Chaos Crown

Chapter 87, Relics of the Snakeman Empire

Dwarves are an amazing race.

Elves, humans, and dwarves are known as the fantasy iron triangle, and any similar works cannot do without them.

However, unlike the Warhammer that Aaron is familiar with, in the Kingdom, there are actually only five native races belonging to this world. Whether it is dwarves or elves, they are all foreign species.

In more detail, dwarves and elves are aliens.

The time when the elves came to the kingdom was very early. According to the Cormyr history book that Aaron found, the elves first appeared in the kingdom before 25000 BC in the valley calendar, and the elves at that time were powerful interstellar Level civilization, very powerful.

At this time in the kingdom, the empire established by the mysterious Sarukh witch has been disintegrated and returned to dust. The brilliant giants are all defeated by the dragons.

until the elves appear.

As soon as the elves appeared, they made the world a big mess. Facing the aggressive dragons, the elves united to release a high-level magic "Dragon Maniac". This magic covering the whole world will cause some dragons to fall into unconscious destruction. In the midst of madness and madness, it is difficult for them to unite again. Instead, they fall apart and kill each other.

The era of giant dragons ended, and the age of elves that lasted for thousands of years began.

The influence of the elves on the country is so deep that the history books of any country can not talk about the founder race, they can not talk about several major disasters, and they can selectively conceal some black history, but they will all mention the role played by the elves. Role.

This is the same as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Aaron’s previous life. You can hate the UK, you can laugh at the decline of the UK now, you can look at the black history of the UK and say how many bad things they have done, but if the history books don’t say it The glorious era of the industrial revolution, the steam engine, and the period when the sun never sets can only be said to be completely unqualified for the compilation of this history book.

Compared with elves, the appearance of dwarves seems a little unknown. Cormyr's history books only say that the first group of dwarves appeared in the extreme north of the world about 15000 BC in the valley calendar. appear in the heart of the world", but various evidences show that they are "alien" like elves.

After that, the history of the dwarves is blank. The history only mentions that in the next few thousand years, the dwarves established some powerful kingdoms in the north.

The next big event in which dwarves appear in the history books is the "Battle of the Orc Gate" in 1076 BC in the Vale Calendar. Thousands of orcs flooded the kingdom directly, and to make matters worse, Gruumsh, the king of orcs, also came to the kingdom through the incarnation of the portal.

The incarnation of the orc god king Gruumsh directly killed the sun god Ra of Mulhorand. This is the first incarnation of a god to fall in a battle of gods in history.

Although the orcs were repelled in the end, this is not the point. The point is that since then, the orcs in the country have begun to appear in large numbers, and the orc gods have also noticed this world and began to frequently bestow divine arts and divine favors.

Before, although there were occasional orcs in the kingdom, they had never been on such a large scale, nor had they attracted the attention of the orc pantheon.

After the Battle of the Orc Gate, the orcs appeared in groups in groups, and the dwarves became the biggest losers. Their northern kingdoms were captured by the orcs one after another, and fell into a long decline since then.

Until several decades ago, Moradin, the king of the dwarves, imposed the "blessing of thunder" on the dwarves, which allowed every pregnant female dwarf to give birth to twins or even multiple births. The strength of the dwarves recovered quickly, and there was a vague resurgence. Some young dwarves chose to leave their hometowns to seek a living in other places.

The dwarf buddy wasn't very friendly, but Aaron decided to make some extra contact.

Good craftsmen are scarce everywhere, especially dwarves who can compare with elves in blacksmithing skills.

Compared with elves who are naturally chaotic and kind, dwarves are naturally inclined to law. Dwarves sing fairness, emphasize contracts, and value promises. Of course, they can hold grudges for hundreds of years. By consensus, dwarves will always fulfill their duties, which is completely different from elves.

"The friendly elf you imagine will always exist only in the poetry of bards."

——Kingdom Joke

Unlike the elves who "pretend to be polite", dwarves are representatives of "pretend not to be polite".

Unlike the elves of the Appearance Association, the dwarves are members of the brotherhood, they value strength and friendship.

Despite bursts of laughter outside, Aaron still pushed aside the thick animal skin blanket at the door of the blacksmith shop, and entered the yard with his body.

What an ugly guy!
The first time he saw the dwarf blacksmith, Aaron complained in his heart.

This dwarf is less than 5 feet tall, and his age should not exceed 50 years old. He is considered young among dwarves, but his appearance is really ugly. It is smooth and bright, but has ugly prickly heat and pimples, a pair of eyes, one big and one small, a red nose, but a big mouth, the corners of the mouth almost extend to the ears, and a messy beard. , like a demon.

This guy would straight up scare kids, Aaron thought.

Cormier is greatly influenced by elves here, so he naturally leans towards the Appearance Association. Dwarves have low charm, and if they are so ugly...with such a bad temper, it's no wonder they are rejected.

The dwarf craftsman was wearing an ugly apron, and he hammered heavily on the anvil again. He glanced at the expressionless Aaron, swirled the dirty words in his mouth a few times, and swallowed them: "I want to What do you want? Human, I'm busy."

"I want a good leather armor." Aaron nodded.

Aaron needs a good leather armor. He is currently wearing extraordinary equipment but lacks armor, and too heavy armor will affect his spellcasting, so leather armor is the best choice for now.

Don't underestimate craftsmen, this is the habit in the country, any craftsman is an out-and-out middle class in most areas, a skilled craftsman who can't make extraordinary weapons can be found anywhere in Suzal, earning a golden lion a day currency work.

Moreover, craftsmen have a characteristic that they have a wide network of contacts.

"Leather armor?" The dwarf craftsman didn't even raise his head: "There are some on the wall over there."

"Brother, if I want to buy that kind of leather armor, do you think I will come here specifically?" Aaron said indifferently: "You should not only have things to deal with goblins here, right?"

This is very rude to say.

But the dwarf artisan thought it sounded pleasant.

"So, you want to build extraordinary equipment?" For the first time, the dwarf stopped what he was doing, and his eyes, one big and one small, rolled around and glanced at Aaron: "Are you ready for the money?" ?Humanity?"

"I ask you, can you do it?" Aaron said unceremoniously: "You can prepare money only if you can do it for me."

"Can you do it?" The dwarf glanced at him again, and he put his hands on his hips, only feeling angry: "You ask a master craftsman, one of the best blacksmiths in Neverwinter, ask the noble, who can drink 13 barrels at a time Master Faujar of Ale, can you make extraordinary equipment? Human? You better be busy!"

"I can tell you that I have visited all the blacksmith shops in this place, and none of them are of a higher level than me!" The dwarf chattered, "If there are materials, of course I can make them, and I can do them better than anyone else." !"

Aaron got it.

Faujar Wilhelm, who came from Neverwinter, most likely committed something.

When communicating with dwarves, don't pay attention to what they emphasize, but pay attention to the part they said, which is different from elves.

Dwarves are the only race that can compete with elves in forging technology. Elves emphasize art, dwarves emphasize utility, elves emphasize quality, and dwarves emphasize quantity.

Master blacksmiths are the best blacksmiths Aaron can find at the moment, as legendary blacksmiths are often legendary professions.

A legendary professional put down what he was doing to create equipment for you?How much does it cost?

"So, the best blacksmith in Suzall, Master Forjar who can drink 13 barrels of ale at a time, if I can give you the materials, can you make me an extraordinary piece of equipment?" Aaron asked tentatively.

Dwarves like to brag, and dwarves like to listen to flattery, and the best kind of flattery is to repeat what a dwarf has said.

Sure enough, Fojar reached out and stroked his beard, raised his chin, and glanced at Aaron again: "Of course, it is definitely possible if there are materials, but..."

"but……"

"But, before that, you have to show your sincerity, Aaron Salian." The dwarf craftsman's eyes kept rolling, obviously thinking about something bad.

"you know me?"

"Your name has been appearing with the flames in the bellows all day recently." The dwarf nodded. He put down the hammer, put the long sword in water to cool it, and finally added a few processes, a beautiful standard long sword That's it.

Seiko long sword, the dwarf is showing his strength, as long as he can forge precision items, then he has the ability to forge extraordinary equipment.

Without further ado, Fojar took out a pen and paper, and wrote a line of things on it: "Buy these materials for me first, and show your sincerity, human being."

Aaron took the paper and glanced at it. It was densely filled with various tools and raw materials needed by blacksmiths, and it cost about hundreds of Golden Lion coins.

Did he just want to say that you won't buy it yourself?The dwarf put a heavy money bag in front of him: "This is the fee, hurry up, I am in a hurry."

Aaron understood instantly.

Boy, this dwarf is using me!
"Hurry up, do you still want to create extraordinary equipment?" Fojar looked at him coldly.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll take the money and run away?" Aaron said casually.

The dwarf didn't speak, and continued to stare at him, making Aaron feel bad for himself.

"Okay." Aaron finally agreed to the dwarf's request.

So for the next whole day, Aaron ran errands for all kinds of tedious things purchased by the dwarves, and the carts were pushed to the blacksmith's shop, full of various tools, ores, and materials.

The dwarf kept making progress, and the second time was not enough once, and the third time was not enough twice, until his yard was almost full, and finally said with satisfaction: "Speak, human, you want to build What kind of extraordinary leather armor?"

"The extraordinary leather armor of the white dragon skin must at least be puncture-resistant and slash-resistant." Sitting in the yard, Aaron put forward his own request: "It would be even better if it could have magic resistance."

"Puncture-resistant and slash-resistant, at least it is a rare-level extraordinary equipment." The dwarf frowned after hearing Aaron's request: "You also require magic resistance, which is extremely rare."

"Yes." Aaron nodded, pretending to be puzzled: "So, can you do it?"

"Of course." Fojar waved impatiently: "However, I need some time to prepare, and, human, are you sure you have the white dragon skin?"

"Yes, but it will take some time." Aaron nodded.

The previous Charlotte brought good news: Alice Searle heard from the blacksmith of the Purple Dragon Knights that he wanted to build a set of dragon leather armor, so she planned to reward him with a piece of white dragon skin from the royal treasure house. he.

The value of this piece of white dragon skin is as high as tens of thousands of golden lion coins, and there is no market for it.

The princess regent treated her so well that she had nothing to say, and Aaron was a little moved in his heart.

Your Highness Alice Sale, I love you!
"Based on your height, the white dragon skin must be at least 10 feet long to make a full-body armor, and considering some losses, human beings, you must give me at least a 12-foot-long white dragon skin, and I need 5000 golden lions The processing fee of the currency." Seeing that Aaron really had the white dragon skin, the dwarf immediately showed a greedy look: "In the name of Moradin, nothing less will do!"

"I'll do it if I give enough materials, and I can also swear in the name of Moradin that you will be satisfied."

Aaron's face changed slightly.

The dwarf?Take me for a fool?
When I didn't ask the blacksmith of the Knights did I?

"This is not only enough to make me a suit, but also enough to make you a dragon skin half body armor, right?" Aaron replied calmly.

"If you like to do it, don't do it, get out!" Fojar snorted coldly, and the dwarf craftsman raised his chin: "If you don't want to do it, don't do it, go find another craftsman."

This is an admission in disguise.

What a greedy dwarf.

However, Tzeentch's power brought Aaron more than magic. The Viscount soon realized that perhaps the strength of this dwarf craftsman was really extraordinary!
Aaron's height is about 6 feet 2 inches. According to the material requirements given by the blacksmith of the Purple Dragon Knights, he needs at least 9 feet of white dragon skin to make a full-body leather armor. This greedy dwarf craftsman directly used The material was raised to 12 feet, obviously intending to steal his 3 feet of dragon skin, not only that, but he also wanted 5000 gold lion coins for processing.

Normal people can only see the greed of dwarves.

But Tzeentch's power saw that the dwarves were unusual: 3 feet of dragon skin was definitely not enough to make a half body armor for the dwarves themselves.

Based on this, he was willing to swear to Moradin, the dwarf god king, which showed that the dwarf had absolute confidence: he could use far less materials than Zilong Blacksmith required to make a full body armor that satisfied Aaron, and at the same time gave I coveted a half-body armor for myself.

This shows what?
This shows that this dwarf craftsman may not be bragging, he may really be the best craftsman in Suzar, and seeing that he already has such good skills before he is 50 years old, it is not impossible to become a legendary craftsman in the future!
This is Tzeentch's logic.

A good relationship with a dwarf craftsman with legendary potential is absolutely worthwhile under any circumstances, so Aaron hesitated when faced with the conditions proposed by the dwarves.

And what the dwarf craftsman wanted was his hesitation. Seeing that Aaron was silent, Fojar's big mouth under his beard was slightly raised.

"I have another proposal, human."

Aaron raised his hand.

"There is a secret. To the east of Suzar, deep in the Horn of Storm Mountains, there is a relic of the Snakeman Empire." The dwarf craftsman said treacherously: "Only I know where that place is, and I will give you another choose."

"I want the snake skins and scales of the sleeping snakemen in the ruins, the more the better."

"If you're willing to do me this favor, I'll make you your dragon skin full armor for free, and I'll make as much as you have leftover materials, how about that?"

"I just want the snake skin and scales, and the rest is yours."

Aaron's eyes moved slightly.

The remains of the Snakeman Empire? !
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