"This set of statues is the team of my father's best friend, Arabi. The young dwarf took out a group of charging dwarves and placed them on the table.

There are seven dwarves in this group, all of them with different shapes, real and natural muscle structures and movements, each with angry eyes and angry eyes, and blood vessels in their arms and necks bulging, full of details. If you don't focus on this for a long time, it's hard to carve such a realistic character.

"At that time, Histangal had not yet been built, and the huge city was nothing more than a small military camp. But it's the main route to the deep sea of ice crystals. Of course, at that time it was called the Heart of the Sea. ”

"Old General Nochlin Steelhammer———— is Teklin Steelhammer's grandfather———— and he immediately ordered the dwarves to build the best fortress here, cutting off the god-king's strategy of using the deep sea of ice crystals for rapid transportation. ”

However, the God King had a keen sense of smell and immediately sensed Nochlin Steelhammer's intentions, and decisively gave up another frontal battlefield and mobilized his troops to attack Nochlin Steelhammer with all his might. ”

"The time frame for the construction of the rear of Istanbul was short, and the dwarves were all the best craftsmen, so most of the army was drawn to build the city. The troops left for the front line are only ... Three thousand dwarves. ”

"Once the God-King's army breaks through the defenses before Istangal completes the project, not only will our dwarves' previous efforts be in vain, but even countless strategies will be greatly affected. Therefore, these three thousand dwarves all chose to fight to the death and stopped the god king from the defense line. ”

Through the young dwarf's description, Leo could fully feel the cruelty of that war.

In hand-to-hand combat, it is very rare for a unit to be completely annihilated.

If twenty percent of the troops die in the melee, then the force will begin to falter, and if forty percent of the troops die, then all the soldiers will begin to retreat or even break out.

If you want to achieve total annihilation, you can only cause a large number of casualties in a short period of time under special terrain, so that the commander has no time to command the retreat.

And when you know that you will die, you have to charge, and even charge until 3,000 people are almost completely wiped out, which can only be explained by will.

Leo silently put down the group of statues in his hand, picked up another set of chariots, and asked, "Is this a chariot? ”

"It's a roll sickle. The young dwarf pointed to the scythes sticking out of the sides of the chariot. "This kind of thing we don't make anymore after this fight. ”

"Oh, why is that?" Leo was born in the world of war, so he was naturally interested in it.

In his opinion, the impact of the chariot is incomparable, and once it rushes into the enemy line, the lethality caused is devastating. However, it is inconceivable that such a powerful weapon has disappeared into history.

"There are a lot of problems, the difficulty of steering, the difficulty of training the riders, the high precision requirements, these are all its problems. If one of the four goats goes wrong, the entire vehicle will be useless. ”

The dwarf paused, and continued, "And most importantly, advances in metal craftsmanship have made chariots extremely cost-effective. Previously, the same weight of ancient steel could only protect the important parts of the heavy cavalry, but the new and improved carbon steel can protect the cavalry from beginning to end, which greatly improves the protection and sustained combat ability of the heavy cavalry, and can completely replace the heavy chariot. Coupled with the poor flexibility of the vehicle, the vehicle often has no return in defeat, and the recovery rate is extremely low, and the vehicle is gone. ”

"In this battle, the chariot was restrained by the heavy cavalry troops of the god king, but even if the chariot troops knew that it was given in vain, they all attacked head-on, buying time for the other troops, and they fully used the word heroic and fearless. ”

Looking at the young dwarf's slightly exclamating expression, Leo looked at him a little strangely and said, "I thought you young dwarves didn't care about these things. ”

In response to Leo's words, the young dwarf said: "Our generation has just let go of hatred, but there are still many dwarves who are interested in history. These are two different things and cannot be confused. ”

Leo nodded and said, "You made the right choice. Forget hatred, but remember history. ”

If we forget the pain of hatred, then what do we need history for!"

Hearing this voice, which was a little out of shape due to old age, Leo didn't have to look back to know that the paranoid old dwarf was here again.

Leo turned his head a little helplessly, but was startled by the old dwarf.

The angry old dwarf pinched a big red button in his hand and raised it tremblingly above his head.

"Hey, what are you going to do, old man?"

"Since good words can't persuade you to leave, then I have to use a little radical means!"

When the young dwarf saw the big red button, he immediately rushed to the old dwarf's side, and said with a sad face: "Mining gunpowder, my father, where did you get these things, Lord Tyclin has repeatedly ordered that these things are not allowed to be possessed by private individuals, if Lord Teklin discovers... Please, Daddy, give me this. ”

"Teklin?" The old dwarf's expression became even angrier when he heard the young dwarf mention the steel hammer, even more so than when he mentioned the war between the dwarves and the humans.

"What is he! That kid doesn't look like a dwarf at all! More than his father! He even wants to erase the exploits of us old dwarves!"

The old dwarf was so angry that he slipped and was about to fall backwards.

In the confusion, the old dwarf's hand holding the button slammed against the wall, and the big red button slowly pressed down under Leo's gaze.

"Click. ”

For a moment, Leo was covered in sweat and hair, and the Sanctuary ability that had been closed out of politeness to the dwarves was instantly spread.

Through the surface of the wall, Leo "looked" inside the wall, which was not a wooden board at all, but a filled gunpowder!

Somewhere in the wall, a compressed spring was slowly loosening, pushing a hammer against the wall.

Leo screamed, picked up Nana, smashed through the half-open and half-closed roller shutter door, and threw himself out into the street.

"Get down!"

In his desperation, Leo only had time to shout to the dwarves outside, and the explosion wave in the jewelry store had already rushed out.

After a loud bang, Leo cautiously raised his head.

Most of the structure of the jewelry store was reduced to ashes by the violent explosion, and the violent impact even caused damage to the two nearby blacksmith shops, and most of the walls on one side were damaged.

The surrounding dwarves slowly gathered around.

"This is old Gebi's shop, right?"

"It's their house, when did their house hide so much dwarven gunpowder?"

"He's a veteran, there's always a way to get these things. ”

Leo listened to the dwarves' discussions, ignoring the heat generated by the explosion, and hurried towards the wreckage of the shop.

The shop was charred black, and only a tiny fraction of the precious jewels and statues survived the explosion.

Leo walked from memory to where the two dwarves had been.

The impact of the explosion caused the two dwarves to deviate slightly from their original positions and land on a section of the wall in the back.

Through the blackened marks of the explosion, Leo could tell that the young dwarf had spread his arms and covered the old dwarf's body.

Leo flipped over the young dwarf, his fingers resting on his large nostrils, but not a single trace of romance hit his hands.

He's dead.

Leo shook his head, waking up the old dwarf whose chest was still heaving slightly.

The old dwarf in a coma opened his eyes tremblingly, and Leo's appearance was imprinted into his cloudy eyes.

"You, you're still alive?"

The old dwarf couldn't believe it, thinking that he was hallucinating in front of him.

"yes, I'm alive. Leo pursed his lips and motioned for the old dwarf to look at the ground beside him. "But your son is dead. ”

"What!"

The old dwarf was shaken, and crawled to his son's side.

The young dwarf's broad nostrils rested a rough, dry finger again.

Dead, really dead.

The old dwarf sat on the ground in a decadent manner, staring blankly at the corpse of his son.

Is it his fault?

The old dwarf didn't know.

All he knew was that if it weren't for this human being, then these things wouldn't have happened at all!

The old dwarf, who felt that he had figured it out, threw himself to Leo's side, grabbed Leo's trouser leg on his knees, his eyes were red, and he roared viciously: "It's all you! Damn humans! It's you who keep bringing disaster to us! It's you! It's you..."

Leo felt that the old dwarf was hateful, but also felt that he was a little pathetic.

He was fighting in his legs, and gently shook the old dwarf out.

The old dwarf fell backwards and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a moment, and could only stare at Leo with hatred.

As the two confronted each other, a familiar rough voice came.

"Leo, are you over there?"

Leo looked back and saw Steelhammer galloping from a stout bighorn sheep.

"Here, Hammer. Leo waved his hand.

After the hammer rushed to the place, it quickly stopped the bighorn sheep, and landed in front of Leo with a beautiful turn in the air.

"What's going on?" Hammer was also startled by the scene in front of him. "Looks like dwarven gunpowder. ”

Leo pointed to the old dwarf in front of him and said to the steel hammer: "This old dwarf named Gebi seems to be a little prejudiced against humans, and he detonated a set of gunpowder under misunderstanding and confusion. He was fine, but his son died. ”

"Old Gebi, Gebby, the line of fire?" the hammer immediately became alert.

It seems that the old dwarf didn't cause him any trouble.

The steel hammer braved the heat and came to the ruins, and at a glance he saw old Gebi and the big blackened red button beside him.

The hammer was furious.

"It's you again, old Gebby!"

He dragged the old dwarf up, and his eyes widened like brass bells.

"Tell me how much trouble your stubborn racism has caused us, and this time you simply killed your own son!"

"You're talking nonsense!" the old dwarf glared at the hammer with the same menace. "You guy with your elbow turned out, the murderer is obviously the human who is standing, but you have come to question your compatriots!"

The old dwarf's stubborn words made Steelhammer laugh angrily.

"Did Leo force you to press the button, or did he force you to plant explosives? Can you blame someone else? After all, it's your own hatred. ”

The old dwarf was unconvinced by the steel hammer's reprimand.

Steelhammer looked at the old dwarf's expression and sneered, "What, did Leo do something to you?

"He didn't, but his ancestors did!"

"Enough!"

The end of the steel hammer's beard trembled slightly, and he was angry with the old dwarf.

"I've repeatedly stressed over the years not to indoctrinate this kind of hateful speech, but a handful of you have stepped up the crackdown. It seems that I am too lenient with you. ”

The hammer put down the old dwarf, and his face calmed down, as if he had made up his mind.

And the steel hammer was strangely calm, but the old dwarf felt something bad in his heart.

He shouted in horror, "What do you want to do? Hammer! You little brat, I'm a veteran of the gods! What qualifications do you have to dictate to me!"

Ignoring the old dwarf's bravado-bluffing intimidation, Steelhammer said loudly to the dwarves around him: "I, Teklin Steelhammer, declare in my capacity as the son of Seklin Steelhammer and the future lord of Istanbul that I will deprive the dwarves of their clan name of Gerby Fireline, and from now on, Gerby Fireline will not be allowed to claim to be the Dwarves of Histangarh. This decision is hereby effective and shall not be changed. ”

There was no sound all around, except for the old dwarf who trembled against the wall and made a "da-da-da" sound.

"Let's go, Leo. The hammer turned its head.

"Where?" Leo took Nana's hand and followed behind the hammer.

"My father, they've just finished discussing the information you've brought, and they may need a little help from you. ”

"I see. Leo nodded and said, "Speaking of which, I thought you were going to arrest that old dwarf." ”

The steel hammer hesitated, shook his head, and said: No need to catch it. ”

"What..."

"Bang!"

A sudden gunshot from behind him interrupted Leo's words.

Leo hurriedly turned to look.

I saw that the old dwarf who fell to the ground was holding a gun in one hand, and the side of the gun on his head was a bloody hole, and he had committed suicide.

Steelhammer's eyes darkened slightly.

"Old Gebby is a bit stubborn and takes hatred too seriously, but he is really a dwarf full of honor... It was also a brave death, better than his death in prison. ”