"Is this an underground maze?" Numerous stories related to mazes instantly appeared in Goron's mind. In those stories, mazes are synonymous with treasures and artifacts. Of course, they are also accompanied by countless traps and deaths.
"I need your full support on this matter. You must become my closest ally so that I can continue to share with you the precious information that I sacrificed countless gold coins to get back."
Looking at Tarkin Hillman, whose expression suddenly became extremely serious, Goron thought for a moment and finally nodded. He also had a hunch that the secret hidden in this maze might be able to completely change him. No, it was completely different. Change the ogre population.
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"You should have noticed that the environmental conditions in this mine are extremely harsh. Sometimes the temperature will suddenly drop as low as zero degrees, and sometimes it will become as hot as a furnace in just a few minutes. It is this kind of without warning and The regular alternation of hot and cold, as well as the poisonous gas that emerges from time to time, make it impossible for ordinary miners to work here, but you ogres are different. Whether it is cold or hot, or a little bit of poisonous gas, for abnormal For those of you with extremely high status resistance, it will only cause some discomfort and discomfort, but it will not be life-threatening. It is precisely because of these little ogres that my exploration progress in this mine has increased rapidly. This cave is like a natural rest room for adventurers. The ambient temperature here will not change as drastically as outside. I don’t know why, but the air here can also be kept fresh."
"So. Have you been targeting our black-handed ogres all along?". Gronn interrupted the greenskin coldly. His good impression of the goblin merchant was entirely based on the fact that he saved the future hope of the Black Hand tribe, but if Tarkin's purpose was just to find some people who could help him in the haunted gold mine, The words of his treasure-hunting slaves. Then this good impression can be directly voided.
"Of course not!" the goblin merchant hurriedly explained: "I originally chose to hide them here purely because ordinary people dare not enter this haunted gold mine, and they will only be safe if they stay here, but you also know , I spent a lot of gold coins to buy them, and you don’t know where you are hiding, whether you are dead or alive, and when you will come to me. I can’t keep feeding them for nothing, then. It seriously undermines my principles, so it’s completely reasonable to let them work for me for a period of time, even though I don’t pay them a salary.”
Gronn waved his hand and said he didn't want to talk about it anymore, and the goblin businessman continued: "Actually, after I re-established the Tarkin Chamber of Commerce, I have been studying this gold mine. I tried to put some vitality into it. Small monsters that are extremely tough and highly resistant to abnormal conditions were kept in cages and raised in gold mine caves. Later, it was discovered that some mutations had occurred in them, and one of the lava monsters even managed to enter a cave. I burned down the iron cage and escaped. Although many monsters died of inexplicable diseases, most of the changes were for the better, such as becoming more beautiful or smarter. After the human demons were brought into the cave, they had been carefully paying attention to the changes in their bodies. If there were any lesions, they were taken away immediately. But as you saw, they were all alive and kicking. The most important thing was that they became obviously smarter than before. A little bit, even though it’s only a little bit.”
Tarkin concluded that Goron could not deny that no one knew better than him, who had lived with ogres for many years, how stupid these fat blue guys were. Except for the giant monsters Rafana and Hakulili, there was no ogre in the tribe. Human demons can have normal conversations with him, including the wisest ogre prophet Lalababu, who can only use some simple words to express themselves. Moreover, the actions of the body are always faster than the reaction of the brain, or in other words, wolves cannot restrain their bodies at all. But now, whether it is the ogre Balu who was saved by him before, or the little cubs in front of him, their understanding and expression are almost the same as those of human children. No one understands this better than him, a hybrid ogre. What exactly does this mean…
When ogres have wisdom, what weaknesses do they have
In this regard, it is completely worth taking the risk of some pathological changes and accepting the modification of the cave. In addition, the Black Hand tribe has been essentially destroyed. Even if Goron can take these children back to the rain forest and return to the original village, he will not be able to regain a foothold in the jungle where the jungle is strong. First of all, his little girlfriend belongs to Race, the Amazon centaurs can destroy them in minutes.
Not only him, Goron, but all the Black-Handed Ogres who are still alive, if they remain more powerful and are not afraid of any threats, their reputation will be extremely bad, and the Black-Handed Ogres with countless enemies will not have any room to stand up. , and only places like the Haunted Gold Mine, where no strangers are allowed to enter, can allow them to survive.
"So, what do you need me to do?" Goron knew that if he didn't want something for himself, the goblin businessman would never tell him the secret of the haunted gold mine.
"It's very simple. As long as you let these children help me explore this cave seriously, no one can stay here for a long time except them. But you ogres have never understood what it means to respect your employer and what it means to work conscientiously and honestly." Live, before this, they have been dealing with me, damn, their cleverness is reflected in how to fool me, and I can't force them with force like I do with other slave miners."
The green-skinned dwarf, who didn't know how to observe the surrounding atmosphere, didn't notice that the little ogres surrounding him had gathered around him again, as if they were going to eat him alive if Gronn hadn't stopped him.
"You just said that you may develop lesions if you stay here for a long time. Moreover, those who explored this maze before either never returned or went crazy. I didn't hold you accountable before for letting my people live here. Now, You actually asked me to let them continue to work for you."
"Of course not. Those people before couldn't stand the environment here at all. It's normal to die, and I admit that I was not fully prepared, but it is different now. I have ordered a full set of top-notch maze exploration equipment. There is also an experienced maze exploration consultant. I will carry out the exploration based on safety. Although I cannot guarantee that there will be no problems, if there are accidental casualties, I will immediately terminate the exploration while you ogres are looting everywhere. , don’t people often die?”
Looking at the goblin merchant's eager look, it really didn't look like he was pretending. Gronn finally asked the last question in his mind: "Why don't you prepare some equipment with high magic resistance and poison resistance? Although those things are more expensive, if this maze really has such value, you don't need to do it at all. Rely on us ogres. Or you can hire a regular dungeon exploration team, which is much better than us laymen."
"You think I haven't tried it?" The green-skinned man's face was full of frustration, and then he opened his sleeves, revealing large and small fire kangs, poison resistance, and ice resistance hand curium rings. Said: "Look at the equipment on me. It's worth hundreds of gold coins. But once these magic equipment enters the cave, it's okay at first and can function normally, but it won't take long for the magic essence inside to disappear. They were all lost inexplicably. Look, these things can only be worn as ordinary jewelry now."
The magical equipment in Tarkin's hands was dull. It was like a crude fake, and it was difficult for him not to throw the garbage directly into the trash can. It can be worn openly on the body, but the result is that the rich are not like the rich, the nouveau riche are not like the nouveau riche, but like the unscrupulous vendors selling cheap jewelry in the night market. Even Gronn, the ogre, feels a little embarrassed to be with this guy.
Which of those professional maze exploration teams does not rely on a large amount of magic equipment to work? If this cave maze really has the effect of gradually making the magic equipment ineffective, it is true that ordinary explorers will avoid it. Thinking about it this way, anomalies with high-level Warcraft levels Apart from ogres, I really can’t think of any other race that has status resistance and intelligence at the same time. Although an intelligent dragon that can transform into a human form can also be used, Tarkin cannot afford to be intelligent. Long Dongxin's reward.
Although the figure of the woman he saw when he entered the cave emerged in his mind, Goron did not mention it. Tarkin obviously had no idea about the existence of the female ghost. For some reason, Goron always felt that he should not see what he saw. To tell others about the female ghost, and since these little ogres and goblin merchants were all safe before his arrival, it means that the female ghost should have no intention of harming them, at least for the time being.
I have to admit that before Goron rescued Rafana and Hakulili, he did need a relatively safe place like the Haunted Gold Mine to protect these little ogres. They are all from the Black Hand tribe and may even be the entire ogre. The hope for the future of the demon species.
In this way, the mixed-blood ogre Goron Blackhand and the goblin businessman Tarkin Hillman formally established a second partnership, with one party providing people and efforts, and the other providing money and land.
Things became simple after that. Under Gronn's comfort, the little ogres in the cave agreed to fully cooperate with the goblins' maze exploration plan. After confirming that Gronn was still alive, the greenskins also promised to further improve the little ogres. Living conditions, and offering to pay wages, the relationship between the two parties is the employer and the employee, but any treasures and treasures obtained from the maze are divided equally between the ogres and the goblins.
"So what are your plans now?" After his wish was fulfilled, the green-skinned goblin was now in a very happy mood, as if he had seen the treasure of the maze in front of him. He took Gronn away from the haunted gold mine, but the moment he stepped out of the gold mine gate, a series of The sound of muskets being loaded sounded right in front of him, and then the muzzles of a dozen cold muskets were pointed at him. A rough-looking man pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward, looking down at the goblin in front of him, with a proud expression on his face:
"Green-skinned mouse, you can't believe that we have scattered all the trash you raised. Now this gold mine, together with those ogre cubs you hid in it, all belong to us~~~!"
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