Chapter 315 Dragon Ridge Exploration Team

King Inte publicly humiliated the envoy sent by the lord and beheaded him in public. At the same time, he ordered the lords from all over the country to immediately hand over the new taxes added this year, disarm, and go to the palace to apologize.

He looked at the body of the messenger hung on the wall, and imagined a future in which he would defeat the resistance of local lords, regain all power, and his descendants would ascend the throne of the Silver Empire.

He was convinced that he would become the greatest king the Kingdom of Inter had ever seen.

On the other side, the lords of all parties who received the news were furious. Even the most neutral lords could not bear it anymore.

Compared with the Silver Empire, the situation of the Inter Kingdom is relatively better. At least, they don’t need to worry about the green tide coming to them.

After all, unless the Silver Empire was destroyed by the Green Tide, the Green Tide would definitely not be able to reach them.

Therefore, in the absence of an external crisis, once their hostility arises, it will not be so easy to extinguish.

On May 1449, 5, the lords of the Kingdom of Inter formed the Grape Lords Alliance and formally launched an uprising against tyranny. Thus, the Grape Lords War broke out.

While the human kingdom of Sinar was experiencing turmoil, the Northern Kingdom in the north was also in turmoil. The news that the current king of the Northern Kingdom was declining in vitality and becoming very old had already spread throughout the entire Northern Kingdom.

Although when Roland was still in the North, the fight for the crown had already begun in secret.

But before that, it was just an open and secret fight within the rules, which eliminated the weaker factions in the fight for the crown.

However, as the Northern King's life enters the countdown, the last three factions in the Northern Kingdom that are capable of competing for the crown are now gearing up, waiting for his death.

As the three factions were gearing up for battle, the atmosphere throughout the Northern Kingdom became increasingly depressing.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that once the old king passed away, unless one faction could quickly crush the other two, a bloody civil war over the crown would be inevitable.

However, although there were sudden disturbances within various external parties, it did not affect the commercial exchanges between the War Committee and the outside world. There was still a steady stream of resources flowing into the committee through commercial trade. Therefore, the War Committee did not care about these changes and just quietly focused on development.

Although the committee focused all its energy on the construction and development of the northern wall, spell formations and the army, there were no extra resources to spend on other matters.

However, some simple matters can continue to proceed as usual.

On the surface of the Silver Gate, in the Dragon Spine Passage, a camp built at the entrance was becoming quite noisy.

Goblins, dwarves, and halflings were communicating with each other in a somewhat noisy manner, and gathered in the square of the camp from all directions.

Outside the square of the camp, a large number of undead were carrying various supplies from the camp to the square.

As for the undead that passed by them, no matter they were goblins, dwarves, or halflings, they all looked nonchalant, having long been accustomed to their existence.

After all, the Silver Gate is located on the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Whether it is moving supplies up from the War Committee or moving supplies down from the Silver Gate, it is a very labor-intensive task.

Therefore, after the development of necromancy, all transportation issues here were quickly handed over to the undead.

Now in the Silver Gate, the number of undead is at least ten to twenty times that of the living.

Even though they were a little surprised to see the undead when they first arrived, after staying for a long time and seeing so many things, they became numb and accustomed to it.

Let the undead be the undead. Anyway, they are all transformed from pure natural undead. They are not the corpses of their own people. It doesn’t matter. As long as they are useful, it’s fine.

As they were communicating, they quickly gathered at the square. After arriving at the square, everyone lowered their voices and divided into small groups, communicating in low voices.

The small groups in the square are basically divided by race, goblins with goblins, dwarves with dwarves, halflings with halflings, and there is rarely any mixing of races.

Even if there were any, they were basically goblins and halflings, or a mixed team of dwarves and halflings. There was no mixed team of goblins and dwarves at all, at least not in this square.

After all, the relationship between goblins and dwarves is not very good. The two sides have been fighting each other in the Dragonspine Mountains for many years, and the hatred between them began when the Kingdom of Clans was founded.

Countless goblins were captured by the dwarves and became their slaves, becoming the fuel for the rise of the clan nations. The goblins also hid in the Dragon Spine Mountains, constantly attacking lone dwarves or dwarf territories with weak defenses.

However, this hatred is a bit too old for the current dwarves and goblins.

After the collapse of the Clan Kingdom, the goblin slaves broke free of their chains and fled into the Dragonspine Mountains, while the dwarves also declined into their current state.

Forget about going to the Dragon's Back Mountains to capture goblin slaves. The dwarves would be lucky to just be able to control the dwarven territories they have.

Therefore, dwarves and goblins rarely come into contact with each other again.

In the thousand years since the collapse of the Dragon's Back Mountains, there have been countless changes in the number of dwarves and goblins, and they have rarely had any contact with each other. Naturally, this hatred has not continued to the present day.

Of course, this is only the case for the dwarf clans and goblin clans who have little contact with each other.

Some dwarf clans that still retain the tradition of enslaving goblin slaves have inherited this hatred with the goblin clans nearby until now, and they fight passionately with each other.

However, Roland did not need to consider this, because in the West Dragon Ridge Mountains, the only dwarf clan that retained the tradition of enslaving goblin slaves had been destroyed by the Green Tide because they blocked the road, and most of the nearby goblin clans were also killed when they welcomed the Green Tide King's division.

The dwarves and goblins under the War Council now basically have no inherited hatred, so they will not fight each other.

At most, it’s because of the influence of each other’s cultures that they kind of dislike each other and don’t like to cooperate with each other.

But as for any deep hatred, neither the dwarves nor the goblins have such a feeling, even the old dwarves who have lived for more than a hundred years among the silver dwarves are the same.

As a race originating from Sinar, the Halflings have no historical conflicts with the dwarves and goblins, so they can form small teams with the dwarves or goblins.

In less than ten minutes, everyone was gathered.

After everyone arrived, a goblin mechanic who was less than 1.2 meters tall and dressed in the standard mechanic uniform of the War Council, with metallic skin, two eyes, one red and one blue, walked onto the platform in the square.

After walking onto the platform, he looked at the people who were still whispering in the square and began to speak.

"Quiet!"

Although his voice was not loud, it covered everyone in the square.

After hearing his voice, everyone in the square quieted down, stopped communicating, and turned their eyes to the goblin artificer on the platform.

"Now, we will start the roll call. Temporary team leaders, please report your numbers."

After everyone was silent and looking at him, the goblin artificer nodded, picked up the list in his right hand, and spoke.

"Gael."

"The number of team members present is expected to be 10. The number of team members present is actually 10."

"Behrens."

"The number of team members present is expected to be 7. The number of team members present is actually 7."

"Kiru."

"Here. The expected number of team members present is 12. The actual number of team members present is 12."

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As the goblin artificer called out their names, the temporary team leaders in the square raised their hands one by one to answer questions about their respective teams.

The goblin artificer called the roll quickly, and in less than ten minutes, everyone in the square had completed the roll call.

Everyone is here.

"Roll call is over. Now, everyone, please enter the Dragon Ridge Passage in order according to the roll call order. The target of this support is: Camp No. 5. Let's go!"

The goblin artificer put away the list, said the last sentence, and walked down the platform. "Yes!"

Everyone in the square responded in unison.

Afterwards, under the leadership of the goblin artificer, everyone in the square walked into the Dragon's Back Passage beside the camp in an orderly manner. At the same time, the undead in the square also carried all kinds of supplies and followed behind them in a mighty manner.

The War Committee also attaches great importance to the exploration and excavation of the Dragon Ridge Passage.

Although the Dragon's Back Pass collapsed and was in a mess due to the civil war among the dwarf clans, the benefits of the Dragon's Back Pass still attracted the attention of the committee.

The mining technology and mining industry in the Kingdom of Clans are very developed. One of these Dragon Ridge Passages might be connected to a mine that once existed in the Kingdom of Clans.

Moreover, even the ruins of the Silver Gate can bring huge wealth and resources, so what about other dwarven territories?

You know, the dwarf territories in the Kingdom of Clans are mainly underground dwarf territories, and there are very few dwarf territories built on the surface like the Silver Gate.

Even if no other dwarf territories were found, as long as one or two mines were found, all investments could be quickly recovered or even profitable.

With this idea in mind, the War Committee allocated some manpower from the tight labor force to explore the Dragon Ridge Passage.

And the rewards are indeed rich.

Although no other dwarf territories were found, the exploration team discovered many mines.

Although these mines, which had not been visited for many years, were a bit dangerous, many members of the exploration team had died, and the harvests from these mines were not stable.

In some mines, dozens or even hundreds of explorers died, and in the end, no inventory was found. In other mines, a large amount of various mineral resources were found after a simple exploration.

If the previous Silver Clan was allowed to explore, with so many people dying, and only getting a few mineral resources in return, it would have been a huge loss.

However, for the War Committee, it was a very difficult matter. It was just human lives. As long as there was the Fountain of Life, the committee could revive and replenish as many explorers as they died.

Moreover, as the explorers gain more experience, the casualty situation will improve. The more they explore, the less likely they will die, and the more they will gain, the better.

Compared with the resources consumed for resurrection, the value of the large amount of mineral resources obtained from these mines is far higher than the consumption of resurrection.

Therefore, the more you die, the less you die, and the more cost-effective it is to explore the Dragon's Back Passage.

In fact, although the resources obtained from the Dragon's Back Passage are not very stable, they are also one of the important outputs to support various plans of the War Council.

If the more people the better when exploring the Dragon's Back Passage, and if the War Council was indeed short-handed, the exploration team would not be as small as two thousand people.

The explorers who had been resurrected and were ready to head deeper into the tunnel once again followed the road built by the undead laborers in the Dragon Ridge Passage and quickly moved deeper into the tunnel.

Thanks to the exploration team's tireless efforts and the undead laborers' hard work, the situation inside the Dragon's Back Passage has improved significantly.

In addition to roads that facilitate passage and the flow of materials, the main passages that had been explored had also been cleaned up by the undead laborers, and some strange lighting lamps also illuminated the dark passages.

Various markers were also placed on the branch channels, indicating which channel was dangerous, which channel was blocked, which channel had been fully explored, and which channel was still being explored.
With various signs, the conditions of each branch channel are clear at a glance.

However, the branch passages near the exit of the Dragon's Back Passage had basically been explored early on, so this front section of the journey is so complete.

After they walked on the passage for several days and passed Camp No. 3, the rest of the journey was not so complete.

The road from Camp 3 to Camp 4 is still being built by the undead laborers, not to mention the road from Camp 4 to the destination Camp 5, which has not yet been started and does not exist.

Moreover, compared to the flat and clean road ahead, the environment from Camp 3 to Camp 5 becomes worse as you go deeper. The road is full of bumpy places, various stones, garbage and the mutilated bodies of explorers.

In addition, the bright lighting environment deteriorates rapidly as you go deeper. The number of strange lights arranged in the passage is getting smaller and smaller, and the brightness of the light they can provide is also getting lower and lower.

At the entrances of each branch passage, there were some dangerous signs inserted crookedly, and some signs were even torn into several pieces by some creatures and scattered everywhere.

In the darkness, all kinds of strange noises were heard, and occasionally some red eyes could be seen hidden in the darkness, silently watching the exploration team.

Of course, for the explorers, there is nothing to be afraid of. After all, they have seen everything during their exploration so far, and those previous safe passages were also found by them.

Some explorers even took the initiative to stare into the red eyes in the darkness, and the creatures in the darkness left quietly on their own.

Inside the Dragon's Back Mountains, there are naturally not only dwarves and goblins, but also various cave creatures living in the caves.

Thousands of years after the collapse of the Clan Kingdom, the once prosperous but now deserted Dragon's Back Passage has become a territory for these cave creatures to reproduce and expand.

These cave creatures caused a lot of trouble and danger to the explorers when they were exploring.

However, in the final analysis, they are just a group of ordinary cave creatures. They may be able to bully ordinary people or one or two extraordinary people, but they have no power to resist when facing explorers who are all extraordinary and equipped with various strange devices.

In fact, whenever explorers arrive at a new area, the first thing they do is to strike hard at these cave creatures, clear out the main passages, and kill them until these cave creatures run away when they see them.

Looking at the red eyes that dared to stare at him and even follow them in the dark, a goblin subconsciously rubbed the weapon in his hand with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"Some cave spiders, nothing to look at."

Seeing his actions, the goblin next to him said nonchalantly.

"If they want to follow us, then let them. It will save us the trouble of carrying them. When we get to Camp No. 5, we can just kill them and bring them back to the camp."

"I just think it's a little weird."

He touched his weapon, looked at the cave spider staring at him in the darkness, and spoke hesitantly.

"I remember that we just cleaned up Area 5 a dozen days ago. Didn't we kill all the cave spiders and force them to hide? How dare they appear in front of us again? It's only been a few days."

Hearing his words, the goblin next to him also looked at the cave spiders in the dark. Looking at the densely packed red eyes in the darkness, the goblin nodded and said.

"It's indeed a bit strange. Besides, the number seems a bit too much. How about asking for instructions?"

"it is good."

He nodded, raised his right hand, operated the communication device on his right hand a few times, and asked for instructions from his superiors.

As explorers responsible for the exploration of the Dragon's Back Passage, in order to ensure that the exploration information can be uploaded in a timely manner, when the War Committee, administrative and military systems are all short of communication equipment, basically every explorer on the exploration team is equipped with a special exploration communication equipment.

The exploratory communication machine is a special machine customized for exploration. Its main features are: small and flexible, easy to wear, able to quickly upload information, automatically fall off, automatically sleep and camouflage, high defense and positioning.

The exploratory communication device will not affect the activities of the explorers. It can upload information regularly. Moreover, if the explorers encounter any unavoidable life-threatening situations, they can be immediately dismantled and thrown away.

In addition, if the explorer is attacked by surprise and immediately loses signs of life, the strange device will automatically fall off and automatically enter a dormant camouflage to prevent being accidentally swallowed by the cave creatures that attacked by surprise.

It is small, can automatically hibernate and camouflage, has high defense, and is specially designed to avoid damage to strange machines.

Providing positioning, in addition to reminding people where danger is, is also to facilitate the recovery of rare equipment.

After all, the labor cost of this special exploratory communication device is not low, and it needs to be made by a device maker himself, so it is best to recycle it if possible.

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