone.
If those dwarves thought about it, at their peak, they could even form a closed-loop economy and live a self-sufficient life. Most of their daily needs could be obtained from the thermal energy provided by hot dry rocks, and this energy cannot be said to be indispensable. It is inexhaustible, and with the current consumption of the Colossus, there is no problem in supporting it for tens of thousands of years.
Not to mention it was more than 7,000 years ago, but even now, as long as it is running, this place is one of the most advanced cities.
But this is not the last stop. The last stop is also Gavin's first stop - Colossus Dungeon.
"Who are you? Release our clan leader quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
"It's the clan leader, it's the clan leader, clan leader, are you not hurt? Where are the clansmen who followed you up?"
"Chief, what happened? Who are they?"
"Hurry up and release our clan leader!"
"Huh? Why haven't you seen the stone giant manager Domingo?"
"Why don't these heavily armored giant undead guards react to them?"
"Not only is there no response to them, but there is actually no response to us. If it were in 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 entered the Dungeon of the Colossus again, all the gray dwarves here reacted and gathered outside the Giant's Palace armed with simple weapons and tools.
However, they were afraid of those heavy-armored giant undead guards, so they only dared to stand around from a distance. Seeing Gavin falling down again, the gray dwarves suddenly became furious, as if they were going to rush forward and snatch the gray dwarf leader Yuriu back. .
Especially when they saw that the heavily armored giant undead guards had no reaction at all to Gavin and his party, which made them guess that there was something wrong with these undead, their actions became bolder and more aggressive. Many gray dwarves tried to move forward, and those undead The guards remained as unmoved as dead objects.
(End of chapter)
