Monster Minotaur

The rainy season in Hill is a very annoying season. The continuous rainfall for up to three months makes many things impossible. The construction of the Second City, which had already begun, was also suspended due to the rainy season. The place Mo Yan planned to use as the second city was near the cave where Wuna was conducted in small towns such as Cabinda. Some warehouses were built earlier because of their simple structure, so they were completed before the rainy season. A large number of cave goblins and kobolds were mobilized here to dig a new mine.

The peak that the Second City rests on is called Mount Yuriko. Although the altitude is not very high, this is only relative. The height of Yulico Mountain means that the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round. The snow on these mountaintops is an important source of fresh water for the Mississippi River and another river in addition to fresh water supply during the rainy season.

The melted snow from Mount Yurico collects at the foot of the mountain and becomes the source of the Mississippi River that supplies Cabinda. It can be said that without Mount Yurico, Cabinda would not be able to support too many people. No matter how developed its industry and commerce are, not many people will come to Cabinda without drinkable water.

After exploration by the gray dwarves of Thunder Bluff, it was discovered that there are very high-quality mineral veins in Ulric Mountain. Not only are there many types and abundant reserves, but they are also easy to mine. This is also the reason why Mo Yan set the second city here. Whether it is artillery or other things being cast, a large amount of steel is needed to support it.

Such a huge demand can no longer be met by the iron mines near Thunder Bluff, so Mo Yan needs a huge steel industry base to produce the steel necessary for Thunder Bluff. The rich mineral reserves in Yulico Mountain made him Mo Yan’s target. According to many gray dwarves, Yulik Mountain is simply a big treasure. You can find high-quality iron ore or other minerals by digging casually.

Originally, Mo Yan considered using the cave where the Cabinda people used the ceremony, but considering that this would cause unnecessary conflicts with Cabinda, he chose a place some distance away from the cave as the address of the second city. Some warehouses have been built before the rainy season. Because the cave goblins have been sent here to dig out minerals in advance, some ore has already been stored.

Thousands of goblins are building a road leading from Thunder Bluff to the city that will be named Ironforge. I believe it will be able to be completed in three months. This way, starting work on both sides at the same time can save a lot of time. Once the road is built, some of the ore collected from the unfinished Ironforge can also be transported to Thunder Bluff.

The construction materials from Thunder Bluff can also be transported to Ironforge to build the furnaces and residences needed by the city, as well as some necessary infrastructure. It is worth mentioning here that most of the design of this city was completed by gray dwarves, and Mo Yan only participated in a small part, and this part was to increase entertainment facilities.

From the gray dwarves' point of view, although some of the recent entertainment activities are good, ironmaking is more interesting. As long as you have a big enough furnace, you can have enough fun. Since the gray dwarves have lived underground for a long time, although their furnaces are huge, they all need to rely on the underground terrain.

This means that half of Ironforge is in the mountain. For such a design, Thunder Bluff requires a huge amount of manpower to flatten the cliffs around Ironforge. Otherwise, enemies will enter the city from the hillside, and the external city walls will also be destroyed. It's of no use. Fortunately, goblins and kobolds are free coolies and are good at digging, so it is not impossible to complete such a project.

Ironforge, which has five huge furnace factories, once completed and put into operation, the steel output obtained by Thunder Bluff will be a huge number. The cost of steel-consuming artillery can also be reduced, and they can be mass-produced and installed, which can increase the combat power of the monster army by several levels. Mo Yan, who believes that the more artillery, the more justice, really hopes to see the bombardment scene of hundreds of cannons.

When it comes to artillery, we have to mention Ryze’s research. As a well-informed wandering mage, Ryze never thought that such a weapon would appear. After seeing the power of artillery and muskets, this gave him a lot of inspiration. What the gray dwarves' black powder can do, magic can definitely make it even more powerful.

So after Mo Yan bought back the materials, Ruiz began to spend all day in the mage tower, doing various experiments. The lack of power of black powder is a big problem. The gray dwarves have wanted to improve it for thousands of years. Although they have tried various other formulas, they have made no progress.

Because gray dwarves also have no talent for magic, they have never produced any mages. This also makes them not interested in magic, and they only know how to use new formulas to solve problems. After Ryze obtained the black gunpowder, he added some compound formulas of magic materials into it to increase elemental stimulation and magic power intake. After dozens of experiments, multiple bomb blasts, and dozens of casualties, a safe and effective new formula was confirmed. Ryze called it magic crystal black powder.

The formula of this gunpowder is based on the gray dwarf's black gunpowder, and a large amount of magic crystals and a small amount of other substances are added to it. The prepared magic crystal black gunpowder is not only more powerful. And it is no longer affected by rain, and can burn and explode normally even on rainy days.

With some prompts from Mo Yan, Ryze and the gray dwarves worked together to make a cannonball similar to modern ones. A simple miniature array is set up on the primer of the cannonball to stimulate the magic crystal black powder in the cannonball to launch the cannonball. The warhead of the cannonball is also a burst warhead, and has been improved to have a sharp shape.

The six front-loaded cannons that had not been used for long were all rebuilt into new breech-loaded cannons with stimulating magic arrays. The cost of a cannon with just a magic stimulating device is not much higher. Because Thunder Bluff only has one mage, Ryze, it would take seven or eight days to produce a cannon like this.

It was already late at night in Thunder Bluff, in the master bedroom of the White House. The huge bed was covered with red spider silk sheets, and Mo Yan was lying on it and resting. The two succubi slept in his arms on both sides. The tauren's huge body made them look even more petite.

The rain kept falling outside the window, and the lightning in the sky occasionally made loud noises that illuminated the entire room, but it did not wake up Mo Yan from his sleep. Such unsuspecting moments never appeared to Mo Yan again after he was trained. Normally, he would remain half-awake, always paying attention to changes in the external environment.

At this time, Mo Yan was having an unusual dream. In the dream, a little blond girl whose face could not be seen was tied to something. The surroundings were filled with nothing but darkness and a blood-red background, and the sound of an unknown creature could be heard looming around. In this weird dream, Mo Yan seemed to have turned into a baby. Not only could he not move freely, but it became difficult to breathe.

Just when Mo Yan was stumbling in his dream, trying to get close to the petite figure with blond hair. A flash of light suddenly came on, making Mo Yan feel weightless as if he had stumbled from a cliff, and then he woke up from his bed. Mo Yan sat up suddenly and also woke up the two succubi. Lilith looked at the beads of sweat on Mo Yan's forehead with some curiosity. She had never seen the tauren in front of her sweat.

Even that time with more than thirty drow elves, which lasted almost a day and a night, he was not like this. What kind of dream made him so tired? Lilith stood up from the bed, went to get a towel and handed it to Mo Yan, letting him wipe the sweat on his face and asked: Is this a nightmare? I didn't expect that the master also has nightmares.

It's not a nightmare, it's just weird. Mo Yan buried his face in the handkerchief, recalling the dream and said: I haven't had a dream for a long time. I don't know why it suddenly looked like this. If according to Magically speaking, is there a reason for having strange dreams?”

There are a lot of witchcrafts that can kill people in their sleep. Vivian hugged Mo Yan's thick arm and said as if to comfort: But if you really fall under such witchcraft, , once you start dreaming, there is no room for maneuver, and you are almost certain to die while sleeping. And if there is nothing to wake up from, then it is just an ordinary nightmare.

Then there's nothing to worry about. Mo Yan thought about it for a while and felt it made sense, so he stopped worrying about the problem and lay back on the bed and said, Maybe I'm thinking too much. Then go to sleep.

Lilith and Vivian looked at Mo Yan, who seemed to have fallen asleep again, and looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything to each other, they seemed to have confirmed something together. The two of them lay back in Mo Yan's arms and closed their big eyes with long eyelashes, as if they were sleeping or thinking about something.

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