As night fell, Frostaxe finished his day's work and traveled from the city of the dwarves to Nolan on the surface.

"Great Elder, today I'm going to drink these guys down, go first!"

"Don't talk nonsense, get out."

Frostaxe glared at the young dwarves as they disappeared around the corner of Nolan's street, and he groaned as he touched his dry beard.

He's even older than the city of Nolan, he's one of the first dwarves to discover this subterranean ruin, the pioneer of the subterranean ruins, and... The founder and builder of the city of Nolan!

From a small village where spellcasters gathered to the most prosperous city in the world, Frostaxe has gone through too many troubles that make him blow his beard and stare at him.

But time has passed, and even if a dwarf lives for a long time, he will be aged, even if he is the Grand Elder of the Frostaxe Clan.

Frostaxe's old body is no longer like the young dwarves, holding a beer in a large wooden cup in the tavern, and breaking his bare arms and wrists after drinking to his heart's content.

The older people get, the more they like to find excitement, and this principle is no exception for dwarves.

Frostaxe's favorite thing to do in recent years is to walk the streets of Nolan and see the changes that have taken place in the city he built with his own hands.

The recent preparations for the Universal Exposition have brought many new faces to Nolan, and Frostaxe can see several new shops on every street, although most of them are selling the clothes worn by the girls or the troublesome things of the spellcasters.

And today he found a tavern on the high street, a tavern called Hearthstone.

The dwarves have a unique tavern culture, and all dwarves have heard their mothers shout in their young voices, 'You I lost when I fought in the tavern!' ’

Frostaxe, who is almost a few hundred years old, is no longer interested in noisy taverns, but this tavern called Hearthstone is surprisingly clean.

It is a compliment to describe it as pure, and when the frost axe walked inside, he found that there were only one or two people inside.

"Welcome...... Please find a seat. ”

Walking towards the frost axe is a little girl... Or a little boy?

Frostaxe looked at the human with the wooden-rimmed glasses.

It doesn't matter if it's male or female.

Anyway, in his eyes, these races that are a few heads taller than him are too ugly, the key is that the figure is ugly, and the most beautiful body of a dwarf woman should be like a barrel!

Frostaxe likes this quiet tavern.

He followed the human's instructions and walked into the tavern and sat down.

The light armor worn by the Frostaxe and his weight made the ground thud as he sat down.

"Need... Something? ”

Ino glanced at the old dwarf in front of him, the work in the tavern was his job, but he didn't have such a good treatment for running errands before, and he had a place to live and study, and it was good to be able to eat a full meal before.

So after returning from school, Ino volunteered to become a clerk at the tavern.

"Do you have any wine from the Great Xia Kingdom here?"

Frostaxe didn't look at the menu, the drinks in the tavern were nothing more than what kinds, inferior ale and not inferior ale, as well as the highest quality rye wine in the Iron Country of Bisquel, and the red wine drunk by those nobles who were too pretentious to do it.

These wines were tasteless to Frostaxe, and he had recently fallen in love with a wine from the Great Xia Kingdom, which was so transparent in color that it was like his throat was burning when he drank a bottle.

"Yes."

Ino nodded and immediately ran to the back of the bar, one of the wine suppliers that Marlena was talking to was from Great Xia, and of course this special wine was offered, and Ino had never tasted it at all.

"I want the best!"

Frostaxe opened his voice and shouted, and his voice echoed throughout the tavern, but soon another voice took his place.

"My magic will tear you to shreds, sorry, sorry, sorry......"

What's going on?! There is even a spellcaster in this tavern?

Hearing the voice, Frostaxe curiously glanced at the other side of the tavern, and found that there were two unfamiliar figures in the corner of the tavern, but what really caught Frostaxe's eye was... Their table will glow!

…………………

"I... Win! Four-fee fireball! I'm sorry! ”

Ciri is holding a card made of projections with the words 'Fireball: Deal Six Damage' written on it.

Jossiu, who was sitting across from Ciri, shrugged his shoulders and could only watch as the character he controlled, the warrior's little roar, Garrosh Hellroar, shattered and exploded into pieces with a single fireball spell.

Joe Correction is testing the arcade version of the gameplay with Ciri, and what Joe Xiu has in front of him is a unique finished machine, and the Hearthstone carried in it is the original version.

There is no card editor, only two professional warriors and mages can be used, and the card deck is also pre-edited by Qiao Xiu, and this machine is only used by Qiao Xiu to test.

The arcade version of Hearthstone is a transparent screen, somewhat like a table-sized tablet, and Joshua also takes advantage of the projection feature of Herlan's magic machine to allow the hand to appear in front of the player, but this is only a very vassal feature.

The real gameplay is still to click and drag on a transparent surface.

Qiao Xiu and Ciri tested a total of twelve rounds, from the afternoon to now, after Ciri was defeated by Qiao Xiu for eleven rounds in a row, this smart female magician lady finally gradually mastered the technique, and with a little luck, finally won Qiao Xiu just now.

"Quick! It's time for you to fulfill your promise. ”

Ciri had some indescribable feelings when he was victorious, especially according to Qiao Xiu's words, 'You must shout sorry before you kill with the Fireball Technique' and 'You must also shout sorry before you kill with the Fire Explosion Technique', which is the dignity of being a mage!

If it weren't for the fact that Ciri was a believer in the God of Order and didn't know how to use fireballs, maybe she would follow this rule when she used fireballs in the future.

"Willing to gamble."

Before Qiao Xiu and Ciri started this test, they had made a bet with Ciri that as long as Ciri could win Qiao Xiu within fifteen rounds, Qiao Xiu would promise Ciri a condition that was not too excessive.

If he can't do that, Ciri will obediently return to Herlan's alchemy workshop and finish the rest of the original paintings.

"Did you write the part behind "This Demon Is Not Too Cold"?"

The conditions proposed by Ciri made Qiao Xiu a little unexpected, because 'not too much' also included letting Ciri go free.

But unexpectedly, this young lady magician seems to have forgotten her identity as a prisoner, and cares more about the script that Qiao Xiu showed to Ciri a day ago, the initial script of "This Demon Is Not Too Cold".

"I haven't written it yet, and I'll wait until I'm done with Hearthstone to make the film."

Qiao Xiu has been typing code for the past few days, and the script was just written on a whim, only to be discovered by Ciri, who lives under the same roof.

After "Beauty and the Devil", Ciri once again became a glorious urge.

"Making... You're still a little over a hundred pieces short of the original art you gave me, but the base cards are all complete, give me a few days. ”

Ciri's work efficiency is really speechless, after Qiao Xiu drew the line drawing in advance, she directly filled in the details and colored.

Ciri is not in a hurry, as long as she follows Qiao Xiu, she will be able to finish reading the script of "This Demon Is Not Too Cold" sooner or later, and she can also participate in the filming of the scene!

That's what Ciri is looking forward to the most.

"BUGS HAVE ALMOST BEEN IDENTIFIED."

When Qiao Xiu was about to stop transmitting magic power to this magic guide machine, Qiao Xiu felt the ground shake slightly.

One of the dwarves had been standing next to the Wizard Machine for some time, his eyes widening as if he were wondering what it was.

This scene reminded Qiao Xiu of the first time he went to the arcade hall, he also stood behind the arcade and watched others play, and after trying many times, he dared to play in person.

"Want to try it?" Qiao Xiu looked at the old dwarf who seemed to be very old and asked.