Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

"Can you just point to any place?"

The expression on Isa's face was more of confusion than embarrassment. Why did the lord, who was always sober and rational, suddenly go into the mountains to explore for minerals with a group of craftsmen and herself in a serious manner as if he had lost his mind?

Isn't it just that he was a little bit lucky, and a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky to help him defeat the enemy at the most dangerous moment? Is it really necessary to use himself to prospect for minerals?

"Yes, just point to a location based on your feeling."

Actually, Linde was just trying it out. It wouldn't hurt anything anyway. If he couldn't find anything, he would just treat it as a team building activity. He would let Isa teach these craftsmen the basic knowledge of Derek's notes to help them adapt first.

"That's the position then."

Isa casually pointed to a hill, not expecting to really find any minerals.

Lind nodded and ordered his craftsmen to place explosives to start mining.

Reina's knights protected everyone with lingering fear. Although after continuous practice and spending a lot of money, these craftsmen who used explosives could now easily calculate the explosives for mining, there were still too many uncertainties with explosives, so it was always better to be cautious.

The craftsmen were even more confused than Isa herself. No matter how they looked at it, this small hill didn't look like a place where mineral deposits could be formed. Although explosives were not precious, it was a bit too wasteful.

Many craftsmen bravely advised Lind that it was unlikely that there were mineral deposits on that hilltop, both in terms of topography and terrain, but a large amount of explosives would be needed for exploration, and they hoped that Lind would reconsider it.

Linde first affirmed the craftsmen's idea, and then still ordered the mining. This made Isa on the side unable to bear it and wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but at this time Reina suddenly interrupted and said, "Even if there is no mine, we can test the power of the new explosives, right? And I believe in your judgment. Since you think this place is worth a try, then we should give it a try."

Following Lena's order, the craftsmen of the Lars family finally placed all the explosives for mining.

The fuse burned out and the expected explosion came as expected. The whole forest seemed to be shaking violently. Countless birds and beasts fled in droves. Smoke and debris surged like a huge wave sweeping across the world. Fortunately, the knights were prepared and deployed protective magic, so that Isa, who saw the power of explosives for the first time, could feel the power of this man-made object so intuitively.

Although she had heard that the territory was researching something that could cause an explosion like magic, after seeing it with her own eyes, Isa couldn't even believe that this was a power that an ordinary person could do. It was not an exaggeration to describe it as being able to split mountains and crack the earth.

After confirming that the blasting was complete, some rune craftsmen with prospecting experience took their tools and went forward to explore. The process was slow, and it was not until dusk that a mad craftsman ran over and reported loudly: "It's found! It's found! Lord, a large area of ​​magic stone veins!"

At this moment, Isa, who was drinking tea, was so shocked that the cup fell to the ground. She actually dug out a rare magic stone vein with just a casual finger. Could it be that she was really blessed by the goddess?

But when did the goddess expand her business of managing meteorites and mineral veins? It wasn't written in the scriptures. Could it be that I was actually a saint of the goddess of earth veins? Should I go to the Golden Dawn Association for certification?

Issa fell into deep self-doubt.

Linde and Lena stood up excitedly, and Lena went straight to the ore vein dug by the craftsmen regardless of the knights' obstruction.

To be honest, Linde did not expect to succeed. He could only say that Isa is worthy of being the girl of destiny. She could actually do such an outrageous thing. But how did Isa, who is so lucky, replace the position of the saint?

When Linde thought of another traverser in the capital, he was a little worried. However, considering that he had no way to contact the other party at the moment, Linde decided to put the matter aside for the time being. Who knew what the other party's attitude was towards other traversers? At least he had to wait until he was strong enough before he could find the other party to confirm.

Everyone present was extremely excited when they saw the old craftsman introducing the magic stone veins. However, because it was getting close to night, they could not build a mine or mine for the time being. Lind decided to leave some people here to keep watch, and the rest would return to the territory to make follow-up arrangements.

Reina's knights consciously took on the task of staying behind, and Lind agreed to the knights' request. After all, they had the strongest combat power and were loyal to Reina.

The group of people went down the mountain in laughter and joy, and in the shadows, several long-eared rangers recorded everything and returned to the outpost of the Gog Empire.

Lind's gray-and-white collar has been developing at the foot of the Targon Mountains for so long, but it has not attracted the attention of the elves. After all, Lind is just an ordinary lord among the many lords around the Targon Mountains.

What really made Lind a subject of observation by the rangers was the gunpowder mining experiment. The Elf Queen of the Gog Empire somehow got hold of this news and attached great importance to it.

"My Queen, today the human lord not only continued to use tools called explosives to open up the mine, but also successfully found a vein of magic stone. It seems that someone among them specifically pointed out the location of this vein. Because there is a high-level professional among the people who came this time, I dare not get too close."

After the ranger with long light blond hair reported to a shadow, a majestic female voice came from the shadow.

"I understand. Just like we always do with those humans, our Gog Empire will take away some of the rare minerals mined in the Giant God Mountains."

The ranger noticed that the queen's wording was a little different and asked, "Are you going to take 30% of the money as the cost of maintaining the environment as usual?"

The ownership of Mount Targon is a historical issue that humans and elves have been entangled in. In the end, both sides compromised and reached an agreement on joint development - humans and elves each develop one side of Mount Targon.

However, due to the large number of human forces and constant disputes among them, the elves were specially invited to act as supervisors to prevent anyone from crossing the border and over-exploiting. As a reward, all resources mined by humans in the Giant God Mountains must be handed over to the elves at 20% to 30%.

Although this contract is still valid for the elves, most humans have forgotten about it due to the changes in the world.

Most of the terms in the contract cannot be fully fulfilled. For example, originally all resources had to be handed over to the elves, or exchanged for items of equivalent value, but now only the elves will charge "fees" for precious resources.

Fortunately, the power of inertia is strong. Even if humans have forgotten why they handed over the resources they developed to the elves, generally no human lord will violate this contract which they regard as an "unspoken rule". At most, they will complain about how the elves, who are known for being old-fashioned, can be so greedy.

After all, the ancient human empire has split into two kingdoms and other countries large and small, but the elves' Gog Empire has always stood on the other side of the Targon Mountains, as if it has never changed.

"No, this lord takes 50% from him."

The voice from the phantom was unquestionable.

Perhaps because the ranger was of high status, she asked the shadow directly: "I understand, Queen, but why?"

The Elf Queen on the other end did not answer directly, but said: "The lord will understand."

After ending the call, the Elf Queen Avila collapsed on the ancient chair and stretched lazily.

Unlike what Lind imagined, elves are not all old-fashioned, serious, and noble. Although the formation of this stereotype actually has some truth, elves are actually very secular and have other emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

"Mother, I don't understand. Are humans really worth paying attention to? We don't even have enough rangers in the Ancient Forest, but we have to keep sending rangers to observe human actions. They are just some low-level races that have to learn how to use magic. Are they really a threat?"

Facing her daughter's question, Avila was neither impatient nor anxious, but asked: "Have you read the newspapers and books published by the demons?"

The elf princess who called Avila "Mother" blushed and turned her head away, like a teenage girl whose secret was discovered by her parents. Most of the newspapers and books printed by the demons were poorly made and the contents were laughable, but the elf princess still thought there were some good points in them.

"You think that we and the demons are advanced races that are born with the ability to sense and mobilize magic power and use magic, and that humans, who can only have one professional among hundreds of people and whose strength is uneven, are inferior races, right?"

Faced with the Queen's question, Her Royal Highness the Princess did not give a direct answer, which was tantamount to her agreement.

"If that's the case, why did our elves build their country in the middle of a wild forest? The demons didn't even have a piece of land at one point and could only squeeze into the eternal frozen land in the north. Why don't we occupy the most fertile land on the continent and let humans cultivate and develop there? Don't you want to?"

"Of course it's because we elves respect nature more and are more favored by the gods of nature, so we choose to live in the forest and on the trees to better experience nature."

"That's just the official rhetoric, Tia. You are my heir. You should know that the God of Nature doesn't care whether we live in trees or not. We live in trees only because it is difficult for sunlight and faith to reach the bottom of the forest."