"Bang bang bang!"

The flame gravel slammed into the turtle's shield armor, and the huge impact sent Shen Chai directly into the distance from the air.

And the Xuan Tortoise Shield Armor was hit by a huge force, and it immediately shook back, turning into a burst of black light and burrowing into Shen Chai's eyebrows.

"Your Excellency!"

Shen Xiaohe's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly jumped up from the grass, caught Shen Chai in the air, and slowly fell to the ground.

"Are you okay, my lord?" asked Shen Xiaohe, frowning and worried.

At this moment, Shen Chai was lying in Shen Xiaohe's arms with a shy face—a standard princess hug.

"Uh...... Ahem, hey, let me down, it's not good for people to see!" Shen Chai said with a blushing face.

The Xuan Tortoise Shield Armor could withstand the attacks of mid-level and mid-level magic, so Shen Chai was not injured, but was a little dizzy from the shock.

"Oh. Shen Xiaohe blinked her eyes and replied innocently, as long as Shen Chai was fine, she would be relieved.

At this moment, the corrosive black mist of the eight-clawed water ghost gradually dissipated, revealing the entangled firefly resentful spirits and eight-clawed water ghosts inside.

Without the support of Luas's resentment, the eight-clawed water ghost's body slowly weakened, like a faded New Year's painting, gradually becoming transparent.

It is not yet a full-fledged spirit, the host is dead, and it cannot escape the fate of destruction.

"Sneer~~"

The fireflies hissed in the sky, let out an unwilling roar, and gradually turned into a dotted blue light, flying away in the vast night sky.

The firefly swarms on the periphery also stopped going crazy, and without the drive of resentment, their bodies all changed back to their normal size, and then flew in all directions.

The fireflies dissipated, the surroundings suddenly dimmed, and everything returned to peace.

Now, it's the second half of the night.

"Master Hoppus, you must cheer up!"

Hopps lay in Blue's arms, his sternum dented by the flames, his entire body charred and blackened, except for two cloudy eyes reflecting the faint light of the moon.

Shen Chai, Shen Xiaohe, and Tang Shishi all surrounded Hopus, this old man may be so deep that the city government is chilling, but the responsibility in his bones is also admirable.

At this time, Hoppus was already dying, and he moved his lips as if he was saying something, but his voice was too small for everyone to hear clearly.

"If only there were light magicians here!" Tang Shishi sighed sadly.

In fact, both Shen Chai and Blue understood that although light magic could heal injuries, they were afraid that it would not help Hops, who was too badly injured.

With tears in his eyes, Blue put his ear to Hopps' mouth to hear the old man's last words.

"Blue, remember...... Stay ...... you What you say," Hopps muttered feebly, "shine...... Take care...... Hannah ......"

As he spoke, a crystal tear crossed the corner of Hoppers's eye, and his head tilted, and he lost his breath.

And the direction his face was last facing was the same direction where Hannah was fainting and lying.

......

Early the next morning, Blue and his servants wrapped Hopps's body in straw mats and buried him on the spot.

At this moment, Hannah has become a tearful man at Hopus's grave.

Blue stayed by Hannah's side in a daze, and he didn't try to dissuade Hannah from crying, because he knew that Hannah needed to vent all the grief in her heart, otherwise she would be even more uncomfortable.

Until now, Hannah still doesn't know about the unbearable past fifteen years ago.

Hopps kept this secret for fifteen years to protect his granddaughter, and Blue will continue to hide it until the end of his life in order to protect his wife.

In order to explain the cause of Hopps' death, Blue told Hannah the first lie of his life.

He said that Hopps had died with the evil Curse Mage in order to protect everyone.

In the end, as a son-in-law, Blue carved an epitaph for Hopps with his own hands: "Hatred may destroy a man, but love can change a man." ”

In fact, Blue also wanted to erect a tombstone for his mother Luas, but after Luas was devoured by the fire, there was not even a slag left, even if it was impossible to erect a clothed mound.

Blue could only suppress the longing for his mother in the bottom of his heart.

In the afternoon, Blue and Hannah were busy with Hopus's funeral, and then the group continued on their way.

The dead are gone, and the living have to carry the weight forward.

After two days and two nights of travel, the Hopps caravan traveled through the wasteland, the Black Swamp and the Warcraft Forest, and finally reached the border of the dwarven tribe.

The Dwarven tribe is located on the edge of the vast Warcraft Forest, and is the closest race to the Magic Alliance among the three aborigines of the Magic Continent, and it is also the race that deals with humans the most.

As for the other two natives, the Dire are the closest to the Borderlands, and the Elves are located in the depths of the Warcraft Forest, and have little to do with the Magic Alliance and the Borderlands.

Dwarves, Dire, and Elves are found in a zigzag pattern in the Warcraft Forest.

Because they often wander between the dwarven tribe and Saitu City, Hannah and Blue have long been accustomed to everything about the dwarves, but Shen Chai, Tang Shishi and Shen Xiaohei are all coming to the dwarven gathering place for the first time, so they are particularly interested in the things around them, and they can't help but stretch their necks to look.

I saw that there were many dwarves between one meter and one meter four in the surrounding forest, and their appearance was basically the same, they were all short but thick limbs, covered with rough robes or leather armor, small eyes, big noses, thick curly long hair and big beards.

The dwarves seemed enthusiastic, whistling to greet Hannah and the others.

"Hey Human, welcome to the Great Hammer Tribe!"

"Yo-hoo, little beauty, do you want to come to the sturdy Batu's house and drink the best ale?"

“......”

Further on, rudimentary streets and many semi-underground buildings, half underground and half above ground, with circular roofs shaded by lush trees and grass, barely visible in full view.

Although the dwarves were not very tall, the doors of their houses were built very high, because these dwarves were desperate to save face, and they were the last to be called "dwarves", and if anyone dared to call them dwarfs to their faces, then these stinky creatures would have to rush up and fight him.

The streets were bustling with human vendors selling salt and spices, and even more of them were drunken lazy men, scurrying around with their sacs and gulping ale, and falling drunk on the streets as they walked.

"Hahaha!" Shen Xiaohei and Tang Shishi smiled when they saw this.

"Hey, it's nothing!" Hannah said with a smile, seemingly relieved from the grief of losing her grandfather under the influence of the joyful atmosphere around her.

"You don't know, the dwarves usually hold bonfires at every turn, and the names of the parties are very casual, such as "good weather today", "mare gave birth to a foal", "slept soundly last night", etc., and every party has to be carried out until everyone is drunk!"

In short, the dwarves are very self-amusing themselves, and the mastery of brewing technology is only to add to the joy of life, and the sophistication of mechanical manufacturing technology is only to dig and build more comfortable underground caves.

This unmotivated attitude to life has created an arrogant and arrogant character of the dwarves and a chaotic life order.

(End of chapter)