Chapter 157: Encounter with a halfling

a: An old eagle who thinks he is a good bird and a daring bird clings to the peak of Broken Rock Mountain and performs a low-altitude hovering flight trick to his companions. 【 Thinking, Road, Chinese, Text, Net】

"Coax"!

A bolt of lightning struck, and then its companions were stunned to see the feathers all over the ground......

"Lord Leyton, wherever lightning strikes, there are generally crystal deposits. But the depth is not necessarily. "A very peculiar Black Rock Dwarf said to us. He is peculiar because he has shaved off the dwarves' iconic beard and has a bald head. This is the local official who greeted us and brought us here to investigate.

"Oh? Is it because crystals have some electrical conductivity? I asked.

"This ...... We don't know why, but it's an old method that has been passed down from a long time ago, and we've used it for generations. The bald dwarf said to me.

"Well, that's interesting." Mai Tian nodded as he quickly took notes.

After a quarter of a cigar, I thoroughly understood why the official dwarf had no beard and no head. Because I have a new situation, when we entered the gathering area, all the dwarves working here did not have heads and beards. Mai Tian also had this problem, and she quietly pulled me and whispered, "The dwarves here are very strange, don't the dwarves be beautiful with big beards?" How did they ......"

I smiled, turned around and asked the official, "Excuse me, is it your custom that everyone here is bald?" ”

The official was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Ah...... This, it's really embarrassing to say. This is not a custom, but because we often work in the rain and when the fog is high......"

At this point, we all understood. They were mining ore when the humidity was high, and a flash of lightning blew them away......

After crossing a high hill, we reached Pit 1 in the main mining area. It's really hard to imagine that this group of dwarves actually dug such a huge pit on the top of Broken Rock Mountain, and there are stairs dug out of the pit, standing on the edge and looking down, there are hundreds of layers...... The further down it goes, the darker it gets, and you can't see the bottom. There are hundreds of dwarves clanging on each floor, and there are also donkeys constantly transporting ore up the steps, why donkeys...... Because this is heavy work, horses and other things can't hold on at all.

In addition to such a huge pit, there are also mountains full of ore holes in the steep places of the mountain, from a distance, one side of the mountain is like a fishing net, staggered and vertical and horizontal is the mountain road, the rest of the spots are ore eyes of different sizes, and there are constantly dwarves leading donkeys from the inside to carry boxes and frames of ore out, transported to the ore refining area on the mountainside, these dwarves work on the spot, and after refining, they are directly sent to the building area to make various weapons and equipment......

"Do you want to go down and have a look?" I asked about the wheat fields.

"Don't, don't go down, adults, it's not safe, in case there's a mistake." The dwarf hurriedly persuaded him.

Mai Tian looked down, and had no intention of going down. She turned to the dwarf and said, "Let's go to the finished area." ”

"Okay, okay...... This way, please! "He hurriedly took us to another road.

The road leads to a huge cave, but fortunately, the light here is not as dark as expected, and in the bright light, we can see the busy staff stacking batches of goods neatly.

On one side is weapons, on the other side is equipment, and there are some crystal balls.

These weapons for military use, although not very high-grade, are also unusually sharp, and the armor is light and strong. There are a lot of foreign races here, and most of them are people with considerable authority, who come here to select goods. According to the dwarves, the goods here are freely available for sale, and the goods supplied to the army are classified as high secrets, but I still have access to them in this position. I waved my hand and said that it would be enough to look at the samples, and the dwarf hurriedly found someone to bring a few samples, and sure enough, the weapons were all engraved with numbers, and they were much higher quality than those sold freely in all respects. After finding the military chief in the wheat field and asking for a few sets of data, it suddenly occurred to me that if this place was taken down or razed to the ground one day, wouldn't the dark side's source of arms be cut off by more than half?

Because according to the data, more than half of the weapons and equipment on the dark side come from here, and there is a dragon transport station built on the other side of the Broken Rock Mountain, which transports all kinds of weapons and equipment to different places every day, and the throughput is shocking.

However, such an important place is only a few hundred kilometers away from the Guangming Fang, and this area is not blocked by the middle and far mountain ranges, it can be said that it is a flat river, and it is only a few hundred slopes after the city of the dead. In such a situation, there was only one Ruther guarding the Broken Rock Mountain, and ...... Their tools are also too old-fashioned and are still being mined by hand.

"I think we should teach them the technology of explosives." I said to the wheat field.

"Dynamite? With all due respect, my lord, the outermost layer of hard rock here is not something that explosives can blow up. "The dwarf next to me heard me.

"So, have you tried special explosives? You go to that piece of paper. "I commanded.

I wrote on the parchment sent by the dwarves a recipe for dynamite specially used against this hard rock, white stone phosphorus corpse bone meal and superior fire agent, in a ratio of 8 to 13 to 2, and I asked as I wrote, "You should be able to get stone phosphorus here, well, you must be able to." Bone meal, and fire-making agent...... Go find these things, this characteristic explosive will not disappoint you......"

When I handed the recipe to the dwarf, he closed his mouth in surprise: "The Earl is also proficient in gunpowder......"

"That's ...... I'm a famous demolitionist. "My mind went back to the fireworks factory on Teapot Street......

"Also, you're not heavily guarded here. We'll report back to Lord Sauron and strengthen your guards here. Mai Tian added.

"Thank you so much...... Thank you so much...... "The dwarves thanked us again and again, they had applied several times for the guard, but Joseph the Black Axe, the lord of the dark dwarves, thought that no one would dare to come to the territory of the dark side to cause trouble, so he ignored it.

After helping them do these two things, although the dwarves were really welcoming, we didn't linger too much. Saying goodbye to the place, over the Broken Rock Mountains, the carriage of the dead drove all the way downhill, and the three of us sat in the carriage again.

"Wheat field, why did you promise to help them apply for guards." I'm a little puzzled, although we are now people from the dark side, I always feel that deep down I am still a player on the light side, and I still have a vague feeling that I want to fight against the darkness, and I am unwilling to give advice to the dark side.

"Didn't you also provide the gunpowder recipe?" Mai Tian asked with a smile.

"This ...... Alas, forget it...... I suddenly felt a pain in my head. "I don't know if I'm feeling guilty for the dark side or feeling lost for the light side. I closed my eyes and lay down to rest.

Luckily, the carriage was big enough.

The carriage that could accommodate the sea serpent had to be large enough.

Mai Tian touched my forehead, and she didn't feel hot, she laughed to herself again, this is the game, how can there be a cold and fever. Eighty percent of this idiot can't figure out anything again......

She ignored me and sorted out her notes. The sea snake was bored and fell asleep in the carriage, and the three of them were speechless along the way, and I don't know how long they walked, and suddenly I heard the roar of a giant beast, and the carriage also jolted for a while and then stopped abruptly......

"What's the situation?" I opened my eyes, but I couldn't see anyone. The wheat field and the sea snake have already gotten out of the car.

There was a commotion outside, mixed with the roar of a giant beast. I hurriedly opened the car door and jumped in...... We've reached a wooded area. Not far in front of the carriage was a group of strange races...... Well, this is probably the legendary halfling. They were besieging a giant bear.

This giant bear is huge, two meters tall and three meters long. It's a behemoth in front of us, and in front of that group of poor halflings, it's a giant beast. The bear had apparently fallen into a trap they had set up, and it was clear that the trap was intended to capture some small animals, but it was unknown how it had fallen into it. And the halflings didn't want to give up, dozens of halflings were netting a huge hunting net to the giant bear, dragging it to death, while others kept attacking with spears and bows and arrows in their hands. It's a pity that they can't hurt the giant bear in the slightest, but in the struggle of the giant bear, they are about to lose their hold. Sweating profusely, they held the ropes in their hands helplessly, and if they let go, the giant bear would undoubtedly bring them a disaster......

A halfling who appeared to be their leader saw the badge on my chest and screamed, "Your Excellency, please help us!" ”

Well, this is a natural favor, and as a knight, I want to help anyone who asks me for help. What's more, this giant bear is also blocking our way. I winked at the sea serpent, and the sea serpent exclaimed, "Yes, Earl Layton!" ”

This sentence was obviously said to the halfling people, and when they heard it, all of them were in high spirits. As the Earl of Darkside Dirkcula, it is natural to deal with such a beast.

The sea serpent strode towards the bear. The giant bear seemed to feel the danger coming, and struggled more violently, and as soon as it strained itself, all the halfling people around it flew out, and the giant bear also broke free from the hunting net and stood face to face with the sea snake.

The sea serpent had no intention of using a weapon, and the scythe was still in his backpack. Looking at the giant bear in front of him, the sea snake's face showed an excited expression, I know that the people of the Hai family have always been interested in beasts, and the more powerful the beasts, the more they have a desire to conquer...... I began to mourn for the bear.

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