Chapter 12: The Underground Kingdom of the Kobolds

"Candles?"

Anduin had a rough guess in his heart, but it was a pity that Ferding left, and immediately lit a candle with holy light, and whenever he had a break on the way back, he would carefully study the notes of the Holy Pope's experience, and with the assistance of the system, he mastered many tricks and greatly enhanced his own strength.

The fire rose to dispel the darkness, and Anduin immediately discovered that the candle wax was transparent, and as another secret door appeared in the cave, the candle quickly turned white, and in the door came a kobold man with white wax on his head, short stature, with a rickety back, holding an iron pickaxe, and looking strange, barking at Anduin.

"What did he say?"

[You're not Count Storm, don't try to fool my eyes, damn human! 】

Anduin tried to reveal the count's badge, but the kobold stared at him for a long time before confirming his identity, barking a few times with his pickaxe, signaling him to follow.

[It turned out to be a different person, no wonder I came after the trading deadline, come with me, here are all organs, if you don't have the life to see Master Dibu, you deserve it! ] 】

Receiving a warning, Anduin raised his spirits and followed the kobold into the secret door, stepping on every footprint of the other party, dodging many deadly mechanisms.

[Human, you are smarter than Berval, when he came, he accidentally touched a trap, if he wasn't strong, he would definitely die here. 】

Anduin asked the system to list the pronunciation of kobold language, and smiled slightly: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

When the kobold heard him speak his own language, he was startled, and accidentally stepped on the wrong step and stepped on the mechanism, but fortunately, Anduin was quick and pulled it back immediately, otherwise it would have been pierced into a sieve by the protruding spear on the wall.

The kobold wiped a cold sweat, his eyes were grateful and shocked: "Thank you for saving me, it's the first time I've heard a human speak our language, it's really surprising to me." ”

Seeing his favorability skyrocketing, Anduin immediately boasted in kobold language: "To tell you the truth, I am a linguist, and I am proficient in all the languages of the whole world. ”

The kobold waved his pickaxe, looking very excited: "Really, humans?" Then you are so great, our archivist is already very knowledgeable, but he still can't decipher many ancient texts, and when you meet Master Dibu, I'll tell him the good news, and he'll lose a few hairs!" ”

Anduin quietly asked the Hearthstone System and got all the answers that were on it, so he followed the kobold through the trap passage and came to an underground world that was full of excavation marks and colorful fluorescent fungi scattered everywhere, making this underground world a beautiful dreamscape.

In the area that Anduin could see, there were many kobolds who carried out various tasks in an orderly manner in caves with different functions, and the kobold geodivinator he was about to meet was located in a cave with doors and windows**.

Facing the old kobold, Anduin immediately found that the transparent candle in his hand had changed to the color of this person's candle, and asked in his heart: "In the kobold kingdom, the color of the candle represents the status?" ”

[That's right, in addition, the length of the candle wax and the external decoration also have a similar effect, and the kobold king's candle also has a lampshade on it! 】

The kobold soothsayer sat cross-legged behind a table with his hands on the crystal ball, saw the fragment of Berval's funeral, and saw Anduin's figure, and he said in human language: "In our culture, the position is the name, you can just call me the soothsayer, I make a deal with the previous Earl of Storm on behalf of His Majesty, and every other week, he will exchange candles, wood, and iron ore for crystals and gold coins with us."

"I'm sorry for Berval's passing, young Count Storm, will you continue to trade with us in his place?"

After leaving the Parrot, he felt more and more that the cost of the Hearthstone system was terrifying, and the ten crystals recovered every day were enough to steal the card, and it was not enough to fight, not to mention the two bottomless pits of the exchange mechanism and the forging table, so he immediately agreed to it, but he was worried about how to transport a large number of goods, and the system gave prompts in time.

[The Earl Badge is a space storage device.] 】

The former monster became more and more competent to list the badge space, among the thirty space grids, candles, wood and iron ore each accounted for ten units, which was the goods prepared in advance by the old butler Fogen, Anduin showed the earl's badge and said sincerely: "Wise earth diviner, can I make a small request?" These goods, I just want to exchange them for energy crystals. ”

For Anduin, crystals are always more direct than gold coins, and the kobold earth diviner did not refuse, and an identical earl's badge immediately appeared in his hand, and Anduin took a look, and there were two units of a total of one hundred energy crystals in it.

I have to say that the kobold who sits on the underground treasure is really rich, and the thirty units of resources are only a few hundred gold coins at most, but the kobold earth diviner didn't even frown, no wonder Boval was able to accumulate a huge amount of wealth without any taxes.

After making a fortune every seven days, Anduin's financial pressure was greatly reduced, and after agreeing with the geodiviner on the list of the next deal, he saw the panting kobold at the door, his expression was not as elated as when he left, and his tone was a little hesitant: "Human, the archivist didn't believe me and beat me out. ”

When Anduin saw him clutching his arm, he used the Holy Light to heal his wounds, and the diminutive kobold immediately cheered, "Is this the Holy Light?" It's amazing, it can actually attract the life energy in the candle flame! ”

The kobold once again had faith in Anduin: "Human, you must be ten thousand times more knowledgeable than the arrogant archivist. ”

"The miraculous light tells me that you can only compare high and low when you really meet."

Anduin showed the humility he deserved, and the kobold immediately understood what he meant, and hurriedly led him to a huge cavern, where a heavy stone door blocked the way for the two, and the kobold called the archivist's name, but out came a young librarian.

With a green candle on its head, it looked down on the kobold, but when it saw the transparent candle glowing green in Anduin's hand, it showed enough patience and said in a less sophisticated human language, "The archivist says he doesn't welcome liars." ”

Anduin stepped forward with his head held high and replied in kobold: "I will make him realize his mistake." ”

The Green Candle Kobold showed the same consternation, decisively giving way to the path, and the archivist had recently been very grumpy due to the difficulty of deciphering it, and he thought that this confident human might be able to bring surprises.

Since candles tend to ignite books, the three of them walked slowly and cautiously, but from a distance, Anduin heard some kobold cursing something: "Why is this damn dragon language more difficult than elven language?" How many meanings does the same word have? ”

When Anduin approached, he saw a kobold in a purple robe and a wide-brimmed purple hat on his head, scratching his beard and scratching wildly, and when he noticed the appearance of the crowd, he immediately shouted: "Didn't I say to get rid of this liar? Hmph, what do you say and speak all languages? It's ridiculous. ”

The kobold and the librarian were too frightened to speak, but Anduin did not respond immediately, but walked forward on his own, caught a glimpse of the dragon skin writing in the hand of the purple-robed kobold, and said lightly: "The king of the black dragon, the guardian of the earth, died with the ancient god Enzos at the end of the ancient era, but its heirs did not think that the king of the black dragon was completely dead, and for thousands of years, he has been committed to finding its traces......"

"Huh?"

Hearing what Anduin said, the purple-robed kobold opened his mouth, hurriedly looked at the old dragon skin, and found that it could really be smooth, but he refused to believe that a young human could master such an esoteric dragon language, so he pointed to a text that contradicted the summary and said, "How can this be read as Enzos?" ”

Anduin shrugged his shoulders slightly: "It's just my customary name, in fact, this ancient god has other names, such as the god of nightmares, the god of a thousand whiskers, its appearance is very similar to an octopus, and part of the dragon language is hieroglyphs, do you see if this character is very vivid?" ”

The purple-robed kobold suddenly realized, and his eyes immediately changed when he looked at Anduin, and he hurriedly stuffed the dragon skin into his hand, begging to continue the translation, and Anduin got a system prompt at this time, it turned out that the favorability of the kobold who led the way reached the standard, forming a [kobold scavenger].

At this moment, the kobold who led the way puffed out his chest and proudly bumped into the stunned librarian beside him.

Anduin smiled at this, and then under the eager gaze of the purple-robed kobold, he picked up the heavy dragon skin and said slowly: "However, the destructive energy of the ancient war not only divided the entire continent, but also took away a lot of historical truths, the king of the black dragon seems to be really dead, and the new guardian spirits of the continents are also quietly born.

"After an endless search, the Black Dragon Prince chose to give up and became the ruler of the Blackstone Mountains, while the Black Dragon Princess disappeared, and it is rumored that she infiltrated various realms and persevered in the search for her father's whereabouts......