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Many book friends think that big chapters are expensive, and they will be split into small chapters in the future, such as 6000 words divided into 3000 words of small chapters and two chapters, so it will be cheaper, well, it must be so.

I wrote 5,000 words today, and I will split it later, and I will come back tomorrow at noon to make up 5,000 words.

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As the lord of the Black Iron Castle, Collins Greypaw, a level 18 halfling, is the only ruler of the city, and no one can challenge its majesty.

But today is clearly different.

Because there is a vampire in the city, yes, a very rare vampire in the underworld.

Due to the lack of food, there is basically no such life in the underworld that requires human blood to survive, but his subordinates reported it to him.

The most important thing is that the vampire has a high probability of reaching level 17 or even 18.

He could still remember the fear in the eyes of the guards.

This couldn't help but make Collins suspicious, because there had never been news of vampires in this land.

Add to that the fact that vampires need to suck human blood to survive, and a speculation that makes his brow frown can't help but enter his mind.

There is a high probability that this vampire came from the surface to the underworld.

Surface......

There are so many meanings of this title.

Collins couldn't help but think of something else.

If a human were to come to the Black Iron Keep from the surface world, he would be disgusted, as those surface beings would most likely send an army to capture his city.

Humans are not good beings, and their greed can make the devils of hell staggering.

But vampires are different, although the other side is cruel, murderous, and the purest form of dark life, they do not have an infinite army like humans.

This is crucial, as Blackiron Castle is a headache for an almost infinite number of human armies, but is not afraid of vampires, which have always been scarce.

This inference gave Collins unlimited room for reverie.

Surface...... It was a world rich in materials, and there was no underground life that did not yearn for it.

Dungeons are the richest cities in human legends.

But in the same way, in the legends of the underground world, the surface is not the same, there is sunshine on the surface, there is endless food, there is a safe environment, for the underground race that lives in danger every day, there is paradise.

People inside the city want to go out, people outside the city want to come in, looking at each other and drooling.

"I need to know the true origin of this vampire......"

"If the other party does come to the surface, will Black Iron Castle be able to establish a deal with this mysterious vampire......"

"Or maybe you can dig through the underground passages from this vampire's mouth and personally lead the army to the surface to plunder the riches......"

"The appearance of this vampire may surprise me, the surface world is too rich......"

Inside the room illuminated by magic lamps, Collins's yellow eyes gleamed as he sat at the head of the long stone table.

This clever halfling city lord was keenly aware of a rare opportunity the moment Li De appeared.

The surface can invade the underworld, but the underworld is not vegetarian, and the deeds of the underworld invading the surface are not uncommon in myths and legends.

Step~Step~ At this time, a rush of footsteps at the door interrupted his thoughts, and a moment later a young halfling wearing a black wallet and carrying a longbow entered the house.

"Lord Collins, the vampire is here."

Hearing the soldier's briefing, Collins lifted his spirits.

Is it finally here?

With curiosity in his heart, he followed the other party out of the hall.

The moment he walked out of the hall, Collins' yellow pupils shrank sharply.

This vampire ....... It's so powerful.

At this time, Li De was dressed in a black mage robe printed with dark flowers, and his demeanor revealed a heart-wrenching aristocratic temperament, especially the crimson eyes that looked like the most precious Occam ruby in the underground world.

But what frightened Collins the most was the breath that Li De had on him.

Beneath the black mage's robes seems to be hiding an ancient dragon, which seems to be ready to tear through the camouflage and roar to the sky at any time, unleashing the majesty of ancient mythological life.

Dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Originally, this level 18 halfling man attached great importance to Li De, but at this moment, Collins immediately raised this attention to the extreme.

Many decisions that had already been made were immediately corrected.

This vampire must not be easily offended.

Li De didn't know at this time that in such a short moment, this halfling city lord had changed the strategy he originally intended to implement against him.

He didn't deliberately hide his aura, this is the underground world, there is no need to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger too much, he is a dragon himself, just crush the past.

He's not a lone ranger, he has the power to suppress the city, and there's no need to do such meaningless things.

"Honorable Bloodliner, welcome to Blackiron Castle, I am the lord of Blackiron Castle and the patriarch of the Greyclaw Clan, Collins Greypaw."

After feeling Li De's powerful aura, Collins immediately let go of the pride in his heart, stepped forward, and greeted Li De with a smile.

Li De looked at this level 18 halfling with interest.

The opponent is 1.7 blades tall, and his arms are the same as those of other halflings, extremely thick and powerful.

Dressed in a sumptuous gray robe, the patterns and decorations on it were in no way inferior to those of the human nobles.

His body was sharp, as if he was shooting arrows with a bow all the time, and the arrows were aimed at him.

His yellow eyes showed a falcon-like alertness, and although he smiled, his muscles were tense and seemed ready to attack at any moment.

The lower limbs of the birds on the lower body could also faintly see the traces of the wallet as they walked around the robe, apparently to deal with him, an outsider, the level 18 halfling was already fully armed.

"Good night, Lord of Collins,

Lord of Daybreak, Kachar, you can call me Lord of Cachar. ”

Li De also had a faint smile on his face, and responded in a calm tone.

Hearing this title, Collins' eyes narrowed slightly, and the suspicion in his heart was immediately confirmed, sure enough, it came from the surface, and there was no city of dawn in the underground world.

"Welcome to the city lord of Kachar, this is the first time that a friend from the surface world has come to the Black Iron Castle as a guest.

I think it's an honor for the Black Iron Castle. ”

After saying that, the woodpole stared at Li De tightly, as if he wanted to see something on his face.

Li De laughed dumbly when he heard this, and the other party used a very interesting conversation technique.

The content of the words directly tacitly acknowledged that Li De was a life in the surface world, and no matter how he responded, the other party could get a lot of useful information.

However, as an old driver who has been trained by modern society for so many years, it is easy to get around this, but he is too lazy to test too much with the other party.

Straightforward opening.

"Lord Collins, don't worry, I'm from the surface world, but I have no ill will towards Black Iron Castle, otherwise I wouldn't have come with just two blood squads."

After speaking, he also gestured to the 20 blood clans with the highest level of 12 behind him.

After receiving Li De's affirmative answer, Collins breathed a sigh of relief, and the closer he got to Li De, the more he could feel the oppression coming out of the other party.

It was like an evil dragon exuding his dragon power all the time, causing him a huge amount of mental pressure.

At this time, although it is impossible to judge whether the other party's words are true or false, at least the state shown by this vampire is not hostile, and this is enough.

Pretend to be indifferent and laugh.

"Lord Kachar, I think you'll be a friend of Black Iron Castle.

Please feel free to taste our halfling's unique gray ale ......"

Li De nodded slightly, this halfling obviously accepted his kindness, they are all foxes who have mixed up in this world, and there are really not many fools.

He followed Collins into the hall.

I have to say that the halfling building is still very distinctive, maybe it has something to do with the environment of the underground world, the furniture here is all stone,

Whether it is a long table or a stool, it is all made of stone, to be precise, the rough stones of various gem mines.

Most of these translucent ores are glowing with various colors, and the gems inside are obviously not taken out.

Under the magic lamp, it looks like a rainbow is spreading all over the living room, which is a stark contrast to the pure darkness of the street outside.

Using the rough stones of the gem veins to build a house, Li De could only sigh that the underground world was really capricious.

The long table in the hall was twenty blades long, and more than forty stone chairs were placed around it, and Collins led Li De to sit opposite the two sides of the main throne, and the halfling city lord did not sit on the main seat.

Bang Bang~

Clapping his hands gently, someone below immediately brought all kinds of food, melons, fruits and wines unique to the underground world to the table.

Li De looked at the level 18 halfling on the opposite side, and his expression was a bit playful that no one could understand.

"Lord Collins, I have walked around the Black Iron Castle, worthy of a halfling city, splendid and magnificent, not inferior to any surface city.

The only downside is that the size of the market in the city is a bit smaller. ”

Oh?

The meaning of these words was obvious, and Collins' eyes lit up immediately.

"Yes, since most of the halflings have gone to the city of Leus, and the Black Iron Castle has lost its former prosperity, this is inevitable."

Collins didn't hide it, this kind of news is public in the Black Iron Castle, as long as you want to explore, you can find it casually, and you can't hide it, so it's better to go public and win a certain amount of favor.

Sure enough, he could clearly feel that the other party's smile was a little thicker.

"Lord Cachar, I wonder how far your Dawnbreak City is from the Black Iron Castle? Maybe we can build a trading channel......"

Li De was slightly stunned, he didn't expect to enter the topic so quickly, and he talked about business without a few polite words?

"I'm coming from the other side of the silt swamp, and the exit of the underground passage is about 1,000 kilometers from Black Iron Castle."

Li Dehao looked at Collins for a long time, "Your Excellency the City Lord of Collins has a very good proposal, and I came to the underground world this time to open trade with the Black Iron Castle. ”

"1000 km?"

Collins frowned slightly, this distance in the dangerous underground world is not close.

"I have 8,000 Magic Bats, which can be transported by air, and the Collins City Lord doesn't need to worry about distance."

Hearing this, Collins felt a pang in his heart, eight thousand demon bats??

As one of the biggest rulers of the underworld, the halfling knows a lot about various races, and the number of magic bats possessed by the Bloodline can be said to be one of the criteria for judging the strength of the Bloodline.

can afford to raise 8,000 demon bats, which means that the scale of the other city's city will definitely not be small.

At this time, he had a sense of crisis, because if the other party's strength was too strong, then the Black Iron Castle might not be able to suppress this vampire.

"I wonder if the city lord of Kachar came to the underworld purely to trade, or if he intends to establish a city of the blood clan on this land and spread the glory of the blood clan?"

Looking at Collins, who was very vigilant, Li De shook his head a little funny.

"No, Lord Collins, there is no need to be too wary of us, I don't have much interest in taking the dungeon.

The Bloods can only survive on the blood of humans, the underground world is not suitable for human life, there is no food, what are we going to do with your city??

Resource? Ore? Jewel?

These things are worthless compared to survival.

So you don't need to worry about whether I'm going to attack Black Iron Keep one day, it doesn't make any sense to me. ”

Hearing Li De's straightforward words, Collins' expression softened significantly.

After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was indeed the case, the fatal point of lack of food in the underground world directly limited the expansion of the blood clan, and there was no solution to this matter.

The pressure of food is no joke, and in an underground world where food is so scarce, even halflings who own a city often suffer from food shortages.

Although there is nothing special about Li De's words, they are clearly very persuasive.

"City Lord Kachar, your frankness and straightforwardness have won my trust, maybe we can talk about cooperation."

Collins said with a smile, but his tone was still a little tough, and at the moment he thought that the initiative was still in his hands.

When Li De heard this, a little playful light flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Pure cooperation was not what he wanted, and it was clear that this dungeon had great potential.

As my thoughts flowed, a new thought arose in my heart.

"Lord of Collins, cooperation aside, as far as I know, Black Iron Castle was once the largest city in the Underworld and has a glorious past.

But now that it's down to a population of only 50,000, aren't you going to change? ”

Collins' eyes narrowed slightly.

"Change? I don't know what the city lord of Kachar means by change? Expansion of the Black Iron Castle? Or expanding the population? Armament enhancement? ”

Li De shook his head, "No, Lord Collins, none of this is the most urgent matter for Black Iron Castle. ”

"The world is changing like never before, and you don't know anything about it, and even halflings are still living in the same environment as before, looking at the world through the eyes of the old and old, unable to see where the future is going."

After finishing speaking, his deep eyes looked directly into Collins's eyes, and his tone was solemn, and he said word by word, "If you don't make changes, then Black Iron Castle is about to face destruction." ”

It's really a mouthful......

These words made Collins feel frightened, and his body subconsciously wanted to stand up, but he stopped in an instant, and looked at Li De with a look of surprise in his eyes.

If it was an ordinary person who said this, he would not have paid attention to it, but it came from the mouth of a vampire who felt extremely dangerous to him, and who was also from the surface world.

This directly adds some credibility to this alarmist statement.

The most feared things in the underground world are on the surface, whether it is the countless human armies or those light sects that shout light and my eternal existence, as long as they appear in the underground world, it often means that the dungeon is broken.

Because the particularities of the underground world cannot be linked to each other, even a large underground world cannot be compared to a human kingdom.

In the main plane of glory, although the underworld has caused waves on the surface countless times, it is still in a weak position under normal circumstances.

As long as the human kingdom really attacks at any cost, there are very few underground worlds that can be defended.

"Lord Cachar, what do you mean by that?"

Li De heard this pretending to be calm, but in fact, his heart had been impacted, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth flashed.

Raising his head slightly, he stared at the sharp yellow eyes, "Do you know about the Lost Plane?" ”

"Missing the plane?"

Collins frowned, looking at Li De with some confusion, what does this matter have to do with the loss of the plane?

"The battle of the gods in ancient times caused the planes connected to the main plane to be scattered in the chaotic void, some of which can still be found now, and some of which are lost.

These planes are called the lost planes.

Now, there is a missing plane on the main plane......"

"And then? Humans in the surface world can't cope with even a lost plane, right? Collins looked puzzled and his tone was questioning.

"You're right, the Lost Plane has a group of beings that even the Main Plane can't handle."

There was an incredible glint in the eyes of the level 18 halfling.

"How is that possible!! The surface world is so powerful, how can it not cope with a plane?? Could it be that the Abyss has invaded again?? ”

He couldn't figure out anything other than the legendary bottomless abyss of the Extreme Evil Land, which the main plane couldn't handle.

When Li De heard this, his eyes were meaningful.

"Those beings are a group of beings that are more terrifying than demons."

"Hiss~

A more terrifying existence than a demon?? ”

Collins stared at Li De tightly, as if trying to see some clues in his face.

But his keen perception could clearly sense that this vampire was not lying about it.

In an instant, the level 18 halfling breathed a little faster, and only after taking a few deep breaths did he suppress the shock in his heart.

His eyes sharpened his gaze at Li De, "City Lord Kachar, is this alarmist?" Is there a more terrifying existence in this world than demons? ”

Li De nodded, as a matter of course.

"Of course, and they're much more terrifying than demons, and harder to guess than demons."

The group of sand sculptures may have committed suicide just to test whether they could smash the floor by jumping from the building, and robbing just to experience how fast they can run when they are chased, this kind of brain circuit is much more terrifying than demons......

"Lord Kachar, can you tell me about them?"

Collins' arm subconsciously grasped the table, and his yellow eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

Li De felt the anxiety in the heart of this halfling, and there was a bit of meaning in his eyes that the other party couldn't understand.

"We call that horrible group of beings the Fourth Plague!"

"Fourth Natural Plague ???"

When Collins heard the name, he felt a shock in his heart.

The god of the halflings is above, what a terrifying being to deserve the name of this devastating aura!!

Li De nodded deeply.

"Yes, it's a group of terrifying beings that can be resurrected continuously, they can't be killed, they can't be destroyed, even if their souls are devoured, they can still appear safe and sound after a while."

"More importantly, they are disorderly, chaotic, and they can do anything......"

"The main plane is already in chaos because of them."

"I just got the news a few days ago that all the humans in the main plane have united to slaughter these natural disasters, killing them continuously for a week.

But a week later, they were able to come back alive and sound. ”

Collins was stunned by Li De's words, what a terrifying existence this fourth natural disaster is.

"So, what does the Fourth Natural Calamity have to do with our Black Iron City?"

Nonsense, if you don't blow them a little harder, how can you have anything to do with it.......

Li De coughed lightly and spoke.....