Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the middle of March.
With an average altitude of three thousand meters above sea level, Mt. Albert was filled with folds and mountain ranges of various sizes. Even in this season of growth, it was still lacking in vitality and vegetation.
However.
Under the cover of its ordinary appearance, this mountainous region, together with the Shattered Star Sea, formed one of the largest gold mines in the northern part of the continent. Just the Shilius people alone had already discovered more than a dozen gold mines.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Along with the flowing clouds in the sky, three beautiful figures descended from the sky and landed lightly in front of a clump of yellow-green herbs that seemed out of place in the valley.
They had links like bamboo, but they were less than a centimeter in diameter. At the top, there was a yellow oval-shaped spike that swayed gently in the mountain mist.
"Angel, in the current high-density environment of the new continent, these modified equisetum plants are growing really fast. The seeds that were planted a month and a half ago are already almost a meter tall. "
The beautiful girl with long chestnut-colored hair and amber-colored eyes waved her hand gently, and a stalk on the ground broke off from its roots and flew into her hand.
Crack!
After breaking the stalk of grass into two, the three girls moved their heads closer and saw the layer of golden objects on the inner wall of the hollow tubular tube. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, their eyes lit up.
"Let's take a look at the actual production, shall we?"
Angel nodded to Clarissa and Leonara. Although she had eaten wild vegetables and bran when she was young and had never lacked money after becoming Elvin's student, she still couldn't help but feel excited when she saw this scene.
With a thought, under the control of the [Revitalizing Aura], all the equisetum plants in the 50-meter square area flew up and landed in front of them at the same time.
"Let me do it!"
The younger twin, Leonara, volunteered. She waved her hand and summoned a magic book with dense scales on the cover. She reached out and pressed on the cover lightly.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a bright yellow flame rose in the air and surrounded a large pile of Equisetum, burning fiercely.
As long as one could see that the magic book was very similar to Angel's "Silver Ring", one could tell that it was a magic book made of dragon skin. Obviously, it was a gift from Elvin as a "relative" to the twins.
It was such a waste that two experienced official Magi couldn't reach the 3rd rank because they didn't have enough money to spend. These two magic tomes had become the most valuable magical tools in their possession. They would take them out to practice from time to time.
Very soon.
In just a few minutes, a large amount of grayish-white ash drifted to the mountains with the wind.
After the temperature dropped, a spot of golden light under the sunlight slowly fell onto Leonara's fair and tender palm. It was a thumb-sized … golden pearl!
The three girls passed it around and admired the golden bead that still had the residual heat of the flame. They couldn't help but cheer.
"About 150 grams. This research project is a success!"
When Elvin was on the first level of the [Clock Tower], he had seen the organic mechanical community created by the author of [The Combination of Races and Life and Death — Life Artist's Pink Book].
The plant that was located at the base of the magical ecosystem and could directly absorb metal elements from the soil to supply the entire Steel Jungle ecosystem gave him a huge inspiration.
That was the "Biological Enrichment Effect"!
In fact, not only supernatural species, many ordinary plants in nature could rely on their roots to absorb various nutrients from the soil, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other elements.
Some liked to absorb small amounts of copper, some liked to absorb small amounts of zinc. This characteristic of absorbing small amounts of substances from the environment into the body and condensing them was called the "Biological Enrichment Effect".
The simplest application of the "Biological Enrichment Effect" was to help mortals find various minerals more easily. For example, zinc could be found in places where plantago seeds were lush, tantalum could be found in places where alfalfa was dense, and iron could be found in places where mugwort was abundant.
In addition, the "Biological Enrichment Effect" could also be used to realize an even more magical technology — biometrics.
It was to use the characteristics of plants that could gradually concentrate metals in the soil or sea in the body, increasing the metal concentration by dozens or even thousands of times, and then extract them from the plant.
Through collecting data, manual sampling, and certain inference, Elvin found that about 99% of the gold on this planet was in the core. The average content of gold in the Earth's crust was about one part in a hundred million, and the content in the sea was about one part in a hundred billion.
A long time ago.
Due to the movement of the Earth's crust and geological changes over hundreds of millions or even billions of years, small amounts of gold elements were enriched into mineable gold deposits. Finally, gold became a commodity in human society.
Generally, the grade of gold in a gold mine with industrial mining value was between two to three grams per ton. Rich ores were between five to fifty grams per ton, and extremely rich ores were between fifty to five hundred grams per ton.
A large number of barren veins with no mining value and even ordinary soil had small amounts of gold, just like the valley where Angel and the other two were.
The 2,500 square meters of land produced 150 grams of gold. The harvest was enough to surprise people.
The gold content of natural wood thief grass was as high as six out of ten thousand. After Elvin's transformation, the variety was even stronger.
It had extremely fine roots that could grow roots with a total length of more than 600 kilometers in a ten square meter depth of 130 meters. It could sweep away all the fine gold in this range.
And as a perennial herb, as long as it was not harvested, the wood thief grass could continue to grow. In theory, it could even become a gold grass with a purity of more than 20%.
There was no need to invest any manpower. As long as a seed was planted, it could be harvested after a period of time. It was simply a disguised money tree!
In addition.
Now every "experimental field" was monitored in real time by the [Mental Network] under the control of Besmir to ensure that the wealth of the Duchy would not be accidentally stolen by others.
This was also one of the most important money-making projects for Elvin besides the production return plan led by Hawkins.
Because the value of the sacrifice required by the [Libra Equalization Holy Sword] was not the value of the property itself to Elvin, but the value reflected in social exchange and circulation.
For example, a high-quality artificial gem, Elvin used the "gem shell" to produce only one silver bull. Through the nymphs' channel, the "gem school" could exchange for six gold lions, and natural gems of the same quality were worth at least ten gold lions.
Then in the eyes of the [Libra Equalization Holy Sword], it was worth six gold lions.
If 10,000 gems of the same kind were put into the market at one time, although the quality did not change, the "gem school" with only five to six hundred people couldn't digest it in a short time. Then the value would immediately plummet because of the supply.
It was far less strong than gold and silver, which were hard currencies that were "almost" non-renewable.
With this vast territory and wood thief grass, even if the [Libra Equalization Holy Sword] couldn't be turned into a conventional weapon, it would not be as timid as before.
It was time to make a move.
Through the [Mental Network], he witnessed the field test of the three girls.
Snap!
Elvin smiled and snapped his fingers.
This project, my king … Ahem, Garriott invested!
.....
At the same time, on the Source Continent.
There was still half a month before the deadline for the ransom. Under the propaganda of Faletis's intelligence personnel regarding the "ultimatum", the public opinion in Shilius was already surging like boiling water.
Even if Philip II, as a totalitarian, didn't care about the so-called public opinion, but the gradual restlessness in the navy and the army made him unable to sit back and watch.
He could only suppress the anger in his heart that wanted to cut Faletis into pieces. While urgently transferring part of the ransom to stabilize the Faletis envoy, he began to exert extreme pressure on the Frisian region.
As the emperor of the empire, of course, he still cared about his reputation. He couldn't say that he was collecting the ransom for the soldiers after the war. Nominally, he was collecting the cost of building churches and statues on behalf of the "Tinder Sect" in the unification of the faith.
However, compared to the Golden Lord and the "Church of Wealth", the so-called "Eternal Fire" and the "Tinder Sect" were on the other end of the spectrum.
And regardless of the name, Philip II issued a decree half a month ago. After a period of brewing, it was like a fuse that completely ignited the resentment that the Frisians had been accumulating for a long time!
Today.
Kaboom!
In the center of Antwerp, after the first few "Eternal Fire" statues that had been built were pulled down by the horses, the crowd swarmed up and smashed them into pieces one after another.
"Destroy this place! I don't need the Eternal Fire that only increases taxes! "
"Overthrow the tyrant, we want freedom, we want power, we want normal business activities!"
"Frisia belongs to the Frisian people!"
“.....”
Tens of thousands of craftsmen, urban civilians, farmers, and some small merchants that were rarely seen in the old territory of Shilius raised their sticks and shouted slogans, destroying all traces of the "Eternal Fire" in their sight.
In the entire Frisian region, at least 12 out of the 17 provinces were involved in this flood. For a moment, this land was even shaken by the storm.
"Damn heretics, how dare you go against the grace of the true god?!"
In the high sky, in the boundary that mortals could not see at all.
An angel with fiery red wings, a face like a stone sculpture, and a crater-like gap on his head was full of anger. His mood was the same as the boiling magma in his head.
This was the "Lava Angel" Suter under the command of the "Eternal Fire", and also the former owner of the "Holy Sword, Levantine".
Just like when the church of the goddess in the Elia Kingdom was destroyed on a large scale, the Holy Angel personally descended. After the statues of the "Eternal Fire" in the mortal world were destroyed, of course, he would not sit idly by.
Just as he was about to do something, he suddenly turned around and looked behind him.
A pitch-black figure stood there quietly.
He had black wings, no facial features, and a blank face. On each wing, there were three red eyes that kept blinking at him. Terror, slaughter, and death that had condensed into substance surrounded him, turning into a thick dark cloud.
The "Lava Angel" had a solemn expression as he slowly uttered a name.
"'Slaughter Angel' Kariye?"
However, the Slaughter Angel with a terrifying appearance had no intention of responding. He took a step to the side, and like a loyal Knight welcoming his king, he bowed deeply.
Behind him, accompanied by the sound of gold coins colliding, a brilliant golden light suddenly filled Suter's vision.
His voice trembled slightly.
"That is …!!!"
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