The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 46 Dividing the spoils
Fine gold, as one of the hardest metals known in the world, is resistant to high temperature, corrosion, and dissociation. It can burn runes and absorb magic energy. In addition to being too heavy, it is not easy to process, and it is difficult to find these shortcomings. Adamantite can be said to be the best magic metal.The density of fine gold is five times that of steel, its toughness is comparable to that of pure gold, and it is extremely resistant to high temperatures. It cannot be melted even in magma, but it will float on the surface of magma because it absorbs enough heat energy.

The fine gold ore that exists in the natural world of Faerun does not need smelting and purification. Once this purple-gold treasure is dug out, it will be a pure metal with extremely high purity. The key is how to process it into a finished product.In ancient legends, there are only two ways to process and transform fine gold. One is the gastric juice of the super giant deep underground - the earth beast. This monster that eats metal and rock looks like a giant slug A hybrid with a sea turtle, using its gastric juice and a special spell can slightly soften the surface of the fine gold, so that it can be engraved or elongated, but a piece of fine gold the size of a fist must be completely processed into the shape of a long sword , its material consumption is quite astonishing.

Nowadays, the dark elves who use the most widely used fine gold products mainly rely on this method, and the popularity of a drow family's fine gold products also represents the strength of the family. Among them, in the most famous city of Menzoberranzan in the Underdark, The most powerful families even used pure gold to make the fence around the family (of course, one of the reasons is to beat the swollen face to pretend to be fat), and its strength can be seen.

And the other method is just a legend. It is said that the pure gold can be modified and processed arbitrarily by using the divine fire of the god itself, but no one can prove this statement, except the god himself.

However, people's processing and utilization of fine gold was changed in the era of the Great Empire of Netheril. A great genius mage invented a potion. Through this special flux, people can change it by heating like lead and tin. The shape of pure gold will return to the essence of pure gold after it cools down.The birth of flux expanded the scope of human beings’ use of fine gold, which to a certain extent promoted the rise of the floating city, because many important components of the floating city can only be supported by the performance of fine gold.Unfortunately, with the fall of the floating city, the formula for making the flux was also lost. Later adventurers found the incomplete formula in the ruins of Netheril, but this semi-finished product synthesized by the incomplete formula did not have the original auxiliary formula. Flux is so powerful and so expensive.

In the following years, at some point, a new method of using adamantine was born. Through special magic materials, people can combine adamantine and other metals to take advantage of their strengths, and refine a new method that contains adamantine. Most of the excellent properties, but not so heavy and difficult to process the shortcomings of the alloy, but this technology has aroused the hatred of two races, dwarves and gnomes.Most dwarves believe that this method is the patent of the soul forger - Moradin, and passed down the precious wealth of the dwarves through the secret guard under the mountains - Dumathoin (because the first dwarf known to master this technology Priest of Dumathoin), himself the first race to make this adamantium alloy (in fact, adamantium alloy was widely used in Netheril thousands of years ago).

The dwarves think that alloy technology is the spark of wisdom - the magical invention of Gal Flash Gold (the head of the dwarf gods). Unlike the dwarves who process alloys on an anvil, the dwarves prefer to complete the operation in the alchemy laboratory. It was the first race to introduce this technology into the human world (after the fall of Netheril), so some humans believed that dwarf alchemists were the inventors of alloy technology.

As a result, conflicts arose. The dwarves and dwarves, who were originally brothers and sisters, turned against each other. Although the two races were relatively restrained and did not have much fighting, it is true that they have been strangers since then.Of course, there must be other reasons for the two races to turn against each other, but people are more willing (or deliberately) to believe that one formula caused the filth of the two.

Weapons made of fine gold are inherently armor-piercing and magic-absorbing. Almost no armor (except fine gold itself) can withstand the attack of fine gold weapons, even the thick skin of a dragon can break through, if not Fine gold is too dense and heavy, and it is also the best material for making protective gear.

Due to the over-mining of Netheril's great empire, it is now rare to find fine gold deposits on the surface, only occasionally found in the relatively remote underground world, which has made pure gold unpopular in the human world. It is rare and expensive. Now the value of fine gold is about two thousand gold coins per pound, but the auxiliary medicine of the same value will be consumed when it is processed into finished products. If labor costs are added, it will cost at least five thousand gold coins. The most critical point It is pure gold that has a price but is in short supply.

It is definitely an extremely joyful thing to be able to find fine gold in the kobold's cave. Old Singers and Togg excitedly rummaged through the kobold's ore pile, hoping to find more fine gold, It is a pity that they were disappointed. After searching all the ore piles, the two of them did not find the second piece of pure gold. The dwarf sat on the pile of ore in frustration and stared blankly at the fist-sized piece of pure gold. Sunderland and Love Elf also sighed unwillingly.Only Misha'er, who had no idea about fine gold, was squatting beside her, looking at this and that, imitating the others with great interest, and sighing with a sad face. She tried to touch the purple-black ore, but couldn't. Pushed away roughly by the one-eyed dwarf, the little girl squatted on the ground with tears in her eyes.

Because he was concerned about his knife casting plan, William also asked Singers about the metal materials in this world a few days ago, and he was also very concerned about the top metal material such as fine gold.However, he didn't mix with the dwarves to find the kobold's property. Just now, he smashed Phinia's ice giant ax with an axe. William obviously felt that there was a foreign object that was too hard in the stone wall, so he picked it up. The broken giant ax scraped away the rocks and debris around the hard foreign object little by little, and soon a purple-gold scratch appeared on the stone wall—fine gold.

William excitedly scraped away the stone layer around the fine gold, and finally the purple-gold material was revealed. A piece of fine gold raw ore the size of a human head fell to the ground with a "boom", causing the ground to tremble violently.The few people who were startled by the sound of the ore falling to the ground raised their heads and did not come to check. He (she) was still immersed in frustration. Only the little girl ran over, looked at the ore that William was playing with, and said happily "Ah! William! This piece is too big! The bad guy won't let Misha'er touch his little one! Humph! I want to show the cheapskate the bigger one! He's mad at him! Oh! How can I move it?" Don't move! Ah—!" The excited little girl tried to lift the piece of pure gold, but unfortunately she couldn't shake it at all.

Can it not be heavy?Even the fist-sized piece in the dwarf's hand would weigh more than a dozen pounds, not to mention this piece of pure gold that was bigger than his head. William looked at Misha'er who was blushing from trying to move the pure gold, and laughed. He stretched out his hand to stop the little girl's reckless behavior: "Okay little guy! Don't waste your energy! This little thing weighs hundreds of pounds! Let me do it!"

The little girl gave up her efforts angrily, walked around the pure gold ore, watched her brother pick it up with his hands together, and strode out of the cave with slightly heavy steps.She ran back to the cave with a smile on her face, and showed off to Singers who was trying to dig through the kobold ore again: "Hehe! I told you not to touch it for Misha! Huh! William found a bigger one! It's bigger than your head Big!" The little girl gestured with both hands.

"Let's play! Little one! You can't even lie! If William can find such a large piece of pure gold, I can even get Moradin's war hammer (artifact)!" Togg laughed at the little girl disdainfully.

The speaker was not interested in the listener, and Sunderland suddenly turned his head and stared at the little girl for a long time, an artifact?Isn't the artifact right on the head of this little girl?William can even pick up artifacts in the wild, and other incredible things are impossible.The female consul's eyes intertwined with Elf's, and the two looked at each other for a while, and at the same time screamed, jumped up and ran out: "William! I have a share of the fine gold! Don't take it all!"

According to the unwritten unspoken rules of Faerun's adventure group, regardless of the contribution of each adventure member, each member has a share of the harvest during the adventure process. As for the specific distribution, it is up to the respective leaders and members to coordinate with each other.Occasionally, it is not uncommon to have infighting due to uneven distribution. Of course, once this happens, the team will be abolished, because the entire continent is full of monsters, and the casualties of adventure members are consumed very quickly. No one wants to join this kind of notoriety. Notable groups, including evil races.

Caressing a treasure worth tens of millions, a few greedy guys are drooling and ugly, Sunderland fully shows the true qualities of a consul in a city of trade, arguing with the two dwarves who ran out after the "trophy" in a very unladylike manner Of course, she was not fighting for the interests of the city behind her, but for herself; the elf also screamed and recounted her achievements.

William hugged the little girl and Phinea watched enthusiastically from the sidelines. Excitedly, the little girl played the side drums for Elf who was close to her from time to time. She was deliberately avenging the dwarf's previous rudeness.

At the end of the quarrel, several people quarreled dryly, but there was no result.Sunderland, who was thirsty from the noise and was about to drink some water, noticed William standing beside him and sneered. This cheeky female consul was not at all naive as before. He gestured, and then said loudly with an elegant demeanor: "Stop making noise! ​​William found the item! Of course, Mr. William... decides how to distribute it! Hehe! Mr. William! As a person, I have provided you with enough adventure potions Partner, I hope to get the compensation I deserve! And I am the only one who can find enough flux! Hehe!"

Sunderland's eyes were full of kindness and concern, and William also smiled, but it is unknown what he thinks in his heart.

(End of this chapter)