Chapter 166 Obsidian Palace 1
The dwarf race is so unprogressive. They can sit in a hole digging or forging iron all day long, and after finishing work at night, they can find their friends and have a good drink.
Almost all dwarf clans have this virtue, but there are exceptions, and that is the Wildhammer clan in the Hinterlands.
The Wildhammer clan mentioned in the previous article that there are a large number of shamans in their clan. These shamans guide the clansmen very well, allowing them to develop in other aspects, such as taming and taming griffins.
A gryphon has an eagle-like head and wings, but a lion-like body. Its forelimbs are the talons of an eagle, and its hind limbs are the legs of a lion.
This powerful flying creature is a natural monster. Griffins start at a high level when they reach adulthood. When the dragon does not appear in the sky, these griffins are the overlords in the sky.
The Wildhammer clan is very good at dealing with griffons, and Zhang Weidao plans to go to the Hinterlands to have a good chat with these dwarves while he still has some free time. He will be busy when the orcs launch a sea-crossing campaign!
No matter how different the Wildhammers are from other dwarf clans, Zhang Weidao believes that they are dogs and cannot change their drinking habits. Wrong, dwarves cannot change their drinking habits.
Some things are relative. Dark Iron dwarves are described by other dwarves as insidious, despicable, and cunning, but in Zhang Weidao's view, they are still the same kind as normal dwarves, and they are all kind-hearted guys.
The trading market opened by the Dark Iron Dwarves on the Burning Plains has never cheated customers, unless the customers did something bad, such as stealing or robbing things.
Normal transactions are very fair, there is no cheating, abduction, forced buying or selling, and there is no bullying of the weak based on the strength of the tribe.
Apart from their particular love of attacking the Bronzebeard clan, these Dark Iron dwarves have no hostility toward other races. Their hobbies and interests are similar. They all like to drink and brag.
Thinking about it, the Wildhammer clan wouldn't be much different. They definitely love drinking, but they just have more side jobs than other dwarves.
The Wildhammer clan definitely needs to go there, but there is no rush at this moment, and it is best to have someone introduce you to the Wildhammer dwarves, otherwise there will be no way to give gifts.
At the moment, Zhang Weidao is most concerned about the output of strategic resources like obsidian.
In the middle of the tunnel, there is a cave excavated laterally. Yesterday, the dwarves discovered a vein containing rich obsidian.
The obsidian reserves in this vein are quite rich. If Archbishop Fao were here and saw so many obsidian mines, he would definitely faint from excitement.
Zhang Weidao made a rough estimate of the piles of obsidian mines sifted by dwarves on the ground, and found that there were at least a hundred cubic meters, which could be used to tile a villa.
This is the normal output of the dwarves working in this section. Now the number of dwarf miners in this position is gradually increasing. They also know that this obsidian mine is good stuff, and dwarves also like to dig good things first when digging.
If it weren't for the fact that this obsidian rich mine couldn't accommodate too many people, all the dwarves in the mine would come over and dig the rich ore first. With these dozens of dwarf miners working here, the efficiency would skyrocket, and they would probably be able to dig it out by night.
Thousands of cubic meters of obsidian.
With so much obsidian, if you dig it for a while, it will be enough to build an obsidian palace.
Thinking of this, Zhang Weidao called over the casters who were in the workshop to process the obsidian rough stones first. Only a few people needed to be left in the workshop, as there were not so many metal structures that required casters to weld.
The casters came to the cave that had been dug out by the dwarf miners. When they saw the piles of obsidian ore on the ground, they all opened their mouths with excitement. If they didn't know the current virtues of these guys,
Zhang Weidao thought they were going to eat people.
Zhang Weidao didn't need to say anything. This group of spellcasters, mostly composed of jackals, began to enter into a feverish working mode. They also took some raw obsidian ore and practiced it a few days ago, so they knew what size and shape they should fuse into.
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When dwarves use magic furnaces to process obsidian mines, they like to smelt obsidian into a diamond-shaped appearance. When spellcasters directly use mana to smelt obsidian, they also completely follow the standards set by the dwarves.
Originally, Zhang Weidao thought that it could be made into common bricks, but this proposal was collectively rejected by the dwarves. The dwarves said that they had studied for countless years before finally deciding on the most ideal shape.
The rectangular shape of slab bricks has been eliminated from the beginning, and obsidian blocks with diamond-shaped structure are the most standard.
Thinking that the obsidian blocks taken out by Archbishop Fa'ao were also in the shape of a rhombus, Zhang Weidao did not refute anything, and the shape and structure were determined. Anyway, there is no problem in splicing rhombuses, and the effect of joining the bevel will only be better than that of a flat surface.
The casters arranged the rough stones neatly and then input mana for smelting. The impurities in the obsidian rough stones were quickly separated.
The obsidian that has been treated with impurities enters the shaping mold, and under the infusion of a large amount of mana by the caster, it quickly fuses together to form a standard large slab of bricks.
Zhang Weidao picked up a diamond-shaped obsidian brick. The finished product was about the same size as a normal brick, but the weight was amazing.
Just such a brick weighs more than 20 kilograms, which is about the same weight as steel, and its hardness is also about the same.
If such a super brick is used for breaking performances, it can knock down all those hard skills of boxing, Sanda, and martial arts. Even if it is placed on the chest, it can be used to withstand small-caliber artillery shells.
At this time, the dwarves who were mining also ran over to check the finished obsidian products. They picked up the finished products one by one and began to carefully evaluate them.
"The quality of this batch is very high, much purer than that produced by the Magic Furnace!"
"That's necessary. We don't have that many spell casters in our clan, so we use magic furnaces instead. The quality is definitely not comparable. Only those made by spell casters themselves are of the best quality."
"Yes! I didn't see the important obsidian components. Those masters are looking for help from spell casters everywhere!"
"It consumes too much mana to deal with this thing! Many spellcasters are unwilling to help, and they have to give big gifts before they are willing to take action."
The dwarf miners talked a lot and were very satisfied with the quality of this batch of finished obsidian products. These are all high-quality treasures!
At the same time, I am very envious of the thousands of spell casters under Zhang Weidao. Their entire clan does not have so many spell casters, unless the three big clans can unite again.
Most of the dwarf mages are on the side of the Dark Iron dwarves, most of the shamans are on the side of the Wildhammer dwarves, and the Bronzebeard dwarves who occupy Ironforge only have a small number of mages and priests.
For example, the old mountain ranger Grodd Stoneheart, who has some shaman skills, does not belong to the Bronzebeard dwarf clan, but comes from a small clan that prefers neutrality.
Seeing the dwarves coming to view the obsidian finished product, Zhang Weidao planned a grand blueprint with them, which was to build an obsidian palace in this empty cave!
These nervous dwarves suddenly became excited about this plan that sounded unbelievable to ordinary people.
Chapter completed!