Overlord, I don't want to be the Holy Queen's Great Sword

"Of course, I can also privately pay to invite those craftsmen to the Holy Kingdom, but is this compensation for those craftsmen?"

"Leaving my homeland, and having to endure the cold shoulder of the dwarves after returning, is this a good thing?"

"Of course, Uncle Gondo, you may not care, but I definitely have to consider you."

Otherwise, would anyone be willing to come and help her?

In the future, she might have to compete with Bone King. Those who follow her will risk their lives. If she can't even handle their afterlife, then what qualifications does she have to be the leader?

"Well, Spa."

Karl turned his head and looked at Spa, who was looking around, hesitant to speak and seemed to want to stop the fight, and smiled.

Spa, this is not a quarrel.

"Spa."

Karl's calm call immediately gave the slightly anxious Spa a backbone, and he couldn't help but look at her.

"When you go to study with those craftsmen later, you don't have to hide your purpose of learning Rune technology."

"If someone asks, just tell them that the human countries are actually studying runes, and that you feel you have found a new direction, but you are struggling with the basics, so you are constantly learning."

After saying that, Karl couldn't help but smile and looked at the people around him.

"Everyone, please don't laugh at me. After all, we should always be on guard against others!"

For a moment, everyone except Spa, who had originally had serious expressions, couldn't help but laugh when they heard Karko's words.

Especially old Hank's smile was full of ease and relief.

Karl shook his head as he listened to the laughter, and finally looked at Spa who was staring at him blankly.

"Of course, Spa, if you think that master is good enough to you and really wants to know the new direction you mentioned, then tell him."

Karl looked up and down at Spado, who was chubby but much more mature than he was three years ago.

"Spa, you are at least fourteen years old now, older than me. I believe in your judgment."

"And I also trust the people recommended by Uncle Gondo."

"Of course, if a bad situation like what we have seen really happens later, then just treat it as training. Don't worry. At most, I can just give more."

“And this is not without its benefits.”

"This... is there any benefit to this?"

Gondo couldn't help but ask, in his opinion, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

"Yes, it's good."

Karl nodded without hesitation: "Technology, after all, needs collision and competition to bring out new vitality."

"Actually, uncle, if the magic technology hadn't appeared, I don't think there would be people like you who want to improve the rune technology, right?"

"One person's research alone is not as good as a group of people working together, and a group of people's efforts are not as good as countless people working in different directions in batches and then communicating with each other."

"To put it bluntly, even if Spa was able to conceal it well in the end, I was actually prepared to reveal it."

"After all, the Dwarven Kingdom is the birthplace of Rune. The knowledge left by our ancestors alone may be the best help for future generations to open up the way forward."

Karko said with a smile, just like artemisinin, you never know what kind of scenery the things left by our ancestors can create.

Just like do you know what ideas the ancient dwarves used when creating the runes?

A founder's ideas can have a significant impact on technological research.

Speaking of which, which one was earlier, the creation of runes or the spread of level magic on this continent?

Karl couldn't help but feel a little curious.

But this is not the time to talk about this.

"Okay, Spa, you should study hard here with Uncle Gondo. I have other things to do here, so I'll leave now."

Having said that, Karko waved to Spa and turned around to leave with Quilat and Remedios.

But before Karl left, Spa suddenly spoke.

"Wait, Your Highness!"

Spa turned around and looked at Gondo and Old Hank somewhat awkwardly.

Gondo looked at the boy's slightly pleading and apologetic eyes, and for a moment he couldn't help but let out two long breaths of anger.

"What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and come back!"

"After we come back, we will continue our studies at Rune. I will also give you a master!"

"Thank you, thank you, Master!"

Spa nodded gratefully, then hurried to Karko's side and saw Karko and others out of the house.

When they arrived at a deserted place, Spa spoke cautiously.

"Your Highness, I am actually well prepared."

"Grem is essentially still in the realm of demonization, so if you simply use runes... it's actually very difficult to get a Grem in the end. You can usually only get a statue with special effects."

"Because the existence of runes has a certain degree of exclusion, it is difficult for them to form a strict system with one rune as the main one and other runes as the main ones."

"Just like Graeme in the room, if Aura and Lanno hadn't assisted Maru, Graeme would never have succeeded."

And Maru means spiritual energy.

After hearing this, Karl was stunned, and then he was surprised.

"So how did you manage to get Graeme to move?"

"I...I used a little bit of magic pattern enchantment technology."

"Magic pattern enchantment? Hasn't that thing been researched yet?"

"Yes, Your Highness, now the magic patterns can't be kept on weapons for a long time, but why do we have to let the magic patterns stay on weapons for a long time?"

Spa seemed particularly serious at this time.

"Why can't the advantages of magic patterns be transplanted to runes that can last for a long time?"

"The key to runes is actually the repulsion between different runes, but the magic patterns arranged on the magic circle do not have such a situation, and the primary and secondary are clearly distinguished."

"So that's it."

Karl laughed in surprise.

What is this? The arrogance of the Imperials has made them miss out on real technology?

No, the research and development of technology is definitely not that simple, but it has been solved by the young man in front of him.

"In that case, you can't just tell me the news, go back and tell Uncle Gondo the news."

"He is an old man who has been working hard for Rune technology, and he has thought so much about you just now. You can't not trust Uncle Gondo, right?"

Karko rubbed Spa's head and said with a smile like an elder.

Kulev, who had just learned the situation from Remedios, looked at Karko and Spa with a particularly surprised look.

After Karko and the others left, Spa turned around and went back.

Not long after, Old Hank came out with a look of admiration and relief on his face. As Old Hank left, the room seemed to be filled with the sound of scolding mixed with crying and the boy's response.

The scolding in the crying voice was not harsh, but instead carried a different kind of joy and emotion; the response was not annoying, but instead carried a hint of willingness.

How strange.

33

Chapter 33: Enemy in the tunnel.

In the interconnected mine, white light gradually began to appear from the corners.

Along with it came the sound of people talking.

"Uncle Hank, Uncle Gondo, is this the abandoned mine you were talking about?"

Karl operated the spear in her hand to release the magic [Light Magic]. She even controlled the light to turn it into a flashlight to illuminate the road ahead.

"Uncle, can't you dwarves dig the mine a little higher?"

Carl could feel the rock wall only about 20 centimeters high above his head, and couldn't help but speak.

Although the tunnel was spacious enough for Karko and Kuirat to walk side by side with their weapons retracted, it was still too torturous for adults.

There was no way for Kulev to come in, and now he could only wander around the tunnel entrance and keep watch. Even Karko couldn't summon an angel. What a waste of an automatically moving light source.

No matter what level an angel is, there is no way for him to get into such a small mine.

The undead can, though. Karl feels that if he uses the [Undead Summoning] bestowed by Sirshana, he can summon a dwarf undead at the first level alone, but it is obvious that the current situation is obviously not suitable.

"Your Highness, we are dwarves after all. You can't expect us to dig a tunnel as tall as two dwarves."

Gondo said casually as he looked around.

After spending some time together, they became more familiar with Her Royal Highness the Princess and were no longer as reserved when speaking to her as before.

"Although it's not maintained, this mine was once magically cast by Dr. Tunnel, and it seems to be fine now."

Gondo looked up in the light. The dirt walls around the tunnel looked like they were rebuilt with running water. Although they were a little rough, they were stable.

There wasn't even a crack.

"An abandoned mine. Are there any precious metals there?"

Karl looked around and couldn't help but ask.

Because Rune craftsmen are relatively short of money now, it is difficult to spend money to buy enough minerals for apprentices to practice.

Therefore, the metal ingots that Spa is using for practice now are all funded by Karl.

After Gondo learned about this, he felt that it would be difficult for Spa to make any progress. For Rune craftsmen, the feedback of different metals on Rune is also a kind of experience.

Although Spa's main goal is to complete Grem, Gondo believes that the qualities of a Rune craftsman should not be abandoned.

However, the money that Karl gave was enough to buy ordinary metals, but it would be too little for precious metals, so Gondo planned to go out to some mines to dig metals for Spa to practice.

According to the laws of the Dwarf Kingdom, all metals excavated by the dwarves in mines maintained and excavated by the government belong to the government, and Gondo can only go to some dangerous places.

It just so happened that Karko had recently adapted to the situation of teleporting between the Dwarf Kingdom and the Empire, and was ready to go out for adventure to train himself, so he specially went with Gondo and hired a warrior like Old Hank as a guard.

So the group of six people embarked on the journey of adventure and search for minerals.

Hearing Karko's question, Gondo couldn't help but chuckle.

"We cannot be sure of that, Your Highness."

While there was still light, Gondo spoke as he tentatively poked his head toward a fork in the road.

Old Hank also stood guard with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, ready to attack at any time.

Gondo's sharp eyes quickly and skillfully swept around the tunnel, and finally his deep gaze fell on a tunnel deep inside that was neither too big nor too small, just big enough for a dwarf to pass through.

Especially after observing the extremely moist soil on the ground, Gondo's brows furrowed visibly.

"Those guys have really targeted this place."

"Be careful."

Gondo turned around and said something, and old Hank on the side had already stepped forward decisively.

"Quagoa? Leave it to me."

Karl, who was in the middle of the team, said lightly, his free left hand slightly opened, magic power surged, but he did not open the magic circle.

It has been a while since they came out of the dwarven city of Feo-o-Jura. During this time, they have also encountered many monsters, including Quagoa.

Because Quagoa eat metals when they are young, they also develop the habit of digging for minerals and storing them.

They killed quite a few Quagoa along the way, and Kalko himself even discovered a little trick to deal with them.

That is because the other person's eyes cannot adapt to the strong light at all.

The first-tier [Light] is enough to render the Quagoa helpless, and the second-tier [Tracer Missile] deals critical damage.

It's funny to say, it was from the Quagoa that Karko had a rare opportunity to experience the power of a high-level magic caster.

A single [Tracer Missile] could render a dozen Quagoa incapable of combat on the spot, and they would even attack each other out of frenzy.