Chapter 28 Fireside Chat

Author: Conquer people with virtue

Chapter 28 Fireside Chat

Heavy snow is falling. Under such weather, most creatures will face severe tests and pray for spring.

In the Rum Valley, the lord's hall was as warm as spring. Two large fireplaces were burning brightly, and the orange firelight added a bit of warmth.

"So, you were actually picked up by old Erso?"

Theos is still his dragonborn image. He is sitting on the animal skin sofa, holding a cup of hot ginger tea in his hand.

"Yes, Master, my tribe was targeted and annihilated by humans. At the expense of my parents, I barely escaped and finally met the Saber Tooth Tribe."

Woz and Erso were sitting on the sofa opposite Theos, but they seemed a little restrained. The ginger tea was still on the table as it was when the goblin waiter brought it.

"Hmm...that's it." Theos took a sip of ginger tea and was slightly confused. What on earth did the Hog tribe do that caused humans to come all the way to target them?

But this is a sad story. Theos is not going to ask further questions and is going to change the topic.

"Have your clansmen settled down?"

"Thanks to the master's care, everyone has been given shelter and plenty of food."

Erso took over. Although Woz was very powerful in combat, he was not good at management. He was in charge of the integration of the Sky Blade Fang tribe into the territory these days.

Thanks to Theos's large-scale agriculture, the territory has sufficient supplies.

"Tell us about the dwarves in Firefort." Theos asked. This was the main purpose of calling them here.

"Yes." Erso responded while sorting out the thoughts in his mind.

"The dwarves of Firecastle have been there a long time ago. We came into contact with them ten years ago. After a robbery, we learned about them."

"They have no racial restrictions on who is allowed to enter Firecastle, but you must obey their rules." Speaking of this, Erso couldn't help but think of how long it took him to make the Sabertooth tribe realize the existence of order.

"They have made many prohibitions. The most important one is that they prohibit killing each other. The violator's clan will be classified as an unwelcome guest in Furnace Castle and will be permanently banned from entering."

Theos nodded. He understood this very well. If fighting is allowed to spread, management costs will increase sharply. On the other hand, if a good environment can be maintained with zero tolerance for violence, then management costs will be extremely low, because

All people are defenders, even if they are unconscious.

He motioned for Erso to continue.

"Firecastle allows all visitors to freely trade items and intelligence, and has established a law enforcement team and a task hall. The law enforcement team is responsible for mediating disputes, and the task hall can issue requests, and anyone can post them. When posting tasks, the dwarves will collect from them

A deposit is required to guarantee the task, but a share will be drawn when the task is handed over.”

Good guy, the tax collection will begin now. Theos sighed in his heart.

"How will trade be carried out? Setting up stalls?"

"You can set up stalls. At the same time, Furnace Castle also provides houses, but they are only allowed to be used and not bought or sold. Moreover, only guests who are listed as welcome guests of Furnace Castle can apply for houses."

"I think it's not easy to be welcomed by the dwarves." Theos smiled.

"Yes, my wise master, this requires us to send a large amount of money or metal to the dwarves."

In this way, Theos finally figured out the operating mode of Firecastle. It must be said that these dwarves are still very smart.

Of course, the premise of all this is strength. If these dwarves are not strong enough, then everything in Furnace Castle will be torn apart by the monsters in the mountains.

Theos raised his glass and drank the ginger tea in one gulp, then placed it on the coaster on the table.

"You go back, I won't send you away."

"Don't dare! May my Lord be well." Erso and Woz quickly stood up and exited the hall.

"The Fireforged Clan?...Interesting." Theos looked at the two gnolls, an old man and a young man, disappearing into the wind and snow, motionless.

Speaking of which, Erso has not aged since he became the blood descendant of Theos. But it may be a matter of habit, and he still looks old-fashioned.

"Leaving the territory matters to Erso is also a good choice." Theos gradually began to recognize this cunning old werewolf.

After several years, human nature has not changed. Theos continued to be affectionate on the animal skin sofa for a while before standing up.

He was going to visit the blast furnace of the blacksmith shop, and Robbie was already waiting there.

Putting on his animal skin coat, Theos went out, and the little goblin attendant at the door quickly followed him.

Now that he has changed his race, it is no longer appropriate to run around naked all day long. Theos also made a few clothes for himself and prepared to build a suit of armor.

It was getting late, and visibility was very low under the blowing snow. Not long after we walked, a dazzling fiery red appeared in front of us.

The blacksmith shop has arrived.

"You're here!"

As soon as he saw it, he saw Robbie sitting on a chair and resting. When he saw Theos coming, he immediately stood up. At this moment, he was also wearing an exquisite animal skin coat, and he looked more and more like the goblin in Theos' impression.

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"Let's go, go directly to the stove."

Theos came here this time just to experiment with the long-awaited idea of ​​"dragon's breath iron-making".

After walking through a long series of anvils, the temperature gets higher as you go inside, so much so that the hobgoblin and the dwarf blacksmith don't need to wear clothes, and they are still sweating profusely even though they are shirtless.

It should be noted that Theos did not want to test directly in the blast furnace. He did not want to worry about any accidents.

"Is this it?"

Theos asked, pointing to a small iron-making furnace about two people high on the ground.

"Yes, Master, it is specially customized according to your requirements."

Due to the nature of the experiment, Theos specifically asked Robbie to build a small furnace. The iron-making furnace in front of Theos was made of special high-temperature resistant soil, and the opening allowed the dragon's breath to act directly on the ore.

For the first test, Theos was going to try it directly with iron ore.

After placing the iron ore according to the blacksmith's instructions, Theos asked everyone around him to retreat.

Different from Kaweila's hip control, Theos's control over his breath is much more delicate. In the form of the Dragonborn, Theos opened his mouth wide and a fire beam fell into the iron furnace with such precision.

Robbie and the hobgoblin blacksmith, who had already kept their distance, still felt the intense burning sensation and had no choice but to step back.

In the furnace, the iron ore burns red and melts almost instantly. The jumping flame burns out the impurities in the ore, and finally the pure molten iron is gathered into the mold to be formed.

"It seems a little too pure."

After nine years of compulsory education, Theos knows that the purer the metal, the better. But since melting metal is so smooth, wouldn't it be much easier to mix other metals or other substances to make alloys?

At least Theos has removed almost all impurities. What are you most afraid of when doing experiments?

It is interference that cannot be eliminated and cannot be detected!

"Sure enough, technology (magic) is the primary productive force." Theos sighed.

But, what ratio can produce good materials? Thinking of this, Theos has a headache.

It seems that a research group is about to be established...

But before that, we need to give the territory a name.
Chapter completed!