"How were our former blacksmiths housed?" Locke asked as he walked, but he quickly remembered.

As he entered the armor forge there was a long blacksmith shop outside the door. Maybe the blacksmiths were all placed there?

"Oh, that's the question." Berg spread his hands as he explained to Locke as he walked, "We gave our armor and shields to the Goblin Forges to forge. But weapons can't, and those mechanical things can't grasp the strength needed to forge weapons. Weapons forged by machinery are not as hard as they can be, well, only a little stronger than kitchen knives. ”

"So, the weapons have to be crafted by the blacksmiths themselves." Locke nodded in affirmation of this fact.

Indeed, before Locke's crossing, the world still had a high opinion of the sword made by the blacksmith. This is a height that cannot be reached by stamping machines and machine tools. Many people are proud to have a hand-crafted weapon. In fact, the value of a handmade ornament sword is not comparable to those things that come out of the assembly line.

On the one hand, the preciousness of handicraft, on the other hand, the machinery is too ordinary to have uniqueness and collection.

"More than that," Berg shook his head, and he casually pointed to Bridget at Locke's side, and Locke turned his head to look at her, only to hear Berg. "The armor on General Bridget was made entirely by the dwarves. Countless facts have proved that the weapons and armor carefully crafted by the master forgers are incomparable to the machines. ”

"Let me tell you," Brigitte said to Locke triumphantly, ruffling the red bangs on her forehead, "I have the multiple enchantments that Olivia gave me on this set of armor. It actually weighs a lot more than you seem. You see, am I very light in my movements? ”

The others hurriedly turned their heads away, and only Shiloh could not avoid her gaze, and she smiled at Bridget bouncing in front of Locke.

"It's heavier than the 'elite' training armor you've ever wore. But as you can see, I don't feel the restraint of gravity at all. Brigitte paused, she gently stroked the red armor on her body, "This armor created by the dwarves, the strength of its absorbing power, and the number of layers that contain the wizard's enchantment, are several levels higher than the armor made by machines. ”

"Locke, have you ever seen an orc?"

Locke shook his head at Bridget's sudden question, he really hadn't seen it.

"Orcs are generally much more powerful than all of us humans. Except for the paladins who are blessed by the Holy Light, and a small number of powerful soldiers, the others will be suppressed by their power when facing the orc warriors. Many people have been shattered by their power..."Bridtt shook her head, as if unwilling to remember anything, and she continued, "So, basically every soldier's armor is infused with power-enhancing magic to enhance the fight against the orcs. ”

"It's a bloody lesson."

"That's it!" Shiloh interrupted the unpleasant conversation with a smile, and she continued, "If you don't have any questions about the blacksmith quarters, I think we can take a look at it somewhere else. ”

"Yes," Locke nodded, it didn't matter where he looked. He had seen that when he was not here, Eva's development did not stop there. On the contrary, it is far beyond my imagination. This proves that these people who followed them at the beginning have not lost their footsteps.

As he left the forge, Locke saw some guards standing at the entrance of the forge, guarding the area.

In the dungeon-like streets in front of you, some people with swords and shields on their backs appeared here. They bargained with dwarves, goblins, and human blacksmiths for swords and other weapons that lay out outside the house.

Locke watched with interest, for when he had just come in and walked from here, there was no one here.

Of course, Locke's appearance did not cause much of a sensation. Most of the people had spotted the rich lord, but the people here only bowed to him as a sign of respect, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

And most of the outrageous behaviors that Locke thinks about are accusing a certain official, or praising his wisdom and martial arts, etc. It's a pity that there is nothing, and people stay away from him.

Locke then realizes that he is really a man of two worlds with them. They both respect themselves and fear themselves. Respect is because he single-handedly broke the rule of the Scourge and established the new heavenly city of Iva. What I am afraid of is the power behind me and the authority I hold.

Locke shook his head secretly, maybe this is the price to pay for going down that road.

It wasn't long before the noise interrupted Locke's deep thoughts from the end of the street. He looked up and saw in front of the guards a large group of dwarves he knew with him converging.

So Locke walked out of the crowd.

"Hi Great Lord, I have something for you. Thank you for your generosity! ”

"Thank you, big man, for exempting us from taxes! Whenever you have a need on the shield, look for me! I can guarantee that no one in the city does it better than me! ”

"Mine, and my ....."

Locke laughed at the bustling dwarves, who were indeed as hospitable as he knew.

Eventually, when Locke leaves, Anderson, who has been acting as a guard behind him, has gadgets in his arms.

As he was about to leave the hole, Zax stopped. He told Locke that he was going back to watch the people who had helped them make money. When the saying that time is money rang in Locke's ears again, it really made Locke's dedication to goblins and making money to a higher degree.

You know, this guy isn't necessarily short of money now. But his yearning for gold coins has never been lowered.

When he left the gloomy cavern, the light appeared in front of Locke again, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes. He looked up at the sky, and on the clear, sea-clear sky, there were only a few mountain eagles looking for their food.

A large number of soldiers had gathered on either side of the cave's gates, which deterred many of those who tried to come in and buy iron tools, and they did not dare to come in groups of people in the distance.

"How's it going inside?" Noris, who had been waiting outside the cave for a long time, greeted her, and her questions had always seemed so cold to outsiders.

Norris doesn't like dwarves, so she rarely comes into contact with them.

"Good, good beyond my expectations." Locke smiled and nodded, then he turned to look at Shiloh and Berg, as well as Bridget, "Where are we next?" ”

"Originally, we summoned your kobold servant," Bridgett shrugged, "but it didn't come today, maybe that guy found some kind of mineral in this mountain range." ”

"Be nice to them," Locke said without saying anything this time, as he muttered for a moment, "but loosen your grip on them, you know what I mean." ”

These words made the three of them nod, no one was an idiot, and no one felt surprised by the coldness between the lines of Locke's words.

"Shall we go to the engineering area?" "Along the road in front of us, we just have to cross the mountain in front of us and cross a river, and we will reach the construction machinery area built in the mountains." ”

The reason why the goblin engineering area was built in a ravine is also known to Locke. However, he didn't have the idea of going to the goblins' dirty base camp for the time being, and besides, there was no need to go. If there is something good, they will bring it to themselves and ask for credit.

"Let's go to the Druid Quarter." "I don't yet know what this new area of our city looks like. ”

"I'm afraid it won't work, Great Lord," Shiloh shook his head directly, vetoing Locke's proposal, "The Druid District is directly opposite our current Blacksmith District, which is Callow Mountain in the south. ”

"That's what the druids have been asking for, to stay out of the engineering zone." Shiloh said with a wry smile, "They prefer to be close to the location of our farmland. ”

"Okay, where can you go?" Locke asked.

"We're the closest to the port area," Berg said, putting away his map, with a slight frown, "but I'm worried about your safety there." It's prosperous, but because of the great mobility of people, there's everyone, thieves, speculators, swindlers..."

"You don't have to worry about this, the Great Lord won't have any security problems there." As a security officer, Norris did not hesitate to veto Berg's concerns.

Berg faced Noris's strength, but he did not dare to respond. That's for sure, everyone knows the status of this elf in the heart of the Great Lord.

Originally, working with the concubine of the big boss was already very stressful. And then this concubine is still in charge.,Some of the power that can secretly control everyone.,I think everyone will be uncomfortable, right? In addition, this concubine is a cold-faced foreign beauty, you just want to slap people and don't bird you, and you look like a businessman, so you are even more reluctant to approach her.

Think about it again, the age of this seemingly young cold-faced foreign beauty....

The guards, who had been pausing here for a long time, set out again, only this time Locke said that he would not take the carriage at all. Surrounded by many guards, he rode lightning and slowly made his way towards the docks.

Instead of passing through here before, the two sides of this avenue have changed from the desolation they used to be, and wooden houses appear on both sides of the road one after another. Leisurely farmers sit in the courtyard of their homes, smoking their pipes leisurely across the fence. Some of the women were drying their bedding and clothes outside, and some were talking to the neighboring women through the fence. The children were happily running and playing on the grass not far from the road.

Apart from the public and private carriages on the road, the largest number of caravans were laden with goods. Horse-drawn carts dragged by cattle can be connected hundreds of meters away. Whenever a caravan passed, they would stop, drive the carriage aside, take off their hats to Locke, or bow down to thank Locke.

This is all thanks to Toshilo and Berg, who carved statues of Locke in every obvious or major location.....

When Locke found out about this, all the statues were taken down. But Locke knew too late, and the statue had been sitting outside for almost half a year.

So ordinary people may never see Locke's real person in their lives, but when they do, they will remember Locke's face for the first time....

Walking on this wide avenue, every half hour or so, you will encounter a wave of soldiers patrolling over. Looking at the proud posture of the soldiers and the eyes saluting him, Locke was still quite happy in his heart.

You know, a few years ago, there was nothing here, and it was full of undead scourge and gnolls. Today, however, it looks like a fairy tale scene from a story.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of coming into this world.