The group climbed the ladder to the top of the mine.

The first to go up was Fizio, then Ferda and Han, with Kerst on the back. As he climbed the last step, he found the three men in front of him with their backs to him, facing forward, motionless.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, what are you looking at, Jean. Chester squeezed to Feda's side, looked ahead, and was petrified in an instant.

Just now, I traveled all the way underground, and the underground mine of the black hole completely relied on the lighting of a "guiding star" in Ficcio's hand. However, when he climbed up the mine, the "guiding star" lost its effect, and not far ahead, a fiery red "bright light" appeared, and the entire underground was completely hollowed out, forming a huge underground cavity, a dark, thick underground castle, which appeared in front of everyone. Around the castle, "blazing flames" burn and illuminate the entire underground space.

"Oh my God!" Kerth, Feida, and Xiaohan, who came here for the first time, looked at the "city" in front of them in shock.

Ficchio duly explained, "This is the Dwarven lost main city, the Black Iron City. The fires that are burning are the lava ditches outside the Black Iron City, and these lava magma are naturally formed underground, and the temperature is extremely high, and it will not be extinguished for many years. It is with this ultra-high temperature lava that the dwarves exercise their concentrate and make utensils. At the same time, the lava ditch also provides light and heat to the entire underground. ”

Koster felt that the temperature here was indeed much higher than on the ground. The three of them, who had never seen such a scene, were completely immersed in shock, so much so that Fizio urged many times before slowly moving his steps and walking in the direction of Black Iron City.

Looking at the short distance, after leaving the mine, everyone walked for a long time before approaching the dwarven underground castle. The magma emitted a raging heat, and Castter was sweating profusely, and he had already stripped off his shirt, and several elves were fine, but the faces of the two women, Feida and Xiaohan, were flushed with light.

Magma is a naturally occurring solution in the ground, where rocks flow after being melted at ultra-high temperatures. Kester had read about the special geographical phenomenon of magma in the San Jose Library, and it was mentioned in the book that it would appear in the depths of the Sunset Mountains and at the bottom of the Long Sea, but he did not expect that there was such a large scale of natural lava here, under the Misty Forest.

In addition to the heat in the air, there was also a pungent smell of burnt things, Feida and Xiaohan pinched their noses cutely, and kept fanning the wind with their hands, trying to drive away the stench.

"We're almost there, cross this lava river, and we'll reach the gates of Black Iron City, follow me, this road is not easy. ”

Koster quickly understood what Ficcio meant by "not easy to walk". This lava river, under the high temperature, there is no road at all, and there is no bridge, and across the lava river is a thick fine iron chain, one after another more than half a person high iron rings are only connected, the lock nail is tightly tied to a boulder "by the river", and the other end disappears into the darkness "on the other side of the river".

"Follow me!" Ficcio took the lead, turned over and jumped on the chain, Feida and Xiaohan followed, Kester looked at the height, compared his height, sighed deeply, and then honestly walked to the stone pile next to him, slowly climbed to the top of the stone pile, and then stepped on the chain.

The chains were suspended from the lava river, and although each ring under his feet was two feet wide, Kist still felt extremely frightened, especially the lava river under his feet, which spit magma bubbles from time to time, poof, poof, and poof, bringing a wave of heat.

Fizio, Feida, Xiaohan and Koster, the four of them walked forward in order, step by step, on the iron chain. The chain hung completely above the lava river, and Koster felt even the soles of his feet get a little hot. Xiao Han was the youngest and the least courageous, and Feida turned back from time to time to comfort her. Ficcio explored the path ahead and commanded, "Don't be afraid, your feet are steady, and if you are afraid, don't look down." ”

Fortunately, the distance of the chain was more than 100 grams, and it was quickly finished. Stepping over the last level of chains, Koster jumped on the stone in front of him, patted his chest, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

"It's amazing, dwarves, how did you build this ingenious city in such circumstances?" exclaimed Fida.

Kester wiped his sweat on the side, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say, these races on the continent have their own magic. Look at you elves, who can turn barren hills into forests, and make stones float into the sky. Dwarves who can garrison cities in magma. Well, it's not surprising that human architecture is built in this way. ”

"Don't be presumptuous, human beings also have human strengths. I've heard that humans can build high-rise buildings of a few hundred degrees of grams, as well as beautiful palaces, each with its own merits. Ficchio was on the sidelines to persuade Kerth.

Kerry nodded, "Indeed, the Tower of Babel is an example. ”

After a brief rest, everyone got back on the road. The mountain rocks here obscure the lava river and fall back into darkness. Once again, Ficcio took out the "Guiding Star" lantern and walked in front of him with it held high, the surrounding rocks, glowing with cold light in the green light.

It didn't take long for Kerst to feel a large smooth rock wall appear in front of him, and in the middle of the rock wall, there was a towering doorway, and the doorway was eerie and invisible.

"Is this the gate of Blackiron City?" Kerst wondered.

"Yes, this is the entrance to the main city, but it's not a simple gate, so I recommend you look up. Ficchio raised the lantern in his hand at the same time.

Hearing Fizio say this, Caster, Feida, and Xiaohan all raised their heads and looked up, and then they were stunned for a moment.

Whether it is humans or elves, the races on this continent like to use the form of "statues" to commemorate some characters and deeds. Each race and each country has its own different style of sculpture, some pay attention to realism and like to design sculptures exactly like the real people, and some pay attention to fantasy and like to use art and association to exaggerate a certain emotion.

However, after walking through many cities on the mainland and seeing court sculptures, art statues, and urban sculptures, Kerst has never seen a statue of this style of dwarf.

The gate of the entire Black Iron City, in fact, is a huge dwarf statue, with only one style, "Big, it's big!"

"This, this is the gate of the Black Iron City?" Kerst stammered, yet to react from the shock.

Captain Ficcio smiled, "Yes, when I first came here, I saw this statue and had the same reaction as you do now. ”

Kerst turned his head to look at Feida and Xiaohan, the two elf girls, who were also staring at the statue dumbfounded.

The statue was very tall, and the light provided by Ficcio's guiding star lantern was not bright enough, and only the lower part of the stone statue could be seen, and the part above the chest could only be vaguely outlined, which seemed to be the face of a dwarf. The carved outline of the face is very hard, with thick hair and a full beard, and a braided "beard braid" can be faintly seen on the chin!

"Captain, who is this?" Xiao Han couldn't help but ask.

"This is McKinney Brass Hammer, the first king of the Dwarven Nation, and there is a bronze plaque behind the door, which you can see when you go inside, and it describes the life and deeds of this king in dwarven words. But I couldn't understand it, it was the elven elder who led the team at that time to explain. ”

"It's the dwarven king!" exclaimed Kester, "this dwarf is so funny, that's why he has to erect this statue so high because he's so short!

Feida's face flushed with shame, as if she was embarrassed by Koster's words, "Don't talk nonsense, Koster! This is the dwarven king, the ancestor of the dwarves!"

"Oh, okay, don't say it, why pinch me, it hurts. Chester muttered.

After a bit of laughter, Fizio led the way to the doorway, and when Kerst saw it, he hurriedly urged Feida and Xiaohan to follow.

The door hole is black, not too long, behind the statue, there is a wall, two passages, one left and one right bypass the wall. Upon arriving at the wall, Kist was once again shocked beyond words, only to see the red firelight illuminating the ground, a magnificent complex of buildings towering, and a slightly thinner river of magma shuttling between the cities.

"I'm going to fuck you! This dwarf thing, why is it so big, a dwarf or a giant!"

Kister's emotion won the unanimous approval of Feida and Xiaohan.

This is a ring-shaped city, under the red light of the underground magma, you can clearly see the towering spired dwarven palace in the center of the city, and two huge dwarven ancestor statues, one left and one right arch guarding the gate of the palace. In front of the gate, the magma river rushes through, a black iron bridge crosses the magma river, and at the head of the bridge, there is a black hammer sculpture.

The palace gate of the royal palace, about twenty grams high, is flanked by dwarf statues, one with an axe and one with a hammer, and the axe and hammer meet above the palace gate.

Around the palace, around the banks of the lava river, are rows of relatively normal size buildings, which look like residential areas, and at this moment, everything is quiet, without the slightest sound.

Behind the palace, there was an even more monumental structure, and a dark shadow shrouded the spire of the palace.

Ficcio raised his hand, "There, through the palace, the large building behind it, is our target, it was the former dwarven smelter. ”

Before the words fell, I could only hear the general loud sound of a landslide cracking in my ears, and the horrified Kerst almost sat down on the ground, and Feida and Xiaohan also looked nervous.

Captain Fizio looked more normal, and he looked at the three people behind him: "Don't be afraid, this is the bronze bell of the dwarven smelter, which rings every once in a while. ”

"Aren't there no dwarves living here?" asked Kerst in surprise.

"It's gone, but the bell still rings. Ficcio sighed, "Perhaps, the dwarves have left their history in this world in this way." This bronze bell, how to put it, is really exquisite. Let's go, let's go and see!"

With that, Ficchio took the lead and walked towards the Dwarven Palace.