Looking at the hundreds of meters of staircase carved by the dwarves into the cliff without handrails, Thomas said to his dwarven friend, "It reminds me of the scene where the lonely mountain discovers the secret passage, but unfortunately, Bilbo ends up ...... with Thorin"

"You've spoken too many times!" the dwarf Slorin interrupted impatiently, "I don't love treasure more than my friends like Thorin Oakshield, and I don't wear life-saving armor!"

"It's you, don't buy a solid set of armor, alas......" The dwarf has always been quite worried about the inlaid leather armor on the ranger's body, which is better than nothing, "If I can find Mithril, I will personally make you a set of Mithril chain armor, so that it won't be said to hinder the movement, right?"

"The dwarf gives his friend a Mithril shirt...... It's so unlucky. Thomas waved his hand: "The important thing for an archer is distance, and the defense itself is not important. I won't die so easily, for I'm a ranger destined to surpass Aragorn, Legolas, and Bard!"

Thinking of Aragorn, he couldn't help but feel that he was now as dirty and handsome as the emperor of men.

At this time, an old dwarf with two braids on his red beard walked towards this side from a distance, surrounded by a large number of dwarf guards, Mina and the two dwarves in the team hurriedly greeted him.

"I don't know if Mina's plan to shut Kuhl out will succeed. The dwarves are not very polite, and may have refused to allow the wicked witch to enter. With this in mind, he noticed that the poet had left the female mage behind and joined the party to meet the dwarven leader.

“...... Flying separately when disaster strikes?" Thomas instantly lowered his evaluation of the poet, and then realized that he was too hasty.

A group of dwarves also emerged from the cave on the west side of the canyon, led by blonde hair with a violent anger on their faces, as if they would explode at any moment, and they looked terrifying.

Unlike the old dwarf, who was dressed and equipped in the traditional style of a dwarven, he wore a suit of armor made of translucent black crystals. Looking at the crowd gathered around the old dwarf, the blonde-haired dwarf clearly showed dissatisfaction and resentment. Even from a distance, Thomas could still see the muscles on his face twitching from clenched teeth and anger.

It was clear that he also knew that outsiders would upset the balance of power in the valley. And most of the people, led by the paladin Mina, chose the old guy. But when Thomas turned his head to look at the old dwarf, he couldn't see the expression of joy, but was full of exhaustion and anxiety that he couldn't hide.

He couldn't understand the dwarves' language, and it was clear that the dwarves didn't see him as an important character, and the ranger mingled behind the crowd, looking left and right.

He saw the blonde dwarf enthusiastically run to the mage, the only lifesaver, who, after a few words, led the Drow Assassin towards the western wall.

Her appearance today looks like she has been beautified by spells, and her voice has become hoarse as if she was deliberately sultry.

"Looks like the poet with his hair dyed might be an undercover agent?" thought to Thomas, curling his beard, "and the real purpose is to raise the value of the Kurgal by making it scarce?"

I thought about it in my heart: the female holy horse Mina plus the mount should be slightly inferior to the mage Kurgal, at least it is difficult to grasp the initiative; the dwarf and the barbarian can win the Drow assassin head-on, but if they are assassinated, they will die and need their own assistance; I don't know if the swan card hidden by my side can be bigger than the poet card of the opponent; the key is whether the dwarf will show real skills.

But as soon as the dwarf entered the cave, he immediately thought about his negligence.

The rooms in the Dwarven Valley are basically converted from pit tunnels, and the guests live in long-abandoned mines, which have been heightened and widened. As for the tunnels used by the dwarves themselves, everyone except Mina had to bow their heads.

The unicorn can't get in, and her combat power is estimated to be less than fifty percent of the original, but she doesn't know how much she can pull back her height advantage. Narrow and curved tunnels are also extremely disadvantageous for long distances.

What worried him even more was that when he heard the news that the dwarves wanted them to stay, the barbarian was in a hurry to bring food back to his tribe as if he had been instigated by someone, and did not want to stay long.

Unable to dissuade Mina, after initially negotiating an agreement with the dwarven leader, she set off with a convoy transporting grain towards the Elk Tribe.

Unicorns and swans naturally followed.

"Very well, in the tribe of the barbarians, you are bound to be able to exert one hundred and twenty percent of your combat effectiveness. With Swan Girl to look after you, no matter how reckless you are, there shouldn't be any major problems. ”

"You!" Mina's eyes widened angrily, and then she deflated, "I shouldn't have anything over there, can you and Slorin really take care of this place?"

"I think so, there are quite a few arrow holes in the cliffs and tunnels for shooting. And you know, I can remember the map everywhere I walk, so I can make good use of the terrain just by stepping on it. ”

Because all the communication with Cortana is done in the brain, Mina only knows that he has a "mobile phone", and the mobile phone comes with a map record.

After repeated instructions to pay attention to safety, Mina finally reluctantly left.

The dwarf couldn't help but wipe his sweat: "This eldest sister is finally gone, and we are finally free!"

"I still don't think she should be separated. And it is indeed dangerous for Black Ice to listen to Mina and some dwarves. Thomas said hesitantly.

"What are you afraid of!Isn't there also someone who says that wearing a black ice amulet can prevent being found by ghosts?" the dwarf disagreed: "Mina, she knows a fart, paladins are brainless goods......"

With a "dang", the dwarven helmet was smashed, and he turned around in annoyance, realizing that Mina had gone and returned.

"If that evil female mage does something wrong, you have to strike first!"

"Okay, good, I remember. The ranger waved his hand impatiently: "Ah yes, this is the invisibility potion from the thief, if you can't hold it, you'd better retreat, don't fall in love." ”

Accepting the invisibility potion given by the Lower Warrior, Mina stared at him for a long time.

"What, doesn't it conform to your paladin's code of conduct?"

"How many times have I said it, don't put a stereotype on us paladins!" Lori Paladin raised her small fist and shook it demonstratively, suddenly turned to a smile, and left with her hands behind her back.

Thomas cautiously followed to the entrance of the cave, slowly revealing one eye diagonally. This line is different from the normal human body, relatively imperceptible, and is the standard posture of the Scout when probe.

"Well, that's good. This time there was no return to the carbine. ”

Thomas ran back into the tunnel, his hands spread out from side to side, and high-fived the raised hands of the dwarves and gnomes, and the three of them nodded wildly into the pit to the accompaniment of Cortana's "What is love" pose.

Here, the veins on the surface were excavated until they were depleted, and the dwarves went deeper. The original mining tunnels were turned into living quarters, carved out of furniture such as tables, chairs, beds, and stools. Of course, there is also a large number of metal products of dwarven craftsmanship.

Conference halls, dining rooms, pantry, shrines, and kitchens will be larger, while rooms on the periphery for human use will be taller.

Except for the wider main road, the other parallel or spiral tunnels connecting the upper and lower tunnels are relatively narrow. It's not very convenient for humans to walk, but it doesn't get stuck either.

In order to prevent poisoning and suffocation, dwarves rarely use open flames, and in order to prevent explosion accidents, it is strictly forbidden to bring rats as an early warning.

The dwarves led the way with magical torches that didn't need to be burned, with the gnomes following and Thomas at the end.

One thing neither the three Thomas nor the dwarves know or forget is that the rats possess the ability to understand and communicate with rats.