What blocked the road was a huge door leaf embedded in the cave wall, which was as tall as three or four people.

This door leaf is jet black in color, reflecting a strange metallic light under the reflection of the lighting crystal.

For the senior direct descendants of Shuang Maple Ridge, this scene is really strange - there is no doubt that this is a secret door made of elf ironwood, and it is undoubtedly the work of those pointed-eared ancestors thousands of years ago.

When the lord led a group of people to rob the Dragon Bone Peak treasure house, they were blocked by the same elf security door.

On the stone wall on one side of the iron wooden door panel, the elven inscriptions left in ancient times can be faintly seen.

Master Calvino Spiritual Song narrowed his eyes and read the top row of big characters:

"The Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine."

Now that things have happened, tomb robbing... ah no, Xia Houyan, who is experienced in archaeology, has some experience: the elves have the habit of carving words as a souvenir wherever they go, and the dog has the habit of peeing on a telephone pole to mark its territory.

Quite the same approach but similar results.

Wilf, who was writing a novel in the distant Frost Maple Ridge, sneezed for no reason.

"Master Master..." Malena, who was leaning in Xia Houyan's arms, widened her eyes and said, "What do the writings below say?"

What is surprising is that this cat girl, who looks as delicate as a rhododendron, did not appear to be frightened or frightened at all along the way because of the Frost Maple Ridge soldiers in the team who had obvious violent characteristics and numerous criminal histories.

On the contrary, Malena quickly won the respect of all the horses in Frost Maple Ridge with her kind and approachable attitude (and her status as one of the temporary boss ladies).

In particular, Master Calvino Spirit Song and other elf mages treat Malena as kindly as an old father. This is probably because elves and sub-orcs are both oppressed races on the continent and naturally stand on the same front.

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However, when Malena asked, Master Calvino's face suddenly became embarrassed.

"Uh... it's just... this... that..." Master Lingge scratched his head, "The small characters below are mainly engraved with the process of digging this mine... and so on."

"Oh?" Xia Houyan said with great interest, "Master, please translate it for us! I really want to know how the elves dug mines a thousand years ago!"

Judging from Master Calvino's face, he didn't seem too happy to receive this order.

However, the lord is the lord. As the deputy leader of the Northern Blizzard Mage Group, the spiritual song master certainly has no right to refuse, so he can only start to translate in a low voice:

More than a thousand years ago, at the end of the "Mythic Era", the great Elf Empire, which was beaten to its knees by rebels from all races, placed its last hope of salvation in the new type of magic metal "Tower" just developed by the Elf craftsmen.

Lentino Mild Steel" on.

In hindsight, this was undoubtedly a ridiculous move to seek medical treatment in a hurry - humans, dwarves, demons and other races can rise with the help of magic metal technology, and even overthrow the brutal rule of the great elven empire, it does not mean that they will be thrown away by the wheel of the times.

The elves behind them can also imitate cats and tigers.

The elves who specialize in plant magic have no accumulation in the metallurgical technology tree at all. "Tarantino Soft Steel" is destined to be just a life-saving straw that is too fragile: the subsequent development is also logical, "Tarantino Soft Steel"

Although "Steel" has superior performance, it is not practical because it is difficult to recharge. The Great Elf Empire also completely collapsed soon after, and the noblest Elf clan on the continent has since ushered in a dark age that will never see the light of day.

However, it seems from the inscription alone that for a long time, the elf craftsmen did not understand the strange properties of "Tarantino Mild Steel", and they still had confidence in this new discovery that was expected to "save the elf clan"

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Hacksaw Canyon's "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine" was built in this blind optimism.

Since the Great Elf Empire at that time was in internal and external troubles, and rebel flags were raised all over the Haiwen Continent, the mine was chosen to be built east of the Dust Mountains, a barbaric area at the time, in order to avoid attacks by rebels of various races.

How did the ancient elves, who could only grow flowers but were not good at digging holes, dig a mine on this cliff? This question puzzled everyone present in Shuangmaple Ridge for a while, until Master Calvino Lingsong

He muttered the answer:

Relying on magic, and it's... forbidden magic.

In order to obtain the energy needed to dig out the solid rock, the elves, who were almost driven crazy by the current situation, set up a forbidden magic circle in Hacksaw Canyon, and put the ancient orcs who lived there at the time into the magic circle to sacrifice.

.It took them three thousand lives of sub-orcs before they finally used life magic to dig out this mine on the cliff of the canyon.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. As a descendant of the sub-orcs, Marlena's face froze, and the cat ears on her head trembled.

However, after hearing this, Xia Houyan was not filled with indignation like other angry youths, but he was a little emotional:

Every prosperous civilization that has a bright appearance almost always has shady evil secrets behind it. The primitive accumulation of capital is always stained with blood and filth. This is the law of blood reward that no one can escape on the road to rise. Compared to

Taking into account the black slaves on the Atlantic ships and the native Indians on the banks of Shangxi River, the massacre of three thousand orcs is really not a shocking human tragedy.

Of course, whenever you explore the ancient stories of the Great Elf Empire, you will discover a dark history of these pointy-eared ancestors being ashamed to see others - this matter is indeed a bit ridiculous.

Master Calvino Spirit Song and other elves are now visibly trying to find a crack in the ground to burrow into.

No matter what should be said, only Eldridge was entertaining enough in this situation, grinning widely and telling a hellish joke:

"A sub-orc, ah, can be considered half an orc. If an elf kills three thousand sub-orcs, it is equivalent to, ah, killing 1,500 orcs! That's awesome!"

Malena and the elves glared at him.

Seeing that the expedition team was about to start an internal strife, Xia Houyan quickly cleared his throat and signaled Master Calvino to continue reading.

If there is a way, the law of heaven is clear, and retribution will not be satisfactory.

The elf contractors who sacrificed the lives of sub-orcs in exchange for project progress did not get a good end: soon, they discovered the ineffective use of "Tarantino Mild Steel" in the experiment, and in the dust

To the west of the mountains, news came one after another that the great elven empire had been destroyed.

In the end, this group of desperate elf craftsmen closed and sealed the "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine". After holding hands and bowing to the west, they collectively jumped off the cliff and buried the elf empire in the sunset.

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Many things in ancient and modern times are laughed at. The fate and ending of the elf craftsmen once again caused everyone to sigh.

Only Marlena, who was a sub-orc, was still thinking about the evil deeds of these craftsmen and muttered a few words angrily:

"It's so damn good, meow! It's so damn good, meow!"

"This little historical story tells us that we must not let anyone get stuck in cutting-edge technology." Xia Houyan clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay, let's open the mine gate!"

Master Lingge was eager to throw away these historical baggage. He nodded hastily and walked to the gate of the mine.

I think back then, in order to enter the elf treasure house at Dragon Bone Peak, the lord asked Wilf, the elf descendant, to donate blood voluntarily, and this opened the door;

However, there is no need to perform "Wilph's Blood" today: as a master of magic, the master of spiritual songs just stood in front of the door and sang a few syllables in a low voice. The magic circuit embedded in the iron-wood door

A blinding bright light erupted, and the thick wooden door squeaked as it slowly opened amidst the flying dust.

In the cave behind the door, the lighting crystals that had been silent for thousands of years were activated together, illuminating the magnificent scene inside the "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine".

But the first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a giant marble golem blocking the door.

This golem was sculpted into the shape of a strong elf man, holding a shining metal sword in his hand. It seemed to be cast from local materials and made of Tarantino mild steel. The use of golems to guard the treasure house can be regarded as an elf clan.

According to the tradition, the original Dragon Bone Peak treasure house contained many fragments of golems that were smashed by the frost dragon Cristiano.

However, thousands of years have already exhausted the energy supply inside this demon statue. Now it lowers its head and remains motionless. It is obviously more dead than Gorbachev.

After leaving a few elf mages to examine the remains of the golem to see if they could remove some parts, everyone bypassed the golem and entered the mine.

This "Seventh Tarantino Mild Steel Mine" truly embodies the meaning of the words "unique".

The so-called "mine" is actually a huge cavity embedded in the ground. This cavity starts from the round dome and extends all the way to the depths of the earth's crust. Its depth and breadth are like being drilled out by a drill bit that breaks through the sky.

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At the edge of this deep pit, a manually dug spiral walkway goes around the pit to the bottom. The original elven craftsmen must have transported the raw ore of "Tarantino Mild Steel" along these spiral roads.

But what really puzzled Monk Xiahou Yanzhanger was that, looking around, there seemed to be nothing that could be called "magic metal ore" anywhere - all the rocks on the side walls of the cave were completely natural.

It looks like one whole body, and no enrichment zone of metal mineral deposits can be seen at all.

What is even more strange is that on these stone walls, there are many thick, large, and sinuous plant vines that break out of the walls, and then disappear into the stone walls not far away, seeming to have completely submerged into the ground.

In this deep darkness, deep underground with no sunlight, where did the plant vines come from? The Lord is puzzled.

The Lingge Master, who was also confused, took the mage apprentices to carefully examine it, and finally came to a conclusion that shocked Xia Houyan.

"These thick rattans are the 'Tarantino Mild Steel' mine?" Xia Houyan was stunned.

"Exactly." Master Lingsong was obviously amazed at his discovery, "Lord, I should have thought of this - our elves are a race famous for their plant skills, how could we be as stupid as other races?

The ground is wielding a hoe to dig out ore?"

This rather elf chauvinistic statement attracted the disdainful looks of many team members.

The master of spiritual songs was completely unaware of his Aryan superman...er, super elf complex, and continued:

"It now appears that the way the elven craftsmen at that time obtained 'Tarantino Mild Steel' was achieved by relying on these rattans. According to the stone carving records I found nearby, this kind of steel was artificially cultivated by the elves.

The thick vines are called 'European vines'. The origin of the name...well...maybe related to its appearance."

Xia Houyan didn't care about the naming issue and asked hurriedly:

"So? What does it have to do with Tarantino Mild Steel?"

The spiritual song master considered his words and explained:

"Lord, the so-called 'Tarantino Mild Steel' is not a naturally formed magical metal mineral, but an artificial substance refined from natural minerals like Babylonian dense steel! One of these 'European Vine'

So they can live in the dark underground because they are special plants that do not rely on sunlight, but need to 'eat rocks'! They are absorbing rocks deep in the ground all the time, and 'Tarantino Mild Steel' is exactly

It is a by-product left after the natural minerals are digested by the 'European Vine'!"

Xia Houyan was dumbfounded: It turns out that "Tarantino Mild Steel" is the shit produced by these rod-shaped plants?!

But if you think about it carefully, Master Nicholson did seem to have vaguely mentioned that "Tarantino Mild Steel" is related to the plant cultivation technology of the elves?
To be continued...