Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 398
The one blocking the way was a huge door leaf embedded in the rock wall of the cave, which was as tall as three or four people.

The color of the door leaf is black, and under the reflection of the lighting crystal, it reflects a strange metal-like light.

For the senior descendants of Frost Maple Ridge, this scene is no surprise - there is no doubt that this is a secret door made of elf iron wood, and it was undoubtedly written by those sharp-eared ancestors thousands of years ago.

Back then, when the lord led a group of people to rob the Dragon Bone Peak's treasure house, he was also blocked by the same elf anti-theft door.

On the stone wall on one side of the iron-wooden door, the inscriptions of elves left in ancient times can be seen faintly.

Calvino Spiritualist narrowed his eyes, and read out the top row of large characters:
"Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine."

Up to now, tomb robbery... Ah no, Xia Houyan, who has a deep experience in archaeology, feels that he has some experience: the elves have the habit of engraving letters to commemorate every place they go, and the dog has the habit of urinating when they encounter a telephone pole to mark their territory Quite the same effect.

Wei Erfu, who was writing a novel in the distant Frost Maple Ridge, sneezed for no reason.

"Master, Master..." Marlena, who was leaning against Xia Houyan's arms, widened her eyes and said, "What do those writings say?"

Surprisingly, this cat girl, who looks as delicate as azalea, did not seem frightened or frightened at all by the Shuangfengling soldiers with obvious violent characteristics and many criminal histories in the team along the way.

On the contrary, Malena quickly won the respect of all the boys in Shuangfengling with her kind and amiable attitude (and her status as (one of) the temporary proprietresses).

Especially Calvino, Master of Spirit Song and other elf mages, treated Marlena like an old father, probably because elves and sub-orcs are oppressed races on the mainland, and they naturally stand on the same front above.

However, at this moment, when Marlena made a question, Calvino Master of Spiritual Song suddenly became embarrassed.

"Uh... that's... this... that..." The spiritual master scratched his head, "The small characters below are mainly engraved with the process of excavating this mine... and so on."

"Oh?" Xia Houyan said enthusiastically, "Then master, please translate for us! I really want to know how the elves dug mines 1000 years ago!"

Judging by Calvino Master Spiritualist's face, he didn't seem too happy to receive this order.

However, the lord is the lord. As the deputy head of the Northern Blizzard Mage Corps, the spiritual master, of course, has no right to refuse, so he can only start the translation in a murmur:

More than 1000 years ago, at the end of the "Era of Mythology", the great elf empire, which was beaten up by rebels of all races, put the last hope of saving the nation on the new magic metal "Talentine" just developed by elf craftsmen. Connaught Mild Steel".

In hindsight, this is undoubtedly an absurd act of rushing to the doctor - humans, dwarves, demons and other races can rise up by virtue of magic metal technology, and even overthrow the brutal rule of the elf empire. The family of elves behind him can also take pictures of cats and tigers.

An elf who specializes in plant magic has no accumulation on the metallurgical technology tree at all. "Tarantino Soft Steel" is destined to be just a life-saving straw that is too fragile: the subsequent development is also logical, "Tarantino Soft Steel" Although "Steel" has superior performance, it is not practical because it is difficult to recharge. The elf empire collapsed completely soon after, and the most noble elves on the mainland ushered in a dark age that will never see the sun.

However, judging from the inscription alone, for quite a long period of time, elf craftsmen have not understood the strange nature of "Tarantino mild steel", and they still have confidence in this new discovery that is expected to "save the elves" .

The "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine" in Hacksaw Canyon was built in this blindly optimistic mood.

Since the Great Elven Empire at that time was already in internal and external troubles, the entire Haiwen Continent raised flags of righteousness everywhere, so this mine was also chosen to be built in the wild area east of the Dust Mountain Range, in order to avoid the raids of the rebels of all ethnic groups.

How did the ancient elves who only know how to grow flowers and are not good at digging dig a mine hole on the cliff? He murmured the answer:
Relying on magic, and it's...forbidden magic.

In order to obtain the energy needed to excavate the solid rock, the elves, who were almost driven crazy by the current situation at that time, set up a taboo magic circle in Hacksaw Canyon, and put the ancient Asian orcs who lived here at that time into the magic circle as a sacrifice. .They spent a full [-] sub-orc lives, and finally used life magic to dig out this mine on the cliff of the canyon.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar. Marlena, who was a descendant of the orcs, froze even more, and the cat ears on the top of her head trembled.

But after hearing this, Xia Houyan was not filled with righteous indignation like other angry youths, but he was a little emotional:
Every prosperous civilization with a glamorous appearance has almost always hidden evil secrets behind it. The primitive accumulation of capital is always stained with blood and dirty things. This is the law of blood reward that no one can escape on the road to rise.Compared with the black slaves on the Atlantic ship and the native Indians on the banks of the Wounded Creek, the massacre of three thousand sub-orcs is really not a shocking human tragedy.

Of course, every time you explore the ancient stories of the Great Elf Empire, you will find a dark history of these sharp-eared ancestors who were ashamed to see others-this matter is indeed a bit ridiculous.

Calvino, the master of spiritual songs, and the other elves are now visibly trying to find a crack in the ground.

Needless to say, in this situation, only Eldridge is entertaining enough, grinning and telling a hell joke:
"Sub-orcs, ah, they are considered half-orcs. The elves killed three thousand sub-orcs, which is equivalent to, ah, killed [-] orcs! Awesome!"

Marlena and the elves glared at him together.

Seeing that the expedition team was about to have internal strife, Xia Houyan quickly cleared his throat and signaled Calvino Master of Spiritual Songs to continue reading.

There is a saying that the law of heaven is clear, and the retribution is unhappy.

The elf contractors who sacrificed the lives of the sub-orcs in exchange for project progress did not end well in the end: soon, they discovered the uselessness of "Tarantino mild steel" in experiments, and in the dust To the west of the mountain range, the news that the great elf empire had perished came one after another.

In the end, this group of desperate elf craftsmen closed and sealed the "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine". After holding hands and praying to the west, they collectively jumped off the cliff and buried the elf empire in the sunset. .

How many things in ancient and modern times are all jokes.The fate and ending of the elf craftsmen caused everyone to sigh again.

Only Marlena, who is a sub-orc, was still thinking about the evil deeds of these craftsmen, and muttered a few words angrily:
"It's so damn meow! It's so damn meow!"

"This little historical story tells us that we must not be stuck in cutting-edge technology." Xia Houyan clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, let's open the mine gate!"

Master Ling Song was eager to get rid of these historical burdens quickly, nodded his head hastily, and walked to the gate of the mine.

Back then, in order to enter the elven treasure house of Dragon Bone Peak, the lord asked Vilf, the descendant of the elven, to donate blood voluntarily, which opened the door;

However, there is no need for this episode of "Welf's Blood Selling" to be staged today: as a master of magic, the spiritual song master just stood in front of the door and sang a few syllables in a low voice. A scorching glare erupted, and the heavy wooden door squeaked and slowly opened amidst the flying dust.

In the cave behind the door, the lighting crystals that had been silent for thousands of years were activated together, illuminating the magnificent scene inside the "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine".

But the first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a giant marble golem standing behind the door.

The golem is sculpted into the shape of a strong elf, holding a long shiny metal knife in his hand, which seems to be cast from Tarantino mild steel from local materials.Using golems to guard the treasure house is also a tradition of the elves. In the original dragon bone peak treasure house, there were many fragments of golems that were smashed by the frost dragon Cristiano.

However, thousands of years have already exhausted the energy supply inside this golem, and now it hangs its head and remains motionless, obviously deader than Gorbachev.

After leaving a few elf mages to inspect the remains of the golem and see if some parts could be removed, everyone bypassed the golem and entered the mine.

This "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine" truly interprets the meaning of the words "beyond the heavens".

The so-called "mine" is actually a huge hole embedded in the ground.This cavity starts from the round dome and extends all the way to the depths of the earth's crust. Its depth and breadth seem to be drilled out by a drill bit that breaks through the sky.

At the edge of the deep pit, a spiral walkway dug by hand goes around the pit until it reaches the bottom. The original elf craftsmen must have transported the raw ore of "Tarantino Mild Steel" along these spiral roads.

But what really puzzled Monk Xiahou Yanzhang was that when he looked around, he didn't seem to find anything that could be called a "magic metal ore"—all the rocks on the side walls of the cave were naturally formed, Like a whole, the enrichment zone of metal deposits cannot be seen at all.

What's even more strange is that on these stone walls, there are many thick, big, tendon-tangle plant vines breaking out of the walls, and then hiding in the stone walls not far away, as if they have completely submerged into the ground.

Where did the plant vines come from in this deep, dark, sunless underground depths?The lord is puzzled.

The spiritual master, who was also full of confusion, took the mage apprentices to check carefully, and finally came to a conclusion that surprised Xia Houyan.

"These thick rattans are the 'Tarantino Mild Steel' mine?" Xia Houyan was stunned.

"Exactly." The spiritual master was obviously amazed at his discovery, "My lord, I should have thought of it a long time ago—our elves are a race famous for their plant skills, how can we be as stupid as other races? brandishing a hoe to dig ore?”

This statement, which is quite chauvinistic, attracted the contemptuous eyes of many team members.

The master of spiritual songs was completely unaware of his Aryan superman...uh, super elf complex, and continued:

"Now it seems that the method of obtaining 'Tarantino soft steel' by the elf craftsmen at that time was realized by these vines. According to the stone inscription records I found nearby, this kind of vines were artificially cultivated by the elves. The thick vine, called 'Oujin Vine', the origin of the name...uh...probably has something to do with its appearance."

Xia Houyan didn't care about the naming issue, and asked hastily:

"So? What do these rattans have to do with 'Tarantino Mild Steel'?"

The master of spiritual songs considered his words and explained:

"My lord, the so-called 'Tarantino mild steel' is not a naturally occurring magic metal mineral, but a man-made substance refined from natural minerals just like Babylonian dense steel! One of these 'Oujin vines' So they can live in the dark underground because they are a special plant that does not depend on sunlight, but needs to 'eat rocks'! They absorb rocks deep in the ground all the time, and 'Tarantino Mild Steel' is It is a by-product left after the natural minerals are digested by the 'Oujin Vine'!"

Xia Houyan was dumbfounded: So "Tarantino Mild Steel" is the shit pulled by these rod-shaped plants? !

But thinking about it carefully, Master Nicholson seemed to have vaguely mentioned that "Tarantino mild steel" is related to the plant cultivation technology of the elves?

The lord is still sucking his teeth. A Shuangfengling soldier has already swung the Jagger silver battle ax in his hand under the command of the master of spiritual songs. A gap was cut in the shell, and all the men present felt a dull pain in a certain part of the body during the process.

Xia Houyan leaned over to the gap, looked inside the vine, and found that in the center of the "Oujin vine", there were a lot of shiny metal tightly wrapped by plant tissue.

"I've made a lot of money!" Xia Houyan's eyes lit up at that time: such a large mine, with so many vines, how much "Tarantino mild steel" is hidden in it is of course needless to say!

Although this kind of elven magic metal is rich in gold and jade, but fortunately, its popularity is low enough—as long as Shuangfengling activates its own propaganda machine, simply packs it, and sells it as a rare magic metal to ignorant old hats. Getting a large sum is easy.

In a savage world without consumer protection organizations, making a fortune is as simple as that.

"However, I suggest that you should quickly send someone to cut up all these vines, search and transport the Tarantino mild steel inside, and don't use these 'Oujin vines' to continuously produce magic metal. I have an idea..." The spiritual master smiled wryly, and poured cold water on the lord, "For 1000 years, these 'Oujin vines' have been sucking the rocks around this mine. I have every reason to suspect that this The surrounding geological structure is already fragile to a certain extent... Within a few years, it is entirely possible that this cave will collapse as a whole due to a certain crustal movement."

Xia Houyan really never dreamed that he would have to deal with the mine collapse like a coal boss before he had enjoyed the blessing of a coal boss for a few days.

(End of this chapter)