Chapter 36: The Dwarves' Homecoming
The next day, according to the previous day's division of labor, Stern and Thea rode Ash back to the cave, this day was sunny and cloudless, the temperature was much higher than the previous day, the snow was melting rapidly, and the melting rain from the mountains flowed down to the ravine.
Stern and Thea crossed the mountains to the great river that ran across the canyon, and the water was so strong that it was deeper than when they had crossed the river, and it seemed that there was absolutely no way to cross the river as before.
Stern touched his chin and thought for a while, took out the axe from the spatial ring, and turned around and walked towards the woods on the edge of the canyon,
"Thea, let's go, let's go to the front and cut down a few trees and move them to the river to erect them." They spent an hour erecting a small bridge over the river, and then the two and one beast crossed the river safely, and continued on their way, and in a gentle place was humped by Little Ash, although Little Gray was also a little injured in yesterday's battle, but it did not enter a berserk state like Avanti, so the energy stored in the body was still enough, and in the evening they spent the night in the wilderness, and it lasted for two days and two nights, and by the morning of the third day, the surrounding scenery gradually became familiar, and they were soon able to reach the cave.
Thea and Stern came to the vicinity of the cave, and several dwarves outside the cave saw their arrival from a distance and ran quickly to meet them.
"Xia, you're finally back, why are you two coming back and the others not being found?" asked a dwarven woman to Xia.
"Aunt Lindsay, I found my Abba, and Uncle Nova and Hallego, but everyone else died in that battle, and Uncle Nova was badly wounded, and I defeated the goblins with Abba, Hallego, and Uncle Stern, and now we're here to call you back to the hills."
"What, you defeated the goblins?" said Aunt Lindsay, a look of shock on her face, and then ecstasy.
Thea nodded and said:
"What about Uncle Shiva, is he in the cave, I'm going to go and tell him."
"Your Uncle Shiva has gone fishing on the lake, and I will go and call them at once, and you will rest in the cave for a while," Lindsay said, turning and calling the other dwarf, and running briskly in the direction of the valley.
The dwarves ate up almost all the fish they had picked up in the past seven or eight days, and then there was really no way out, so Goldbeard had to take most of the dwarves to the lake to clear the snow, and they cleared the snow from the lake one by one, revealing the ice under the snow, and then chiseled the ice with fish, so that they had three more days of rations.
Today, Goldbeard took a large number of people to the lake to clear the snow and collect fish, he frowned, worried that the weather was hot, the ice and snow melted, and there was no stable food source, and the life of the dwarves would become a problem, and today he had picked a whole day of fish and had one more day of food, and one day was counted as a day, 'Alas...' Goldbeard sighed and began to continue to do the work at hand.
Lindsay and the others ran and stopped and soon came to the lake, and she tore her throat and shouted hoarsely to the people on the lake:
"They're back, they've beaten the goblins away, we can go home......", she cried over and over again.
The dwarves stopped what they were doing, straightened up and looked at the lake, and when they heard the news of the victory, they immediately burst into joy, and accidentally one of the dwarves stepped on the ice and fell into the lake, but fortunately he was on the edge of the lake, and the current under the ice was not very fast, so he climbed up dangerously and dangerously.
After the cheers, a group of dwarves hugged each other and cried with joy, they could finally go back after almost a month away from home, and now the dwarves had only one question in their hearts, how did they do it, it was really not easy.
With urgency and joy, a group of people returned to the cave with food, and Thea and Stern were sitting at the entrance of the cave resting, and when they saw them returning, they stood up and went to greet them.
"Thea, Brother Andy has worked hard for you two, Lindsay has already told me on the way, you guys are really amazing" After a period of psychological adjustment on the road, Shiva's mood has now returned to calm, he raised his left hand and touched Thea's head.
"Uncle Shiva, it's all because of Uncle Andy's help that we were able to win the victory and defeat the goblins, and it was he who defeated the goblin king," Shia said to Hig.
"From the first time I saw Brother Andy, I knew that you must not be an ordinary person, you are the savior of our dwarf race, and your kindness will definitely be remembered by our dwarves and never forgotten. Stern listened to Shiva's sincere words, felt a little embarrassed, smiled shyly and said:
"I'm relieved that you can go home happy, and I'll have to worry about you for the rest of my life. Everyone is tired from a day's work, so hurry up and put things in the hole and rest. A group of people put everything into the cave and sat down on the ground and began to rest, while Sia told everyone how he and Stern found Higg, how they dealt with the goblin encounter on the way to the hills, and how Stern subdued the goblin king.
It wasn't long before the dwarven women had cooked the first batch of delicious fish soup, and everyone had eaten their dinner in three batches as usual.
After dinner, everyone began to pack their bags, and Stern packed his bags, and he put the amethyst and gold coins together and put them in the space ring, which became even more important to him after seeing the hope of going back.
In the corner of the cave there were some fragrant fruits, which were too busy to eat a few days ago, so he called a few dwarves to the canvas and distributed them to the dwarves.
Some important small objects such as blood orchids, potions, and wine were packed into the space ring, and there were some large objects such as iron basins, shovels, and buckets in the canvas canopy, which were tied together with hemp rope.
After arranging everything, Stern took out the quilt in the burlap bag and spread it on the plank bed, took off his sheepskin coat and got into the bed, he had not slept in the warm bed for five or six days in a row, and today he could finally sleep warmly for a night.
Early the next morning, Stern got up and rolled up the quilt, tied all the planks together, put away the canvas canopy, and carried the quilt on his shoulder, and put everything else on Ash's back, and followed the dwarf towards the dwarven hills.
Each dwarf had five or six fish hanging from them, and it was impossible to gallop all the way as before, and so many people had to prepare picnics on the way, and it would take at least six or seven days to reach their destination.
At this time, Hig and Harley have finished cleaning up the goblin corpses on the dwarven hills, and are now cleaning up some of the filth left by the goblins, and they are also looking forward to the arrival of the clansmen, and they will not be disturbed by the goblins in the next few decades or even centuries, the future of the dwarves will be good, and they will gradually grow and prosper on this small island, and his heart is full of hope.