This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 103 Breeding of Mercury Zombies

Far away in the depths of the desert, Huggie Stone was lying on a huge golden chair.

This seemed to be a golden chair made for a giant. His height of just over one meter could not even reach the handle of the chair.

 This is a new area that has just been excavated.

 The desert kingdom has always relied on digging graves to maintain its domestic economy. Even during the years of war, it has never stopped digging underground buildings.

Hodge Stone was lucky. He had been digging for the past two days and dug out a new passage, which contained a huge underground city.

And it seems to be a city for giants to live in. Every object in it is oversized, including the gold products inside.

This civilization buried underground must have had an extremely glorious era, so a large number of gold products and magic props can usually be found in these underground cities.

Hodge Stone made a lot of money this time, digging out a giant city with a lot of gold in it.

This huge gold chair alone is estimated to be worth tens of millions of gold coins, not to mention the mountains of gold utensils piled up in the warehouse.

 Just like most of the ruins excavated before, everything in the city was there, but no remains of any living things were seen.

 It was as if all the residents in the city suddenly disappeared, and then the entire civilization was covered by the desert.

Over the years, countless scholars have done in-depth research on this, but the research results can only be said to be divergent, and no one can provide conclusive evidence.

However, not knowing the reason does not hinder this kind of utilitarian archeology. Anyway, it is just digging a grave, and wouldn’t it be better if the owner of the tomb did not lie inside.

Hodge Stone agreed to Ambrose's two million information fee without thinking about it. It was only two million. He was now a vampire who was not short of money.

 Ambrose didn't know what was happening in the distant desert, and naturally he didn't know that Huggie Stone was rolling excitedly on the huge golden throne, like a rolling dice.

But since the other party said that there was no shortage of money, Amber Xiu directly replied: [Then, let’s pay first. 】

This was just a test, but Amberxiu didn't expect that Heggy Stone would actually pay the money directly. Not only that, even the top-match Gargoyle that he owed before was directly delivered to him without even asking Ann. Bai Xiu wants the shipping fee for the teleportation array.

That is a mainland teleportation array that can teleport large magic items. The cost of this teleportation alone exceeds 10,000 gold coins.

Amberxiu couldn't figure it out at first, but when he saw the gold that was transferred, he roughly guessed the reason.

These are not gold coins, but gold utensils of various shapes. There is no skimping on weight, and the exquisite ancient patterns on the utensils also add a lot of collection value to these gold utensils.

These gold utensils also made Amberxiu understand that Huggie Stone had dug up a treasure. He probably unearthed something good under the desert, so he suddenly became rich.

 It’s just that the patterns on these gold utensils look familiar?

After recalling it, Amberxiu didn't think much of it, so he simply ignored it. Anyway, the purity of the gold was fine, as long as it was real gold.

 “I’m so envious, why is there no ancient civilization underground under my house?”

Amberxiu sighed with emotion, and then sent the information he knew to Heki Stone: [The elves are installing magic-breaking weapons on a large scale, perhaps it is the plan of the Elf Queen. The magic contract I mentioned to you before should be related to the strategic plan of the elves. After the lord who signed the contract violated the contract, he would provide help for the invasion of the elves...]

This time, Amberxiu did not hide any inferred information. After all, the desert dwarves are now at a disadvantage. If they don't help this big patron, they may not be able to afford the "employment fee" for subsequent cooperation. Once the elves complete their strategic deployment, Amber Xiu will quickly fall into despair.

Hodge Stone didn’t quite believe it at first. After all, it was unrealistic to popularize enchanted weapons. Even the original Alchemy City didn’t have this ability. But Amber Xiu's reason makes sense. It may not be impossible for the Elf Queen to be promoted to Legend for the second time.

Huggy Stone quickly conveyed the matter to Hoffman Iron Fist, but faced with such a big matter, the Hand of the King simply replied that he would be done with it, and did not bring Huggy Stone to discuss it. Countermeasures.

Although Huggis Tong felt a little strange, he did not ask further questions. Although the two had a good personal relationship, they still tried to avoid suspicion in such national affairs.

Amberxiu didn't ask how the Kingdom of Gold would deal with the elves' demon-destroying weapons. He was currently busy decorating the castle, and the twenty obsidian gargoyles needed to be selected for installation.

  Gargoyles are not creatures in the strict sense, nor can they be considered undead, but rather puppets created by magical construction technology. These top-of-the-line gargoyles are made of obsidian as the main material, plus some advanced materials such as fine gold and mithril. The material cost alone is very high, and the carving of the gargoyle shape is related to the design of the internal magic circle and requires expert hands. It can be made by rubbing.

These twenty obsidian gargoyles have more than a dozen special effects. The most basic and important one is magic resistance.

Obsidian Gargoyles are extremely resistant to various spells. If a spellcaster like Amber Xiu does not use the power of the Golden Throne, he will consider running away when faced with a group fight of five Obsidian Gargoyles.

The top-quality Obsidian Gargoyle also has the ability to self-repair. As long as the damage does not exceed 30%, it can be completely restored after being petrified into a sculpture state for a few days.

Then there is no weakness. If you want to destroy the obsidian gargoyle, you can only hit it hard with a hammer, and hitting the head is no different from hitting the feet. The head of this thing just looks good, and it does not rely on the head to sense the target.

The rest are auxiliary effects such as life induction, wound tearing, flying, and shadow lurking. Once activated, it will bite the enemy like a mad dog without stopping. Ordinary people will be torn apart in less than two hits.     If there is any disadvantage, it is that the scope of activities is limited.

  Gargoyles are not a unit that can move freely, but a defensive device that is matched with the base. If it moves too far away from the base, it will quickly turn into a statue.

The moving distance of Amberxiu's obsidian gargoyles is only 500 meters at most. They are certainly capable of covering the castle, but it is a bit difficult to take them out to bully others.

But this was not a problem for Amber Xiu. He placed ten obsidian gargoyles in various corners of the castle to be used as guards, and he placed the remaining ten in his private space.

At the critical moment, if you open the space door, these gargoyles will become his helpers.

After installing these gargoyles, Amberxiu was about to get down to business. He received the first batch of ore "employment fees" from Viscount Letterman. Although it was just simply processed iron ore, the quantity was quite large. , filling most of the castle warehouse.

 Once the ore is delivered, the cultivation plan for the Mercury Zombies will begin.

After searching around the castle, Amberxiu found the mercury figurine playing with his friends in the dungeon.

The large silver-white dumplings were followed by a group of small, shiny dumplings, as if they were playing hide-and-seek or dancing.

Those little dumplings are naturally the special undead that Amber Xiu made before using sand and glass. He modified the properties of the materials and turned them into undead puppets similar to elemental creatures.

 Because Umbershoe has no limits on their intelligence, these little guys have very good imitation abilities.

Perhaps it’s because the Mercury Zombie is the largest, so the other little guys automatically recognize the Mercury Zombie as the boss.

The little ones didn’t seem to notice Amberxiu and were playing by themselves.

The mercury zombies squirmed and changed, giving birth to several arms to catch the elemental undead. The elemental undead then ran away in various ways, some of them spread out directly, turned into sand on the ground, and then rolled away quickly; some twisted into a rope and twisted like a snake to avoid; and some imitated the mercury spirits. The figurine condensed its arms and tried to wrangle with the boss, but was immediately pressed to the ground and rubbed by the mercury figurine; there were even more outrageous ones that directly pushed down the friends next to them, and then ran away on their own...

 The little guys had a great time, and Amberxiu was also very happy to see it. The IQs of these little guys have been significantly improved. After a while, they can test the effect of their kneeling and praying again. I hope they can achieve golden freedom as soon as possible.

After watching for a while, Amberxiu found that they had no intention of stopping, so he had no choice but to act like a disappointed parent and took the mercury figurine away and sent him to the warehouse where the ore was stored.

Amberxiu touched this chubby little guy and said to him: "You are already a mature mercury zombie. It's time to learn to give birth to children."

The mercury figurine understood Amber Xiu's words and squirmed onto the ores.

With a pop, a severely corroded helmet fell out of the mercury zombie. This is a counterfeit artifact seized from the group of paladins in the Lion Empire. After digesting it for so many days, it only ate the surface layer.

After spitting out the indigestion, the mercury figurine turned into silver water and began to swallow the ores. The ore hill began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The speed of devouring artifacts is very slow, but the speed of mercury zombies devouring ordinary metals is extremely fast. In just a few minutes, all the hundreds of tons of ore were eaten, leaving only a pile of non-metallic slag.

However, the body shape of the mercury zombie did not change at all, and even screamed at Amber Xiu, saying that he had only eaten eight cents full, which was not enough energy to give birth to a child.

 Amberxiu was a little surprised. He had made a mistake in his calculations. It was not easy to feed mercury zombies with ordinary metal ores.

He reluctantly took out some gold and fed it to the mercury figurine, which made the little guy feel full. The shell of the mercury zombie quickly hardened and began to enter the breeding state. When the silver shell breaks, two mercury zombies will come out of it.

  The first time he was raised, Amber Xiu was extremely careful and stayed with the quicksilver figurine, monitoring the little guy's life status at all times.

As the day and night passed, cracks finally appeared in the outer hard shell.

Silver-white liquid flowed out from the broken shell and quickly separated after falling on the ground, turning into two identical masses of mercury. Although the body size is smaller than the previous mercury zombies, they are two living beings with a complete structure.

 “Successful!” Amberxiu said excitedly.

 As a life, maintaining activity is only the first factor. If you really want to become a complete biological group, you need to acquire the ability to reproduce.

Two mercury dumplings crawled to Amberxiu's feet and rubbed against his calves, like clingy kittens.

Amberxiu touched these two little guys who couldn't tell who was who, and said to them: "Children, you are so delicious. I'm afraid the supply of just one Viscount Letterman is not enough. It's time to go to other mining areas." Sended."

The appetite of the mercury zombies exceeds Amber's expectation. It is unrealistic to wait for Viscount Letterman to give the second batch of ores. It is better to choose a suitable target and go to grab it directly. It just so happens that the elemental undead can also be brought along and let them try it. Try actual combat and hunting is the best way to improve your wisdom.

Amberxiu recalled it and said to himself: "The last time I met on the road seemed to be a believer of the Goddess of Pain. We are all in bad luck."

 (End of this chapter)