The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the grassland that had just experienced a scuffle, and large swaths of green grass were trampled or burned, making the flat grassland look uneven. The air was filled with the pungent scorching smell of burning fur and the smell of roasted meat, leaving behind more than a hundred charred corpses of the deadtailed dogs, whimpering and fleeing. There is no beast king in this large herd composed of broken tailed dogs, although the combat effectiveness is very strong, but once it is dispersed, it is difficult to gather again, and there is no need to worry about the beast herd will bring any trouble to other nomadic tribes, so the five people of the adventure group just watched the beast flee and disappear into the grass in the distance.

From a distance, the orcs in the camp let out a cheer of excitement, which was a celebration of their survival. Once the Broken-tailed Dog herd broke through the camp, more than a thousand hungry and ferocious monsters, not only those livestock, but even these twenty or so orcs would be torn to pieces and eaten, and there were constantly orcs kneeling down and kissing the god of war pendant hanging around their necks reverently, and more orcs gathered in the middle of the camp, offering gratitude to the ancestor totem worshipped by the tribe.

When they saw the five members of the adventure group slowly approaching with the magic cart, the eldest of them shouted to the orcs, and more than twenty orcs gathered together, moved the blocked wooden fence, and greeted the whole clan together, regardless of men, women, and children, regardless of the fatigue after the battle. At this time, the girls finally knew why Pannis said that Lina was wrong, and they also saw the three other races behind the orcs, and from the perspective of strength, I am afraid that they were the ones who sent the distress signal.

Those three people are not orcs, but the neighbors of the orcs, created by the god of fire and forging with the help of the goddess of the earth, the children of the mountains who came out of the mountains, and have the strongest dwarves among the humanoid creatures of the Yala continent. The dwarves are unique, only two-thirds the height of humans, but each one is as strong as a bull, both men and women, with long beards on their chins. The three dwarves were wearing thick armor, and even their heads were wrapped in metal helmets, and only their faces and beards were exposed, and the heavy armor that these hoplites would choose to wear on their bodies, but there was no effect on their movements, as if this armor was as light as ordinary cloth clothes.

The three of them all seem to have good strength, two silver and one gold. Although the physical condition of the dwarf race is not like the elves and winged people, it is at least the silver level, but it is also much stronger than humans and orcs, at least there are no ordinary people relative to humans among the dwarves, in their race, most of the adults have at least the strength of the bronze level, the number of silver ranks accounts for one-tenth of the whole race, and the gold level is also thousands, compared to the high-end strength, not worse than humans. Among the three silver-level dwarves, the one at the head was holding a two-handed hammer in his hand, and the few dead-tailed dogs just now should have been knocked away from the back of the carriage by this hammer. Seeing that the armor style of these dwarves is almost identical, it is obvious that it belongs to standard equipment, and the mercenary group will not forcibly require high-level professionals to wear standard equipment, so their source may only be the army of the dwarf kingdom.

However, the observant girls found that although these dwarves were also following behind the orcs, the expressions on their faces looked very strange, and they looked at everyone in the adventure group with suspicious eyes, as if anyone could be their enemy.

"Thank you for the blessing of the souls of our ancestors, and thank you for saving our tribe. After the two sides approached, the elder orc of the horse tribe took the lead in walking out from between the clansmen, walked quickly to the five people, bowed deeply, and said loudly: "Your timely rescue allows us to continue to live under the glory of the god of war, and the gratitude in our hearts cannot be expressed in any words." We hope that you will take a break from your travels and visit our tribe, and we will pay your utmost respect with the best food and the best spirits. ”

"This elder is too polite. With an impeccable courtesy smile, Catherine reached out to help the bowed Centaur orc: "Reaching out to those in need is a rule that everyone who lives in a dangerous wilderness must follow, and only if everyone does so, they will be rescued in the future when they are in danger." So you must never say that, these are the things that every qualified adventurer should do. Actually, our original purpose was to stay here for the night, and we would like to spend the night in the elder's tribe, and we will continue our journey tomorrow. But looking at the current situation, it seems that it is a little inconvenient. ”

"No, no, no, it's not inconvenient, you must stay overnight. The Equine orcs saw that Catherine was looking up at the chaotic camp, and hurriedly said: "This kind of chaos, our tribesmen on the grassland have long been accustomed to it, and it only takes ten minutes to restore the camp to normal." So let's get into camp and take a break, and we'll be getting ready for a bonfire soon to thank the adventurers and our three dwarven friends who helped us fight the wild dogs. ”

"Oh?" Catherine naturally turned her gaze to the three dwarves who had been following her at the end, as if she didn't seem to want to make contact, and asked in a puzzled tone, "......Who are those dwarven friends?"

"Haha, my memory has deteriorated as I get older, I forgot to introduce, these dwarf friends came half an hour earlier than your human friends, and they originally wanted to borrow it for one night, but they didn't expect to encounter that group of wild dogs attacking the camp, but fortunately, the three of them assisted us in defense, so we didn't let the wild dogs break through our camp. Without their help, with a few black iron and two bronze rank clansmen in our tribe, we would not be able to support you to come to the rescue. The Centaur Orc introduced: "So the three dwarven friends are also our benefactors, please give us a chance to express our hearts." ”

"What are you talking about, old patriarch. Hearing the mention of himself, the dwarf led by him couldn't keep silent, walked over quickly, and said in a voice with a dwarf's characteristic nasal voice: "Our two clans are neighbors, and it is appropriate to help each other, do you need to say any words of thanks?"

"The gratitude must be expressed. The horse orc stubbornly said: "This is the insistence of our steppe people. ”

"However, we are really tired. Catherine said softly: "And there are also players who are in poor health and need to rest very much. So I hope the old patriarch can be considerate, just forget about ceremonies such as banquets, as long as we can provide us with food and accommodation, thank you. ”

"This ...... Then there is no way. The horse orcs thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's true that I didn't think about it carefully enough, sorry friends." Heck, I'm so confused, I haven't introduced it yet. This dwarven friend is Bato the mountain dwarf, I'm Chiron of the horse clan, and as for the other two dwarven friends......"

"They are my men. Barto said in a dull voice, "Bren and Ron." ”

"I'm Catherine, the leader of Nelly's Adventures, and they're my team, the male is Pannis, the chubby is Freya, the short is Vivien, and the silver-haired is Lina. ”

"Sinners!" Barto suddenly shouted, took two steps back, raised the giant hammer in his hand and made a defensive gesture: "Sinners of the earth, you are really not good people, did you attract those broken tail dogs, what kind of conspiracy do you have?"

In the belief of the dwarves, in addition to the god of fire and forging, a large part of them also believe in the goddess of the earth, Denya, the temple of the goddess of the earth is the second largest temple in the country of mountains, so the dwarves are more familiar with some of the rituals and habits in the church of the goddess of the earth, and they recognize the meaning of the crescent-shaped mark on Lina's forehead at a glance. But this behavior was undoubtedly very impolite, and Catherine immediately sank her face and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Barto?

Barto's giant hammer kept his guard, glared at Catherine for a while, snorted heavily, and turned around with the other two dwarves and left: "Old patriarch, let's go back to the tent first, I don't want to stay with the sinners of the earth, hmph, what good people can be with the people who have been condemned by the earth." ”

Catherine's hand slowly put on the hilt of her sword, her eyes looked at Barto's back coldly, and just as she was about to open her mouth to propose a duel, she felt her soft hand on her arm. As soon as she turned around, Lina had already come behind her, and she didn't mind smiling and shaking her head at all: "Sister, I'm fine, this little problem, there's nothing to care about." ”

Catherine bit her lip and was silent for a while, then finally let go of the hilt of her sword, reached out and touched Lina's head, and turned to the embarrassed horse orc Chiron on the other side and said, "I'm sorry, old patriarch, because our question has embarrassed you. I don't know if it's convenient for us to borrow a place to stay, if not......"

"No problem, no problem. Chiron rubbed his hands helplessly and said, "I didn't expect this to happen, I'm really sorry." Regardless, you humans are still our tribe's benefactors and our best friends. Please come with me, and I will have the people prepare a tent for everyone to rest, and later I will offer food and wine, and you will not be polite, friends. ”

"Then it's going to trouble the old patriarch. Catherine smiled in thanks, nodded back to the other four, and followed Chiron into the chaotic tribe. Behind Catherine, during the accident, Pannis had been leaning on the magic car with his arms crossed, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling, squinting at the back of Chiron leaving, and muttering to himself thoughtfully: "Dwarf temper, hehe, hehe." (To be continued.) )