Carry the Ring of Elden with you

Because simply summoning the two mines, Roland did not have enough manpower to deal with them.

Morn City, which originally looked small in the game, has turned into a big city no less than Leiden City in reality. Roland can imagine how deep these mines and tunnels must be when they are summoned. Spare people.

Now that there were so many prisoners of war, all of them tall and strong, Roland couldn't be too happy.

Nimgofu Tunnel and Morn Tunnel Roland summoned near the body of the golden tree, next to the hill where the Troll Monster Knights lived.After he sent people in to confirm that there was no other exit in the mine, he blindfolded the prisoners of war in batches and triggered the blessing teleportation point in Moen City, breaking up their formation and sending them into the two mine tunnels. .

The tunnels in Nimgolf were guarded by the King's Army of Grek, while the tunnels in Morn City were guarded by the homeless knights and exiled soldiers.

After all, the mine is too big and requires familiar people to guard it to ensure safety.

When the prisoners of war took off their eyes and found themselves sticking out of a mine, their eyes showed despair. They felt that they would spend the rest of their lives in this mine that never saw the light of day.

I have to be tortured by the foreman every day, eat moldy bread and rancid drinking water, squeeze on a small wooden board with my companions who smell sour, sleep for less than 5 hours, and have no idea of ​​the passage of time... ···

Moreover, they were stripped of their weapons and armor, and with only rusty pickaxes, they had no way to fight against the heavily armed king's army or the exiled soldiers. Besides the mines, they didn't know where they were, and they had no source of food and fled rashly. It will only kill you faster.

Because they personally sent criminals who had committed crimes or homeless people they picked up randomly into the mines, the treatment they imagined in their minds was also what those who entered the mines had actually experienced.

Of course Roland would not do this. Doing so would serve no purpose other than treating these people as consumables that did not require maintenance.

If you eat poorly and sleep less, your work efficiency will naturally be low.Roland didn't want to be the kind of mine owner who died every day but couldn't dig out much ore.

But Roland was not stupid enough to feed these prisoners of war every day.If these prisoners of war were so full that they played uprising games with him, Roland would really have a headache.

Therefore, Roland stipulates that only two meals a day are provided, and the meals are hygienic and clean. They even provide meat once every Sunday, with a one-hour break.

Of course, the number of people allowed to be released each time is limited. Otherwise, if all these prisoners of war are released, there will definitely be a rebellion.

In addition, Roland stipulated that the daily mining time is a standard 8 hours, and the sleeping time is 8 hours. At other times, Roland arranged for special nobles and dignitaries to come to the mine to educate these prisoners of war on the history, ideology, politics and other cultural aspects of the Golden Dynasty. Education, and even organized competitions and concerts under Roland's instruction.

As a result, the prisoners of war who barely had enough to eat experienced the physical exhaustion of mining work and the psychological exhaustion of cultural education, and basically fell asleep between breaks.

Roland also gave these prisoners of war some hope.

"Three years! You have worked for me for three years. As long as you promise not to be enemies of the Golden Dynasty, I will let you go back to your hometowns."

Whether the prisoners of war believed it or not, Roland's words indeed gave these would-be miners who felt there was no hope a little hope.

The promise made by Roland is of course true, but who knows what the situation will be like on the continent of Sarid three years later.

Now that the "Evil Omen Demon" Malkit has been unlocked, a small part of Stonewell City has also been unlocked.

According to this development trend, three years later, Roland would be confident that he would lead a group of demigods directly to the palace of the Emperor of Judah and sit down with him to drink tea and chat in peace.

By the way, the summoned mine tunnels have dormitories for miners, divided into men and women. They are equipped with wooden piles, bedding and so on. After all the distribution, there is still a lot of room. Roland, who happens to be in the province, attracts them from the outside world. Too much attention.

Roland also established a reward system and a mutual supervision system among the prisoners of war.

The reward system is to divide these prisoners of war into large clans of 100 people, and count them once a week.Whichever group mines the most can enjoy delicious food for the entire group for the next week, and the person who mines the most can have their own private space.

What is said to be a private space is actually under the surveillance of King Grek's army and the exiled soldiers, but these prisoners of war don't know it.

Supervision is to let them reveal whether anyone is hiding ore or any contraband.

After all, this is a different world with swords and magic. If these soldiers really have some means unknown to Roland to hide things and take them out when they are released, if it is a prop that can convey information, it will be a big trouble.

A body search can only ensure that there is nothing on the surface, but reports among peers can surface things that Roland has not discovered secretly.

And for every successful report, there will be a reward.

The reward is that you can write a letter home, and Roland will send someone to deliver it to the family members of the prisoners of war, and will also send the reply to the prisoners of war.

Of course, in order for prisoners of war to convey information to the outside world through letters home, every prisoner of war who writes a letter home will go through the Golden Tree's mind detection to ensure that no information about the mine is leaked.

For prisoners of war without family members, Roland said that they could be given fewer days to mine.

Roland, who sees humanity in this world, believes that if these measures are implemented, the performance of these prisoners of war will not disappoint him.

After arranging these, Roland slapped his head. This is not reform through labor. There seems to be nothing wrong with it. It is really useful for managing these prisoners of war.

As for the problem of food consumption, Roland finally solved it. The crops planted in Moen City were finally edible, and under the powerful blessing effect of the golden tree, every plant was full of grains and nutritious.

When Roland settled these prisoners of war, the system updated the mission log again, and another optional mission previously issued was completed by Roland.

[Mission [-] (optional): Annihilate the soldiers of Charles’ empire (completed).Destroying his spirit without destroying his body is also annihilation in a certain sense. This time, you will be considered successful.Mission reward: "Law Judge" Bernal (quasi-king level) (can be summoned)]

"The Law Judge" Bernal, in the game, joins the player on the quasi-king of Fam Azra, and resolutely embarks on the blasphemous path of the Law Judge for the sake of his finger witch who sacrificed himself in the fire.

The amount of ether required to summon him was surprisingly small, only fifty thousand points of ether were needed.

It's not that [-] points of ether is very small, but to summon a "quasi-king-level" fader, the number of [-] points of ether is indeed very small.

Roland immediately asked the system if this amount of ether was serious?

The system replied: [Of course I am serious, but don’t get excited and continue reading. 】

So Roland continued to read, and sure enough, he saw a new text description behind the column about summoning Bernal.

[Advanced Summon: World-Eating Scepter (1000000). (Legendary Weapon) (Unique) (Indestructible)]

Hiss, it suddenly seems so reasonable again. After all, it is one of the legendary weapons.

Then Roland thought about the Great Sword Sword that had been unlocked with Moren City. How come it is also a legendary weapon, but you only need [-] ether points to summon it?My crotch is stretched, little brother.

It seems that compared with other legendary weapons that can be obtained, the Skeleton Sword, which is the easiest to get early in the morning, does not seem to be as practical as the World-Eating Scepter. As for the early version of the game, ah no, Ye Yu The Sword of Fire is even more incomparable.

Going too far, by the way, Bernal himself needs [-] ether points to summon, which is enough to show that even without a legendary weapon in his hand, he can crush the big tree guard with his own personal strength.

But Roland immediately fell into disgrace and summoned two mine tunnels, just enough to turn his original [-] ether points into just over [-].But if the mine tunnels are not summoned, there is no way to place these prisoners of war to complete the optional tasks, and it will be an endless loop.

Roland knows that he is wildly expecting the Charles Empire to quickly send troops to attack him. A mere [-] points of ether will be done for you in minutes.

The summons of Bernal and Malkit were put on Roland's agenda, and now only task two of the series of tasks to guard Morn City remained unfinished.

This is why Roland is waiting in the city lord's hall today. He wants to summon the dwarf prince Karn Hammer.

"Report to Lord Roland that Lord Kahn Hammer has arrived."

Roland was thinking about the problem when the guard's voice came in. Ikosela and Melina were still guarding behind him as before.

"Hey, what is there between us? Roland? Roland! It would really hurt my heart to send someone to invite me to meet you. We just want to see each other whenever we want!" Kahn Hammer The unique dwarf voice shouted.

In the past few days, Roland has established a good relationship with the simple-minded dwarves, as long as he can tolerate their informal character.

A short dwarf who only reached Roland's waist walked in carelessly. When he saw Roland, he immediately smiled: "I said, brother Roland, can you think of a way to get more of your wine for me? Brother, I will definitely I won’t let you suffer any loss. How about I give you a few pieces of mithril chain mail as reward?”

Roland raised his eyebrows and looked at Kahn Hammer in surprise.

Mithril is one of the most precious metals in the world. A piece of chain mail made of Mithril can buy two cities of Leiden.

The dwarf prince opened his mouth to talk about a few things, which really made Roland feel how wealthy the dwarf was.

"Forget it about the mithril armor, it's just a little wine. I have plenty here if you want to drink it." Roland waved his hand. It's better not to take advantage of such an obvious advantage. Even if others don't know, they can't do it.

Kahn Hammer showed a happy smile. He jumped onto the table next to Roland and turned over.Then without warning, he put his hand into the plate of snacks in front of Roland. While eating the snacks, he said vaguely: "You are more sincere than other humans I have met. If other businessmen heard about a few bottles of wine, If you can exchange it for a few pieces of priceless mithril chain mail, I'm afraid you will nod your head and agree immediately."

After he finished speaking, he touched his beard and cleaned up the snack residue that fell on it: "But I really didn't lie to you. The price of your wine at the Lulan Chamber of Commerce is indeed this. So you don't treat your brother badly. I will not treat you badly, brother. When I return to Stone Heart Castle, I will immediately send someone to deliver those mithril shuttles."

"Lulan Chamber of Commerce?" Roland couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the unexpected name.

Kahn Hammer burped, then nodded: "Yes, it's the Lulan Chamber of Commerce. A few years ago, my father and I were invited to attend a banquet in Charles's empire. The taste of the wine at that banquet was the same as when I was in you." The drinks here are exactly the same. We dwarves will never mistake such a clear and sweet spirit.

Then he asked curiously, "Speaking of which, how did you get this batch of wine from the Lulan Chamber of Commerce? I remember that bad woman Lu Yi was very precious about these wines, and each bottle had to be sold at a sky-high price before she would give up. If brother Don’t forget to tell me if you have any purchasing channels, hahaha, the price is negotiable.”

Roland frowned, then thought that the dwarf in front of him did not know the relationship between him and Lu Yi, so he relaxed again, shook his head slightly and said: "I originally made these wines myself, Lu Yi is just a lucky thief. That’s all.”

Chapter 34: Possibility of forming an air force

After Kahn Hammer heard Roland's words, he narrowed his eyes excitedly at first, and then showed confusion after hearing the second half of the words.

He scratched his head and said, "Oh, brother. I really thought those nobles had said something about Lu Yi's past, but I didn't expect it to be related to you. How about we change the topic?"

Roland was amused by this honest dwarf and shook his head with a smile: "Nothing, this matter has passed a long time ago. Speaking of which products do you dwarves usually buy from the Lulan Chamber of Commerce? I think I should be able to provide it at a cheaper price. .”

The wine that Kahn Hammer drank in the past few days in Morn City was the high-strength liquor that Roland exchanged from the store, and it was not like the current industrial blended wine, but it was completely brewed with grain.

In fact, this cannot be used for drinking directly, but needs to be mixed with water.However, the dwarves seemed to be in good physical condition. They opened bottles and drank without any side effects. Roland was a little stunned when he saw it for the first time.

Anyway, he still remembered the Lulan Chamber of Commerce's product list, most of which were modern craft products that he exchanged from the store.A small part of it was based on his vague memories, such as some forged iron smelting methods, and was finally tested after countless trials and errors and a lot of money spent.

Then the iron-forging methods of the dwarves and elves were hammered. Facts have proved that in the world of swords and magic, the common sense of the earth can play a very limited role (sad). Maybe some small physical rules are different. .

Okay, stop it, because if you study it carefully, it will be a thesis chapter of several thousand words. Use magic to explain the unreasonable parts! (give up thinking).

The reason why Roland asked this question was because he was a little disgusted by Lu Yi and the Lulan Chamber of Commerce behind her before attacking the royal city of Charles Empire.Although he refused to allow anyone related to the Lulan Chamber of Commerce to enter Moren City, he also sent people out to find out what products the Lulan Chamber of Commerce was currently supplying.

There is no difference from more than 30 years ago, except that the products for ordinary people lack the refined salt and sugar that Roland exchanged from the system.

This does not mean that Lu Yi does not have refined salt and sugar. In a world with magic, it is still possible to make refined salt and sugar.However, it cannot be compared with modern industry in terms of output and efficiency. Large-scale production and highly consistent qualification rates are the biggest advantages of modern industry.

And a magician who can control magic power so accurately to make refined salt and sugar is very powerful in his own right.Most powerful magicians generally have noble status, so why would they specialize in making refined salt and sugar? There are very few great magicians who happen to be in urgent need of money.

Therefore, the Lulan Chamber of Commerce's output of refined salt and sugar became lower, and they had no choice but to package these into high-end products and sell them exclusively to nobles.

As long as Roland has money, he can exchange large quantities of refined salt and sugar, and even omits the production step, so he can directly occupy the market in this area.Although the Charles Empire will not allow its own products to be sold in the country, and is more likely to simply seize Roland's products with a black heart, Roland can choose to sell them to other countries.

"Generally, there are all kinds of ores. We dwarves love forging very much, and the mines in the territory of Stone Heart Castle are almost completely mined, and no new mines have been discovered. And most of the mines have been used by your human empire. In our hands, we buy a large amount of ore every year." Kahn Hammer answered without thinking in a loud voice.

"Other than that is buying fine wine, food, cloth and daily necessities. Most of the dwarves are focused on studying forging techniques and are not very interested in other aspects, so these things basically rely on imports."

Roland nodded. He had also cooperated with dwarf merchants before, and the things he purchased were what Kahn Hammer said.

But as for the ore... Roland frowned slightly. He had not planned to sell the forging stones produced in the border area so early, because he would soon lose his advantage in equipment.

It can be said that one of the main reasons why the battle loss ratio of Roland's soldiers is so exaggerated now is the shields, armor, and invincible weapons that cannot be easily broken by ordinary weapons.

But this time he called the dwarf prince over because he wanted to know what kind of wonderful reaction the forging stone in the border area could have with the minerals in this world.

Roland cannot blindly think that the things in the border area are perfect and stronger than this continent. Such arrogant thoughts will eventually become the trigger of failure.

Looking back, the victories he has won so far were all caused by the opponent not understanding the real situation on his side and being caught in a loophole. The Holy Empire of France did not disclose too much about the battle of Duogu City to the outside world, but the citizens of Leiden City And the mercenaries in Moren City who saw the result of this battle will definitely tell the strength of their soldiers. They cannot bet forever on the long-term reputation of all living beings in the world.

Roland believed that after this defeat, the Charles Empire would never underestimate the enemy as before.

Fortunately, this was the second time that the operation failed. In addition to the intelligence that was uploaded, it was because the Charles Empire's military system was too stupid if they did not take action.

In this battle alone, Roland discovered many problems of his own. The first was that he did not have a fully organized air force.

Just like the three dragon knights sent by the Charles Empire in this war, one dragon knight entangled Yakir with his own life (from Roland's perspective, it was actually Stewart who lost his mind), letting The other two dragon knights entered the city.

Assuming that Doris and Russell invaded Morne City together, even if they were caught up and eliminated by Aqil later, the city would definitely suffer more damage, and there would be more casualties among soldiers and people. .Instead of just paying the lives of several mountain monsters and the serious injury of a Pegasus knight as the price for killing the dragon knight.

The reason why the Holy Empire of France is not afraid of the Charles Empire is that it has the Pegasus Knights as a unit that can restrain and compete with the Dragon Knights.

When they first attacked Duogu City, the Pegasus knights seemed a little weak because they didn't understand the lethality and attack range of the golem guards, and they were all new recruits who came for training.

But imagine, if the Holy Empire of France destroys the alliance and sends a large number of regular soldiers of Pegasus Knights to cooperate with their land soldiers to attack Morn City, knowing the attack range and lethality of the Golem Guards, what will Roland do? What about these Pegasus knights flying directly over the city to carry out sabotage operations?

The range of the ballista is limited, and there is only one Yakir. After thinking about it, Roland really found it difficult to solve.

Although the performance of Lucia and Lamia in this city defense battle was not outstanding, it was the two girls who had been dealing with Doris and suppressed her so that she could only fly at low altitude. The attacker has no way to cause more damage to the city, and at the same time, the mountain demon knights must form a circle around it.

After hearing the report of the pursuit battle he witnessed, Roland couldn't help but sigh that no matter which world he was in, the air force was very important.

Therefore, Roland must form an air force as soon as possible. It is very useful whether it is blocking the enemy's air force or conducting harassment operations against the enemy's major cities.

But if you think about it carefully, there don't seem to be many things that can fly at the junction.

Winged hybrids are considered one, but they cannot fly very high, and judging from the previous battle losses, the hybrids are slightly lacking in strength.

The Crucible Knights are all capable of flying and very powerful.But let's not talk about whether they can be summoned now. There are only two furnace knights in the entire Nimgofu. The problem of not being able to summon enough to form an organization is the same as Aqil.

If it were possible to summon all the Knights of the Furnace, then the enemy's air force would not be thinking about how to fight against them, but how to run faster than their teammates.

Then there are the flying dragons. The vast number of secondary flying dragons around Guiol in Galeed made Roland think that he could form a powerful flying dragon air force. But the problem is that the map of Galeed has not been unlocked yet, so this idea can only be temporary. Store it in your mind.

Finally, there are the Storm Eagles in Stonewell City. These are raptors that can form an organization and whose combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of the exiled soldiers.Originally, the War Eagle could be unlocked after the city defense battle, but it was inexplicably replaced by Bernal.

By the way, there is also a kind of Deathborn skeleton soldier that can fly in the border area. Although the flying action is very awkward, it can indeed fly into the air.

As for the animal legions such as the Rune Bear, the Shrimp King, and the Giant Rat, none of them can fly.

So Roland decided to change his mind. I couldn't afford a usable air force from the things in the border area, so I would simply use the flying monsters in this world to train and form an air force.However, Roland has not yet decided what kind of monster to choose as a mount.

Then the second point is that Roland's current soldiers continue to lack mage units that can carry out long-range strikes. When the big tree guard faced Daphne's overwhelming ice and snow magic, all the cavalry on his body were unable to move. Roland See it in your eyes.However, this point has been solved. The pyroxene mages belonging to the Kallia royal family have been able to unlock the summons. In the future, they no longer have to worry about being confused by the enemy's mages AOE before starting a fight.

And Roland is also very curious about what kind of chemical reaction those pyroxene mages will have with the magic in this world when they get here.

Roland put his thoughts back, coughed slightly and said, "If Morn City can provide you with the daily necessities needed by Stone Heart Castle in large quantities and the price is slightly cheaper than other places, can you, Your Highness, enter into business cooperation with me? "

Kahn Hammer was stunned for a moment: "Of course, there are cheaper and better quality things, why would I disagree?"

Then he stretched out his intact arm and continued to Roland: "You healed my arm and pulled so many of my brothers back from the hands of the goddess of death. I am still thinking about how to repay you. Roland Don’t worry, brother, we dwarves will never betray our benefactor. We at Stoneheart Castle can accept whatever goods you want.”

Then he said with emotion: "And I have observed a lot of things in your city these days. Those residents with golden eyes are all compatriots you brought out from the endless forest, right? After all, your eyes are the same as those outside. As bright as a huge golden tree.”