Heart of Empire

Chapter 41: Sombra

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"Don't talk about one fucking problem, even if ten or a hundred problems have to be solved!" Dane waved his hands and said viciously. Now, what was in front of him was Hei Jing, who was so black and not slippery, it was obviously a cartload of gold coins!

Before, he was still worried about the lack of resources for the development of the territory. In the end, this trip to the unknown underground world yielded such a great harvest. How could he not be ecstatic? In front of gold coins, no problem is a problem, and you have to work hard to solve it!

Farao sighed, he really didn't want to pour cold water on Dane, but... the truth must be told. I just heard him say: "There are some problems with these black crystals. These are not ordinary black crystals. Dane, you are also a spellcaster. You should be able to feel the evil power contained in these black crystals."

It's true that Dane is a spellcaster. Although he has the hero class of a wild magister, although it is very different, it is a spellcaster class no matter what. But his thinking has not yet transformed from the perspective of a warrior to that of a spellcaster. Although he also felt the existence of this evil magic power at the beginning, he didn't pay much attention to it.

So, he asked: "Will these evil energies affect the value of these black crystals?"

"Yes." Falao said, "The black crystals are full of evil energy. If these black crystals are really used as materials for making magic props, the quality of the finished product will be greatly affected, and even It will also produce some bad effects, for example, users of magic items will be cursed or something. In other words, the value of these black crystals is quite limited, or even... worthless."

Hearing from Farao, this energy will be difficult for his money, so it’s okay!

His face immediately became angry, and he asked: "Damn it! These faceless people, valuable things have been polluted by them! Fal'o, is there any solution?"

Fal'o shook his head and said, "I don't have one, but maybe after you build the temple of Aurenedu, the priests in the temple might have it."

"Ah... well, it's better to have a solution than nothing. Come on, take these things, we're ready to retreat!"

Fortunately, during the battle, Dane gave a clear order, asking the mercenaries not to hurt these pack animals while killing those faceless men. Without the six pigs, Dane and the others would have to spend a lot of effort pushing the six carts to the surface by manpower.

Now, the cart is still a two-wheeled cart, and the beast of burden is still the six pigs, but the owner has changed from the Faceless Man to Dane.

Driving the six black pig pack beasts, Dane and the others' speed of action would be somewhat affected, not as fast as when they were traveling lightly, and they were also easier to be spotted. However, the so-called birds die for food and people die for wealth, if Dane were to let down the six carts of black crystals—even the polluted black crystals—he would be absolutely unwilling.

Fortunately, the location of their robbery itself is relatively biased, and the route of retreat deliberately avoids the transportation lines of those faceless people. However, they basically avoided the large forces, and the entire route was safe and sound.

After returning to the surface, Dane and the others who hadn't seen the sun for seven or eight days, even the perennial dim sun on Comilla Island, moved their hearts. Taking a deep breath of the air on the surface, it feels like returning to the world from hell.

"Well, it's still comfortable to stay on the surface." Golobo sighed on the side, "It's pitch black down there, almost suffocating me to death."

"You are finally back." Ignoring the tamping goods, Sacco, who was staying at the entrance of the cave, greeted them after seeing them coming out of the cave, "Boss, Tommy just sent a message that there is a Our guest is here, it seems to be the pirate we met when we were at sea, Tatara, you know him."

"Dodoro?" Dane expressed some doubts, "What is that guy doing here?"

"From what Tommy said, he seems to have brought a boatload of slaves, most of them human slaves, and said that you will buy them."

Dane suddenly realized, and said: "By the way, there is such a thing. How long has he been here?"

"The day before yesterday, Duoduo's boat arrived near the ghost knife port, and it has been waiting for you."

"Okay." Dane said, "I'll go back to Ghost Knife Port right away, but before that, there are some things I need to tell you to do."

First of all, he asked Farao and Lancelot to return to Aurinadu as soon as possible, and there must always be people on the tree of life. In the absence of him and Fal'o, the construction of Aurinaidu has been stagnant for a week, and it cannot continue to stop. At the same time, Dane also saw from the system interface of "Dynasty Heart" that there are currently 41 elves in Aurinadu, and he asked Lancelot to help him train another team of swordsmen. dancer. The sword dancers trained this time are troops composed purely of elves.

After hearing Dane's instructions, Fal'o and Lancelot left here without staying any longer, and embarked on the journey back to Orienado.

In addition to arranging tasks for the two elves, Dane has other things for Shaco to do: "See those six two-wheeled vehicles? You arrange a small team to drive these black pig beasts and take these six Get the car back to Ghost Knife Port. You have to build a camp here in the freshwater lake as our water collection point, and I don’t want to buy water from the mainland again.”

Sacco nodded and said, "Don't worry, I've already started working on this matter. We've already taken down the wooden barrels on the Long Sail, which are specially used to transport water."

"Well, you did a good job." Dane praised, and said: "But in addition, you have to bring some people and set up a guard inside this underground cave. The faceless people below are very, very There are many, even an underground city. Guard the entrance of the cave, and don't let any faceless one escape from it."

"Underground city?" Sacco looked surprised.

"Yes, the underground city." Dane said, "There are at least tens of thousands of faceless people below. They may or may not have discovered us. But no matter what, we must first prepare. You understand what I mean Bar?"

Hearing the word tens of thousands, Sacco's face was very serious. He said: "I will build a guard post in the narrowest place under the cave. If we rely on the terrain advantage to defend, we should be able to ensure that the cave will not fall with a small force. But... if there are really tens of thousands If a faceless man storms the cave, we will not be able to hold it no matter what."

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The goal of 1000 collections was achieved before 100,000 words. I should have added one more to celebrate, but... no manuscript has been saved!

The celebration will be updated on Sunday, and I will work hard to write today and tomorrow, and strive to add updates for three consecutive days on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday!