Chapter 179 Bishop Seth

Bishop Seth was now walking on the road to the haunted iron mine.

Recently, I heard that extremely powerful undead appeared here, so he, the bishop, needed to take action personally.

Ever since Rand wrote to him and said that he might have the ability to dispel the undead, he immediately went to the Haunted Iron Mine to try it out, and found that it actually worked.

Now Seth is really confused about the situation. He is undoubtedly a believer of the Goddess of Fertility, but isn't it the power of the Torch Goddess to dispel the undead?

Why he can too.

It was really strange to think about it this way. Lord Taner and Lord Fenris both had obvious characteristics of the Torch Church. Originally, he thought that it was Lord Rand who influenced the messengers and paladins of the Torch Church, making them abandon the false gods and join the Goddess of Plenty.

Now it seems that the Goddess of Plenty and the Goddess of Torch are in a cooperative relationship? Or, in other words, Rand the Archangel successfully stole the power of the Goddess of Torch and then gave it to him?

He didn't understand the principle behind it, but it didn't matter. As the bishop of the Cult of the Goddess of Plenty, appointed personally by the Rand Messenger, he only needed to offer his faith to the Mother Goddess and his absolute loyalty to the Rand Messenger.

The Steelburning Squad held torches and surrounded the bishop in the center.

According to the experience of the Burning Steel Team, this bishop gave them the feeling that he was nothing like the bishop of the Torch Church, but this bishop could really dispel the undead, which was very difficult to understand.

Could it be that the Torch Church has changed the way it uses its power? However, since it can effectively damage the undead, they are too lazy to figure it out.

And they have a very good impression of Bishop Seth.

This goodwill may initially come from Rand's policy towards adventurers and recognition of Rand's governance philosophy.

After coming into contact with Bishop Seth, they could feel the bishop's kindness and wisdom.

Bishop Seth walked peacefully on the inner road of the Haunted Iron Mine under the protection of the Steelburning Squad, and occasionally encountered adventurers mining or collecting materials here.

If he encounters an injured adventurer, Seth doesn't mind providing shelter or treating the wounded.

Although the treatment method is only the most basic cleaning and bandaging of wounds, as well as some instructions that are beneficial to the treatment, it is already a very kind act. After all, adventurers who enter here are equivalent to voluntarily taking risks.

At this time, Seth no longer had the shadow of the follower of Rand's messenger. At least anyone who saw him would think that he was a reliable and kind bishop.

Even though he is ridiculously young.

But now there is one more impression to be made: Bishop Seth is not only kind and wise, but also powerful.

Captain Burning Steel even suspected that even if the Cardinal of the Torch Church came, he would not be able to suppress the undead to such a degree.

As his duties as a bishop require Seth to be on the road all the time, he and Rand have not seen each other for a long time. When they meet for the next job review, Rand will definitely be surprised.

Normal physical attacks have very average effects on the undead. At least, unless they explode the brains of skeletons and zombies or chop their bodies into pieces, they won't have much impact on such undead.

As for ghosts that can pass through walls, physical attacks have no effect at all.

But at this time, when Bishop Seth was present, the weapons cut into the undead like a hot knife cutting butter, breaking at the first touch.

Soon they arrived at the location where the extremely powerful undead spirit was witnessed.

The Haunted Iron Mine is officially reported as a poor iron ore, and Rand is not the first lord to own it.

In the past, the previous lord of Crescent Territory discovered iron ore here and arranged for people to mine it.

According to official records, the previous Crescent Lord mined this iron mine for about fifty years, and the mine tunnels are now crisscrossed. Later, this place became a haunted iron mine filled with undead spirits.

For unknown reasons, the previous lord died, and all his successors died suddenly.

After entering the deep area of ​​the haunted iron mine, the richness of the minerals increased significantly. It was obvious that the previous lord did not mine much here.

However, after arriving in this area, the air was obviously not so suitable for breathing.

"Needs ventilation." Seth made a note of this.

In the deep mine tunnel, there is only torches for lighting, and the not-so-bright flames fill the narrow mine tunnel.

The turbid air, the lightless mine tunnels, and the narrow environment are not suitable for human survival, but for the undead, it is not a big deal.

Undead hounds emerged from the depths one after another, and were killed one by one by the archers of the Steel Squad.

After moving forward a short distance, the originally narrow environment suddenly became brighter, and with the light of the torch, we could even see the mines in the distance.

It appears to be some kind of magical metal, but it is unclear what it is.

Of course, there is also the dark, green soul fire of the undead that can be seen without a torch.

The high-level undead mentioned in the intelligence should be here.

"Report." The half-breed scout with dark vision in the team reported, "There are 15 undead in total, 11 of which are low-level undead units, 3 are mid-to-high-level undead units, and 1 is unknown, which is estimated to be a very dangerous undead creature. There are no Scourge cultists present."

The relationship between the Undead and the Scourge is not widely known. In fact, if a large number of Scourge followers had not been discovered in the Royal City, it is very likely that many people have never heard of this cult.

But now that we know this, there is naturally one more aspect to consider regarding the undead.

Everyone threw the torches on the ground and raised a long wooden stick with a large number of relic lamps on the end. If they entered the battle, they would need a more reliable light source.

Long wooden sticks were driven into the ground with brute force, and a large number of relic lights illuminated the originally dim underground mine.

Facing the so-called extremely dangerous undead, it turned around like a living person, raised its own head in its hand, and introduced itself: "Knight Al."

There was no response from Bishop Seth, only the sound of breathing and the creaking of the bowstring.

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On the other side, Rand stood in front of the blast furnace. Since he had seen the blueprint of the blast furnace when he was in school, and the alchemists in the alchemy workshop were already accustomed to the unreasonable demands of the lord, he was making steady progress.

Although the feed port, discharge port and inner tube are now cope with the product, but at least the structure is correct, the furnace temperature can be raised.

Therefore, it is possible to smelt iron, but it is not certain whether the iron can be turned into steel.

The specific furnace temperature cannot be controlled, and it feels like the beauty of a lottery in Rand's previous life.

Fortunately, although the current blast furnace is only slightly better than the traditional iron-making technology, the output of iron ore is also small!

There is absolutely no situation where supply exceeds demand.

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The haunted iron ore is a poor iron ore, but the abundance is good. The ore can be found everywhere and can be dug up easily. However, adventurers are not professional miners and have to deal with the harassment of the undead.

Although Rand also tried to find professionals who are good at mining in the royal city to guide the adventurers, the mining efficiency is still limited.

Under the harassment of the undead, Rand's plan is already the most efficient and lowest cost one.

Recently, high-level undead were discovered in the depths, and mining efficiency has become even lower.

But even so, Rand actually succeeded in mining iron ore from the haunted iron mine, which still surprised the nobles who knew about it.

Although they also knew that Rand's mining efficiency was very low and seemed to be very costly.

But in the end, the mining and smelting were successful.

At this time, many small nobles wanted to come and curry favor with Rand.

Rand came out to get some fresh air at this time. In the lord's hall of the hideout, many small nobles who did not personally lead their troops to participate in the friction with the Southern Kingdom were waiting there to meet Rand.

It's really quite troublesome.

They want to buy iron weapons here in Rand.

Even in peacetime, iron is a high-value item.

Iron is used in everything from furniture to farm tools to weapons and equipment.

The superiority of iron is beyond doubt.

And if it is a non-peaceful period, such as now, even the small nobles who are not well-informed know that the world is not peaceful now.

Not only are there constant conflicts between countries, but there are also cultists and bandits.

The demand for iron skyrocketed.

The price of iron naturally rose as well.

Now the value of an iron mine is at least comparable to that of a silver mine. If the iron mine owned by Rand was not haunted and its output and quality seemed to be extremely low, Rand would be suspected to have a strong background.

Perhaps the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom will begin political or military operations to try to seize Rand's iron mines.

Rand didn't know why those petty nobles came to disturb him.

Isn't it obvious that the iron ore output of Crescent Territory is very low? He doesn't even have enough for himself, so how can he sell it? If he really sells them ironware or iron ore, wouldn't that mean he has a surplus of iron ore? If Rand knew this news, he was sure that his allies, the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of the Stag, would be tempted.

Therefore, whether for political or economic reasons, Rand would never be able to sell iron ore or ironware.

Ellie, looking a little tired, came over and saw Rand pretending to inspect the improvements of the blast furnace. She pouted and said, "You are so free."

Rand was helpless and did not wait for Ellie to continue speaking. He responded: "Thank you for your hard work, my Princess Ellie. I will go to meet those nobles right away."

Originally, Rand wanted to turn these petty nobles away, so that they would understand his attitude and then retreat.

But now, they probably won't give up until they see the Landers.

It would be a bad idea for Rand to keep not seeing him, lest they become enemies and spread a bad reputation.

Being called "Princess" by Rand, Ellie felt a little shy. Xiafei's cheeks tingled for a moment, but then she calmed down. After all, she and Rand were already quite familiar with each other, so she was immune to some jokes.

Ellie looked at Olena, who was standing aside with a gentle expression, and said, "We have purchased the last spare part of your weapon from the ruins. It will be delivered to you tonight after Elsa finishes her work."

(End of this chapter)