Chapter 67: Mysterious Iron Mine

  Hart grasped the "Elementary Magic" and, suppressing his fear of the dragon's might, returned to his small hut. He had been able to withstand that blast of dragon might just now also because of the pendant on his chest, rather than his own abilities.

  After returning to his own cabin, Hart pulled out a small, tattered pouch from his waist pack.

  This small pouch was left to him by his mother, and before this, he had not grasped even a bit of magic power, so he didn't know what use this small pouch had. However, since the magical seal of Ice Claw was absorbed by his necklace, his own magic power was activated, and he also mastered the usage of this small pouch.

  This is a magical space bag that can hold things of about one cubic meter in size.

  The magical space bag is extremely rare, and he even dares to say that in the entire Northern Land, there is only one such magical space bag. Of course, this also has an important relationship with the fact that there is only a group of warriors who use muscles in the Northern Land.

  He took out an almost-melting ice ball from the magical space bag, which was actually the skull of an Ice Claw. As soon as the skull appeared, Guagua sensed it through the crystal ball.

  The Ice Claw that had been missing for a long time, how did it suddenly appear in Pallet Town?

  Kua immediately dispatched Fa Shi to take a look, and saw that Hart was holding the ice claw's skull with both hands, pondering for a moment before taking out some materials.

  These materials are very familiar to Gua, and they are exactly what is used to build the contract circuit of the magical pet.

  Isn't Mo Fei trying to use this Ice Claw Skull to sign his own demonic contract? Gu Gua looked at the scene with some ridicule.

  This Ice Claw is also a creation of Xilang, as far as Gua knows, the Ice Claw is now under his management, but after all, it is still under Xilang's command, and Xilang can easily deprive him of his command over the Ice Claw.

  Actually, in a place unknown to Gua, there were thousands of ice claw magic imprints stored, all of which were created by Xiran during this period. These ice claw magic imprints could grow into a healthy ice claw in a short time as long as they received sufficient magical support, and maintain their vitality in the snowy weather. This was also an important reason why Xiran dared to let Gua manage the 300 dog-headed men in Pailos Castle. In Xiran's view, Gua was really unable to turn the tables.

  So Gua Gu saw Hart wanting to sign a personal demon contract with the Ice Claw belonging to Pilersburg, and didn't stop him, but instead watched with great interest.

  This contract signing went very smoothly, as if the compatibility between Hart and Ice Claw was particularly high. Adding to that, this Ice Claw's skull had already weakened to the extreme point, already at the edge of disappearance, without even a hint of rejection reaction, directly completing the magical pet contract. The Ice Claw's skull instantly disappeared in Hart's palm.

  Hart successfully completed the magical contract, and Gua also withdrew the Mage's Eye, continuing to study his own magic.

  The next day, Hart secretly placed the Ice Claw Skull in a place outside Palletsburg that no one would notice, buried it in a snow pile, and if you didn't deliberately look for it, you couldn't find it. The Ice Claw Skull quietly absorbed the thick water system magic around Palletsburg, slowly recovering.

  Gua led the 10 human craftsmen and 50 dog-headed miners, as well as 10 ice claws, to the abandoned Frost Giant Beast Head tribe's settlement. They excavated the glacier, revealing a thick vein of mysterious iron beneath. As they dug open the glacier and saw this vein, both humans and dog-heads showed surprised expressions.

  Humans are a species that doesn't get up early without profit, and as soon as they see such a large vein of mystic iron ore, they suddenly feel like they're going to get rich, and of course, they're delighted. The Dog-Headed People, on the other hand, are like dwarves, filled with a love for veins from the depths of their bones and souls; they're a born mining species, and as soon as they see...

  "This mine belongs to Pilersburg. Those who are not afraid of death can try it." Gua said coldly, facing the human craftsmen with different expressions and absent-mindedness.

  Humans will never change their greedy nature, and the calabaza didn't rely on any contract or agreement, but instead placed 10 ice claws around them to monitor them.

  After setting up a simple base, Guagua appointed a human craftsman leader and a dog-headed person leader to manage the work of the mine. If there were any problems, the two would discuss and solve them together. If they couldn't be solved, they could communicate with Pilersburg through Ice Claw, with Guagua making the final decision.

  If you want to play hard, then 50 dog heads and 10 ice claws can easily take down 10 human craftsmen, which is not surprising at all.

  The mine is still very rich and has not been exploited, with only high-quality raw materials inside. The task of these craftsmen and dog-headed people is to extract the ore with particularly high richness from the mine, especially those that are already in a rough state of Xuan Tie, all of which will be selected and sent directly to the ironworkshop in Pailisburg.

  With this, the ironworks in Palletsburg can go all out and continuously produce mysterious iron weapons and tools.

  Kuaguai has been in this world for some time, and through various channels, he has confirmed that there is no coal or oil in this world. The most common fuel is wood, and the most commonly used supernatural power is magic, with nothing else existing.

  The dwarves are the best at smelting, they usually use geothermal power, that is, the power of magma and volcanoes for smelting, while humans use a method of compressing with wood, using high-grade charcoal soaked in pine oil for smelting.

  So for humans, without cheap and high-quality energy supply, smelting is also a very costly technological activity.

  The northern region still has some forests, and since there is such a demand, the valley sent out 100 old, weak, women and children to pick up branches in the forest, cut down trees that are already sick, and bring them back as fuel.

  As a well-educated monster, Kaku is very aware of the importance of protecting his nest and its surroundings, and he continues to work hard for it.

  So, Gua also decided that next year, they would increase their afforestation efforts to provide more energy support for the mining industry of Dog Head people.

  High-purity ore was delivered to the blacksmith's shop by the ton, and these dark iron ores were first smelted into dark iron anvils. Each person in the blacksmith's shop had one, and all the tools were updated once before starting to forge various tools and weapons.

  The weapons made, Pailos and the Northern Nobles' Union each took half, but within a week's time, they were able to fully arm all of the dozen or so cavalrymen that Hart had brought with him, each equipped with a set of Xuan Iron armor.

  Although Mystic Iron equipment is only slightly better than ordinary steel equipment, it is far inferior to Secret Silver or Fine Gold equipment, but its advantage in combat is already very significant.

  On the chaotic and bloody battlefield, the equipment on one's body can even save a life and cause greater casualties to the enemy, back and forth, will make the balance of war tilt in one direction.

  After a week, Hart's Ice Claw had absorbed enough magic from the icy landscape to recover its body. However, this new body looked extremely frail compared to other two-meter-tall Ice Claws, with a height of only about 1.6 meters, making it look like a small dog-headed person.

  It seems that Harte was also in a hurry, and in order to further increase the speed, he quickly joined the battle, which accelerated the catalysis of its rebirth process, making it somewhat congenitally deficient.

  However, this is not a big problem. As the experience grows later on, absorbing more water-based magic can make the ice claw continue to grow and become stronger again.

  They brought the Ice Claw into their own Palm Spirit Contract Circuit, and Hart led a team of over ten people, all dressed in white, to sneak into Lord Lusere's territory under the cover of wind and snow.