Evolve bloodline from golden dragon

Chapter 115 The Secret of Fire-Forged Dwarves

"Crown of the mountain?" Theos was taken aback when he heard this.

The name is quite grand.

Poland put the crown on the palm of his hand and studied it carefully.With fascinated eyes, he stared blankly at his masterpiece.

Theos' system cannot scan such objects.But just by himself, he could perceive the difference of this crown.

This was different from the equipment and weapons he had seen before. Looking at it, Theos felt as if he was looking at a living thing.

Without letting Theos guess, Poland told the origin of the crown.

A secret about the fire-forged dwarves and Xilan Mountain was slowly unveiled to Theos.

Due to the rapid rise of the orcs, the dwarves, who were gradually at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the orcs, chose to move south.

Only the Warhammer, Frostbeard, and Firecast clans chose to stay in Xilan Mountain.

In order to fully recuperate, after many difficult migrations, the mountain dwarves finally found a unique place - the Copper Mountains.

Poland can still recall his ecstatic expression when he explored the Copper Mountains.

The Copper Mountains are extremely rich in mineral deposits, which are extremely attractive to dwarves.As long as there are mines, the dwarves can face any difficulties.

Without a city, the dwarves can hollow out the mountain and build a city out of thin air.They can turn these useless stones into wealth, and they can also cast them into weapons to protect their clansmen.

Among them, the Firecast Clan was the one that carried forward the attribute of dwarves, or was the best at it.

It was a painful but happy time.

All dwarves are very united. They dig mountains, expel wild beasts, and resist foreign enemies...

Although the glory and achievements of the past are gone, the mountain dwarves have re-established their own glory-Smelting Hammer City with their hands.

During these most difficult years, the patriarch of the Firecasting Clan, Poland, had a breakthrough in casting knowledge and skills.

He became a legendary blacksmith (foundry master) who has been cut off for almost a thousand years among the dwarves.

People who don't know how to do it may think that a legendary blacksmith is a legendary strong man, and at the same time he can forge iron.

In fact, this is far from the reality.

The title of legendary blacksmith is named entirely because of his ability in casting.

All legendary blacksmiths can turn decay into magic, they can create items that are completely out of common sense, and even - create artifacts.

Poland has finally stepped into this palace that can be called the domain of gods. He is the glory of the Firecast clan, and he has also gained extremely high respect and prestige among all the dwarves in Melting Hammer City.

With the help of the mineral deposits in the Copper Mountains and the accumulation of all the Firecasting Clans, Poland has worked hard and finally ushered in the crystallization of its own technology...

Crown of the Mountain.

From the moment it was born, all the anvils and ores in Molten Hammer City gave out a soft groan of soul.

Although no actual sound was made, all the blacksmiths at work claimed to have heard it.

There is no doubt that Poland's new work has a life different from all living beings.

"So, what power does it have?"

Hearing this, Theos couldn't help asking.

"It's easy to say." Poland was going to demonstrate for Theos himself.

He put the crown on top of his head, and in an instant, the originally golden but dark mountain crown suddenly burst into glory.

At the same time, Theos clearly felt that the dwarf in front of him seemed to be in control of something, and his breath of power was rapidly expanding
Poland raised his hand and pointed, and the metal materials that had been placed on the ground suddenly disappeared. Correspondingly, Poland's aura became stronger.

The magnitude of this change is very small, even Theos can barely notice it.

After doing all this, Poland immediately took the crown from his head.

In an instant, his breath fell, and the brilliance on the crown also dissipated.

"This is..." Theos is not a dragon who has never seen the world, even so, he was taken aback.

"The Crown of the Mountain can store ores and metals inside it, and at the same time, it can use this to feed back power to the wearer. The more ores you collect and store, the more power you will gain."

If the words of Poland are spread, I am afraid it will cause most people to go crazy.

"How big is the space inside the Crown of the Mountain?" Theos asked.

"There's no upper limit. At least, I haven't encountered one yet."

That is, as long as you can keep collecting ores for the Crown of the Mountain.Then in theory, you are equivalent to gaining the power of unlimited growth!
"This is a completely unreasonable item effect." Theos calculated the characteristics of the crown of the mountain.

Although this world doesn't talk much about science, Theos has been here for a long time, and he probably has some judgments about the principles of this world.

For example, here, although there is no law of energy conservation.However, any power is by no means created out of thin air, and there must be a price.

Crown of the Mountain has almost unlimited room for growth, and while it has to be achieved by collecting ore deposits, it's still outrageous.

"This is already within the scope of the rules." Theos guessed.

If there must be something to explain, then Theos can only think of "rules".For another concept that is easier to understand, Theos also calls it "law".

The power of "law" must exist here, and it is above all kinds of power, almost the highest level.

Rather, the existence of the outer plane itself is the embodiment of the power of the law.

The crystallization of planes given by Victor to members is also the power of law.

Even, the gods who are located on the planes and built their own kingdoms of God are the masters of this kind of power.

Following this line of thought, Theos even went one step further and wondered whether the huge difference between legends and ordinary professionals stems from the power of laws?
From this point of view, the promotion of ordinary professionals to legend is the first contact with this supreme power.

As with people, so with objects.

The crown of the mountain is obviously located at such a level.

Theos suddenly thought of a legend, an artifact very similar to the mountain crown.

That is the Rod of Wealth - owned by Woking, goddess of trade and wealth.The wealth scepter can feed back power according to the wealth of the holder, and there is no upper limit.

The scepter of wealth is Woking's artifact, so the crown of the mountain... Theos looked at Poland.

"It's so good, the masterpiece I'm most proud of, but it's still not perfect..."

Poland seemed to see what Theos was trying to say.

"The Crown of the Mountain can completely become an artifact, but because of my narrow-mindedness and crude technology, it can only be called a legendary item now..."

Poland continued to tell the story that Theos had interrupted just now.

It turned out that the joy of breaking through the legendary blacksmith made Poland blind his eyes.

He tried to create a true artifact, but due to various reasons and deficiencies, in the end, the crown of the mountain had a huge flaw.

That is the imperfection in the transformation of "rules" and "power".

This is something that Poland only realized a few years after the birth of Crown of the Mountain.

The casting of the Crown of the Mountain exhausted the precious materials that the Firecast clan had preserved before their migration, and subsequently consumed a lot of minerals in order to support the artifact.At most, half of the ore output of Molten Hammer City was given to the crown of the mountain.

Of course, this is not a one-time consumption. In fact, the ore is not "eaten" by the crown of the mountain, but is stored in a certain space and can be taken out.

In theory, yes.

In the beginning, it was true.

Possessing the crown of the mountain, the power of Poland has been greatly increased, and it has become the most powerful dwarf in Molten Hammer City.In order to repay his fellow clan, he also paid a lot. During the process of Melting Hammer City dominating the Xilan Mountains, the power of Poland eradicated countless threats for the dwarves.

In fact, this is also the reason why although there are many races in Xilan Mountain, there are very few individual beasts.

The good times didn't last long. After victories again and again, Poland gradually felt that her thoughts and mind had changed.

He is becoming more and more greedy for precious gems, rare metals and other minerals, and he is always insatiable - far exceeding the obsession of ordinary dwarves with metals.

Poland must maintain its collection of metals in order to gain tranquility, and if the interruption is too long, it will be restless.

Moreover, the ore in the crown of the mountain is becoming more and more difficult to take out, and it is even impossible to take it out later.The crown affects Poland, and taking out the ore almost seems to kill him.

The disasters and misfortunes of the dwarves, and even the firecast compatriots, have been difficult to get his attention. More often, he only cares about ore.

Sometimes, he even has the illusion that the ore is edible and secretly tries to taste it.

At certain midnight dreaming moments, Poland would suddenly think that he was not a dwarf, but an earth elemental, or an earth dwarf...

The state of Poland is getting worse and worse. In the end, the words of his fellow countrymen have no effect on his personal will.

And the fire-cast dwarves also became a tool for him to collect ore, and this tyranny even spread to other dwarves in Molten Hammer City.

The entire Melting Hammer City was wantonly plundered by Poland, taking whatever it wanted.

In the end, the Warhammer and Frostbeard clans secretly began a secret trial against Poland.

They used ore as bait to slowly poison Poland.

Eventually, after Poland's increasingly unreasonable weakness, he regained some of his willpower slightly.

He handed over the Firecast Clan to his apprentice - Thoradin. In order not to bring more trouble to the city of the hammer, Poland secretly left the city of the hammer and took off the crown.

Poland died, but the crown of the mountain miraculously followed Poland's soul to the hometown of dwarves.

"The crown of the mountain created a wonderful connection to my soul, and it continues to haunt me and affect me. But it's not all for nothing, and my memory survives."

"The crown of the mountain protects me and enslaves me."

Theos didn't expect that there was such a secret behind this.

"Now, you still can't escape its influence?" Theos asked.

Poland nodded, but shook his head again, saying, "Not all."

"I still have to keep collecting ores for it, and it's not up to my will."

"I think... take him off completely..."

Poland's words startled Theos.

"If I'm not mistaken, after losing the crown of the mountain, your memory may no longer exist!"

Poland was able to avoid being baptized by the world rules of Joseph Garden because of the crown of the mountain. If it lost it, it would naturally be impossible to escape the fate of other petitioners.

Poland did not show how sad, but smiled and said: "This is not a bad thing."

"In fact, the reason why I still carry it all the time is because I can't let go of my clansmen."

"After coming here, my sanity has recovered a lot. Over the years, I have been thinking about the accident at the beginning."

"I discovered a conspiracy..."

Theos guessed: "You mean?"

Poland nodded, and said: "I was enslaved by the mountain crown and lost my mind. Of course, it was mainly because of the mountain crown. But after thinking about it, the process of falling into madness seems to have gone too smoothly."

"The Warhammer and the Frostbeard clan poisoned me. At first, I thought it was my strength that made them choose a low-cost way to deal with it. This was also to protect Molten Hammer City. But there are indications that they also want to get the crown of the mountain. .”

"And you, the noble golden dragon, confirmed my guess even more."

"I took the Mountain Crown out of Molten Hammer City precisely because I have realized that this legendary item, or substandard demi-artifact, is not a good thing for any dwarf to get it. I don't want any People will repeat the same mistakes. And, I hope that my death will avoid the liquidation of the Firecast Clan."

"After my death, the firecast dwarves were expelled. If I think about it, it's really because of the disappearance of the mountain crown." Poland's tone became very serious.

Theos knew it well, and he could almost guess that the reason for expelling the Firecast Clan from Molten Hammer City should be very fair: because of the enslavement and tyranny of the Firecast patriarch Poland to all dwarves.

Or, they have a more conspiratorial purpose: to force the emergence of the Mountain Crown - if the Mountain Crown is hidden by the Fireforged Clan.

If this assumption is true, then think of Melting Hammer City's acquiescence in the orcs' invasion of Xilan Mountain and the fall of Furnace Castle...

Even from Theos' standpoint, he couldn't help but gasp.

The behavior of the Warhammer and Frostbeard clans is despicable, but it is true that Poland's depravity is also true.

This is an old account that cannot be settled, and all of this is because of it-Theos looked at the ugly metal crown in Poland's hand.

"I deserved my death, but my people are innocent." Poland closed his eyes in pain.

"My people, after enduring my persecution, were further persecuted because of me."

"I can hardly breathe when I think about the people paying the price for my evil thoughts."

Poland's emotions were completely aroused. He hugged his head, as if he was bearing something, his thick body trembling violently.

Theos sighed, but there was nothing he could do.

From a certain point of view, Poland is also a victim.He is affected by Crown of the Mountain, which is out of his control.

Perhaps, the difficulty of casting the Crown of the Mountain was beyond Poland's ability level.But this cannot be blamed on Poland's overreach.

After all, apart from him, Rothschild may not be able to find another legendary craftsman.Who can know the doorway?
Moreover, anyone with a certain amount of experience knows that when you achieve a breakthrough, you will inevitably go through a period of "self-positioning".You need to come down from the sky and find your place again.Before that, anyone could overestimate or underestimate themselves.

"The reason why I still allow the crown of the mountain to control me is to find a way to help my people."

"Mr. Jinlong, thank you for your noble and kind actions, which saved my people. I can also be freed."

(End of this chapter)