The sun's light gradually disappeared in the gorgeous sunset, and as night fell, the moon began to emit a soft brilliance.
After a whole day of trekking, the team finally entered the area of Black Rock Mountain. The fat man sat down on the ground. The priest had exercised in his apprenticeship, and he had been pampered and pampered all these years.
"No, I can't walk anymore, so let's camp here and rest."
Yi Na looked at the surrounding environment, frowned and said, "No! It's not allowed here! Let's go quickly."
"I really can't walk anymore, I have to rest here, no matter what you say, I can't change my decision!" The fat man panted heavily, ignoring his dirt, and lay down on his back, his protruding belly greatly The ups and downs of the ground made Chen Rui think of some kind of amphibians on the earth.
Yi Na shook her head, ignored the fat man's complaints, and led the team to continue walking forward. After walking for a while, she said from a distance: "With this kind of terrain and the cover of night, the enemy only needs to drop stones on the mountain." One drop of it can turn us into patties in our sleep."
The fat man gasped, thinking of the ambush he encountered before he fled into the terrible forest that day, he couldn't help but shuddered, and he didn't know where the strength came from, so he got up again, intending to keep up with the team, he took a few steps, his feet were hit by When he stumbled over a stone, if he hadn't been supported by the arm beside him in time, he would definitely have fallen and gnawed at the mud.
Fatty nodded to Chen Rui, who was supporting him, and gasped, "Thank you, Li Cha."
Chen Rui handed over a bottle of medicine: "Drink this, it should help your physical recovery."
The fat man uncorked the bottle and drank it gulpily. Feeling his physical strength recovering rapidly, his triangular eyes lit up: "What kind of recovery potion is this? It works so well! Could it be a master potion?"
"Master level... almost, this is given to me by my teacher, it's a pity that there is only one bottle."
Chen Rui is right, this bottle is the recovery potion prepared by his teacher Tetnis, which has reached the quasi-grandmaster level, and it is the last bottle, but in the exchange center of the super system, there are still inexhaustible masters level recovery potion.
"My friend, I am ashamed of your friendship. I have to confess to you. In fact, I secretly hid a few pieces of refined wheat cakes and have not shared them. I will share them with you now..." The fat man took out a few pieces with a touch of emotion on his face. Here comes the pie.
Due to the destruction of the carriage and the loss of the mount, the originally rich food and supplies were lost. The fat man usually had to eat raw and cold dry food with the mercenaries. goods.
"I'm also touched by your frankness, but thank you, I really don't need it, I won't accept it! Because my friends need it more than I do, well, let's keep up with the team." Chen Rui smiled, Patted the fat man on the shoulder and walked forward.
In fact, he knew very well in his heart that the fat man's private storage was more than a few pieces of wheat cake, so the so-called "frankness" was naturally reserved, why didn't he share the jerky he ate in the morning
The team continued to march until Yi Na chose a suitable hillside before stopping to set up camp.
"Don't make a fire, don't make noise, the scope of the patrol should be reduced, and try not to disturb the hill dwarves." Ina instructed, while assigning tasks, organizing everyone to rest and be vigilant.
The exhausted fat man hid in the tent to rest, secretly gnawed some of the inventory hidden in the space bracelet, and then lay down. A few minutes later, there was a snoring sound in the tent.
Chen Rui sat among the mercenaries, listening to the bearded Silva tell the story about the cave dwarves.
Compared with the cave dwarves who are obsessed with digging various minerals in underground mines, and the forest dwarves who only want to be with elves, the hill dwarves who are proficient in forging have more intersections with humans. Most of the dwarf artisans in human society are hills. Dwarves.
The hill dwarves like human wine and food, and humans covet all kinds of equipment forged by the dwarves. Shrewd businessmen came to the residence of the hill dwarves, exchanged relatively cheap food and wine for equipment made by the dwarves, and made huge profits from it. Over time, many dwarves began to walk into the human world. After contacting all kinds of humans, the dwarves finally woke up to the various deceptions they had suffered before.
After being fooled again and again, the dwarves' favor for humans has turned into disgust, and they no longer trade equipment directly with humans, but sell equipment and buy materials through dwarves or special spokespersons in the human world. Many dwarf groups even consider humans undesirable, such as... the hill dwarves who live in this thick earth castle in Black Rock Mountain.
A young man who had just joined the mercenary regiment asked, "This time we are just passing by, so it shouldn't cause hostility from the dwarves, right?"
The bearded man thought for a while, then shook his head: "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, but the world is unpredictable, and no one can tell what will happen in the next minute. As mercenaries, we must be prepared to deal with accidents at any time." , For example, now, I have a bad feeling that maybe something will happen tonight."
Seeing the nervous expression of the young mercenary, the bearded man and the people around him all laughed. What kind of premonition was this? It was obvious that the veteran was teasing the rookie.
Suddenly, Chen Rui frowned and looked into the distance.
Soon, Samuel also showed a look of vigilance, and stood up slowly: "It seems that you have hit the mark, Silva, remember not to 'hunch' casually in the future."
Everyone was taken aback. Ina knew that Samuel would never talk nonsense, so she quickly picked up the giant shield and ordered: "Everyone, get ready to fight! Remember, if it's a dwarf, don't attack first!" !"
The mercenaries quickly picked up their weapons and formed a defensive formation, and Fat Mana, who was sleeping, was also woken up.
I saw a mass of dark figures moving towards this side, and in the blink of an eye, the hillside had been surrounded.
It can be clearly seen by the moonlight that the number of visitors is about four or five hundred people. These figures are generally short in stature, equipped with metal armor helmets all over their bodies, and uniformly equipped with square shields that are about the same height as their bodies. In one hand, he holds a relatively large hammer or battle axe. Judging from the footsteps on the ground, this set of armor and weapons is much heavier than ordinary equipment, but these figures still maintain a steady forward speed, which seems to be normal.
"The big shield warriors of the hill dwarves!" Ina was secretly surprised. It stands to reason that even if the hill dwarves' territory here, with the number of their team, they are usually just warned, and it is impossible for so many regular troops to be dispatched.
"Put away your weapons! Remember not to show hostility! I will try to negotiate with them." Seeing that the situation was wrong, Yi Na quickly asked everyone to put down their weapons and show friendliness. With the terrifying fighting power of these large shield fighters, once a conflict broke out , except for Samuel who may have escaped by chance, none of the others were spared.
Ina didn't know Samuel's true level of strength, and she didn't even know that there was someone more powerful than the deputy head in the team. If it was really based on this kind of strength, the situation of the dwarves would be more dangerous .
The dwarven giant shield warriors quickly surrounded the hillside, and a leading dwarf came out and shouted in a somewhat awkward common language: "Despicable thieves, I will give you a minute to return the things that do not belong to you to the dwarves! Otherwise you will wash away the wrath of the dwarves with blood!"
Thieves? Everyone looked at each other, Yi Na finally understood where the misunderstanding came from, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This is a misunderstanding! We are just passing mercenaries!"
"You still have forty seconds!" The dwarf turned a deaf ear to Yi Na's explanation. With a wave of his hand, the formation of the dwarves behind them began to change, and they made an offensive posture.
Ina knew that this was definitely not a bluff. Most of the dwarves were paranoid, and once they decided on something, it was difficult to change, so she hurriedly shouted: "I am a friend of Blackbeard Teklin! I can use Teklin's beard to guarantee that me and my Friends have absolutely nothing to do with this!"
This guarantee is not ridiculous at all, because the most important thing for dwarves is their beard. As soon as this sentence came out, the leader dwarf was startled: "Are you really a friend of Teklin?"
"Yes! My father used to be good friends with him. I still remember that he had a habit of singing after drinking..."
"That's right, Teklin does have this habit..." The dwarf's tone softened a little, and then became sharp again, "No! You humans are very cunning guys, you can't be trusted! If you don't want to kill the dwarves immediately With the hammer turned into flesh, immediately give up all resistance and follow me back to Thick Earth Castle!"
Ina quickly thought about it for a while, looked at her companions, and finally nodded. In the current situation, it is not advisable to fight recklessly, otherwise not only would she not be able to pass through the Black Rock Mountain, but she would also be attacked and chased by the dwarves.
As a result, all their weapons were confiscated, and under the escort of the dwarves, they continued towards the mountain road.
Although the visibility at night is not high, the dwarves are very familiar with the environment. It took about three hours to turn around the mountain road with complex terrain, and finally arrived at the residence of the hill dwarves - the thick earth castle.
Although the dwarves are not tall, especially in front of the tall Silva, they can only reach his waist, but this castle is magnificent, with countless vines wrapped around the gray and white tall city wall. He looked like an ancient giant with his head bowed in thought.
It was already late at night, but the city gate was wide open, and rows of dwarves in full armor stood in two rows holding torches and weapons. They were heavily guarded. Obviously something big happened in the thick earth castle. The so-called "thieves" are related.