Chapter 638: The Great Pit
The kingdom of the dwarves was founded in the mountains, and this is how the name of the country of the mountains came from.
The gate is built on the face of the entire mountain, and it must be a hewn mountain wall.
Cristiana looked at the gate hundreds of meters high, this place is more like a statue, what kind of gate is it......
"It's strange that the dwarves always like to build gates like this. Looking at the building in front of her, Christian always had the feeling of returning to Ironhill.
"Well, it's very familiar, it is said that the craftsmen who built Iron Hill Fort back then originally imitated the castle of their own country. Standing next to Christian, a magician in his forties said.
With a small beard and a dark and thin face, there is a feeling of a mature man who has gone through the years and frost.
The little girl should like it very much, but Christian has also been in the capital of the empire before, and she has heard a lot of rumors about the magician in front of her, the most promising in the Linton Empire, and the youngest magician in the world at the level of a great speller, Fao.
"So that's the case, no wonder it feels like it. Cristiana said, although she can't get used to the other party's private life behavior, but the other party is the future of the empire, and is known as the person who is most likely to become the next law saint.
There are many things that can be ignored in front of such a person, and the empire also turns a blind eye to his actions.
Alas, how could he be sent to be a couple with himself this time.
"Let's go inside, I guess most of the people are already in place. Fao said.
The Linton Empire is already the latest empire to send troops, because Sindal has a waterway, it is said that he sent troops to the north directly through the canal on the same day, and Asta and Castile are also very close, and it is not difficult to send high-level people from the empire, only their own side is the most backward.
Along the way, I saw many adventurers who followed.
The adventurers are scattered, and the dwarves probably won't receive them alone, and it's not necessary, the adventurers either live in the wilderness on their own or go to live in the taverns of the dwarven kingdom, and only a few empires can be received.
This time, the number of people sent by any country is very simple, almost less than 10,000, and some even only a few thousand.
In the past year or so, the human world has experienced three major wars, and many countries have become exhausted and need to recuperate.
A country with a large number of troops like the Sindal Empire did not send troops in this war of the Aturan Empire, and if it had been according to the previous temper of that country, hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops would have been pressed down.
But they suffered great losses in the wilderness war, and they didn't lose more than 200,000 troops in an instant in that war.
The aftermath of the war brought the impression not only of the number of soldiers, but also of its consequences, which increased the burden of national pacification and created difficulties for a new generation of troops and desertions. It also caused a decline in the economy as a whole.
As far as Iron Hill Fort is concerned, it has taken almost a year for itself, and it still has not returned to half of its original prosperity.
It's so hard, you need money everywhere.
This is probably the reason why so many countries want to carve up the Aturan Empire and want to accept the dwarven mission.
It is said that those countries that have said they are reluctant to come, after hearing that there are dwarves in return, have privately let the strong people of their country form adventurer squads to participate in this capacity.
So the number of people who come to the dwarven kingdom this time will not be very large, but it is definitely the most sophisticated.
Walk in through the dwarven gate.
This is the valley, lined with huge carvings and dwarven guards.
The defenders of the Dwarven Kingdom have the highest defensive armor in the world, and their own light armor is also made by the Dwarves.
"Look at them, Lord Christian, don't they look listless?" said Fa'o, leaning closer to him.
Hiss~ Why is this guy always like this.
It's very casual to be able to get close to people.
Cristiana reminded herself that he was an air, non-existent.
Looking at the heavily armed dwarves on either side, some of them without helmets, there was no expression in their eyes, and even the soldiers standing guard looked godless.
"What's going on?"
Someone behind the two asked, there are many warriors and magicians behind Christiania, who are all one of the few elites in the Linton Empire, but they seem nondescript here, think about it carefully, it was because of the relationship between Lias and Cam that they were brought out by the king, and the reason why they stayed here is probably because they are close to the front line, and the king does not want to transfer troops from the empire temporarily.
"I've inquired, the news from the dwarves is not complete, or you heard the report from Castile that the other party was hiding it, in fact, the dwarves lost a large number of people in this accident, and the dwarves were already very small, and I heard that the dwarven king's favorite son also led his troops into the pit and did not come back either. ”
Cristian looked at the dwarves around her, no wonder she posed like this.
It's similar to the atmosphere at Ironhill after the end of the Wilderness War......
"Not only that, but the dwarves this time originally wanted to solve it by themselves, but also united the dwarven tribes from all over the country, and saw a few different dwarves over there, the black dwarves are local, that is, the mainstream people of this kingdom, and the slightly yellow-skinned are the mountain dwarves, who are good at training all kinds of animals to fight, and they are excellent hunters like you. ”
Looking at the dwarf with the musket on his back, Cristian also paid a few more attentions.
"Are they all the same?"
"Well, this incident is said to have happened a long time ago, the dwarves have not entered the pit for more than a year, and it is only recently that people have had to call for help from humans because there has been less and less news of them. ”
Cristiana wonders where this guy got so much news.
They went to a bridge and met a black dwarf receptionist, and were told that the king was sad and that the strong king had fallen because of the departure of the dwarven prince, and that he could not come to meet you in person.
Almost all the people from the major empires are already in place, and all that remains is to plan the time to go down the pit one day.
"The king wants to get better and better, the big pit is the result of hundreds of years of digging, and it will take a lot of time to go down. ”
The reception was supposed to be a dwarven official, and he did not wear armor, but a short red robe.
Although the dwarve's forging skills are good, the tailor's skills don't look very good, and probably the thick arms can't do such a clever job, so it looks very ordinary, just like the clothes worn by ordinary people in the human race.
Walking from the bridge, there is a large plain after passing through the valley, the fortress of the dwarven kingdom is on the right, and the huge black mountains can be seen in the distance from the left.
"What's that place?"
Almost the entire mountain range is made of steel shelves, with large furnaces on either side and huge machines hanging in between.
"That's where the big pit is, there's the world's largest drilling rig, and those furnaces are on standby. ”
"Spare? Fao asked, puzzled.
The dwarven officer turned his gray face as if he had just crawled out of the slag.
"If we didn't turn to humans this time, we originally planned to use water refining to fill the big pit directly!!"