Karu, whose face was full of wrinkles, stepped forward and reported.

“Lord Richard, we used up 510 alchemist’s bombs in total. We still have 1630 left.

“We lost 20 bandaged mummies. Twenty are left.

“Scorpion warriors: 4 dead, 53 remaining.

“That’s all the losses.”

Then, he continued in an amazed tone.

“The cannons were exceptionally effective in this battle. They killed 70% of the enemies.

“Your decision to bring the giant alchemy cannons back to Twilight City was clever.”

Richard smiled.

The gray-colored dwarves used giant alchemy cannon as a weapon to defend the main city walls.

If the other party had not wanted to take down Bloodhoof City and brought these giant alchemy cannons here, he could not obtain them so quickly.

The harvest from the underworld had also affected Twilight City.

“Very good. This time, all of you have done well.”

After Richard complimented them, he looked at a level 12 alchemist with a naturally deformed arm.

“Brown, is the cannon severely damaged?”

The gray-colored dwarf that sat in an inconspicuous position at the long table immediately became the focus of everyone’s attention.

Brown’s heart suddenly tensed up, and its voice trembled.

“Lord, the cannon was designed to fire 50 alchemy bombs, and we need to maintain it. At present, it has only fired half of the number.

“However, with our current alchemist’s bomb storage, we don’t need to maintain it for the time being…

“If the cannonballs could not be maintained after we fired them, there is no point in maintaining them.”

Richard nodded.

“What items do you need to maintain the alchemy cannon?”

“Mercury!”

“When Brown saw that Richard looked puzzled, it quickly said,”

“The firing of a giant alchemy cannon will wear out the mercury engraved in the bore. It is a part of the alchemy magic array.

“Once the firing had seriously worn the alchemy magic array out, it will reduce its range and power. If a city has not maintained it for a long time, there is even the risk of an explosion.”

These words were almost the same as the system’s introduction.

“How much mercury is needed for each maintenance?”

“It depends on the wear and tear of the cannon. The more serious the wear and tear, the more energy it will consume… If it remained unmaintained after 50 launches, each door would consume 30 units of mercury.”

“Thirty units?

“One hundred five units would be 3150 units.”

Richard knew that compared to the power of the giant alchemy cannons, the price was worth it.

I will keep 20000 units of mercury in the warehouse. If you need to repair the cannons, you can ask Karu.

The gray-colored dwarf immediately became excited.

“Yes, Lord!”

It was the first time Richard had assigned Brown a mission in public.

It meant that he had started to integrate into this territory.

And this was what it valued the most.

Richard turned to the other heroes.

“Is there anything else you want to report?”

With a determined gaze, Xina slowly stood up. She exuded the ferocity of a veteran.

She looked straight at him.

“Lord Richard, it’s strange that the wilderness troops attacked Twilight City this time.”

Richard was interested.

“What do you mean?”

Xina said in a deep voice.

“After we build the territory, it will affect the activities of the surrounding creatures. Therefore, these monsters will unite at some point to destroy the enemies that pose a threat to them.

“There’s another legend. It’s a rule set by the god of creation that wild troops will siege territories. That’s because the lord has power far beyond ordinary people and enjoys the noblest status.

“So, the god of creation ruled that if you want to become a lord, a god must test you.

“Including the Krina tribe, troops in the wild attack them every once in a while.

“Sometimes once every few years, sometimes once every few months.”

“However, these attacking units have normal intelligence. If they encounter too many casualties, they will immediately retreat.”

As she said that, her voice became serious.

The enemies that sieged Twilight City this time had blood-colored eyes. It’s extremely bizarre they wouldn’t retreat even though they were all killed.

Richard looked at Xina. He was in deep thought.

He noticed a few keywords.

Every once in a while, troops in the wild would attack the Krina tribe… In other words, the special disaster week was also effective for the native forces.

The beasts would not only target players.

On the other hand, the troops that attacked the Krina tribe did not have blood-colored eyes… He recalled the twin-headed ogre lord.

The other party’s eyes were normal. And it ran when it couldn’t win. It didn’t lose its mind.

What was with those blood-red eyes?

Was it a remarkable treasure? Some powerful skill? Was it a unique rule of the disaster week or an extraordinary characteristic of the desert of death?

He suddenly thought of the two items he had obtained from the twin-headed ogre–the mysterious map with its navigation and the spatial bead.

Richard could get the answer from the mysterious place the map pointed to.

As he pondered, he suppressed the urge to go on an adventure immediately. Now was not the time.

His attention returned to the room.

“There’s too little information on this matter. I can’t make a judgment yet.

“I currently have a clue. We’ll investigate when we’re free in two days.

Xina nodded and didn’t dwell on it.

Richard thought for a moment, then looked at the gray-colored dwarf.

He asked the question that Xina was most concerned about.

“Brown, do you know that the gray-colored dwarves have mastered a special alchemy technique-blood transfusion…”

These words immediately made Xina’s heart jump.

Its eyes fixed on the other party, and its breathing subconsciously slowed down.

Brown quickly said.

“Lord, a gray-colored dwarf alchemist developed the alchemy blood transfusion in Fortress City.

As Brown said that, hatred shrouded its eyes.

“That damn bastard led the gray-colored dwarves onto the wrong path!”

Then, it began to talk about it indignantly.

From Brown’s explanation, Richard gradually understood the secret.

The gray-colored dwarves had weak bodies and were the only race among the earth prison race that could not conquer the wyvern.

This weakness was the most painful part of the gray-colored dwarf’s heart.

Under its inferiority complex, it developed a new idea–to use other races to strengthen itself.

Which gray-colored dwarf didn’t want to have the body of a dragon?

They said that the wisdom of the gray-colored dwarves was indeed extraordinary. Although it was tight to implement after countless experiments.

He had finally developed an alchemy technique that could use the blood of powerful beings to strengthen himself.

After the transformation, the weak gray-colored dwarf could have supremely strapping strength.

However, this alchemy has not widely spread because it had a nerve-racking consequence–it would turn one into a monster.

The more power they gained, the more deformed the monster they turned into.

Brown, who had seen its companion become a terrifying monster, firmly opposed the application of this technology.

Its opposition had offended its supporters. Specifically, the gray-colored dwarf chieftain in a rage and expelled it from Fortress City.

At the end of Brown’s sentence, it said in excitement.

“Lord, you must not believe in the alchemy blood exchange technique. It will only turn people into monsters that would lose their minds. Without their minds, what’s the use of having great power?”

Richard waved his hand. He signaled Brown to calm down.

He then told him about the seal on Xina’s body and his idea of removing the seal with blood exchange.

After Brown heard this, it fell into deep thought.

After a long time, it looked at Xina with surprise.

“The seals of the gods. The god of the gray-colored dwarves above, Lady Xina, your ancestors must have been supremely strapping.

“If one was not powerful enough, how could they offend a god and make the god release a curse that one could pass down from their bloodline?”

Finally, Brown said with some uncertainty.

“To refute that bastard, I also studied the blood transformation alchemy in depth.

“Alchemy blood exchange can release all the blood in Lady Xina’s body. And it can keep her alive.

“But if you want to break the seal, you’ll need another powerful type of blood to fuse with it.

“Seals are unique powers.

“Lord, please find a bloodline as powerful as Lady Xina’s. I can try with fresh blood that withstands the god’s seal power.”

Richard’s eyes widened with zealousness.

Was the paralyzing hero, Xina, finally going to be released from her cage?

He had been looking forward to this for a long time.

In her complete form, Xina’s battle strength would be superior to that of the dragon hero, Alves.

The opponent’s powerful single-point breakthrough ability was the best in the entire arena.

With this warrior, it would improve the ability of the Twilight City’s troop to behead people by a few levels.

However, blood that could withstand the power of a god’s seal did not seem easy to find.