Chapter 170: Steel City
Ay. Gao Han sighed, then stood up, "I'll go and make it easier." With that, he went out.
I looked at the time, and the hour was almost up, when Miss Feng Ling also pushed the door and walked in, smiling and saying to us, "It's time for you to go." β
Ning Xinyan nodded, pulled Su Bing'er to stand up and pack her luggage, and I also packed my own things. It's said to be tidying up, but in fact, there is nothing to bring, just to put some food and cups back into the storage tools.
In the afternoon we set out on the journey again, out of the city as in the city, without too many checks, we were cleared, out of the city along the road all the way north, soon in the evening.
The world did not seem to be as big as we thought, and we did not deliberately go very fast, but only hurried a little faster, and in the evening we had reached the front of the Zoleph Mountains.
From where we are now, one has to look up to see the mountainside of the Zoleph Mountains, and the tallest of them, the Zoleph Peak, is even too high to be seen.
Not long after walking further, a faint light flickered through the woods, and the bright lights on both sides of the road came into view.
These lamps are not our usual electric lamps, but are emitted by a peculiar ball of light on the inside, and no wires can be seen, as if the ball itself is a light source.
"These are magic lights, dwarven technology." Su Bing'er explained in a timely manner, "The front is the steel city. "Steel City, I bought a book about Dwarven Territory in the city before, and it was written about this city. Steel City is not the original name of the city, but the name is easy to call and more in line with the characteristics of this city, so it has spread.
The city is underground, just like Tisball, not because the dwarves are not skilled enough to build a city on the ground, but because the dwarves have the best craftsmen of all races, as evidenced by these magic lamps that have never been seen anywhere else.
The reason why cities are underground is because dwarves often need to dig up various minerals to use in production, and it is more convenient to build cities underground.
Walking on the road, the sparse flow of people around gradually increased, but most of them were dwarves, all of them were short, some were only as tall as my calves, but the muscles were very strong, and it seemed that if I was simply comparing strength, my heart was a little weak.
"Stand human, don't come any closer." As we were walking, suddenly several dwarves rushed up and blocked our way, and I looked down to see them all dressed in armor and with muskets in their hands, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed at our chests.
I couldn't help frowning when I saw this, didn't I say that the dwarves have always been neutral, why would they block our way for no reason.
Gao Han stepped forward and asked, "Why are you stopping us, we are merchants who came here to trade, is something wrong?" "Gao Han is the best at communication, his face is not red and his heart is not beating, so he made up a reasonable excuse, and he looks very sincere.
The dwarf at the head looked us up and down and smiled disdainfully, "Merchant? You deserve it too! β
As soon as these words came out, Gao Han didn't do anything, Ning Xinyan couldn't bear it anymore, he was tired from running all the way, and now he finally got here, but he was stopped for no reason, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the other party is still not inferior.
As he spoke, Ning Xinyan raised his eyebrows, and the flame in his hand was about to ignite. Seeing this, Gao Han hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it, and said to those dwarves with a smile: "Everyone, I have something to say, we are not just a group of merchants, the last time we came to the steel city was a long time ago, we don't know much about the situation, even if we are stopped, please tell us a reason, we will never stay longer." β
The dwarf at the head glanced at Gao Han with disdain, but his tone was much calmer, and he said lightly: "What did you humans do before, you don't know?" Coming here to steal our gems under the pretext of a visit is a filthy thing that you filthy humans can do! β
Gems have always been one of the favorite things of the dwarves, because they have been mining, there are many precious gems and treasures here, these things are like their taboos, they must not be touched, but the humans have deceived them and stolen the treasure, no wonder they are so angry.
But in the end, these are all things done by humans here, and they have nothing to do with us, and we are treated like this, which is completely unjustified, but I can't tell them that we are from other worlds, and even if we say it, I guess they don't believe it.
What can I do, if you want to go to the Zoleph Mountains, you have to pass through the steel city, and you have to think of a way to say it. As I was thinking, suddenly the appearance of an object flashed through my mind. I took out a scroll from the bracelet, which was exactly the pass that the Elven Queen Sboria had given us earlier.
"It's!" The dwarf at the head seemed to see the pass in my hand and said in surprise.
I reached out and opened it and handed it to the dwarf, "This is a pass from the Elven Queen, and we are their messengers. β
The dwarf took it and looked at it, with a little doubt in his eyes, "I have to go and show the king, wait a minute." With that, he took his pass and left quickly.
"I didn't expect it to be used." Gao Han said, "Fortunately, I kept it at the time." β
"Why are these dwarves so arrogant, do you really think that the old lady can't beat them?" Ning Xinyan couldn't get angry when she thought of what happened just now.
"The relationship between other races and humans in this world is not good, although we are from other worlds, we don't have to be responsible for the humans here, but it's better to be cautious, this is the world of magic, it is likely that there will be many powerful existences that we don't expect, since we can't be friends, then try not to make enemies." I said. We're only here to get things done, there's no need to have too much to do with the people here, and there's no need to get angry.
In a few moments, the dwarf hurried back, came to us, bowed respectfully, and handed me back the Elven Queen's pass.
"I didn't expect it to be a guest of the elf clan, I was offended just now."
"It's okay, you can understand that we're not in the same league as those humans, and honestly we don't want to suffer those unwarranted disasters, hehe." Gao Han smiled and said.
"The king said that I should prepare a place for you to live, and let me lead the way for you." As he spoke, the dwarf led the way and led us toward the interior of the town.
Ning Xinyan snorted, and pulled Su Bing'er to follow, and Miss Feng Ling was still at the back.
"I'm the captain of the guard here, and I'm responsible for guarding the gates of the city, because the City of Steel is such a place to enter the city, you can just call Mike, if you don't know anything, just ask me."
As he spoke, Mike asked, "Do you have anything to do here on behalf of the elves this time?" β
"Hmm." Gao Han nodded.
"What is the matter, we dwarves and elves have always been friendly, if we can, we dwarves can send people to help you."
Gao Han opened his mouth to say something, I caught up and patted him on the shoulder, Gao Han glanced at me, handed me a clear look, and turned to the dwarf and said: "We understand the kindness of the dwarf on behalf of the elves, but this time we are only passing by, and the specific matters are not easy to disclose, if you can let us rest here for a good night, it will already be the greatest help to us." β
The dwarf was a little embarrassed to hear this, but he still smiled and said: "No problem, the dwarven inns all use the unique technology of the dwarves, not to mention anything else, just the hotel beds can allow you to have a good night's rest." β
"That's a big help." I said.
The area of Steel City is large, almost double the size of the previous city, but the population here is not much, and only a few dwarves can be seen on the streets, and as for other races, they have not been seen at all, probably because it is too late.
Follow Mike all the way in, and soon come to a magnificent building, which is said to be magnificent, but in fact, it is only the gorgeous decoration of the faΓ§ade, and the area is large, and there are no large buildings in the steel city.
"Stay here tonight, the hostess will arrange your accommodation." After Mike finished speaking, he bowed and retired.
When you walk into the store, you will be greeted by a variety of mechanical and gear-style decorations, which have the feeling of dwarf heavy metal. followed the proprietress to find three rooms opposite to the inside.
As Mike said, the bed here is very soft and seems to use spring technology, which really makes me feel emotional, I didn't expect to be able to lie on such a comfortable bed in this small world.
In the evening, I looked up at the ceiling and couldn't help but recall the story of Gao Han and their family at noon today, the so-called "like gathers people and divides people", and I really realize the meaning of this sentence now. I didn't expect that there were so many similarities in the experiences of several of us, we all lost our families, we all experienced despair and pain, but the most important thing is that we all persisted in standing up from that pain and persevering to go on.
What we have to face next must be full of dangers. I thought so, but so what? We have experienced so many dangers, and no matter what difficulties there are, we will definitely be able to overcome them together.
Thinking so, I slowly fell into a deep sleep.
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"You have to be careful with the summit of that mountain, you have to be careful." The same voice as Cher ringed in my ears, alerting me to the danger that was coming.
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The next morning, we left the steel city and went out of the city, and the rest was the mountain road, and the mountains were very difficult to walk, full of rocky cliffs, and it took us half a day to climb a little higher.
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