At noon the next day, under Gordon's last spatial teleportation, the three of Bucky finally arrived at the place marked on the map of the Two-Horned Clan, which was supposed to be the place where the dwarf tribe lived four hundred years ago.

It's just that to the disappointment of the three of Bucky, there doesn't seem to be any dwarf tribe here, standing on a big tree more than twenty meters high and looking around, in addition to the mountains and rivers, there is no sign of intelligent life activities.

"Did you find anything?" Seeing Bucky jump from the tree, Tony immediately greeted him and asked impatiently.

Bucky shook his head with a calm face and said, "There seems to be no sign of human activity, maybe because the map is not accurate enough, we haven't reached the tribe of gnomes yet." Look around and you might find something. ”

After some careful searching, finally when Bucky was about to give up, Gordon not far in front of him excitedly shouted: "Here, come on, this tree hole is weird!" ”

Walking quickly to Gordon's side, Bucky looked at the hole in the tree he fingered, and under a large tree that would take two or three people to wrap around, there was indeed a hole that could accommodate one person. To Bucky's delight, there was a secret door at the bottom of the tree hole, and after opening the secret door, a deep tunnel appeared in front of Bucky's three people. This is obviously an artificially dug tunnel, and if you want to find the dwarf clan, this tunnel should be a good clue.

"Is there anyone underground? We are three lost Midgardians, is there anyone here, please? ”

Bucky shouted into the tunnel, hoping for a response. It's a pity that after shouting a few times, there is no movement in the tunnel.

Another shout went unanswered, and Bucky felt a little impatient, and was about to enter the tunnels to investigate himself, when a slight voice came from the tunnels: "Shut up, stupid Midgardians!" ”

Although the Duerr-known Midgardian annoyed Bucky a little, Bucky decided not to deal with the voice's owner for the sake of his cries finally being answered.

After a while, a small head came out of the tunnel, quickly raised his eyes and swept over the three Buckies surrounding the entrance of the tunnel, and said eagerly: "Come in, three fools, the dwarf clan was almost killed by you!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for the three of Bucky to reply, the dwarf clan immediately pulled the three of them closer to the tunnel, and after observing the little head outside for a while, he confirmed that no other creature had discovered the entrance to the tunnel, and then closed the secret door of the tunnel again.

The tunnels were plunged into darkness again, and even Bucky's eyesight beyond normal people could barely see anything. However, the dwarf didn't care about the kindness of Bucky and the others, and unceremoniously squeezed to the front of the three and said, "Follow me, the elder wants to see you!" ”

Following the gnome who led the way, the three of Bucky stumbled through the winding tunnel, and it took a long time before they reached the exit at the other end of the tunnel.

To Bucky's surprise, out of the tunnel, it turned out to be a bustling underground city, with an unknown ore above his head, which actually emitted a light that was not weak, bringing light to this underground world. Next to the exit of the tunnel, it looks like a field of farmland, planted with neat crops, and you can vaguely see people of the dwarf clan working in the fields. Bucky could also hear the sound of running water in the distance, and there should be an underground river nearby.

Although he is in an unknown amount of underground, what catches Bucky's eyes is a complete ecosystem.

"Stupid Midgardians, are you shocked by the wisdom of our dwarf clan, this kind of underground city you Midgardians can't build in 10,000 years!"

The gnome who led the way interrupted Bucky's observation of his surroundings with a sarcastic sneer, and then he refocused his attention on the dwarf. This dwarf is no more than one meter three tall at most, with a short head and thighs, and is looking at the three of Bucky proudly, although he is very short, it does not hinder the sense of superiority in his heart at all.

"In Midgard, humans live above the ground, and there is no need to build such an underground city." Bucky's faint reply made the dwarf in front of him change his face slightly, this scene was just captured by Bucky, thinking that it seems that this dwarf clan lives underground, and there seems to be something hidden in it. However, this dwarf who led the way was obviously only a small character, and Bucky would not look for him if he wanted to inquire about the news, smiled slightly, and then said to the dwarf: "Isn't it that you elders want to see me, take me quickly, I also have some questions I want to ask the noble elders." ”

The dwarf snorted, stopped talking, and walked ahead to lead the way, and in a few moments led Bucky to a brick house.

What made Bucky feel strange was that most of the dwarf houses he saw along the way were less than two meters high, and the brick and stone house in front of him was nearly four meters high, and even the gate was more than two meters, not at all like the houses of the dwarf family, but like they were built for a race of human height.

After entering this room, Bucky's doubts just now were immediately solved, in addition to three diminutive gnomes in the room, there were actually two people of similar stature to humans, who were more than 1.7 meters tall. Both men had long white hair, pointed ears, and exposed skin that was pale without a trace of blood.

"Dark Elves!" Bucky couldn't help but exclaim, and the person standing with the three gnomes turned out to be someone from the Dark Elf clan. Bucky didn't hesitate at all, and immediately pulled out two Edelman short swords, assuming a posture that could attack at any moment.

The two dark elves were slightly stunned, and then they laughed bitterly, one of the dark elves smiled slightly at Bucky, and said: "It seems that this friend from Midgard knows the past of our dark elf clan, but please relax, the dark elves who live here are no longer those dark elves of thousands of years ago." ”

Tony behind Bucky also asked strangely, "What race are the dark elves, Bucky, do you know them?" ”

Bucky didn't let his guard down because of the dark elf's explanation, and explained to Tony in a low voice: "Thousands of years ago, the dark elves once dominated the nine gods, and no one was able to defeat them, and their king, Malekis, also possessed a weapon to try to envelop the nine gods with darkness, so that the dark elves could gain stronger power. Overall, this is a race full of maniacs and patients with advanced middle and secondary cancers. ”

Bucky's explanation made both Tony and Gordon appear vigilant to apply, and Gordon was even ready to teleport out of here if the situation was critical.

The two dark elves weren't angry at Bucky's explanation, and they just kept smiling wryly. The dark elf who spoke just now said: "The dark elf on Axel is not a subordinate of Malekith, we have the opposite idea of Malekith, and before Malekith fought a decisive battle with the god-king Bauer, we broke away from his control and came to this place of exile. It can be said that we, the dark elves, were the first intelligent race to come to the Exiled Lands, and our dark elf tribe had been living here for nearly a thousand years before Baul decided to make Axel the Exiled Lands. ”

Bucky was stunned, completely unaware that there was such a group of brain-normal beings among the dark elves, and he had already self-exiled, away from the race, and came to this planet.

At this time, one of the three gnomes who had not spoken all this time also stood up and said with a smile: "Midgards, your reaction is normal, when our dwarf clan came to Axel and found the dark elf clan, we also had several battles with them, so we can be regarded as not fighting and not knowing each other, and we have formed a covenant to advance and retreat together." ”

"Yes, you must know that the Vat Alheim, where our dwarf clan originally lived, was turned into a dead place by the dark elves, and it is said that we should have a common enmity with the dark elves." Another dwarf added: "But that was countless years ago, our tribe, even the ancestors who had just migrated to Axel, no one had ever been to Vat Alheim, hatred or something had long been downplayed, you see now, our dwarf clan and the dark elves are working very happily." ”

After listening to the explanations of the two dwarf elders, Bucky breathed a sigh of relief, inserted the two short swords back into his waist, and after introducing the identities of his group of three to the five people in the room, he asked: "I don't know if the dwarf clan and the dark elf clan have a way to return to Midgard, we came to this exiled land because of the failure of spatial teleportation, and we want to find a way to go back as soon as possible." ”

The five elders of the two races glanced at each other and said in unison, "No, we don't have a way to leave the Exiled Lands. ”

"The answer is so neat, there is obviously something wrong with this!" Bucky frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at Tony beside him, not only Tony, but even the twelve-year-old Gordon noticed this.

"Elders, if you have any requests, you can do so, and we will do our best to do what we can, and please tell me how to leave the exiled lands and return to Midgard." Bucky didn't go around in circles, took a step forward, looked at the five elders opposite, and said in a sincere tone.

After a long silence, the talkative Dark Elf Elder sighed and said, "Mr. Barnes, if it was four hundred years ago, our Dark Elf clan did own several spaceships, and they were the spaceships that our ancestors brought when they came to this planet, capable of interstellar travel, as long as you are willing to pay a little price, it is not impossible to send you back to Midgard. But now, those ships have all been destroyed, and we are really powerless! ”

Four hundred years, this time again, four hundred years ago, the dwarf clan still visited the two-horned clan, and four hundred years ago, the dark elf clan still had their own spaceship. Bucky was now curious about what had happened four hundred years ago.

"Elders, I came from the Two-Horned Clan, and I heard their patriarch say that four hundred years ago, you were still in contact with the Two-Horned Clan, what happened to make you cut off the connection with the Two-Horned Clan, and the shipship lost by the Dark Elves Clan is also related to this matter?"

"Yes, something did happen four hundred years ago that caused us to cut ties with other races and lose all of our ships." After a pause, the Dark Elf Elder continued in a slightly frightened voice, "I don't know Mr. Barnes, have you ever heard of Thanos Thanos? ”