Chapter 28: Shaktor's Ambition
"Hey, slow down, I've got short legs!"
"Man, pull me, I'm stuck......"
"What do you think the outside world is like?"
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In the corridor of the lighting cave, in the noise, a large number of dwarves followed the team up with longing and apprehension.
The outside world is so close to them, the sunlight shines through the light hole every day, and they can see the blue sky as if they can see it at their fingertips, but the outside world is so far away from them that they have never taken a step since they were born.
After a day of contact, Qi Lin felt that these short men were actually very easy to get along with, and they were really good at striking iron, as if they were born blacksmiths, and the two-handed swords they were holding in their hands were all used by dwarves picked up from the battlefield, and the size in their hands was just right, much better than the iron swords they originally used, so that they were reluctant to return them, fortunately, the dwarves had no intention of asking for it.
Qi Lin lay down at the exit of the light cave, stretched out his long arm and pulled the dwarves up from the corridor, although he couldn't understand the dwarves, but each dwarf was pulled up by him and said something to him, he guessed it should be "thank you" or something.
The dwarves have very few belongings, a little pitiful, a small package can carry all the things they care about, including the weapons and equipment that have been passed down from generation to generation, and the food is very small, even the people of Kent Town carry much more belongings when they flee.
They stood on the edge of the steep slope, and Thunder pointed to the camp in the canyon and said to the hammer, "Look, this is my territory, we came here nine days ago, and now, you see, the thousands of acres of land that have been cultivated have been planted with wheat by us, and if you take care of it, you will soon harvest a lot of food, and there, with our livestock, and hundreds of rabbits in that row of cages, and this canyon alone has countless resources. ”
"What a great place. Iron Hammer's eyes flickered a little, the territory of the thunder was very close to them, but the rich resources made his eyes hot, even the weeds in the canyon were extraordinarily kind, this canyon reminded him of the Keqin grassland of the Dwarven Empire in the past, herding horses and sheep, how rich.
Only when he came outside, the grass was green, the trees were green, and even the air was fresh, and the hammer suddenly felt satisfied, he used to rely on his own imagination of the outside world alone, and the shackles made them dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, even if they wanted to sneak outside to see if they were caught, they would be punished with heavy punishment, but now, he came out with all the remaining clansmen, and saw with his own eyes this world where flowers and green grass grow warblers flying, and he felt that even if he died, it was worth it.
"Can you go down?" Lei Ming glanced at the high steep slope with some concern, if you accidentally fall down such a height, you will have to fall to your death, but this is the safest passage, if you take a detour, God knows what kind of danger lurks in the dense forest.
"Ha, you actually look down on us, we crawl in and out of the mine every day, it's not trivial, just watch!"
Before Thunder could make any countermeasures, the fast dwarf was already full of curiosity and enthusiasm for the world in the canyon, and directly climbed down the steep slope lightly.
Not to mention, the speed was really fast, even Lei Ming was sweating, and he had to take his time step by step if he wanted to climb down, but the dwarf was like running! The short body was still very steady, as if it was completely fit with the steep slope, and in a blink of an eye it had gone half the distance.
"Look, let you see Uncle Beard's skills today!"
"It's much easier to climb than a mine, but the light is so bright that it makes me a little glaring. ”
"Haha, little Gru, you can't be scared, right?"
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The dwarves were laughing and laughing, and the most difficult steps had already been taken, how could such a small steep slope stop them.
Thunder suddenly felt much better, and he found that the dwarves had left that sad place, trying to show their inner strength, and their once numb faces were full of smiles, even if they were pretending. It's a good start, and one day, they'll laugh and tell the next generation about the hardships of living in the underworld, and then reminisce about the bittersweet and the bittersweet ones that have been worth it.
Juston, the sycophant, was already waiting below when Thunder climbed down the steep slope, and he was now more respectful, because just yesterday, right in front of him, a powerful knight order was easily destroyed, and there was no place to die, and at the same time, let him recognize the potential of the territory, he was really ready to go to the dark with a road, and hugged Thunder's thigh and did not let go.
"Your Excellency. Jaston greeted Thunder, and several of his men sang at the same time, with a good attitude.
"Why isn't Shaktor here?"
Lei Ming glanced at them, these are all people from the Great Storm Caravan, and now they are running behind Juston as subordinates, a little strength, but it is useless, he also knows that Jaston pulls his tiger skin to make a big banner, but Jaston has the ability to do things, so he acquiesces, seeing that Shakdo is not waiting for him here, it makes him feel a little uncomfortable, he feels that Shaktor is relying on the strength he shows to show his face.
Hearing Lei Ming ask about Shaktor, Jaston's face was a little unsightly, and he was a little weak-hearted, and said weakly: "Miss Alice was a little frightened before, and Lord Shaktor is accompanying Miss Alice......" He was a little hesitant when he spoke, he was afraid that Lei Ming would blame him for his bad behavior, so Alice was frightened, so he didn't dare to face Lei Ming.
Hearing that Xia Keduo was accompanying the frightened Alice, Lei Ming's face slowed slightly, and then a haze rose, fortunately Alice was fine, otherwise he didn't know how crazy he would be, he gave up everything and even said that he had successfully descended on the Ancient Continent after nine deaths, just for Alice, if something happened to Alice, everything he did would lose its meaning.
"Take me to them. ”
Juston couldn't see the joy or anger on Thunder's face, and carefully took Thunder to the bread tree to find Shaktor, while several of his men stayed, assisting Kirin and them to settle the dwarves, in addition, the four bloodline warriors who died in battle also asked them to deal with the bereavement, Thunder would only care for their bereaved families at the right time, and Thunder was not suitable to come forward when he had just died.
Under the bread tree, Chubby was moving the branches to pick the ripe breadfruit from his canopy, Alice was very happy when she found that the little bread tree Chubby could talk, and talked to him a lot, and asked Chubby to call her sister, and when the breadfruit was ripe, she was very distressed that she had not learned to climb the tree and pick the breadfruit, and then Chubby moved his branch to pick the breadfruit for her, although Lei Ming was a little strange how Alice picked the breadfruit, but he did not study it carefully.
One by one, the breadfruit was packed in the wooden box in front of Alice, and there were already several boxes, and not far from her, Shaktor was intoxicated with the breadfruit, and he still had it in his hand to teach the slaves the true meaning of work with a whip, and it was really difficult for him to comfort the little girl, but Alice was unwilling to leave the injured and scared fat, so he had to accompany him here.
"The craftsmanship is very good. Just as he was distracted, the thunder had already appeared behind him, he naturally heard the footsteps, but he didn't look back, and when the thunder sounded, he realized that it was the thunder coming.
The golden breadfruit is shiny and looks delicious.
"Brother!"
Alice was pleasantly surprised to find that Thunder was back, she was concentrating on harvesting breadfruit, and she didn't notice that there were a large number of dwarves climbing down the steep slope, mainly because Justton had already received the news in the territory, so there were many Thunder Thunder coming back from the watchtower and saw many figures climbing down the steep slope without warning.
"Is Alice scared?"
Lei Ming saw Alice's smile on her face, and breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Juston's rumors were untrue, and Alice was fine, so he teased Alice, he thought, Alice would definitely proudly answer him, "Alice is not afraid."
"Wow! those bad guys frightened Alice!" But this was not the case, Alice burst out crying, thundered and caught off guard, and hurriedly comforted, and finally her face was calm.
Xia Keduo saw that it was not good, so he was about to sneak away, but as soon as his body moved, he looked at it, so he sat down.
Alice felt much better when she cried, and she was cute when she sobbed.
"Alice go accompany, well, chubby, I'll talk to Shaktor. Lei Ming comforted him softly, and when he saw that Alice was in a stable mood, he asked her to play with the little bread tree, which pretended to be very normal, but just now he used the branch to pick breadfruit in the eyes of Lei Ming, who used his extraordinary memory to remember that Alice named the little bread tree Chubby.
"Ah, brother, do you know everything?" Alice stopped sobbing and stared blankly at Thunder, this was her little secret, and now no one else knew except Juston, Shaktor, and the little maid, those who knew about the family knights had been eaten by the devil summoned by Shaktor.
"Of course, go play. Of course, Lei Ming knew that the nine big bread trees had wisdom, and the small bread trees were naturally no exception when they were infused with so much life energy.
Hearing Lei Ming say that he wanted to talk to himself, Xia Keduo's spirit was shocked, he knew that the main topic was coming, and from the moment he exposed his strength, this conversation was inevitable.
"I won't ask anything else, I know your profession, so I'll ask you a question, what is your purpose in lurking in Kent?"
Thunder Ming's eyes looked directly at Shaktor aggressively, so that he couldn't avoid this sharp light, this question is exactly what Thunder desperately wants to know, what is Shaktor trying to do? He carefully observed the change in Shakto's expression, he wanted to judge whether what Shaktor said was true or false.
"Lord Lord, you also know that my profession is not so glorious, if others, especially the Church of Light, know my profession, my fate will definitely be miserable, and I don't want to live a life of hiding, I like to live in the crowd, I would rather have a small power and a beautiful life, than have a strength but no place to stay, yes, when I fled, I felt that the opportunity had come, the old clerk Thor was not long in life, I planned to take a step further and control this territory, but at this time, you appeared, so I gave up this idea, I would rather be your tax collector than to master a small territoryIn the future, you will be the master of the Bourbon family, and the future of the territory will definitely be more promising, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Empire will be just a tax collector of the royal family!"
Speaking of his ambitions, Shaktor seems to be as hot as a flame, his thoughts, let Lei Ming feel shocked, the devil contractor is indeed not welcomed, if it is a nobleman, it is better, Shaktor pursues power, if one day Thunder controls the Bourbon family, the sphere of influence is enough to be as big as a province of the empire, and if he is still a tax collector of Thunder, it is equivalent to the financial officer of a province, and the power of a small territory he controls is not known how many times.
"As you wish, you are a smart man. Thunder gave Shaktor a deep look, and happily acquiesced to Shaktor's request.