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Chapter 81 Pigman

"This stuff...it's not like oil, is it?"

"But these things don't look like they can grow from living organisms, so is there some mutation in that tunnel worm that I don't understand, or are these things just some byproducts that it accidentally carried away while traveling underground?"

"It's not impossible... After all, I was just wondering what such a huge monster could eat to survive."

"Since this thing contains a lot of energy, if the tunnel earthworm uses it as food, then that explains why this thing can grow so big."

Viktor examined the obsidian-like object repeatedly in his hand, feeling its oily texture and weight, becoming increasingly interested in what it was all about.

However, the most urgent task at this moment is to gather all the information we can get, and then confirm it.

That way I can contact Olivia.

Thinking of this, Victor continued to look at the drow elf in front of him: "One last question, tell me what you know about the locations of resources around your clan and other clans, such as ores, and also tell me about all the races that live in this underground world."

"Then, I can let you go..."

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It took about an hour and a half, and used up some blank paper.

Viktor finally recorded all the information he had obtained from these drow.

After dealing with the male drow, he quickly headed towards the nearest resource point...

According to the drow's description, this is a magic iron deposit, and the deposit is even directly exposed on the surface, proving that it is a rich mine with considerable reserves.

However, because a group of pig-men live here, who are tall and strong, brutal and fearless, even drow clans can easily suffer heavy losses.

In addition, this magic iron deposit is located on the edge of a war zone between three clans, and any move by any of them would attract the attention of the other clans, so it was preserved in this way.

For Victor and the Academy, the magic iron ore deposits are not resources that can be completely ignored.

Because wizards use a considerable amount of magic iron... not to mention anything else, the alchemical golems produced by the two production lines in the Manugs Laboratory Building are mainly made of magic iron.

Moreover, magic iron ore deposits are simply ordinary iron ore that reacts with magic.

Therefore, refining it is not easy. Fortunately, whether in the main plane or anywhere else, magic iron is always in short supply... It may not be priceless, but it is at least something that can tempt the academy.

So what Victor needs to do is go there and finalize the matter of the magic iron ore deposit.

If possible, take care of the pigmen who are entrenched there. If things get a bit tricky, then prepare to return to the academy and have a formal wizard from the academy intervene... to carry out a large-scale cleanup of all races and creatures in this damaged astral plane.

Pig-humans are a type of incompletely evolved organism with genetic defects.

Their intelligence level is roughly the same as that of goblins, but they are far more powerful in combat than goblins and have a reproductive capacity that is no less than that of goblins.

Like a sow-human, it only takes about a month of pregnancy to give birth to at least five pig-human pups. As long as they don't die in the process, these pig-human pups can grow from birth to adulthood in just one year.

In terms of combat power, they completely overwhelm goblins, and even most species.

In their prime, pig-men are on average over 2.5 meters tall, with some well-developed ones exceeding 3 meters. They are covered in thick layers of fat and have sharp tusks that can easily tear apart the skin of any prey.

They also have many of the habits of wild boars, like to cover their skin with thick mud to protect their vulnerable parts, and love to use large wooden sticks, sometimes with spikes on them.

Coupled with their bloodthirsty nature, which makes them extremely irritable and difficult to control, they are prone to killing each other and cannibalism. Moreover, once they lose their temper, they will not care whether the target is their brother, spouse, or even their own parents, and will just swing their sticks at them!

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Only pregnant and lactating sows are in better condition.

So why do these pig-men, with their exaggerated reproductive and fighting abilities, only have such a small territory?

When Victor arrived near the magic iron deposit, he witnessed this scene: two pigmen bumped into each other and immediately started fighting on the spot!

They quickly got carried away with the fight, and eventually started biting each other. In less than two minutes, one pigman had his throat torn apart and fell to the ground. The remaining pigman even tortured the corpse for almost a minute before gradually calming down... and then began to feast on his kin who had just been his companion.

This is the fundamental reason why pigmen, despite their abnormally high reproductive capacity and strong combat power, have been unable to expand their race. If a pigman can grow from a child to an adult in just one year, the price behind it is that at least ten times more of their own kind are needed as food to produce tall and strong pigman warriors!

Victor had no interest in these inferior creatures.

So all his attention was on the magic iron ore bed. The drow elf hadn't lied to him; it was a fairly obvious rich mine, with a lot of iron ore directly exposed on the surface, and a considerable amount of magic iron as well.

Before he could even roughly estimate how much the magic iron ore deposit could produce, the pigman who had just finished eating and drinking strolled over to Victor's location.

Then, from a distance of 100 meters, he spotted Viktor's figure at a glance.

His not-so-bright mind paused for a moment, then anger surged again, and he immediately opened his mouth and roared, "Awooo!!!"

The long, tearing sound immediately alerted the pigs wandering nearby.

The pigman who had spotted Viktor was already charging towards him.

Viktor could only sigh, glance at the minimap, and then at the pigman not far away... Whether it was good luck or bad luck, the pigman actually spotted him just outside the extreme distance of the minimap... And there weren't many obstructions here, so the guy saw him at a glance.

He originally didn't want to bother with these filthy and vile creatures, but since this guy insisted on courting death, he had no choice but to grant the pig-man's wish... and kill him!

Although pig-people are generally useless, their skin can still be used to make some decent clothes.

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