Locke strode behind Berg, following the dim light of the fire toward the tinkling depths of the cavern.

Along the way, many dwarves came out of the room, and they greeted Locke happily, asking him to be their guest. Locke didn't stop, he called out the names of each dwarf one by one, much to the dwarves' pride.

However, Locke also saw some dwarves with unfamiliar faces, and he asked Berg, who was leading the way, "How many dwarves are there now?" ”

"Oh, except for these dwarves from the Alterac Mountains. Both Ironforge and Eagle's Nest have a few dwarven artisans coming to our Iva. They may have come here to open a blacksmith shop simply to expand the influence of their family's blacksmith shop. Speaking of this, Berg smiled a little proudly, "This can also confirm from the side that we Eva already have considerable influence." ”

Locke agrees that Iva is now more than just a city, and has gradually evolved into a city cluster similar to the capital area of later generations. Each area is distinctly distinct, with a textile area for making clothing, an engineering area for making precision instruments, a forging area for crafting weapons, a wizard area for studying spells and alchemic potions, a druid area for studying plague magic and healing diseases, a living area, a port area, and a commercial area around the center of Iva Town Hall and the cathedral.

Among them, the residential area has gradually been divided in the development of Iva. Most of the homes built in the past were in the heart of Iva, where land prices were undoubtedly the most expensive. But many of the people who first settled here chose to leave the area and sold their houses. Choose to live in a civilian area on the outskirts of the city.

Only some of the well-to-do civilians, and those with vested interests in the process of Iwa's development, remained here. The composition of this group was relatively simple, with employees working for the official Iva government, officials, merchants, clergy of the Church, soldiers of the army, etc., as well as a large number of nobles from all over Lordaeron.

Today, this group of people has become the guarantee of the stability of the city.

Of course, not every city is glamorous, and there are dark sides that other ordinary people don't understand. Civilian areas are an example of this.

This area has gradually been moved to the edge of the city in the development of the city, and its composition is also very complex. In addition to the large number of innocent civilians, other such as thieves, bandits, ruffians, adventurers, and other low-skilled professionals are mostly found in the area.

They pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and they do illegal things on the edge of the city.

In this case, Locke once gave Hiloh and Berg a trick. Rather than let them develop freely, it is better for the authorities to come forward and take control.

In addition to the darkness of the city controlled by the Kingdom Security Service, these people slowly formed some organizations similar to adventurers. These outwardly law-abiding, spontaneously formed gang-like organizations bought contiguous houses and appeared in front of others in uniform clothing and uniforms, in the form of guilds.

However, their existence needs to be officially certified by Eva, and the uniforms they wear are more of a way for the official to recognize that they belong to that organization. It also allows the people to remember them when there is a group fight.

These people are mostly made up of the above-mentioned people, as well as bankrupt small merchants, retired soldiers from other kingdoms, and professionals who do not want to be bound by other rules. Most of these people live a life where the whole family is fed and not hungry, and of course, some of them are purely for the high remuneration in them.

Most of these adventurers' guilds exist to help Iva's official institutions complete various simple or difficult tasks.

For example, the wizards in the wizarding district carved magic patterns, taught apprentices to practice, and enchanted a large number of beast skins. These things are easy to find, though. But it's not appropriate to send troops alone, or let wizards go out and get these things.

For example, when the druids and the priests of the Church of Light studied the plague, they would use the undead rot. This requires killing the Scourge undead to be able to get it. And not every Scourge undead can collect this kind of thing.

Even, help the blacksmith door in the forging area to find the minerals that are in demand. Help the wizards find some rare herbs and more.

There are a lot of similar things like this, weaving, researching, finding people, sending letters, escorting, defending marginal villages and towns, collecting a certain organ from Warcraft, etc., a large number of tasks appear every day.

In the beginning, Shiloh was also annoyed as a treasurer. Every day, people come to her and ask her for this and that. Someone even asked her to help find wood for a house in a certain district!

Doesn't that drive her crazy??

But then she quickly understood that the adventurer guilds that Locke had asked them to organize were not just that? In doing so, they were brought together to work for Eva and the problem of law and order was solved.

So, she suggested that Berg build another hall next to the town hall and put up a sign outside....

"Mission Hall!"

So every morning, you only need to sort out what each area needs and hand it over to the task hall under the town hall. The employees there then put the task on a bulletin board in the hall. Then all you have to do is wait for the adventurers to deliver their things to the mission hall.

But at first, it didn't work out. Many adventurers just came in to take a look and then retreated. They don't believe in it.

The reason for this is that the credibility of the Iva City Hall has not been demonstrated.

What do you think of these adventurers who come to receive the mission, once Locke said two words, it is nothing more than money and what they like, as long as we give more money, they can still live in the wilderness outside.

So, the solution came out quickly.

Tasks, there must be task prizes, and the rewards of the tasks must also make people motivated to solve them! And so, the sumptuous prizes appeared! From the weapons tailored by the dwarf masters, to the armor enchanted by the wizards, to the enhancement potions and gold and silver coins made by the alchemists, as long as you work for Eva, as long as we have it, we can give you anything!

It can only be said that Shiloh grasps the minds of these people very well. When the weapons and armor that were placed in the mission hall were displayed there. The flickering glow of magic enchantment on it, the effect of the marking, made all the adventurers stir.

When the first person completed the marked weapon mission and got the weapon of their dreams, all the adventurers became a sensation.

Not only that, but everyone who completes the quest will get something called reputation in Eva. It's untouchable, but it's recorded as a special item in Eva's mission hall. When you log enough reputation in the Iva Mission Hall, you'll also be rewarded with many things. There are houses in high-class residential areas, full sets of armor built by masters, and so on.

There are even special bonuses! It is said that you will be able to obtain the knighthood of Iva ! Or a reward equivalent to a knighthood!!

The sensational news spread quickly..... Not only the adventurers, but also many civilians joined the team. This makes Ivar's wizards, druids, and clergy no longer have to worry about the shortage of materials.

Since then, the mission hall has made a name for itself.

When the mission hall slowly calmed down, even the wooden swords needed for recruit training and the forging area handed them over to the mission hall.

And in the end, the various agencies of Eva as the publisher of the mission have become accustomed to this kind of operation process. In fact, they actually just give away to those people what they don't need, or what is left over from the apprenticeship.

As Iva's treasurer, Shiloh couldn't stop snickering. In those research areas, the High Lord had said that he would support their research, and she needed to pay for the money. But what they have researched, they have to share with Eva. Naturally, wizards and druids who are engaged in research will not refuse this, after all, not everyone has the ability to provide gold in a continuous and large amount.

In short, she didn't use the big lord's money much, and indirectly let those who were addicted to research get what they needed, and Iva also felt the benefits from it.

For example, the magic or plant lighting that relies on vibration and perception of light to make use of people's livelihood has been praised by Eva officials for their environmental protection and safety. Oh, except for the goblins, of course. Due to the instability of mechanical street lamps, they were unanimously excluded from the city by wizards and druids. Nowadays, those things are more in the goblin engineering area and some civilian areas.

Of course, what has been researched is not only that, but more importantly, the strength of the wizards themselves has been improved. With the support of sufficient resources, many wizard apprentices have improved their strength and entered the stage of true wizards. Like the goblin wizard Gates and the former apprentice of the arcane Duane, Olivia, etc., they have truly crossed the threshold of the great wizard, and their own magic attainments have reached a new level of understanding of spells.

The improvement of the overall strength of the wizarding district is undoubtedly a great good thing for Eva. For Locke, this is exactly what he wants to see, and the city has entered a virtuous circle of development.

The footman that Locke had inadvertently whispered in Hilo's ear before was also circulated among all the upper echelons of Eva. Locke never gave a positive answer to this.

And the understanding of others is that the man who runs errands for the mission... In fact, this understanding is also correct, but Locke will certainly not admit that it is wrong.

In this regard, the term 'foot man' has spread among this group. When something can't be handled, they'll say, "Get a foot man and let them do it for us." We just have to pay some garbage...."

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Just as Locke was reviewing the development of the city, Bridget leaned up behind him like a ghost, and whispered in his ear, "Tell me what you did with the female dragon, okay?" ”

Locke's body froze instantly, he slowly turned his head to look at her helplessly, he turned his head to look at the evasive gazes of the guards around him. He let out a sigh and whispered in her ear, "Well, it's night!" ”

Bridget rolled his eyes at this!

The sound of clanging came from the cave in the distance. The sound is very rhythmic, like playing the piano. But there are other discordant jingles in between.

Waves of heat drifted in from afar, and the assembled armor appeared in the massive aisle of more than 30 feet, lined with armor on either side of the rock wall.

One by one, the armor was stuffed into a wooden armor stand. Helmet, cuirass, shoulders, leggings, boots, and shield.

They were all black and unpainted. There were goblins who kept walking back and forth around the armor, stamping them with what looked like seals.

"What are they doing?" Locke asked, pointing to the goblins. "Stamped?"

"Yes Great Lord," Shiloh said as she greeted him from afar, wiping the sweat from her head, "These armors are all standard armor stamped by goblins with mechanical devices designed with reference to the figures of our human soldiers. They stamp it to prove that the factory is a qualified product, and of course they will be deducted if they are not qualified. ”

"How many molds and machines did they design?" Locke pointed at Berg and said to her, "You see that I and Berg are not the same figures, if it is like Berg, if you are big, you can't wear small ones, then it is not appropriate?" ”

"We have been thinking about this for a long time. Great Lord Locke! ”

A joyful voice came from the corridor ahead, and Locke looked up to see Zax, a goblin trader wearing a crisp little black tuxedo and holding a cane symbolizing the goblin baron, and came to Locke in a hurry.

"Oh, welcome, Grand Lord Locke. You are welcome to visit our industry. ”

"Our industry?!" Locke asked inexplicably, "What do you call our estate?" ”

"It means our industry." Goblin Zacks spread his hands, "Literally, man." ”

"Shiloh? Explain? Locke looked at his treasurer suspiciously.