Only a few thunderstorm gaps were left as the only safe entry and exit channels. Redd arranged for soldiers and Demon Dragon to be on duty at those gaps to ensure that only people and materials with his permission could pass through.
This layout gave Valyria City a defensive advantage superior to any other city in the early stages of reconstruction.
The construction of the city is more detailed than before.
Because there was no need for city walls, a large amount of stone materials and manpower were concentrated on the repair of the main buildings and streets.
Redd asked the craftsmen to rebuild the city according to the original foundation direction of Valyria, retaining those structures and bases that were confirmed to be able to continue to be used, and replacing those parts that had been completely damaged.
The construction process requires a large number of craftsmen of all types, including stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, glaziers, carvers, and technicians specialized in laying underground pipes.
Strong slaves were also in great demand, carrying stones, mixing mortar, digging foundations and clearing rubble.
These labor forces are continuously replenished from Free Cities and Dothraki captives via sea routes, allowing the reconstruction project to advance at a steady pace.
The transformation of the underground Dragonpit is much simpler than the above-ground reconstruction of the Valyria city.
It does not need to consider aesthetics and urban planning, only load-bearing and structural safety.
Because it is a renovation project, the previous underground fortress has already provided a usable space framework and passage network.
Redd only needs to strengthen, widen and functionally partition the existing structure, and add ventilation systems, lighting facilities, drainage channels and material storage space.
For places that require a long time to excavate, Demon Dragon can be used to help.
Redd has hundreds of Demon Dragons, which usually live freely on the volcano. Apart from fighting and patrolling, they spend most of their time resting and eating.
Keeping them means raising them, let's just let them participate in the transformation of underground Dragonpit.
This almost shocked many craftsmen.
Those craftsmen originally thought that Demon Dragon was just a weapon for fighting. When Redd ordered more than a dozen Demon Dragon to enter the underground passage to assist in the construction, they realized that the transportation and destruction capabilities of these behemoths far exceeded any manpower or tools.
Demon Dragon is huge, but under the precise command of Redd, it can enter those initially widened passages.
Their claws and tails can be used to carry boulders and drag them from narrow passages to designated locations.
Dragonfire can burn rock into hot glass, and the surface of rock formations that need to be cut will become smooth and flat under the burning of Dragonfire.
Ehm and Dragonfire can produce explosive impact. Large rocks that need to be broken are bombarded into pieces in front of its flame beam, and the efficiency is several times higher than any rock drilling tool.
If there really is anything too hard, Redd wouldn't mind calling King Ghidorah over.
King Ghidorah and Gravity Beam are the most effective digging tools in this situation. No matter how hard the rock formation is, it will be penetrated by the high-temperature and high-pressure energy beam.
Redd seems to have become a contractor in this process, but the one he directs and arranges is not a large machine, but Demon Dragon, which is larger than the large machine.
He stood at a certain node in the underground passage and issued different instructions to different Demon Dragon through spiritual links, asking them to be responsible for transportation, cutting, crushing and cleaning respectively.
Those Demon Dragons were like a well-trained engineering team under his command. Although small-scale conflicts would occasionally occur due to competition for position or misjudgment of instructions, under the pressure of King Ghidorah and the direct intervention of Redd, those conflicts would not evolve into real chaos.
When Douglas handed over the information sent to Redd, he was completely disgraced.
Who let Redd be the only one who can accurately command each Demon Dragon?
It is impossible for others to command King Ghidorah and Ehm, let alone those Demon Dragon.
If Redd and King Ghidorah are not present, the soldiers, craftsmen and slaves present may become the food rations of Demon Dragon.
After all, it is impossible to tame all the hundreds of Demon Dragon into good babies.
Redd has always kept Demon Dragon free-range among Dragonmont. It did not perform the baby dragon recognition ceremony when it was a young dragon like House Targaryen did, nor did it deliberately exclude humans from Demon Dragon's diet.
Therefore, when the Demon Dragon Legion deals with Dothraki, they will eat them regardless of whether they are horses or people.
Those craftsmen and slaves recruited from Free Cities are just a vague existence between food and tools in front of Demon Dragon. If there is no Redd or King Ghidorah present to provide a clear grade signal, those Demon Dragon will act according to their own instincts.
The underground Dragonpit was constructed much faster than expected.
The project that originally took three years was shortened by at least half when Redd stepped in personally and asked the Demon Dragon army to help.
Those Demon Dragon A lot of Valyrian steel were excavated during the construction process.
After all, this place was originally a mine. Valyrians mined a large amount of minerals from this land during the Valyrian Freehold period, the most important of which were the raw materials of Valyrian steel.
After the apocalyptic disaster, those mines were abandoned and buried, but the ores themselves did not disappear. They were still buried in their original locations, waiting to be rediscovered.
When Demon Dragon are digging and breaking rock formations, they often find dark metal veins with unique textures under the rock faces that have been burned into glass.
The direction and thickness of those veins are completely consistent with the old steel nails remaining in the ruins of Valyria city, confirming that this is the original place of origin of Valyrian steel.
In addition to Valyrian steel, there are also a large number of various types of ores. Copper, iron, tin, lead, silver, gold, as well as some special minerals formed after apocalyptic disasters.
Some of those ores can be used directly for forging and construction, while others need to be smelted and processed before they can be used.
Redd asked Douglas to arrange manpower to classify and store the excavated ores, Valyrian steel the most valuable of which were stored separately, and the rest were allocated to different material reserves according to their uses.
The discovery of these ores is an unexpected harvest. They reduce the pressure of transporting metal materials from Free Cities, and also provide a more sufficient resource base for the reconstruction of Valyria city.
The most precious one is Valyrian steel.
This kind of thing, which was originally rare in stock, is no longer rare.
Because there are huge reserves under this land.
Before the doomsday disaster, Valyrians had been mined for thousands of years, consuming most of the surface and shallow veins, but the deeper and further veins were still intact.
Although the doomsday disaster changed the terrain and caused some mineral veins to be buried deep in the rock formations, the mineral veins themselves were not destroyed.
When Redd and Demon Dragon were digging and crushing rock formations underground, those buried veins were re-exposed, and some of them were even embedded in the rock formations in the form of pure metal. Valyrian steel that can be directly used can be obtained with simple cleaning.