Lord Helanza

This time, Surdak led the team into Pustule Mountain. In addition to carrying a large amount of cassava, there were also some reed mats, shade cloth and other materials on the carriage.

Luke led a few young villagers to put reed mats on a low wall surrounded by stones, which became the simplest work shed, and covered it with a layer of black shading cloth. The flying volcanic ash is kept outside the work shed, but if a large amount of volcanic ash is inhaled into the lungs, it will cause a lung disease that is difficult to cure.

In the beginning, the villagers who mined sulfur mines in the rocky area all wore scarves. Later, Selena came to the sulfur mine in the rocky area and saw that the villagers even had their faces when they slept. Covered with a scarf, when I returned to the village, I suggested to the old village chief to cover the tent with a shade cloth that can block the volcanic ash, so that at least I don’t have to cover my face when I go to bed at night.

Later, the mining villagers used stones to build a few roofless sheds, and those low tents gradually became useless.

Surdak led two hundred kobold slaves into the mines in the rocky area. These sheds can be used after a little tidying up, and this time they also brought reed mats and spread them in the sheds. The living conditions are better than last year. It got better in autumn.

The most scarce thing on the pustule mountain is the water source, but since the Water Condensation Technique magic scroll, this problem has been solved.

The most difficult thing is the natural environment here. The volcanic ash flying in the sky, the river of lava flowing freely, and occasionally you can bump into Fire Element demonic beasts such as salamanders, making this place full of dangers, only like Luke Such local people know that the flames of the volcanic crater on the pustule have been burning for nearly a hundred years, but it has never erupted, but occasionally some lava rivers flow from the top of the mountain.

The kobold slave sits honestly in the work shed. These kobolds have fluffy hair and have little communication with each other. They sit quietly on the reed mats, and only walk to the door of the work shed when they drink water. Next to the bucket, you will sit back where you are after drinking.

Seeing that the mining area has settled down here, worrying that Luke and the five villagers will not be able to suppress the two hundred kobold slaves, Surdak asked Andrew to stay.

The most shortage of sulfur mines here is not food, but water. Surdak handed a Water Condensation Technique Magic Talisman board to Luke. This metal Magic Talisman board consumes magic crystal fragments when it runs. As long as the magic crystal fragments are used up, they can be replaced in time. The Magic Talisman board can be used continuously. Apart from this, Surdak also gave Luke two Water Condensation Technique magic scrolls in case of emergency.

The magic metal rune board and magic scroll were bought in the magic shop in Pena City before he went to the plane of Maca. The war on the plane of Maca was over after a few times.

After dealing with these matters, Surdak took Samira, Gullitum, and Aphrodite out of the sulfur mine in the rocky area.

Looking at the volcano standing like a black chimney, the top of the mountain is densely covered with gray clouds and thick smoke. One after another dark red river of lava flows down from the mountain, but when it reaches the side of the mountain, the skin slowly Cooling, the formation of layers of limestone crust and lava undercurrent.

The surface of this lava river is covered with a black shine stone shell, which looks very hard, but in some places, the hard shell has just formed, and when you step in, it will easily collapse and break. It is very dangerous to plunge your feet into the lava.

Standing next to a lava river, it is the sulfur mine in this diverted lava river that is a large area of ​​turbulent rocks.

"Captain, did you lead Knight here?" The elf archer asked Surdak with a thick scarf on his face.

"Well, although the land here is barren, there is a large open sulphur mine here. As long as these sulphur mines are shipped out here, the lives of the whole village can be changed." Surdak led the horse. After walking a few steps forward, he pointed to the rocky area in front of him, and said to Samira.

Aphrodite is standing on a raised black rock, she gently lifted the black gauze on her face, and said with a smile to Surdak:

"If Not on foot, I thought I was back to hell."

Surdak put his hand on his forehead, and said to the next few people: "It’s not as bad as it seems here. These lava rivers just With a little guidance, you can flow into the abandoned land. Only the volcanic ash here is more troublesome to deal with..."

Surdak took the security squad members to leave the sulphur mine in the rocky area and follow the area marked on the sheepskin map. It took nearly a week to set up twenty-nine boundary markers on the edge of Knight’s collar. These boundary markers are basically taken from the spot. Find some eye-catching giant rocks, and draw their eye-catching arrows on them with white mortar and lime powder. , And write the words'Surdak Knight Collar' under the huge rock.

The northern part of Pustule Mountain is connected to the Paglos mountain range, and a part of the area passes through the peak of this volcano, and there is no boundary monument on that side for the time being.

But no matter what, the boundary markers of Knight's territory have been planted. Within the boundary markers are Surdak land. The canonization of Knight is not hereditary, which means that during the lifetime of Surdak, this place belongs to Surdak.

Because of the barren land, Surdak's Knight collar is much larger than the ordinary Knight collar. After erecting the boundary marker, he suddenly found that he had such a large piece of land, and Surdak's heart was full of flavours.

"Let's go, let's go back to the stone mountain mining area!" Surdak said to all his men.

"Captain, are we going to patrol here in the future to maintain law and order?" On the way back to the sulfur mine in the chaotic rock area, Ogre Gulitum asked a little nervously.

Surdak pulled the horse by the reins and stopped. The volcanic ash in this area is almost a foot thick. Whether it is an ogre or a Gubolai horse, it is very difficult to walk on it. He even considered whether to buy a few camels.

Surdak thought for a while, and said: "Most of the time, we won’t. The area we are mainly responsible for is in the dozens of natural villages near Wall Village to prevent bandit groups from plundering and attacking the villagers there. As for my Knight leads here, I don’t think there will be a band of robbers who can’t think of coming here!"

Ogre Gulitum heard Surdak say this before sighed in relief, patted his chest and said, "Oh, then Okay, the environment here is really terrible!"

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When we returned to the sulfur mine again, the second batch of materials team from Wall Village just arrived at the mine. Standing in the carriage of a truck, dozens of kobold slaves were instructed to carry cassava, scones and some dried vegetables to the warehouse. These kobold slaves were in much better condition than they were a week ago, perhaps because they were full. The fluff all over his body looked very smooth. Although the movements were a little slower, no one was lazy.

"Unload the last truck of cassava before you can rest..." Luke yelled, "Who moves the most, reward him with a bran multigrain pie for dinner!"

The kobold slaves came out of the rocky area one after another with the rattan baskets on their backs, and then recorded the number of sulfur ore delivered in the temporary warehouse, and then put down the rattan baskets and joined the unloading army, in order to avoid these kobolds Slaves are lazy. Luke stipulates that these kobold slaves must dig a certain amount of sulfur ore before they are eligible for dinner. Obviously these kobold slaves have rich mining experience and can complete their daily tasks on time. Even in the places where some villagers have dug, the kobold slave will re-dig some sulfur mines.

"Duck, I discovered that these kobolds are born as a group of miners, and it won't take long for us to completely hollow out this area." Luke said to Surdak with a look of excitement.

He took Surdak to see the harvest in the last week. A large pile of sulfur ore was piled outside Luke's residence, just like a small hill.

The four-wheeled trucks that have finished unloading the food are all gathered here. A group of kobold slaves are loading sulfur ore into the carriages. They are much quicker, and each kobold slave looks good, at least The numb and hollow eyes regained a gleam of brilliance.

"When I return to the village of Wall, I will return to Helanza City to complete my studies. The kobolds here will be managed by you. Be careful. If anything goes wrong, I must give up here decisively. Everything Wait until I come back, don't be aggressive." Surdak glanced at the majestic pustule mountain, he was a little worried about the salamanders that might emerge from the mountain at any time.

Luke didn’t care much, he said to Surdak confidently, “I know, I’ll take care of these kobolds, Duck.”

It’s dinner time. , Luke’s entire group became a man again. The two villagers carried a big pot and poured the cassava porridge cooked in it into a big wooden barrel. Luke was standing on the big wooden barrel with a spoon in his hand. Behind, the group of kobold slaves formed a long line. Each kobold slave had a large wooden bowl in his hand. Luke put a spoonful of cassava porridge into the bowl, and another villager actually took it Grab a piece of salted radish in another big tub and share it with the kobolds.

Andrew walked to Surdak's side at this time, and Surdak asked him: "These kobolds have been so honest the past few days?"

"Recently, they have always been like this. "Andrew wears a thick scarf around his neck. He doesn't wear armor on his upper body. He wears a pair of trousers with his bronze upper body. The outfit is as unique as it is unique.

Surdak patted Andrew's shoulder and said: "Tomorrow we will return to Wall Village. You, Samira, Gulitum and I will return to Helanza City. We have to rush back to the guard camp to report."

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"Then here...?" Andrew asked a little worried.

"Temporarily hand over to Luke's management." Surdak resolutely and decisively said.

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Early the next morning, Surdak led a group of members of the security team and left with the four-wheeled carriage full of sulfur mines and went back to Wall Village.

When passing the Beigou pasture, a large area of ​​"Unthirst" has grown on the shore where the last bit of pool water is temporarily stored at the bottom of the ditch. This is the most common weed in this Desolate Land, except for the yellow sheep. In addition, other animals do not eat this weed that is full of thorns and does not have many leaves.

Sure enough, on the side of the Beigou pasture, Surdak found a group of yellow sheep in the village, a half-old child lying on the sunny soil slope with his eyes closed and basking in the sun.

Aphrodite looked at this pasture with interest, and since she walked out of the range of the pustule mountain, her mood improved again.

In the lower reaches of the river bend, a large group of kobold slaves are digging a river in a frenzy way. According to Surdak’s vision, if you want to manage this large beach in the lower reaches of the river bend, you must dig beside the beach. An artificial canal is opened, and only by diverting the abundant rainwater that has gathered here from both sides of the valley in the rainy season, the large tracts of tidal flats here can become fertile land.

At the end of this artificial canal is a large naturally formed crack. It is a dozen or more li away from Wall Village, and two slopes have to be dug in the middle. The former head of the village Bright It’s not that I haven’t thought about remediating this tidal flat, but it’s already a huge amount of work and it’s halfway through. Now Surdak has suddenly brought back more than a thousand kobold slaves, except for two hundred kobolds who were sent into the sulfur mine at the foot of Yaobao Mountain. The kobold slaves were all decisively invested in the excavation of artificial canals by the old village chief.

When Surdak entire group returned to Wall Village, 800 kobolds had dug out the artificial water canal in the river bend for nearly two kilometers. This section was the easiest to excavate because of the accumulation of a large amount of silt and sand. In the engineering section, the harder it will be to jump to the back, especially the two slopes that pass through, where almost all limestone layers are underneath. I'm afraid it will take a little bit of digging out with a chisel and hammer.

In fact, Surdak has some other ideas. He is wondering if he can make black powder, and he still knows the basic knowledge of mononitrate, disulfide and charcoal.

It is said that there were alchemy potions similar to black powder in the Hextech era, but with the demise of the goblin era, the black powder could not be passed down. If this thing came to blast the river, it is estimated to open the river. It can be much simpler.

Although the Grimm Empire does not have black powder, it has another alternative-the fire-scale bomb. When guarding the city of Vojmara, Surdak also saw this kind of fire-scale bomb. Formidable power, that thing is like a Molotov cocktail filled with gasoline. After being ignited, it is thrown out, and then it explodes with a bang, splashing a huge spark, and everything that is touched by the fire scale will burn.

Whether it’s fire-scale bombs or the development of black powder, Surdak feels that this kind of professional work should be done by professionals. After returning to Helanza City, he will find a chance to meet Ferdinand scholar. Maybe he will give himself some good suggestions, maybe he was inspired by himself and developed the black powder directly...

'The formula for this ultimate weapon is better in his own hands. . 'Surdak thought.

The entrance to the village of Wall has become a lively market. Some four-wheeled trucks in the carriage brought a lot of cassava, which greatly exceeded Surdak’s expectations. Now the old village head is already at the entrance of the village. Five warehouses were built, and each warehouse was almost full of cassava. These cassava might be enough for these kobold slaves to eat for two or three months.

However, some four-wheel carriages full of cassava still appeared at the mountain pass. They drove continuously from Helanza City and brought a lot of cassava.

The old village chief Bright is sitting on a chair with a sad face. He is surrounded by a group of businessmen. There are more than a dozen carriages filled with cassava. Selena is holding an account book. Standing behind the old village head, it seems that the negotiation atmosphere is not very good...