While Lao Zewang was leading the beast girls to carry grain to the Xinliu Valley, I took Caterina to the Magic Seal Workshop to check the engraving of the Giant Crossbow Arrow, the Fire Gathering Spell Talisman and the Miniature Tornado Talisman Plate, and the four old dwarf craftsmen happened to be on the Magic Seal Workshop, and they were replacing a magic marker with new gears.After several months of debugging and operation, the old dwarf craftsman has basically mastered the core working principle of the magic engraving machine, but due to the limitations of metal materials and processing technology, there has been no way to make a more tough and wear-resistant transmission mechanism and core device.Katerina and I walked into the Magic Seal Workshop and happened to see four old dwarven craftsmen leaning together, scooping out a washbasin-sized yellow-orange-orange gear from a kerosene trough made of magical red copper and copper alloy, a metal material that, while slightly softer, was not as brittle as cast iron, and was easier to work with.They carefully hoisted the gears with scaffolding, pressed them on the spindle of the marking punch, and inserted them precisely into the middle of the other gears, and the marking punch and the magic printing machine became a whole.The ground was covered with oil, but the old dwarf craftsmen stood in the oil without care, and one of the old dwarf craftsmen had a pipe in his mouth, and every time he rubbed his mouth, the shell sparks would fly out of the pipe, which made my heart tremble, and I was worried that this little spark would fall on the kerosene and ignite the fire, and explain all the old fellows here.A few of the old dwarf craftsmen didn't see me and Caterina walking into the workshop, and they sat side by side on the polished drive shaft next to the oil sump, intending to take a breather.An old dwarf craftsman sighed and said, "It would be nice to get some of our refined carbon steel, which would at least extend the life of these gears by five times, copper gears are only suitable for making clocks, and copper gears for such large machinery are really stupid." ”"And what can be done?
This is the capital of Gründi, not our Stan City, so don't think about those unrealistic things. ”Another old dwarf craftsman said sullenly."
The Dwarven Realm and the Grimm Empire have always had this kind of trade, maybe you can buy refined steel in the imperial capital."
Said the third old dwarf craftsman."
But even if we can buy back the blanks of refined steel, what can we do, with these files in our hands?"
The dwarven craftsman with his muffled voice poured cold water on the topic.The old dwarf who spoke first said, "Let's think of a way to see how to make these magic seal machines run more stably, even if it's a percentage point or two." ”The dwarves raised their heads, and their eyes fell on the huge magic marker in front of them, which was accompanied by a roar, and had begun to print the giant crossbow arrows, and a female dwarf used crucible pliers to quickly clamp the red-hot crossbow arrows into the die, and with another loud bang, the engraving molds were put together, and the engraving was opened after a short stay for a few seconds.The color of the six red-hot giant crossbow arrows became dim, leaving a clear red copper magic pattern on it, and the female dwarf pinned the six giant crossbow arrows into the large iron frame next to it, and then a special female dwarf was responsible for checking that the magic pattern circle on these giant crossbow arrows could work normally.An old dwarf craftsman sighed, "I wonder how those goblin inventors did it in the days when the goblins were at the height of their savvy Hex." ”"Maybe the answers can be found in the surviving drawings."
An old dwarf said a joke, he felt a figure behind him shake, turned to see me, and with a hint of excitement in his cloudy eyes, he said to me, "Lord Jijia, it's been a long time since I've seen you come to the Magic Seal Workshop. ”For the dwarves, they like to live in caves, and have made this place their home after living in the underground warehouse for almost two months.I nodded to a few of the old dwarf artisans and pulled a bottle of white wine out of my magic belt bag and gave it to them.Although the dwarves have always loved barley wine, occasionally they like to taste some other kinds of wine."
Oh, good lord Giga, thank you for remembering that we like to drink, oh, a bottle of white wine with the year written on it."
An old dwarf wiped the oil from his hands, took the bottle, and squinted at the words on the bottle.The old dwarf's seemingly joking words touched me deeply, and I remembered that when I was searching for the blueprints of the magic engraver, among the many parchments left by the Hextech Masters, in addition to the magic machinery that combines magic and technology, there are some other aspects of knowledge in those parchments.It's just that in the era of the goblin Hex, whether it was alchemy, magic apothery, or other disciplines, it was far less famous than the magic machinery invented by the goblin engineers, and even after thousands of years, there are still some shadows of goblins in some ancient ruins.Even if the gods want to erase this inglorious history, some magical machines have been completely integrated into the human world.I once saw a page depicting a drawing of an alchemist cutting a piece of metal with a knife in a metal plate.It was a strange looking picture, the alchemist licked his lips slightly, and his eyes radiated greed and joy, which made me think that the painting was very annoying, and perhaps it was because of this that I had a desire to know what this alchemist was doing.So, I asked the senior in the Water Magicians' Guild who was proficient in linguistics to translate this passage to me, and I learned that among the magic conversion potions that alchemists had configured, there was a very magical potion called a metal softener.Unfortunately, I was so engrossed in the Magic Marker that I lost my hand when I realized that the page had nothing to do with the Magic Marker.I didn't know the level of forging in the Grimm Empire before, and in the eyes of the dwarves, I was so backward, I obviously had the blueprints, but I couldn't process the parts.At this time, I remembered the parchment, and it dawned on me that it might also be a page related to the magic engraving machine.So I said to a few old dwarves: "I once saw a chapter on a piece of parchment about various co-solvents and softeners, and it said that there was a magic potion called a metal softener, which, if applied to the surface of the metal, could be made as soft as fresh cheese, and that the metal could be easily cut into any desired shape with a tableknife, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror. ”"Is there really such a magical alchemy potion?"
Several old dwarf craftsmen asked me in unison."
Whether it's true or not, let's go to the drawing collection room and have a look."
I smiled and said to the dwarfs.Unexpectedly, when the dwarves heard that they were going to the drawing collection room again, they all shook their heads like rattles.There were even old dwarves who complained directly: "Oh my God!
I had to go to see the obscure goblins, the dwarves hated the tadpole-shaped words, and I would rather stay here and wash the case with kerosene than figure out what the goblins meant. ”No dwarf wanted to go into the drawing room, so I didn't have to be particularly reluctant, so I took Caterina to the magic collection to find the alchemical recipe for the metal softener.When I passed through Sister Guoguo's frozen stone room, I also opened the seal of the stone chamber and took the opportunity to check the state of the ice tablet in the stone room.Scholar Sean told me that the reason why Sister Guoguo's water elemental body is like this means that Sister Guoguo is assimilating this ice monument little by little, and once her body completely disappears into the ice monument, it means that Sister Guoguo has completely transformed into an ice elemental body, and gradually occupies this ice monument.I stroked the surface of the ice monument with both hands, staring at Sister Guoguo's delicate face.Caterina stood beside me, also looking at Sister Guoguo with a gloomy face, and asked me, "For so many years, you have been looking for a way to revive her?"
”I nodded silently and said to Katarina: "I also found out that Sister Guoguo's remnants of the soul in the shackles of war were only three years ago, and I found that she slowly became an elemental body, but she has not been able to wake up because of her broken soul, and what worries me the most is that once Sister Guoguo's water elemental body awakens and has primary wisdom, then that water elemental body will completely encroach on Sister Guoguo's remnant soul, and it is precisely for this reason that I will ask Sean Scholar to seal Sister Guoguo's water elemental body in the ice tablet." ”"Fortunately, I have found a way to awaken Sister Guoguo's broken soul, and I have also gathered the soul gems and soul horns, and the ancient altar also has some clues, so I have not acted for a long time because I need to accumulate some strength, you know, what is blocking my path is a group of fourth-level demonic beast swamp flying dragons."
I said to Katerina.Katerina stared at me in disbelief and asked, "Are you sure it's a group and dragons?"
”"That's what Moraya mailed me in the video."
I'm not going to hide anything about it."
So you've been preparing for the dragon slaying all along?
Including building a town in the Trum area?
”Caterina asked me."
I built the town of Trum and bought a territory from the Duke of Samoyed, also so that I could have the title of noble earl."
I said to Katarina.She knows the Hiero plane very well, and she also has this deeper affection for the small town of Trum."
Guarding the Ancient Altar is a group of swamp wyverns?"
Katerina asked me.I nodded at her and said, "You can also call them swamp dragons, they are the real masters of the jungle swamps, according to Takama. ”Walked out of Sister Guoguo's ice room, re-attached a seal to the big stone door at the door of Sister Guoguo's stone room, and then walked into the drawing collection room on the other side, and began to flip through the recipe for metal softening and inside.In fact, there are many types of drawings and recipes on these shelves, and it took Katerina and I a lot of work to find this recipe drawing.With this recipe in my hand, I nodded to Caterina and said, "This is it!"
”It was only when I unfolded the recipe drawings and saw that there were detailed annotations that I learned about this metal softener.However, a new problem was born, and I am not an alchemist, so I can't understand the refining method of these alchemy recipes at all.At this time, Caterina reminded me by her side: "Jijia, the airship over there in the airport town is almost time to dock, shall we go to the airport?"
”"Well, is that airship going to anchor so soon?
Hurry up, we can't keep Ma and Spee waiting too long at the airport!
”I hurried out of the drawing room and left the Valley of the Willows with Katarina.After more than 100 beast girls emptied the two warehouses, their physical strength began to slowly decline, and there was no longer the same speed as at the beginning.Even so, the orcs gritted their teeth and insisted on carrying the mountains of materials piled up in the warehouse.I greeted the old orc Zewang and motioned for him to return to the Valley of the Willow with the orcs.The old orc Zewang nodded to me to signal that he understood, and waved his hand at me again, which led the orc girls back to Xinliu Valley with the supplies.I stood on the horse-tethered stake in front of the gate of the airport town, and at a glance I saw the horse and the spei in the crowd, the two of them walking out of the airport with the flow of people, the horse wearing a black magic robe, which stood out in the crowd.Si Pei wore a delicate leather armor skirt with a knight's sword hanging from her waist, which was very common among aristocratic girls in the imperial capital.The two of them walked out of the crowd, and immediately saw me waiting at the door, so they forced a passage out of the crowd, and ran to me with an excited face, and the horse stretched out his only intact arm and hugged me tightly."
Why are you here now?
I've been waiting here in the imperial capital for so long!
”I patted the horse on the back and said to him warmly.Ma looked at the scale of the Imperial Capital Airport Town, and said to me with a smile: "Jijia, you are right, the Imperial Capital is really big!"
”The horse stretched out his only intact arm and hugged me tightly."
Why are you here now?
I've been waiting here in the imperial capital for so long!
”I patted the horse on the back and said to him warmly.Ma looked at the scale of the Imperial Capital Airport Town, and said to me with a smile: "Jijia, you are right, the Imperial Capital is really big!"
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