Chapter 972: The Packed Dwarf District

(The previous chapter has an expansion; anyone who hasn't finished it can go back and read it.)

Now this spot in Yanhuang Town has become a permanent settlement for the Dwarf Race.

Not only members of the Yanhuang Guild, but all players can take quests from the Dwarves here.

When completing quests, besides various rewards, you also gain the Dwarves' favor.

Once the favor reaches a certain level, the Iron Hammer Dwarf King will step in to help forge equipment.

Of course there are two exceptions: members of the Imperial Guild, and members of the Qiancheng Muxue Guild.

During the Dwarf Race's relocation, these two guilds carried out targeted killings, and any member of them was immediately placed on a blacklist.

If you want to grind Dwarf Race favor, you can… leave your guild, then come back to grind.

But if you rejoin a guild halfway through grinding, sorry, the favor resets to zero.

However, at present, members of these two guilds are not active within Yanhuang Town; being hostile guilds, they forbid their own members from coming over, which is understandable.

After all, if their guild members came, regardless of number, they'd ultimately be generating revenue for Yanhuang, wouldn't they?

Naturally, members of those two guilds won't come to Yanhuang Town.

But the Shenhua Guild is an exception.

Although also a hostile guild, they show no hostility at all and still come to Yanhuang Town to do quests and grind monsters…

The Shenhua Guild rose later and didn't take part in the targeting of the Dwarf Race, so even though they are hostile to Yanhuang, they can normally grind Dwarf Race favor.

At first, Lin Huan was uncertain about these Shenhua Guild members and then asked Su Sheng for his opinion.

What could Su Sheng possibly have to say? Naturally nothing… He magnanimously lets them freely operate in Yanhuang Town's regular zones, and as long as no conflict arises, he doesn't mind them grinding monsters at Training Spots outside Yanhuang Town.

Although hostile, he doesn't deliberately target them.

After all… putting aside other things, the Shenhua Guild truly isn't short of money; they come to Yanhuang Town to generate revenue for themselves, right?

What is there to target them for?

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However, after hearing the Iron Hammer Dwarf King's statement, Su Sheng was taken aback.

The Luban Hammer didn't mention needing a forge.

Su Sheng, puzzled, produced the Luban Hammer: "It's not about upgrading quality, but raising its level. Now that I have this item, do I still need the central furnace?"

"Hm?"

The Iron Hammer Dwarf King looked at the Luban Hammer in Su Sheng's hand, his eyes lighting up.

"Seems I misunderstood, but you actually managed to get this thing; lucky you."

The Iron Hammer Dwarf King said with a smile.

"With this item, you don't need the central furnace. Hand it over to me, but the forging will take 12 hours."

Hearing that, Su Sheng was stunned for a moment.

But without hesitation, he immediately handed the Luban Hammer and the Divine Thunder Magic Light to the Iron Hammer Dwarf King.

"I'll get busy now; I'll come back after 12 hours."

Holding the items, the Iron Hammer Dwarf King turned and entered the smithy.

Twelve hours is exactly one in‑game day, so it looks like there will be no weapon to use today.

But it doesn't matter; the game is at this stage.

A one‑ or two‑day difference in progress isn't really a big issue.

Su Sheng is now level 69; if he relies on the regular Training Spot to grind monsters, reaching the level‑75 Training Spot upgrade would take at least nearly half a month just to get to level 70.

So one or two days really isn't anything.

Then Su Sheng turned and left the smithy directly.

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Su Sheng left the smithy…

But then the smithy suddenly became bustling.

Because the game forum's pinned post was, astonishingly, the conversation between Su Sheng and the Iron Hammer Dwarf King.

Divine Artifact!

Who doesn't crave it?

Now that an NPC capable of forging a Divine Artifact is known, everyone is naturally very excited.

But the Iron Hammer Dwarf King hasn't shown up since, evidently upgrading Su Sheng's Demon God Lightning.

That doesn't dampen the players' enthusiasm; just the smithy…

As the news spread, the Dwarf settlement area of Yanhuang Town swelled with a massive influx of players.

Anywhere you can take Dwarf Race favor‑grinding quests, it's literally a sea of people.

Even congestion has already emerged; just after leaving this area a short while ago, while Su Sheng was pondering what to do today, he received the news and, helplessly, turned back.

Staring at the sea of people before him, Su Sheng was stunned for a while.

Good fellow, truly a good fellow, how long has it been since I left?

It's already packed here?

Looking at the scene, Su Sheng couldn't help but feel like he was dreaming back to the old Newbie Village.

This is just too absurd.

In fact, for most players, forging a Divine Artifact is something they can only hope for, not something achievable just because there's a craftsman.

First, materials are needed, as well as a forging environment; I won't discuss the materials, but Crimson Flame City has already been destroyed.

But that can't stop the players' enthusiasm—where there's a quest, they'll do it; where there's a level‑up, they'll level up.

Even though we don't need anything forged with a Divine Artifact right now, what if luck strikes later and we obtain materials for Divine Artifact forging?

That's what you call preparing for a rainy day!

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In the end, Su Sheng summoned a Dwarves defense squad, to maintain order… Yes, the Dwarves defense squad!

They are the settled Dwarves, trained into guard NPCs; the barracks blueprint that was a reward for formation battles has already been built. (Chapter 766)

These Dwarves patrol squads are the product of the barracks; as for the simultaneously rewarded city‑guard magic‑circle blueprint, it cannot be produced yet.

The materials required for the city‑guard magic circle are far too many; at present they have not been gathered.

Thanks to the barracks' existence, this sort of thing has to call guild players over, which is basically a roundabout waste of players' time, isn't it?

Afterwards, Su Sheng also pulled that battle puppet over, to intimidate this area.

Although the attributes of this battle puppet are already a bit lagging in the era of universal Third Rebirth.

Nevertheless, its massive build standing there still has considerable deterrent power.

Watching the Dwarves defense squad maintaining order, Su Sheng smacked his lips, then looked up at the Primordial Tree that almost blocked half the town's sky.

If we know when the Elf race can reach the current scale of the Dwarf race, then training a few Elf guards would truly be impressive.

Dwarf Race guards can be used, but in terms of appearance they still can't match Elf guards.

So far, among the wandering Elves, aside from that Dalian, Su Sheng has basically not seen any other Elf arrive.

Forget it…

Su Sheng no longer dwelled on it; looking at the area where order had been restored, Su Sheng clapped his hands, turned, and left.