There was strength in numbers. The exploration team had many people, so it didn't take them long to build the camp.
This was also thanks to the solid foundation that the exploration team had laid for them. The ground was leveled and compacted, the surrounding vegetation had been cleared, and even the tents had been set up. Moreover, the tents that they had set up were not ordinary tents, but the ones that were specially reinforced. They had two layers, which were windproof and waterproof, and had excellent heat and cold resistance. Even though it was freezing cold at the moment, once they walked into the tent with a fire basin, they could immediately feel the warm air. Living in such a tent, no matter how cold the weather was, they would not have to worry about getting frostbite.
The exploration team's main task was to set up the equipment needed for the exploration and build the small smelting plant.
They were using a magic furnace, which was very costly and consumed a lot of magic power every time it was used. Usually, there would be an Intermediate Mage presiding over it in order for it to be used frequently. Naturally, there were three Intermediate Mages in the exploration team, and there were three of them. With the combined power of the three of them, they could roughly open the furnace once every two days, which was more or less enough.
In theory, as long as there was a sufficient supply of magic power, the magic furnace could be operated without fuel. However, to ensure the stability of the magic furnace, the exploration team still prepared a large number of magic gems, which were worth at least tens of thousands of gold coins.
If needed, these magic gems would be used as fuel for the magic furnace. However, unless it was absolutely necessary, no one would be willing to use magic gems to smelt ores. Of course, the silver ore itself was not worth the price, and among its associated ores, even the expensive mithril, was not worth using magic gems to smelt.
The reason why they prepared these magic gems was just to be prepared.
It was not easy to build a magic furnace. It was rather complicated and delicate, and it needed to be done by people who were nimble and strong, and under the guidance of professionals. Most of the people in the exploration team could only play second fiddle, and the ones who could really carry out the task were the four Elite Mages.
As the number one spellcaster of the Elite Mages, Sid was undoubtedly the core force in building the magic furnace, and the others were cooperating with him. He had never shouldered such a heavy responsibility before, and he could not help but feel nervous, almost making mistakes twice in a row.
If it was someone else, one of the three Intermediate Magicians would be cursing at them. However, Sid was not inferior to them in terms of strength or status. In fact, as a rising star of the younger generation, his future was even better than theirs. Therefore, even the arrogant mages had to show enough patience, comforting him with kind words while tirelessly explaining to him repeatedly.
When Sid succeeded in building the furnace core for the third time, not only did he let out a long sigh of relief, but everyone else also let out a sigh of relief and laughed.
The hardest part of a Magic Furnace was building its core. Once the core was built, all that was left was manual labor. As long as one could sense the flow of magic, it was unlikely that they would misspell something. The four elites of the exploration team could sense the flow of magic, and three of them could even cast spells. Of course, they wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.
About half an hour later, when the sky was about to turn dark, the Magic Furnace that was as tall as three people was finally completed. Accompanied by a low hum, the greenish-white electric light flowed in the furnace, quickly circling once, and finally turned into a small whirlpool, disappearing into the core of the furnace.
This meant that the furnace was built correctly and could operate normally.
Even though they were very confident before, it was only now that they were sure that they had succeeded. They couldn't help but cheer.
This Magic Furnace was specially made by the Dwarf Kingdom, using many special materials and the latest technology. It greatly increased the efficiency of smelting, and at the same time, it could effectively filter out the impurities in the ores. The former was fine, but the latter was extremely important for smelting. Most of the time, the difference between good steel and scrap iron, or between high-quality metal ingots and garbage, was actually just a little bit of impurities.
Although this furnace could not filter out many impurities, this little bit of impurities was already a huge difference compared to ordinary Magic Furnaces.
Since it was so amazing, the difficulty of making it was naturally very high. The cost of the raw materials alone was more than 20,000 gold coins. If the research and development costs and the hard work of the Blacksmith Masters were included, it might be worth about 50,000 gold coins.
This price was a little crazy. One had to know that ordinary Magic Furnaces only cost four to five thousand gold coins. This guy's price was almost ten times that of ordinary Magic Furnaces!
Since it was so precious, everyone had to be careful. This was also one of the important reasons why Sid had been so nervous previously. With his wealth, an ordinary Magic Furnace that cost four to five thousand gold coins was really not enough for him to be nervous to the point of failing twice in a row.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and it was built steadily. At least the tens of thousands of gold coins were not wasted.
After the Magic Forging Furnace was built, everyone rested for a while. While the sky was still dark, they built another Magic Forging Furnace.
However, that statue did not enjoy such treatment. Dudu The Hill led a few strong men and easily built it. It only took them less than 20 minutes to do so.
"I'm very good at this." Dudu was still bragging as he worked. "Back when I was learning smelting, I had built at least a hundred of such furnaces. I could really do it with my eyes closed. It's impossible for me to make a mistake."
"Then did you make any mistakes back then?" Hoppes asked with a smile.
"Of course … I did." Dudu laughed. "How can there be anyone in the world who knows how to do it right from the start? When I first learned how to build Magic Furnaces, I broke seven or eight of them. "
Everyone's faces twitched. Seven or eight Magic Furnaces … Wouldn't that be thirty to forty thousand gold coins?! The Dwarf Kingdom was really rich. They spent so much money just to let the young people practice …
"Don't believe his lies!" An older Dwarf who was leading the team sneered. "It's true that seven or eight were broken, but they were in a team of thirty to forty people. Moreover, the broken cores can be recycled and remade. Ordinary Magic Furnaces aren't like the new one this time. If the core is broken, then so be it. They can just recycle it and remake it. The cost is only about a thousand gold coins. "
"… Save me some face!" Dudu shouted. "I treated you to a drink yesterday!"
"We Dwarves are a race of honesty and trustworthiness." The older Dwarf laughed. "Stop bragging. Come, let's go drink! It's my treat today. "
"Where can you buy us wine? Didn't you finish it before? "
"You'll believe me if I say I finished it? How old are you to be so naive? "
"You just said that we Dwarves are a race of honesty and trustworthiness!" Dudu was about to explode.
The older Dwarf stroked his beard and asked with a laugh, "Which is more important, drinking and trustworthiness?"
Dudu pondered for a while and said hesitantly, "Drinking is more important."
"Then why are you still asking! Come, let's go drink! " The older Dwarf walked over and slapped him on the back. At the same time, he looked around and said, "Everyone, let's go drink together. I have a lot of wine. Enough for today!"
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