After a while, a dwarf with a golden beard came out of the fortress, and all the dwarves saluted respectfully, and it was obvious that this dwarf with a golden beard was of high status and prestige.

"This is Your Excellency Ulfstein, the Commander of our Hammer Castle." Randall, the captain of the dwarves, said proudly.

"Edward, the traveling mage, has met Lord Ulfstein Winterwind." Edward found that the dwarven leader was clearly a hero powerhouse from his momentum, and he was not an ordinary hero powerhouse, but a sub-legendary-level hero powerhouse. (Heroes of the Invincible Five Barriers)

Why a small frontier fortress has such a strong man as the leader, Edward felt that there must be something strange in it, of course, now is not the time to explore this.

"The stakes are high, and I need to tell you through a spiritual link, or in your ear." Although the person who appeared was unexpectedly powerful, Edward still said without humility or arrogance.

"Human, I think you're disguised as an assassin sent by the Dark Elves, right?" Randall exclaimed.

"It's okay, you can tell me directly through the spirit link." As a sub-legendary dwarf, Ulfstein naturally has an extraordinary bearing.

"The Dark Elves and the Undead have formed an alliance and are engaged in a decisive battle with the Dark Council. No matter which of these two forces wins, their strength will increase greatly, and then the only rune dwarf in the underground is probably likely to become their next target. Edward said.

"Oh?" Ulfstein was surprised to hear the news, but his face remained motionless.

"In this case, invite this human mage and Miss Dark Elf to the City Lord's Mansion as guests. I'd like to have a good conversation with this human mage. Ulfstein understood that this was not the place to speak, and immediately invited Edward to be his guest.

To the dwarven territory, of course. It is believed that only an intermediate mage and a weak dark elf girl will not be able to make any big waves.

On the contrary, what Edward said was really important.

When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, Ulfstein couldn't wait to ask for the details of Edward's battle.

Edward first fabricated himself by stumbling upon the battle. Proving his identity as a traveling mage, Ulfstein didn't believe it, but he still admitted his claim.

Then carefully explain the origin of the Dark Council, after all, the dwarves are more conservative and rarely have contact with the outside world, so the information is relatively closed.

Moreover, most of the rune dwarves are very arrogant, and for the dark elves, the rune dwarves are confident that if they fight head-on, the dark elves are not their opponents at all, but the dark elves always fight guerrilla warfare, and also engage in rogue tactics such as assassination. This makes it impossible for rune dwarves to fight the dark elves.

In fact, several invasion battles of the dark elves ended in the victory of the rune dwarves.

Especially when the dark elves came underground at the beginning, because the place they chose was very close to the rune dwarves, they were also expelled by the rune dwarves. The place he chose earlier was directly forced to give up, which is why the dark elves and rune dwarves have such a great hatred.

The Dark Council comes from a remote and discorded land, and has only been developed for decades, so it is difficult for the dwarves to know about the Dark Council.

Naturally, he was shocked to learn that they had already occupied the Sorcerer Alliance, after all, the Sorcerer Alliance was an old force in the dungeon.

In addition, the joining of the Spider Sect has also attracted the attention of the dwarves, after all, the battles fought by the Spider Sect when they came underground were still very famous.

The ambition and strength of the Dark Council are valued by Ulfstan.

As for the dark elves, it is a dwarven feud, needless to say. Edward, the strength of the Dead Nation, also revealed a lot to Ulfstein.

Ulfstein is a sub-legendary powerhouse, and Edward firmly believes that he is not an unknown person, especially the golden light that flashes in his eyes from time to time.

Actually, this is what Edward heard from the halfling village chief.

Because the rune dwarves believe in the dragon of fire. Therefore, these dwarves with golden points of light in their iris are considered by the Flame Church to be natural believers, and they are often sent to the Flame Dragon Sect for further study, and they have an extremely high status among the rune dwarves.

But Ulfstein looks like a warrior evading the priest. Of course, dwarves are naturally burly, and even priests wear armor, just a little less than dwarven warriors.

In addition, beards are also a good way to distinguish dwarven ancestry and age among dwarves.

Basically, the golden beards belong to the more powerful bloodline inheritors among the dwarves. These lineage bearers have turned their beards to a solid blonde because of their belief in the Flaming Dragon, as evidenced by Ulfstein's golden beard.

As for the family and the name, this is not very important among the dwarves.

Rune dwarves are divided into six clans. But unlike the Dark Elves, these six clans are basically mixed, unlike the Dark Elves who are divided into various cities and live in a unified manner.

Each dwarven clan has its own characteristics.

Followers and priests of the Flame Dragon are often found in the Deep Fire Clan, and they are the religious leaders of the dwarves and have a pivotal position in the Flame Sect.

The Cold Iron Clan is fierce and aggressive, and most of the members of the clan become powerful warriors.

The Stonefist clan is named after the stone, and they are mainly responsible for mining and building fortresses, and belong to a race that favors logistics.

The Hammer Clan is rich in artisans and blacksmiths, and is known as the creator of dwarven crafts and weapons.

The Xinwei clan is one of the few dwarven clans that is well-versed in political culture, and they are responsible for governing the entire dwarven city, often serving as officials and judges.

Finally, Ulfstein's Winterwind Clan, many of whom walk the surface, are adept at taming wild beasts, and are more open-minded in foreign affairs due to their amiable tempers.

Each clan plays an important role in the dwarven city, and the development and maintenance of the dwarven city is inseparable from the contribution of each clan.

However, whenever it was time to elect a king, the people of each clan would still vote for their clan representatives. It is said here that the king of the rune dwarves is lifelong rather than hereditary, so the political system of the dwarves can be regarded as relatively enlightened.

For example, Ulfstein actually has the right to inherit the throne, and there are many reasons why he was sent here.

Although the dwarves hate intrigues, how can there be such a thing as politics without these tricks.

Ulfstan was a powerful man with outstanding military prowess and was a member of the kingdom's armies. And Ulfstein is also from a good background, his father is the military minister of the kingdom, and he originally inherited the position of military minister by virtue of his ability.

But because of this, he was jealous of many people and the old king.

The dwarven king, King Torgoha, may have become very indecisive because he was old.

The upright Ulfstein pointed out the king's mistakes in several deliberations, which led to him being relegated to a border fortress like Hammer Castle as a minor commander.

It can also be seen that the dwarves are not as loyal and honest as they believe.

It was because of this that Ulfstein frowned a little, because his words were difficult for the upper echelons of the kingdom, especially the old king, to listen to. However, this matter is very important, and Ulfstein feels that according to Edward's words, the rune dwarves will indeed face a crisis that has not been seen in 10,000 years.

Of course, things have to be taken step by step, and Ulstein needs to send someone to verify whether what Edward said is true. Although it is difficult for dwarves to detect information in this regard, there are still some organizations in the underworld that specialize in selling intelligence, and such a major event must be easy to investigate.

"Master Edward, please rest in Hammer Fort first, I will send someone to verify the news as soon as possible, and if you need anything, please feel free to come to me. By the way, it's best not to go out casually, as many dwarves in Hammer Castle have a deep hatred for the Dark Elves. Ulfstein had basically believed Edward's claim, and although he didn't know why Edward had come to report the news, he recognized Edward's contribution.

"Thank you, Lord Ulfstein, I need the help of the dwarves on one matter." Edward knew that he was actually very suspicious, after all, people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, and you have nothing to do with the dwarves, so why should you report it?

"Oh, Mage Edward is much more straightforward than other human mages." Ulfstein is not at all unhappy, on the contrary, the dwarves prefer to go straight to intrigues.

"Actually, I'm a mage from the Silver City-State, but I got lost while traveling underground, and now I want to return to the surface world. So I wanted a map that would lead to the surface world, and I wondered if the adults would be able to meet my request. Edward spoke.

"Of course." Edward's words were reasonable, and the dwarves, as natives here, naturally knew all kinds of tunnels, and soon Ulfstein asked his men to bring a map.

The map is very simple, with only two or three routes, but it has many dangerous places marked on it, and it can be seen that it is a newly drawn map.

"Thank you, Mr. Ulfstein." Edward accepted the map and thanked him sincerely.

It's really not easy to finally be able to return to the surface world!

It's a pity that the situation of his little maid Sephiroth doesn't know what is going on.

Edward became frustrated again.

In fact, Edward was so fascinated by Ibeth's super charm that he almost forgot about Sephiroth.

But lately, probably because of getting used to it, Edward's mind has cleared up a little, and this is why he can think of Sephiroth.

Searching for Sephiroth in the territory of the Dark Elves is probably a complete death.

And at that time, Sephiroth had already ruthlessly wanted to cut off relations with Edward, which also made Edward a little hurt.

If he marries the Dark Elf Prince, maybe Safi can live happily too, but Edward can only paralyze himself like this.

But he didn't know that a thin figure in the distance was facing all kinds of dangerous monsters in the tunnels, and he was determined to go to the surface world to find him.

(We will definitely meet in the end, don't worry, I won't abuse the Lord.) (To be continued.) )