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Chapter 342 The Dwarf Kingdom is in big trouble

Master Tarbert's hometown is in the middle of the Hermon Mountains on the Hermon Peninsula in the Northland.

The Black Gate Peninsula is called the peninsula, but it is actually several times larger in area than the entire kingdom where the Magic Council is located.Deep into the sea from the northwest corner of the mainland, the majestic Hermon Mountains stand close to the coast in the west of the peninsula, cut to pieces by bays and rapids.

Further east of the Heimen Peninsula is a vast wasteland, which is covered with ice and snow for half of the year.Except for ice dragons, monsters, and great magicians with unique hobbies, only barbarians and giants can live there.Going south from the northernmost edge of the Great Wilderness, it takes two thousand miles to reach the northernmost border under the control of the Church of the Lord of Radiance.

——It is about the same distance from the peak of Igor to the Holy City of Glory.

And going east from the westernmost tip of the Heimen Peninsula, it takes almost two thousand miles to reach the capital of the barbarian kingdom.Cough, if that settlement in the wasteland can also be called the "capital"...

With such a vast wasteland, the ability to control the Church of the Lord of Radiance is naturally conceivable.As for the Magic Council, as long as they can send Master Tarbert and his party across the ocean and let them land safely, there is no need to worry about their safety.

In order to ensure safety on the way and escort the elders, entourage and a batch of valuable supplies, the Magic Council dispatched a precious alchemy ship: the Philosopher's Stone.

"So this is the alchemy ship?"

Gretel followed the crew onto the deck, looking left and right curiously.

The texture of the deck should be wood, but it exudes a metallic luster;

At the top of the mast, a silk-like thin sail fluttered, and the light flowed on it, flickering on and off;
At the front end of the bow, there is a statue of a beautiful woman with a human head and a snake body. The six arms of the beautiful woman are spread out, each holding a scepter, a sword, a scimitar, and a vase...

Gretel casually released [Detect Magic], and was almost dazzled by the aura on the weapon.

"That's right, this is the alchemy ship." Master Tarbert came to him cheerfully:
"Haven't you seen it? This ship uses the skeleton of a giant deep-sea whale as its keel and the skin of a monster as its sail. It is said that there are magic cannons on board. Little Gretel, it is said that half of the Mithril production you helped increase is used It’s a cannonball, the council and the fleet of the Lord of Radiance have fought fiercely recently!”

...so will we meet enemies at sea?

Gretel sweats profusely.I just hope that the route chosen by the ship is more reliable, the speed is faster, and it can arrive earlier...

No one lives on this boat!
The main reason is that the hull of the Golden Stone is not big.Limited by the size of the monster used as the keel, its length is only a little over 30 meters, and its width is only about ten meters.

Such a ship will be loaded with crew, cargo, Master Tarbert and his party, and the trade negotiation team sent by the parliament.It is conceivable what kind of accommodation conditions Gretel can have.

Gretel and Bernard, two people, only have one private room!
A single bed, a bedside table.The bed was only big enough for Gretel to sleep alone, and Bernard had to sleep on the floor regardless of his height or shoulder width.Forget it, the height of the ceiling is not enough for Bernard to straighten his back!

"Boss, I'm out!"

"where to?"

"Go arm wrestling with the dwarves!"

"Oh, restrain yourself, don't break your wrist!"

"Boss, I'm out!"

"where to?"

"Go out on deck and watch them furl the sails!"

"Understood, be careful when climbing the mast, don't get hurt!"

"Boss! I'm out!"

"where to?"

"Go fishing on deck!"

"Can the boat fish while it's moving?"

Bernard was running around on the boat, and Gretel wanted to stay quiet and read a book in a single room, but there was no chance.The group settled down on the boat, and the next morning, Gretel was invited into the room by the head of the negotiating team.

The living conditions of the head of the group are much more spacious than that of Gretel.Gretel's single room is on the lower deck, which is neither sunny nor ventilated; the captain's room is next to the captain's cabin on the upper deck. In addition to the bed, a square table and four chairs can be set up against the wall. wooden cabinet.Through the glass door of the wooden cabinet, even a set of shiny silver cutlery can be seen.

Gretel came in and sat down.Without saying anything, he greedily took a few breaths of fresh air—the cabin below was suffocating him to death!
The captain looked at him with a good-natured smile.When Gretel breathed through, he pointed his finger, and the kettle suddenly burst into steam:
"Tea or coffee?"

"...tea, thank you."

Gretel came back to look at him.The magician in front of him had curly brown hair with a lot of silver strands in it, obviously he was not young anymore.On the chest badge, two gold stars flash silently:
A great magician of the twelfth level.

According to the information obtained before coming here, the head of the negotiating team is surnamed Serrano, belongs to the Department of Transformation, specializes in alchemy, and is one of the vice presidents of the Alchemy Guild.

Archmage Serrano hooked his fingers slightly.Immediately, two thin legs grew out from under the kettle, jumping up and down by themselves.Seeing that Gretel was terrified, he wished that those two legs would become four, or at least three, so that he could jump more stably.

Fortunately, the kettle bounced quite steadily.Jumping all the way to the vicinity of the two, one leg stretched and the other shortened, hot water gurgled out of the spout, and quickly filled the teacup.Kettle regained his footing, curtseyed to the two of them, and jumped back all the way...

"I heard that you saved Master Tarbert?" Archmage Serrano said with a smile.Gretel came back to his senses and quickly replied:
"I just did what I was supposed to do. I'm a healer, seeing him in a dangerous situation, I can't just ignore him..."

"It's good that you saved him." Archmage Serrano nodded with a smile.He reviewed Gretel's information in his mind, and continued:
"I see that your follower has a good relationship with the dwarves. When we negotiate later, I may need your help to say something."

In terms of helping with negotiations, Gretel, as a magician, is naturally obliged.But he was thrown out temporarily, no one gave him background information, and no one told him the terms, rhythm and bottom line of the negotiation.Now that the great magician Serrano was talking about it, Gretel just asked:

"That... Your Excellency the Archmage, will we have trouble in this negotiation?"

"In the past, it was a routine contract renewal, just going through the motions. But this time the situation has changed a bit..."

The great magician Serrano spoke in detail.When Gretel heard it, he realized that the matter had something to do with him:
The dwarf kingdom, or the dwarf tribes one by one, exported all kinds of precious metals to the magic council, which has always been an important economic pillar of the dwarves.But before, Gretel developed the mithril smelting technology, allowing the dwarves to export mithril ore instead of exporting mithril...

One can imagine the price difference between finished metal ingots and primary products.

"In order to make up for the price difference, the dwarves need to mine more ore; in order to mine the ore, they have to import that...explosives." Archmage Serrano sighed:
"The work done by the dwarves has increased a lot, and the ore exported has also increased a lot, but the income has not increased; and, although we have given a lot of training to the dwarves, the explosives still caused a lot of casualties. The council received News, there are many dwarves, all unhappy with the council."

Get it, the scissors difference between a finished product and a premium product.The dwarves are not under the rule of the parliament, and they don't have such a good temper, so you can cut them with a click.

Moreover, it is really his fault that there will be such a change.

Gretel drew circles silently.Explosive casualties and so on can be solved by strengthening training, but the scissors are poor, the trade deficit...

Neither is so easy to solve.Although the dwarves don't necessarily know these words, it doesn't mean they don't have feelings.If it goes on like this, it will be a big trouble.

"The dwarves are our important allies. We must maintain friendship with them, and we cannot let them fall to the Church of the Lord of Glory. In another month, it will be the 400th birthday of the dwarf king, and many guests will come to congratulate them. Take you Come here to show our sincerity..."

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(End of this chapter)