Beast Summoner

"You mean the burning black stone?" Xiao Keduo's eyes widened and he looked at Li Zhenbang in disbelief.

"Yes, haven't you seen it? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be right!" Li Zhenbang frowned. It's hard to say anything else, but coal should be a relatively common thing.

"The black stone you mentioned cannot be used at all. We all call it the devil's curse."

"After discovering that this kind of thing could burn, some dwarves tried to use it. As a result, many people died for no reason. The reason has never been found."

"Even if they didn't die, many people suffered from dire consequences, including paralysis, incontinence, aphasia, blindness, and even dementia. That's why everyone calls this black stone the devil's curse."

"None of us dwarves are afraid of death. Some dwarves even use their own flesh, blood and even souls to forge unparalleled artifacts."

"But this kind of black stone can not only kill people, but it is also impossible to use. We have tried to use it before, but there have been too many problems. The most obvious problem is that the smelted iron has become extremely brittle and cannot be used during forging.

It may break off directly, so it cannot be used at all.”

"Zhenbang, I advise you to be less exposed to this kind of stuff in the future. It won't do any good!" Xiao Keduo shook his head and persuaded. He thought Li Zhenbang could give him some good advice, but he didn't expect it to be this kind of advice.

Hearing Xiao Keduo's words, Li Zhenbang was thoughtful. He had seen the room where the dwarves made weapons. It was relatively closed and the ventilation was not particularly good. Using coal in such an environment could easily cause carbon monoxide poisoning.

Carbon monoxide poisoning can range from dizziness and hallucinations to severe sequelae, which can even be life-threatening.

And not all coal is suitable for manufacturing. Ordinary coal contains too many impurities. These impurities are integrated into the iron embryo during smelting, which will only cause the iron embryo to be contaminated.

The most suitable material for smelting and forging should be coke. Coke is extracted from coking coal, but it is also possible to use coking coal directly for forging.

"Are there any coal mines nearby...the kind of minerals cursed by demons?" Li Zhenbang did not back down from Xiao Keduo's reminder, but asked.

"Zhenbang, did you hear me? It's useless! Even if you get back the so-called coal, no one is willing to try it!" Seeing that Li Zhenbang didn't listen to his advice, he still wanted to try it.

, Xiao Keduo persuaded again.

"You won't help me, right? If you don't help me, I will have to go into battle myself! Don't you want to build a stronger weapon to impress others?" Li Zhenbang looked at Xiao Keduo in surprise.

"But the devil's curse is no joke, it can really kill people!" Xiao Keduo looked at Li Zhenbang with a troubled face.

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, you will be fine! I will be with you!" Li Zhenbang solemnly promised.

"Besides, have you ever seen anyone die using a demonic curse?" Li Zhenbang asked.

"This... the older generation has passed it down like this, and no one has tried it again." Xiao Keduo shook his head.

"Then have you older generations ever said that a summoned beast mage can swing your master's forging hammer thirty-eight times?" Li Zhenbang asked.

"This... no one will pay attention to the summoned beast mage?" Xiao Keduo muttered in a low voice.

"It is said that the Summoned Beast Mage was once the most powerful magician in the world. No one dared to provoke him easily, and everyone wanted to curry favor with him! But what about now? Everyone looks down on the Summoned Beast Mage!" Li Zhenbang continued.

"I……"

"So, what is passed down by history may not be meaningful, and what is passed down by the older generation is not irreversible!" Li Zhenbang interrupted Xiao Keduo who wanted to speak.

"I can't tell you! Okay! I do know that there are several demonic places around that produce demonic curses. I'll take you to visit them. But I can declare in advance that if you use demonic curses to build them, I may not be able to do it.

Help you." Xiao Keduo said hurriedly, obviously he was afraid of this devil's curse.

"Okay! I won't force you, just take me to your so-called devil's land. I want to conduct an on-the-spot investigation." Li Zhenbang nodded and agreed.

At worst, he could build it himself. As long as he could find coking coal, he would be confident that he could build a high-quality weapon.

I dare not say that it can be compared with the weapons made by masters, but there is still no problem in surpassing the mass-produced weapons of apprentices.

Li Zhenbang is not a procrastinator. He only knows Xiao Ke from the dwarf clan, plus Master Fenglan. Master Fenglan has just met him, so there is no one else he needs to say hello to, so he doesn't care about Xiao Ke.

He didn't need much rest, so he took him to find the so-called devil's land.

Xiao Keduo was very helpless. The Devil's Land had always been a place that dwarves kept away from, but for the sake of this brainless brother, he could only risk his life to accompany the gentleman.

Fortunately, the rumors didn't say that you would be cursed if you went to the Devil's Land. They just said that you might be cursed if you use the Devil's Curse. Otherwise, Shoctot would really not dare to go.

"That's a land of devils!" Xiao Keduo pointed to a piece of land in the distance and said to Li Zhenbang.

Looking at the relatively flat land in the distance, Li Zhenbang nodded, and then released the Earth Emperor from the acquired bag, asking him to explore it and bring back some coal.

Although Tu Di still looks like a child, he seems to be more chubby. It is obvious that Li Zhenbang did not treat him badly while following Li Zhenbang.

Xiao Keduo glanced at Tu Di in surprise, but didn't say anything. He knew that Li Zhenbang was a summoned beast mage, and there was nothing surprising about some strange summoned beasts.

Not long after, Tu Di came back with black marks all over his body, holding a dark stone in his arms.

After Xiao Keduo saw the dark stone, he subconsciously took a few steps back, and then looked at Tu Di with some worry. The black stone seemed to be much heavier than the little guy, and he was really afraid that the little guy wouldn't be able to hold it.

Just hit it on those pink little feet.

"Not bad, thank you for your hard work!" Li Zhenbang took the big stone with one hand, patted Tu Di's little head with the other hand, and then placed the big stone on the ground.

Tu Di picked out his eyelids with his fingers, stuck out his tongue and made faces at Li Zhenbang, and then disappeared.

"Zhenbang, be careful, this thing is very evil!" Xiao Keduo warned Li Zhenbang hurriedly when he saw Li Zhenbang looking at the black stone.

"How about you stay away?" Li Zhenbang couldn't help but smile. If coal is evil, what else is not evil?

"It's fine here, I'm fine, I have to stay with you!" It was also the first time for Xiao Ke to see this kind of black stone. He was actually very curious, but he was a little afraid of the devil's curse in his heart, so he stood slightly

From a distance, stretch your neck and look.

"Bang!" Li Zhenbang raised his right hand, smashed the large piece of coal, then picked out a piece of coal of suitable size and held it in his hand, then controlled the fire element in the air to ignite it.

"Zhenbang, be careful! It...it's on fire!" Xiao Keduo saw the coal burning and rushed to Li Zhenbang's side. Without any explanation, he kicked Li Zhenbang's hand and kicked the coal away.

flew out.

"Zhenbang, let me just say this thing is evil! You see, it started burning on its own. If I had been a little late, you might have started burning too!" Xiao Keduo said with lingering fear.

Li Zhenbang did not expect that Xiao Keduo would rush over without hesitation because he was afraid that he would be injured. This moved him very much. You must know that Xiao Keduo was very afraid of coal. But as an informed person, he felt that Xiao Keduo's actions

It was so funny that I didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Zhenbang, let's go back! You don't have to worry about the grease. If you really want to worry about it, you should think about what you should do in the future!" Xiao Ke looked at Li Zhenbang and wanted to pick up another piece of coal.

, hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him.

"Old Xiao, don't be impatient. Don't worry, I'm fine!" Li Zhenbang comforted Xiao Keduo, and then picked up another piece of coal, which started burning again.

"Be careful! It's on fire again!" Xiao Keduo shouted loudly when he saw the coal burning again, and wanted to repeat his same trick.

"Don't..." Li Zhenbang only had time to say one word and hurriedly dodged away.

"I lit this, I want to study it, Lao Xiao, don't mess around, I'm fine!" Li Zhenbang shouted hurriedly after dodging Xiao Keduo's attack.

Xiao Keduo's outstretched foot stopped in mid-air and looked at Li Zhenbang with a solemn expression, "Are you telling the truth?"

He didn't see Li Zhenbang using fire stones and other things, so he was very suspicious.

"Why am I lying to you? Not all coal can be used for smelting. I need to study it carefully." Li Zhenbang explained.

"Okay! Then be careful. If you feel something is wrong, throw it out immediately or call me." Xiao Keduo's eyes were always cautiously staring at the red coal in Li Zhenbang's hand.

"I know!" Li Zhenbang shook his head helplessly.

"Alas!" Li Zhenbang sighed and threw the coal on the ground.

He later asked Tu Di to dig out a lot of coal from different places. It turned out that the coal here was not coking coal. It was no problem to use it for making fires and cooking, but it had too many impurities and was not suitable for smelting.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Xiao Keduo asked cautiously.

"It's okay, the coal here is not suitable for smelting, it is only suitable for heating and making fire for cooking." Li Zhenbang shook his head, "Take me to the next place!"

"What? Are we going to the next place?" Xiao Keduo felt that his eyes were getting dark, and he shouted in a broken voice.