Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 65 The Needle Is Good

The lord is not a fool, and he has no hobby to waste animal power;

The reason why he specially set aside a car to transport this huge pickled idiot was not that he had nothing to do when he was full.

In fact, it is precisely because of the existence of this "Babylonian dense-grained steel" safe that the previous "elven plant robbery plan", which was a complete failure, was completely lost in the end.

Although Wilf, the elf in the safe, has no unique value so far except for being eye-catching;
But this heavy and sturdy safe itself is a precious treasure!
"Han Feizi: Foreign Reserve Said Top Left" tells a story of "buying a casket for a pearl", but for Xia Houyan, the Wilf in the safe is not like a "pearl" but a "pig", and this insurance The cabinet itself is actually made of magic metal "Babylonian dense grain steel"!

What is magic metal?
Magic metal is the brightest pearl in the crown of the empire's millennium metal smelting history. It is the darling of the marriage between natural resources and human ingenuity under the magic principle. It is the most precious and rare treasure!

Although "Babylonian fine grained steel" is only one of the most common and cheap of all magical metal types, it does not mean that it can be equal to ordinary metal!
Why would a magician, who is so vulnerable and desperately in need of protection during spell casting, not walk into battle in heavy armor himself, but be protected by an entire body of guards?

——Aside from the fact that most magicians are weak and sickly and cannot support heavy armor, the most important reason is that almost all the natural metals mined in the world are strong insulators of magic elements!
Once the body is covered with cold steel, no matter how powerful the magician is, it is difficult to communicate with the magic elements in the air, let alone chanting magic spells!
The elf magic researchers in ancient times even pointed out that magic and metal would be the two extremes that could never coexist harmoniously!
It is precisely because of this that the ancient elf empire with a very high level of magic development has hardly any high-end research on mineral mining or smelting technology, but largely relies on various plant materials to develop into a giant that dominates the continent. Prosperous civilization!

However, this theorem, which was once regarded as a standard by the ancient wizards, was brazenly broken by the research of the human beings in the empire!
Nearly a thousand years ago, Stilt, the great sage of mankind in ancient times, the "Ancestor of Steel", discovered a unique metal type in a mine—this kind of mineral deposits that are very close to ordinary pig iron, but have a Traits that make the hearts of all magicians thrilled:
It has no repulsive effect on magic at all!
Yes, this ore named "Stilt Iron" is the first magical metal discovered by the Empire humans on the Haven Continent!
And today's most common "Babylonian dense grain steel", its initial production method is just like smelting iron ore into steel, and it is obtained by refining "Stilt iron"!
Over the past 1000 years, alchemists represented by the "King of Alchemy" Kruswitz have developed a variety of magic metals - because magic metals do not reject magic power, but have a high affinity for elemental power They quickly became the best materials for mages to seal runes, magic circles, and make magic props!
However, the production of magic metal is too low!

Naturally occurring magical metal deposits are often found in small amounts under very harsh conditions:
For example, "Stilt iron", they will only be generated in the underground high pressure environment close to the natural spiritual veins, after a long period of time, and their known reserves are close to exhaustion;
It is true that in recent years, imperial mages have developed a set of technological processes that use magic power to process ordinary metals and refine them into magic metals—the vast majority of "Babylonian densely grained steel" currently on the market are located in the west of the Academy. The "Valley of Molten Fire" was artificially created by the Empire's magic alchemists.

However, it is not an easy task to refine magic metals from ordinary metals;
According to the "Alchemy" tutorial of Xuecheng Mage Academy, according to the current technological level, it takes hundreds of kilograms of refined steel to refine one kilogram of "Babylonian fine-grained steel", plus countless magicians. of hard work!

Therefore, the price of magic metal has always been high, even if it is a relatively small magic item made of magic metal, it is often only a noble lord or a wealthy businessman who has the spare money to afford it!

On the other hand, how much is a safe that is as tall as one person and made of "Babylonian fine grained steel"?

This humble iron box is actually the biggest gain of the Igor family in this Rock Creek City robbery!
Although this safe uses some technological means in the design, and reduces the amount of "Babylon close-grained steel" as much as possible through interlayers and gaps, it can weigh more than 100 kilograms when it is fully loaded!
Except for Clement's armor, which was turned into magic metal due to long-term immersion in the magic of the Nether, this safe has become the largest magic metal strategic resource in the hands of the Igor family!
However, what worries Xiahouyan is that the Igor family at this time does not have the technical ability to deal with this "Babylonian dense grain steel"——

Kobe was just an honest blacksmith, and he was quite skilled at forging a few swords with steel, but it would be difficult for an ordinary person who knew nothing about magic to deal with magic metals;

Although Master Laurie has a higher magic level, he is a spiritual magician, which is not compatible with the magic alchemy profession;

As for the lord himself...

Let's change the subject.

In fact, most of the forces within the empire do not have the ability to smelt magic metals;

I am afraid that only a few official organizations such as the imperial court, the academy, or super nobles such as Grand Duke Rosario have the strong capital to support magic alchemists.

Therefore, how to deal with this safe has become another problem faced by the Igor family besides Wilf.

The lord stood beside the carriage containing the safe and discussed with Master Laurie and Kobe for a long time, and finally, at the suggestion of Master Laurie, he chose a slightly reckless, but helpless way to deal with it:

Cut the "Babylonian fine grain steel" on the safe into strips and grind them into metal needles the size of a thumb!

According to the current technical conditions, this is the simplest and most effective way of resource utilization when complex processes such as smelting, casting and rune carving cannot be implemented.

Due to the high affinity of magic metal for magic power, the polished magic metal needle will play an anti-magic effect similar to the magic arrow to a certain extent after being shot by the projectile weapon——

If any creature is suddenly invaded by a piece of magic metal, the magic power in its body will run into chaos in a short period of time like a short-circuited circuit!
Of course, a weak magician, even if he is hit by a common crossbow, will basically die soon;
But these magic metal needles are much more effective than conventional weapons against some sturdy and large monsters—

- such as dragons.

Master Laurie has not forgotten, if Vilf is not lying, then on the Dragon Bone Peak to the east of Frost Maple Ridge, there is still a high-level giant dragon that has been sleeping for 500 years and will wake up at some point!
Only by rushing out a batch of shoddy "Babylonian densely grained steel needles" can we fill the anti-magic power that the territory desperately needs!

Although this approach is undoubtedly a rude waste of precious magic metal resources, the Lord Lord still agrees with Master Laurie's insight:
The rich have the means of the rich, and the poor have the methods of the poor;
Since people are struggling to survive in the wasteland, many things really can't be asked for too much.

(End of this chapter)