Chapter 5: The Rock Fortress

Ryan took Freya's hand and walked through the mountains and forests, this is located in the southwest corner of the continent, full of endless mountains, full of lush trees, according to Freya, the entrance to the dwarven territory The rock fortress is located in the depths of here, because there are powerful demonic beasts on the periphery, so ordinary humans do not dare to go deep into it, which is similar to the holy land of the elves Demon Moon City, except that the Demon Moon City is floating in the sky, and the dwarf capital Black Rock City is deep underground.

Ryan pulled Freya to stand on a steep mountain, he looked at the Cassano military camp at the foot of the mountain, which was not much bigger than an ant, and said to Freya: "The terrain here is very dangerous, if you place an army here, you can hold this place from a high position, no wonder the dwarves will build a fortress here, but, why don't I see where the fortress is?"

"Hehe, of course you can't see it, Ryan, because dwarf architecture and humans and elves are completely different styles, and their favorite thing is to dig and dig, so the cities where dwarves live are generally underground, and you naturally can't see the majestic architectural style of humans. Freya replied with a smile Lane affectionately tidied up the hair on her forehead that was slightly blown by the mountain wind, and this action also made the 4 men, 4 women and 8 queen guards beside Freya look displeased, but Freya enjoyed Ryan's concern very much, so that the 8 proud elf queen guards had to stare at Ryan with eyes that were about to burst into flames, in their opinion, the elf queen was supreme, how could it be possible to let the human in front of him desecrate with such an intimate action.

After everyone had rested, Freya took Ryan and them on their way again. This time, Ryan and the others hoped to go around to the south of Mochizuki City through the dwarven territory, and brought a total of 15,000 warriors from Cassano, but so many people were all approaching the Rock Fortress at once, which would inevitably cause misunderstanding among the dwarves, so Ryan and Freya each took their 8 personal guards to the Rock Fortress to communicate with the dwarven governor, and then mobilized Cassano's army in batches after getting the permission of the other party.

Ryan was also here for the first time, and he listened to Freya describe to him about the dwarves on the way, if the human Mochizuki City was established to commemorate the elves who taught magic to humans, and was established according to the elven capital Moyue City, then the Blackstone Auction House is to commemorate the dwarves to create various magical items for humans, named after the dwarven capital Blackstone City.

To get to Demon Moon City, you must open a teleportation magic circle in several elven ruins in the Silent Forest, and if you want to enter Black Rock City, you can only enter it from the Rock Fortress here, and then follow the underground passage dug by the dwarves to finally reach Black Rock City, which is located deep in the earth, which is the residence of the dwarven king.

After some more walking, Ryan suddenly noticed someone lurking in the thick woods on either side of the road, and he gently squeezed Freya's hand, who smiled at him, and then motioned for his guard to come forward to explain what he meant. After receiving Freya's order, a female queen guard put the longbow on her back, as well as the magic sword, dagger and other weapons on her body, and then strode forward, while the others stayed where they were, and put away all their weapons, revealing their empty hands, to show that they had no malicious intent.

"I'm Her Majesty's Elven Queen's personal guard, Tvesty Moonstream, and I'm here to meet Lombard, the head of the ale at the Rock Fortress. The female guard shouted three times in a row before a deep voice came out of the thick woods: "Are you Yuexi?

"It's me. Tvesty-Yuexi smiled slightly, and with her answer, several male dwarves walked out of the woods, they were about 1.5 meters tall, but the muscles on their bodies were quite developed, and their skin was dark brown without exception, I don't know if they were born like this or because they lived underground all year round. But what impressed Ryan most about the dwarves was their bushy beards, which Ryan believed would surpass the density of the surrounding woods.

"Aha, Yuexi, you guys are here again, it just so happens that Sam's thunder wine is already ready to drink, this time we will definitely not lose to you again!" Several dwarves seemed to be very familiar with Yuexi, and they quickly got together and chatted affectionately with each other.

Ryan listened to the slender, about 2-meter-tall female elf Yuexi and several stout, 1.5-meter-tall male dwarves on the opposite side talking about drinking, and felt very strange in his heart, and he whispered in Freya's ear: "Why do your guards also like to drink?"

"Hee-hee, that's not alcoholism. The dwarves love nothing more than drinking, and if a friend can't drink at the door, then he is not a good friend. Freya explained to Ryan with a smile, and at the same time, there was a little mischief in her eyes: "Ryan, if you can drink everyone on the other side by yourself, then even if all of us 15,000 people are crammed into the Rock Fortress, the dwarves will definitely not say anything." You can't bear to let them go out in the wind and rain, right?"

As soon as Ryan heard the drink, his face immediately showed bitterness, but unfortunately before he could say anything, the conversation between the dwarf and Yuexi over there came to an end, and the dwarf who was the leader threw his two-handed battle axe on the ground, and strode towards Freya, the axe was almost 1.5 meters long, about the same size as him, and the weight was definitely not light, but in the hands of the opponent, it seemed like nothing, and it seemed that the dwarf's innate divine power was absolutely true.

"Hello, Your Majesty the Queen, I am Scout Captain Jebinah, and welcome to the Rock Fortress. The leader of the dwarf said, but he soon saw the humans beside Freya, so he said with displeasure: "But we dwarves don't welcome these humans very much, they are too cunning and often deceive us!"

"Hello, Captain Jebina. Freya pursed her lips and glanced at Ryan, then said to the dwarf, "But I don't think these humans around me are what you say, because this human mage is my husband, and the others are his personal guards." ”

"Husband, are you married, Mother Earth is here, this is great news, why hasn't our King been invited?" Jabina cried out, his voice so loud that it echoed in the dense woods.

Freya's face flushed slightly, and she explained in a low voice, "No, we haven't had a wedding ceremony yet, but I won't look at any other man besides him!"

"Ah, then he must not be the kind of cunning human, the elves are the purest friends of our dwarves, you are the queen of the elves, the man you fancy must be the best, hey, what's your name? we have to drink a few barrels tonight, Sam's thunder wine is the greatest, if you can drink and win us, we will recognize you as Her Majesty's man, and when you come to Rock Fortress in the future, you will be our dwarven friend!"

Ryan looked at the captain of Jebina with a smile, and didn't know what to say for a while, but Freya helped him out: "Let's talk about this matter later, we are here this time to meet His Majesty the King." ”

"Ah, of course that's fine, although martial law has been declared in Blackstone City now, the Elven Queen's request will not be denied!"

"Martial law? Why?" Freya was surprised by Jabina's answer, and asked, "As far as I know, it seems that this has rarely happened since the first day of the establishment of Black Rock City, unless it is a matter of life and death, can it be said that ......?"

"I don't know what's going on, a strange creature appeared on the bottom layer of Black Rock City, all the dwarves who saw it were petrified, and His Majesty had to temporarily block the passage and declare martial law at the same time in order to reduce the damage! Damn, what is that? I don't know, I heard from Brother De, who just returned from Black Rock City."

"I see, maybe we can help a little bit. But until then, we have a lot of companions stationed at the foot of the mountain, and they can't be out there waiting for news, right?" said Freya, "Why don't you take me to the Lombard Governor first......

"Oh, since it's your friend, it's also a friend of our dwarves, so why don't you invite them to come with you first, and you won't have to waste time coming and going. Jebinah said.

Freya smiled and said, "We have a lot of friends, I guess I can almost fill the entire Rock Fortress, so let's meet the Lombard manager first." ”

"Stuffed with the Rock Fortress? Mother Earth is here, we have a total of 1,723 companions in the Rock Fortress, but it only occupies a small part of the space, Your Majesty, how many of your companions are there?

When Ryan heard this, he already fully understood the dwarves' hearts, they were relatively simple, although they were stout but upright, and they were completely unwitting when they treated their good friends, otherwise they wouldn't blurt out a lot of words, as long as you talk straight and talk to them when you interact with them, and you can drink with them, then it seems very simple to call a few dwarven friends.

The captain of Jebina thought about it and thought about it, and finally decided to take them to meet the head of the Rock Fortress according to Freya's request, and then the next thing was naturally solved by the Lombard manager, as for Jebina himself, he was thinking in his heart that he would have another drink with Yuexi and them in the evening, and then have a few drinks with Ryan to see how good this man who was favored by the elf queen was.