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Ortas!

The subsidiary city of the third black barrier in the Scarlet Canyon is also the beginning of the transformation from military defense to comprehensive use in the Scarlet Canyon, and there is no city on the edge of the first two black barriers near the orc wilderness, but a pure military fortress!

Well, it is said that the city existed before the first battle for the Scarlet Canyon, and after several forced demolitions or burns by the Orc Empire, the city grew in size.

Especially in the hundreds of years after the eighth battle for the Scarlet Canyon, the Orc Empire has not been able to break the trend of the Scarlet Canyon again, making this already quite prosperous city even more prosperous!

Of course, as a place of Scarlet Canyon, walking the streets of Ortath to see soldiers in the uniforms of various legions and fierce beast hunters (Note 1), various weapons and equipment shops, restaurants, bars, hostels, and some kind of entertainment industry are the most common and important symbols of the whole of Olsta!

After all, for the orc hunters who attack the orc wilderness from time to time to hunt orcs, or for the soldiers of the various legions who have been badly drilled and participated in the cleanup of the orc empire or have been attacked, weapons, food, drinks, safe resting places, women and other things are all things they need in this city!

According to the saying "where there is demand, there is a market", there are many merchants who come to Ortas to specialize in the business of orc hunters, beast hunters, and the garrisons of the Scarlet Canyon who go to the orc wilderness to play their lives.

In this case, Rhodes took several android followers who could guarantee absolute loyalty by his side, and began to carefully experience the relevant atmosphere of the city of Ortas.

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At noon, on a street in Ortas, Rod watched his surroundings with great interest.

On the black rock avenue mixed with black stone (Note 2), the soldiers of each legion and the orcs and beast hunters who fought for their lives in the orc wilderness were the most frequent.

Whether it is the elite legionnaires stationed in the Scarlet Canyon in the northern countries, or the team of orcs and hunters who have the confidence to take advantage of the orc empire, all of them are truly powerful warriors! Even the merchants who dared to go to the Scarlet Canyon were the same, at least they had a certain warrior base.

So when Rhodes glanced down the street, there was not a single ordinary person among the ten people, basically even the gray iron lower rank and the gray iron middle rank were rare, the gray iron upper rank and the gray iron peak warriors belonged to the mainstream of the public, and even from time to time you could see the warriors and even knights of the red bronze rank from the crowd on the street. And if there is a person who has a sore egg squatting on the street for a long time, you can even see sporadic silver and even gold-level powerhouses, and there are many magicians among them, who are quite rare in other places!

However, Rhodes understood the density of strong men in the Scarlet Canyon very well.

After all, according to the intelligence statistics of the game space of the gods, the orc empire has broken through the Scarlet Canyon five times in history, basically causing a catastrophe to the northern human race every time, and even causing the northern countries and some surrounding countries to change dynasties!

Just by listening to the legends and stories that are widely spread among the northern folk, such as "the evil orcs kill everyone and eat them all" and "no human is left alive when the orcs step on them", you can understand the cruelty of the orc empire. For this kind of enemy who is not the same at all, the five northern countries established after the Eighth Scarlet Canyon Attack and Defense War did not dare to be careless, and the troops stationed in the Scarlet Canyon were all elite legions and strong men from various countries.

As for those scattered orc hunters and beast hunting teams, not to mention, those who dare to eat this bite and have experienced several orc wilderness battles are basically elites, among which there are many warriors and professionals who have broken through the red bronze rank, and there are even those who have advanced silver and gold through the meritorious deeds of huàn to inherit the higher level of inheritance

As Rhodes walked along, he looked at the people coming and going on the street with great interest, a rugged shop pù with a sign with special words caught Rhodes' attention.

"Huh? This is the dwarf's shop pù?! Interesting, go check it out."

After looking at the signboard depicted in strange words and human lingua franca, Rode, who recognized the meaning of the words on it, couldn't help but smile a little, and then led the person over.

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Dwarf!

Before Rhodes crossed over, this was basically a character who appeared in major fantasy movies, games, and novels. And after Rhodes crossed, I also heard some legends of the dwarves or something. However, what really let Rhodes know about the dwarves' storage and information was the relevant information that Rhodes collected along the way after the opening of the game space of the gods!

As a major race before the Dawning War, the dwarves were attached to the orc empire at that time, but later led the dwarves to be purged by humans on the continent because they were on the wrong side. Later, the traces of dwarves were almost extinct for hundreds of years, and finally after the establishment of the Human Autonomous Alliance in the southwest hills of the continent, the dwarves allied with it appeared on the continent one after another.

Similar to the setting of the movies, games, and novels before Rhodes' crossing, the dwarves belong to the kind of race that is full of forging skills. For the sake of the extremely high forging skills of these dwarves, the dwarves belong to a relatively popular heterogeneous race at least on the continent - of course, they are definitely not the "popular" Cheng dù of elven slaves and orc female slaves!

"Hey, human, what do you need? The weaponry here will not disappoint you!"

When Rhodes led the people into the blacksmith shop, which looked to be quite old, the stout dwarf inside, who was at most one and a half meters old, came up enthusiastically and shouted in an unusually skilled human lingua franca.

Of course, listening to the words of this strong dwarf with a big red beard, it is indeed fascinating to look at the blacksmith shop wall with all kinds of weapons and equipment.

Daggers, short swords, one-handed longswords, two-handed slashing swords, two-handed heavy swords, two-handed broadswords, one-handed battle axes, double-edged battle axes, short bows, longbows, one-handed crossbows, round shields, large round shields, iris shields, tower shields and other weapons are dazzling. On the wooden shelf on one side, the chain armor and scale armor on display are also shining, and there is even a complete set of full-body knight armor placed in the most conspicuous place, and those who know know can understand that this is a genuine set of enchanted knight armor as soon as they look at the faint magic light emitted from the knight's armor!

"Well, the dwarves' craft is indeed excellent"

Listening to the dwarf's words, Rhodes nodded in praise as he picked up a dagger and gestured at it.

Although the weapons in this dwarven blacksmith shop are ordinary weapons except for the set of enchanted knight armor, the craftsmanship and materials used to create them are quite excellent, and the quality is definitely more than a step higher than the weapons of the same level that Rhodes has seen.

"Of course!"

Hearing Rod's words, the red-haired dwarf said proudly.

As a dwarf who is full of skills in blacksmithing, he does have this honor to bear this honor by himself, and because of this, he has become the most famous blacksmith group on the continent.

However, the red-haired dwarf was too happy too soon, and his face changed when he heard the second half of Rod's words.

"But these things out there are good, but it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are the elaborate work of the dwarves, right?"

With a wave of the short sword in hand, Rod said the second half of the sentence slowly.

"You !!" Listening to Rod's words, the red-haired dwarf, who was not known for his good temper, wanted to be angry, but after seeing the two imposing androids beside Rod, he had to resist the idea of making a move immediately, and shouted to Rod very angrily: "You guy had better explain it to me!" What's wrong with the weapons here??? Otherwise, I'm going to make you look good!"

The threat of the red-haired dwarf Habu is not bragging, after all, being able to open a shop in the Scarlet Canyon has proved that this blacksmith shop is not so simple. Not to mention the dwarves who are blacksmiths, there will definitely be no shortage of people who want to make friends or befriend!

"Nope! No! I think you're mistaken."

Looking at the red-haired dwarf Habu who was glaring at him viciously with a bearded face, Rhodes waved his hand and continued: "What I said is that the weapons outside are not in my eyes yet, and I don't doubt the meaning of the dwarf craftsmanship!"

"Human, this is enough for most people! If you want to buy magic weapons or other restricted things, it's best to have a certificate!" Hearing Rod's words, the dwarf Hab's face looked a little better, but he began to speak to Rhodes in an unkind tone.

In this magical world, the management of ordinary weapons is relatively relaxed, but dangerous weapons such as military plate armor, enchanted knight armor, and magic crossbow are strictly restricted, which not only requires a considerable amount of gold coins, but also requires remarks or relevant certificates.

If it's okay in the wilderness or other cities, there might be an underground black market or something like that, but not in a place like Scarlet Canyon!

"I don't need a magic weapon, I guess there should be a weapon of this quality in the dwarven blacksmith's shop, right? I'm going to buy a one-handed longsword of this quality."

Looking at the angry dwarf Habu, the smiling Rhodes explained, while untying a noble ceremonial sword hanging from his waist and throwing it directly to the dwarf Habu opposite him.

(Note 1: The Scarlet Canyon garrison is only a nickname for the mercenaries and stragglers who hunt orcs and empires.) )

(Note 2: A unique ore in this world, as an additive, it can make ordinary stone several times harder!)

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