"Heart of the Mountains...... "Ed muttered," Ed muttered, "the Heart of the Mountains and the Hammer of Flame are taking shape in the Eternal Fire. ”

Mock nodded, "That's right." Eternal Flame ......"

He glanced thoughtfully at Is, then turned to Hartman, "You send the crown and scepter to Charlenehall...... Is there anything else that was sent to me, given to the Bolt dwarves, other than the gem set in the Flaming Hammer that needs to be exchanged with the elves?"

He no longer thought the Black Rock Dwarves still possessed the Eternal Flame, as he had before. If they had, they wouldn't have gotten themselves to this point.

That's ...... A flame that can create everything and destroy everything.

"There are also clues about the Eternal Flame. Hartman now has all the answers, "We had the Eternal Flame a long time ago, even if it was just a little spark from the Eternal Flame. But we also lost it a long time ago...... It may have been lost even before the giant went extinct, leaving only a piece of black metal that once sealed it, which was also sent to Bolt. We searched for many years and found only a few clues. Since the Bolt dwarves have the Hammer of Fire, and they are adventurous...... Maybe they can find the Eternal Flame. That would be a great encouragement to the dwarves. ”

It's more than encouragement.

But that "clue" probably fell into Scott's hands, and when Scott found that place, the Eternal Flame was no longer there.

- How the hell did Inglis get his hands on it?

Isis looked away at the little fire dragon he was flying about.

No, he's not weak-hearted, not at all. No one wants to take anything that falls into his hands!

He stood firm in his resolve as he pricked up his ears as Ed and the dwarves talked about the legends of the Eternal Flame, which Hartmann insisted was "history." But most of the texts were taken by the Bolt dwarves more than six hundred years ago, and a few learned old dwarves were sent to another mine a little distance from Black Rock, and Hartman, as the leader of the warriors, couldn't really say much useful things.

He was about to wander when Philip mysteriously approached.

"Can you tell?" his voice was as small as a mosquito snorting, "that Hartman, a female dwarf. ”

“...... What?!" It took a lot of effort for Iss to keep the two words pressed to the lowest before they rushed out.

He had actually noticed this dwarf before. He...... She, the devil was cut as neatly as Naria cut a carrot, and although she was stout and didn't have many legs, she was much more agile than the other dwarves. It's just that no matter how you look at it, you can't tell that it's a female dwarf! But it's hard for a dwarf to distinguish between a man and a woman, so he can't be considered lame......

"Haven't you heard her name?" said Filly, excited, "she used to ......"

He snapped to a halt, and suddenly realized that Hartman's greatest exploit might be the greatest disgrace for Is—it was she who led the dwarven warriors with Felicity's help to drive out Bingmang, Is's mother.

He shrank back silently, and Iss had guessed something from his silence.

He turned to look at the dwarf. He didn't recognize Bingmang even if he had the memory, and to Bingmang, the dwarf looked almost the same as the stones rolling all over the ground, and he didn't pay much attention to any one.

But his mood was rightfully worse - he hadn't even asked the dwarves for his payment, and they would dare to ask him for something?!

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When he returned to the stone statue, his face was still black. Ed tugged at the corners of his coat, pulled him aside, and muttered, "That ......"

"No!" said Is.

Ed couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't let you pay it back!" I just wanted to say that if the Heart of the Mountains was forged from the Eternal Fire, which is said to 'create everything'...... Do you think it can make those stone statues turn back into flesh and blood, or if the Eternal Flame stays in your soul, can it also make the souls of those dwarves stronger, for example, if they return to the stone statues, they can come back to life?"

Isis looked at him with strange eyes - such a complicated operation is too demanding for a dragon who has not even fully mastered how to burn things directly with fire!

"If you can do it," Ed continued to whisper, "you'll be a friend of the dwarves." ”

“...... Do you think I'm going to love this title?!"

"They'll be too embarrassed to come back to you for the Eternal Flame. ”

"I'm so sorry they don't have to go back!"

“...... Anyway, they're partners who have fought side by side, so let's help!"

Isis was silent. Although they fought separately at first, the dwarves did help him after realizing that they had a common enemy, at least so that he didn't have to worry about being attacked on his back. "Fighting side by side" in this particular case may not make much sense, but ......

He scratched Nana's little belly, and the little one began to lick its unbiting dark gold ring again, as if he thought that more licking would make it melt away like ice.

"But I'm likely to just burn their stone statues to lava, or their souls to the point where nothing remains. He said.

"It's okay!" Ed, who had achieved his goal in just a few words, was overjoyed: "We can ...... Uh, try it first. ”

"How do you try?" Iss squinted at him, "Burn a few first?"

Ed choked. He had only vague thoughts in his head, but no feasible plan.

He ran to talk to Mork, and before he could say a word, the dwarf interrupted him.

"Eternal fire," he said, "in Is, isn't it?"

Ed hesitated for a moment, then nodded silently.

"It wasn't something he stole or stolen...... It was it that chose him, and it would not come out when it got into his soul. He defended his friend, "It's the Eternal Flame, and if it doesn't want to, how can Isi, an ice dragon, control it?"

Mock was silent. This is a hard truth for the dwarves to accept: the flame of the gods who created them chose a dragon.

But the current situation is that it is obviously impossible to get Isis to spit out the Eternal Flame, can they really defeat or even kill the dragon and dig out the Eternal Flame against Ed, or even more forces?—— he has just helped them...... He, and his little dragon, have helped them more than once.

"If you are not sure," he said, "you can continue to exist in their current form until we find a way." and ......" he hesitated before continuing, "there is another attempt, perhaps less dangerous. What you want to 'come to life' is to make the stone statue turn back into flesh and blood, but the stone ...... It was originally our flesh and blood. ”

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Mork's method sounds simpler: let the dwarven soul go directly back into the stone statue and "live" in the form of the stone statue - like a golem.

Golems without souls can move freely, and there is no reason why dwarven stone statues with souls can't. The only problem was that they weren't sure if the dwarven soul would still fit into the stone.

Sounds incredible. But when they asked Hartman, the dwarves didn't hesitate to nod their heads at whatever they wanted.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you can only stay here the way you are. "If we really want to go to war with the demons, we can go straight to hell." ”

They were determined to die. Now that the task has been completed, and more can be done, it is already earned.

But no matter how simple it is, it needs to be tried carefully, after all, no one has ever done it before. Ed even felt a little apprehensive that it was a bit like necromancy...... But the dwarves want their bodies back, and the stone statues still have heartbeats, so it can be said that they are not dead, so it should be okay, right?

Come to think of it, he'd even used the real necromancy several times, and he was still struggling with something!

He rolled up his sleeves and let Ulrich's soul out, and the preparation began with him.

The dwarves were undaunted, even a little excited, as if they felt that having a stone body was something more desirable than "coming to life".

He stood in front of his stone statue and touched it curiously. When his finger touched the stone statue, all eyes that fell on him began to be surprised—except for Nana.

"You...... Can you touch it?" Ed asked. What they thought was, no matter what, let Ulrich drill directly into the stone statue first, even if it didn't work, there would be no loss, but they didn't expect it...... He couldn't get in?!

Ed reached out and patted him on the shoulder, his fingers piercing his body directly. It is true that the souls of dwarves look more solid than "normal" ghosts, but in this world, there is clearly no substance!

"Bump it hard and try it. Isis idly instigated.

Ed narrowed his eyes and stared at the dwarven soul with another pair of eyes. He saw a faint light, a little lovely orange-red, and it was bright and dark with the beating heart in the stone statue, but in this faint light, he also saw a black mist entwined, permeating the entire soul, but in a certain place, it looked extraordinarily faint.

He looked up at the small fire dragon hovering above them, and then down at the dwarf.

“...... Is. He began, "Borrow some light and use it." ”

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The little fire dragon passed through the dwarf's body, back and forth. The dwarf stood patiently and stood still. Although it looks like it is being roasted by fire, the temperature of this fire dragon is not as high as that of a real fire. It is warm, like a fire at just the right distance, like the warm sun of winter, a little to dispel the coldness and exhaustion in the deepest part of the body, and let the blood flow happily again like a mountain stream.

When the darkness of hell was no longer in the pure soul of the dwarf, he walked briskly towards him, stepping into it with his eyes closed...... Then it was worn out again.

Ed wasn't disappointed—he hadn't expected it to be that easy.

He crossed his back and stared at the two Ulrich. There was a clear connection between them, how could they be as inseparable as they had been? Is it really going to be necromantic? It's a spell from hell......

"You have to ...... Believe that's who you are. Terry, who was silently watching, finally couldn't help but speak.

"I don't disbelieve it. Ulrich didn't understand, "That's me." ”

He didn't really recognize his face, after all, dwarves don't like to look in the mirror, but his armor and weapons were all his own, and he couldn't be mistaken!

"No," Terribi explained, "you have to believe that you are still one, as if you were never separated. When you're still alive...... When you haven't turned into a stone statue, do you feel like your soul is in your body, like putting your feet in your boots and pulling them out with a single pull?"

The dwarf frowned and thought for a moment - that really wouldn't be.

"Don't think about 'going back to your body,'" Terry said, "you have to feel like you're never leaving." It's like a dream in which you fight demons all night, but when you open your eyes, you find the sun shining on you......"

"There's no sun here. Isis said.

Ed, Fili, and Mock all turned their heads to glare at him, and Nana joined in.

Isis shut his mouth shut.

"Anyway, that's it. Terry said, "Why don't you go in and sleep first?"

Ulrich drilled back, and after a while a head popped up again: "Can you ...... Don't stare at me?"

Being stared at by several pairs of eyes like this, he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to!

They looked at each other and scattered. Ed dragged Terry aside, and before he could speak, the little mage quickly explained, "It's actually quite easy! You'll think of it soon! I just said it a little bit before you. ”

He gestured with his finger to a tiny, tiny point: "It doesn't matter, really. ”

Ed's bitter heart was blocked, and he had to silently return the two unused gems to him.

Terry didn't say anything, carefully put them away, and pulled out another small round thing: "Do you want this? I picked up several, it's a very special material." ”

"What is this?" said Ed, a little dazed.

"Is it by that...... Dripping from the face of the demon whose face had been burned by Is. Terry said, "I just saw it, I looked for it when I went back just now, and I can still find it!"

He looked so happy that he looked like a little boy who had gone out into the forest to play and accidentally picked up a bag of fat mushrooms.

"This must be my trophy. ”

Is's mournful voice sounded behind him.

Terry shuddered, nearly throwing the ball out.

"I thought you didn't want to ......," he muttered. What kind of stingy dragon is this! The demon's corpse is still lying there, and he won't let go of even a few balls!

"I didn't have time!" said Iss, indignant. This kid's heart is too biased, and he even helped him break a demon's horn!

Ed took the one from Terry's hand and gave it to Is, pushing him away, "Alright, alright!"

How did a dragon degenerate into snatching things from children!

"You haven't forgotten what you said before, have you?" said Is, huffing, settling accounts with him, "I'm going to get all my mother's treasures back!"

"Here you go, here you go!" Ed had a headache.

"What if it's already been used by the dwarves?" asked Is.

“...... I'll pay you. Mock said.

They unconsciously raised their voices, and the dwarves could hear them clearly.

"With the treasure of the Silver Fang?" snorted.

"Don't you want it?"

“...... Want. ”