Chapter 124 It’s a moving gold mine!
The battle ended quickly.
Faced with the tide of skeleton bombers, the clay golems of the Rock Soul Tribe were unable to fight back.
Because before they could fight back, the newbies holding bombs turned into a scorching meteor like "Bang! Bang! Bang!".
The terrifying power, not to mention the clay golem blocking the entrance to the cave, even the entire illegally built cave was almost destroyed by this group of fanatical skeleton soldiers.
But the players are happy with it, even at the risk of their lives!
After all, for them, those contributions and experiences are simply for nothing!
If the entire battle hadn't ended too quickly and the resurrection point and equipment depot were too far away from the battlefield, they would have wanted to do it again after they were alive!
Seeing that the warriors and children of the Rock and Earth Soul Tribe were about to be crushed to death by the Demon King's minions, "The Immovable Man", who had not taken the Demon King seriously a few minutes ago, finally realized what evil and cruelty meant.
In desperation, the humiliating voice finally came from the cave.
"Enough! We surrender! You won!"
Hearing the humiliation in the voice, Luo Yan laughed and said in a cold tone.
"If you surrender, I have to agree?"
Hunter was speechless for a moment.
"Then, what do you want me to do!?"
Luo Yan said expressionlessly.
"At least let me see your sincerity in surrendering."
Hence: "Compared to, for example?"
For example?
Luo Yan touched his chin. To be honest, he had no idea.
Before coming here, he had only made two plans. Either the rebels would turn around and surrender, or they could just use them as a mine. He had never thought of the third possibility.
The clay golem actually gained self-awareness, and also possessed group awareness and fear of death...
This itself is a very strange thing.
"Arakto, what do you think is better?" At this time, the traitor's opinion is needed. Luo Yan touched the big spider's head.
The number one wise general in Shadowweaver's lair immediately came up with a plan.
"It's very simple, Lord Demon King! Let the rotten stone called the Immovable Man come to you in person to confess his guilt! Then, demote those rotten stones who dare to oppose you into slaves! I feel that my construction team should make use of them!"
This is a good idea.
Happily looking at the cave ahead, Luo Yan shouted to Fudo, who was suppressing his anger.
"You have also heard the opinions of my subordinates, what is your answer now?"
A long silence filled the cave. Luo Yan waited for a while, but still did not receive a response, so he raised his hand and prepared to order the second round of offensive.
At this moment, there was a shaking tremor from the depths of the cave, and a five-meter-tall rock and earth giant slowly walked out of the darkness.
His every step seemed extremely heavy, as if the ground was about to collapse.
Because his body was too huge, the spacious cave could hardly accommodate him. He could only get out of the cave by bending to the limit.
No wonder Reggie Dragon didn't take him with him.
Humbling to get this thing to the surface is probably more difficult than letting Queen Arachnos in Shadowweaver's lair see the sun.
Yoyou floated to Luo Yan's side and whispered.
"Lord Demon King! It actually has a soul in it! And it's bronze level!"
Hearing this, Luo Yan took another look at the big man.
It’s just a bronze?
With the physical and magic resistance almost written on his face, he has no doubt that this guy can challenge a silver-level swordsman alone...if there is enough spacious terrain for him to perform.
Under the gazes of the clay golems, their king slowly bent down, his knees as towering as mountains touching the ground.
Holding his head made of rocks, the Immovable Man hid the humiliation and anger on his face and said in a low voice.
"I beg you, Lord Demon King, to forgive our arrogance and rudeness. Your Majesty the Demon God, I can swear with my soul that the Rock and Earth Soul clan has no intention of betraying Hell or the Labyrinth. We are just——"
"You just think I'm not worthy of being your lord?"
Luo Yan raised his chin slightly, looked down at his head with cold eyes, and said in a casual voice, "I'm not interested in hearing the reasons you made up for your betrayal, and I don't care."
After saying that, he raised his right hand.
Hunted Old Man was shocked when he saw this and said quickly.
"Please, please wait! It's our fault... We betrayed Hell, please forgive us, we never dare again!"
While saying this, he raised his generous palm, signaling that the clay golems behind him also gave up resistance and knelt on the ground like him.
Luo Yan did not move and just said expressionlessly.
“That’s it?”
The mountainous giant made the sound of rubbing rocks, like a millstone pulled by a donkey.
After a moment, he said in a low and hoarse voice.
"The Rock and Earth Soul Tribe... is willing to offer its loyalty to you! From now on, our tribe will become your most loyal servants!"
That's pretty much it.
Luo Yan's face finally showed a hint of satisfaction. He waved his hand to the summoned skeleton soldiers to put away their weapons, and at the same time released a pop-up window announcing the victory of the battle to the players.
Looking at the rewards that had arrived, the skeleton soldiers who either arrived late or had not had time to die suddenly started beating their chests and shouting.
“What a cheat!!!”
“I haven’t lit the fire yet!”
“Brother, is it too late?!”
“It seems like it’s too late... I’ve turned green.”
“%￥#@!”
There are also those who have been dead for more than an hour and have just returned from the resurrection point to carry explosives. This trip can be regarded as a wasted trip.
The creaking sound of howling ghosts and wolves echoed through the cave, but it was particularly harsh in the hearts of the clay golems.
Enduring the humiliation of the victor, Fudoweng lowered his head in humiliation... Although Luo Yan felt that this guy probably misunderstood something.
Whether there is a misunderstanding or not, Luo Yan does not care whether these clay golems are loyal to him from the bottom of their hearts.
In any case, the worst result is just a mine, and there is no loss to the necropolis.
But having said that, after hearing what Youyou said, Luo Yan had another thought in his mind than before.
Why do clay golems have souls?
He wanted to find out what was going on.
「希望你记住今天说的话，你们不会有第二次机会了。如果再发生类似的事情，已经灰飞烟灭的地龙族就是你们的下场。」
看着俯首称臣的不动翁，罗炎扔下了这句意味深长的警告。
Almost at the same time as he finished speaking, a strong black shadow fell next to Arakedo who was sitting next to him.
He knew that Sarah was back without even looking.
I saw two blood-stained daggers inserted into the leather holsters at her waist.
Her right hand held a handful of severed pointed ears, and her left hand carried a short goblin. She looked up at the Demon King with bright eyes, like a cat returning to its master with a mouse in its mouth to claim credit.
The little guy she was holding by the neck was frightened, shivering, and there was a pool of useless wax hanging on his pants.
"Well done, put this little guy down...and throw away those ears too, we don't need them."
Looking at the pair of cat ears that swayed happily because of the praise, Luo Yan smiled and nodded, then looked at the Goblin thrown to the ground by Sarah and continued.
"What are you? What's your name..."
"Zha, Zhaza..."
"Zhazha, you are? It suits your temperament." Looking at that soul, I was almost scared to death. After seeing the dead goblin, Luo Yan continued with a half-smile, "I just heard you say that the teleportation array in the maze had been wiped away a long time ago... What's going on?"
Zhazha stammered with fear on his face.
"No, I didn't wipe it."
Luo Yan continued slowly.
"I know it wasn't you who wiped it. I asked who it was, who on which floor of the maze did it."
When he said this, Luo Yan's voice had a hint of murderous intent, which made the frightened Zhazha almost lose control of his crotch.
“I, I don’t know! I really don’t know!” Feeling the murderous sight coming from the side, Zhazha screamed, “It’s all what our leader said! He said that the four surviving demon generals of Reggie Dragon had already ruled the lower level of the maze! They They agreed on their respective areas, and then wiped out the teleportation array in the maze! As for the teleportation array on the upper level of the maze, it might have been wiped away by them, or maybe it was our leader! "
Luo Yan interrogated in a majestic tone.
“Who is your leader?”
Zhazha said in a sharp voice, as if he was about to cry.
"Kasen Skullbreaker! The ogre from the dimensional desert! The ruler of the Blood Arena! The leader of the Skullbreaker tribe! Zaza... We have no choice, he is too powerful, we can only obey his orders!"
When he said this, the goblin's face showed a flattering expression again, and he complained with runny nose and tears.
「魔，魔王大人……实不相瞒，我们……其实我们一直在等待您的归来！那些食人魔完全不把魔神大人放在眼里，不但把我们当成仆人和炮灰使唤，还拿我们当储备粮……我们，我们在他们的统治下过得好苦啊！」
罗炎心中呵呵一笑。
Three minutes ago, he didn't see how miserable this guy was. Wouldn't it be quite comfortable to ride on the back of a bunch of stupid rotten rocks?
At this time, the immobile man who was kneeling on the ground seemed to have finally come to his senses. He and his tribe were being used by the rulers of the fifth floor.
The mountain giant slowly raised his head, glared at the Goblin Messenger, and roared in an angry voice.
"Wait a minute, what do you mean by not taking the Demon God seriously? Didn't you tell me that the Skull-Crushing Tribe is the Demon God's true servants? This is different from what was promised——"
"Shut up, I didn't allow you to speak."
Luo Yan blocked the mountain giant's mouth with one sentence, and continued to speak while looking down at the goblin lying on the ground at the feet of Arlacto.
"What are the Four Demon Generals?"
The Goblin continued stammering.
"Zhazha... I don't know their names! I only know that they are the real masters of the maze - bah! I mean, they are rebellious warlords! They have completely betrayed the trust of His Majesty the Demon God! By the way! Zhazha also heard that they want to kill you! They bribed the humans in Thunder City and painted the teleportation array near the Adventurer's Guild in Thunder City!"
The truth was finally revealed.
Except for the fifth floor, which was occupied by ogres, the sixth to eighteenth floors of the maze are all in the hands of the four surviving "Magic Generals".
These four demon generals constitute the ecology of the warlords in the labyrinth.
At the same time, they also colluded with the humans on the surface and attempted to murder the new demon king sent by hell.
At present, Luo Yan does not know the names of these four demon generals and whether they are related to Reggie Dragon's family.
But there is no need to rush this.
He will always meet them. Looking at the trembling goblin, Luo Yan pronounced his fate.
hh "Octor, take him to the dungeon of the Demon King's territory."
hhhh Octor grinned, clasped his fists and took the order.
Looking at the goblin being taken away, Immovable Man was about to say something, but he did not dare to speak due to the Demon King's previous order, so he could only stay where he was silently.
As the goblin was taken away, the demon king riding on the back of the spider finally looked at him and asked in a majestic voice.
"What is your relationship with the rebels on the fifth floor?"
Hushmog was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke.
"Those ogres claimed to be the most loyal believers of the Demon God. After the death of His Majesty Reggie Dragon, they came to us and proposed an alliance to defend the labyrinth from humans. We agreed to them and were allies for a time, but now it seems that this was just our wishful thinking."
Luo Yan looked at him and continued to ask.
「你们是怎么合作的？」
不动翁回答道。
“They provide us with charcoal, magic crystals, and other things we need, and then exchange them for our excrement.”
Luo Yan’s eyebrows raised slightly.
「Charcoal?」
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"Yes, that is one of our foods, which can provide us with abundant energy."
Luo Yan continued to ask.
“What else do you usually eat?”
Hushifu continued.
"Coal, soil - especially soil containing rich biological debris. Of course, the most important thing is magma, the hotter the better."
Luo Yan looked at him in surprise and said.
"Is there magma here?"
Hushmog nodded and replied.
"There is a pool of lava deep in our lair. When His Majesty Reggie Dragon was still here, one of our jobs was to monitor there to prevent the magma from suddenly becoming active and pouring into the labyrinth."
The crustal movement near the Wanren Mountains is frequent, especially the northeastern coast near the Whirlpool Sea.
High-temperature silicate lava is often rich in minerals. Luo Yan speculates that the excrement of these clay golems should contain rich metal resources. The ogre tribe relies on these metal resources to build weapons or produce other alchemical equipment.
In this way, the characteristics of this Soul of Rock and Earth tribe can complement the mole people of Iron Fang City.
Exchange answers?
It always feels a bit heavy.
At this moment, Fudo didn't know what the intriguing expression on the face of the new young demon king meant.
Luo Yan looked at the mountain-like clay giant and asked the last and most curious question.
"There's one thing I don't understand, how did you gain self-awareness?"
Himbo shook his head and said in a deep voice.
"We didn't know, it was something that happened suddenly one day. Many clay golems, including me, suddenly realized that they were different from other clay golems. As for those of us who had awakened our self-awareness, His Majesty Reggie Dragon generously took us in and gave us this area on the third floor of the maze to recuperate..."
Besides this, the Immutables also said many things about their tribe.
For example, the way they reproduce, their living habits, etc.
After telling these things, the towering mountain giant was silent for a long time, and finally asked the question that concerned him most.
"What are you going to do with us?"
Luo Yan said without thinking.
"As my subordinates said, some of you will be demoted as slaves until you prove your loyalty."
When he said this, he paused for a moment and continued.
"In addition, from now on, your name will be called "Stone Man", and I will treat you separately from the mindless clay golems. As for the name of your tribe, it is up to you. Apart from ensuring your faith and loyalty, I will not interfere too much with your internal affairs."
Hearing this half-joyful and half-sorrowful verdict, Immortal sighed softly and lowered his head respectfully in front of the demon king who was more than a little smaller than himself.
tied in from victory to defeat.
Since they lost, they could only accept their fate.
He had no choice but to be grateful for the devil's kindness.
Since the Rock and Earth Soul Tribe are all "stone men", Luo Yan cannot use their corpses to summon ghouls to set up his own spies, so he can only give them a high degree of autonomy and at the same time send acolytes of the Gonggong clan to be responsible for their education.
Fortunately, on the third floor of the maze, in addition to the Soul of Rock and Earth tribe, there is also the Iron Fang City composed of mole people, who can keep an eye on them for him.
After completing the occupation of the Soul of Rock and Earth Tribe, Luo Yan immediately notified Iron Tooth City and asked the chief of Iron Tooth City Zhuang Zhuang to arrange for hundreds of moles pushing carts to transport the "clay mine" originally intended for the fifth-level ogre tribe back to Iron Tooth City.
At the same time, Luo Yan also gave instructions to Arakdo, asking him to bring a group of cave spiders to pull some of the coal that was about to explode in the Demon King's warehouse to Iron Fang City as a trade item for future transactions with the Soul of Rock and Earth tribe.
Compared with unilateral oppression, he still prefers mutual benefit and seeking a win-win situation.
Even the tribes he conquered by force.
Luo Yan believes that as time goes by, the stone people of the Soul of Rock and Earth will sooner or later discover that following him is not a bad idea.
It is even more comfortable than working with the ogre tribe.
If nothing else, at least the most indispensable thing in the cemetery is coal mines, which cannot be used up in the warehouse of the Demon King.
On the other hand, after learning that the Demon King had captured the Clay Golem tribe, Iron Tooth City Chief Zhuang Zhuang expressed his full admiration and even proactively offered suggestions.
"Dear Lord Demon King! Your most loyal servant has an idea that will make those clay golems never dare to betray you!"
Looking at Zhuang Zhuang standing next to Bond, Luo Yan, who was inspecting Iron Tooth City, smiled and said casually.
"Oh? What's your idea?"
Zhuangzhuang smiled and gestured with his famous fat palms.
"It's very simple! The bodies of those stone men are made of natural carving materials. You only need to carve some inscriptions on their necks, the kind that can be activated remotely! In this way, if they dare to resist you, you can kill them all with just one thought!"
While saying this, he also made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Luo Yan glanced at the little guy in surprise, not expecting that such a vicious plan could be contained in that little head.
But by the standards of hell, this seems to be nothing to complain about.
Luo Yan weighed it for a while and said.
"I won't be able to use it for the time being, but I will let you take action when necessary."
Hearing the answer from the Demon King, a slightly regretful expression appeared on Zhuang Zhuang's face, but he still saluted respectfully.
"As long as you give an order, Iron Tooth City will be happy to serve you at any time!"
At this time, a group of mole men trotted in from the entrance of Iron Tooth City pushing a trolley.
The cart is filled with the metabolites of stone people.
What Luo Yan expected was that the large and small stones loaded in the two-wheeled cart were indeed silicate ores rich in metal minerals.
Mainly iron and aluminum minerals.
In addition, there is also a small amount of copper and even gold and silver!
No wonder the ogre tribe on the fifth floor had to cross the fourth floor and come to the third floor to do business with these bad-minded stone men.
These guys are simply a group of living gold mines!
And this was not the only thing that surprised Luo Yan.
A group of moles turned over the ore, spread it out on the ground, sorted it into categories, and prepared to transport it to the newly built blast furnace to be mixed with coal.
At this moment, a mole man suddenly held a piece of snake-patterned phlogopite peridotite in his hand and screamed.
"Diamond! There are diamonds inside!"
Hearing the sharp shout, Zhuangzhuang standing next to Bond was startled, and ran up with hands and feet in surprise.
Collecting colorful stones is one of the few hobbies of the mole people, and this is also in line with their former masters, the dwarves].
Especially diamonds.
This thing can carve inscriptions on any rock or even metal, so it is particularly popular among the mole people.
Zhuangzhuang stepped forward and found a layer of broken diamonds as fine as beads of sweat on the surface of the yellow and gray peridotite!
Although these diamonds are of average quality and are just fine particles, they are one of the best.
I heard that there were diamonds hidden in this pile of broken stones. A group of mole people immediately got wind of the news and rushed forward excitedly. They even fought over a few broken stones.
Looking at the chaotic scene, Luo Yan's face was full of surprise. He didn't expect that the group of stone men could not only absorb minerals from magma, but also have this ability? !
This must be studied!
Due to the harsh formation conditions, diamonds are quite precious treasures even in the magical city rich in mineral resources.
Let alone the surface of the earth, mineral resources cannot keep up with those of the underground world, and treasures like diamonds are monopolized by the dwarves living in the Wanren Mountains. Only a few diamond mines in the New World are in human hands.
In this world where spirit can influence matter, jewelry such as diamonds and gold contain far more meaning than just wealth.
As a symbol of wealth and power, since they were discovered by human society, they have embodies certain natural beliefs.
In addition to silver, which is endowed by religion with the properties of repelling evil and destroying evil, the more precious something is in people's subjective perception, the stronger the "magic attribute" it is endowed with.
This characteristic ranges from rare gemstones, diamonds, emeralds, gold, to crystal, brass, amber, agate, etc.!
Therefore, people in this world have the habit of inlaying diamonds and precious stones on weapons and accessories. This is not only to show wealth and status, but also to store magic power that is temporarily unused.
In a sense, this is the same behavior as the demons collecting the power of faith by frightening humans, but the method of collection and the target of collection are different.
Luo Yan studied it a long time ago. The so-called faith crystal is actually a quartz crystal that has been illuminated by the temple.
Looking at the moles who were usually greedy for life and fearful of death, but at this moment they were fighting for a few diamonds, Luo Yan signaled Bond to pull out his sword and hit the ground.
Hearing the clang, the moles who were struggling together immediately calmed down and looked at the Demon King tremblingly.
At Luo Yan's signal, Bond stepped forward and pulled Zhuang Zhuang out of the group of rats, with several tufts of hair plucked out.
Looking at the shivering mole people, Luo Yan said in a majestic voice.
"Enough! These diamonds belong to me!"
"If I find out who has secretly taken away my treasure without my permission, I will let him eat the whole stone in front of me!"
(End of this chapter)