Chongshan City, located between a lofty mountain range, is flanked by two endless towering mountain ranges, sandwiched in the middle, this is the gateway to the south of the mountain country of Kulan, and the architectural treasure created by the three dwarves together. Anyone who has been to Chongshan Castle has expressed their admiration for the city's design and architecture, and Chongshan Castle is also known as the city of the world's three wonders, along with the city of a thousand islands in the land of people and the sea and the elven court of the lost forest.

Chongshan City is a three-dimensional city built in the middle of two steep mountain peaks, and geographically speaking, it should belong to the canyon city that the hilly dwarves prefer, but in fact, the city integrates the common habits of the three dwarves, and is not limited to the canyon city.

The central part of the city, located on the surface of the canyon, a towering city wall encloses the entrance to the entire canyon, the city wall is thirty meters high, and the thickness reaches an astonishing twenty meters, the material of the construction of the city wall is not just earth and stone, but a layer of two-meter-thick earth and stone, and then lined with a one-meter-thick metal plate, and then continue to be built in a two-meter-thick way, even if it is bombarded with strategic magic and a large number of spar cannons, unless it is bombarded continuously for more than ten days, it is difficult to break through the defense of the city wall. The location of the city gate is in the middle of the city wall, which is cast by pure metal, and is usually hidden underground and cannot be touched, in case of emergency, the city gate will rise directly, and the rising slipway is deeply embedded in the interior of the city wall on both sides of the city gate, unless the city gate is completely destroyed, it cannot be knocked down with siege equipment at all.

After entering the city gate, there is a street up to sixty meters wide, called the Avenue of Flames, the buildings on both sides of the street are built against the foot of the mountain, but these are not all, above each building, there are four or five floors of other buildings extending up the mountain, each of these buildings has only one floor, half of it is built on the hillside that digs the required space, half of which directly excavates the interior of the mountain into a room style, and the outer half is integrated, looking up along the steep hillside, as if the hillside is covered with half a house and half a house, the visual effect is very strange。 However, these rooms are very convenient to use, there are stone steps along the hillside to go all the way up, and there are also slide lifters for freight, but you need to register when you use them, and then pay for the spars you consume.

Walking along this sixty-meter-wide avenue of flames, you can enter the interior of Chongshan City. The interior is composed of two circular valleys, one large and one small, the small valley is about thirty square kilometers, and the large valley is close to seventy square kilometers. The Flame Avenue extends from the entrance, running through the two large and small valleys, which is considered the central axis line, and the rest of the roads are distributed in a ring, nested inward layer by layer, and a large number of buildings are distributed on the roadside of each ring road. On the slopes of the two circular valleys, like the two sides of the Flame Street, countless strange-looking hillside buildings were built, making the entire Chongshan City completely develop into a three-dimensional one.

If anyone thinks that this is all there is to Chongshan City, it is too much to underestimate the power of the dwarves. Under Chongshan Castle, there is also a tunnel city that is very similar in size and shape to the upper level, but the lower city is mostly a spare building and is not open to the public, and less than a quarter of the area can be entered by outsiders. In such a mountain city, the dwarves can take what they need, the mountain dwarves live on the hillside buildings, the hill dwarves live in the ground buildings, and as for the cave dwarves, they can often only be found in the underground shadow city.

As the southern gateway of the dwarf country of the mountain country, it is also the only gateway by land, and it is located at the intersection of the three kingdoms of the orc grassland, the sea country and the mountain country, plus within a radius of one hundred and fifty kilometers, there are no other large cities in the three countries, so many people believe that Chongshan City should be an extremely developed commercial city. But only those who have been to Chongshan City can be disappointed to find that Chongshan City only has very ordinary business and service industries, and the real development here is the transportation industry and wholesale industry, followed by the mercenary industry and the adventurer industry responsible for armed escort and escort. However, if you think about it, there is a certain amount of truth in this, in essence, the city is a transit fortress, and the strange-looking buildings and underground cities are actually designed to deal with war, even in peacetime, no country wants to turn its fortress into a commercial center and tourist center for people to visit, so it is not surprising that Chongshan Castle has its current state.

At noon, outside the gate of Chongshan City, the adventure group finally escorted the three dwarves to their destination. The two carriages are moving side by side, and Barto and Bren are piloting them as coachmen, each of whom has many skills to master as members of the council's convoy, and driving is one of them. Serra and the four girls sat in two side-by-side carriages, introducing the customs and anecdotes of the dwarves to everyone through the cars, and Pannis rode the magic cart, slowly following aside, occasionally interjecting two words about the strange things he had seen when he was adventuring around the world, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. As for the other magic cart, everyone saw with their own eyes that Freya just slapped it a few times randomly, and the magic cart suddenly fell apart into parts, and then under Freya's control, several strange-looking quadrupeds were formed, and they crawled into her equally huge backpack.

"Look, this is Chongshan City, one of the greatest buildings of our people. Serra pointed to the massive walls and gates, and said proudly, "I dare say that there is no race in the world of Yara that can replicate this magnificent city." Even the intellectual capital of your neutral lands may be more prosperous than here, but from an architectural point of view, it is definitely not as good as here. ”

I couldn't agree more. Catherine nodded, "The buildings of the Holy Capital are just ordinary. ”

Two carriages slowly approached the city gate, the forty-meter-wide gate reached a height of ten meters, which could be used by almost any freight vehicle in both directions, and in the twenty-meter-long tunnel-like gate, along the walls on both sides, stood two rows of heavily armed dwarven defenders on the left and right, these defenders had been specially trained, and if anyone dared to break into the city gate without permission, they could form a defensive formation within three seconds and block the enemy from the gate with extremely high defensive power. There is a row of stone houses on the outside of the city gate, where the convoy entering the city needs to register the type and quantity of goods, pay taxes accordingly, and have a special person responsible for random inspection. However, for ordinary travelers, there is no need to register, and they can enter the city normally at any time.

Of course, Councillor Sierra did not need to be registered, and Bren ran to whisper a few words to the captain of the defenders at the gate, and soon a team of twenty defenders ran out of the city, escorted two carriages and a magic chariot in the middle, and surrounded them into the city.

It's finally back. Bren and Barto breathed a sigh of relief, and although they had not encountered any enemies during the last few days, the tension in their hearts that could not be eliminated also made them feel weak after relaxing. Bartow waved his hand and summoned a few defenders: "Come and drive, follow the orders of Lord Serra, we really can't support it." ”

"You two, let's go back to camp first. Serra said very considerately: "This time the clan has suffered heavy losses, a large number of high-ranking professionals have been killed, even General Sinaida has been sacrificed, this is the consequence of my decision, I will explain it to the Great Council and the elders of the clan." You are not responsible, but the heroes of the clan, and after a few days of rest, I will prepare a commendation ceremony and an award ceremony for you. Finally, I still want to say thank you to you, without your desperate protection, I would not be able to return here safely no matter what, you are not only the heroes of the clan, but also the heroes of our golden family, the heroes of my Serra, thank you. ”

"It is the honor of our lives to protect Lord Serra's return. The two of them were extremely emotional, but they still refused: "However, we cannot accept the reward obtained by stepping on the lives of our comrades, if you agree, my lord, we hope that our awards and medals can be exchanged for the common honor of the entire guard." ”

"Rest assured, their honor will not be erased. Serra's expression was also a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "I remember every child clearly, they all died for me, and I will never forget any of them." Therefore, the commendation meeting is attended by one hundred and twenty of you, two of you, plus one hundred and eighteen ......."

At the end, Serra found that her voice was a little choked, so she quickly stopped the topic and was silent for a while before saying, "You guys have a good rest after you go back, and in two days, I will inform you to come to the elders to meet me, and we will discuss the specific problems." ”

"Yes. The two dwarves slammed their breastplates hard and said loudly, "We will wait for the summons of the adults at any time." ”

After the two dwarven soldiers left, Serra sighed deeply and shook her head, "They are all good boys, but unfortunately, I hurt them." The captain-level assassin of the Shadow Hand is truly terrifying, and he has actually driven me to this point. ”

"Ready for revenge?" Pannis asked in a low voice, "To the hand of shadows?"

"Forget it. Serra shook her head and said, "If you want revenge, you have to find a client, who will find a way to cut off the knife because of the killing of a loved one." Of course, if there is an excellent opportunity, it is okay to cut a few knives, but it would be stupid to start a war in order to cut a few knives. ”

"Oh, that's a good analogy. Pannis smiled and nodded, "Since we have already entered the city, please ask Serra to help us find an inn for the time being, Catherine, let's separate for a while." ”

"Go to the dwarven elder you mentioned that day?" said Catherine, "Go ahead, we'll be waiting for you there when we find the inn, and you can find out our location directly from Councillor Serra." (To be continued.) )