Zero woke up, his head aching, his mouth was very thirsty, he gasped softly, and looked at the wooden roof above his head. It was only after a while that he slowly turned his neck to see his surroundings clearly.

A figure approached him, and the other's caring voice came into his ears.

"You're awake! Thank goodness you've been in a coma for more than half a month. ”

Zero heard the other party's voice clearly, it was a girl, he opened his mouth with difficulty and said, "Give me water......"

"Ahh

"Water...... I'm thirsty......" Zero couldn't muster his strength as he whispered into the girl's ear.

"Oh oh!" the girl straightened up and nodded when she heard clearly, "I'll pour it for you, you wait." ”

Lying weakly, he watched the girl walk to the wooden table to pour water, and the sound of water pouring into the teacup made him very anxious, he licked his dry lips, and watched the girl walk to him with water.

The girl carefully held Zero's neck, Zero looked at the water cup in her hand, and her weak arm immediately stretched out to take the glass of water, supported her body with the other hand, raised her head, and drank the glass of water in a few sips.

"Ahh

The girl took the cup from his hand and asked him if he wanted another one, and Zero nodded.

After another glass of water, Zero regained some of his spirits, and he handed the cup in his hand to the girl and said, "Thank you, little sister." ”

The girl looked at him and pursed her lips and laughed, she shook her head, walked to the table and put down the cup, then walked to the corner of the room, opened the box and rummaged through it for a moment, then she took out a small porcelain bottle, poured another glass of water, walked to Zero's side and handed it to him. Zero sat on the edge of the bed and took the glass of water suspiciously, watching the girl pour out a dark brown pill from a small porcelain bottle.

"After eating it, the residual poison on your body has not been cleaned. The girl said as she shoved the pill in her hand into his mouth.

Zero drank the water and swallowed the pill, only then did he remember that he had been hunted by the Gaolin Pang Spider before, and was sprayed in the back by its venom. Thinking of this, Zero quickly lowered his eyes and checked his body.

At this time, Zero found that he was lying on the bed wearing only a pair of underwear, the original clothes were gone, and the underwear was not his own. There is nothing wrong with his body, and there are no scars on his back, so it seems that he is in a desperate situation this time. Zero pulled the sheet a little embarrassed, handed the cup in his hand to the girl next to him and said "thank you".

The girl smiled politely and took the glass, and Zero breathed a sigh of relief as she watched her turn and walk away, only then did Zero take a good look at his surroundings.

He was in the back room of this wooden house, the room was not big, only two beds, it seemed to be a bedroom, there were no extra decorations, it was very simple, through the door, you could see the whole house outside. The style of the chalet looks a bit like that of a country village, it is well equipped, spacious and tidy, much larger than Joséway's cabin. It's just that the bed under him seems to be too small, and Zero is just lying on the bed, and it seems that his feet have already stretched out of the bed.

Zero looked at the girl who was busy in the room, raised his head and asked her, "That...... Where am I now?"

The girl turned to look at him, smiled and said, "Guess what." ”

"Uh......" Zero scratched his head, "Saling Jungle?"

"That's right," said the girl, nodding, "you're still in the Saling Forest." ”

"You lied to me," Zero laughed, "I'm in a village now." ”

Just now, Zero had already spread out his mind and probed around, he was now in a small village, so when he heard the girl's answer, he immediately laughed, it seemed that the little girl in front of him was quite eccentric.

When the girl heard Zero's words, she showed a surprised expression and said, "You know all this, didn't you just wake up?"

"I'm a magician, I have the power to explore my surroundings. Zero said smugly, then took a shirt out of the ring and put it on.

"I see...... the girl nodded, "how old are you?"

"Brother, I'm 15 years old, little sister, how old are you?" asked Zero, looking at the plainly dressed girl.

"Little sister?hahaha......" The girl couldn't help but laugh, she covered her mouth and laughed wildly.

"Huh?" Zero wondered what the girl was laughing at him, he didn't know where his words amused her.

At this moment, someone walked in from outside the house with the straw curtain in front of the door, and a calm male voice came.

"I'm back, what's so happy?"

Zero watched as a "boy" walked into the room, wearing a sleeveless shirt sewn from animal skin, his skin was a healthy bronz, and his exposed arms looked very strong. After a closer look, I found that he was not only strong with his arms, but also with a strong and powerful feeling.

Perhaps it is not appropriate to call him "boy", as his face looks very mature, he has shiny black hair, and the growing part is tied in a small braided back of his head. His square face was simple and vicissitudes, and his chin had a thick beard. Excluding the fact that he looks only 1.4 meters tall, he is really a strong adult man.

When the girl saw the short man walking in, she smiled and said to him, "Atai, do you know? ha...... This boy, who is only fifteen years old, just called me little sister~"

"Looks like he's misunderstood. Iwatae laughed and said in a deep voice.

Zero looked at the two people who looked at each other and smiled, their faces were full of confusion, but they didn't know what to say, so they could only bury half of their faces in the sheets and look at the two helplessly.

Yan Tai walked up to Zero and asked, "Are you awake, is there anything wrong with your body?"

Seeing Zero shaking his head, Yan Tai then said to him: "You are really lucky, if I hadn't accompanied Datuo and a few of them to the Misty Daze to find thatched grass and accidentally found you, you would have been gnawed by those clawed beasts by now to the bones." ”

"You saved me, thank you!" Zero thanked heartily.

"It's okay!" Yan Tai looked at Zero and opened his mouth and smiled, "When I first found you, you were not lightly injured, not only did you absorb too much poisonous mist in the swamp, but your back was also stained with the venom of the demonic beast, when you were just carried into the village, everyone thought you were not saved, fortunately you still have a breath, and the old man Tanwu still hesitantly rescued you, hahaha......"

Zero listened to his simple and upright words, and laughed along, although he didn't know where he was now, but this honest and honest person in front of him made him feel no pressure.

"What's your name, young man?" asked Iwatai to him.

"My name is Zero," Zero replied, "yes, I'm ...... right now." Where the hell is it?"

Yan Tai and the girl beside him glanced at each other, and then said to Zero with a smile: "This is the deepest part of the Saling Jungle, and you are now in our dwarf tribe. ”

"Dwarves!" Zero exclaimed in surprise.

The dwarves, a race that is extremely good at metallurgy, are among the few divine weapons in the Lemotania continent, and more than half of them are made by dwarves. It is rumored that they are good at mining minerals, alchemy, enchantment and weapon forging, they are the most gifted master of casting, each dwarf is born with the goal of forging holy soldiers, this is their hobby and their belief, they have forged countless weapons in their lives, and each shaped weapon is excellent. They are not only masters of weapon casting, but also excellent enchanters, alchemists, and master craftsmen...... The weapons forged by the dwarves are synonymous with divine weapons in the hearts of warriors and magicians, and everyone dreams of getting the weapons of the dwarves to arm themselves.

However, the once thriving dwarves have disappeared from the continent for many years. According to historical records, more than 1,000 years ago, in the era of the ancient Tehel Empire, a tyrant held the entire dwarf race hostage in order to pursue the perfect divine soldier, and even carried out inhumane slaughter of the dwarf race. It wasn't until a few hundred years later that several dwarven foundry divisions appeared on the continent, and at that time the number of holy soldiers on the continent was already a handful, and the appearance of those dwarves was unanimously respected by the people of the mainland. Since then, many holy soldiers have been born on the mainland.

But the good times did not last long, there is a saying called "the husband is not guilty, he is guilty", the birth of the magic weapon is often accompanied by people's competition and fighting, and the wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it, the dwarf is the caster of the magic weapon, and naturally has become the object of coveting. Later, those dwarves were finally harmed by people's greed, and they held a grudge for the rest of their lives. Since then, the number of divine weapons on the road has begun to become inch-inch, and few world-shaking divine weapons have come out.

Zero didn't expect that after he woke up from a coma, he would meet how many dwarves that people thought about day and night, and the race that was originally considered extinct was standing in front of Zero's eyes at this moment.

"Are you really dwarves?" asked Zero hesitantly, "Aren't the dwarves extinct?"

Sula looked at Zero's surprised expression, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, we are indeed extinct, and you are now talking to ghosts in hell~"

Yan Tai on the side laughed after hearing this, and rolled his eyes helplessly and said, "You lie to me again, I don't think there will be a bed in hell for me to sleep on......"

"Hahaha......" Sura grinned as she covered her mouth.

Yan Tai looked at Zero and said: "Young man, we are indeed a dwarf clan that has been hidden for many years, you are now in our dwarf tribe, my name is Yan Tai, and this is my wife Sura next to me." ”

"Wife?" Zero looked at Sura, young and beautiful, with some disbelief, "She's your wife......?" Wrong name......"

As Zero spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, nesting in the quilt like a frosted eggplant, and Iwatai and Sula looked at each other and laughed.

Su stretched out his fingers and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to Zero with a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm quite happy when you call me little sister~ It means that I'm still young~"

Zero blushed in embarrassment, a little afraid to look at Sura, and he said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, I haven't seen a dwarf before, just by looking at the height...... Misunderstanding, but you're so young that I don't recognize you for a while......"

Sula waved his hand and said to Zero with a smile: "It's okay, you human guy, you talk quite sweetly, and it's not in vain that Yantai begged the old man Tanwu to save you." ”

"And what should I call you?" Zero asked.

"You just call me Aunt Sula," Sula replied, gesturing at Yantai, "just call him uncle, although we are not as tall as you, we are dozens of years older than you." ”

"Uncle Yantai, Aunt Sula, thank you again for saving me. Zero thanked the two of them again.

While they were laughing, the shouts of children came from outside the house.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back! Ah Meng came to our house to see the big brother!"

Archie shouted as she led Lemon into the house, where she saw Iwatae and Sula both in the bedroom, and the two children were bouncing towards the bedroom.

Zero looked at the two young children who ran to the door. The boy had straight chestnut hair, a thick headband tied on his forehead, and his silky hair was fixed, and his appearance looked very gentle, with some stains on his white face, and a somewhat large nose, like Iwatai, he looked honest and sunny. The girl has wavy brown hair that falls over her shoulders and a wreath of flowers on top of her head, looking innocent.

The two children saw Zero sitting at the head of the bed, and walked to the side of the bed with an excited face to ask him questions, and through conversation, Zero learned the names of the two children, the other party was a dwarven child of his own age, who often took care of himself during his coma. Zero was full of affection for these two happy children and chatted with them for a long time.

It was evening, and before dinner, many dwarves came to visit Zero, and Zero underestimated the dwarves' simplicity and friendliness, and they visited him like old neighbors who had lived for many years, and talked with him merrily. They had never stepped out of the Saling Jungle for thousands of years, and they were full of curiosity about the outside world, and Zero talked to them about a lot of things outside the dense forest, such as the prosperous Lan'er City, the prosperous Five Great Empires, the Holy See of Light, the royal power and nobles, and the Fazun Sword Saint...... The dwarves listened with great interest.

At dinner time, Zero sat at the table to dine with the Yantai family, and Yimeng stayed here, she was Archie's playmate, and she was very familiar with the Yantai family, and often stayed at Archie's house.

The dwarven people's staple food is not rice, but they are also very fond of pasta, and there are staple foods such as steamed buns and dough cakes on the table. The dwarves love to grill food, and Iwatai roasted a beast that had just been brought back from the forest at night, as well as some roasted mushrooms and vegetables, which they usually served with a side dish and steamed bread and a homemade sauce.

"Wow! this is...... Finger Cake!" Zero said with a look of surprise as he chewed on the freshly rolled burrito in his hand.

"It's a puff pastry~" Sura explained.

"No, no, no...... This is the texture of the finger cake. Zero ate the burritos in his hand and marveled at the similarity between the dwarven dough and the finger cake.

"This kind of ...... The outer layer is crispy, the inner layer is soft, and the texture is layered, and this familiar taste...... It's a finger cake!"

Zero gobbled up while eating, since he came to this world, he thought that he would never be able to eat finger bread again in his life, but he didn't expect that this catastrophe would be a blessing in disguise, and he actually ate a cake so similar to a finger cake in this dwarf tribe that has been hidden for thousands of years, which really brought a lot of comfort to his heart.

Yan Tai and Sula looked at each other and smiled, Sula moved the plate containing the shortbread in front of Zero and said to him, "If you like to eat, you can eat more, there is still in the kitchen, don't worry about not having enough to eat." ”

"Brother Zero, are there crisp cakes on the mainland?" asked Zero with a wink of watery eyes.

"Are the shortbreads on the continent called finger cakes?" asked Archie.

Zero picked up another piece of shortbread and thought as he rolled the dish, "Hmm...... There are, but ...... Belch...... It's not very common and rarely eats. ”

Zero poured some sauce on the cake, rolled it up, brought it to his mouth, and took a big bite, wrapped it and chewed it, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Eat slowly, you kid......" Sula handed Zero a face towel and motioned for him to wipe the sauce from the corner of his mouth.

After Yan Tai finished nibbling on a piece of meat steak, he said to Zero with a smile: "I didn't expect you to like to eat your Aunt Sula's crispy cake so much, this kind of bread is very common in our dwarf clan, and many people are tired of eating it, hahaha......"

"You're tired of eating it too, I've worked so hard to make it......" Sula said with disgust at Iwatai.

"No, no......" Iwatai said with a wry smile and a wave of his hand, "It's Aki who said it." ”

Archie, who was eating, looked at Yan Tai and pointed his finger at him, and immediately retorted: "I didn't! It was that time when you spread the cake in the pot that I said that the cake is not delicious, and the cake made by my mother has always been delicious, only what you make is unpalatable!"

"You kid, can't you protect your father?" Iwatai looked at Sula beside him with a frowning brow in the midst of Yimeng's silver bell-like laughter.

After eating a piece of cake in a few bites, he burped with satisfaction and asked Sula, "Aunt Sula, when are you free, teach me how to make this cake~"

"Of course," Sula agreed with a smile, "It's a very common food in our dwarf clan, and every dwarven woman can make it, and anyone can teach you if you want to learn it." ”

"But only Aunt Sula's shortbread is the most fragrant and delicious, and my mother's cake always smells burnt...... Lemon said.

"Little guy, you can't let your mother hear this~ Otherwise, your mother will be angry. Sula said with a wink at Ima.

"It's okay~ My dad often says that. Yi Meng smiled innocently, revealing her little white tiger teeth, looking very cute.

After hearing her words, everyone laughed too. Zero took another piece of bread and began to roll up the vegetables and eat, in the past few years, there has never been a meal so comfortable as today......