Li Wen, who had just taken the five-ring spell - Bigby's Hand and understood how his predecessors had used the power of the mage's girlfriend, had just entered the state when he received Helen's text message spell again.
"Dwarf blacksmith shop, come quickly."
Helen can only contact Li Wen using SMS when they are in the same plane. This is why every time Li Wen goes to the Lunar Moon Continent, Helen can only ask the guards to wait at his door if she wants to find him.
It's a stupid way to do it.
Li Wen didn't hesitate, and asked those furball-like spell servants to put the spell scrolls back, get up and leave.
In the blacksmith shop where the dwarf was, the two blacksmiths led by Helen looked at the arrogant dwarf in front of them with embarrassed expressions.
"You just teach me what you say? This is a craft passed down from our ancestors from generation to generation. Hiccup~"
The dwarf guarding the door held the ale barrel in his arms and was not even willing to stand up in front of Helen, the city lord.
An ugly human woman without a beard or sexy chest hair! Ha!
Helen frowned slightly, feeling a little difficult.
Dwarves are notoriously stubborn and rarely change their minds. Things they have set their sights on are almost as difficult to change as a mountain of iron.
But it happened that the blacksmith she found who was the most proficient in casting defensive magic items in the city also felt helpless about the Demonic Heart Mine.
Ordinary blacksmiths are easy to find, but a blacksmith who can cast magic items is not something that a simple blacksmith can do.
If you want to cast magic items, you first need to be a spellcaster who knows the principles of magic, and the more sophisticated and high-level the magic item is, the higher the caster level requirement of the blacksmith is.
These are just basic requirements.
The casting method of each magic item is rare and has been passed down by countless ancestors. Just like a spell, it is even much more important and rare than a low-level spell.
Therefore, for every blacksmith who can make magic items, the types of magic items they can cast in the inheritance they have received are actually limited. If it is a magic item with similar principles, they may be able to try it a little bit by analogy.
However, for a brand-new thing like the Demonic Heart Ore, they had neither the inheritance skills similar to magic items nor the experience of being proficient in almost all magic item forging methods, so they had no idea at all.
Give them time and enough materials, and they may be able to slowly gain experience through experimentation.
The so-called masters all have a certain amount of talent and hard work.
After all, the experience of previous generations is also based on this. An obvious problem is that there is no such time now.
They had to immediately engage in large-scale forging, so they had no choice but to seek help from the dwarves.
As for reporting...there is not enough solid evidence.
The only witness was a snake-man, and even this snake-man did not show a complete attitude of surrender to humans. Moreover, those illithids were targeting the remnants of the snake-men.
As for the habits of the illithid race mentioned by Li Wen, it is difficult to verify them and cannot be trusted by others.
Even though Li Wen is now a great mage in the eyes of some insiders, in the eyes of most people...especially some bureaucrats, he is still a nobody. The words in Li Wen's mouth are different from those of the great mage Antonio.
The weight of words of these two kinds of existence is naturally different.
To put it another ten thousand steps back, even if some people believe it, it is not true.
Strength and habits are not sins for humans. No matter how strong the so-called illithid is, can its individual strength be stronger than the dragon?
No matter how bad your character is, can it be worse than a five-color dragon?
Until they actually show hostility and harm to humans, these things are not enough to attract attention in the eyes of higher-ups.
Some incidents near each city have always been resolved by the powerful people in each city themselves. It would be ridiculing to report the matter to the police and ask for support.
For various reasons, Helen knew that even if she reported it, it would never be taken seriously. For the kingdom, the other two human kingdoms were always the biggest enemies.
Therefore, before the illithids really show their ferocious aggression, these preparations are destined to come into contact with and learn about those illithids in Swordwind City itself.
I had to prepare and didn't have time, so I had no choice but to come find the dwarves.
But... dwarves are also notoriously stubborn.
If they are recognized friends, then they will be quite generous.
But if you don’t agree...who are you hooking up with?
The problem is that they are often slow to recognize humans. The average life span of dwarves is about 400 years old, and the average life span of humans is 80 years old.
With five times the lifespan, they are always confused and unfamiliar with humans, a short-lived race with extremely changeable temperaments.
When there was really no other way, Helen could only turn to Li Wen for help. She still remembered that Li Wen said that there were some new roads on the Lunar Moon Continent, and she wondered if they could be used as a bargaining chip to make the dwarves willing to exchange their forging skills.
When Li Wen arrived, he saw Helen standing at the door of the blacksmith shop, looking a little helpless, and the two craftsmen following her.
"I remember……"
Seeing Li Wen coming, Helen took two quick steps to get closer and whispered to Li Wen.
Before he could speak, he was interrupted by a rough voice that smelled of alcohol, "Master Li Wen!"
His tone was full of respect.
It was the dwarf who was holding the wine barrel and was unwilling to get up. The dwarf who spoke not only stood up, but even shouted at the "dingling clang" inside.
"Master Li Wen is here!"
"???"
"..."
Something isn't quite right?
Helen watched helplessly as a group of dwarves who should be difficult to trust welcomed Li Wen in like their king.
"Master Li Wen, come here and see which of the two long swords we just made is better?"
"That's right! Master Li Wen, please comment! Isn't my skill much better than Balur's?"
"Wait! Wait!"
Li Wen broke away from their warm reception and pointed at Helen, who had a dull look on her face. "My friend came here to see me. I wonder what happened to her?"
"What can she do? Isn't it that she wants us to teach her two blacksmiths how to make something... By the way, what do you want to make?"
After knowing that he was Li Wen's friend, the dwarf at the door obviously changed his attitude.
Although it is not respectful, at least he is willing to communicate.
Helen was a little dumbfounded, as the wine barrel didn't listen at all to what she said just now.
"It's about the extraction and forging technology of a brand new ore."
Even though he didn't have time to listen to Helen's explanation, Li Wen understood the situation at this time and said helpfully: "It's the new piece of ore I brought over last time. Now I want to forge it into magic equipment on a large scale. I don't know..."
"no problem!"
The debtor dwarf who impressed Li Wen most deeply agreed, feeling cheerful.
He patted Li Wen's arm with his thick, rough hand and said: "Since it is Master Li Wen's request, of course there is no problem! It turns out that the new ore belongs to the city lord... How many do you want to forge? Bring them all.
, we just have itchy hands recently."
Li Wen glanced at the two human blacksmiths behind Helen and said, "The quantity needed may be a bit large. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it with too few people."
Does it mean to teach humans?
Building your own and passing on your skills are two different things.
The dwarves were silent for a while, which also made Helen feel slightly better.
After a moment, the debtor dwarf smiled cheerfully again, "Okay! Who makes Master Li Wen our good friend! We dwarves always believe in friends! As long as the city lord promises that only your craftsmen in Sword Wind City will use this craft without
Gaiden, we will teach them how to build it.”
"Then I can't thank you enough."
Helen looked pleasantly surprised and sincerely pressed her chest with one hand and bowed.
These dwarves seem to have no pretensions, but after all, they are also an envoy to the Golden Lion Kingdom on behalf of the entire dwarf clan. The direct contact should be with the high-level officials of the kingdom like Prince Red Flag, who can be said to be the face of the dwarves.
Currently, she is just staying in Jianfeng City for the time being. In terms of status alone, she is indeed inferior to the other city lord of the main city.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
The debtor dwarf waved it casually, "Master Li Wen's business is our business! If you had just said that Master Li Wen asked you to come!"
Then he turned to look at Li Wen and said very sensibly: "Master Li Wen, if you have something to do, go and do it first. Just don't forget our agreement."
"Remember, remember..."
Li Wen replied with a smile.
He didn't expect that these dwarves were really kind to their friends. On the contrary, he seemed to have his own little thoughts every time he saw them... It shouldn't be! It shouldn't be!
"Then I will ask someone to come over and learn. These are some ores I carry with me. You two masters, please stay here and learn the skills from the dwarf masters first."
Helen poured out some magic heart ore from a gorgeous little bag she carried with her and placed it in the blacksmith shop, and then gave instructions to the two human blacksmiths following behind her.
"Okay, Lord City Lord." X2
Looking at the humans' retreating figures, several dwarves looked at each other. The dwarf guarding the door smiled and winked with his right eye.
This is the wisdom of dwarves in making friends...
Helen, who had walked far away from the dwarf's sight, pushed Li Wen with her arm, "I didn't expect that you are quite proud, right?"
"It's okay...luck."
"A social butterfly, right? Those elves often come over to ask me about your movements intentionally or unintentionally. I think Master Li Wen might as well go to the imperial capital and become a diplomat. He will definitely be very prosperous."
Unlike the stubbornness of dwarves, elves, although their arrogance is written on their faces, most of the time they do an excellent job on the surface.
Their initial aggression when facing humans as envoys was just a temporary need. In normal life interactions, they can be said to be the most polite nobles, so they often take the initiative to find Helen, and they also try to find Li Wen.
It's a polite request.
"I'm in Jianfeng City and I'm not going anywhere."
Li Wen answered Helen's words casually.
What I was thinking was - it's bad, I forgot about the elves.
We had agreed with others to study elements of the Karl simulator together, and Li Wen also wondered if he could find some inspiration for new ideas from them.
They had even sent people to stop him directly before, but at that time, he was in a blood frenzy and had no time to pay attention to them.
I really need to take the time to get in touch with them when I have time.
Every great mage who has become a legend did not come up with it purely on his own in retreat. In retreat, enough information has been collected. However, before retreat, most mages will often communicate with other mages to summarize their experiences.
The wizards of the elves would probably have completely different views on many magic rules than the human wizards.
This is valuable knowledge and difficult to obtain through normal means.
The speaker was unintentional, but Helen's heart trembled when she heard Li Wen's answer.
Is this some kind of commitment?
Over the years, there have been only a handful of strong men who have emerged from Jianfeng City.
Is the reason just because there are no geniuses in Jianfeng City?
No!
It's because Sword Wind City can't retain geniuses. Compared to the Imperial Mage Association... or even direct invitations from the kingdom itself, the chips that Sword Wind City can offer often seem so insignificant.
Li Wen is obviously a genius.
Has no one made these proposals to him for so long? Has no one from the Imperial Capital or other cities contacted him privately?
Not to mention anything else, the mages from the Rainbow Council who had been in contact with Li Wen before, as well as the Taranka mages from the Imperial Capital Mages Association who accompanied the second son of the McLaren family to Sword Wind City, may have been looking for him.
Li Wen expressed a similar meaning.
But I never saw Li Wen showing any intention of leaving Jianfeng City.
He really regards this place as his home...
No matter who he is for, does this mean that the city under his rule has some unique charm?
He has me in his heart...
"Do you have a warehouse?"
"ah?"
Helen was stunned by the sound in her ears. When she came to her senses, she didn't realize what Li Wen had said.
"I asked you if you have a safe warehouse, and I will pour out the ore for you. Otherwise, sometimes it will be difficult for me to contact you when I go to another world."
It's fine that the dwarves mistakenly thought that this brand-new ore came from Helen, so let this misunderstanding continue.
Li Wen didn't want to attract too much attention, so he tried his best not to have anything to do with himself.
It’s good not to say whether it’s dangerous or not, but it can save you some trouble.
"Yes! Yes!"
Helen agreed immediately.
After leaving an entire warehouse of magic heart mines for Helen, Li Wen clapped his hands and felt that he had settled another worry.
Watching Jianfeng City have its own means of self-protection in the face of possible illithid threats was a sense of accomplishment for him.
So... now that he has mastered this information, Li Wen thought about how to reveal it to the players a little, so that they can also have the capital to face those illithid monsters, and they cannot let the illithid monsters turn the players into
Their appearance.
Of course, it can't be given for free.
Next time you go to a city construction site, just stand guard there... and see which lucky people with enough favorability come close to you, and use this kind of information as some kind of game strategy information, and reveal it to them in a small way.
It can not only attack those illithids, but also slightly increase one's personal prestige in their eyes.
