Looking at the behemoth being besieged by the crowd, Qin Lun put down his bow somewhat dispiritedly, and sighed quietly, it seemed that he didn't need to make another move.
Although this gigantic salamander has no elemental talent, with its speed and amazing defense, it is no less than a legendary creature. It's just that it has lived in Iron Star Fort for many years and underestimated the cunning and insidiousness of intelligent creatures, which put itself in a desperate situation.
In the treasure house of the previous hall, stone pillars and stone beams are densely covered. With its speed, it can advance and retreat freely whether it is attacking or retreating. But when it comes to this square, the surrounding stone houses are only good for hiding small creatures, and they are a disguised obstacle to it. In addition, when it first came out of the passage, it was ambushed by the crowd and lost its upper hand, so it was already doomed to fail.
"Spiral piercing arrow!" Qin Lun glanced at the reminder in the death list, feeling a little joyful in his heart. He just used the D+ level spiral shooting technique combined with the C+ level piercing arrow to obtain a new B-level skill.
After a long while, the scarred giant salamander lay dying less than ten meters away from the entrance of the passage. Most of its silver scales had been broken and covered with green blood. In the only remaining one eye, the pale eye mask showed a dead gray color, and it was slowly approaching the end of its life.
"Alas!" Ellistine next to him wrung his fingers and sighed with a wrinkled face, leaving Qin Lun speechless.
The elf druid didn't feel pity for this giant beast, she was not as merciful to this dark newt creature as the jungle creature, she was just lamenting that she hadn't been able to participate in the battle.
"Filar, that arrow you shot just now is really beautiful!" Mileras came from a distance with a few elf rangers, and now the giant newt is surrounded by melee occupations that were powerless just now, so they have nothing to do. Participate in the siege again.
"Without you pushing the newt into a corner, I couldn't have shot that arrow." Qin Lun shook his head with a smile.
"Filar, have you awakened the ancient inheritance?" Mileras leaned against Qin Lun and asked mysteriously.
"Well, yes, the inheritance of the hunter!" Qin Lun nodded and asked in surprise, "Haven't you awakened yet?"
"Not every descendant of the royal family can awaken." Mileras said with a wry smile, "I am a viviparous elf, and I have no ancient inheritance at all."
"The awakened elves are the treasures of all the elf courts, and they are generally not allowed to carry out too dangerous tasks." Mileras looked at Qin Lun with a little deep meaning, "It seems that the king of Tynquilas You are very determined..."
Qin Lun smiled noncommittally, looked at the battlefield in the distance, and suddenly asked in surprise, "Hey, what are those dwarves doing?"
"They're going to cut open the newt's stomach. Some of their companions died tragically in the mouth of the giant beast. They probably haven't been digested yet, so they want to dig them out and bury them." Stark came from a distance, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
The deputy head of the fortress was smiling. After the giant newt was severely injured, he was finally able to participate in the battle, and finally let out a breath of anger.
"What is the origin of those dwarves?" Qin Lun asked with concern.
"Robin is talking to them, and will come to see the two princes later." Stark winked at Qin Lun, and now he felt the benefit of Qin Lun not revealing his apostle identity. If Lost receives the dwarf plot and refuses to share it with the fortress team, they can still get it through Qin Lun.
Mileras and Qin Lun waited quietly in place, and Robin and the others returned soon. Most of the apostles had smiles on their faces. Although the giant newt was difficult to deal with, it also produced a lot of precious equipment materials, and its size was so big that it was enough for two apostle teams to distribute.
Now next to the wreckage of the giant beast, there are only a few dwarves left. They dug up the fragmented body of their companion from the wreckage and buried it directly in the nearby collapsed ruins. There will be no one here all year round, so it is suitable as a tomb.
The dwarves worshiped their companions with ancient rituals, got up and walked towards the crowd. An old dwarf in the team came out more and more, and gave a grand courtesy to the two elf princes.
"Thank you for your help. I am the dwarf Leuer, and he is Lorraine, the third son of King Dustin..." The old dwarf introduced several companions to everyone one by one. After a fierce battle, only Down six companions.
"Prince of the dwarves?" Qin Lun raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Mirelas beside him.
"No, I'm not a prince, I'm the third son of King Dustin!" The beauty of the elves made the young Lorraine feel a little shy, and his handsome face flushed slightly.
"The king's son, isn't he the prince?" Qin Lun felt a little weird, but he wisely didn't ask the question, and gave the initiative of the conversation to Mileras.
"Did you also enter Iron Star Castle by mistake?" Mileras smiled and narrowed his eyes, his demeanor and temperament were eighty percent similar to Qin Lun's hypocritical smirk.
In fact, Mileras is not a pure elf prince. Thinking back at the edge of the Anker Forest, this kid planned to trick the Jondal moon elf, but Qin Lun saw through it.
"No, we..." Lorraine looked at the old dwarf with some embarrassment.
Leuer sighed. The dwarf king asked him to bring Lorraine out this time because he wanted to train the youngest son, but it doesn't seem like an easy task now.
Humans, dwarves, and elves all have some similarities in their social structures. In fact, the latest rise of human civilization, some social systems were learned from the elves.
However, the three also differ in some respects. Human beings have the strongest learning ability, but the shortest life span, and they place more emphasis on blood relationship, and generally the throne changes frequently. However, elves and dwarves live much longer than humans. In particular, elves are divided into viviparous and world tree fruit elves. The concept of blood relationship is the weakest, and the succession of the throne is much more cautious.
The throne of mankind is hereditary. Even if a foolish king comes to power and makes the people miserable, he will be replaced in a few decades anyway, and the people's livelihood will be restored. The destructive power is not very strong. But elves and dwarves are different. Their reproductive power is not as good as that of humans, and their lifespan is long. If the king of these two comes to power, the entire group may become extinct.
Therefore, elves and dwarves belong to the royal family system, not hereditary by blood. If the ruling elves and dwarf royal families decline for some reason, the ethnic group will even choose the royal family instead. Just like the Jondal elves at the beginning, the moon elves royal family declined, so they took the initiative to hand over the throne to the green elves.
However, dwarves and elves have different royal families. The types of elves are distinguished by inheritance. In the world of Toril, there are four families of sun elves, moon elves, dark elves, and green elves, plus at most one wild elf family. And dwarves don't have the world tree of elves, and there is no ancient inheritance, so their types are distinguished by region, skin color, body shape, and even beards.
This divides many ethnic groups, but the general life expectancy of dwarves is three to four hundred years. They are somewhat conservative and stubborn, and they value tradition very much. As a result, their royal families generally consisted of several ethnic groups.
This is why Lorraine belongs to the third son of King Dustin, but cannot claim to be a prince. If he wants to get the title of prince among the many descendants of the royal family, he must pass an important test, such as this time out mission.
The mission they shoulder is very important, and it cannot be said to outsiders. However, after thinking about it, Leuer realized that except for one companion who went down the mountain to ask for help, there were only six people left in their team, and it seemed that it didn't matter whether they said it or not. Anyway, if they want to complete the task, they must get foreign aid.
Judging from the costumes of the elves and humans in front of them, they seem to be mercenaries, and they should be the best candidates for employment. Thinking of this, Leuer finally made a decision, and asked Mileras, "Excuse me, are you mercenaries?"
"You want to hire us?" Milleras keenly sensed the meaning of the old dwarf's words.
"Yes, we are responsible for the important task of King Dustin, and we cannot explain the details to outsiders. However, we only have these few people left now, and I am afraid that we can no longer complete it independently, and it is impossible to go back to ask for help. We can only do it on the spot. Hire the mercenary group on the mainland."
Leuer nodded cautiously, "You look like mercenaries, and you saved us again. It should be the best choice right now. I can only tell you the purpose of this trip if you accept the employment."
"Unfortunately, in fact, we have undertaken a very important task and cannot help you anymore." Mileras shook his head resolutely.
Just kidding, as the envoy of the sun elves, he shoulders a major mission, with the entire Cormanthor sun elves behind him, and it is impossible to cause extra trouble for these dwarves anyway.
The faces of the dwarves were a little embarrassed, and the scene fell into a stalemate. Kelly, Robin and others were also a little helpless. They didn't mind the plot tasks of multiple dwarves, and they gave up if they couldn't do it. It's just that Mileras must nod first, otherwise based on their position, they can no longer accept the employment of the dwarves.
"Mirelas, maybe we can listen first, maybe they can also help our mission!" In the silence, Qin Lun suddenly interjected, and smiled at the old dwarf, "Well, we can help each other first." Disclose some less important task details, and if we can help each other, then discuss it again."
"However, can you tell me first, which dwarf tribe do you belong to?" Qin Lun asked with a smile.
"We are the dwarves of Snow Peak Castle in the Snowflake Mountains!" Loyle hesitated, but Lorraine beside him answered first.
Mileras' eyes lit up, and he wanted to speak out to stop Qin Lun, but he closed his mouth again.
Because it suddenly occurred to him that the purpose of his trip to the ancient road to visit various human regimes and elf courts on the mainland is not only to re-establish the leadership of the future Sun Royal Court and the sun elves, but also to let the major powers of the mainland Agree to the transit migration of the Comanthor elves.
He needs to follow the ancient road to visit the major powers and elf courts one by one, but it is no longer necessary for the future sun elf migration team.
The Snowflake Mountains just straddled the Kingdom of Sespetz and the Plain of Giants. Originally, this mountain range was inaccessible, and there were ogres and orc tribes along the way, so it could not be used as a reference for the migration path at all.
However, if the sun elves can get help from the dwarves of Snow Peak Castle, the migration team seems to have a safer migration path. It doesn't even need to go through the two powerful countries of Calimshan and Tethyr in the south of the mainland, and can directly enter the Kingdom of Amn in the north, and the migration distance is shortened by thousands of kilometers.