I Became a Progenitor Vampire

After half a month of contact with the dwarves, Li De returned to the City of Dawn.

The time at this time has come to August 7th, August 7th, Glory Era 3522.

It has been more than a month since the players arrived, but the impact the players have had is much smaller than he imagined.

After seeing the hard gaming careers of many players on the forum, he felt a little enlightened.

The level of hardcore in "Glory" is indeed beyond most people's imagination. It was also the first time that Li De understood that it was really miserable to be at the bottom.

He became the ancestor of vampires when he came to Rongguang, and the identity of this ancestor was apparently a baron of the Nolan Empire, a disciple of the archmage Spark, and he was also known as a genius mage.

This status is not comparable to that of ordinary nobles, let alone commoners.

Therefore, he had no idea what the life of a real low-level commoner in Rongguang was like. As soon as he arrived, he lived the aristocratic life that everyone dreamed of, with no worries about food and drink, and huge power.

After understanding the player's living conditions in detail, Li De suddenly realized that no wonder the civilians in Dawn City were so grateful to him.

Comparing the tragic experiences of these players, the residents of Dawn City simply lived a life that was not much different from that of the nobles.

"Good day, Patriarch"

"Good day, Harrison, is there any progress over the border?" Li De sat on the gray sofa in the office on the third floor of the city hall, looking at Harrison sitting opposite him with burning eyes.

It has been more than half a month since he heard the news about the mithril veins and when he poured out all his power. Unfortunately, although his current method of searching for mithril veins is better than finding a needle in a haystack, it is not that good.

The scope of the boundary is too wide, and it is difficult to see results in a short period of time.

Sure enough, Harrison shook his head.

"Chief, although Odis and the others have taken away most of the vampires, it is still too difficult to find the dwarves who may be hiding in an inconspicuous mountain range in such a wide area.

We need time. "

Li De nodded, his eyes flashing with thought, "Did the dwarf still not speak??"

Harrison shook his head with a strange expression. During this period, the dwarves had been "laboring and reforming" in the blacksmith shop, but none of the three dwarves let up.

The stubbornness of the dwarves gave Harrison a headache. There was nothing he could do about these guys with special body structures and stones in their heads.

Beat, because of their body structure, dwarves have a very high resistance to pain. If the average human's response to pain is 100, then the dwarf's response to pain is 10 at most, so torture has no effect on these stubborn guys.

Using magic, dwarves, as sons of the earth, are very slow to respond to magic.

Dwarves are one of the few races in the Glory World that do not have the talent to cast spells. Even lowly races such as kobolds and ratmen have spell casters, but only the dwarves cannot find a single spell caster as a whole race.

It seems that magic does not exist for dwarves at all. The most direct manifestation of slow response to magic is the inability to cast spells. However, they are also extremely resistant to mind and soul spells. General soul spells cannot be effective against them at all. .

Therefore, neither fighting nor using magic was effective. Coupled with the fact that the dwarves were more stubborn than rocks, Harrison could not find a way to deal with these dwarves at all.

"Don't put your hopes in dwarves.

We need to take the initiative into our own hands."

Li De shook his head and spoke calmly. He has never been a passive waiter. The dwarf had to push forward even if he didn't speak.

The value of the mithril veins was enough for him to make some investment.

Searching for mineral veins is like venture capital. Although you need to pay a certain cost and bear risks in the early stage, once you succeed, the high reports are enough to make anyone jealous.

"Besides, if the dwarves really agree to cooperate with us, it may not be a good thing." Li De's eyes were deep and his tone was meaningful.

“Mythril veins are very precious, but the most valuable things in the dwarf tribe are not just mithril veins.

Harrison, do you know what I mean? "

Harrison was slightly startled by these words, and then his face showed a hint of surprise.

"You mean, dwarves??"

Li De smiled slightly and changed the topic without saying anything.

"Ask Otis to be careful about the border matters. Although there are still a few months until the Winter Moon, the barren wasteland is not a quiet and peaceful place.

Orcs are always a huge threat. "

Harrison nodded clearly, "Otis has been at the border for such a long time, I believe he can return safely.

It's just that the matter of the mithril veins..."

Li De waved his hand and said, "This matter is not as urgent as you think." After speaking, his tone paused, with a hint of amusement on his face.

"Do you think the dwarves are acting like they've suffered a devastating blow to the tribe?"

Um?

Harrison was slightly startled when he heard this, and then thought of the dwarves' actions reported by his men in the past few days, and shook his head decisively.

"No, although the dwarf is angry, he doesn't seem to be very anxious about it..."

"That's right." Li De picked up the lacquered gold glass teacup on the round wooden table in front of him and took a sip of black tea to moisten his throat.

Those dark eyes were a bit sharp.

“No one can remain calm when faced with the crisis of genocide, especially the dwarves, a group that values ​​the tribe extremely highly.

Although the dwarves are now seeking allies, it can be roughly inferred from their performance that although the dwarf tribe is in trouble, the crisis they encounter is not that urgent.

In other words, the dwarf tribe is not in danger of being destroyed in a short period of time.

They are not at a desperate situation yet, and they still have options.

Therefore, even if these dwarves are placed under house arrest by me in the City of Dawn, they can still remain calm enough and refuse to reveal the news about the mithril veins.

Because they know that the dwarf tribe will not be in great danger in a short time, which is why they can repeatedly reject our good intentions. "

Judging from the dwarf's actions, Li De quickly saw the real situation of the dwarf tribe.

He put the dwarves in the blacksmith shop in the City of Dawn. In addition to wanting to vent his anger, he also wanted to test these dwarves.

If the tribe faces a huge crisis and may be destroyed at any time, these three dwarves who cannot contact each other will definitely find ways to contact each other and use all their efforts to escape from the City of Dawn.

If this happens, the initiative will be firmly in his hands, because the other party is in a hurry and they must ask for reinforcements immediately.

But judging from the recent actions of the dwarves, although they are under house arrest, their desire to escape by force is not that strong.

A lot of information can be inferred from this.

The three dwarves who were forging iron in the blacksmith shop could never have imagined that Li De would have guessed their own situation without doing anything.

"Furthermore, when the orcs attack the dwarf tribe, in addition to plundering, I think there is a high probability that they are also interested in the dwarves themselves.

What are dwarves most famous for? "

"The ability to make weapons?" Harrison was a little confused.

"Yes, the orcs not only lack food, they also lack precious resources such as weapons. Green City has always banned the sale of weapons to the orcs.

If I were an orc, if I caught these dwarves who can make excellent weapons, I would definitely not kill them, but enslave them to help me make weapons..."

The context of the whole matter has been deduced to this point in Li De's opinion.

The orcs discovered the existence of the dwarf tribe, maybe for wealth, maybe for food, maybe for weapons, they launched an attack on the dwarves.

The dwarves were unable to resist the huge number of orcs, and soon the entire tribe was defeated. Except for a small number of dwarves who escaped, the rest were all captured.

The orcs did not kill the captured dwarves, but enslaved them, letting them forge weapons for themselves, provide them with food, and so on.

The dwarves who escaped brought important information - an unexplored mithril vein and wanted to find a force that could repel the orcs.

But this mithril vein is too precious, and the dwarves are reluctant to trade it entirely.

At this moment, Laurent, a businessman who had cooperated with the dwarves, came into their sight, because the backer behind this businessman was the Scarlet Mage Tower, which had recently become famous for its magic scrolls.

And it just so happens that the Scarlet Mage Tower relies on the Archmage Spark.

So many things happened by accident.

"The dwarves won't be in much danger in a short time. We also have enough time to look for traces of the dwarves. Harrison, don't worry too much..." Li De's eyes were encouraging.

Harrison was greatly relieved when he heard this. Li De's initial urgency put him under a lot of pressure.

In the City of Dawn, Li De's will is the direction of the entire city. Not only does he want to search for traces of the dwarves on the border, he also wants to launch a war against the orcs, and the City of Dawn must prepare for this immediately.

But the barren wasteland is too big, and the distant mountains inside the barren wasteland are too vast. Even if the number of vampires is not small, it is difficult to see any results in a short period of time.

"Patriarch, I believe Odis can bring us good news."

"Um"

At present, several major projects in the City of Dawn have been completed, and there are no other projects to focus on for the time being, so now he can devote a large part of his energy to finding the dwarf tribe.

Li De nodded, looking down at the tea leaves floating slowly in the cup, his thoughts slowly shifted to the construction of Dawn City.

Dawn City has achieved a lot in the past six months.

In terms of agriculture, all wheat has been harvested and stored in storage. Winter wheat will not be sown until the end of September, and there is still more than a month of buffer time.

The breeding farm is already on the right track and has begun breeding at full capacity. Due to manpower problems, it cannot expand in a short period of time.

The cultivation of magic bats will be effective until September. Currently, you only need to provide enough food to wait for the harvest.

In terms of urban construction, the Dawn Mage Tower has been completed and the training of mages has begun. This will be the production area for the future Mages of Dawn City.

Although the expansion and house repairs in the southern district have not yet been completed, the Ministry of Construction is under unified management and planning. Residents in leisure time are attracted by Yinpuke to join the construction project. It is foreseeable that more houses will be built in two months. was constructed.

Overall, the first phase of construction of Dawn City took nearly a year to be initially completed.

The reclamation of farmland, the establishment of the mage tower, the construction of breeding farms, the expansion of the southern district, the construction of the blacksmith shop, and the bustling streets in the central area of ​​the city are all the fruits of Dawn City's hard work during this period.

Li De already has a first draft of the second phase of construction of Dawn City in his mind, but he has no plans to start a new round of construction for the time being.

He needs to give Dawn City some buffer time. It needs to slow down after the high-intensity construction. At the same time, he needs to use this time to prepare for the upcoming plunder of the population.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that most of the work he arranged for Dawn City to do this year was to prepare for the winter moon to plunder the population.

Large areas of empty houses in the southern district are uninhabited, large areas of land in Moonlight Plain are uncultivated, and the development of followers of the Dawn Sect has also entered a bottleneck period.

It can be said that if there is not enough population, the City of Dawn can only maintain its current scale. If it wants to continue to expand, more humans will need to join.

After thinking for a long time, Li De smiled and shook his head, taking back his scattered thoughts.

Harrison, who had been silent all this time, was about to speak when a Cyclops figure suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision passing by the window.

The question I originally wanted to ask immediately changed, "Harrison, how is our current iron ore reserve?"

After the ore was mined in the Valley of the Giants, the demand for steel in the City of Dawn was greatly alleviated. Even with the high efficiency of the Cyclops, the ore was still slightly rich.

"Chief, the blacksmith shop currently reserves thirty tons of steel, which can be used whenever needed."

A city’s steel reserves are only thirty tons?

Li De shook his head in a funny way. If this were said on Earth, it would only make people laugh.

But according to the current productivity, after supplying a city's consumption, it can still accumulate dozens of tons of steel, which is considered good.

"Thirty tons is a little less, but it can still be used.

Can these dozens of tons of steel reserves be used to build tap water? "

Li De still couldn't forget the running water in his heart. Although as the master of this city, he had people to take care of him in everything he did, but the lack of infrastructure like running water always made his life a little inconvenient.

You can't even turn on the faucet to take a shower on a hot day.

But if you want to lay water pipes in the entire city, you will need a lot of steel, and even if you put in dozens of tons of steel, you may not see any trace.

There is no plastic in this world, so if you want to be strong and durable, you can only use steel pipes.

"Clan Chief, there is no urgent need for running water for the City of Dawn at present, and when the winter moon comes, more people will join the City of Dawn. I think the effect of the construction will be better by then.

And these dozens of tons of steel may be used in more useful places..."

Li De nodded slightly when he heard the words. The construction seemed to be a bit urgent now. Tap water is not an arsenal. One day earlier and one day later would have little impact on the overall situation.

He shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​building running water for the time being. At the same time, he was also a little curious about what Harrison didn't finish.

“A more useful place??”

"Of course," Harrison said with a bit of excitement in his eyes, "We have an ace army that needs better heavy armor.

I heard that the blacksmith shop has developed a new alchemy formula in the past few days, and the strength of the smelted steel has increased three times compared with before! !

If we use these dozens of tons of steel to make armor, maybe we can get an extremely powerful ground force. "

"Ace Army??" Li De raised his eyebrows. There was only one army in Dawn City that could wear heavy armor.

"Cyclops??"

"Yes, that's right," Harrison nodded affirmatively.

As the overlord of the ground forces, Li De had never doubted their combat effectiveness. These giants with up to 6 or 7 blades were more domineering than heavy tanks.

With his exaggerated body, the Cyclops has an overwhelming advantage against ordinary human soldiers.

Strong physical fitness, huge body, and extremely powerful strength.

Not even a cavalry charge could shake these big men.

"Patriarch, when we ambush the northern warriors, the armor on the Cyclops was temporarily cast and the quality was not high.

Even so, they also crushed those high-level professionals.

If we protect them with the strongest armor, maybe they will burst out with fighting power that outsiders cannot imagine. "

Hearing this statement, Li De touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.

The most powerful talent of the Cyclops is their huge body and the power to knock down mountains. However, their huge body makes their flexibility very poor and they are easy to target.

If they are really armed with stronger armor, their advantages can be maximized. These 6 or 7-blade giants will become invincible on the battlefield.

Back then, Groot jumped from the air and severely wounded Corso, the level 15 cyclops lord, and his armor was cut into two pieces.

Although this is due to Groat's strength and the sharp sword in his hand, it may not be due to the low quality of the armor on Corso.

It is not easy for the City of Dawn to build such huge armors for a dozen Cyclops in a short period of time. As for the quality of the armor, I am afraid it all depends on its thickness for defense. Just think about it and you will know the result.

Fortunately, the Cyclops possesses the blood of the ancient giant, and his physical fitness is abnormally strong, otherwise he would not be able to play.

"But it's different now. Corso has a more powerful bronze Cyclops bloodline. If we can truly arm him and turn him into a humanoid mecha..."

Li De was greatly moved when he thought of the scene of Corso wearing heavy armor and carrying a huge mace with more than a dozen blades taller than a building and rampaging among the enemies.

The combat effectiveness of the Cyclops armor was demonstrated when they ambush Groot. Without the presence of Corso, their arduous battle may not have been successful.

Now that Corso has put on stronger armor and has been upgraded to a bronze Cyclops, how much can his combat effectiveness be improved?

Thinking of this, Li De subconsciously reached out and touched the little bat that exuded warm breath on his chest, and patted his head with amusement in his eyes. He almost forgot about his personal bodyguard.

Castro, the newborn king, can fight with Corso hand-to-hand, if Castro is armed again.

Then what kind of scene will happen when this newborn king swoops down from the sky and attacks the ground? ?

The giants with up to 7 blades on the ground, wearing heavy armor that could not be penetrated by siege crossbows, rampaged through the enemy army. A single sweep of the huge mace could take away the lives of dozens of people, with blood and soil flying. Everywhere he passed was blank.

In the sky, a terrifying behemoth wrapped in steel spread out its 16-edged bat wings and swooped down. The pair of bat wings were equipped with weapons sharper than sword blades. It was like a sharp knife slicing through the dense army. The enemy Falling down like wheat.

Li De was very excited when he thought about this scene, especially when he was currently trying to seize the mithril veins and most likely have to directly defeat tens of thousands of orc troops, it was undoubtedly a very important thing to improve his own combat effectiveness.

Besides, Li De has always been interested in such things.

"Go and bring Corso to me from the Giant's Valley to the blacksmith's shop. Let's go and see the dwarf forger master together.

I want to build a new armor for Corso, and I want to make this bronze Cyclops a true overlord on the ground, a Gundam in the magical world, and the most awesome humanoid mecha..."

Seeing Li De's excited expression, Harrison didn't understand what his boss was saying, but it sounded powerful.

"Yes, Patriarch, Corso will definitely become a sharp blade in your hand and slit the enemy's throat."

"No, he will be a war hammer in my hand, smashing the heads of my enemies.

They are my super-heavy warriors! ! "

Li De was in high spirits.

One Sunday hour later.

Blacksmith shop.

Warren looked at Li De in front of him with a very complicated expression.

As a dwarf who has lived for three hundred years, Valen has seen too many magical and incredible things in his life.

But no matter how unbelievable it was, the things he had seen in the past few days made him feel incomprehensible.

In this city ruled by vampires, two hostile races can live together without discrimination.

This is simply incomprehensible.

You are vampires. Isn’t it your nature to kill, be cruel, and drink human blood? It's simply intolerable that you get along so well with humans.

"Should I call you His Majesty Yiluo, or Lord of Cachar City?" Although Li De didn't look like a vampire, Valen still recognized him.

He didn't even need to look at Li De, he could deduce it from the respect in the eyes of the blacksmiths around him.

Li De smiled slightly at the bearded dwarf who was wearing linen clothes and bound with magic-forbidden chains. The two pigtails on his beard made him look at him a few more times.

"Call me Cachar in the City of Dawn, Valen, you are a smart dwarf..."

Warren shook his head and interrupted Li De, "Lord Cachar, I don't think we will have a chance to cooperate on the mithril veins, and you don't need to..."

Li De shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm not discussing the mithril veins with you today."

After finishing speaking, he said with a somewhat meaningful tone, "I no longer need you to help me with this matter."

Warren was shocked. Before he could ask Li De, he waved his hand to stop him.

“Valen, there’s no need to say more about this matter.

I came here today to ask if there is any armor that dwarves cannot forge? Of course, I am not referring to the artifact..."

Warren took a deep look at Li De and admired this vampire in his heart. This dark creature was so smart that his heart was disturbed by just a few words.

He shook his head and didn't think much. The initiative was still in his hands. As long as the other party didn't discover the mithril veins, he had nothing to fear.

But the mithril veins are so hidden and cannot be discovered easily. The dwarves almost missed it at first.

“Lord Cachar, as long as it’s not a divine weapon, there’s no problem.

I even dare to say that if the armor cannot be forged by the dwarves, no race in the world can forge it." Speaking of the pride of the dwarves, Valen put aside his doubts for the time being and raised his head high towards Li De.

The concept that the products produced by the dwarves must be high-quality products has become the consensus of the entire glory. No one will have any objection to this, just like no one will question the power of the dragon.

Li De nodded with satisfaction when he heard this and turned to look at the street next to him.

Warren was stunned for a moment and followed Li De's gaze.

Then a Gundam Seven Blades appeared in his sight. The muscles of the body seemed to be forged from steel. The whole body was covered with wrinkled gray-white skin. There was a creature with huge eyes on its hairless head.

Cyclops.

"Master Valen, I want to forge him a pair of indestructible armor."

Seeing the huge body, Warren's hand holding the hammer shook unconsciously, and his face became a little stiff.

"Lord Cachar, do you want me to forge armor for this Cyclops?"

Li De shook his head, and just when Warren breathed a sigh of relief, he took out a palm-sized bat from his pocket.

Then under everyone's shocked gaze.

The palm-sized Castro transformed into a terrifying behemoth with 4 blades and a wingspan of over 16 blades in just a few seconds in the surrounding open space.

The dark red patterns on the wings are full of majesty and mystery, and the body reflecting the metallic light is like a giant beast made of bronze.

Li De reached out and gestured to Castro, with a hint of smile in his tone.

"Not just Cyclops, but him - the King of the Dawn Bats, Castro

I need you to forge two pieces of suitable armor for them..."

Looking at the giant beast whose toes were as thick as his thighs, Valen lost his grip on the hammer and hit it directly on the ground.

At the same time, the dwarf forging master, who was extremely proud just now, now looked a little pale on his face.

I don't know why, but when the blacksmiths around saw this scene, they felt inexplicably sorry for the dwarf forging master for a few seconds.

How long does it take for this person to be forged?