The warm sun blew through the mountain wind, blowing the ends of Karl's forehead. Walking comfortably on the mountain trail, Carl picked up a stone from the ground from time to time and threw it into the air, caught it, threw it again, and kept it repeatedly.

Velia, who was walking beside Carl, liked Carl's behavior, which made her feel at ease and comfortable. During that upheavalous life, Vilia had spent countless hours longing to be carefree like Carl's side.

"Hey, Vilia, go on. Carl picked up a stone and threw it at Vilia, who hurriedly caught the unremarkable stone with both hands. "Vilia, let's see which of the two of us can make the most waves above this lake! This is my favorite game to play when I was a child, but Daddy Dead is just cheating on his strength!"

Carl threw out a stone, which rippled several times on the surface of the lake before finally falling beneath the surface. "Well, isn't it easy?" said Carl excitedly to Vilia after giving her a demonstration. "Boring. Vilia threw the stones away, she couldn't do such a childish game.

"Is this the little game that Barnack invented—Playing Water?" said Amerigo, who was standing on the sidelines, with a smile after seeing Carl's movements. "Amerigo-sama, do you know this game?" Carl picked up a few rocks from the ground as if he had found a companion, "Amerigo-sama, would you like to try it?"

"Looks like our Karl is behind Cusquez City, so he's very happy. Amerigo didn't have the luck to sweep Carl, and after taking the stone from Karl's hand, he turned to Colin and said, "Captain Colin, do you want to try it?"

Colin had just noticed Carl's movements for the first time in Carl's play, and he thought that Carl's movements were very strange and awkward, and such movements could not be done by himself. So when Amerigo handed over the stone, Colin subconsciously wanted to refuse.

"Could it be that our great Greywater Mercenary Leader, the dignified Bloody Hand Colin, would be afraid of this little challenge?" Amerigo seemed to see through Colin's thoughts, and his words stimulated.

"Lord Colin, this one is really fun. Carl didn't care if Colin wanted it or not, and directly stuffed a handful of stones into Colin's hand, "Vilia, you can try it too." Carl still didn't give up and let Vilia participate in the game.

"Since it's a matter of who makes the most waves, it's equivalent to a game. And there are wins and losses in the game, and there are bets. Colin took out ten gold dragon coins from the spatial ring, "Carl, as the only one here who can play, I'm sure you'll be able to make the most waves." ”

Seeing Colin's actions, Amerigo also took out ten gold dragon coins from the space ring, "Although I am a lot older, I am still very confident in this little game invented by Barnack, so I bet on myself." ”

Seeing that both adults began to gamble, Carl scratched his head and wondered why this was the way it was, but it was interesting. "Since Lord Colin has pressed me ten gold dragon coins, then I can't let Lord Colin down, I will also press my own ten gold dragon coins!"

After Carl took out ten gold dragon coins and put them in the place where the two of America's gold coins were placed, he said to Vilia beside him, "Vilia, do you want to participate?"

"I'll press myself, a hundred gold dragon coins!" Watching Vilia put a generation of gold dragon coins on the gold coin pile, Carl suddenly regretted agreeing to the game. If you lose, won't you go bankrupt?" "Willia, your stakes are a bit high, I think as a lady, it's better not to get involved in something as vulgar as gambling." ”

"Oh, are you afraid that you will lose too badly?" said Veria with a raised brow, defiantly.

"How is it possible, I'm the first to be here to know!" Although there is some weakness in his heart whether he can win the first place, Carl believes that the momentum cannot be lost. "Since we all have the intention to participate, then I will demonstrate it again, and I hope you can see it clearly, the two adults and Velia. ”

After Carl picked up a stone from the ground, after shaking it in his hand, after feeling that the weight and shape were appropriate, Carl's eyes narrowed slightly, and with a slight wave of his right hand, the stone in his hand had already stirred up dozens of waves on the surface of the lake.

Looking at this time's results that were far better than his other times, Carl regretted a little, if this was to start directly, then who else could win against him?

Carl clapped his hands and glanced back at the three of Velia, then picked up a stone from the ground and said, "I believe the two adults and Vilia have seen it clearly. So, now the game starts now. ”

The first to make a move was Colin, because of the reason for putting the bet on Carl, Colin was not afraid that he would lose anything, after all, he was still very optimistic about Carl's ability.

Throwing the stone in his hand casually, when he saw that the stone sank into the lake after stirring up a few waves, Colin shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "It seems that my decision is correct, Carl, you have to come on, I have pressed ten gold dragon coins on you." ”

As the second person to appear, Amerigo was very calm and not nervous at all, and it may be because Carr's result increased Amerigo's confidence. Picking up a thin stone from the ground at random, and after flipping it in his hand, the consul general of the Explorers Guild, an old man who was already several hundred years old, said with a smile: "Carl, I will accept your ten gold dragon coins." ”

"Bang...... Boom...... After dozens of waves appeared on the surface of the lake one after another, Carl didn't want to see how much more the stone would float out. "Eh, I didn't expect me to be able to surpass Carl with this random loss. Amerigo said to Carl with a smile after the stone sank into the water.

"I really didn't expect Amerigo to have such skills. "For this result, Colin doesn't care, after all, he is just making a scene. But Carl even had the heart to die.

A little frustrated, Carl suddenly regained his form and said to Vilia, "Vilia, let's start now." Amerigo is a great man, but you don't have to stress about it, after all, Amerigo is so old as us. ”

After giving Carl a blank look, Vilia picked up a stone directly from the ground, and without seeing if the stone was suitable, Vilia threw it directly.

After putting away all the gold dragon coins on the ground, Vilia walked in front of Carl and stretched out her palm, "Vilia, there are so many gold dragon coins, can I owe them first!" Karl said with a bitter face.

"What, you want to pay off?" Velia raised the corner of her eye, and glanced at Carl. "No...... No, ......" Carl saw Vilia like this, and hurriedly said, "How could I!"

"Then write an IOU. ”

"Ahh ”

"What, don't want to?"

"No...... No...... No," Karl said, with a look ......on his face, "I'll write it." ”

Just as Carl reluctantly took out the quill and parchment scroll from the spatial ring and was about to write his IOU, Colin pulled out the longsword he had never drawn out, "It seems that we are in trouble. ”

"It must be the pursuers of the country where the army is stationed on the Mt. Yesri," Karl said uncertainly.

"I'm afraid, it's even more serious than that, and if I don't feel wrong, the only cavalry that can cause the earth to tremble so much is the bighorn sheep cavalry of the dwarven race. A hint of worry flashed across Amerigo's face.

"Could it be that the Dwarven Kingdom already knows that we have investigated the cause of the abnormality in the ruins of Kuskes City and obtained the Titan blood in the Stormhammer, so we sent the Bighorn Sheep Cavalry to pick us up?" Karl was a little happy when he heard Amerigo say that it was the Dwarven Clan's Bighorn Sheep Cavalry who had come.

"I'm afraid, it's not good. Amerigo sighed, "Presumably for the Stormhammer damage!"

Just when Karl and the others were guessing who was coming and what their intentions were, the results appeared in front of them.

When he saw the Storm Flag, the flag flying in the air and representing the dwarven royal family, appeared in sight, Amerigo knew that things were not as rosy as Carl imagined, after all, no one would come fully armed to pick up the benefactor who could save the race.

"Karl, get ready to fight!" Amerigo said.

"Hmm. "Karl is not a fool, so he can naturally see what the dwarven cavalry is for.

"Anyway, please don't talk to the two adults, I believe there has been some misunderstanding about this matter, so I hope to be able to explain it to the dwarves. Carl said sincerely.

"Carl, you've only been risking your life for a few years, so you're not very clear about the sinister nature of people's hearts, even if the dwarves have a good relationship with you, they are not human, they must have other different hearts, not to mention that the dwarves are notoriously stubborn. "Colin didn't think much of Karl being able to communicate clearly with the dwarves, and in the end it was just a waste of words.

"Lord Colin, I've had a lot of adventures, and my dead daddy has taught me a lot. Carl didn't care about Colin's slightly dismissive tone. But the willingness to communicate peacefully doesn't mean that Carl is a fool, he just doesn't want to make things difficult for his friend Rytek.

Seeing that the dwarven cavalry was about to approach, Karl was unwilling to sit still, so he directly preemptively walked towards the dwarven cavalry. Seeing Karl walking towards him, the dwarven cavalry not only did not slow down, but all the dwarven cavalry urged the bighorn sheep to sit down, ready to give Carl an impact.

Seeing this scene, Karl's originally smiling face instantly turned cold, and then really as Lord Colin said, the dwarves are really ready to kill themselves after they complete their tasks? Karl doesn't believe and doesn't want to believe, he believes that as a race that believes in Muradin, as a race that is in the camp of orderliness and goodness, the dwarves will not do treacherous things.

However, everything that happened in front of him was like a stone pillar hitting a mirror, shattering all of Carl's wishes.

When the dwarven bighorn cavalry at the front wielded a warhammer to smash Karl's head, Karl's body bent directly from the waist up, allowing the warhammer to cross his face. Then, with a force on his right hand, which had already touched the ground, he caught the reaction force, and Karl twisted his waist to avoid the next warhammer.

In this way, Karl relied on his flexible body to dodge the attacks of several dwarven knights one after another. Carl also wanted to figure out why the dwarves were suddenly angry, so instead of choosing a big hit, he chose to dodge the attack.

Although he did not harm the first few dwarven knights who attacked him, this also led to a problem, that is, Carl was already deep in the dwarven cavalry. There is no way to dodge the attacks of the dwarven cavalry by relying on dodging and moving, after all, all the space that can dodge has been filled with the battle axes and war hammers of the dwarven cavalry.

"Brother Terrick, there's no way, I can only do it now, but for your sake, I'll do it lightly. Karl thought silently in his heart, and then the movement of his hand did not decrease, and he directly smashed a dwarven cavalry to the ground with a single punch. Although, it's easy to deal with a dwarven cavalry that attacks you.

However, the cavalry that was able to participate in this operation was certainly the most elite, and after Carl eliminated one, a warhammer had silently smashed into Carl's back, while at the same time several battle axes were swung at Karl's waist and thighs and other body parts. "I don't know what I did wrong to get the Dwarven Kingdom to send their King's Guard. ”

In the face of such an attack, Carl was helpless, and he couldn't do without using weapons. This is forcing Carl to go on a killing spree. The space ring flashed, and a small round shield was held directly in his hand, and Carl directly blocked the battle axes swung by his sides, and then pressed down to dodge the attack from behind.

Relying on the defense of the round shield, the dwarven cavalry's attack was able to be easily taken by Karl. While Carl was fighting the dwarven cavalry, Amerigo joined the battle along with Colin and Vilia. Similar to Karl's behavior, the three Amerigo tried to defend themselves as much as possible, and were unwilling to kill or injure the dwarven cavalry.

As the most elite cavalry in the dwarven kingdom, although Amerigo and Colin are among the strongest in the main plane, the dwarven cavalry is not to be outdone. Because of their fear, the dwarven cavalry almost forced Colin into danger on several occasions, and the angry Colin almost used the power of ghosts and gods to kill all these dwarven cavalry.

"Colin, calm down. I think we can settle this misunderstanding. Amerigo came to Colin's side and motioned for Colin to look in the direction the dwarven cavalry was coming from, and saw the dwarven king Xos, who was riding on the back of Beckwoli, the bear of the earth, appear in the eyes of everyone.

"King of the Mountains, I want an explanation!" Karl saw the presence of Xos, and did not continue his defense, allowing the dwarven cavalry to press the hammer against his round shield.

As if hearing Karl's call in the dwarven language, Xthos cast his gaze on Karl, and when he saw the hateful look in Xthos' eyes, Karl knew that no amount of explanation was useless. Although, I don't know why the Dwarf King became what he is now, but it must have something to do with the ruins of his own Kuskes City.

"Let's get out of here first!" Karl shouted in a lingua franca, flicking the hammer that was pressed against the shield and trying to strike at it, and Karl's form swept in the direction of Veria. It wasn't even a few steps before Carl felt a dark shadow overhead him.

After rolling on the ground in embarrassment to dodge the fatal blow, Karl rose from the ground and saw through the flying dust and mist a dwarf missing his right hand holding a quaint warhammer, staring at him with a fierce glint in his eyes.

Karl stared at the formidable foe that had suddenly appeared, and it always felt as if he had seen him somewhere. "Unforgivable one who destroys the Stormhammer, I, Karrick Hammer, the Sage of the Twenty-First Savage Hammer, pronounce your sentence here and now!" Before Karl could reply, the guy who called himself Karrick Hammer directly grabbed the Savage Hammer and smashed it into Karl's head.

When Karrick came to Karl through the dust and mist, Karl remembered that this dwarf had been seen outside the hall when he had just arrived at the dwarven hall in Anke City, Moscow. At that time, Carl just thought that he was a dwarf who had been punished, but he did not expect that he was one of the three remaining fire hammer sages of the dwarven race, the owner of the Savage Hammer.

Although a little shocked, Karl was not slow to dodge Karrick's attack.

After knowing that he couldn't find out the reason, Karl, who explained to the dwarves, took out the dagger and fought with Karrick.

Compared to Yaxi, who has the Hammer of the Mountain, Karrick's attack is more savage and ferocious, completely disregarding his own safety, the kind of fighting style that fights for his life. Karl, who was not suitable for Karrick's attack, suffered a small loss at the beginning, and was grazed by the savage hammer in Karrick's hand.

The place touched by the savage hammer was instantly like it was burned by fire, it was so hot and painful that it almost made Carl unable to hold the dagger in his hand.

"Karl, you go down first, you are not his opponent, I will try the strength of this dwarven fire hammer sage!" Just when Carl was trying to prevent the savage hammer from touching him, he had already moved to his side Colin directly took over the battle.

Watching Colin and Karrick fight together with the eruption of the power of the ghosts, Karl had a chance to breathe. After taking out the healing potion from the spatial ring and drinking it in one gulp, after feeling the pain in his arm subside, Carl wanted Colin to let him fight Karrick, but at this time, Amerigo came to Carl's side, "You let Colin fight the Fire Hammer Sage." This conflict, I think it is better to find a way to make the dwarf king believe in you, so that it can be resolved, otherwise, although you can escape, all your previous efforts will be in vain, and Colin's ghost power will not be resolved. ”

"I'm afraid, we haven't had a chance to explain. Carl smiled bitterly, and Amerigo looked at Karl in surprise, "I saw the Dwarven King's serious hatred! That's what I saw in the eyes of the Storm Hammer Spirit Tareh Bell." ”

"You're saying that Tarebell wasn't wiped out by Lord Kalenezi, but took possession of the Dwarven King's body by unknown means?" said Amerigo, looking incredulous. "I'm afraid I'm hungry. The bitterness on Karl's face grew stronger.

At this time, at the end of the dwarven cavalry ranks, Beckwoli, the bear of the earth, roared angrily, and Xos rushed at Cal and Amerigo with the Storm Hammer in his hand!