Great fear suppressed the gray dwarf in front of him, but he seemed to be frozen there in the face of Marvin's question.
He couldn’t understand Marvin’s words!
Marvin was a little embarrassed.
I use a common language, but this common language is generally widely used in the surface world.
In the dark world, there is another underground lingua franca, but I haven't had time to learn it in this life!
Fortunately, although he doesn't know the common language of the underground, Jessica, who has been fighting with the underground races for many years, is very proficient.
Soon, the poor gray dwarf was caught by Marvin and joined Jessica.
It was a huge square. Judging from the buildings on the side, it was a place where the gray dwarves held celebrations and various activities.
"Who are you? What happened here?"
Jessica asked in a very unfriendly tone.
The gray dwarves bully the weak and fear the strong, and the two surface humans in front of them are not easy to mess with at first glance, so they spit out everything they know.
A few minutes later, Marvin and Jessica exchanged glances before letting the gray dwarf leave.
The information they want has basically been obtained.
It's just that the situation is a little more difficult than they expected!
…
The gray dwarf's name is Sean, and he is a very inconspicuous gray dwarf in Bledsoe City.
He doesn't have the talent of a craftsman, and he usually eats too much and is lazy. His family is completely bare, and he can be said to be the lowest existence in the city.
If he hadn't a cousin who opened a blacksmith shop to help him from time to time, he would have starved to death.
From this kind of population, it is difficult to obtain any useful information.
But this time, the situation is a bit special.
According to Sean's description, the problems in Bledsoe City began two months ago.
This time period is very sensitive. Both Marvin and Jessica noticed that that time was almost exactly the time when the Dark Dragon God sent Clark to attack the City of Hope.
The Permafrost expansion and the Awakening of the Black Dragon. There must be some connection between the two.
For the specific information, Sean himself is naturally hearsay. Fortunately, his cousin has a high status in the city. After several contacts, he only heard some inside stories!
It turns out that the Permafrost Spring began spraying extremely cold water two months ago!
These frigid waters froze many underground rivers, including several that provide the main supply of Bledsoe's fresh water.
The leader of the gray dwarves sent many craftsmen and scholars to study how to survive this subterranean winter—similar extreme climates have been recorded in history, but not as severe.
The climate began to seriously deteriorate. Under the effect of the extremely cold water, the rare crops became even rarer, and some people in the city had already started to freeze to death.
At an extraordinary moment, Bledsoe City began to implement measures to close the city.
The gray dwarves gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Eventually, they figured out a way that should provide enough water. As for food. I'm afraid it can only be plundered from other city-states.
This is the law of survival in the underground world. Looting, killing, and mating are the three eternal themes of the underground world.
They sent skilled craftsmen to the frozen Dark Abyss River, preparing to drill a well on the frozen river.
According to previous records in history books, during the cold winter in the ground, the surface of many underground rivers was frozen. But there is plenty of water below.
The result is such a dig. But a huge disaster was dug up!
A few days after the opening of the Abyss River project, some strange signs appeared.
Several of the slaves responsible for the digging appeared to be having a sudden seizure. He died tragically in front of everyone.
For the gray dwarves, this is an ominous sign.
Many people think that there should be no more digging, but the leader of the gray dwarves is a very stubborn person. He personally presided over the project of the Dark Abyss River and ordered the digging to continue. Fresh water must be dug out!
Three days later, Bledsoe City received news that the leader and the others had succeeded!
They successfully dug through the ice of the Abyss River and found the fresh water hidden below.
With fresh water, at least this winter will not be so sad.
However, just as the residents of Bledsoe City were happily preparing to welcome the return of the leaders, a senior gray dwarf craftsman in charge of the Dark Abyss River project appeared in front of the city gate covered in blood.
The gray dwarf guards guarding the city were so frightened that they rushed him for treatment, but unfortunately, the craftsman had too many scars all over his body, and the forging runes that the gray dwarves were good at were not special in terms of healing.
The craftsman died soon after.
When he died, he spoke a lot of nonsense.
He warned the people in the city not to open the door when the people from the Abyss River Project returned to Bledsoe City.
Because... that's a bunch of monsters!
These are the exact words of the craftsman.
But no one believed him.
Even though he had a high status in the gray dwarf city during his lifetime, his words were regarded as nonsense just before his death.
There is only one person who chooses to believe him.
That's Sean.
Because that craftsman was his cousin who had helped him for many years.
Speaking of which, this trash was lucky. After he got the news from his cousin before he died, he immediately sold his cousin's blacksmith shop and obtained a fortune.
He used the money to buy a lot of grain and ale, and then shut himself up in the cellar, living a life isolated from the world.
At the same time, he did not forget to pay attention to the changes in Brandeso City.
He loves to install a prism at the door of his house—an ingenious setup also left behind by Cousin Sean.
Through this little thing, he can observe everything outside in the cellar.
In the first few days, everything was safe and sound, and Sean was too lazy to stay at home, drinking and sleeping.
But then, a loud noise woke him up from his sleep.
He saw through the prism that the streets were full of duergars and other creatures running about.
They actually started to fight each other!
Some people had panic in their eyes, and they started to run away, and some people, their eyeballs were actually pure white!
Immaculate as snow!
Sean started to get scared, his cousin's words before his death resurfaced in his mind over and over again!
"They all turned into monsters!"
That was the poor duergar's only thought.
This time, he dared not leave the cellar even more.
He secretly uses his calm to observe the situation on the street every day.
The city became more and more chaotic day by day, until one day, monsters broke into his house and the prism was destroyed!
That was the worst time for Sean to be frightened. Fortunately, the entrance to his cellar was very secret and was not discovered by monsters.
All in all, the days went by, and Sean kept hiding in the cellar.
In the end, he ate all the food, drank all the wine, and starved for several days, and finally left the cellar with red eyes.
But when he came to the street, he suddenly found that the city was empty!
Everyone seems to have disappeared!
Sean was so hungry that he had to look for food first, and then alcohol—without alcohol, he couldn't live at all.
As a result, at this time, he met Marvin and Jessica.
…
"Obviously, those gray dwarves who disappeared have all gone to the City of Hope."
Marvin shrugged and came to a conclusion.
The Dark Phantom was indeed awakened, but I don't know how many ghost mothers were awakened this time
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Seventh more! (to be continued~^~)