Chapter 47 Regression and Digressions
William looked at these guys who were dazzled by the temptation of fine gold with a wry smile, and they used all kinds of "coercion and temptation". They were really rich and touching, and even the "loyal and honest" dwarves couldn't resist, or There is no resistance at all, the charm of pure gold is so great? .

William was noncommittal about Sunderland's compliment. He actually didn't want to give up this piece of pure gold. He could rely on it for his goose feather knife, not to mention that Phinia's ice ax was also damaged by him. Yes, after removing the consumption of casting the knife, the remaining adamantine should be enough to make a new battle ax for the half-giant.

William yelled a few times to stop the quarrel between the four, and he smirked and said, "Have you forgotten how this piece of pure gold came from?" William pointed to the cave, "It should be impossible for the kobolds to get it from other people by themselves." Did you move in here?"

The four of them were taken aback for a moment, and followed William's fingers to look at the kobold cave dully. "Holy shit! Arifin (god of elven dexterity and thieves)! Is this an adamantine mine?!" "Oh! Damn it! Those bugs that go to hell! We might be on the upswing! Hahaha! "Four "greedy" guys cheered and ran into the cave, and launched an "attack" on the cave's stone wall.

Singers' pickaxe, Togg's war hammer, Elf's elven rapier (?), Sunderland didn't care to hide her identity as a magician anymore, she took out a simple spell book, and put her The fifth-level spell slot was converted into [Fossil into Mud], which was fired against the stone wall.The fifth-level arcane spells that could originally affect two cubic areas with a side length of twelve feet, because of the existence of iron ore in the stone wall, the effect of the spell was reduced by three quarters, and two mixed streams of sand and stone poured down instantly. , Two potholes of more than three feet appeared on the stone wall.

Sunderland, who blessed himself with [The Power of the Bull], [The Elegance of the Cat], [The Insight of the Owl] and [Dark Vision], is completely like a scavenger rummaging through the rubbish. She rummaged through the fine gold, but the dwarf's torch not far away interfered a lot with her vision. The female archon had to cancel the [Dark Vision], but released two [Light Spells] around her as illumination.A little purple-blue light flashed through her pupils. Sunderland pushed away the ore and sand around her, and a piece of pure gold the size of an egg appeared in front of her eyes. The pure gold was also found by the Archon.

Sunderland's harvest completely stimulated the other three diggers, and several people "attacked" the stone wall even more frantically. Unfortunately, things backfired. The two dwarves failed to find any more gold until they were exhausted. It's "you can't steal a lot of rice", the slender elf rapier not only has no effect on the stone wall, but it was broken into two pieces due to excessive force. The little guy ran back to William with a sad face, holding his beloved weapon with Finia Sad, poor Phinea is "depressed" at his broken axe.

Singers and Torger reluctantly gave up their futile and blind behavior. Sunderland, who did not have the [Fossil to Mud] spell, also stopped tossing the pile of sand and stones that had been rummaged several times. Although the fine gold harvested was not There are many (except for William), but it is a great joy to be able to prove that this is a fine gold associated mine, and everyone has launched a fierce debate on the possession of this mine.

As an outsider, William wisely announced that his family of three would give up the right to distribute the mine. He didn't want to be tied down in the small place of Mirabar, and Elf reluctantly withdrew from the competition.As compensation, the elf received the dwarf's fist-sized piece and Sunderland's egg-sized piece of fine gold as hush money, and the remaining two smaller pieces of fine gold from Sunderland belonged to William and the three of them. The work on the weapons was done by Singers and Togg, while the flux was handled by Sunderland.

In principle, Sunderland, Singers, and Togger will each occupy 30.00% of the mine vein, and the remaining [-]% will be turned over to the "Yaoshi" council as a tax. Of course, if the council doesn't notice it , the [-] percent interest will be used as a source of public expenditure.

As for the lord's decree, "If the capital has a 50.00% profit, it will take risks; if it has a [-]% profit, it will dare to trample on all laws in the world; if it has a [-]% profit, it will dare to commit crimes." commit any crime, and even risk being hanged." Ma Dashen's words are applicable even in other worlds, not to mention this kind of almost costless business.

Excited to find the treasure, a group of people sealed the entrance of the cave, and then cleaned up the monsters near the cave. The two scavengers who survived a few days ago also failed to escape everyone. The "poisonous hands" were taken away by William and others.Before leaving, Sunderland, who had recovered his spell slot, cast [Turn Mud into Stone] on the gravel at the entrance, completely blocking the entrance of the kobold lair and covering it with spells.

The originally boring return trip became brisk because of unexpected gains, although the gloomy and dark underground world always makes people feel depressed and gloomy.When they got back to the ground and looked at the vast sky, everyone felt relieved. William felt that the whole person became cheerful, and the little girl shouted excitedly. The loss of broken weapons.This silly girl has always been worried about the scrapping of the ice giant axe, even if William promised to recast her a new adamantine battle axe, it could not make the female half-giant any less sad, which made the man who was the culprit extremely sad. distressed.

With the fine gold that can be used to cast knives, William began to learn dwarf casting technology from old Singers. In fact, most of Faerun's smelting technology is in the oldest stage of "block smelting", and dwarves are born with great strength. At the same time, he is obsessed with forging, and can almost forge relatively high-quality smelting steel with or without consciousness. Of course, occasionally there are relatively outstanding masters who have mastered the "steel frying method" or "steel pouring method" smelting technology, but these masters rarely pass on the secret skills they have explored for hundreds of years to others, including their own relatives and disciples.

This is not because the dwarves cherish their brooms. They hope that young children can discover these secrets by themselves in their later lives. Being able to discover new metal smelting techniques is the greatest affirmation and encouragement for a dwarf craftsman. The older generation of dwarves does not want to Deprive young dwarf artisans of the joy of watching their children squeal with excitement as they re-invent new methods of smelting.Although the starting point of the dwarf's behavior is good, it does hinder the development of the entire Faerun's smelting level.

Of course, in some mysterious mage towers, the metal smelting technology has reached the atomic level, but this cannot fundamentally solve the overall backwardness of the world's smelting technology.

And compared to improving smelting technology, most blacksmiths are more willing to look for better metal materials, such as fine gold, mithril, cold star iron, etc., only need to spend a little effort to create magic weapons beyond imagination , the premise is that you can play with these special "babies".

This situation also obviously exists in other fields. Taking martial arts as an example, the improvement of martial arts level is mutual.Two people who are hostile to each other, one of them has an advantage because of studying combat skills, the other will be in a disadvantaged position in the battle, and in order to regain the disadvantage, he will work harder to improve his martial arts and even surpass his opponent, while the first one In order to regain the original advantage, people will definitely find ways to improve their skills again, and this is the most direct reason for the improvement of martial arts level.

The main enemies of the warriors of Faerûn are the monsters everywhere.Among all the monsters, humanoid monsters like goblins, kobolds, and jackals, which are about the same size as humans or smaller, are generally in a relatively primitive and barbaric state.Human fighters don't need to study any combat skills when facing them. They can defeat or even crush them as long as they wear better armor, have some combat experience, and even don't need skills.

As for large monsters like ogres and trolls, which are similar to "one power down ten times", it is useless to study even the most exquisite martial arts in a short period of time. With the help of some more ingenious tactical cooperation, or there are simpler and more Direct tactics, such as using magic power, whether it is direct damage attack spells or auxiliary spells to improve the state, are much more effective than spending years or even decades studying martial arts, and of course it saves a lot of trouble.

In fact, as long as they are carefully cultivated, basically most ordinary people in Faerun have the aptitude and talent to become spellcasters, as long as the person's brain is not too stupid.The magic net treats everyone fairly. Except for the obstacles and restrictions deliberately set by the goddess of magic, the real factor that restricts a person from becoming a spellcaster is the problem of resources. The resource consumption of each spellcaster in the process of growth is extremely alarming. of.

To use the words of a comparative society, "productivity determines the relationship of production". Due to the low production level of the whole society, the social resources for the growth of spellcasters are limited. Therefore, in order to make the best use of these limited resources, elite education is absolutely necessary. Indispensably, only those lucky ones with outstanding talents or excellent luck are eligible to grow into powerful spellcasters.

Under normal circumstances, a successful mage will spend most of his time in his mage tower or laboratory, studying the principles and knowledge of arcane or other mysterious fields. Occasionally, due to some needs or interests, he may go to a certain Travel to a different place or another plane.But most spellcasters are in a poor state at the beginning of their growth. Even if his (her) family is a wealthy nobleman, it is difficult to afford the consumption of magic learning period. Therefore, young spellcasters have to travel and take risks. to obtain the resources they need, and some spellcasters will attach themselves to a certain powerful force to obtain the resource support of the other party.

Sunderland is a young mage who is half-attached to Mirabar City. She secretly provides some magic services for the Marquis of Larim, such as influencing the resolutions of certain councilors through [Suggestion]. As for whether she has used magic to influence That's hard to say for the stupid Marquis.

(End of this chapter)

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