There was still a smell of sulfur in the air, and around the mountain peaks in front of you, most of the huge mountains covered in gray-black volcanic rock appeared in the distance. The lava that had overflowed formed a layered ring around it. On the outermost level, tenacious plants have taken root on it.

Faintly recognizable warning signs abandoned by the Bergarse territorial administration, drenched in heavy rain and rust on the peeling parts of the paint. Circumnavigating the huge volcano, the crater is still a cherry red, and the large eruption has not exhausted its energy, but in its current state, there is no possibility of a second eruption.

Keeping the baby dragon away from the volcano, it landed on the ground about a dozen kilometers away. Let out a roar, and in the more than three days of flying, Cassie Hei has only rested less than two or three times. He immediately lay down, his mouth wide open, his snort spurted out a large cloud of hot white gas, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed.

Shaking her head, Kasia removed half of the bag of scales and weapons and turned on the communicator.

"I'll be at the volcano in a few hours, and you'll be able to take the machines with you to the approximate location I've described. After saying that, he looked at Cassiehei, and Kasia glanced around, it was a small pit, and the grass was waist-long, just enough to be used as a camouflage for the young dragon.

"Bear with me, and after two or three days, I'll fill your stomach. You stay here and don't move around. ”

"Ah、、、 gag、、、 quack," it was still an unknown voice, and the young dragon lay on the ground and roared, as if in protest, and after a few sounds, it was only then that its compromise could be read in its eyes. When the back of Kasia's departure disappeared from its eyes, Cassiya raised his head and roared a few times, staring at the mountain in front of him carefully for a long time with some confusion, recalling the memories of when he had just flown around the mountain. But in the end, he didn't remember anything, and the young dragon hung his head, lay down on the grass, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

Or is it a vague feeling? Or is Cassie not yet aware of what that feeling means. Behind a bare rock, Kasia put away her tactical knife and thought. After making sure that his figure had disappeared from the young dragon's eyes, he secretly returned here to observe the young dragon's movements.

The results were not obvious, and Cassia was relieved when he thought of the young dragon's demeanor when it hovered near the crater: "So far, it is certain that even dragons, a second-class creature, do not seem to have grown to a certain age, and their sensitivity to dragon bone fossils is not stronger than mine. ”

The lava spread far away, flooding the lake at the foot of the mountain and the ruins of the town. The concentration of "germs" in the air is not high, probably because some of it was carried away by the wind, and the volcanic ash raised by the wind was completely knocked down by the rain. As long as it is not close to the mountain, the germ content is a little higher than when Kasia first arrived.

On the way, they met Derya and them, who were pulling several improvised machines in a pick-up truck. They all wore dense protection, and they also started taking corresponding hormones and drugs a few days in advance. The method that Yeterine gave to Kasia can play a better defense against low concentrations of germs.

Dyar brought twelve people and had good strength. When the pickup truck could not move forward, the group got out of the car, and the division of labor was clear to pick up the supplies and machinery and move forward.

"How many steel cans are left?" said the twelve team members as they walked ahead, and Derya asked as she saw Kasia get into the car to determine the number and cover them with a raincloth.

"No, they will be used in a few days. Kasia replied, and Derya jumped out of the car to follow the members in front of her.

"As I arrived here, Waters and I left the outer territory of Manoma. Derya said on the way, her voice looking a little sullen through the thick hazmat suit. After meeting Cassia, she has been observing herself, the head of the regiment, adhering to the previous routine, and in a short time, changes have occurred again that she can't see through.

"After careful consultation with Sotagan, and according to the transportation route in his possession, as well as the information we have gathered, we have set our sights on the kingdom of Chir. It was established more than 60 years ago, and it has experienced many civil strife, and now it is not very peaceful, and there are internal and external troubles that can only be solved by force, which is very much in line with our requirements. And the land area is considered to be at the upper middle level among the countries there. But because of the mountainous area, the development is not very good. Relying on rich mineral resources to survive, but they do not have the strength of the Imperial Mineral Source Company, and the number of high-end equipment is not much, many of them are machines of small manufacturers on the Empire's side and within its country, and it is destructive mining, and it has begun to move towards difficulties in less than a few decades. ”

Kasia knew the influence of machinery and equipment in mining, and the same was true of mining in the town, which relied on the coal resources under the peak of Lilac to support the town's factories. After all, it was a no-brainer, and Kasia remembered that the coal beneath the peaks of Lilac had no ownership, and the only thing the factory in the small town had to spend was the cost of violent mining and transportation.

"Waters brought more than forty people over this time, as well as more than a dozen carriages of weapons and ammunition, and wanted to go over as soon as possible to test it. When we went to fetch the steel cans, he and I went back to Manoma, and the atmosphere there told us that we had to hurry up anyway, so we made a decision on the spot. ”

"But the premise is to ensure your own safety, and if you die, you will have nothing. We are not much worse now, having abandoned the factory in Manoma, but in the last few months, a new production site has been rebuilt. Kasia said as he looked around, occasionally stepping on the volcanic rock and picking up a fine sparkling diamond from it. The use of sound became more mature, and he further expanded the use of this ability based on the materials on acoustics from the research scholars he had seen. With concentration, as long as you remember the properties of a certain substance under sound waves, you can find what you want nine times out of ten when you cross a shallow layer of ground.

"If Manoma can go back, I'll let you know as soon as possible. The reopening of factories there will be very helpful for business. Kasia put the thumb-sized diamond in her pocket.

"That's our best. Dyar smiled with some sighs, "By the way, the affairs of Manoma are now managed by the Knight Captain Hesley. I made a list for him, and I guess he wouldn't be bored during this time. ”

After some distance, Kasia and Delya's route had deviated from the line in front of them. Half an hour on the hillside, a shaft surrounded by lava appeared. A steel cable, blackened by the heat, still hangs there. The two went down in turn.

"This is only a small part, and after checking the rocks that the volcano has spewed, the harvest should be about four or five times that of here. I don't know how much it will cost, but it should be enough to fund the operation of a large factory. Kasia patted the massive dragon skull in front of her, ignoring Delya's astonished look. When you see too many things, you lose your freshness and shock. And it's just a dragon skull, nothing else.

After calming her emotions, Dya glanced at Kasia, as if she wanted to read Kasia's mood.

Dya thought for a moment and said, "You can swallow all of these things in the inner harbor of Deslu. It was one of the most prosperous mineral trading areas in the Empire, where most of the high-end ore decorations from all over the Empire came from, largely led by the Imperial Mineral Source Company and the Golden Bank, where many jewelers and their suppliers were located. When I go back, I'll arrange for someone to handle this alone, and as long as I can recruit good designers, I think the value of this batch will double. ”

"Jewel merchant?" said Kasia.

"A type of business on the surface, as long as it is well run and can please those nobles, it will be very profitable. It's similar to us, the difference is in the nature of the product and the customer. Dya didn't understand why Kasia said this, but explained in a good mood.