Ten days later, on April 2, Grande arrived at the port of Jingya City by steamer. During these ten days, Dante and Ash scouted the wreckage of the caravan and Balmodan.

The area between the Mogaure steppe and the city of Jingya is called the Barren Land, and Balmodan is located in a mountain col to the southeast of the Barren Land. The barren land is very inhospitable, the vegetation tends to be an arid savannah, and the resources are scarce, not very suitable for survival. Although the tribe had the right to occupy the barren land, the actual garrison was not large, and more troops were put into the northern side of the Ash Valley. Because the Ash Valley is a large and lush forest, the resources in all respects are far better than the barren land.

The Zhōngyāng of the Barren Lands is located at the tribal hub, the village of Crossroads, and to the west is the village of Taurazu, which connects to the Mogaolei steppe. Dante and Ash carefully scouted the vicinity of these tribal strongholds, and probably figured out some of the situation.

Dante discovers that the Balmodan dwarves do not take the initiative to attack, but instead stay in cave fortresses. They don't know what they're doing, and they only come out in droves when tribes or other biological races invade. Savage creatures like the Boar People who don't know whether they live or die will sometimes go and rub them, and then they will be taught a hard lesson and run back with their heads in their hands.

See what these dwarves are doing all day? Constantly hauling gravel from the cave fortress and then digging pits outside to fill it...... What do they seem to be digging for?

At the same time, Dante noticed that the dwarves captured many tribesmen as coolies, including orcs, minotaurs, and trolls! Perhaps, that's why they captured Pushkin?

The convoy attacked by the dwarves was on its way to Crossroads Village, and the dwarves seemed to be prepared. It stands to reason that this location is so close to Crossroads Village, and a blatant robbery and murder should attract the attention of the tribal guards, but Dante observed the convoy and found that the damage to the freight wagon was not very serious, and it seemed that there might be a ghost inside the convoy.

However, now it is probably impossible and pointless to find out the inner ghost. How long has it been?

The looted carriages were parked alone on the side of the road, and no one had come to deal with them for so long. It seems that the tribe's strength in the barren land really does not seem to be abundant.

Dante and Ash find that the situation that DeRohn said is not so bad, and that the Minotaur have actually organized a small army to assemble in the village of Taurazu, and it seems that the target is Balmodan! They did not make contact with the minotaurs, but hid to the side and silently observed the movements of this small force.

This small force is led by a strong minotaur warrior who, judging by the armor he wears and the totem pole he holds, is not a low-ranking warrior, perhaps a high-ranking military general like the chief general. Dante couldn't help but be curious, and released a magic crow to eavesdrop on the conversation of the minotaurs, only to learn that this minotaur warrior turned out to be the son of the minotaur leader Kane, Bane.

Bane is now the chief general of the main city of the Minotaurs, the Bloodhoof Fortress! He led this small army straight to Balmodan! They must have been there to rescue the tribesmen who had been taken away to work as coolies, right?

Moreover, this small army led by Bane, there are ten people, all of whom are tribal players.

To put it bluntly, Dante happens to run into the players who are on a mission to rescue the tribe's coolies from Bane.

It's good, there's a drama to watch now!

When Dante and Ash had investigated all these things, it happened that Grandet had also arrived at the city by boat.

After listening to Dante's description of the surrounding situation, Grandet thought for a moment and said indignantly: "It seems that this batch of goods is completely yellow. I'm going to have to teach that shit dwarf a hard lesson! ”

Dante thought for a moment and said, "I'm sure Bane will definitely lead the team to attack Balmodan." The Balmodan dwarves have captured many tribesmen as coolies, and Bane is supposed to save them. Pushkin must have also been captured by the dwarves as coolies. ”

Grandet heard Dante's words and said, "This is good! You and Ash are right behind Bane and the others, and together they can get in and get Pushkin out! Also, what did you just say, the dwarves of Balmodan are digging? Are you sure? ”

Dante nodded, and said with great certainty, "Of course! They are carrying rocks, slag and gravel all day long, what are they doing if they are not digging? ”

"Wait...... Wait until I think about it......" Grandet listened to Dante's description, pondered for a while, and continued, "If the dwarves want to dig something, will the equipment they use be ......?"

Soon, the merchant clapped his hands and said to Dante, "By the way, I remembered!" Dante, if I lose that shipment, I'll lose it. You go inside Balmodan and help me look around, I want to find something important on the dwarven excavator. If I get that thing, I'll make up for the loss of that shipment! ”

"Huh?" Although Dante knew that Grandet would trade at a loss, he did not expect that Grandet would come up with such a way to make up for the loss.

Seeing that Dante hadn't turned a corner, Grandet hurriedly explained, "The dwarves and the gnomes work very closely. The excavators they use are very advanced, and there are some core parts that we haven't developed yet. If I can get the core parts and related drawings of the gnome now, then I will be happy! Not only will my company stand out among the many local jīng chaebols, but the mining progress on the Fairy Vein side will also be much faster. In this way, the loss of money for arms can be sustained. ”

"I see," Dante asked, ...... understood what he meant, "So, using the magic crow, Ash and I will sneak in after Bane and go around to find the parts and blueprints." How about you use a magic crow to see my movements? ”

"Good! That's it! Grandet began to get excited again, rubbed his palms together, and said, "Honestly, I'm a blessing in disguise." I kept trying to get information about the dwarf excavator, but I found nothing. Now I can get clues here! Tsk......"

"......" Dante couldn't help but feel very amused when he looked at the excited appearance of the merchant in the land. He still had to look for the moon well water, and he never told Grande about the Golden Seed. Looking at Grandet like this, it is estimated that he will not find seeds for Dante. Everything is on your own.

……

In the early hours of April 3, Dante and Ash lurked in the bushes near Balmodan......

The old man in the encyclopedia learns that Dante and Ash need to infiltrate while the chaos is in place, so he teaches Dante "invisible magic". This stealth magic is exactly the same as the one used by the Blood Jīng Spirit Romance before, and as long as Dante and Ash do not make an attack and are not seen by enemies with detection abilities, they will not appear.

Dante didn't expect that the old man would teach himself magic skills, and people who don't have particularly strong magic power are not the content of the encyclopedia from Kang?

In this regard, the old man said: "Master, I am actually just the cover of the shell of this forbidden encyclopedia. What I know, for this book, is simply the difference between a thin piece of paper and a dictionary. Actually, I don't know what the book is going to be about. It's just that the author who wrote this book used a special method to make my shell and cover the page. ”

Dante heard what the old man said and asked, "I'm dizzy, why didn't you say it earlier?" What tricks are you going to do, teach me them all at once. ”

The old man said embarrassedly, "Well, I'll do this invisible magic." Sorry, host. Hey hey ......"

Dante reluctantly took the old man back into a cage of another dimension, thinking, when will he meet someone who can read the encyclopedia?

"Dante......" Ash noticed the movement, nudged Dante, and said, "Bane is here." ”

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