The silent forest is dark, damp, and cold. Www.QUAbEn-XIAoShUo.ComTall trees blocked the sun, while shrubs and vines filled the gaps between the trees.
Although it is still early winter, all kinds of mutated poisonous insects and monsters have already begun to appear. The creatures here are extremely powerful and bloodthirsty. They are either several times larger than normal, or they are brightly colored and strangely shaped.
The team had just entered the forest for less than five kilometers when they encountered dozens of strange two-headed wolves. These gray and white wolves are half the size of ordinary dire wolves, and one of them can actually use simple magic. The first ones to be attacked were the Golden Lion Knights who were marching in the middle of the team and guarding them on both sides.
The sudden attack gave the Golden Lion Knight a stage to show its powerful strength. All of them are fighting spirit. His sword skills are simple and ruthless, and he can kill a demonic wolf in just a few strokes. The Golden Lion Knights formed a group of three, two attacking and one defending. Their coordination was extremely smooth and their attacks were clean and neat. Seeing this, everyone was secretly heartbroken.
After a while, these powerful mutant wolves became fertilizer for trees forever.
Paulus couldn't help but look pleased with himself.
This time even Rogge and other noble young people had to admit that his pride was justified. The Golden Lion Knight may not be too powerful individually, but when three or five of them get together, they are a terrifying force. If fifty golden lion knights formed a battle formation, Rogge's more than three hundred dragons and beauty knights would have no choice but to flee for their lives. Thinking about how many times they almost had conflicts in the past, the young nobles shuddered.
Even though everyone in this 700-person team was quite capable, the journey to the Silent Forest was still extremely difficult. The most relaxed person was probably Froya. She summoned a five-meter-tall ancient mammoth from nowhere, and actually set up a small tent on it and rested comfortably inside.
Three days and two nights passed, and the team finally made it out of the Silent Forest with difficulty. As Froya's mammoth trampled down a big tree at the outermost edge of the forest, a barren land was revealed in front of everyone, with the undulating dwarf hills in the distance.
The team hid at the edge of the forest, waiting for the scouts to return. Not long after, Jing Ge's two personal followers came back. Their faces looked ugly, and the first thing they said when they came back was: "This tribe is a tribe of mountain dwarves! There are hill giants living with them!"
The dwarves are divided into more than ten large clans and countless smaller clans. But no matter how they are divided, the mountain dwarves are firmly among the top three dwarf races. This is not because of their large population, but because of the strength of their warriors. As for the hill giants, they have been distant relatives of the dwarves since ancient times. However, one is often over four meters tall, while the other is only a little over one meter tall. How the two become related or old has always been a big problem that has troubled monster scholars.
Another theory is that the hill giants have the blood of ancient giants. Although they do not have the strength of the ancient giants to rival the gods and demon dragons, their strength is still proportional to their size. The wooden or stone sticks wielded by adult hill giants often weigh hundreds of kilograms, and are enough to knock off a heavily armored knight in one round! Even the most ordinary hill giant can easily deal with a dozen human knights.
Hill giants often live in groups with dwarves. When a tribe of dwarves is strong enough, there will often be several giants living with them.
The appearance of the hill giant showed that there was a serious error in Jing Ge's intelligence. The dwarf tribe was more than twice as powerful as originally expected! Although there was an extra Froya on the hunting side, the certainty of annihilating them all was much smaller.
Fortunately, everyone is a resourceful and cunning person, and they never think that planning a few poisonous schemes is a chore. Even a righteous man like Paulus was unwilling to let his men face the hill giant directly, but would rather adopt some conspiracy. The Golden Lion also has reservations about justice, otherwise he would not have participated in this hunt.
The hunting team quietly set up camp in the silent forest. After some discussion, everyone felt that they should first understand the strength of this dwarf tribe before making a decision. The bottle of "Curse of the Fallen God" in Rogge's hand also needs time to take effect.
When it comes to reconnaissance, Jing Ge has many men with extraordinary abilities, many masters of stealth and disguise, and their methods are also diverse. There are high-level thieves with "elven cloaks" who can move freely in the forest and barely reveal their whereabouts; there are dark druids who can use various animals to detect the enemy; and there are prairie elves who can hide in the grass and are almost undetectable. However, after seeing Froya's reconnaissance methods, everyone knew how powerful the magician was and how terrifying this witch was.
After numerous scoldings and unsuccessful reconnaissance, Froya finally agreed to help. For her, this was really an interesting hunt, but she couldn't just give it up halfway.
With the help of the two maids, it didn't take long for the witch to set up a huge magic circle. She then took out a small blood-red bottle, and after finishing the lengthy incantation, she poured three drops of dark red viscous liquid into it. As soon as these three drops of mysterious potion fell into the magic circle, a large bloody fog erupted. From the dense fog, shrill screams and roars continued to be heard, and bursts of thick bells were faintly heard.
Everyone suddenly had some illusions, as if the extremely evil and terrifying abyss of the devil had opened the door in this thick fog.
A moment later, a shadowy, translucent little monster screamed and jumped out of the fog. It was extremely ugly, with a mouth that was disproportionately large and filled with sharp teeth. It screamed extremely ferociously and seemed ready to bite the onlookers at any moment. Then large numbers of monsters came out, screaming, tearing at each other, and squeezing forward.
Although these little monsters are not powerful, when they later jump out of the thick fog in hundreds or thousands, the sight is still extremely terrifying. Some of the timid people in the hunting team turned pale and were already retreating involuntarily.
At Froya's signal, Rogge took out the 'Curse of the Fallen God', opened the bottle cap and sprinkled it on the pile of monsters. The little monsters squeezed upward as hard as they could, and in a blink of an eye, a pile of monsters was built. The little monster who got a little bit of the medicine was so excited that he screamed and jumped down from the top of the monster pile, turning into a light mist and sinking into the soil.
After a while, thousands of little monsters received the potion and disappeared into the earth.
When everything calmed down, the screams of monsters still seemed to be lingering in everyone's ears.
While waiting, Froya went back to her small tent set up on the back of the mammoth to drink tea. Looking at her graceful back and gait, most people no longer had the lustful look in their eyes. Replaced with fear and awe.
Not long after, a little monster screamed out of the ground and jumped into the magic circle. After a while, another one. Then more and more monsters rushed towards the magic circle.
Every time a little monster rushes in, the scenery on the magic circle blurs for a while, and a small piece of new scenery slowly appears. The hunting warriors surrounded the magic circle from a distance, silently watching these changes that were beyond the scope of their understanding.
An hour later, all the little monsters came back. A two-meter transparent sphere formed in the sky above the magic circle, and inside the sphere were the shrunken dwarf hills. Streams, forests, dwarf underground tunnels, dungeons, underground veins, and even several mineral veins are all clearly displayed. Judging from the proportions, the range displayed by the sphere has reached hundreds of meters deep underground in the dwarf hills!
Such reconnaissance was beyond the dreams of Jing Ge's subordinates. What is even more frightening is that under this spell, if the little witch wants to poison someone, it will be very easy! Rogge, who had always hated Froya, secretly re-evaluated his own weight.
At this time, Froya walked out of the tent, and the leaders of the hunting team gathered around the magic circle, observing the terrain of the dwarf hills in the light ball with awe. Froya adjusted the angle and scope of the light ball from time to time. A huge, mysterious dwarf underground kingdom full of incredible things was exposed to countless greedy eyes.
The scale of this dwarf tribe is much larger than expected. Although no living creatures can be seen in the light ball, judging from the size of the dungeon, there are probably at least 5,000 people.
The underground city is built in a huge underground city with a radius of one square kilometer. The underground cave is more than fifty meters high, and the tallest building in the dwarf underground city is more than twenty meters high. The ground was half natural and half man-made, and everyone couldn't help but admire how these dwarves could build such a magnificent underground city in a rocky mountain!
A large tribe of dwarves has created an underground city that is like a miracle to humans. What will it be like in the dwarf kingdom in the west of the continent
The tunnels around the underground city are as dense as a spider web, and several passages stretch westward, extending beyond the range of the light sphere and leading to the mysterious Sunset Mountains. What caught everyone's attention was a mysterious huge tunnel. Judging from the proportions, the diameter of this tunnel is more than ten meters, and it leads to the depths of the underground. Froya adjusted the magic light ball several times in succession, but she couldn't tell where the tunnel led to or how long it was.
The mineral veins of the dwarf underground city are clearly displayed in the light sphere, and several large mines are also within the scope of the light sphere. Only the purpose of this tunnel is unknown. Most of the people present frowned slightly, because they knew very well that deep underground, in the abyss of darkness, there were too many unknown and terrifying creatures. Although most dwarves believe in the God of War and belong to the glorious camp, nothing in this world is absolute, otherwise races such as gray dwarves and dark elves would not exist.
To deal with such a huge dwarf tribe, it is really difficult to win with the few manpower in front of us, let alone annihilate them all. But there is no chance of victory. The leaders of the capture team are all scheming people. Their insidiousness cannot be matched by the straightforward dwarves riding unicorns. What's more, everyone still has the trump card of 'Curse of the Fallen God'. In addition, Froya's power is still beyond the reach of everyone, and Rogge has also been hiding some strength. God knows how many of the people present are hiding something!
At least the fat man Jing Ge would never look weak in front of him.
Moreover, at this moment, the hunters know themselves and the enemy, but the prey still know nothing about the coming disaster.
The afternoon sun has always been a favorite of the dwarves. Although dwarves spend most of their lives underground, no mountain dwarf would pass up an opportunity to bask in the sun above ground.
Stormwind and Hammergasso arranged themselves comfortably on top of a pile of rocks. The dark brown leather armor on the two dwarf warriors is very close to the color of the surrounding rocks. If you don't get very close to them, you won't be able to spot the two dwarves at all. Baofeng is sixty years older than Iron Hammer Gasso, and his strength is naturally much higher. Baofeng is a good wielder of a battle axe. He is already an intermediate warrior, and his strength is close to that of a senior warrior. As for Storm's apprentice, Iron Hammer Gasso, who is less than fifty years old, he is just a junior warrior, and his customary weapon is a war hammer.
In terms of strength, Storm has firmly entered the top two hundred tribal warriors. Originally, work such as sentry duty was done by junior warriors, but in the past two days, more and more people in the tribe began to get sick for no apparent reason. Fortunately, the illness is not serious, most of them are just physically weak, and they can still manage to mine. For the alpine dwarves who have always been strong, it is not called sick until they cannot get out of bed!
The only thing that makes people a little worried is that the wizards in the tribe still don't understand this disease clearly, and there is no good way to treat it. Three out of a dozen wizards were even infected with this strange disease.
The 300-year-old great wizard Tianyan in the clan has been looking sad these days, and he keeps saying that the devil is about to return to this world and the light will be tortured. He also said that the devil's claws had reached out to the tribe and asked the dwarf king to relocate the entire tribe. However, this request was flatly rejected by the dwarf king.
"Our king is still wise! I have never seen so many mineral veins gathered together in more than a hundred years! There is no place in the ground that is as warm and dry as here. Even the ale brewed from the water here is The taste is different! Those greedy and cunning humans are at least hundreds of miles away. With their weak bodies, can they still pass through the silent forest and poisonous swamp?" Baofeng kept thinking wildly, and couldn't help but secretly drink it again. A few sips of wine. Warhammer Gasso was already lying on a big rock and fell asleep.
Yes, how could anyone come to such a place? It can't even support any large creatures.
when! A loud noise rang in Baofeng's ears, and the whole world shook. The helmet fell off the pile of rocks in a sudden storm, and the helmet flew far away, with an obvious dent on it. Only then did Baofeng realize that the loud noise just now was actually a heavy blow to his head.
He roared and climbed up, raised the battle ax in his hand, and looked around for the sneak attacker. thump! Iron Hammer Gasso was also thrown down from the pile of rocks. He fell prone on the ground, unaware of his identity.
A voice came from behind Baofeng. "The dwarf is really strong. He was not knocked unconscious even by such a heavy blow!"
Baofeng was startled and quickly turned around to see a battle gun handle shining with milky white fighting spirit expanding rapidly in front of his eyes. Storm's vision went dark, and he finally lost consciousness this time. Before he fell into coma, he thought in confusion: "Why? Why are there holy knights attacking us?"
Kate held a dwarf in one hand and threw it to the dragon and beauty knights who followed behind.
The knights quickly found the exit of the dwarves' tunnel. Kate looked at the deep cave and asked Rogge behind her solemnly: "Do you think that 'Curse of the Fallen God' will really work?"
Rogge replied calmly: "It must be useful. You should also know where that thing comes from."
"The dwarf just now was very strong. He didn't look like he had taken medicine at all. If dwarves are all this strong, it will be very difficult for us this time!"
Rogge said: "Poisoned dwarves will not be sent out as sentries. Let's stick to the original plan first. Judging from the terrain displayed that day, this is the last tunnel entrance in this area. Go back and review it first. Let’s judge those dwarves later.”
Deep in the Forest of Silence, a large tent was set up. The poisonous insects and monsters that originally lived here had no choice but to give up this territory. The slightly more supernatural monsters were aware of the dangerous aura permeating the camp, but there were still many unlucky ones who had no time to escape, becoming perfect test materials for Froya.
A series of melancholy screams echoed throughout the camp. The dozen dwarves captured in the past two days are being tortured. Except for the Golden Lion Knight, almost everyone in the camp is a master of torture, and from time to time some fresh information will be tortured out.
A large tent in the center of the camp is painted with a small but extremely complex magic circle. A two-meter-sized water ball is floating on the magic circle. The topography of the dwarf underground kingdom is displayed in the water ball in every detail. From time to time, samurai would come in and report the latest information from the torture. Then there will be some more cursors representing various meanings in the water polo. Slowly, the military distribution and important strategic locations of the dwarf dungeon were marked on the map one by one.
In this process, everyone got a taste of the dwarf-style arrogance.
The dwarves have unparalleled veneration for their tribal king. According to them, the dwarf king's 'Rage Flame Hammer' is powerful enough to rival any strong person in the world. He can deal with at least fifty of the most powerful dwarf century-old warriors by himself! As for the clowns in the hunting team, in dwarf terms, they are just a group of rats groaning under the dwarf king's war hammer.
Of course, the warriors gave these blind dwarves a hard lesson, causing them to scream in agony. But although the dwarves said nothing, the contempt in their eyes only increased. The samurai were also somewhat helpless about this.
Based on the descriptions of the dwarves, Rogge and others concluded that the dwarf king was at least level fifteen. His thirty elite dwarf century-old warriors should be around level ten, which is similar to the strength of the Golden Lion Knights, or even slightly stronger. As for the one hundred advanced warriors, the two hundred intermediate warriors and the five hundred junior warriors, they are also very troublesome. There are more than 6,000 people in the entire dwarf tribe, and there are more than 1,000 adult miners with some fighting ability.
Among these dwarves, there are at least a thousand who can be called qualified craftsmen. A thousand craftsmen! At least one hundred thousand gold coins! Such a huge dwarf tribe has survived for a long time, and the accumulated wealth and treasures are worth far more than 100,000 gold coins. If there were three or five very good magic equipment in the tribe, the value would be more than 100,000 gold coins. Of course, although dwarf women and children are not as valuable as craftsmen, they are definitely not losers. Dwarves can grow into excellent craftsmen and warriors, and dwarf women are often stronger than human adult men because of their racial advantages, so they are good at doing coolies or whatever.
There is still an idea lurking in Rogge's mind, why can't dwarf women be trained to become craftsmen? The fat man thought further. Although the dwarves were not as arrogant as the elves, they were far more stubborn. Wanting them to work for you safely is as difficult as asking them to shave their beards. But dwarves with families are different. In order to make a living for their family, dwarf slaves will have to work hard for themselves. So Rogge, the dwarf woman and child, was going to eat them all, and it wouldn't cost much more anyway. As for the extra mouths, it was a trivial matter. The profit from a high-grade weapon was enough to feed ten dwarves.
These have not yet taken into account the value of the dwarven underground mineral veins. That is the most amazing wealth, because there are veins of mineral veins under this hill, and there is actually a small gold mine. Although Froya's magic light ball is not displayed clearly, I believe everyone can see it clearly.
Therefore, although the dwarf tribe is surprisingly powerful, these benefits are enough to drive people crazy. The thirty-year mining rights for the vein alone are estimated to be worth at least two million gold coins.
No one will back down from piles of gold coins. Benjamin urgently mobilized the shadow killers and dark warriors who had been secretly training by the Clark Chamber of Commerce. Although these people are not many in number, only about sixty, their strength is enough to compare with the Golden Lion Knights. These people are top secrets of Clark Chamber of Commerce! It seems that in order to win over the dwarf tribe in front of him, even the old fox Benjamin has to make a desperate move.
In the face of huge interests, this strange combination became stronger and stronger.
The dwarf king "Hammer of Fury" was spinning his gun restlessly in the luxurious hall. He had never encountered so many trivial things.
Fifteen years ago, he led his tribe to go through many hardships and emerge from the depths of the Sunset Mountains, where the living environment was harsh, and finally found this place that was extremely suitable for dwarves to survive. When he announced that he would settle here, the whole clan cheered. Along the way, wind and snow, severe cold, monsters, hunger and disease have claimed the lives of 6,000 tribesmen.
At that time, there were less than 4,000 people in the tribe, but now, in just a dozen years, there have been more than 1,000 people. There are already ten hill giants who have come down from the mountains to join the tribe, including a mountain giant. giant.
But the happy time didn't last long, damn, greedy humans came to this land! In the past three days, more than a dozen dwarves have disappeared while going out or on sentry duty. According to reports from the spies sent out, there are signs of human expedition activities. It seems that these dwarves were probably captured by the human race. No matter what, as the king of the dwarves, "The Hammer of Fury" must save his people.
Unfortunately, in the past few days, people in the clan have been sick one after another. It was not a serious illness, just general weakness and lack of energy. No one died from it. But the progress of mining has been greatly affected. Although the sick miners can still work, their output is less than half of what it used to be. Even with such a minor illness, the wizards in the clan were helpless and couldn't find out the cause. Considering that time was still short, the enlightened dwarf king barely suppressed his extraordinary anger and prepared to give the wizards a few more days.
The thought of the wizard filled him with rage. The great wizard in the clan, Tianyan, is over 500 years old. As his magic power becomes more and more powerful, he becomes more and more confused and timid. When he first set his sights on this land, he blocked it in every possible way, saying that this was a dark place cursed by the devil, and that the devil would definitely be born here.
No matter how you look at this land, it is a blessed land given by the dwarves. Where are there any signs of a curse? As for the humans who come to harass, they are not a serious problem. Even if the human race could reach here through the Silent Forest, they would definitely not be able to bring their most powerful heavy cavalry with them. Without cavalry, the human race is like a toothless tiger. What is there to be afraid of
As for the cunning of the human race, it cannot surpass the outstanding wisdom of the dwarf king. We might as well use the self-righteous cunning of these human races to set a small trap for them. Thinking of this, the dwarf king showed a proud smile. He ordered in a rough voice: "Come here, call all the warrior leaders, elders, great wizards and priests! I want to teach the human race who dares to offend us a lesson!" (Full novel website www.QUAbEn-XIAoShUo .com)