The underground city of Vickestandi, the "City of Platinum" in goblin language, has a very special geographical location. It is located between several pieces of active volcanic rocks that are constantly moving. It is a city in a rock, and the lava river that never stops making it
The city is separated from the surrounding area.
If you want to enter the high-hanging castle in the sky, you can only go through the spiral staircases under the city. If you encounter foreign enemies, you only need to block those spiral staircases, or simply fill them with water or poisonous smoke, and you will be basically isolated from the outside world.
And between the rock walls behind this city, an exit to the ground was actually drilled, allowing it to run a secondary business between the surface and the underground world, which gave it the option of advancing or retreating in the face of crisis.
In the underground world, safety is a rich condition that far exceeds all. Soon, it attracted countless businessmen to settle here, and it became a commercial capital far and near. Except for the goblins, they still insisted on using its convoluted original name.
Except for other races, they are generally referred to as Vitans.
Vitan City's excellent geographical location and easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrain have made this city a real golden city in the underground world, and it has also allowed the goblins who discovered and established it to make a lot of money... Of course, in
In the underground world, not having the strength to possess treasures and wealth is also the greatest original sin.
The cliffs on the terrain were unable to defend against the daggers behind and the breath of the flying dragon. After a series of plots and calculations, the first batch of goblin founders had disappeared in the wind. Today, there is no city owner here, and it is the most famous ownerless neutral city.
The reason? There is no other reason. Because the components in the city are too complicated, and the various underground city lords have their own forces, whoever is the city lord may be killed the next day. Therefore, this place has become a very strange ownerless zone.
"Reserve a public upward passage, an intermediary place for transactions and diplomacy with other cities." The underground city masters and underground overlords who gradually tasted the benefits formed a consensus.
This is also the reason why Vitan is the place where underground alliances are made. After all, gray dwarves and orcs will be unhappy if they form an alliance on the territory of the dark elves. If they form an alliance on the territory of the orcs, elves, dwarves, and humans will not accept it. If they form an alliance in Dragon City,
If so, first of all we must have a pair of wings. If we form an alliance in a commercial city dominated by goblins, everyone will be unhappy due to the high entrance fees and accommodation fees.
The ownerless Vitan naturally became the only choice.
After a shocking entry into the city a week ago, the news of the seventeen giant metal titans and the Evernight Scepter he escorted has spread throughout the entire underground city, and the Young City Lord Anne of Sulfur Mountain City has gradually gained some fame.
But now, I am wearing a robe and cloak, wandering around this city that has many similarities with Sulfur Mountain.
The similarity between Wetan and Sulfur Mountain City is that it is one of the few multi-racial mixed cities. There are no so-called underground city aristocrats, and both are well-known and prosperous commercial cities. However, in my eyes, it is a completely different place.
Except for the undead, neighbors who are too difficult to accept, most races in Sulfur Mountain City are mixed. In a small shop, a patrol team, or a barber shop, every member may be of a different race.
In Sulfur Mountain City, relative equality between races has become a habit, and slaves and the like are simply not acceptable.
In this city, the slave trade is extremely developed, and there are even special slave markets and slave arenas. Although there are many races, the divisions between the various races are obvious. Let alone the water that enters the river, the barriers between the various races are tight and hidden.
The fight is endless. For example, the two humans who were dragged into the orc area by the wolf cavalry just now may never come out again.
"...This should be the elven area, they are the only ones who are so free."
Elves are recognized as an artistic people, and their pursuit of beauty and art is endless. The same goes for the exiled dark elves, but if they only carve exquisitely on buildings, sculptures, and paintings, they would be too underestimated.
The huge drooping rocks on the top of the rock wall in front of you are all carved into lifelike statues of beautiful women. The expressions that want to resist but welcome, the raised lips, and the seductive curves that cannot be covered by the green arms always make people think of someone.
Some things that are not suitable for children.
"Uncle Bones, look at this sword, it's so beautiful!!"
Since it is a private visit, naturally we will not bring too many people. The people wearing the same cloak behind us are naturally the nominal leader of the embassy, Anne, and my external conscience, Eliza.
At this moment, Anne was wielding a mithril rapier. The blade was as long as a needle, with a golden rose pattern on it. The hilt was engraved with two fallen angels side by side, with their wings spread out, as if they were roaring up to the sky.
The green blade showed that it was not just a decoration, but a weapon enchanted with poison. At least, the dark-skinned dark elf businessman was trying to convince the young young city lord to believe this.
[Special effects: None, oh, no, she still has special effects. At least it can show that you are rich and stupid enough to buy this flashy thing. Maybe, wave it towards the sun, maybe, he can also brighten your opponent.
eyes.]
[Weakness: Fragile. When colliding with an excellent weapon, there is a 70% chance that it will be broken directly. - Ashe! That elf fool actually carved out the sword body for the sake of beauty! 】
[This is a typical piece of elven art, with gorgeous decoration, meticulous carving, expensive materials, perfect handwork, and then, useless! Fighting? Are you going to take the art to the battlefield? Or are you going to mark your epitaph as an artist?
?It’s better to choose the stupid dwarf]
At this moment, facing Annie who was waving her rapier vigorously and eager to try, I was a little speechless. What does it mean for the system to recognize you as a work of art, and what does it mean for the system to recognize you as a waste? The products of elves are as speechless as ever.
The pursuit of art and beauty is indeed understandable, but if it goes to this level and the precious enchanted metal mithril is used to make the sword body, but due to excessive carving, the sword body is brittle than ordinary weapons, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?
Weapons of the same material are always made by elf craftsmen so beautifully, but the excessive modifications and adjustments to the practicality of the weapons for the sake of beauty always make them make some very dumb things, such as the one in front of them.
Elven rapiers, such as the more famous Elven Mail.
That thing is famous for its spell compatibility. General metals will have a huge impact on spell casting. Even battle mages who often go to the frontline for melee combat are often forced to choose magic robes instead of metal armor with better defense.
However, the mages invented this elf chain armor called "Song of Harmony", which is claimed to make mages as comfortable as wearing common clothes without affecting spellcasting at all.
In fact, it did it. The ecstatic Elf Kingdom spent a huge amount of money to popularize this series of chain armor, but found that there was a little problem...the defensive ability of this chain mail was not as good as
Commoner!
Chain mail is usually made of strong locking pieces, which are twisted together to provide reliable defense. However, the hollow metal locks of the Song of Harmony chain mail break at a touch and have no defense against metal weapons.
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Sometimes, in order to avoid being rolled on the ground by arrowheads, I would break all the locks. Afterwards, I would spend several hours squeezing them, putting them together, and then put them on, pretending that everything was fine. After all, poor people
The soldiers couldn't afford the chainmail compensation that ended with four zeros.
Then the Elf Palace investigated the design and tried to improve it, but then found that it was thought that there were enough hollows to allow the magic power to flow freely through the caster's body, but with such hollowing out, there was no need to increase defense.
, thickening is the same as other metal armors. Fundamentally, this design idea is contradictory and cannot be improved.
As a result, the precious metals in the treasury of that kingdom were depleted, and the country was soon destroyed by the undead natural disaster. The Song of Harmony Chain Armor also became a symbol of the gaudy elf equipment...
To be honest, I didn’t know what to do with the precious metals in those warehouses. The deep processing and enchantment had made it impossible for them to be reprocessed. In the end, they were thrown to the elven craftsmen to be turned into sculptures and the like.
Artwork.
This is also the reason why elf products are not popular in the dungeon world, but are highly sought after among the nobles of the human kingdom on the surface. The best weapons and equipment sold in the dungeon are always the "silly and thick" ones of the gray dwarves.
Of course, the elves themselves will not admit it. They think this is a slander from the short-lived species, "We have enough time to gradually improve, but you are jealous of our artistic abilities. You stupid and short-sighted people are suitable for using dwarves."
Ugly fire stick."
The same is true for the huge female elf sculpture in front of me. Some people seem to think that she is a statue of God Rose, or a necessity for some magic ritual, but even if the system does not directly tell me that it is [someone that the sculptor likes]
Sculptures of strippers, dancers, and girls], I can also guess that this is probably the result of the elf's artistic talent.
Hanging upside down on the rock wall, it requires levitation magic to reach the large sculpture that is 100 meters high. It is beautiful and attracts countless eyes, but it is still just a sculpture.
If human craftsmen were to do it, they would have to form a team of at least 400 people and work together for five or six years. But if it were elves, maybe a great artist suddenly went crazy and spent a few hours here alone.
After a hundred years, I made something meaningless.
In the face of elves with an average life span of thousands of years, they can indeed afford it, but humans don't have the time...
The test of patience with Kaya, the highest priest and daughter of Lolth, came to an end. When I wore down the third mistress messenger in a row until she took the initiative to leave, she also neatly left a letter asking me to
Come to the elven area of Wetan to discuss directly.
But at this moment, Eliza behind me successfully persuaded Anne to give up the sword...well, a work of art, on the grounds that a secret meeting was about to take place and it was not appropriate to communicate too much with local businessmen.
"Master Anne, please focus on business. You can leave chores such as purchasing to us servants." Her words were full of venom as always, but since Anne found that she couldn't win no matter what she said, well, of course there were also fights.
However, after the sister factor, she became accustomed to ignoring the malice in the other person's words.
But looking at this situation, I frowned. Anne is our intended city lord, and Eliza is likely to be the future president of the Executive Yuan, president of the Supreme Court and other high-ranking officials. If they don't get along well,
Even hostile, there may be big trouble in Sulfur Mountain City in the future.
"Obviously Eliza can maintain basic courtesy to everyone, so why is she so hostile to Anne... It seems that we should find a chance to talk to her."
Suddenly, the elf guards in front of them opened to both sides, and then, a tall dark elf priestess walked out of the shadows, and behind her were many dark elf women with gorgeous clothes and proud looks...
...
"There are a total of seventy-two dark elf cities in the underground world, but more than twenty first family matrons have come. Taking into account the fact that they are too far away to arrive, Spider Queen Rose and her priests rule at least half of the dark elf cities.
Elf City, now, is it a demonstration?”
This is of course a demonstration. The authority and power of any matron here in her own underground city will not be much less than that of the city lord of Sulfur Mountain City. Such people lined up silently like subordinates highlight Kaya's authority, which is undoubtedly
A silent oppression.
"Mortal, if you know how to be humble, you will be worthy of being on an equal footing with my men."
But I laughed.
The emperor will never compare authority with the peasants. A real authority and winner does not need extra decorations. Putting on such a pomp can only show that she is guilty. She is worried and afraid about the strength of Sulfur Mountain City. She wants to
What can be done to suppress this new overlord?
"Haha, it seems that the scene of entering the city was very effective."
That day, when we entered the city, seventeen large Roland series robots rushed in arrogantly.
After being intercepted, one of them was sent out to crush the two black dragons guarding the gate. During the melee, they even "accidentally" smashed the city's alloy gate, showing off the power of the giant robot.
Strong strength and solid materials.
Afterwards, I asked Annie to announce on the spot that these large robots were weapons and equipment that were about to be auctioned by Sulfur Mountain City, which caused a huge stir.
This is much more beneficial than any propaganda or boasting. Everyone will think, "If you are willing to sell this kind of war machine that can independently slay dragons, then does Sulfur Mountain City have a more powerful trump card..."
This was naturally my bluff. At this moment, I couldn't help but think of the report I had given before and from Luo Wei and the others.
"Sir, Roland No. 3 to No. 18 have been fully equipped. If the operator is a gold-level combat professional, he should be able to exert half a legendary combat strength."
At that time, I was very surprised. After all, the rampaging appearance of Roland II was still in front of me. It was a powerful combat power that could easily crush the legend. Although it may not reach the level of a saint on earth, it should not be far away.
Now it is only half a legend, which really makes people feel shrunk.
But soon, I learned the whole story from the explanation.
"Roland No. 2 is a prototype! A prototype is a waste of money that must prove that the design concept is correct no matter how much it costs or how much precious metals are used. At that time, hundreds of engineers brought their own treasures, and one of the masters even
It was only through the use of his ancestral Titan's Heart that No. 2 achieved such power. If you want other Rolands to achieve this kind of combat power, I'm afraid that even if our engineers can do it, you won't be able to pay the bill."
Soon, I got verification from the engineers that no matter what engineering robot, it is composed of a power source, exoskeleton mecha, engine, and transmission transposition. The heart of the Titan is the heart-shaped gem condensed after the death of the Titan.
It is rich in the most advanced power of lightning and is also the most advanced power source.
After all, this world is relatively balanced, and combat power above legend cannot be achieved quickly. Even if I create a powerful mecha shell, it is impossible to create more powerful weapons without a powerful enough top-level power source.
In fact, in this weird world where fossil energy has just started, but rockets can fly all over the place, the best power source is often hunting super monsters, which are hard to come by. The power core that is enough to provide strong power is what engineering machinery can do.
It’s the basis of exerting one’s strength.
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of a somewhat similar experience.
Didn't I use the system to conduct monthly draws before? That time, I happened to draw a transcendent weapon - a magical prop shrinking lamp from the plane of a certain blue-skinned civet cat!
At that time, I was so happy that I thought that the chaotic system had finally normalized for once and given me a top-notch equipment that could really be used. But then, I knew that I had been cheated again, and I was too happy too early and underestimated it.
The lower limit of the system is reached...
The shrinking light is real, but... there is no battery inside!!
Looking at the unusable shrinking light and the manual, I couldn't help but beg the system to let me exchange for a battery... Unfortunately, that bastard system didn't intend to let me master the artifact of peak karma in the first place, so how could it?
Agree to exchange.
After three lottery draws targeting batteries, only to end up with a bamboo dragonfly aircraft with no battery, a certain eyed cowboy's toy pistol, and an inexplicably full hot tub, I deeply understood the system's cheating spirit and decided to do it on my own.
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Later, after confirming that the engineering of this incident did not have the concept of small-scale artificial energy (battery), I racked my brains and collected countless chemical engineering books, only to find that according to the industrial level of the Ashe continent, it was necessary to make such a battery.
Toy, first of all, we need to solve a series of bottlenecks such as chemical electrolytes and conductive metal electrodes. To solve these obstacles, we also need to overcome a new series of new technical problems. Once all the required technology trees are completed, it is conservatively estimated to take two or three years.
A hundred years later, with many smooth sailings and miracles, I reluctantly gave up my ambition to start an industrial revolution in Ashe Continent.
Ahem, I’m going off topic again, let’s get back to the point.
After learning that the Roland II was very powerful before it exploded, but the machines after the III could only reach the strength of the quasi-legendary melee profession, I directly revised my plan.
All Roland systems use No. 2 appearance as the standard, no difference is allowed, and even the serial number behind the Roland must be erased, making it absolutely impossible to tell the difference.
Then it's simple. After a "Dragon Quest" staged by Roland II, the other Rolands behind it became the most powerful threat... To be honest, this name makes me laugh every time.
I was awkward for a long time, but unfortunately, we still couldn't reach an agreement on the name change suggestion.
In the eyes of insiders, a being who crushes legends with sixteen and a half legends is very scary to ordinary dungeon masters. After all, an ordinary dungeon master is just a legend, but it is not considered a legend for an underground overlord with three-digit dungeons.
But now, after performing a scene, in the eyes of the uninformed, those are thirteen saint-level war weapons, and even the dungeon overlords must be careful.
And the subsequent auction announcement, after people were shocked by the terrifying background of the Sulfur Mountain City casually selling thirteen saints, I can also make a big profit, at least, I can recover all the material and labor costs.
"If the two sides are not on the same level, how can we talk about cooperation? No matter how we talk about it, it will be swallowed up and merged."
And the effect I have worked so hard to create has been achieved. The posture of Kaya, the daughter of the true god Rose and the nominal supreme leader of all dark elves, is enough to prove everything.
"You must be the Sleepless One. May the footsteps of the Spider Queen ring in your ears. Perhaps, we can talk. You and me, privately and secretly."
There is a strange magic in Kaya's voice, like a lover talking about love, like a holy priest preaching, making people want to hear more without knowing it.
But at this moment, hearing her words and ambiguous invitation, the mistresses behind them burst into laughter.
Under the strange and proactive view of love of the dark elves, this seemingly ambiguous invitation is actually as rude and rude as "**, let's go get a room."
"May the footsteps of the Spider Queen ring in your ears" is naturally not a good thing. It seems to be a blessing from the god you believe in, but it is actually a vicious curse. Rose is the god of spiders, and spiders have no footsteps.
Yes, when she deliberately makes a drum beat like the sound of footsteps, it is just to remind you of her arrival, or it means that she has planned to kill you and wants to see more of your ugly appearance in survival.
"For many years, the elves still like to play this trick, adding some sarcasm and curses in their greetings. If you don't catch it, you can laugh loudly at your lack of knowledge and the short lifespan and lack of accumulation of your race.
"
However, this approach is ineffective for me. In the past years, I have even witnessed and led the demise of several elven kingdoms that have been passed down for thousands of years. Countless precious classics have become my collection. Such ironic jokes are not considered
What.
"Dear Ms. Kaya, thank you for your greetings. May the spider queen's eight eyes always stare at you, and hope that the candlelight angel will come to you soon."
This is also not a good thing. Rose, the Spider Queen, is world-famous for her cruelty, cunning, suspicion, fickleness, and jealousy (because her reputation is so bad, almost any negative adjective can be followed). How can it be possible for anything good to be watched by her? Candlelight God
It's just a wax melting demon. This evil creature is Rose's messenger. When it comes, it will definitely be a series of conspiracies and troubles. If you complete it well, you may not be rewarded. If you complete it poorly, maybe you can go directly to see Luo Si.
The silk is gone, um, the soul has gone, but the body remains... For the mistress, it is better not to see such a superior.
My blessing is a disaster for me personally, but for Pastor Rose, it is naturally a good thing to be valued by the superior God... Therefore, Kaya cannot refute it.
But Kaya, who suffered the loss of being mute, smiled calmly.
"You are indeed a great sage who can single-handedly create the power of law. Your knowledge and wisdom deserve our respect. Let us put aside the minutiae and discuss in detail the issues that we are all concerned about."
As he said that, he actually stretched out his hand, intending to let me kiss my hand.
But then, Kaya's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air. That was because I silently took a step back and let Annie behind me.
"Nice to meet you. I am Anne, Anne Levin, the next city lord of Sulfur Mountain City. Uncle Sleepless Man said that I should talk to you."
With a cheerful smile, Annie greeted Kaya, took her hand and shook her vigorously.
But at this moment, Kaya, who was shaking her body, looked at me unexpectedly. For the dark elf, who regards the fight for power and status as an instinct, she ignored this "puppet little city lord" from the beginning.
, and even more incomprehensible that I let Annie represent Sulfur Mountain City even though I have an overwhelming advantage in all aspects.
But I, who was retreating behind me, silently looked at everything in front of me. To put it unbelievably, I was not sure how Annie could negotiate. After all, I just asked her to negotiate beforehand, but she didn't do anything.
Reveal how to talk.
"We can't stay with you for half your life. This is training and testing... Come on, little Annie."
"Humph! Sir, you are really affectionate. Sure enough, your fiancée is different. However, little Annie, it seems that you are not a necrophiliac. You need me to prepare to comfort you at the nine hundred and ninety-ninth lovelorn reception."
"Don't spread rumors! People will believe it! There are nine hundred and ninety-nine times, only forty-six lovelorn times! It's not even three digits yet..."
"Master, I have to remind you that elves have very good hearing with their long ears. You spoke so loudly that even the grandmothers heard it. It seems that some of them are constantly looking at your lower body. Judging from their comments,
Look, I plan to try new flavors and eat thousand-year-old chickens like yours. Maybe I will give you a red envelope as a surprise afterwards. But..."
As he spoke, he pushed up his glasses, curved the corners of his mouth, and revealed a look that looked sympathetic but was actually sarcastic...
The implication of this statement is very clear. "You're a boneless guy, are you still thinking about women?"
"I...I don't want a red envelope! I want to be resurrected." As he read the words, someone burst into tears and was getting ready.
"So, if you have a body, are you willing to be eaten by these old women who can be your grandparents? They are really dirty." A certain maid took the opportunity to chase...
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