Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 89 Obsidian

"Hiss! Hiss! If anything goes wrong, roast me!"

Slaco spoke excitedly, patting his chest and guaranteeing that he had staked everything on it and issued a military order!

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Granny Oak was stunned. Was this guy really a beastman? This was completely different from the beastmen he knew.

The same idea was shared by Hellion, who was so shocked that he was speechless. He had been in the empire for many years and had cleared out the rebellious beastmen in various parts of the Magrath province.

However, he had never seen such beastmen before, beastmen who could speak the common language of the empire and whose intelligence was obviously no less than that of humans.

"Put them to work."

Karen spoke up, not giving Granny Oak a chance to object.

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Granny Oak opened his mouth but didn't try to persuade him any further.

He had understood that Lord Cullen was willing to take the risk.

Yes, Karen was indeed willing to take the risk.

Karen certainly knew that if these lizardmen went crazy, the workers would be in great danger, but that was no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

In Karen's view, these lizardmen are like a new type of production tool.

Of course, it is an imperfect and unstable production tool, and there is a risk of explosion when in use.

But the efficiency of this new production tool is enough for him to ignore the risks and continue to use it. Lizardmen are strong and can get twice the result with half the effort. They are simply natural laborers.

"Helion, you supervise them."

Karen looked at Hellion, and the meaning was very clear. If there was a problem, just kill it directly. In terms of individual combat power, the four-meter-tall giant lizard was no match for Hellion.

With Hellion's strength, he certainly couldn't kill all these lizardmen by himself. If he was surrounded, he would be stunned.

But if he wanted to run, these lizardmen would definitely not be able to kill him. As long as he was a little more flexible, pulled the strings well, and found an opportunity to defeat them one by one, it would not be impossible to kill all these lizardmen.

"Yes, my lord."

Hellion accepted the task and glanced at the lizardmen. Except for Slako, the other lizardmen looked stupid. Only the lizardman leader looked a little intelligent.

'It's best not to have any problems.'
Hellion thought to himself, his eyes finally fell on Slaco. If something really went wrong, he had to capture this guy first. Otherwise, with Slaco's intelligence, it would be difficult for him to pull these lizardmen away.

"Hiss~ There will definitely be no problem!"

Slaco breathed a sigh of relief. He noticed Hellion's gaze, but he didn't care. As long as the lizardmen were fine, this guy had no reason to touch them.

"I will divide the work and let the workers keep their distance from them."

Granny Oak had a serious expression on his face. He would be responsible for his workers, both the human workers and the lizardmen workers. He would separate the two as much as possible, which would be good for both sides and minimize the possibility of accidents.

"Hiss~ Cooperate! We will cooperate well!" Slaco waved his wooden stick and danced with joy. He understood that this level was passed, and the next step was just to command the lizardmen to work well.

"These big guys, if they really work..."

Looking at those tall and strong lizardmen, Granny temporarily put aside the issue of safety, and then he was really attracted by them. He also understood Karen. It would be a crime to leave these guys unused!

One lizardman can be used as five human laborers, which is still too few. As laborers, simple hard laborers, only doing the hard work of mining, quarrying, and transportation, then these more than fifty lizardmen are more useful than five hundred human laborers!
The labor saved can be used to do more technical things, such as further polishing the stones and processing the mined stones into the required shapes.

Building a castle is nothing more than quarrying stones, polishing the stones, and then constructing them according to the blueprints. Quarrying is the lowest technical level and is also the most tiring.

Now the first step is done by the lizardmen, which makes it twice as easy to get twice the result with half the effort. More people are doing the second step, which speeds up the process. When it comes to the third step, the lizardmen can still play a significant role. In this way, it is possible to directly cut the construction period in half.

These fifty or so lizardmen were of great help to the entire project.

The only problem is that the people who do the second step are not skilled enough. Although there are more people, there are too few proper stonemasons.

When Granny thought of this, he felt a headache. The speed of quarrying had increased, but the polishing of the stones was too slow, so the construction period could not be accelerated.

"Don't worry, take your time, teach slowly, and you will become proficient."

Karen comforted Granny. Although he had found a group of lizardmen laborers, he did not require the construction period to be advanced. For the immortal species, ensuring quality is the most important thing.

What's the point of building a house in a few months, only to have it break down after a few years of living? Shoddy construction is totally unacceptable. Karen would rather wait a few more years and build a fortified city that will stand firm.

"I can carve a lot of rune stones for the city wall to ensure its strength, and it has other magical uses, but that requires a lot of special stones. It's difficult to make rune stones with ordinary stones."

Seeing that Karen was not strict about the construction period, Granny put forward a new requirement. He had been holding it in for a long time and was looking for minerals everywhere for this matter.

From Granny Oak's perspective, he certainly hopes that Bloodstone Castle will be as magnificent and solid as possible, because this is his face, and he will do everything he can to achieve it.

Rune stones have various effects, and embedding them into the city walls will play a big role.

Strengthening physical resistance and magic resistance is the most basic effect. There are many others, such as making the city walls clean and brand new.

"Hiss~ Is obsidian okay?"

Before Karen could speak, Slaco had already taken over the conversation.

"Of course! Very good material!"

Granny spoke immediately, and he felt deeply moved again in his heart that this lizardman was really smart, not like a beastman at all. He understood what he meant immediately. He said that because he saw that the lizardmen all used obsidian weapons. Otherwise, what was the point of him asking Karen?
These lizardmen might know where the minerals are!
Obsidian mine!

"Where does your obsidian come from?"

Karen glanced at Granny and felt that this guy was secretly teasing him, but he didn't care. Instead, he asked Slaco.

If there really is obsidian mine, that would be pretty good. Using it to make weapons is actually a bit of a waste. The right thing to do is to use it to make rune stones and magic props. At the very least, making handicrafts is more valuable than making weapons.

After all, this thing is similar to glass. Although it is hard, it is fragile. As a weapon, it can only be fixed on the spikes and sharp blades. It is impossible to make the entire thing with obsidian.

(End of this chapter)