Chapter 201: Broken Armor Inscribed with Highest-Rank Characters, Trouble

Tang Zheng put away the magic gun and looked at the broken weapons and equipment again; listening to the Minister of Forging, these equipment that looked like they had no value.

Were more of a proof of the prosperity of the gray dwarf kingdom, and their commemorative significance was far higher than their practical significance, which was why they were brought out together.

Tang Zheng checked while occasionally throwing out an "Item Appraisal," but unfortunately, after looking around, he didn't find any magic items similar to the magic gun.

Finally!

Tang Zheng's gaze stayed on a piece of armor hanging at the very top of these broken equipment, which was full of holes and severely damaged.

The surface of this armor was very clean, looking different from the broken weapons covered in dust around it, and it was clearly often wiped by someone.

It seemed to have extraordinary significance!

"What is this armor?" Tang Zheng's gaze showed curiosity.

The Minister of Forging stepped forward, his dull gaze fixed on this armor, and under the state of "All-Race Charm," excitement actually appeared in his emotional changes.

"This is the greatest masterpiece forged by our gray dwarf tribe!"

In the Minister of Forging's voice, which had no emotional fluctuations, there was a hint of heat:

"It is also the armor forged collectively by all the Lu En craftsmen during the most prosperous period of our gray dwarf tribe, possessing four highest-rank Lu En characters."

Tang Zheng looked at this tattered armor and clearly showed a surprised expression.

Four high-rank Lu En characters?

Although he didn't know much about Lu En characters, he also knew that besides the anti-characters and god-rank characters that existed in legends and whose existence was unknown.

There were 90 Lu En characters in total, fifty low-rank characters, twenty-five mid-rank characters, ten high-rank characters, and five highest-rank characters.

That is to say, there were five highest-rank characters in total, and four of them were inscribed on this armor.

Tang Zheng remembered that the hammer held by the last generation of kings of the dwarf tribe living in the Azerlisia Mountains was also a national treasure of the dwarf tribe, possessing six Lu En characters.

But clearly!

The six Lu En characters inscribed on that national treasure hammer of the dwarf tribe were probably all low-rank or mid-rank characters.

"This armor, although it has lost all its abilities, the four highest-rank Lu En characters have been relatively completely preserved."

"This is the treasure of our gray dwarf tribe; as long as this armor is here, those four highest-rank Lu En characters will not be lost."

The Minister of Forging spoke excitedly.

"What ability does this armor possess?" Tang Zheng's gaze flashed with a sharp light, and he asked.

"It is said to possess indestructible defense, as well as the ability to devour ore to constantly repair and become stronger......"

The Minister of Forging hesitated this time, seeming to know little: "Among our Lu En craftsmen, there has always been a ballad about this armor."

"Ballad?" Tang Zheng.

"The furnace fire in the ashes shines with glory."

"The blood and fire of the gray dwarves are intertwined."

"In the depths of the rocks, the low-whispered blessing from the gods."

"The armor that devours ore is attached to the soul of the gray dwarves."

"That is the greatness that even ancient dragons pay attention to!" The Minister of Forging whispered.

Tang Zheng didn't continue to ask, but looked at this broken armor seriously, his gaze constantly flashing with thoughts.

The content of this ballad was not complicated.

Besides simply describing the armor's ability, the rest of the ballad's content was basically bragging.

"Lu En characters." Tang Zheng whispered to himself.

Lu En technology could be said to be a craft unique to the Other World; however, in the "Yggdrasil" game, there were also Lu En characters, but they were more used as decorations.

"Yggdrasil" had Norse mythology as its main background, and in the myths and legends, Odin, the father of all gods, had hung himself on the World Tree for nine days and nine nights to ponder the secrets of the universe.

When Odin, the father of all gods, walked down from the tree, he understood the secret of "Lu En," and this secret was taught to humans by Heimdall, the guardian god of the Rainbow Bridge, in the form of characters.

This was the so-called "Lu En characters."

The reason Tang Zheng suddenly thought of this was because the ballad just now mentioned the word "gods."

According to the currently known information, the so-called gods were nothing more than human players; of course, this premise was that there were no non-player gods in the Other World.

Then, how was the power of "Lu En characters" mastered by the dwarf tribe?

The Minister of Forging clearly couldn't answer this question.

Tang Zheng didn't continue to think about this aspect, because there were too many secrets hidden in this world, and before truly exploring these secrets, mastering sufficient strength was the foundation.

"So, why was this armor, which you gathered all the craftsmen to forge, destroyed so severely?" Tang Zheng looked at the Minister of Forging.

"Because the ore materials used to forge this armor were too good." The Minister of Forging gave an answer that was completely outside Tang Zheng's thinking range.

"This armor can only devour the ore used to forge the armor, but this kind of ore is too rare, which led to this armor being unable to improve by devouring ore the moment it was forged."

The Minister of Forging's voice carried a hint of loneliness when he said this. He seemed to be mocking himself because of this ridiculous reason, the armor forged by gathering all the most top-notch Lu En craftsmen had become an ordinary armor that was just relatively hard.

Tang Zheng was surprised; he didn't expect it to be such a funny reason, and then asked: "Do you still have the ability to forge such armor?"

"No."

The Minister of Forging shook his head:

"This requires several skilled Lu En craftsmen to inscribe Lu En characters together. With this armor here, the four highest-rank characters are not lost, but the gray dwarf tribe has no Lu En craftsmen besides me."

"In addition, not any material can carry the power of four highest-rank Lu En characters. And to make this power truly exert itself, one must provide corresponding materials for it to devour."

"It is too difficult to satisfy these conditions; this is destined to be a failed masterpiece."

The words of the Minister of Forging made the thought that had just risen in Tang Zheng's heart dissipate.

But soon!

A thought suddenly flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, and his eyes narrowed imperceptibly; perhaps he could change his train of thought.

"It seems you won't die for a while."

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Tang Zheng spoke softly to the Minister of Forging, who had a dull expression, waved his hand toward the armor on the wall, and put it into the item box.

The night passed quietly.

The next day, early morning.

After a night of hard work, many gray dwarf corpses located underground were gradually cleaned up by the 3,000 human tribespeople.

Leading to the entire oasis being piled with gray dwarf corpses.

A night of sleeplessness, plus the battle during the day, caused some people to collapse on the ground, not to mention those ordinary people, even Seeing Ya La Er'er, who was like a small cheetah, was exhausted.

Clearly, the subsequent cleanup work could not be completed in a short time.

In this situation.

Seeing Ya La Er'er could only arrange for a portion of manpower to stay on the gray dwarf oasis temporarily, while escorting the gray dwarf tribe's supplies and Tang Zheng back to the human oasis.

The night of the third day.

On the human oasis, a bonfire party was held again, and happy laughter came.

Tang Zheng sat by the water source in the central area of the human oasis, glanced at the direction of the bonfire, shook his head, and withdrew his gaze.

He didn't participate in this celebration of the human tribe.

"It's about time to leave."

Tang Zheng raised his hand to stroke the evil spirit dog, which was still in the image of a goshawk, and whispered to himself.

From coming to this Valley of Despair until now, more than half a month had passed; he had originally just wanted to simply investigate information, but he didn't expect so many things to happen all at once.

The harvest was not small.

Just the unique way of taking the job of "Gray-Armored Knight" gave Tang Zheng a huge harvest, not to mention the information and things obtained from the gray dwarves.

"I wonder if using higher-rank teleportation magic can directly return to the northwest corner of the continent."

Tang Zheng had currently mastered the Third Rank "Dimensional Movement," and could increase the magic level through magic power rise, mastering higher-rank teleportation magic.

However!

Tang Zheng also couldn't be sure if the Seventh Rank "Greater Teleportation" could directly teleport him back, because he remembered that in the case of long-distance teleportation.

It seemed that he needed to mark the destination in advance.

If it were "Gate," it wouldn't be so troublesome.

It was just that the ability "Gate" was no longer considered a single-rank magic, but belonged to the category of special skills.

Even in the "Great Tomb of Nazarick," the only ones who mastered this ability were Ainz and Shalltear.

If he couldn't return through teleportation magic.

Tang Zheng had to consider that he could only return to the lava area of the Azerlisia Mountains through the natural teleportation gate inside the volcano.

Turning into a small anglerfish again was not a problem; what gave Tang Zheng a headache was having to face the ancient fire dragon and the sun anglerfish in the lava.

In the case of using the "Wild Transformation" ability, Tang Zheng couldn't use the abilities he possessed himself, which would inevitably cause him to be weak.

"Hero, my lord!"

Just then, Seeing Ya La Er'er's footsteps rang out from afar.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 202 =====