A Dragon against the Whole World

Chapter 199: Chapter 188: Alchemy Industry

Border Area, Sulfur Hills.

The high-temperature steam rolled between the hills and ravines, making this area different from other cold regions of the Border Area, even somewhat hot.

At this moment, Red Dragon Samantha’s crimson scales were covered in black ash, fully concentrated.

She was using her foreclaw to pinch a red-hot Refined Steel Ingot and push it into the Alchemy Melting Furnace, then breathed out Dragon Breath to ignite the furnace’s fire.

When the steel ingot was completely molten into flowing metal slurry.

She swung her tail, the tip precisely hooked a mold.

Next, the magma-like steel water poured in, solidifying in the mold into a rough chest armor blank with scale-like patterns.

Samantha stepped on the cooling chest armor with her foreclaw, her dragon tail curled up the Vajra Hammer and began to forge.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Every strike burst forth like meteoric sparks.

An expression of pleasure appeared on Samantha’s dragon face, venting the strength of a Red Dragon.

She initially disliked forging, feeling it troublesome and tiresome, but as she gradually got accustomed, she found joy in it.

For example, at this moment, every repelling shock made her muscles tingle and her dragon scales tremble, almost making her unstoppable.

The use of power instinctively brought pleasure to the Red Dragon.

When the chest armor initially formed its curve, Samantha sprayed cone-shaped Dragon Breath. As the high temperature softened the edges of the steel armor, she took the opportunity to use her tail tip to lift the prefabricated thorn pieces, then weld them onto the shoulder armor like sewing, followed by welding, quenching, polishing, and other processes one by one.

Under Galos’s tutelage, Samantha was introduced to alchemy early on.

Now she has ten years of experience with alchemy; the process of forging armor is hardly pleasing but rather skillful and efficient, and for alchemists, handcrafting things is the best way to gain experience and accelerate leveling up.

Moreover, the flame holds a significant place in alchemy.

The Red Dragon’s Dragon Breath is no ordinary fire, ranking top among Alchemy Strange Fire.

The prospects of a Red Dragon becoming an Alchemist are indeed extensive.

Often, alchemists will go to great lengths to enter into contracts with Red Dragons to enhance the quality of alchemical creations, paying some price to specially request their assistance in forging.

When the final procedure approached.

The Red Dragon suddenly spread her wings, the wing membrane’s shadow shrouded the armor: ”Watch, you fools! The Great Red Dragon Queen is about to complete another masterpiece!”

The surrounding Fire Salamanders, Giant Fire Ants, and other followers reflexively prostrated on the ground.

Dragon Flame ignited on the Red Dragon’s sharp claw, transforming into Flaming Claw.

Ripping and tearing - Flaming Claw traced across the chest armor, leaving intricate and complex runes on it, applying the most critical alchemy enchantment and reinforcement.

After nearly half an hour, the scattered runes became a unified network.

”It’s finished!”

The Red Dragon left a claw mark on it as her signature stamp, then retracted her sharp claw.

Panting, she leaned beside the magma pool, smoke rose from the gaps between her scales, the three-hour forging drained a considerable amount of her Dragon Breath, leaving her feeling fatigued.

At this moment, a shadow suddenly covered the Sulfur Hills.

The Red Iron Dragon flew in, pushing steam aside and landed in front of Samantha.

”When did you arrive?”

Samantha supported herself up, triumphantly used her tail to lift the Rune Armor, and said, ”Look, my freshly completed work; it’s worth at least a thousand Gold Coins!”

”I watched your armor forging process from the second half.”

Galos nodded slightly, his gaze roughly swept over it and said, ”Impressive armor.”

But it shouldn’t be worth a thousand Gold Coins... he supplemented in his mind but didn’t directly say it.

The alchemy industry on Bernardo Planet is highly developed, even somewhat overwhelming; even the goblin clans in the wilderness can acquire mining golems, although some are outdated and old but are genuinely alchemical golems.

If placed in areas where alchemy is underdeveloped, a piece of Rune Battle Armor could easily sell for over a thousand Gold Coins.

But here, it’s tough.

Moreover, the Rune Battle Armor Samantha made was not particularly high-level; it was merely made according to blueprint, a mass product. She hasn’t reached the stage of designing and crafting advanced alchemical creations independently.

”How many similar armors can you make in a day?”

Galos asked.

He spent most of his time in Dragon Valley and seldom came to Sulfur Hills; today, while exercising his flying skills, came on a whim to see the situation, then watched Samantha’s armor forging for a while.

Samantha: ”About three sets.”

The crafting process requires her full concentration, hands-on throughout, time-consuming and labor-intensive.

”What about the other alchemists-in-training?”

Galos remembered that among the Molten Iron Clan, there were followers with potential to become alchemists sent to Sulfur Hills for collective studying in alchemy, also assisting Samantha.

”The levels are too low.”

”None can make complete armor like me from start to finish, at most, making some crudely mass-produced weaponry.”

Samantha briskly waved her foreclaw, indifferently said.

Molten Iron Clan’s training of alchemists and development of the alchemy industry has just begun; currently, apart from Samantha, the alchemists are not much useful; they are barely considered alchemy apprentices.

However, they shouldn’t be entirely useless.

Galos pondered briefly, said: ”Alchemy apprentices and other followers in Sulfur Hills can actually participate in alchemy creation.”

The Red Dragon snorted a few sparks from her nostrils.

”Just those fools? No way, they’ll only waste materials.”

She said, disgusted.

Materials, while not substantial wealth, can be transformed into valuable creations through alchemy; Samantha doesn’t want them wasted for nothing.

Seeing the Red Dragon’s reaction.

Galos pondered for a few seconds, slowly said: ”Samantha, have you seen ants moving home?”

Samantha nodded.

She loved playing with ants as a child, naturally witnessed ants moving home.

She enjoyed leaving ants a large chunk of food they couldn’t take, then removing it before the pitiful ants returned with a large army.

Thus repeatedly, enjoying the thrill of manipulating the fate of weaker creatures.

”Each ant carries only a small chunk.” The Red Iron Dragon continued slowly: ”But ultimately, they can empty a whole chunk vast beyond their size.”

The Red Dragon irritably scratched her head, puzzled.

Upon seeing this, Galos realized the Red Dragon’s mind wasn’t fully active, requiring straightforward instruction rather than using metaphors.

”The Jackal-Wolf Folk pulling bellows, Ogre hammer forging, Kobold assembling parts, Alchemy Apprentice engraving basic runes.”

”In essence, break down the complete forging process into different steps, delegate straightforward tasks to other followers, while you can bypass those tedious and mundane parts, focusing only on the most critical core aspects.”

Galos detailed further.

Opposite, Red Dragon Samantha seemed thoughtful, understood Galos’s meaning.

She envisioned that it indeed allows her to complete alchemical creations more efficiently, offering more experience for core completion and aiding her alchemy level upgrade.

”How come it never occurred to me?”

Samantha swayed her tail, happily said: ”Galos, you are truly my brother, capable of devising such brilliant ideas.”

Galos nodded gently, not replying.

The concept of ’assembly lines’ certainly matured long ago on Bernardo Planet, but the rapid development of alchemy, coupled with insufficient mental framework in Red Dragon’s inheritance, limited insight.

Indeed, when inspiration strikes, those once daunting challenges become simple and clear, akin to complex locks requiring merely a correctly directed key.

After acquiring the assembly line concept, Sulfur Hills’ output will certainly increase.

Power is vital; for the Dragon Race, faster growth necessitates resources.

Various high-energy supplements, growth agents, longevity magic potions, etc., are also listed for trade within merchant groups, carrying substantial value.

Dragon Valley’s further development to acquire more resources necessitates a thriving alchemy industry.

Molten Iron Clan lacks effective output, presently trades primarily through selling various mining raw materials externally.

Gray Magnetic Iron Ore and Obsidian Ore, untapped wealth, continually transported externally by trade caravans, exchanged for expensive potions, spices, black oils, and other items at heart-wrenchingly low prices.