Heat waves rose and stirred over the spectacle.
The black volcano seemed like some kind of living thing rising from the ground, the cone expanding further, the rising ridge spreading out in all directions and subsuming a large part of the surrounding forest.
The trees withered and blackened under the high temperatures, their green leaves disappearing, and their thick trunks shrinking into tiny black strips.
The landscape of the neighbourhood is further altered as a result.
A series of alerts popped up in the simulator.
[The Muspelheim firebox opens up to a sea of fire.]
[The spirit of the fire dragon awakens.]
[The fire dragon continues to absorb the fire element.]
[Egil’s fire is enhanced by the sea of fire.]
Lu Yao double strikes the spectacle.
……
[Egil’s Fire LV2]: The god of the deep imprisoned the fire dragon and made it into a spectacle, capable of shooting out powerful flaming boulders. The flame boulder replenishment speed is related to the fire element and earth element.
Life Value: 14000/14000 (6/6)
Damage: 2900
Defence: 0
Speed: 21
All nearby fire elemental units gain additional growth speed.
……
The changes in the data panel are intuitive.
Egil’s Fire was upgraded to LV2 with a 2000 life boost, +1 meteorite loadout, 500 damage boost, and +1 speed.
The Fire Box opened, further activating this volcanic wonder just as Lu Yao had envisioned, and the two produced a nice chemical reaction.
I don’t know whether it was because of the increased level of the spectacle or the unfolding of the sea of fire, but the depleted ammo capacity of Egil’s Fire was directly renewed.
This put Lu Yao in a good mood.
The environment of the New Era still needs a little bit to feel and adapt to, and with more inventory and reserves in hand, it will be more comfortable to deal with all kinds of situations.
Originally, he was worried that the fire box might cause the sea of fire to flood. However, from the pixelated images of the scene, although the volcano was bigger, the flames didn’t spread outward from the crater on a large scale.
This was a credit to the Spirit of the Fire Dragon.
The fire box kept creating fire, and the fire dragon kept inhaling it, which was considered to have completed a small internal cycle.
Making sure that the situation around the volcano was completely stabilised, Lu Yao moved on to the next item.
He tapped out the [Dwarf Fortress] in the props bar.
The fortress shows green on the mouse, and once it is moved to the sea or the sky, the fortress shows red, which means it cannot be placed.
Lu Yao understands.
Typical fortresses could only be built on the ground.
But where to build it also needs to be considered.
He first thought of the mountains between Yao City and Salt City. If the Dwarf Fortress was placed there, located between the two cities, the three could form a link.
Lu Yao thought for a moment and eventually changed his mind, deciding to build the Dwarf Fortress next to Saniro.
The ghost town of Saniro had two natural advantages.
One is that it is located in the far south of the continent, with a stable surrounding environment, a vast territory, no shortage of mountains, seas, trees and rocks, and very little competitive pressure. It was itself positioned as a large retirement home for believers.
Secondly, the main body of residents here are ghosts and fishmen, as well as a small number of sandworms willing to work in the city, and nowadays it can be said to be the pilot area of the Transcendent City.
That said, the Sandworm’s status in Sanilo is a bit delicate.
At first, Lu Yao thought that it was the local ghosts that had domesticated the sandworms, but later he found out that this was not the case.
Since the desert had been transformed into a forest by Lu Yao, the pressure of the sandworms’ lives had increased steeply, and with the presence of other monsters in the wild, the competition had become great. Some of the sandworms chose to go far away, while others stayed underground on the nearby beaches.
As time passed, the sandworms and ghost citizens left behind made attempts to interact and exchange …… slowly, and they came to the city to work.
In a way, it was a branching off on the evolutionary path.
Sandworms are a good example.
In short, in the ghost city of Saniro, the first-time dwarves have a more relaxed living environment to allow them to gradually adapt to this brand new world.
Lu Yao fixed the [Dwarf Fortress] on the side of a short mountain, which was very close to Saniro. In order to accommodate the Furnace Clan, Lu Yao also temporarily transferred the Blood Knights to stabilise the confidence of the Dwarves.
As the fortress fell, a cloud of dust drifted up around this dwarf-built spectacle.
The simulator shows.
[The Dwarven Fireplace clan has entered the world.]
Lu Yao saw that the Apostle’s Seal in the upper left corner of the game interface also showed +1 and became 3.
Soon, a small person drilled out of the Dwarf Fortress, totalling 42 people.
These little people were all bald, with thick beards, and all of them were clad in iron or copper armour. It looked like this was the standard equipment of the Furnace clan.
The way to recognise the male and female of the Dwarf Clan was simple, Dwarf males had beards and females had no beards.
Lu Yao clicked on a Dwarf.
……
【Fireplace Clan LV15】Tall and Strong
Life Value: 235/235
Mana: 52/52
Damage: 10
Defence: 13
Speed: 7
[Strong Lv5]
Life value is higher than normal, able to maintain a strong fighting spirit for a longer period of time.
[Forging]
Born with excellent forging craftsmanship.
[Elf]
Elf creatures have a long lifespan, but also grow very slowly.
[Fireplace Clan]
A special branch of Dwarves who can feed on slag and crushed stone.
……
Seeing the Blood Knight, the dwarves surrounded each other in excitement.
“Greetings, Lord Immortal Knight! My name is Wei and Mang!”
“Sir Knight, do you eat slag? This is the finest slag, I chose it carefully, each one is very full!”
“It’s so strange that there are so many trees and grasses here. Is there no fire here?”
“I smell ore, there’s lots and lots of ore to go around here.”
“New ore, fresh slag! I can smell the hot, delicious flavour already!”
“Those guys who stayed behind were so stupid, hahahahaha …… There’s only more slag out there!”
The Blood Knight briefly responds to the dwarves’ query.
A dwarf bravely asks, “Lord Knight, can we mine the mines of this world? We won’t dig too much, just enough to smelt some iron, if we don’t make iron, the Furnace clan is all over the place.”
Lu Yao noticed that this Dwarf, who was uncomfortable if he didn’t make iron for a day, was just tall and strong.
“It can be.”
Another Dwarf said, “Lord Knight, slag, I carefully selected slag for you …… Look how full it is, with lots of air holes, very fluffy and crunchy in texture!”
“No food.”
A lost expression floated over the head of the slag offering dwarf.
Lu Yao paid more attention and realised that this was actually a Dwarf girl called Fiery Cloud.
Although she was a Dwarf girl, apart from her beard, she was no different from the male Dwarves around her, all of them wearing iron armour and having a hard body.
“Knight-sama, will there be cloud giants here?”
“No.”
“Knight-sama, can we look around? I mean, away from the fortress.”
“Yes.”
……
First time dwarves have a lot of problems.
The Blood Knight answered them all, mostly in a few hard and simple words.
Either it works or it doesn’t.
There’s no reason, no need to explain.
But the dwarves ate this hardened knight up, and instead, a look of delight bubbled over one’s head.
The Blood Knight mounted his white horse and travelled all the way to Saniro to tell Mayor Chapman about the Dwarves. Chapman was so pleased that he rode all the way over in a sandworm to visit in order to welcome his new neighbours, the Furnace Clan.
Chapman had the sandworm carry a large number of gifts, including fish, meat, wheat, potatoes, beans, and grape-based food, as well as linen, cotton, and wine.
The dwarves were shocked by the gifts.
The dwarves who were eating meat for the first time had exclamation marks coming out of their heads one by one.
“This flavour is comparable to the finest slag …… There is actually such delicious food in the world.”
“Terrifying, I only took one bite and felt like I couldn’t get away from it at all.”
“Terrible meat, fascinating meat ……”
What pleased them most was the wine.
No matter male or female, when the dwarves drank wine, then they became incredibly excited.
“Wine! Is this wine!”
“There have been legends of wine in the Furnace Clan, but they are too distant, and it is said to be a treasure offered to the gods …… Can we really drink it? Do the gods allow us?”
“Come, drink!”
Drinking on the top of the dwarves no longer have any formalities, and quickly get acquainted with Mayor Chapman.
They have said, if there is a need for smelting and forging, come to the Dwarf Fortress, the Fireplace clan will definitely give them the best iron.
“Really? That would be great! If we can use the superior skills of the Fireforge clan, the citizens of the entire Saniro City will be very happy.”
“It’s a small thing, don’t mention it, you’re friends of the Fireplace clan! Ahahahaha!”
With a gift attack, Chapman enlisted this group of dwarves who were closed in a small world and were not Avray involved in the world. The relationship between the two sides warmed up rapidly.
However, at this time, Lu Yao received news from Isabelle.
“My lord, Ember Sun is flying towards the world border. It seems to want to escape the world.”
Lu Yao was a little upset.
What kind of place do you think this is?
You can come and go as you please? Did you ask me?
You want to run away now?
It’s too late!
