Chapter 228: Elemental Furnace
There was so muformation in Matthew's words that even 343 didn’t immediately react.
She tilted her head cutely, repeatedly eyeing Matthew with a smile, as if trying to determine whether he was lying.
“Hehe, Daddy, you're fibbing! Isn't the leftover moaying in Bay Territory? That’s still profit!”
Clever Yaya exposed Matthew’s “lie,” whily made 343 more curious.
Matthew didn’t argue the point. Now that he had gathered all the information about the automated produ line, he pulled out a dark, shiny space crystal.
The red light in 343’s eyes brightened with undisguised joy:
“Is this the space crystal from the Sky-Splitting Lizards?”
“Lord Matthew, may I take a look?”
Matthew hahe space crystal over without hesitation, clearly showing his iion:
“We tinuously supply high-quality space crystals for the Mage Tower.”
The red light sed over the dark space crystal.
Only moments ter,
343 looked up at Matthew, gripping the space crystal tightly:
“So, what’s the price?”
Rubbing his hands together, Matthew revealed the “price” he had long pnned:
“My territory discovered an iron ore vein of det quality, but we ck the teology and equipment for smelting.”
343 looked at him calmly, thinking quickly before tentatively asking:
“You mean you he lord te aal Furnace?”
Aal Furnace!
This was Ioarem’s most famous iion before being a Grand Arist!
By harnessing elemental forces to raise fire temperatures, it enabled mass produ of steel and other metal materials.
Even a small Elemental Furnace could produearly 10 tons of metal per day.
Ohe Elemental Furnace was created, heril’s smelting teology advanced dramatically.
The tinuous produ of metal ons and armor equipped heril’s ground forces.
With superior equipment, they withstood the bitacks of the ord barbarians.
Then, the fearsome war maes—the Iron Golems—made their debut.
The ord barbarians were numerous and powerful in close bat, often gaining the upper hand.
But with the rge-scale produ of metals from Elemental Furnaces, Ioarem and other spellcasters were able to mass-produce Iron Golems!
At the most critical moment of the battle, hundreds olems were teleported into the ord barbarian ranks.
These indomitable war maes, impervious to ons and with immerength, spewed deadly acidic poison and smashed through enemy lines with steel fists, breaking the orcs’ and barbarians’ will to fight.
Ultimately, heril wotle of Loken!
This victory led to the founding of the heril Empire!
To this day, the first Elemental Furnace ever created still stands in the Loken Mine, one of the fest mining areas ierial Pne.
Nodding, Matthew poio a nearby Iron Golem:
“With aal Furnace, my territory could mass-produce high-quality steel.”
Gng at the space crystal in her hand, 343 nodded almost instantly:
“No problem, a small Elemental Furnace will cost 180,000 gold s and 20 space crystals. Does that price work for you?”
Uanding the importance of this deal, Matthew had no objes. Memories of the uping orc wave in a few months fshed through his mind, but he kept silent.
Recklessly altering fate would eventually lead to being ed by it.
The deeper Matthew’s uanding of fate grew, the more cautious he became.
“Another business deal closed!”
“This will cover the lord’s expenses for the hree months.”
“And I gradually return to my peak!”
The red light in 343’s eyes shone even brighter, and her smile widened:
“The Elemental Furnace will take one month to plete.”
“You begiing up the other smelting structures and pce a space marker at a ft, solid location.”
“Wheime es, I teleport the Elemental Furnace directly to your territory…”
Notig the excitement in 343’s voice, Matthew couldn’t help but marvel at the wonders of life:
“Thank you for your help. Here’s to a successful partnership!”
With the deal sealed, Matthew left without dey.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to gather more data on 343; he just didn’t want to cross paths with the lord of the Mage Tht now.
No one wao deal with the Mage Tower lord in their current state!
Returning to the Murloc Castle with aed Yaya, Matthew carefully sent the space marker back to Bay Town.
Outside the room, cheers of excitement could be heard.
Matthew walked to the window and saw two adventurers exging a space crystal for 1,000 gold s.
Their smiles were as bright as the gold itself, and ughing, they desded the wall with their excited panions, heading toward the newly opeavern.
Judging by their expressions, they were likely going to celebrate.
Many adventurers, admiring their good fortune, had glinting eyes, ready to act.
They began seeking out adventurers who had bought “Ruins Adves,”
prepared to pay higher prices to buy the tools from them.
Meanwhile, roups of adventurers gathered, seemingly pnning ter teams.
In just a few hours,
three more adveeams had dug up space crystals worth thousands of gold s.
Driven by the lure of gold, the remaining adventurers couldn’t hold bay longer and rushed into the underground ruins.
Soon, more and more Sky-Splitting Lizard corpses were brought up.
Of course, some impatient adventurers ended up as meals for the lizards.
People die for wealth, as birds die for food!
It wasn’t until the Scarlet Moon rose
that the adventurers, who had been busy in the ruins all day, finally calmed down.
The expaavern acked to the brim, with almost every adventurer eagerly discussing their gains from the ruins.
Nearly every adventurer had made a det haul.
As for those who returned with full pockets, everyohered around, drinking and cheerfully listening to their boasts.
It was clear that as today’s events from the S Ruins spread to Blood Moon City,
more and more adventurers, filled with dreams of fortune, would teleport to the Murloc Castle and dive headfirst into the underground ruins.
As for Matthew, he had already transferred his sciousness back to Bay Town, preparing to build the underground smelting factory.
In a month, the Elemental Furnace would be operational, and the territory o be ready.
Most importantly, Matthew o figure out how to maximize the Elemental Furnace’s potential to boost Bay Territory’s development.
Iure, roduct would be the most profitable?
Matthew had only one answer: ons!
Thinking back to Copper-Beard who had won his reward today, Matthew couldn’t help but feel intrigued by the rare dwarf.
He had discovered Copper-Beard’s expertise in f!
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