"It's really a disadvantage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Evan and Agrina sat in the carriage and looked at each other and smiled helplessly. The carriage was speeding fast, the mountain road was not easy to walk, and the bumps along the way made both of them uncomfortable. Helplessly, the two of them had no choice at all, and their hands and feet were bound by strong iron cables.

After resting in the cave for the night, the two and a leopard set off for the Dry Wind Canyon. Who knew that as soon as he passed through the Hot Wind Pass, he was surrounded by the patrolling graybeard dwarves. The injuries on Aiwen's body were healed, and he planned to rush out of the encirclement directly. Who knew that the other party did not resist him at all, but laid down an iron cable array, and easily tied the two of them. If it's an ordinary iron cable, Aven can break it casually. But the iron ropes of the Greybeard Dwarves are made of fine iron, and they cannot be broken by brute force alone.

And Ai Wen was not attacked, and he couldn't use the power in his bloodline if he wanted to. At that time, Ewen felt that he had to hurry up and carry out the bloodline ritual, and the uncontrolled power was very dangerous.

Now this situation can only be seen from the sidelines. It looks like the dwarves don't plan to kill the two of them in the first place, which means there's still a chance. Evan immediately thought about what he could do to save himself. On the other side, Agrina was not flustered, looking at her appearance, she should have some hole cards. However, it seems that she does not plan to use it, but wants to see how Evan solves this dilemma, and perhaps this is also a test for Evan as well.

In the blink of an eye, the mountain road has come to an end. Looking at the sky, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon, which means that the group walked for about five hours. In front of them was a winding path with a pergola beside it, and the dwarven guards parked the carriage in the pergola, untied the reins of the horses, and handed them to the people in the pergola.

Evan and Agrina were dragged out of the carriage, and the two dwarves pushed two wheelbarrows, threw Avan's wooden stick and tightly tied bloody hands onto the cart and pushed them away. The long trail is not easy to walk, unlike the mountain roads in those scenic spots in the memory of the Chu River, the trail here only digs steps out of the red soil.

It had just rained, and the red clay steps were a little slippery. The iron rope on the leg had just been untied, leaving a slight purple mark. This also made both of them stumble a little when they walked, and they almost slipped several times. However, the dwarven guards on the side will come to help them when they see it, and they don't seem to be too hostile.

After walking for about two hours, the road ahead turned around, and a sudden feeling of enlightenment came to my face. Hidden deep in the mountains, a spectacular city appeared in front of the two of them. The whole city is built on a stone mountain, and the stone walls more than ten meters high look impregnable. Due to its location in the mountains and the convenience of quarrying, the buildings in this city are basically made of stone. However, the space in the mountain is small, and there are many buildings where half of the buildings are made of stone outside, and the other half is carved out of the belly of the mountain.

Evan and the others were taken to the square, and some dwarven children ran along to watch. There are still many people in the city, and I have met twenty or thirty children along the way, and the houses in the city are basically inhabited, and there should be two or three hundred people living in the city.

In the square, a dwarf in a robe stood on the high platform, and the two were brought to the high platform. The thin dwarf, whose face was covered by a beard, held a thick book and shouted to the two of them, "Orcs, why did you sneak into the Dry Wind Canyon? Your actions violated the Non-Aggression Pact, and if you don't have a good reason, I will sentence you to death!"

When Evan heard him say this, he remembered that the Greybeard Dwarves and the Horde had signed a Non-Aggression Pact. When the tribe was first founded, it built its capital in Graystone Mountain City, determined to defend itself against the Allen Empire in the Graystone Desert. However, there is still the junction of the Dry Wind Canyon between the two countries, and the tribe is also worried that the Graybeard Dwarves will help the Allen Empire and leave a way for the Allen Empire's army to pass. In order to settle this matter, the Warlord Rotax personally traveled to the Greybeard Mountains to meet with the Dwarven King, and after a series of negotiations, the tribe and the Greybeard Dwarves signed this "Non-Aggression Pact", stipulating that orcs could not easily set foot in the Drywind Canyon, and the Graybeard Dwarves must also guard the Drywind Canyon and prohibit the human army from passing through.

The dwarves are a wonderful race, intelligent and stupid, zealous and xenophobic, heroic and greedy. According to legend, the dwarves originally had eight families, but now only four remain. The Greybeard Dwarves inhabit the Greybeard Mountains and rely on the minerals of the Greybeard Mountains to craft powerful weapons. Blackbearded dwarves are found in the northern wilderness, but some live in Iceland and the polar islands of the Arctic. Although it is located in the polar region, it has been struggling to survive because there is enough coal for fuel.

Both the Silverbearded Dwarves and the Copperbearded Dwarves live in the Eighty Kingdoms of the East, and they are very scattered, and their kinship with each other is not as close as that of the Blackbeard and Graybeard Dwarves. The Silverbeard Dwarves have basically integrated into the human population, while the Copperbeard Dwarves are about the same, except that the Silverbeard Dwarves don't mind intermarrying humans, while the Copperbeard Dwarves are forbidden to intermarry with humans.

Dwarves are skilled in mining and smelting, casting, and they are natural blacksmiths and winemakers. As one of the few races in Gaia that has mastered the art of steelmaking, the total population of the dwarves is not large, but it is deeply feared by other forces. However, steelmaking has also attracted a lot of coveted eyes, with the Blackbeard Dwarves relying on the cold weather of the Arctic to resist the prying eyes of their enemies, while the Greybeard Dwarves rely on the obstacles of the mountains and the bravery of their warriors.

The dwarves are a stubborn race, they are stupid, and they have been reforming steelmaking, but they have not made much progress. If they are willing to communicate with their distant relatives, they will definitely gain a lot. Because there were dwarf alchemists who studied the structure of iron for a long time, but they lacked the funds and motivation to continue research, so they were abandoned.

When Evan remembered it, he was already in his chest. He took a step forward and exclaimed, "I have come to the Dry Wind Gorge with friendship! I have great respect for the dwarven arts, and I am deeply addicted to metallurgy, and I have had some achievements lately, but no one can understand when I look around. I thought the dwarves were hospitable, so I came to exchange ideas with the dwarven craftsmen with a sense of friendship and new steelmaking techniques. But my companions and I were treated like this, is that the hospitality of the dwarves!?"

Hearing this, Agrina looked at Aven with some confusion. She knew she was coming this way, but she didn't know why Aven was coming. So she didn't know how much of what Evan said was true and how much was false. And the man who looked like the archon of the city was also shocked by what Evan had said, and if this was true, then he had done something wrong.

But after all, it was not yet confirmed whether it was true or not, so he could only say: "If what you say is true, then I will hold a banquet at home to entertain you, and apologize to you in the presence of everyone." But now, all I know is that you're dangerous, and my patrol has found that the gang of robbers at the Hot Wind Pass has been killed. Based on the attack on the corpse, we judged that a man with a heavy blunt weapon had done it. They are innocent, but until we are sure of your intentions, you are a danger to us. ”

"Okay, I can understand that. Aiwen's face softened, "I received a commission from the merchants at the Red Mountain assembly, and they asked me to exterminate these bandits. And I've been short of money lately, and they're all bandits, so I took the commission. ”

As he spoke, Evan couldn't help but feel a pang of happiness. The night Agrina rescued him, she ransacked the outpost and took everything of value. These things were hidden in that cave by Aven because they were inconvenient to carry. If you carry it with you at this time, it is estimated that you will already be divided by these dwarves.

The consul summoned one of the guards and told him to hire a blacksmith in the city. Then he led the two to the square and sat down, but he still didn't untie them. The three of them talked a lot as they waited, and the archon was called Noz Sanomo Graybeard, and the city was a fortress built to defend against the tribes. According to him, the inhabitants of this place are basically the families of the guards, and the good stones have also been brought here to build the city.

Evan complains to him that the path is difficult, and he tells Evan that the path is there to protect against the Horde's army. It seems that the dwarves are quite hostile to the tribe, and I don't know how my grandfather persuaded the dwarf king to sign the contract.

After a while, a dwarf with a face covered in soot rushed over: "Who said that there is a new steelmaking technique?" ”

The dwarven blacksmith immediately leaned over and asked eagerly, "What do you think, tell me quickly, and if it is useful, let Noz let you go with me to verify it." Ai Wen pondered for a moment and said, "I have two kinds of steelmaking here, one is the frying method of sprinkling concentrate powder into the smelting process and constantly stirring. The other is a steel-filled method in which liquid pig iron is poured on wrought iron sheets, and after several smelting, it is cast into steel. ”

The dwarven blacksmith thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It is indeed feasible!" and then turned to Noz and said, "Okay, okay! Noz nodded when he heard this, summoned the guards to untie the iron ropes for Evan and Agrina, and then said, "I'm really sorry, and I ask for your understanding." Tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon, please come to the Humble House. ”

Evan nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll be there then, but I don't need to apologize." By the way, Agrina doesn't need to go, please treat Agrina and my leopard well. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of this young lady, don't worry!" Noz asked the guards to take Agrina and Bloody Hand to the tavern, while the dwarven master eagerly pulled Aven by the corner of his coat and led him to his blacksmith shop.

Serut led thousands of exiled people behind him to the red land. The sun was in the middle of their heads, and the scorching sunlight made the centaurs sweat profusely. Serut turned around and galloped, ran to the middle of the long line, and shouted: "Everyone hold on a little longer, we will soon arrive at Chihu, we will camp by the lake to rest!"

Hearing this, the clansmen, who were exhausted from hurrying, raised their heads one after another, revealing eager looks. The clansmen who walked in front cheered up one after another, carrying heavy packages and struggling forward.

Three days ago, the Centaur Ironhoof Clan raided the voodoo nests of the grasslands on the west bank, killing many cultists who used their own clan for blood rituals. A large number of voodoo centaurs were also gathered and expelled from the steppes of the West Bank. Serut was originally one of the voodoo priests, but he was able to escape because he learned about the actions of the Ironhoof Clan early and stayed out of the situation.

Originally, he could have informed the other priests, but he had recently encountered an opportunity and was recruited by a large force. So he did not hesitate to betray voodoo and lead the exiled people to prepare for the task given to him by the force - to have a territory of his own.

He set his sights on the Chaos Heights to the east, where if he was strong enough, he could own a territory, or even an entire Chaos Heights. And he felt that he had this strength, and the centaurs, young and old, both men and women, were warlike warriors. This team of about 4,000 people, even if placed in the entire tribe, is a powerful force.

Although these people didn't really recognize him as the leader, when everyone was confused, he stepped forward and took the command. As long as you make achievements later, you can become a leader naturally. And his target is Chihu City.

There is only one city in the Chaos Highlands, which is located between the Red Mountain and the Blade Mountain, and the Red Lake City next to the Red Lake is the main city of the Chaos Highlands. The city is backed by the Red Lake, and there is a large amount of arable land nearby, and about hundreds of thousands of orcs live in the area. It's just that after years of war, a lot of arable land has been barren.

After more than an hour, Serut and his people finally saw the wide Red Lake. The breeze blows the surface of the lake, and the gently rippling water reveals the color of the bottom of the lake. The Red Lake originates from the Red Mountain, and several small streams converge into the Red River, which finally breaks out of a pool of water at the foot of the mountain under the continuous impact. However, the Red River also brought the red soil from the Red Mountain, making the bottom of the Red Lake also turn red. Although the soil in the chaotic highlands is red soil, but digging down seven or eight meters is the sand and gravel belt, but the deepest part of the red lake is more than ten meters, and the shallowest part is four or five meters, and the bottom of the lake is silted laterite.

On the other side of the lake is Chihu City, and Serut stepped on the pier and looked out over the lake.

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In the evening, Evan staggered back to the tavern, accompanied by the dwarven craftsman Trem. The two spent an afternoon in Trem's blacksmith shop and forgot to eat dinner. When Evan felt hungry, the two came to their senses, and Trem was busy entertaining Evan to dine at home. Trem's wife was a nice woman, one of the best in the city, and virtuous, one of the few dwarves with great cooking.