Chapter 502: Material Crisis

Anyone who has ever been to the Far North will be amazed by heartfelt exclamation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this desolate place, where there is no trace of green in sight, the dwarves and gnomes not only survived, but also built cities.

Of course, even in the far south of the Far North, gravity has reached more than ten times that of Middle-earth, so not only are there no high-rise buildings or palaces, but most of the houses here are just walls without roofs. Fortunately, it never rains in the Far North.

On the outskirts of such a city, there are always alchemy pools that are constantly smoking. In the thousands of years of studying alchemy, the gnomes have developed a unique set of alchemy methods, which are not very efficient, but of astonishing quality.

In the past two years, there have been quite a few new alchemy pools like this. The team that transported materials to the south had changed from a small team of dozens of people to a specialized team composed of hundreds of dwarves.

From the Far North, you'll need to pass through several knightly city-states and climb eleven cliff cities of various sizes to reach the continent of Hulse in the western part of Middle-earth. Because the cargo was much heavier than the magic crystal, the dwarves responsible for transporting these materials were all powerful dwarven warriors, and even then, it would take up to four months to transport a one-way journey.

In the Knight Federation, it is not uncommon for dwarves to transport goods like this, in addition to transporting food from south to north in winter and spring every year, the magic crystals and weapons they transport to Middle-earth will also pass through the Knight Federation.

Generally speaking, bandits rarely attack the dwarven ranks, partly because about half of the food of the Knight Federation comes from this trade route, and partly because the dwarves are so strong that the bandits dare not fight hard.

However, in February of this year, a dwarven convoy encountered a powerful bandit in the wilderness a month away from the continent of Huls, and hundreds of dwarven warriors were wiped out, and the metal materials transported were unknown.

A month later, the news reached the Fog City in the north of the Huls Continent, and the dwarf king Grunada's eyes widened and he was furious.

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Ball Falls has long since recovered its water potential, and all kinds of machine tools after a maintenance are running well, and there is a loud sound of machines running in various workshops of the Fog City factory.

Immersed in it, Downer felt as if he had arrived at one of the world's largest heavy industrial bases.

However, he didn't have the energy to feel this staggered feeling of time and space right now, because things were going in an uncontrollable direction.

Una had been in a coma for two whole days, and occasionally when she woke up, she would act terrified at the sight of Donner, and she could only be quiet when Layla was alone in caring for her.

Donner, who was anxious about this, received news from Cynthia that a dwarven team carrying clockwork had been attacked and destroyed north of the Ganges city-state.

After walking through the factory floor, the first time he saw Cynthia in the middle and lower parts of Fog City, Donner asked, "Is it Jesse the giant?"

Before Cynthia could speak, the dwarven king Grunada shouted, "Who else but him?!"

Donner didn't know how to answer for a moment, he had offended the giant Jesse, and now that hundreds of dwarves were dead, it seemed out of place for him to say anything. In fact, when Cohenas killed those knights, he thought that there would be this possibility, but he didn't expect Jesse's revenge to come so quickly and so directly.

"Actually, when Jesse asked us to confess the information on the Huls Continent, it was destined to come to this day, and this is the price we have to pay. Cynthia seemed to see what Donner was thinking.

"The price...... Jesse's idiot should pay a price!" Grunada's roar was more terrifying than the roar of machinery coming from above the rock face.

Gru...... We can't ...... impulsively," Cynthia frowned.

"Impulsive?!It's all dwarves!Of course you can say that!" Grunada looked even angrier.

Cynthia fell silent for a moment, glanced at Donner awkwardly, then shook her head slightly with a calm face, and said, "Gru, I know that you are angry, angry is angry, things have to come step by step, all the price we pay now is to be able to survive." As for Jesse...... Sooner or later, we'll make him pay. ”

"Dwarves can die in battle, but they don't deserve to be treated like this......" Grunada clenched his fists, his voice as low as a drum.

Donner looked at Cynthia suspiciously, who shook his head helplessly and didn't speak.

However, Cynthia aside, Donner could also imagine the end of those dwarven warriors - to be able to make Grunada angry to this extent, Jesse's men must have gone too far.

However, in the only little thing Donner knew about the giant Jesse, it seemed that he should not have such a cruel character.

He looked at Cynthia and said softly, "Scheme?"

"Hmm......" Cynthia said, "Jesse is more sane than Patin, his territory is in the west of the Knight Federation, and we are here to stand behind him." He was so ruthless, he was supposed to lure us out so that he could have a chance to attack Fog City. ”

Donner nodded silently, so the giant Jesse wanted to force the dwarves away from the Huls continent. With this purpose, even if it completely destroys Fog City and completely isolates the Huls Continent from the Knight Federation, it is in Jesse's interests.

"Gru, the more he does this, the less we can be fooled. Cynthia said to the dwarven king.

"I know what you're talking about!" Grunada punched himself in the chest as if venting, and said with a bitter face, "But I'm just unwilling!"

Donner let out a long sigh, he couldn't use magic in the Knight Federation at all, and he didn't have the strength to help the Dwarf King out of this breath.

After a long silence, Donner frowned and said, "Cynthia, can you bring Jesse to Middle-earth to talk?"

"Let's talk?" Cynthia looked at Donner suspiciously, "How could he have fallen for such an obvious trap?"

Donner shook his head with a wry smile, indeed, Jesse would have seen that this was a trap if he had a little bit of intelligence.

"Perhaps," he said in a deep voice, "we have to find out if there are any iron mines on the Huls continent......"

"You mean, alchemy here?" Cynthia said in surprise.

"There's no secret metal in Middle-earth!" Grunada was just as surprised.

Donner thought for a moment and said, "If we could be self-sufficient in most of the materials, the task of the convoy would be much lighter, and it would not be easy to be attacked, wouldn't it?"

"That may be the way to go," Cynthia said, "but ...... To tell you the truth, Downer, if Middle-earth were self-sufficient, then we would have no way out. ”

Grunada was reminded by her words, and immediately said, "Yes, Don't worry, Don't worry, angry is angry, we will still do what needs to be done." ”

Cynthia secretly glanced at Donner, probably to say: You still have a way.

Donner was speechless for a moment, he was not provoking Grunada when he said this, but he was really going to do it.

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