Leo stared at Fraser and really wanted to twist her head off. "You call this invention? You call this plagiarism!" Leo has been studying black powder for some time, but this thing requires a large amount of saltpeter. Leo worked hard for a week to collect saltpeter, but when he mixed it into gunpowder, it just went off without even a sound. Of course, this was also due to Leo's conservative research. At the beginning, he only dared to test a small dose, and just to see the effect by lighting it. At most, he made it into fireworks for the little mice to see, and he didn't even try a firecracker. He doesn't want to be some Nobel Prize winner from another world and send his family to heaven. The quality of Fraser's barrel of gunpowder was obviously better than the one Rio made himself. Apparently Fraser had snooped on his gunpowder formula, found better ingredients, and figured out a way to make it explode. Put the gunpowder in the barrel! Sure enough, Feisa didn't realize there was anything wrong with her plagiarism. Instead, she said excitedly, "Leo invented gunpowder! Feisa invented Explosion! Feisa, you're smarter!"
There seems to be nothing wrong with saying this. After all, with the intelligence of the kobolds, putting gunpowder into barrels is already a great invention. Was the invention of black powder a turning point in history? No, killing people with explosives was a turning point in history! But Leo was not concerned about these things. He was very curious about how the barrel of explosives would explode. A barrel of explosives as big as a human head, without even a fuse. Feisha could see his curiosity, so she proudly took the gunpowder barrel, held it high, and shouted, "Boom!" "Boom, boom!" The ogres below suddenly became crazy. Feisa pointed at one of the kobolds and handed the gunpowder barrel to him, "You, be responsible for lighting the explosion!" "Woof?" The dog, who was excited along with everyone else, was suddenly dumbfounded. He dejectedly took the barrel of explosives, picked up the torch handed to him by his companions, and walked towards the cliff opposite. He stuffed the gunpowder barrel into the crack in the cliff, placed the torch directly on it, then turned around and ran! Leo swore that this was the fastest kobold he had ever seen, just like a cheetah! But his speed was still not enough. He ran less than ten meters before he was blown away by the shock wave from behind. A huge roar resounded throughout the valley, the lingering sound lingered, and the air was filled with smoke and dust. When the smoke cleared, the cliff on the opposite side had completely collapsed, revealing a gap more than ten meters wide. The inside had been dug up in a mess by the gnolls, like a mountain eaten by insects, all exposed to the outside. The brand new iron ore rock wall reflects a cold metallic luster under the sunlight. The splashing ore radiated out over a radius of dozens of meters, and many of the affected ogres were hit by the rubble and groaned in pain. But the remaining ogres witnessed this miracle again, and what they cared about was not the casualties of their own people, but the unparalleled power of the barrel of explosives. To dig such a large gap, it would take at least a month for the miners of the entire Gnoll Tribe to dig, but under the barrel of explosives, it could be done in a second. Leo was stunned by the dog-headed man's shouting and had to admit defeat. "You're right, you're smarter!" Leo gave a thumbs up and praised, "The patent for the powder barrel belongs to you!"
At least before the fuse was invented, Leo would never let his own people touch the powder keg! While praising Fisa, Leo also took the opportunity to teach the little mouse, "Did you see that? Don't learn from her!" The little mouse had already been frightened by the destruction and casualties caused by the explosion, and nodded quickly when he heard this. At the same time, she felt very discouraged. She was clearly spying on Leo's various small experiments together, and she hadn't discovered anything yet, but Frasa had already achieved such great results. Fisa was very proud and wagged her tail rapidly, thinking that she had finally surpassed Leo in intelligence. While Fisa was getting carried away, Leo quickly asked, "Tell me where did you get so much saltpeter?" "Follow me!" Fisa took Leo deeper into the valley. When they arrived at Fesha's residence, the cave of the ogre chief, Fesha dragged out a large hidden wooden box. "It's glitter!" Once opened, it was filled with various colorful minerals. Feisa took them out one by one, as happy as a little girl sharing her treasures. The little mouse that followed was full of envy. She also wanted a big treasure chest full of gems! "Yellow sparkly!" "White and sparkling!" "Golden and sparkly!" "Red and shiny!" Leo took the minerals handed over by Fraser and identified them one by one. There were gold ore, crystal, calcite, and beryl. But there are more minerals that I can’t even distinguish. Finally, he took a piece of ore that looked like a mass of sand and said hesitantly, "This... is saltpeter?" "Yes, it's sparkly and shiny!" Feisa took it and licked it with her tongue. "It's salty, but you can't eat it. It's poisonous!" As she spoke, she held the saltpeter in front of the little mouse, indicating that she could also lick it. "Salt! It will give the dog more strength!" The little mouse hesitantly stuck out his tongue, but Leo stopped him and continued to ask, "Where did you get this?" There was a thick layer of gravel-like saltpeter particles at the bottom of the large wooden box, which gave off a strange smell. Apparently there was a lot of saltpeter collected before, but it was used by Fraser to make "Boom". While licking the saltpeter, Fraser pointed to the west and said, "The Great Swamp! Dangerous! There are alligators!" Leo picked up the gold ore again and asked, "What about this?" Feisha shook her head, "The dog found it, I don't know."
Leo threw the gold ore away in disappointment. He thought Fraser had another gold mine hidden in her hands. If it is gold ore, Leo doesn't mind buying it at a higher price than iron ore! Unfortunately, there is no such good thing. I don’t know where the kobold picked up this gold ore. Given the kobolds' love for shiny things, they would never leave it alone even if they didn't know the value of the gold mine. But the good news is that the range of the ogres' activities is not large, and the location of the gold mine is probably not far away. Perhaps one day in the future, Leo will really find a gold mine. Leo stood up and said to Ivan, "Take the little mouse back first." Then he said to Fraser, "Take me to the Great Swamp." Fraser visibly cringed and muttered, "The Swamp! There are alligators!" Leo encouraged: "You are the king of the kobolds, how can you be afraid of crocodiles?" Fisa thought Leo was right. "Smart Fisa, King of the Kobolds, and we have Boom!" At Leo's instigation, Fisa led a team of kobold warriors and the last barrel of explosives across the Knobold Valley to the Great Swamp where the saltpeter was found. In the past, Leo's attention was mostly focused on the threat from the Wolf-Driving Plains on the other side of the Anzeno River, and he had not explored the dense forests west of the river bend. This place was originally a hunting area for the Kobolds. After clearing out the horse thieves and settling the ogres, the scouts from the river bend also patrolled the western forests several times, but they basically would not cross the abandoned tower where the ogres were. This area is similar to the Wolf-Driving Plain. The foothills beneath the magnificent barrier extend outward for hundreds of miles, and then there is the World Tree Avenue leading to the west. More than two hundred miles west of the Western Watchtower along the World Tree Avenue, there is a huge mountain range - the Borokback Mountains, which extends from the magnificent barrier and spreads straight south for thousands of miles. The World Tree Avenue passes through one of the mountain passes. Outside the mountain pass belongs to the western border of the empire. The Great Swamp that Fraser mentioned is located in the foothills between the Borokbach Mountains and the river bay.