Rumble—— In the distance, the waves splashed by the magma sea and the roar of the collision with the lava surface echoed what Minori said.
The Lava Zone!
All the dwarf artisans showed horrified expressions, retreating in unison, some even losing their balance and falling to the ground.
This is an even more terrifying area than the Great Rift, with the Lava Dominator in the magma sea, a magical beast that has lived for countless years and is crowned with the name of a higher species.
Staying here means you could die at any moment!
"Everyone can rest assured that the Lava Dominator inside will not disturb you. Although the temperature here is a bit hotter, it is a very quiet place."
Minori said softly to the horrified dwarf artisans, raising his hand and waving towards the magma sea behind:
"Thunderball."
Hiss~
Azure blue electric light gathered in Minori's palm, condensing into a thunderball the size of two basketballs, instantly blasting towards the magma sea behind.
Boom!
Electric light flashed in the air.
As the Thunderball fell into the distant magma sea with a loud noise, apart from the lava sparks exploding on the surface of the magma sea, there was indeed no other movement inside.
"Gulp."
The sound of swallowing saliva rose and fell.
A group of dwarf artisans huddled together, looking at Minori with some fear.
"Third-Order Magic · Thunderball."
A weak, nervous voice sounded softly among the dwarves.
Many of the dwarves present were knowledgeable and knew that Minori was using a third-order magic. You must know that the strongest magic chanter in the entire dwarf race is capable of using third-order magic.
Even if they didn't understand.
The power released by the "Thunderball" just now undoubtedly showed that this mysterious human in front of them was enough to easily kill everyone present.
What made all the dwarves even more horrified was how the other party had brought them here without them realizing it!
This is the Lava Zone, not only far away from the new city they built, but the journey is also very dangerous. Throughout the entire process, none of them noticed.
"You are a human, right?"
"We dwarves haven't had trade relations with humans for a long time. Why did you bring us here?"
Among the dwarf artisans, a dwarf wearing a helmet with a three-braided ponytail of earth-brown beard took the lead and said loudly:
"I and everyone else are just ordinary civilians. If you want to inquire about the information of our dwarf race, you should capture people with higher status."
"Gondo."
A nervous voice came from the dwarf group behind, seemingly reminding the dwarf who spoke first not to anger the human in front of them.
"What are you afraid of? You coward."
"This guy brought us here so easily without being discovered. He must be very strong. Anyway, we can't escape. The worst that can happen is that we get killed."
"Idiot Gondo, didn't you see that we are all artisans? How could this human capture ordinary people like us if he wants to obtain information."
"I was just saying, why does everyone look so familiar."
"Did you just realize that, you idiot!"
"We are all artisans. This human wouldn't want us to build a house for him here, would he."
"Maybe it's to forge weapons."
"Do humans like to live in such a hot place?"
"I don't know."
"Has everyone noticed that everyone here is an artisan who masters Rune technology."
"Rune technology? Would humans care about this outdated craft. Don't they have simpler magic technology."
"I still like building houses. At least I won't starve to death."
A chaotic and noisy voice kept ringing among the dwarves.
Looking at the dwarves who had started arguing in the blink of an eye.
Minori couldn't help but be stunned.
He originally thought it would take some time for these dwarves to accept it, but it seems that these dwarves have a high degree of acceptance of the current situation.
They are really a group of races with forthright and direct personalities.
No, I can't say that entirely.
Minori glanced at the Gray Dwarf Forging Minister next to him. The Gray Dwarf race obviously had a more violent and dark personality.
Even within the same race, there are still quite obvious differences between different subspecies.
Gondo?
Minori's gaze swept towards the dwarf who spoke first. Judging from the name, it should be the dwarf that Ainz Ooal Gown encountered first in the anime.
[TL: couldnt find the name so i made one up. Now its real]
He doesn't have much talent in Rune technology, but his grandfather and father were both chief Rune artisans in the dwarf race.
Clap!
Seeing the dwarves still arguing, Minori raised his hands and clapped, interrupting the chaotic noise: "Alright, everyone."
"Let me introduce to you, this is a Gray Dwarf, considered a subspecies of your dwarf race, and a master Rune artisan."
"The reason everyone is here is that I want to ask everyone for help to forge a piece of armor with the power of Rune characters."
Hearing what Minori said,
Many dwarves curiously looked at the Forging Minister. It was the first time they had seen a Gray Dwarf. The color of their skin was indeed different from theirs, and their appearance was more fierce.
At the same time!
Some people were also concerned about the forging of Rune armor.
Gondo and others frowned.
"Human, perhaps you don't know much about Rune technology, or perhaps you heard rumors about Rune technology from somewhere, which is why you have this idea."
"To tell you the truth, Rune technology is an outdated technology compared to your human magic technology."
A dwarf with a longer beard and a serious expression stepped forward and said loudly:
"Rune technology is different from your human magic technology. The key lies in the magical Rune characters, and these characters have basically been lost."
"What we have mastered are some mid- and low-level characters. Even if we help you forge a piece of Rune armor, it may not be comparable to a magic item."
Although these words had the suspicion of boosting others' morale and destroying one's own prestige, they were the truth.
A group of dwarf artisans became somewhat silent.
Gondo's two thick eyebrows furrowed, he let out a soft snort, turned around, and looked at the group of dwarf artisans with some anger.
Whether it was his father or grandfather, they were both chief Rune artisans of the dwarf race. He indeed didn't have talent in this area, but he didn't want to see this technology being so degraded.
Especially by his own people!
"So, it is because of your kind of thinking that this technology continues to decline!"
"It's simply too stupid!"
Gondo angrily, then turned his head to look at Minori, seemingly to prove the value of Rune technology:
"Rune technology also has its advantages, that is, it doesn't cost money!"
"Although your human magic technology far exceeds our Rune technology in terms of productivity, it requires extremely high costs for magic engineering."
"And Rune technology does not require extra material costs!"
The dwarves, seeing Gondo's somewhat agitated emotions, looked at each other, shook their heads slightly, and were not angry at what Gondo had just said.
They all knew Gondo's personality very well.
Moreover.
No matter how excited Gondo became, he couldn't deny that Rune technology was already an outdated technology.
However!
A happy laughter came, causing all the dwarves to look blankly at the human who was laughing.
"Isn't that just great."
Minori looked at the excited Gondo with a face full of smiles.
The reason why Ainz Ooal Gown cared about Rune technology was because Rune technology did not require extra spending, which was also what Minori cared about.
To be precise!
It's just the "money spending" aspect. In fact, it's not a big problem. The key is that the other world is not a game, and there are no high-level materials to forge those top-notch equipment.
And the level of magic equipment made by Rune technology depends on the "Rune characters".
Coincidentally.
He has a set of armor with four high-level Rune characters, which is also the pinnacle of the Gray Dwarf race.
Gondo looked at Minori blankly.
"What's your name?" Minori asked.
"Gondo! Gondo · Firebeard, I am a Rune technology developer," Gondo said loudly, his face a little flushed.
Several low laughs came from the dwarf group behind.
"Development expert? It sounds like a remarkable concept," Minori nodded, then his gaze swept to the other dwarf artisans:
"It seems that everyone understands that I have no malice. What I need everyone to help with is not to create a brand new Rune item, but to replicate one."
While speaking.
Minori waved his hand, and a piece of armor that looked tattered, even with several marble-sized holes, appeared in his hand.
He handed this broken armor to the Forging Minister next to him.
The Forging Minister solemnly took it, and then walked towards them under the gaze of the dwarves, and finally fully unfolded the armor, exposing it to all the dwarf artisans' view.
Gondo rwas the first to look over curiously.
The first thought after seeing this armor, besides being broken, was that the material used to make this armor should be a mineral he had never seen before.
"This is..."
"Rune characters that have never been seen before!"
"And there are four of them. These characters are not in the low-level characters. Are they mid-level characters?"
"Not sure?"
"This armor is too badly damaged. The power of the Rune characters has been completely lost."
"Only four Rune characters, what's so great about that? The legendary treasure of our dwarf race has 12 Rune characters."
"..."
As the four never-before-seen Rune characters on the armor appeared in front of the dwarf artisans, all the dwarves surrounded it together.
"Humph!"
The Forging Minister let out a soft snort. Even in the state of being "Charmed" he still made a proud voice: "Don't use your stupid brains to think about the greatness of this armor."
"These are four of the highest-level Rune characters!"
The air suddenly became quiet, and all the dwarf artisans widened their eyes, looking at the Forging Minister in disbelief, as if to say 'Are you kidding me'.
After a brief silence.
The dwarves' clamoring voices instantly resounded around, and Gondo was squeezed out of the crowd.
But soon!
Gondo lay on the ground with his limbs, using his head to forcibly arch open a path in the crowd, and crawled to the front of the armor, his eyes shining as he looked at the four highest-level characters on the armor.
These are the Rune characters they have lost!
At this moment, the dwarf artisans had long forgotten the fear when they had just woken up and the thought of leaving. Everyone surrounded the armor and discussed it.
The Forging Minister occasionally spoke, explaining some methods about Rune technology, to prepare for replicating this armor next.
Seeing this scene.
Minori knew that these dwarves probably wouldn't be able to calm down in a short time, and he also needed to use the Forging Minister to let these dwarves' Rune artisans understand how to replicate this armor next.
Letting the dwarves argue with the Forging Minister.
Minori took the Kuro and walked to the nearby mountain wall, waiting while taking out a water bag from the item box.
As soon as this water bag was taken out, it began to emit bursts of steam. The material of the entire water bag was made of sturdy cowhide, which was extremely tough.
But in such a short blink of an eye.
The water bag actually began to show signs of softening, as if it couldn't withstand the power of the liquid inside the water bag, and it could burst at any time.
This was exactly the water bag that Minori used to hold the blood splashed out when the ancient fire dragon died.
Minori picked up the water bag and poured it into his mouth. The red liquid flowed out, and the strong fishy smell and scalding temperature entered his body along his throat.
After drinking all the dragon blood in the water bag in one breath.
The next moment!
Minori felt a heat flow suddenly emerge in his body. Perhaps it was because of the abilities of "Fire Attribute Invalidation" and "Curse Complete Resistance".
This heat flow was not strong, but it was extremely powerful, but it did not cause any impact or damage to Minori, but it spread randomly in his body, causing his aura to fluctuate and vibrate.
Dong!
Dong!
Minori seemed to feel the sound of his heart beating violently, silently sensing the effect of the dragon blood, and with a thought in his mind, looked at the attribute panel.
This direct drinking of dragon blood to experiment with the effect should theoretically first find other creatures to experiment with.
But just observing the negative effects produced by the Kuro drinking a small amount of dragon blood, Minori already knew that ordinary creatures could not withstand the power of dragon blood at all.
What's more.
A large amount of contamination with dragon blood is likely to cause a curse, so Minori can only personally feel this change.
On one side.
The Kuro trembled all over and lay on the ground, its eyes full of fear. The power emitted by the dragon blood in the water bag just now made its whole body limp.
Time passed little by little.
The originally motionless attributes changed again.
...
'HP:449→450'
'Physical Defense:248→249'
'Magic Defense:263→264'
...
Minori narrowed his eyes. Hp, physical defense, and magic defense actually increased by one point at the same time.
The last time the dragon blood that entered his mouth was not much, so it only increased the value of hp. This time, drinking a large amount of dragon blood even increased physical defense and magic defense at the same time.
"No profession was triggered, and only the three attributes were temporarily increased."
Minori silently thought in his heart, feeling that the chaotic, strong heat in his body had not dissipated, and continued to pay attention to the attributes.