Chapter 731 (2/2)
It was so amazing that it was naturally very difficult to make. Just the cost of raw materials alone exceeded 20 thousand gold coins. If the cost of research and development, as well as the hard work put in by the various masters of blacksmithing, were included as well, the total value might be worth around 50 thousand gold coins.
This price was truly a little crazy because people should know that an ordinary magic furnace would only cost four to five thousand gold coins. The price of this guy was almost ten times that of an ordinary magic furnace!
It was so precious that everyone could not help being extremely careful. This was one of the important reasons why Sid had been so nervous earlier on. Given his financial status, an ordinary magic furnace that cost merely four to five thousand gold coins would not be able to make him nervous to the point of failing two times in a row.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. It was built steadily and, in the end, the few tens of thousands were not in vain.
After this magic furnace was built to completion, everyone took a break. Before complete nightfall, they worked to build another magic furnace. But this furnace did not enjoy the same treatment. A few strong men from Dudu Hill easily built it up. The total time they took did not exceed 20 minutes.
“I’m skilled in such work,” Dudu boasted tirelessly as he worked. “When I was still learning how to smelt, I had built at least a hundred of such furnaces. Even with my eyes closed, I can get one done, and absolutely nothing will go wrong.”
“So you are saying that you have never made a mistake before?” Hopes asked with a smile.
“Of course… I have,” Dudu said as he laughed. “Who in this world would know everything right from the start? When I first learned how to build a magic furnace, I damaged a total of seven or eight of them.”
This crowd listened to him with faces twitching away. Seven to eight magic furnaces would be around thirty to forty thousand gold coins?! The Kingdom of Dwarves had to be really rich to be able to throw away such large sums repeatedly for the young ones to practice…
“Don’t believe him. He’s just talking big!” said a senior dwarf who was the leader of a team. With a sneer, he said, “It’s true that he damaged seven to eight furnaces in total, but previously, they worked in groups of 30 to 40 people. And the damaged cores could still be recycled and remade. Ordinary magic furnaces are not like this newly-designed one. When the core is damaged, we can just put it back into the furnace to be remade. The cost will at most be around a thousand gold coins.”
“Give me some face!” shouted Dudu. “I even treated you to a drink yesterday!”
“We dwarves are honest and trustworthy people,” that senior dwarf laughed and said. “Don’t brag about yourself; go and get a drink! Today, it’s my treat.”
“Do you have any wine to treat your guests? Didn’t you finish everything earlier on?”
“You believed me when I said I finished everything? How old are you? You’re still so naïve.”
“You just said that we dwarves are honest and trustworthy people!” Dudu was almost on the verge of hopping around in rage.
The senior dwarf stroked his beard and laughed heartily. Then he asked, “Which is more important, to drink or to be honest and trustworthy?”
Dudu contemplated for a moment, then hesitantly, he said, “Drinking is a little more important.”
“Then why do you even bother asking! Go, go and drink!” said the senior dwarf as he made his way over. He gave Dudu a slap on his back while surveying the surroundings. Then he said, “Let’s all go get a drink. I’ve got a lot of wine, so it’ll definitely be enough for today!”