Chapter 82

"Can we only innovate?"

"Then what if there are new equipment blueprints?"

Qin Luo asked.

"As long as there are blueprints, we can immediately forge equipment according to them!"

A Pudu hurriedly said.

"Alright, I understand!"

Qin Luo nodded slightly, "I heard that there is a mine behind your village; what kind of metal resources are in it?"

"There are two types of metal ore: Red Iron and Bronze, and also!"

A Pudu replied.

"What are the latter two used for?"

Qin Luo said.

"Chiyan Stone and Black Nitrate Stone can be used as fuel or raw materials for gunpowder!"

A Pudu said.

"Oh!"

Qin Luo nodded; the Dwarves' weapons include Magic Cannons and muskets, both of which require ammunition to be loaded to function.

"Is there no Mithril?"

Qin Luo looked at A Pudu.

"No, this one would not dare to lie!"

"Previously, when we needed Mithril, we would travel to Wanjin Mountain Town, more than ten kilometers to the west, to trade with them!"

A Pudu said.

"Wanjin Mountain Town?"

Qin Luo raised an eyebrow, "Tell me, what is the situation in the town?"

"Reporting to the Lord, I don't know much about Wanjin Mountain Town either!"

"I only know that the number of people living in this town is over fifty thousand. The main race inside is human, and the town mayor is a powerful human. Additionally, there are some races like us Dwarves and Orcs, but their numbers are relatively small, adding up to less than half, and their status is also very low; they are often bullied by humans."

Speaking of this, A Pudu carefully glanced at Qin Luo and, finding that his expression hadn't changed much, continued, "Wanjin Mountain Town is just as its name suggests; next to it is Wanjin Mountain, which is a rich mine of Mithril and Jingjin!"

"Then what is the strength of the Wanjin Mountain Town mayor, and how many regular troops are in the town?"

Qin Luo's eyes gleamed as he asked.

He hadn't expected that there would be a town dominated by the human race just over ten kilometers away.

However, a town with a population of over fifty thousand was definitely not something the current Qin Luo could covet!

He even had to be on guard against whether they might suddenly attack Qin Luo's territory.

"This one deserves to die; this one does not know!"

A Pudu said in a panic. "Unless it is a last resort and we are in urgent need of some daily supplies, we only send people to Wanjin Mountain Town to trade once or twice a year at most. Moreover, the place of trade is a market outside the town, and we rarely enter the town itself, so we don't know much about Wanjin Mountain Town!"

"Alright!"

Qin Luo understood this.

The Dwarf village was tucked away in a corner, isolated from news, so naturally, they knew very little, at most managing their own small plot of land near the village.

It seemed he would have to find other channels to truly understand Wanjin Mountain Town.

However, a distance of over ten kilometers was not close.

In this Barren Land, it was not like the roads in the original world that stretched in all directions, where a journey of over ten kilometers could be reached in less than half an hour.

In between, the path was not only rugged, but there were also all kinds of dangers, such as various wild monsters or other intelligent biological races.

Once one passed through their territory, it was very likely they would be attacked.

Moreover, he also learned from A Pudu that although some supplies could be traded at the Wanjin Mountain Town market, the prices were extremely expensive, and one would also face extortion or unfair trade, sometimes even ending up with neither people nor goods.

"Since you have submitted to this Lord's command, then serve well; this Lord will definitely not treat you unfairly!"

"I am giving you three tasks!"

"First, forge a batch of mining and transport tools for the others. For this matter, go find Kamen of the Centaur Village in the residential gathering area and discuss it with him; you should be old acquaintances, right!"

"The second task is to build the Smelting Plant and Blacksmith Shop as soon as possible!"

"The third task, which will be your daily work from now on, is to gather all the Dwarf blacksmiths to forge various types of equipment for this Lord. By the way, the equipment you forge needs to be adjusted slightly, especially the equipment that needs to be worn on the body; do not follow your Dwarf body types anymore, but make them according to normal human physiques, understand?"

Qin Luo said.

"Understood, Lord, please rest assured. We Dwarves are born blacksmiths; adjusting equipment is not a big deal for us!"

A Pudu replied.

"Then that's it!"

"You only need to serve this Lord well; don't think too much about other things!"

"As for your food, clothing, housing, and safety, this Lord will arrange everything properly!"

Qin Luo said to A Pudu.

"Many thanks, Lord!"

Dwarf Patriarch A Pudu said gratefully.

A Pudu had long anticipated this situation.

Even the treatment Qin Luo provided was much better than he had imagined.

Becoming a resident under a normal human Lord was better than being managed by a group of Undead!

In the Barren Land, the survival situation of the Dwarf Race was also not optimistic, only slightly better than those weaker Centaurs and Goblins.

If they had a choice, they would rather live in Wanjin Mountain Town.

However, Wanjin Mountain Town was the world of the human race; for alien races like them, they would either be slaves, pets, or laborers, and the living environment would be no better than outside!

Judging from his interaction with Qin Luo, the Lord before him was not bad, and the work arranged and the promised treatment were acceptable.

It was just that he didn't know if Qin Luo had any bad habits or if he would go back on his word, thereby affecting the survival of the Dwarves.

After dealing with the Dwarves' affairs, Qin Luo continued to organize his current resources.

800 Ordinary Realm monster corpses!

35 Black Iron Realm monster corpses!

1 piece of Bronze Grade equipment!

100 sets of Black Iron Grade equipment!

500 sets of Ordinary Grade equipment!

42 pieces of Black Iron Grade equipment!

200 pieces of Ordinary Grade!

20 Building Blueprints!

10 Equipment Blueprints!

1030 Ordinary Grade Magic Crystals!

42 Black Iron Grade Magic Crystals!

2 Bronze Grade Magic Crystals!

And some rare metal resources: 10,000 units of Red Iron, 3,250 units of Bronze, 100 units of Mithril, 1,500 units of Jingjin.

As well as 10,000 Energy Points.

Qin Luo put away some things needed for his own development, such as various blueprints, Magic Crystals, monster corpses, etc.

As for the remaining pile of equipment, equipment did not provide much improvement to the Undead, so selling it was the most reasonable way.

However, before selling, Qin Luo had to understand the market situation first.

The prices of items on the market were changing every moment.

But on the whole, items were actually constantly depreciating, all in a downward trend.

Actually, it couldn't be counted as just falling!

It was returning to the normal market price!

For example, Black Iron Grade equipment was, two days ago, as rare as Black Iron Grade Magic Crystals, an extremely rare item.

But by the third day, especially after the Dark Offensive ended, even ordinary Lords could potentially obtain Black Iron Grade equipment.

Therefore, its price had been falling, just not as rapidly as other items.

The prices of various Magic Crystals had also been falling.

(End of chapter)