The underground city Vikestandi, the "Platinum City" in the goblin language, has a very special geographical location. It is located between several active volcanic rocks. It is a city in a rock, and the year-round lava river makes The city is cut off from the surrounding area.
If you want to enter the high-hanging castle in the sky, you can only go through the spiral staircase under the city. Once you encounter foreign enemies, you only need to block those spiral staircase passages, or simply pour water and poisonous smoke into it, and you will be basically isolated from the outside world.
And between the rock walls behind the city, an exit to the ground was actually drilled, allowing it to operate the second-order dealer business on the ground and the underground world, and it gave it the option of advancing or retreating in the face of crisis.
In the underground world, security is a rich condition that far surpasses everything. Soon, after attracting countless businessmen to settle down, it has become a business capital far and wide. Except for the goblins, they insist on using its original name. In addition, other races are generally referred to as Vitans.
The excellent geographical location of Vitan City, the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, makes this city a real golden city in the underground world, and it also makes the goblins who discover and build it make a lot of money... Of course, in the underground world, there is no strength Possessing treasures and wealth is also the greatest original sin.
The cliffs on the terrain could not defend against the dagger behind and the breath of the flying dragon. After a series of conspiracies and calculations, the original goblin pioneers have disappeared into the wind. Today, there is no city lord here, and it is the most famous neutral city without owners.
reason? Without him, because the composition of the city is too complicated, each dungeon master has the power, and whoever is the city master may be killed the next day, so this place has become a very strange borderless area.
"Keep a public upward passage, an intermediary place for trade and diplomacy with other cities", the dungeon masters and underground overlords who have gradually tasted the sweetness have formed a consensus.
This is also the reason why the Vitans are the place where the underground covenant is concluded. After all, the gray dwarves and the orcs will be unhappy when they form an alliance on the dark elves' territory. If so, first of all, we all have to have a pair of wings. If we form an alliance in a commercial city dominated by goblins, everyone will be very unhappy due to the high cost of entry and accommodation.
The ownerless Vitan naturally became the only choice.
After a shocking entry into the city a week ago, seventeen giant metal titans and the Eternal Night Scepter he escorted have spread throughout the entire dungeon, and Young Master Anne of Sulphur Mountain City has gradually gained some fame.
And now, in robes and cloaks, I wander the city that bears a lot of resemblance to Sulphur Mountain.
It is said that Vitan is similar to Sulphur Mountain City. It is also a minority of multi-racial cities. There are no so-called underground city nobles, and they are both well-known and prosperous commercial cities, but in my eyes, it is a completely different place.
Except for the undead, it is too unacceptable. Most races in Sulphur Mountain City are mixed. In a small shop, in a patrol team, in a barber shop, each member may be a different race, and In Sulphur Mountain City, relative equality between races has become a habit, and slaves and the like are simply impossible to accept.
In this city, the slave trade is extremely developed, and there is even a special slave market and slave arena. Although there are many races, the divisions between the various races are obvious, not to mention the river water. The fight is endless, for example, the two humans who were dragged into the orc area by the wolf cavalry just now, I am afraid they will never come out again.
"...This should be the elf zone, and only they are so idle."
Elves are recognized as a family of art. Their pursuit of beauty and art is endless. The same goes for the exiled dark elves, but if they only carve finely on buildings, sculptures, and paintings, they will be underestimated.
The huge rocks hanging down from the top of the rock wall in front of them are all carved into vivid portraits of beautiful women. The expression of refusal and welcome, the raised lips, and the seductive curve that cannot be covered by the environmentally friendly arms always remind people of some children. inappropriate matters.
"Uncle Bones, look at this sword, it's so beautiful!!"
Since it was a private visit and secret appointment, I naturally wouldn’t bring too many people. The people wearing the same cloak behind them were naturally Anne, the nominal leader of the embassy, and Eliza, my external conscience.
At this moment, what Annie was wielding was a mithril rapier. The body of the sword was slender as a needle, with a golden rose pattern on it. Two fallen angels were carved side by side on the hilt, with their wings spread out, as if they were screaming in the sky.
Lu Yingying's blade showed that he was not just an ornament, but a weapon enchanted with poison properties. At least, the dark-skinned dark elf merchant was trying to convince the young young city lord to believe this.
[Artwork: Sword of the Fallen Angel]
[Attack Power: 0-5 (+1 poison damage) Quality: Excellent]
[Special effects: No, oh, no, she still has a special effect, at least it can show that you are rich enough and stupid enough to buy this flashy thing, maybe, wave it to the sun, maybe he can brighten your opponent eyes.]
[Weakness: Vulnerable. When colliding with an excellent weapon, there is a 70% chance of being directly broken. - Ashe is on top! That elf idiot actually carved out the blade for the sake of beauty!]
[This is a typical elf artwork, richly decorated, meticulously carved, expensive in materials, perfect in handwork, and then, useless! fighting? Are you going to take to the battlefield with artwork? Or are you planning to put on an epitaph that you are an artist? Let's choose the stupid and rough dwarf.]
At this moment, in the face of Annie, who was wielding her rapier and eager to try, I was 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 the elf, as always, leave people speechless.
The pursuit of art and beauty is indeed not wrong, but if it is done to this extent, the precious enchanted metal mithril is used as the sword body, but due to the excessive carving, the sword body is more brittle than ordinary weapons. Isn't the cart before the horse.
Weapons of the same material, the elf craftsmen always do so beautifully, but the excessive modification, the adjustment of the practicality of the weapon for the sake of beauty, always makes them make some very speechless things, such as this one in front of them. Elven rapiers, such as the more famous Elven chain mail.
That thing is famous for its spell-casting compatibility. General metals will have a huge impact on spell-casting. Even battle mages who often fight on the front line are often forced to choose robes instead of metal armor with better defense. However, he invented this elven chain mail called "Song of Harmony", which claims to make the mages as comfortable as wearing commoner clothes, without affecting spellcasting at all.
In fact, it did. The ecstatic elf kingdom spent a lot of money to popularize the chain mail of this series, but found that there was a little problem... The defensive ability of this chain mail is not as good as that of commoners!
Chainmail is generally composed of strong clasps, which are twisted together to provide reliable defense, but the hollow metal clasp of Song of Harmony chainmail will break when touched, and it has no defense against metal weapons. .
Sometimes, in order to avoid rolling on the ground, the locks are broken, and afterward, it takes a few hours to pinch them together, put them together, and then bite the bullet and wear them, pretending that everything is good, after all, poor people. Soldiers can't afford the compensation for chain mail with four zeros.
Then the elf court investigated the design and tried to improve it, but then found that it was because there were enough hollows that the magic could be freely circulated on the caster. , thickening is equivalent to the same as other metal armors. Fundamentally, this design idea is self-contradictory and naturally cannot be improved.
As a result, the precious metals in the treasury of the kingdom were exhausted, and the country was soon destroyed by the undead natural disaster. The chain mail of the song of harmony has also become a flashy symbol of elf equipment...
To be honest, I don’t know what to do with the precious metals in those warehouses. Deep processing and enchanting have made them impossible to reprocess. In the end, I left them to the elf craftsmen and let them toss into sculptures and other arts. Goods.
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 surface human kingdom. The best weapons and equipment sold in the dungeons are always the "stupid and rough" of the gray dwarves.
Of course, the elves themselves won't admit it, they think it's a slander of short-lived species, "We have enough time to gradually improve, you are jealous of our artistic cells. You stupid and short-sighted things are suitable for dwarves. Ugly fire stick."
The same is true for the huge female elf sculpture in front of me. It seems that some people think that she is a statue of the god Rose, or a necessity for some magical ritual, but even if the system does not directly tell me that it is one of [sculptor Xinyi's] Sculpture of a stripper], I can also guess that this is probably the result of the elf's artistic talent.
Hanging upside down on a rock wall, it requires floating magic to reach a large sculpture of up to 100 meters. It is beautiful and attracts countless eyes, but it is still just a sculpture.
If a human craftsman were to do it, at least a team of 400 people would have to work together for five or six years, but if it was an elves, it might be that a great artist suddenly became nervous, and one person spent a few hours here. For a hundred years, I made a meaningless thing out.
In front of elves with an average lifespan of a thousand years, they can indeed afford it, but humans do not have such spare time...
Kaya, who was the highest priest and child of Rose, patiently competed, and when the result came out, when I made the third mother messenger take the initiative to say goodbye, she also neatly left a letter asking me. Come to the spirit area of Vitan to discuss directly.
At this moment, Eliza, who was behind me, succeeded in persuading Annie to give up that sword... um, artwork, on the grounds that she was about to hold a secret conversation and it was not appropriate to communicate with local businessmen too much.
"Please Mr. Anni focus on business affairs, and chores such as purchasing can be handed over to our servants." The words were full of venom as always, but since Annie found out that she couldn't win, um, of course, there were also fights. However, after this sister's factor, she also began to get used to ignoring the maliciousness in the other party's words.
But looking at this situation, I frowned. Annie is our intended city lord, and Eliza is very likely to be the future president of the Executive Yuan, the president of the Supreme Court and other high-ranking officials. If they don't get along well, Even hostile, I am afraid that there will be a big chaos in the Sulphur Mountain City in the future.
"It's obvious that Eliza can maintain basic courtesy towards everyone, so why is she so hostile to Annie... It seems that she should find a chance to talk to her."
Suddenly, the elf guards in front of her opened to both sides, and then, a tall dark elf priestess came out of the shadows, behind her. But there are many dark elf women who are gorgeously dressed and proud...
"There are a total of 72 dark elf cities in the underground world, but there are more than 20 first-family mistresses. After deducting the factor of being too far away, the spider queen Rose and her priests ruled at least half of the dark elf cities. Elf City, now, is it a demonstration?"
This is of course a demonstration. Any mistress here in her own dungeon will not have much less authority and power than the city lord of Brimstone Mountain City. Such a silent line like a subordinate highlights Kaya's authority. A silent oppression.
"Mortal, you have to know how to be humble, and you are worthy of being on an equal footing with my subordinates."
But I laughed.
The emperor will never compare authority with the peasant. The real authority and the victor don't need extra decoration. Putting on such a pomp can only show that she is guilty, she is worried and fearful about the strength of Sulphur Mountain, she wants What to suppress this nascent overlord.
"Hehe, it seems that the scene of entering the city has a good effect."
That day, when we entered the city, seventeen Roland series big robots rushed into the door arrogantly.
After being intercepted, one of them was dispatched to smash the two black dragons guarding the gate into a ball. Sturdy strength and sturdy material.
Afterwards, I asked Annie to announce on the spot that these big robots were all weapons and equipment that Sulphur Mountain City was about to auction, which caused a huge stir.
This is much more beneficial than propaganda and boasting. Everyone will think, "This kind of war machine that can independently slay dragons is willing to sell. Then, does Sulphur Mountain City have a stronger trump card..."
This is naturally my bravado. At this moment, I can't help but think of the report of Qianxuan Time and Luo Wei.
"My lord, Roland No. 3 to No. 18 have been fully outfitted. If the operators in them are gold-level combat professionals, they should be able to exert half a legendary fighting strength."
At that time, I was very surprised. After all, the appearance of the rampage of Roland II was still in front of me. How could it be the sturdy combat power that easily crushed the legend. Although it may not reach the saints in the world, it should be not far behind. It's actually only half a legend right now, which really makes people feel shrunk.
But soon enough, I learned the story from the explanation.
"Roland II is a prototype! Prototype means that no matter how much you pay and how much precious metals you use, you have to prove that the design concept is correct. At that time, hundreds of engineers brought their own treasures, and one of the masters even Only by using his ancestral heart of the titans, No. 2 can achieve such power, if you want other Roland to achieve this kind of combat power, I am afraid that even if our engineers can do it, you can't pay the bills."
Soon, I got the verification from the engineers. No matter what kind of engineering robot, it is composed of power source, exoskeleton mecha, engine, and transmission transposition. The heart of the Titan is the heart-shaped gem that is condensed after the death of the Titan. It is rich in the most advanced lightning power, and it is also the most advanced power source.
After all, the world is relatively balanced, and the combat power above the legendary cannot be achieved quickly. Even if I create a powerful mecha shell, without a powerful top-level power source, it is impossible to create a more powerful weapon.
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 only hunting super monsters, but you can't find them. The foundation of strength.
Speaking of this, I can't help but think of a somewhat similar experience.
Before, didn't I use the system to conduct a monthly lottery draw? That time, I happened to draw a weapon that surpassed the artifact - a magical prop from a certain blue-skinned civet cat, a shrinking lamp!
At that time, I was a complete mess of joy, thinking that this messed up system was finally normal once, giving me a really useful top-quality equipment, but then I knew that I had been tricked again, and I was too happy and underestimated. the lower limit of the system...
Shrinking lights is true, but... no batteries inside! !
Looking at the unusable shrunken lamp and the manual, I couldn't help begging the system to let me exchange a battery... Unfortunately, the bastard system didn't intend to let me master the artifact of peak karma from the beginning, how could it agree to exchange.
After three lottery draws with the battery as the goal, in the end I only got a bamboo dragonfly aircraft without batteries, a toy pistol of a cowboy with eyes, and an inexplicably full hot tub. .
Later, after confirming that the engineering of this event did not have the concept of small-scale artificial energy (battery), I racked my brains and collected countless chemical books, only to find that according to the industrial level of Ashe Continent, it is necessary to make batteries such as batteries. For things, we must first solve a series of bottlenecks such as chemical electrolytes and conductive metal electrodes. To solve these obstacles, we also want to overcome a new series of new technical problems. After all the required technology trees are completed, it is conservatively estimated that it will take two or three. A hundred years later, there will be many miracles along the way, and I have no choice but to give up my ambition to start the industrial revolution in the mainland of Ashe.
Cough, let’s get to the point again, let’s get down to business.
After learning about the fact that Roland No. 2 would be very powerful before it exploded, but the machines after No. 3 could only reach the strength of a quasi-legendary melee class, I directly revised the plan.
All Roland systems are based on the shape of No. 2, and no difference is allowed. Even the number behind Roland has to be erased, which is absolutely indistinguishable.
Then it's simple. After the "Dragon Quest" staged by Roland No. 2, the other Roland behind him became the most powerful threat... To be honest, this name makes me uncomfortable for a long time every time, but Unfortunately, the proposal to change the name still could not be agreed upon.
In the eyes of those in the know, it is an existence that crushes legends with sixteen and a half legends, which is very scary to ordinary dungeon masters. After all, an ordinary dungeon master is only one legend, but it counts as an underground overlord with three-digit dungeons. What happened, but now, after the scene, in the unwitting eyes, those are thirteen saint-level war weapons, and even the overlord of the dungeon should be careful.
And the subsequent auction announcement shocked people at the terrifying background of the thirteen saints casually sold by Brimstone Mountain City. I can also make a lot of money. At least, I can recover all the materials and labor costs.
"If the two sides are not on the same level, if they talk about cooperation, they will be swallowed up and merged."
And the effect I have worked so hard to create has been achieved, the daughter of the true god Rose, the supreme leader of all the dark elves in name, Kaya, and the posture she is now posing is enough to prove everything.
"You are the sleepless one. May the footsteps of the spider queen ring in your ears. Maybe, we can talk. You and I, privately, secretly."
There is a strange magic in Kaya's voice, like a lover who is talking about love, like a holy priest who is preaching, making people want to listen more unconsciously.
But at this moment, hearing her words and ambiguous invitation, the mistresses behind them laughed together.
Under the dark elves' strange and active concept of love, this seemingly ambiguous and ambiguous invitation is actually as rude and rude as "Little girl, let's go open a room".
"May the footsteps of the spider queen ring in your ears" is naturally not a good word. It seems that the gods you believe in bless you, but it is actually a vicious curse. Rose is the god of spiders, and spiders have no footsteps. Yes, when she deliberately made a footstep-like drumbeat, just to remind you of her arrival, or, to say that she has already planned to kill you, and wants to see more of your ugliness in survival.
"After all these years, the elves still like to play this game, adding some sarcasm and curses to the greeting, and if you don't hear it, you can laugh loudly at your lack of knowledge and your race's short lifespan and lack of accumulation. "
However, this set is not valid for me. In the past years, I have even seen and led the demise of several elven kingdoms that have been passed down for thousands of years, and countless precious books have become my collections. Such a satire is a joke. what.
"Dear Ms. Kaya, thank you for your greetings. May the eight eyes of the spider queen stare at you forever, and hope that the angel of candlelight will come to you as soon as possible."
This is also not a good word. The spider queen Luosi is fierce and cunning, suspicious, fickle, jealous (because her reputation is so bad, it can be followed by almost any negative adjective) world-famous, how could it be good to be stared at by her, Candlelight God Make? It's just a wax melting demon. This evil creature is also Rose's messenger. When it comes, it will definitely be a series of conspiracies and troubles. It may not be rewarded if it is done well. If it is not done well, maybe, you can go to see Rose directly , Well, the soul goes, the body remains... For the mistress, it is better not to see such a superior.
My words of blessing are personally a disaster, but for Priest Rose, being valued by a superior true God is naturally a good thing... Therefore, Kaya can't refute it.
But Kaya, who ate a dumb loss, smiled lightly.
"As expected of a great sage who can create the power of the law alone, your knowledge and wisdom are worthy of our respect. Let us put aside the details and discuss in detail the issues we all care about."
Saying that, he actually stretched out his hand, intending to let me kiss and salute.
But then, Kaya's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, that's because I silently took a step back and let out Annie who was behind me.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Annie, Annie Levine, the next city lord of Brimstone Mountain City, Uncle Sleepless said it should be up to me to talk to you."
With a cheerful smile, Annie greeted Kaya, took the other's hand directly, and shook it vigorously.
At this moment, Kaya, whose body was shaking, gave me an unexpected look. For the dark elf who regards fighting for power and status as an instinct, she ignored this "puppet town master" from the beginning. , I can't understand the fact that I have an overwhelming advantage in all aspects, but let Annie represent the behavior of Brimstone Mountain City.
I, who retreated behind my back, silently looked at everything in front of me and said something unbelievable. I wasn't sure how Annie could talk. reveal how to talk.
"We can't accompany you for half a lifetime. This is training and a test... Come on, little Annie."
"Hum! Your lord, it's really affectionate. Sure enough, the fiancée is different. However, Little Annie, it doesn't seem to be a necrophile. I need to prepare to comfort you for the 999th lovelorn reception."
"Don't spread rumors! People will believe it!! How can there be 999 times, only 46 times of falling out of love! It hasn't reached three figures yet..."
"Master, I have to remind you that elves have good hearing with long ears. You said it so loudly that your grandmothers have heard the lovelorn records. It seems that several of them are constantly aiming at your lower body. Look, I plan to try new flavors and eat a thousand-year-old chicken like you. Maybe, I will give you a red envelope to celebrate afterward. But... "
As he spoke, he pushed his glasses, and the corners of his mouth showed a slight arc, revealing a look that looked sympathetic but was actually sarcastic...
The implication is clear. "You're a boneless guy, still thinking about women?"
"I... I don't want a red envelope!! I want to be resurrected!" Someone burst into tears while preparing.
"Then, if you have flesh, are you willing to be eaten by these old women who can be your grandmothers? It's really dirty." A certain maid took the opportunity to pursue...