This enormous vertical shaft, much like the Giant Palace below, is entirely forged from refined steel, adorned with colossal, thick, and coarse devices, especially the steel pipelines large enough for an adult to walk inside, exuding a dense Dwarven forging style, strikingly similar to the slting forge below.
Even after thousands of years, not only has this place shown no sign of rust, but it also glistens as if freshly maintained.
Just like all Dwarves, the Supre Shatana, when performing the Vein Sealing Technique, left a ans for his descendants to rekindle Dwarven glory here.
During the sealing, ti within the vein remains constant.
Knowing this Dwarven quirk, all sage races flock to the ruins of Dwarf Cities, because if one is fortunate enough to unlock treasures left by a Dwarf Kingdom for their descendants, it’s more than re fortune; establishing territories and founding cities and kingdoms are typical occurrences.
The steel-sealed pipelines in the shaft are designed to accommodate the high-pressure steam from the slting forge below.
It’s worth ntioning, the utilization of steam thermal energy here has reached a mind-boggling level, far surpassing Earth. For Earth, hot dry rock is an entirely new energy source, while here, not only has it been developed and utilized, but its use is also centuries-old.
Hot dry rock is actually a rock layer directly connected to magma, the magma’s intense temperature turns the whole rock layer into a high-temperature rocky layer, hence called hot dry rock.
Theoretically, hot dry rock exists underground everywhere, but its depth varies.
The hot dry rock on the Colossus City side is relatively shallow.
The entire Grey Dwarf City is a gigantic heat extraction device, embodying both Dwarven forging skills and the pinnacle of rune magic application, perfectly fusing the magical and physical kinetic energy brought by steam.
This shaft cage will undoubtedly be propelled by the high-pressure steam below, capable of carrying both people and goods.
In terms of energy alone, it slashes the slting and forging costs in half.
As a lift cage device, this high-pressure steam pipeline is slightly bulky; its function is surely to transport high-pressure steam upwards to drive more devices.
The Dwarves of the Supre Shatana have already semi-automated the slting and forging, and will certainly not allow their mining to remain at re pickaxe level, definitely incorporating high-pressure steam into their semi-chanized mining process.
As expected, ascending along the vertical shaft, at least eight massive steel gates appear along the way, each with slightly smaller branch pipelines.
This ans behind each steel gate, there is at least one branch tunnel.
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As for what exactly is behind the iron gates, even with Gaven’s extensive knowledge and imagination, he can’t fully comprehend.
After all, many things in the Grey Dwarf City exceed his imagination and understanding.
And that’s precisely what’s most anticipated.
The shaft cage has an astounding length of 3,400 ters, and along the way, there are hundreds of dense safety devices.
This implies that the Grey Dwarf City is located four kiloters below ground.
"The Lord is coming up, accompanied by a Stone Giant and a Gray Dwarf, no, there’s a group of Gray Dwarfs behind him, form ranks, form ranks, form ranks!"
"Mighty Lord, not only freely coming and going in the city alone but also bringing back two captives."
"Illumination Spell ready, release!"
Directly above the shaft cage is a massive tal warehouse.
Indeed.
The so-called Giant Palace below is also a Dwarf warehouse, rely transford by those Stone Giant Administrators into their palatial residence.
Their real purpose is for connecting upper and lower sections, transshipnt, and storage of supplies.
The Colossus City side was well-prepared, watching Gaven, radiating an intense white glow, about to ascend, several Illumination Spells simultaneously shot up, lighting the newly unsealed tal warehouse as bright as day.
rely the main warehouse connecting the shaft cage spans no less than a football field, with an astonishing height of 15 to 16 ters, giving even the Cloud Giants and Storm Giants no need to bow or stoop.
The Gray Dwarf Chieftain and Stone Giant Administrator, wearing Ghost Eye Blindfolds, were not dazzled by the Illumination Spells, yet were shocked by the sight before them.
A mixed military force awaited them.
Facing the shaft cage is a 100-man phalanx, not only over four ters tall on average but with over a dozen in the front rows having sturdy Four Arms, wielding uniform weapons: a large Threaded Wooden Shield in one hand, a large Flail, a large short spear, and a large One-Handed Sword, combining defense, armor-piercing, piercing, and slashing, adept at both attack and defense.
Flanking them on both sides are two 100-man phalanxes whose height is slightly inferior, ranging between 3.5 to 4 ters, uniformly gigantic Hobgoblins.
Be it height or equipnt, they fall short in many aspects, mostly clad in Leather Armor, equipped with large two-handed or one-handed weapons, though lacking uniformity.
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