Chapter 1175: Searching
"Here we are, Lord Rhodes."
Under the high-speed flight of the ghost dragon, it didn't take long for Rhodes to discover what he was looking for.
Below, a number of stone houses are clustered together, perhaps to fit the size of the creatures in them, which, in Rod's view, are not spacious, but rather relatively low, far less than the grandeur of the tall buildings.
Looking at the stone houses on the ground, Rhodes knew that this was the dwarven village he was looking for, and Fiat's words confirmed this to Rhodes as well.
After learning the news of the necromancer's imminent arrival, perhaps in the rush of evacuation, many of the stone house doors were opened at will, giving people the urge to find out, but there was nothing left in them, not even the most basic furniture.
Looking down at the village below from the top of the ghost dragon, Rhodes could see the messy traces left during the evacuation, but there was a faint sense of order, two completely different feelings, which Rhodes could feel at this time.
Recalling Fiat's words, Rhodes realized that the hastiness on the ground was most likely deliberately created by the dwarves to confuse the approaching enemy.
After noticing the traces deliberately left by these dwarves, most necromancers did not think about it except for a simple search in the stone house, and had no chance to find those dwarves hiding underground.
Because he learned the true situation of those dwarves from Fiat in advance, Rhodes at this time could easily see the unnatural situation hidden in these seemingly messy traces.
Soon, after receiving Rod's signal, the ghost dragon descended from the sky and came to the center of the empty dwarven village, surrounded by a cloud of dust.
On top of the ghost dragon, in addition to Rhodes and Fiat, there is also an ordinary corpse witch king, which is Rhode's preparation to hide his own ability, and he can hand over the act of transforming the corpse witch to the corpse witch king.
Originally, before boarding the ghost dragon, in order to prevent Fiat from being eroded by the ghost dragon's nether energy, Rhodes planned to hang him up with a rope and let the ghost dragon fly all the way here, so as to save a lot of time traveling on the ground.
It's just that, according to Lord Fiat, there are still treasures on his body that resist the erosion of death energy, and even the netherworld energy that can ignore the foundation of the ghost dragon, and Rhodes also let him come to the ghost dragon.
Rhodes noticed that the quality of the treasures on Fiat's body was high, and the various treasures he possessed had their own unique effects, which may have been accumulated since he became an elven lord.
Jumping down from the ghost dragon, Rhodes set his sights on a stone house not far away.
During the flight to the dwarven village, Rhodes had already learned about the situation of the dwarven village from Fiat.
According to the information provided by Fiat, this dwarven village in front of him was once one of the more important gathering places at the border of Eli, and these dwarves living in the village were mainly responsible for the forging of iron tools, whether it was sophisticated weapons or general daily necessities, these dwarves could be built.
The dwarves in the village, by forging iron, have accumulated a large amount of gold coins, which were once stored in the dwarven vaults in the village, attracting the attention of many creatures.
Not only that, but among the dwarves in this village, there was a master blacksmith named Fried, who improved on the shortcomings of the previous forging methods and made it possible to forge more delicate things.
According to the information that Fiat said, if it weren't for the fact that dwarves didn't know anything about magic, few dwarves could master spells, but instead were born with a certain amount of magic resistance, and Fried's final achievements would not be weaker than that of Bracada's alchemists.
From Fiat's words, Rhodes could feel that he admired Fried, and in the eyes of Eri's creatures, a master forging like Fried had a high status even if his rank was not high.
It's just that Fiat at this time, choosing to bring Rhodes here, undoubtedly led death to this land.
According to the information provided by Fiat, he only knew that the dwarves in this village did not want to evacuate and chose to hide in the crypt, but did not know the specific location of the entrance to the crypt and the environment inside.
As for the location of the dwarf's hiding, it is up to Rhodes to find out on his own in order to achieve his goal.
Prior to this, Fiat had suggested that Rhodes bring some of his men to search the area around the village to find a way into the underground, but Rhodes refused.
At this time, seeing Rhodes walking alone towards a certain stone house, Fiat shook his head secretly in his heart, in his opinion, relying on Rhodes to find it alone, I don't know how long it will take to find the entrance to the underground space, even if the entrance is found, it may not be able to deal with the dwarves in it.
Although he realized this, Fiat didn't say much, just observed Rod's every move and weighed what he was going to do next.
What Fiat didn't notice was that as he followed Rhodes into the stone house, the Witch King, who had come with them earlier, was walking towards the woods near the village, bringing with him a strong sense of death energy along the way.
Coming to the stone house, observing the empty scene inside, Rhodes stood still, and there was a hint of thought in his expression.
After entering the stone house, Fiat also saw the surrounding scene in his eyes, only to see that there were no items left in the stone house, not even a single piece of furniture, nothing that could explain the whereabouts of the dwarf, and Fiat didn't know what Rhodes was thinking.
Out of doubt, looking at Rhodes in front of him, Fiat took the initiative to speak: "Lord Rhodes, you have also seen, there are no items in the stone house, and it can't explain the whereabouts of those dwarves at all, I suggest that the focus of the search be placed in the woods around the village, maybe there will be new discoveries there." ”
Hearing Fiat's words, Rhodes was not annoyed by the interruption of his thoughts, but strengthened his thoughts even more, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing in the stone house, it is an extremely suspicious thing, if you evacuate in a hurry, you can't remove all the furniture anyway, this move of the dwarves has exposed their whereabouts." ”
Rod's words made Fiat's heart stunned, and before he could continue to say anything, Rod's words came again.
"I believe this is also the case in other stone houses. If it's too far from the entrance to the crypt, even the dwarves won't be able to remove all of their furniture, leaving too heavy items behind, and the answer is obvious. ”