Offer blocks to the end times

"Phew, this is really a good thing," Nigolan said happily, feeling the cool air inside, then looked at Senju. "If only we had air conditioning."

"Hey, hey, hey, I don't even have one yet," Senju said indignantly from outside. He usually didn't even think about refrigerators or air conditioners, but Nigoran had already noticed them.

"Well, it's because you mentioned it so many times in the comics you gave me. Noft and the others have wanted it for a long time," Nigolan said with a grin. Senju could only nod helplessly. However, he thought it would allow the city to start operating and produce various drinks and food, of course, the raw materials would be products from the Block People's side.

However, because of Nigoran's request, Senju went to find an air conditioner and installed it at the Fairy House. After that, Senju went home and installed a refrigerator and air conditioner for herself. Although the refrigerator was empty, it looked nice at least.

Then Senju ordered the factories in the city to produce various foods and drinks, and many food factories that had stopped operating began to slowly resume operation, and the robots inside started to get busy again.

However, all the mobilization of these resources still depends on Number Six. Thousand Hands only gave the order. But according to Number Six's estimate, the first batch of products will be produced in a week.

After thinking for a moment, Senju asked her to remind him later. Lying comfortably in the air-conditioned room, Senju quietly pondered things. Then he saw the light on in the apartment across the hall, indicating that someone had come home. He just didn't know if it was Bell or Hestia.

However, Senju plans to visit her later and inquire about Welf's whereabouts. Judging from Hestia's tone yesterday, she must have been asking around today, but it's unclear how much useful information she has.

Bell had been teaming up with him all along and should know his character well. Thousand Hands could use this relationship to test the quality of Welf with the materials he had collected.

Chapter 506 The Demon Sword and the Blacksmith

While waiting, Senju thought of filling the refrigerator with things. He took some food, seasonings, drinks and other items he had bought from his package and put them in. He also put some snacks in there for easy access.

After stuffing the refrigerator full of stuff, Senju nodded in satisfaction. Next time, she would try to get the hotel to collect some alcohol so she could buy some and store it.

Then Qian Shou installed air conditioning and a refrigerator for Niels's place. However, when he was in Xiangtan, Niels heard about the Demon Sword and became interested, so he decided to get involved.

After finishing, Senju went to knock on the door across the street, "Bell, Hestia, is anyone home?"

"Be..." Hestia, who was inside, was initially excited when she heard the knocking, but became somewhat deflated after hearing Senju's words. She went to open the door and said, "What is it? It's Senju. What's the matter?"

“Um, I’d like to inquire a little about the next Welf. Hestia, you must have already asked around,” Senju said, looking at Hestia peeking through the crack in the door.

Hestia nodded, looking at Senju outside. "Not bad. I inquired around today and learned quite a bit. I was going to tell Bell, but if you want to know, Senju, I can tell you too."

Hestia invited Senju inside, but Senju noticed some food on the table, including a vegetable salad, indicating that Hestia hadn't eaten yet.

Senju took a chair and sat down, while Hestia sat on the sofa and said to Senju, "Today I went to the place where I work and asked around. The Crozo family used to forge a lot of top-grade magic swords, but that's all in the past. It was mainly Bell's team member Welf who did it."

“He also seems to have the ability to forge magic swords, and he’s very talented at it,” Hestia said, then saw Senju’s unchanging expression. “Senju, you don’t know how precious the ability to forge magic swords is, do you? Magic swords are sealed magic, and they can easily deal with people stronger than yourself. Many adventurers want one.”

“Ah, I know all that,” Senju nodded. “Everyone is paying attention to him because he can create the Demon Sword.”

“That’s right,” Hestia nodded. “However, I heard from the shop assistants that there are rumors circulating among the Hephaestus Familia that he ‘wasted his talent.’”

"Hmm? Didn't he forge the magic sword?" Senju recalled what Tsubaki had said when introducing Welf. "Ah, sorry, everyone else is busy making magic swords. Only Welf is free, so let's find him."

“It’s like this,” Hestia looked at Senju in surprise, “I don’t know why, but he refused to forge the Demon Sword, even though he only wanted to forge the Demon Sword.”

With a sword, wealth and fame will come rolling in.

Senju looked at Hestia, who had suddenly become greedy, speechless. "He probably has all sorts of reasons, such as the fact that forging a magic sword consumes his lifespan, or that he has to sacrifice flesh and blood during the forging process."

“No, no, that’s impossible,” Hestia shook her head speechlessly. “I never heard such rumors when I was working there, but he signed a contract with Bell, and I always felt that something was not so simple about it.”

“I see,” Senju pondered. Just then, the door opened, and Bell and Lily walked in. “God, we’re back. Oh, Lord Senju is here too.”

"Hmm," Senju nodded, looking at the two who had returned. "Ask Hestia about a few things. By the way, how was today's haul?"

“We encountered a baby dragon today,” Lily had barely finished speaking when Hestia pounced on Bell. “Bell, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere? Let me take a good look.”

“Lord Bell is perfectly fine,” Lily stepped forward and pulled Hestia down. “Lord Bell destroyed that baby dragon in one fell swoop.”

"Oh, Bell is already this powerful?" Thousand Hands looked at Bell in great surprise. In his training ground, the young dragon was the fourth-ranked monster. Could Bell already challenge monsters of that level?

“That’s not it,” Bell said, somewhat puzzled, then raised his right hand. “It’s just that a lot of light particles appeared on my hand at the time, and the power of the magic increased instantly.”

“Light particles? They seem familiar,” Senju thought, sensing that she had seen the scene Bell described before. “Does Bell have a skill that can increase your level?”

“No,” Hestia, who was lying on the ground, raised her head and said, “That must be the effect of ‘Argonauts’, which has the potential to reverse any predicament. As expected of my Bell, he learned to use it so quickly.”

"I see. As for probability," Senju nodded, no longer thinking about it. Judging from his expression, it shouldn't be related to Haruhime's magic hammer. "By the way, Bell, how's your new teammate? Are you getting along well?"

“Yes, Mr. Welf is a very nice person, and we had a very pleasant time together,” Bell said happily, but Lily beside him was a little dissatisfied. “Damn it, this was supposed to be a private time for just me and Lord Bell…”

"Oh, I see," Senju thought for a moment. He needed to find a suitable reason to contact Welf, but he couldn't mention the Demon Sword. "By the way, I recently acquired some materials and I'd like to find someone to take a look at them. Your teammate is a blacksmith, right? I can have him take a look."

“Well,” Bell hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “I’ll ask him for help.”

"Don't worry, those materials are all high-grade, your friend will definitely like them," Thousand Hands explained. "By the way, I also have a friend who studies forging, so it's a good opportunity for them to exchange ideas."

“Okay,” Bell nodded. “I have time tomorrow, so Lord Senju can come with me.”

"Hmm? You don't have to go to the dungeon tomorrow?" Senju asked curiously. Bell nodded sheepishly. "Well, Welf said he'll help me forge some items tomorrow, so I won't be going to the dungeon."

“Lily too, I’m going to visit the place I used to stay at tomorrow to thank the owner for his help,” Lily raised her hand. “The old man there has never been in good health, and I’d like to visit him as well.”

“I see,” Senju nodded. “Then I’ll take the materials to visit Mr. Welf tomorrow and hope he can figure out their usefulness.”

“Definitely,” Bell said, touching his own light armor, full of confidence in his teammate. “The armor Welf makes is of very high quality.”

"That's good," Senju stood up to leave, then suddenly remembered that Bell also had some good material. "Speaking of which, Bell, I gave you a 'unicorn horn' before. You could try having him forge it."

Chapter 507 Underground City Wall

Afterwards, Senju left and returned home. Senju checked his space and saw that Niels was still not resting. He was having dinner with the children at the orphanage, and the TV next to him was still playing a program.

Thousand Hands relayed the information about the Demon Sword and Welf to him. After a moment of surprise, Nils immediately sent back a signal, indicating that he already knew and would go to check on things tomorrow.

With nothing else to do, Thousand Hands went to check on his medicine-making base. The witches wandered around the forest, collecting herbs according to their needs, and then, through some unknown reaction, transforming them into various potions. They had already made hundreds of bottles of potions.

Thousand Hands took some potions as reserves, while the monsters that had been brought in ran around everywhere. However, after attacking the witches, they were eliminated. The fallen magic stones were also made into magic potions by the witches, which could be drunk directly as blue potions.

Seeing the newly discovered potion, Thousand Hands was quite pleased. He handed over some of the ores and materials he had collected to the witches, asking them to develop new types of potions.

However, after looking around for a while, Senju noticed something unusual about the plants he had collected from the nineteenth floor. It was a half-meter-long metal block at the bottom of the plant. It seemed to have originally been in the wood layer, but Senju had accidentally cut off a piece and brought it in.

Senju stared at the piece of metal, a black object shaped like a triangular pyramid, clearly man-made.

It was a creation, but it looked more like a corner of a wall that had been accidentally cut off by the Thousand Hands.

After tapping the metal, Senju felt it was very hard. He examined it and found it to be a 'mixed alloy'. It seemed he would have to find someone to take a look at it.

However, this may prove that the dungeon was man-made, and these metals are part of the dungeon system hidden inside.

If we could find that system, we might be able to control the entire dungeon. Maybe right now, in that steel-cast room, someone is directing monsters like they're playing a game.

After thinking for a while, Senju went to rest. Anyway, he would pass through there on the expedition, so he might as well take a look and hopefully find something of great value.

The next morning, Bell practiced with Ais, who had come to practice as usual. Then, under Ais's watchful eye, he fought a fierce battle with the lizardman in the training ground. Although Bell won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory; he had to use all his skills to defeat his opponent.

Seeing Bell's miserable state, Senju used three bottles of panacea to heal him, but his armor was also somewhat tattered, though it would be repaired tomorrow.

Ais helped take care of Bell and only felt relieved after he recovered. Then, Senju called out Nils. After checking on Ais's progress, Nils gave her some pointers before going out with Bell.

The two followed Bell to Welf's workshop, where they met Welf, who seemed surprised. "Bell, did you go to the dungeon last night? Why is your armor like this?"

"I did a little training," Bell said awkwardly, then looked at the two people next to him, "Lord Star God has some materials he'd like you to appraise."

"Materials?" Welf looked at Thousand Hands strangely. There were many blacksmiths in Orario, so why did they choose him? "Hmm, I wonder what kind of materials they are? I can try to take a look. But Bell, your equipment needs some repairs."

Welf led the three into the workshop, where there were many tools and works of various sizes on the walls, as well as a furnace and anvil, making it look like a blacksmith's place.

“This is it,” Senju said, taking out the metal block. Welf looked at it with suspicion. “Could this be…?”

Welf tapped it lightly with the hammer, then his eyes lit up as he examined it carefully. He exclaimed excitedly, "This... this is an ultra-hard metal made with 'Orha steel' mixed in! Where did you find this?"

"Yes, it was dug up in the dungeon. It was this shape back then. What is Orha Steel?" Thousand Hands explained gently, then asked curiously.

“That’s the hardest metal in the world, usually used to forge immortal weapons,” Welf explained, then shook his head. “However, this piece of metal is an ultra-hard metal made by mixing it with metals from deep within the dungeon, and it’s the highest grade of a series of products. This one piece costs several million falies. I don’t know who threw it into the dungeon.”

“Perhaps someone crafted it in the dungeon,” Senju said noncommittally, then produced other materials. Welf became even more excited, “Oh, oh, oh, drops from high-level monsters! This is Goliath's leather and teeth, a pterosaur's claws…”

"Ahem," Senju coughed lightly, and Welf reluctantly raised his head. "I'm sorry, I can't process these materials right now, but I'll definitely forge them after I upgrade."

“Yes, no problem,” Senju nodded and pushed the metal block to him. “Consider this your reward. My friend Niels wants to ask you some questions. He wants to know how to make a magic sword.”

"A magic sword?" Welf's expression changed, then he shook his head violently. "Sorry, I won't talk about that. A magic sword that breaks after use is not what a blacksmith wants."

“In that case, wouldn’t it be better to forge a magic sword that won’t break?” Nils stepped out from the side.

“Ha, an unbreakable magic sword? How is that possible?” Welf retorted instinctively. Nils chimed in, “Why is it impossible? In my opinion, so-called magic swords are a huge waste. They break after only a few uses. Why not add a restoring function so that the used magic sword can be restored? In short, the blacksmiths here are careless and always like to forge items that break easily.”

"Old man, what did you say?" Welf and Niels were arguing fiercely, though the two of them seemed to be having an academic discussion.

After watching for a while, Senju realized he didn't quite understand what they were saying, so he quietly left, leaving Bell to receive a baptism of their saliva.

"Orha Steel, huh? It seems there's quite a story behind this dungeon. Maybe there's an outer shell of that super-hard metal covering the dungeon. Plus, with the skyscraper, it looks like a gun," Senju thought to himself as he wandered around. But a little while later, he returned home.

After returning home, Senju went into the basement, took out his diamond pickaxe, and began to carefully dig downwards. After digging down for about several dozen meters, Senju saw something different in the rock strata: a metal wall. Senju dug along the wall for a while and found that it was very long, and he didn't know where it extended to.

Chapter 508 Artificial Maze

"There really is one," Senju said, looking at the metal wall in front of her with surprise. She wondered what was inside; maybe there was a row of...

The machine is made of wood, but it could also be solid.

However, after thinking for a while, Thousand Hands had Number Six bring in a professional terrain-detecting robot. After the robot explored the area for a while, it came to the conclusion that the entire metal wall had extended to a very deep place, and that there was a spacious passage on the other side of the wall, with no living beings inside.

Senju thought for a moment, then used a diamond pickaxe to dig open the wall. Once inside, Senju found the space to be very spacious, with walls made of super-hard metal all around, and magic stone lamps on them. However, some dust had accumulated on the ground, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

However, after walking along the passage for a while, Senju found that the front had turned into a large door. The color of the door was slightly different from the wall, as if it was made of a different metal.

Senju decided not to alert the enemy for the time being, and instead followed the other passage. After a while, he found that the passage curved upwards and extended. After a while, he reached the end of the passage, which was blocked by scattered building debris. After clearing it away, Senju found that it was a ruin, only a few hundred meters away from Senju's home.

"Strange, could this be an old secret passage?" Senju wondered. After re-disguising the area, he returned home and followed the tunnel back down. He stared blankly at the gate, wondering if he should wait until he returned from the expedition to explore the secrets of that place.

Then Senju came up with a good idea. He summoned a bunch of Weeks to pass through the wall and search for the situation there, but it was all dark and there seemed to be nothing there.

Senju was somewhat disappointed with the result. Despite spending a lot of time, he had not achieved anything. It seemed that the only solution was to open the door.

However, after Senju knocked the door into a pile of blocks, there was a long passage inside. After searching for a while, Senju found that the terrain was very complicated and there didn't seem to be anything of value.

Somewhat disappointed, Thousand Hands gave up exploring. He removed some of the super-hard metal here and then had the Willos hide in the walls to monitor the area and see if anyone would come to inspect it.

Returning to the top with a pile of metal, Thousand Hands blocked the tunnel he had dug to prevent anyone from sneaking up from below. Staring at the pile of super-hard metal, Thousand Hands was somewhat dazed. Someone should be willing to buy this for a high price, right? He'd find someone to try when he got back.

After washing up briefly, Senju went out for a stroll. He wanted to find someone to inquire about the underground passage, but after thinking it over, he decided that he could get some information from Loki.

However, when Thousand Hands wandered over to Loki's place, he saw a long queue. After asking around, he learned that they were waiting for Loki to update his attributes. Looking at the long queue, Thousand Hands knew that Loki was going to have to spend a lot of money.

Senju then found Finn and his two companions. They were quite relaxed, sitting together chatting about their past experiences. Upon seeing Senju, they quickly greeted him, "Lord Senju, good afternoon. We're going on an expedition tomorrow."

“Not bad,” Senju nodded, looking at the three of them. “It seems everything is ready, but I have some doubts this time and would like to ask you about them.”

"Is it about the expedition?" Finn looked at Thousand Hands. "Everything is ready. We'll meet at the plaza in front of the Sky Tower at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."

“It’s this time,” Senju nodded, then remembered what she wanted to ask, “That’s not what I wanted to ask. Do you know about the artificial passages in the dungeon?”

"An artificial passage?" The three were puzzled for a moment. Riveria tentatively asked, "Could it be that Lord Thousand Hands is referring to 'Daedalus Street'?"