At the feast, several dwarven troubadours played their beloved lute. The gentle and melodious singing, accompanied by the candlelight stove, and the staggered glasses of wine, I felt like I was separated from before, as if the previous battle with the ghouls had never happened.

"The snowflakes in Saibei are flying all over the sky, and the ancient corpse emperor is making a comeback;

The impregnable fortress is guarded by you and me, and the overwhelming tide of corpses will shatter all this;

Sheng is a warrior breed of the dwarven kingdom, and does not be a dog in exile with other people's families;

In times of crisis, there is little hope;

The great casting god, Tarom, shines under his radiance;

Three heroes were born, and the flame of hope was rekindled;

The fire of the dwarves will never be extinguished, and the war songs of the dwarves will never end;

The Dragonborn stood proudly in the sky, overlooking the entire fortress, and the raging fire turned the ghouls into a scorched earth;

The goddess of war who fights on a dragon, a hero like a meteor in cold light;

Today's wine and singing dedicate all this to you, and we always look forward to your return;

The people of the dwarves will always be open to you!"

Queen Olivia was the first to raise her glass, and she looked at us with a smile.

"This glass of wine is a toast to a few heroes, and this friendship will never be forgotten by the dwarves!" said Queen Olivia to us

At the same time, the brothers Harred and Fred raised their glasses to thank us for saving Warsong Fortress from the army of ghouls.

The three of us also happily raised our glasses, the dwarven wine, to be honest, the best wine I've ever drunk since I traveled the entire Hadirado continent.

Putting down the wine glasses, we began to talk to each other while enjoying the dwarven food.

"We're trying to find the Ancient Corpse Emperor this time, I wonder if you have any information to give us?" I asked Queen Olivia and the two lords bluntly

"This hero, our dwarven kingdom. Today, there are three major above-ground fortress cities, the former royal city of Anrila, Forge, and our Warsong Fortress. Under these three major cities is the huge dungeon where the dwarves in our dwarf kingdom gather the most. As you know, most of our dwarven kingdoms are on the Tamil Plateau, where there are all kinds of exotic beasts in the extreme cold, and in the western part of the Tamil Plateau, there is a forbidden area for dwarves. Even if you are as powerful as you, I also advise the three of you not to go there, there is a huge round lake, called Bingjing Lake, and to the west of the lake is the first mountain in the Tamil Plateau, Nufeng Mountain, where no living creature dares to set foot there. Fred Singer said to us as he nibbled on half a roast pork leg

"Yes, several heroes, it's a forbidden area for our dwarves, no one can get out of there alive, and we only know a few about it in ancient books. As for the Ancient Corpse Emperor you're looking for, I'm sure he's not there either. As for where he is, based on the direction of each ghoul attack, we guess that they are most likely from the eastern part of Warsong Fortress. There's nothing we can do about it. Harold Warsong said to us, putting down his glass

"Heroes, we dwarves will do our best to assist you in this matter. In this case, I have decided to personally lead a team of elite dwarven warriors to find the Ancient Corpse Emperor with you, after all, we are familiar with the dwarven kingdom and can also be your guide. Queen Olivia said

"How good is this, you are the queen of the dwarven kingdom, and the journey is dangerous, so it is better for us to go by ourselves. I said hurriedly, and Uther said that it would be fine

"What's the matter, benefactors, do you look down on me, or do you think I'm going to cause you trouble?" said Olivia, Queen of the Dwarves, to us

"Let me join in, now that the crisis of the Warsong Fortress has been resolved, we should indeed take the initiative, I want to join the team in the crusade against the Ancient Corpse Emperor. Fred Warsong looked at his brother

"Okay, I agree with you to join, but it all depends on the meaning of a few heroes. Harold Warsong, a leader, said

"Then in that case, how about we take a small number of elites and set off tomorrow morning to find the lair of the Ancient Corpse Emperor?" I can only promise them, after all, the dwarf kingdom is still relatively familiar to them, and I can only say that the battle part still depends on me to solve it, and we must not let the dwarf queen Olivia be injured, otherwise it will be difficult to explain at that time

"Then it's decided, a few heroes have a good rest tonight, and I'll ask someone to prepare. Queen Olivia said happily

And so, the dinner ended with mutual exchange, and we returned to Warsong Fortress, where Lord Harold had arranged a room for us.

"Larrick, do you really want to take Queen Olivia and that Fred with them?" said Avina as she looked at me

"Forget it, they are dwarves after all, and it's not bad to be a guide, seeing that they have this self-confidence, they should be able to protect themselves, after all, we can't shirk their enthusiasm. I said

"Alright then, I'm just worried about you, afraid you'll be distracted by them, in case you ......," Avina said again

"It's okay, don't worry, this Ancient Corpse Emperor, I have seen it before, it is the Holy Emperor Barossa, and we are also old acquaintances. I comforted

"Rest early, we don't know what kind of adventure awaits us tomorrow. I continued

Avina snuggled up in my arms like a well-behaved child, my fingers caressing her hair, and she enjoyed it.

By dawn, the east was already white.

Outside the door of the Lord's Hall of Warsong Fortress, we arrived there, and Olivia and the others had been waiting there for a long time.

When the three of us arrived, Queen Olivia came up to us and told us that they were ready to go. And so, our group, me, Avina, Uther, Queen Olivia, Fred Warsong, and a group of elite dwarven warriors under the watchful eye of Harold Warsong, we left through the gates of Warsong Fortress, and we headed to the eastern part of Warsong Fortress to find the ancient corpse emperor's lair there.

It was snowing heavily, and Avina and I had changed into the same thick fur clothes we wore this morning, but even then there were a lot of snowflakes on the fur clothes, some of which had already formed ice.

Uther and his snow fox walked side by side, the snow fox was still agile in the thick snow, and Uther was really frost-resistant in that white linen coat.

Outside the city, there was still a large area of scorched earth after the ghouls had burned, and although there was no corpse smell, it was still disgusting.

Queen Olivia and Fred Warsong walked side by side, Fred in a new suit of armor and a double-edged axe on his back, followed by a small group of elite dwarven warriors.