Chapter 214: Another ally
Halfface left half of the men to guard the furnace room, and the others searched separately, the blackstone orcs didn't expect him to break through this place so quickly, and immediately asked to send someone to "assist" to occupy the furnace room, but Halfface was pushed back on the excuse that Tobiang and his 1,000 elite soldiers were not found, and the war was not over, so the orcs also began to intensify the search for Tobiang. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The two sides did find several secret passages, both of which contained a large number of miners and blacksmiths, all of whom were Tobiang's "people", but no one could tell where Tobiang had gone.
As the search continued, Unas, who had been left unattended for the time being, leisurely descended to visit the furnace room, where several huge "pumping machines" piqued his interest.
Although it looks like a makeshift patchwork, if there was no drill before, it would not be possible to complete the formation in just a few hours, and the smelting does not need such a large flow in normal times, it seems that Tobiang has long been prepared to defend with magma.
The leisurely time always passed quickly, and it took five or six hours for Halfface and Blacktooth to scour all the workshops of the Arsenal, and apart from finding more workers, Tobion seemed to have evaporated, and there was no trace of him at all.
Rumors circulated among the workers of Tobiang that he had dug a secret passage to the outside world and escaped from the Black Furnace with his best men.
Half Face didn't believe it at all, he knew the situation around the Black Furnace very well, the Black Iron Dwarves set up a lot of outposts to monitor the underground in order to prevent slaves from digging tunnels to escape, and there were also several around the Black Furnace, digging tunnels was just throwing himself into the net, Tobiang was also a Black Iron Dwarf, it was impossible not to know.
But the orcs, who did not know this information, believed it, and they gradually became impatient, and Blacktooth himself came to the door and demanded that they occupy the furnace room as agreed, and later Lincoln's messenger also arrived and made the same demand.
The two sides pressed together, but half of his face was not frightened, he would not easily share the fruits of his victory with others, "You all broke the contract before me, and now I force me to abide by the agreement, it's ridiculous!" ”
Blacktooth said, "So what do you want?" ”
"Renegotiate and distribute the mine and arsenal according to the amount of output."
"You mean you contribute the most?"
"Of course, I suffered the greatest loss, and the most important furnace room was also captured by me, how can you compare to me in terms of combat merits?" Half-faced and arrogant, "I heard that orcs have the heaviest combat exploits, and the Blacktooth Boss won't have any objections, right?" ”
"That's an internal matter of our tribe, and it has nothing to do with you dwarves," Black Tooth didn't let it go, "and the orcs don't calculate their combat exploits according to who has suffered the most losses, our Blackstone clan is far superior to you in terms of killing, capture, and occupation, of course, we are the most contribution!" ”
The two of them were arguing, and the ogre messenger couldn't just look stupidly from the sidelines, but also shouted: "We ogres are the most powerful!" ”
Half-Face and Blacktooth both turned their heads, wanting to hear what the ogre had to say about the whole paddling, and the messenger slammed the stick in his hand to the ground, "Our ogre has the most strength, of course it is the most powerful!" ”
Blacktooth looked up to the sky and laughed, his eyes gloomy, "Really? How about the two of us? ”
The orc leader seems to want to take the opportunity to teach the ogre a lesson, Lincoln has been becoming more and more disobedient lately, and let him personally come to the joint pressure on Half Face, and even sent only such a stupid hat, he must be reminded who is the leader of the dark tribe.
The ogre messenger knew how powerful the Black Tooth was, and refused: "The Black Tooth Boss should compare his strength with Chief Lincoln, I'm just a nobody..."
"Then go back and call Lincoln!" Black Tooth jumped up like lightning and punched the opponent in the neck, and the tall ogre rolled down a few times, lying on the ground and groaning heavily, unable to get up for a long time.
Black Tooth turned to half of his face, his fists still clenched, and the threat was very obvious, "Rotten face stinky dwarf, whether you agree or not, there must be warriors of the Blackstone Clan stationed in the furnace, I will immediately send troops, no matter who stops it, it will be regarded as a signal to start war against the Blackstone Clan!" ”
Half of his face resisted the anger aroused by the foul words and scolding, and persuaded: "Wait, if we start a war, we can only make Tobiang who is hiding in the shadows laugh, he will wait for us to come out and clean up the mess when we are both defeated, is this the result you expect?" ”
"I've heard that coward has fled..."
"That's impossible, since the day the Black Furnace was established, no one has managed to escape, and the rumors that Tobiang deliberately created are just to paralyze you and me."
"You say it's a rumor, but I don't think it's, Tobiang can even give up the most important core place, what do you think is the reason? Just to paralyze us? Blacktooth asked, "I can't think of any other reason than to escape from the Black Furnace!" ”
Half-faced was shocked when he heard this, what the orc said was not unreasonable, the cost of paralyzing the enemy was too great, and it was unreasonable to look at it, "So how did he escape?" ”
"How do I know this, aren't you dwarves the best at burrowing?"
Knowing that it was unlikely, Banyan still couldn't help but think: Could it be that Tobiang really has a way to bypass the surveillance and dig a secret passage to escape?
What kind of furnace room is there fighting! It is only right to find the secret passage and escape quickly, and asked with a half-face: "Since you trust Biang so much and escaped, why are you still entangled with me here?" Finding his secret passage is the most important thing, right? ”
"I sent men to search all the places we occupied, and found nothing, and I suspect that the secret passage is between the furnaces."
"No way," Halfface suspected that this was just an excuse for Blacktooth to enter the furnace, "my men have searched it several times, and there is no secret space. ”
"Hmph, I don't trust you little dwarfs," Blacktooth said dismissively, "we Blackstone Orcs are going to search for it ourselves. ”
"Black Tooth! I advise you not to insult the dwarves again, there is a limit to my patience! ”
"Really? I'd love to know where your limits are, little man. ”
The more the orc tried to provoke Half Face, the more Half Face calmed down, he turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance of the cave, and when he was about to leave the secret room where the three of them were negotiating, he turned around and said to the orc with a defiant face: "You can send a hundred people in, but if there are more than the number of people, I will help you eliminate them!" ”
This was said so forcefully that he took a step back, so that Heiya didn't know how to respond for a while, and in the blink of an eye, he was the only one left in the secret room.
The short negotiation ended, and the black tooth took a hundred people with him like a child's temper, so that there were 101 people in total, what to do if he looked at half of his face.
Of course, the half-face will not be more serious, and changed his words to say that the black tooth is the exception, obediently get out of the way, let the orcs swagger into the furnace, and the two sides immediately search for possible secret passages without sparing any inch.
Tobiong, who was assumed to have escaped and was at ease, was huddled with his men in a few caves far from the furnace, where the smell was filled with the aroma of wheat, similar to the taste of ale, and Tobiong and his men licked their lips many times.
He wanted to rush out and let those ogres bring in a few barrels of wine, but for the sake of a bright future, he could only continue to endure.
A few days ago, the two-headed ogre, with whom he had almost no friendship, suddenly sent a messenger in secret, asking for a secret meeting with him, saying that he had something important to discuss.
Feeling unusual, he immediately agreed, and after speaking with "Lincoln the Integrity" in person, Tobion couldn't help but admire his wisdom, and the Ogre Chief revealed to him the joint actions against him after the trade day.
In fact, he sensed that the wind was wrong before this, and he was ready for battle, but he didn't expect that this time it was almost all black furnace against him, and then the two-headed ogre threw out a shocking escape plan and invited him to escape with him.
The successive explosive news made the old Tobiang a little overwhelmed, and after a detailed secret conversation with Lincoln, the two came up with a plan.
Of course, Tobiang didn't believe the ogre's words, after all, the other party had a reputation for "integrity", and after the secret conversation, he sent someone to secretly pay attention to the movements of Half Face and Black Tooth, and all kinds of clues showed that the other party was really going to do it, so he completely believed Lincoln.
As soon as the trading day was over, Tobion withdrew from his daily station, stopped mining and minting, sent all his workers into the secret tunnels to hide, and then divided half of his troops to defend in the arsenal, while he took the other half of his soldiers to hide in the granary around a few bends in the tunnels.
Lincoln's ogre came to cover for Tobiang, so he and a thousand elite soldiers seemed to disappear, half of the face and black teeth did not think to carefully search the granary, the presence of the ogre caused a huge blind spot in their consciousness, and they all thought that Tobion would definitely defend the furnace.
Of course, the magma tactics are to delay time, and the rumors are also spread by him, in order to divert the attention of Half Face and Black Tooth, if they can fight unscrupulously, that is the best result, but unfortunately the old and cunning half-face is too suspicious, and chooses to continue to make peace with the orcs, but it doesn't matter, Tobion arranged a surprise for them in the furnace.
So far, the plan has been successful, except for the ogre who pretended to carry the grain, Blacktooth also sent a small team of orcs to patrol, but did not enter the warehouse to search carefully, so he is safe for the time being, as long as the time comes, Tobion can swarm out with his men and run to the free sky.
Lincoln also did this to be more secure, he was afraid of being besieged by several sides during the escape, and he would be alone, so he had to find a strong ally, compared to the brutal black tooth and suspicious half-face, Tobiang was the best choice, from the way he always acted, this dwarf was quite pragmatic and honest.
All of this was done in secret from Unas, after all, the human paladin was in the half-face array, and if he accidentally leaked the news, it would be over.
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Between the furnaces, the orcs and dwarves renovated almost all the floors and walls, but still found nothing, and everyone's eyes finally focused on the magma pool.
Since the "pumping" has long since stopped, and the slowly gushing magma fills the wide pool in half, it is generally impossible to dig a tunnel full of magma underneath the lava pool, and it is impossible to dig a tunnel that is passable, but now it is necessary to take a good look.
Several machines were started again, the magma was quickly drained, and the bottom of the pool really revealed a vague circular trace, and I wanted to enter the tunnel, and immediately several people ran up and used hoes to dig up the half-solidified lava under the trace, and the billowing black smoke suddenly came out of it, and then there was a rumbling sound.
Black Tooth and Half Face were immediately alert, this was not the sound of the secret passage, but it was too late, and there was a boom and explosion, not only blowing up several people who were digging the hole, but also widening the hole several times, and a series of five lava elements burning all over their bodies came out of it.
This was the surprise that Tobion had left them, these elemental monsters were not something he could summon, but they had already survived in the crevices beneath the magma pool, and when they first swooped up a long time ago, they caused heavy casualties in the furnace.
That's why he started to build large pumping machines, drain the magma, and build defenses at the bottom of the pool to plug the gaps that would allow monsters to enter, and now, of course, those defenses have been removed, and the people who are eager to search have stabbed the hornet's nest and released the monster with a hoe.
The shape of the lava elemental monster is a large lump of stones in the middle, plus two thick and somewhat excessive stone arms, no head and no legs, and the lower half of the body is a pile of stones that are becoming more and more fine, and there is no weakness at all.
As soon as they appeared, they caused some casualties, because each monster kept spreading rings of fire from their feet, and those who were too close to them were burned on both legs, and several dwarves and even their entire bodies were set on fire.
"Idiot, give me back away!" Half of his face cursed loudly, and most of the dead were his people.
In fact, it is not difficult to deal with the ring of fire, as long as you are brave enough to predict that it will jump when it comes, and Blacktooth and his orcs have a good demonstration of what to do, and they rush towards the lava monster as they jump.
When it reached a sufficient attack distance, Black Tooth bounced violently, and the big knife in his hand slashed at the junction of the opponent's arm and body like a violent wind, and there was a boom explosion, the lava monster's body shook, and the severed arm also fell to the ground, while the orc rolled to the ground unharmed, but there were a few more small stone scratches on his face.
The leader's bravery inspired the orcs to fight, shouting tribal slogans and pounced on the five lava monsters as if they were dead.
The orc's astonishing momentum made Half Face deeply humiliated, and he shouted loudly at his stunned men, drew his double short axes, and also rushed madly towards the lava monster.
The excitement of the fight here, everyone's attention was attracted, and Unas took the opportunity to sneak out quietly, because just now, the communication crystal that had been tightly tied to his chest finally vibrate, which was a signal to ask for communication.
He quickly climbed the well ladder, joined the three people guarding here, and said to the orc: "Glass, carry me on your back, let's go to the central district." ”
"My lord, what's wrong with you? What happened next? ”
"I'm fine, it's pretending, don't worry about that, you escort me back, someone asks and says that my injury has relapsed." After a few days of recuperation, Unas's shoulders have moved freely, and it hardly affects the battle.
Raymond and Hart glanced at each other in surprise, realizing that the operation had begun, and whether they could escape or not depended on the performance of each person next.
(To be continued.) )