"I'm telling the truth, that fool can't figure anything out!" Duane insisted, "We went north just to find the ice dragon that destroyed the temple of Collins! It was that dragon who tempted us with some kind of spell, otherwise we would never have dared to sneak into the dwarven king like this and take anything! After we were discovered, he helped us escape and deliberately left clues so that he would have a chance to take what he wanted!"

"'I'm not a fool. Tess protested earnestly on Akan's behalf, "'The mage didn't take anything, and he fell into the cave with Akan. ’”

"He said he saw a big iron plate in the ground, and when it opened it was a strange hole, and then he didn't know who knocked him down and fell into the water underground, and he couldn't swim - that dark lake," Mock translated, explaining in a vague voice to Naria, "that's what we used to deal with...... Something is in place. And then...... The mage jumped down and saved him, and they wandered underground for days without finding an exit. ”

"'The fish in that lake are delicious. Tess added in an innocent voice, noticing Mock's strange expression again. Not only him, but the other dwarves also had strange expressions.

She wondered what was in the lake, and perhaps it was wise not to approach it at the time.

"We did find him underground, when he didn't have any mages around. One of the dwarves stepped forward and said in a loud voice, he was one of the guards who had gone underground that day to bring Akan up, "but when we came up, we found that the gatekeeper had been knocked unconscious, and we had been attacked, the mage...... Great strength. The dwarf touched his head, and the place where he had been hit by the wall seemed to be still painful, "But if he's actually a dragon, that's not surprising." ”

"'The mage is very smart, he can see everything in the dark, he can hear the door open, and he doesn't leave Akhan behind. Tess continued innocently to add, and she enjoyed it quite a bit.

She guessed that Iss, like them, had deliberately left Akan alone by the crevice, allowing the sound of the big man knocking the crevice to attract the dwarves, and then found the passage where the dwarves had descended.

Clever guy...... But it's still awkward!

"So, the mage didn't steal anything. Naria breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that Isis was a good boy.

"But he did sneak in!" said Kogan, looking upset.

Naria shrugged: "You never know where a child's curiosity will take them. - Perhaps only Naria Kavo in the world would rightfully call a dragon a child.

Mock noticed that the dwarves were beginning to whisper, confused by the point of their king's argument with Naria, and he had no choice but to step forward and put the trial back on track, which was increasingly out of focus.

"How many of you believe this man!" he shouted as Kogan and Narya exchanged fierce glare, pointing at Duane Kotula.

A small half-dwarf raised his hand.

"So how many people believe in this big man. He pointed to Akan again.

"'Akan likes to eat fish, and Akan doesn't lie. Tess innocently blinked her beautiful amber eyes and continued to mimic Akhan's tone.

This time most of the dwarves raised their hands.

Mock walked up to Duane and looked at the man sternly, "You're lying. Tell me where you learned about your way into the mines, or, face the One Fang—trust me, a dragon is not as scary as it. ”

He looked at the others, "If any of you want to tell the truth, you may not be able to leave the mine, but at least you won't be dead." ”

The men looked at each other hesitantly, but neither of them spoke. Mock vaguely felt that it was not Duane who was afraid of them.

Tess shook behind him at some point, and said mysteriously in his ear, "Good dwarf, I have to say, you really don't know how to scare people, I have a brilliant idea, if you will give me that beautiful knife on your waist, maybe I can teach you." ”

“...... Can I find out what that 'awesome idea' is?" Mock asked, and Kogan was already yelling behind him, "Mock! Throw them all to Onefang, all!"

"You can't throw Akan down too!" Naria protested.

"If he still eats so much every day, I'll throw him down sooner or later!"

And the dwarves have already begun to heckle: "One tooth, one tooth, one tooth......"

Mock had a splitting headache, and Tess looked at him with a grin, holding out a hand.

Mock sighed, untied the knife that had been favored by Tess when they first met, and put it in the girl's hand.

"That's your idea?" Narya disagreed, "It's good, even I'm going to have nightmares." ”

The hoarse screams of the five humans sounded miserable and terrifying as they came from the gaping hole beneath their feet. One by one, they were locked in small iron cages and dragged out of the hole by chains. The dwarves tried several times to find a way that allowed the men to fully enjoy the stench that emanated from the big mouth of the one-tooth without actually making the one-tooth jump up and bite the distance, and from time to time he pulled the chain, causing the men to go up and down in mid-air, dangling and dangle, and it didn't take long for someone to spit out.

The dwarves were so enthusiastic about the game that even Kogan ran to watch it curiously for a while, but soon lost interest and walked away with heavy steps.

Tess and Naria finally know the true face of "Onefang". They deliberately followed Mock to the ground, and in the firelight they saw the huge fish, which actually had a mouth full of fangs, and its body was covered with a hard shell like bones, and it could leap out of the water with the strength of its tail, and the dwarves called "single teeth" were not real teeth, but a white sharp bone spur protruding from its jaw.

"At least its mouth is bigger than a dragon's. Tess couldn't help but sigh, "Akan is lucky not to be swallowed by it, he was probably just enough to stuff his teeth." ”

The dwarves don't know exactly when the fish has been living in that unfathomable dark lake. When they surveyed it, they found it, and the dwarves had never liked water, and they couldn't kill it by all their might, so they simply left it alone, and closed the passage and prepared to dig it here—maybe the big fish would have died by then.

And that big hole, after the dwarves found a crack that could lead to the top of the middle of the dark lake, Kogan had a whim, and had people dig a hole along the crack, and threw all kinds of garbage such as leftover food scraps from the dwarves, unwanted animal offal, and even the occasional goblin caught. It wasn't long before he heard the sound of the iron plate covering the hole pulling the chains, and Duya would float up from the deep bottom of the water in search of food.

It's always hungry.

It had been in the dark for so long that it had lost its sight, but it could smell the smell of blood coming from the people above it. That was enough to keep it jumping for a while.

The light cast from the hole was enough for the men to see the terrifying mouth, and the stench from it made it completely impossible for them to breathe, more than a row of fangs could easily bite through the tiny iron cage, and the huge spike kept poking at their feet, as if it could pierce them whole at any moment.

It didn't take long for those men to collapse. When she heard someone shouting in a hoarse voice, "Pull me up, pull me up, I'll tell you everything!" Tess shook her head with some regret: "I thought they could hold out a little longer." ”

The dwarves began to pull the cage up, and Tess crouched there with her chin propped up and watched, suddenly remembering something, she jumped up and shouted, "Wait!!"

The dwarf who was pulling the chain stopped, staring at her with big eyes, wondering what tricks the red-haired girl had.

"Which bastard cut that rope ladder?—dare you say you don't know, and continue to hang underneath. ”

Her tone was lighthearted, even sweet and cute, but no one dared not take her words seriously.

“...... It's me. Not long after, a weak voice floated up, "I thought it was...... I had no idea it was you......"

Tess looked down, and couldn't tell who it was.

"Good dwarf, can you throw him down?" she asked Mock with a sweet smile. The dwarf shook his head solemnly and helplessly.

Tess let out a long sigh.

"Okay. She said, "You have to have some fun for the future." ”

Mock really wanted to sigh, he had heard enough of those screams.

"Tell the truth, or do it again. He said to the guys who had been pulled up, and told the guards to separate them up and report back to Kogan.

Looking at the faces of those men who were more terrible than the dead, he was sure that no one would want to do it again.