Twenty Sided Dice

The dwarf nodded and said: "Recognizing the responsibility on your shoulders shows that you have truly grown up. Humans can always learn from other races, such as the sense of responsibility of our dwarves, which is your advantage. But when it comes to the original Plan, what exactly did you plan?"

Siegel looked at Erint, then at Kitten, and said, "You know I used to be a sailor. On a boat..."

He told the dwarf what the old captain told him when he was dying, about the secret treasure at the end of the world, "I want to go there and see. Not just for the treasure, but more out of curiosity."

"This is a lofty ideal, but I hope you don't get confused and are really ready to put it into practice." Erinte tugged at her beard and said seriously: "Actually, I'm here this time, and I have one thing for you to do. At the same time, in exchange for the gem family's assistance to you."

"Aha, as a good friend and a good student, I promise you right away, but as a local lord, I have to ask clearly." Siegel said with a smile: "Now Hemqiu has not produced anything, you can see What?"

"All we see is that you have nothing here," said the dwarf Erint. Then he added: "A hundred years ago, a dwarf team headed west from the Walled Mountains into the wasteland. Their task was to find the end of the world and the foothold of the dragons in the new world. We have always wondered why Greedy dragons would abandon the treasures of the Walled Mountains and keep flying west. The oracles we received instructed that this matter had nothing to do with the dwarves, so Mora Pinnacles for a long time took an unconcerned attitude - but not all The dwarves all think this way. Those dwarves who went west were the more aggressive ones. At that time, elites from various families were involved, including our gem family. More than half a year ago, they came back, and only more than 30 people are still alive. "

"Did they find anything?"

"The Wilderness is bigger than expected, with more monstrous monsters than expected. Survivors describe storm giants with thunder, dragons that reflect rainbow lights, and the Eye of Death that blocks the sun. They were unable to find the giant The dragon's lair, but it did bring back a lot of rare treasures. This time, the guardian **** once again sent an oracle. The dwarves on the top of Mora are not allowed to go to the west of the city wall mountain range, so as not to cause disaster. So our three families discussed and decided , throw these westward dwarves at you."

"Why? I can't watch the strong men who can come back from such a dangerous place. I can't watch them if they want to leave."

"What do you think of us dwarves, a sneaky little thief?" Erinte blew her beard angrily. snorted. "After the oracle came down, all the westward dwarves swore an oath in front of the statue of the guardian deity, never divulging and fully complying with the will of the gods, what they said and what they did. It's just that their identities are too sensitive. The three major families do not want to let There is turmoil inside Mora's Top, and the oracle is only known to the 9 people in the core meeting and the westward dwarves. So we need to find a place to settle them, at least some distance away from Mora's Top. Isn't this the right place for you?"

Siegel rubbed his chin and carefully considered the matter, weighing the pros and cons. "As long as they can accept the management of my lord, then I will welcome them with both hands."

"Okay, what you said is enough." Erinte said: "Although it is not in line with the policy, I still admire those dwarves who go west. Their current leader is still my uncle, Locke. Diamond, you have something to discuss with him. I can praise you well in front of him."

"When will they arrive? I need to prepare food and drinks in advance."

"After we help you build the castle."

Siegel was stunned, Erinte looked at his expression with great satisfaction, and then laughed: "What do you think we are here for? Do I still need a guard of 100 people when I travel? I'm not that old. Wherever Erinte goes, she only needs the warhammer to accompany her."

He then said: "The brothers behind me are the best dwarven craftsmen, warriors and miners. We heard that you wanted to build a castle in the Walled Mountains, so you came here. You can't hide this from us dwarves. By the way. Don't say you're not ready to pay us!"

"I thought..." Siegel was thinking about the castle defense chain of the City Wall Mountains against the orcs. The dwarves on the top of Mora and the human lords within the protection of the mountain had an agreement that all buildings on the walled mountain must be designed and constructed by the dwarves. Exist as a covenant against the enemy together. Siegel thought that his castle was built under the mountain, and it was not for defense against orcs at all, so the dwarves would definitely not care. Unexpectedly, Erinte still thought of this, and deliberately said the location of the castle as within the range of the city wall and mountains, and sent construction workers for him.

"Thank you, Erinte." Siegel fled his refined gold from his pocket. While practicing magic, he pressed gold into the shape of a throwing axe by the way. "Fortunately, I produce gold here, enough to pay for a castle - as long as you allow me to owe a part first."

The dwarf snatched the gold, closed one eye, looked at the other carefully, and said with admiration: "It's really good, it looks very pure. Where did you find such a good craftsman, and the craftsmanship of our dwarves is actually the same. Comparable."

"I made it myself and used magic." Siegel said with a smile: "But I would like to know your methods. How about we exchange it?"

"You know we dwarves can't learn magic," Erint said. "What a cunning kid."

With the arrival of the dwarves, the entire Striped Mountain becomes more lively, and the castle of Siegel and Janet's dream can finally be built. The dwarf Erint brought not ordinary builders. They could all be called master builders. Rocks, metals and runes were the most obedient tools in their hands, and they could work freely according to their wishes. The huge sum of 300,000 gold coins has given the entire Hemhill enough start-up capital, and the Gold Mine of Zebra Mountain can continue the momentum of this development. However, this information was kept secret from the lords of the south, who never knew that the food, seeds and building materials brought by the carts from the top of Mora were all exchanged by Siegel with gold mines. Siegel is well aware of his greatest advantage as a lord: within a 1,500-mile radius, he has no superior lord to be loyal to, so he can be said to be completely free. If he can successfully develop. Hemhill can almost be regarded as an independent kingdom.

There was a clanging sound on the construction site, like chaos. The merchants who came from the top of Mora stood on their wagons and carried down barrels of ale, sacks of flour, and bundles of brand-new shovels and picks. The blacksmith shop next to the camp is open day and night, and the fire is always burning brightly. They are building alchemy tools according to the dwarves' blueprints, so that they can build a workshop that can extract gold as soon as possible.

In addition to the vehicles carrying food and tools, there are also some wagons bringing charcoal from the north. The dwarves taught the local humans the ability to quickly make charcoal, and as a result, the forest was devastated. Under the power of an axe and a saw, wood is really powerless. After Janet heard about it, she immediately stopped it. According to the lord power. Forests, rivers, and the produce above belong to the lords and cannot be used without authorization.

"You are stealing the lord's property, stop immediately!"

The Deva brothers wanted to capture these loggers, and in their eyes, being able to serve the lord and his wife meant a bounty. However, Janet did not issue an order to arrest and let these people go. Just told them again and again not to come into the woods again.

This makes Siegel very happy, knowing that his lover will not be a callous woman.

Siegel took out his gold coins to buy charcoal from Mora's Peak, and was not allowed to cut down any trees. He then ordered that villagers be allowed to freely pick up firewood for fire, and each village could have three families of hunters and three families of fishermen. If the harvest from hunting and fishing is used in one's own village, there is no need to pay taxes, otherwise all income will be confiscated.

When Feizak was puzzled by the matter, Siegel asked him to prepare for the market as soon as possible. The exchange of goods in the territory will all be concentrated in the market, and the lord will send someone to supervise the business. Guaranteed transaction prices for daily necessities and collect a portion of the tax from them.

The purchase of bulk goods has brought price levels down across the territory, and villagers rejoice. Excited to get something cheap. Trading also became active after several black-hearted businessmen who were trying to deceive villagers with fake and inferior products chopped off **** and threw them out of the market. If you don't count commodities such as eggs, fish, and pork that are used as taxes, the market can allow Siegel to have a multi-gold tax in his account every day.

But this is too little compared to gold mines. Therefore, the gold mine is the foundation of the territorial wealth.

Dwarven artisans have taken over the gold mines in Zebra Mountains. Start building convenient and efficient mine systems. While there wasn't enough steel to build the track, they used ropes and pulleys to construct another device for transporting the ore soil. Working with the orcs was actually the hardest part. It was difficult for them to get along peacefully between the two clans. Siegel and Erint worked hard to get the Orcs to learn the use of the mine system before the dwarves ran out of patience. After this. A large amount of red gold ore soil was continuously transported from the mountains and piled up next to the refining workshop.

The dwarves were very interested in how Siegel digs the mines. However, after hearing that this requires the magic of summoning the earth element as the basis, the dwarves looked at each other in dismay, knowing that they could not reach such a fine level of magic manipulation. The blood of the dwarves is quite stable, it is difficult to arouse the resonance of magic, and it is difficult to cast spells. Whether it is a learning wizard or a gifted warlock, it is extremely rare among the dwarves.

Siegel thought of a way, he asked the dwarves if they could teach him rune technology. Several rune masters thought for a while, and it stands to reason that the hero who climbed the top is regarded as a member of the dwarves, and this technology does not need to be kept secret from him~www.readwn.com~ It's just that Siegel has the pedigree of becoming a rune master?

"I'll try to tell you the basics." A red-bearded rune master named Taklin was very patient, and slowly taught Siegel his own experience. The young lord tried to understand, learning this new knowledge from a dwarven's point of view rather than a wizard's mind. The rune language is derived from the ancient writings of dwarves. It is the words carved in the bones of dwarves with furnaces and hammers by the guardians of dwarves at the time of creation, which can form a stable and lasting effect. It can be said that each rune is a spell, and the language composed of multiple runes is like a magical enchantment.

Wizards are very curious about the technology, and have used various means - including nefarious methods such as mind control and memory mining - to try to decipher it. They discovered that the powers of the runes were derived from the dwarven gods, like the cleric's holy symbol. They can only understand the general meaning, but they cannot copy, use, or learn to improve, so they give up.

"I just want to understand the structure of the runes, maybe I can express the spells of the earth element summoning in the way of runes." He explained his motives to the dwarves in this way, and then wrote the meaning of burning on the table. rune.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, a hole was burned on the wooden table, as if mocking all the mages who had made similar attempts before. (To be continued)