Chapter 5: The Mystery of Life and Death (1)

"This isโ€”" Skinfix explained.

The white-bearded old dwarf had already rushed to Dala's side, stroking the saber at Darra's waist with his hand, and he could feel the edge of the weapon through the scabbard, and spoke quickly: "Quick, get all the people in the weapons laboratory!" and said as he tried to untie the saber from Darla's body.

The old dwarf's anxious hands were held down by Darra, who stared at Pixiu.

Pixiu said quickly: "This is our weapons inspection engineer, you can rest assured, we will never damage your weapon, he will send your sword to the weapons inspection room, and then draw a sketch......"

Before Pisius could finish his sentence, the old dwarf had already jumped away with Darra's saber in his hand, and his speed was extremely agile, even compared to a running antelope.

Dara looked down in surprise to see that the hands he was pressing were actually just a pair of gloves for the old dwarf, and when he looked up again, the old dwarf had run away without a trace, and Pixiu was gone.

Dara looked at the mouths of the caves, which were about the size of each other, and that great sense of foreboding hit her again.

At this moment, he realized that he could not do without the ancient era artifact that had followed him for a long time and accompanied him all the way to grow - the Thunder Sword. How could he be so careless and lose such a precious weapon in the underground caves of the gnomes in an instant. Although he was sure that the gnome had no ill will towards him, and that he was only borrowing his weapon to study it, Dara felt a sudden wave of fear.

"Pixiu!" Darla shouted, her voice changing with nervousness.

"Here it is. Pixiu's voice turned out to be right next to Darla, his voice coming from the left.

Darla turned her head to see only a rock on her left. But when he looked closer, he noticed a small lever next to the rock, so he stretched out his hand and pulled the small lever. It's a pity that this is a lever used by the gnomes, and Dara is in a hurry and forgets about it. Excessive force was used to break the lever by him.

Suddenly, the alarm sounded in the cave, and Dara was frightened. For he was sure that the loud alarm was the howling of an adult dragon.

Immediately afterward, a group of gnomes who came out of nowhere came out of nowhere came up with firearms in their hands and ran quickly towards Darla.

A captain-like gnome began to shout, "Drop your arms!"

Just then, the rock beside Dara slid to the side. Reveal a small cave for gnomes to pass through.

Pixiu's head sticked out of the small cave and said to the dwarf outside, "I brought him inโ€”"

Before he could say anything, the dwarf captain had shouted again, "Come back with us!" and shouted at Pixiu, "You too!"

Pixiu mumbled out, dug through his body, pulled out a note, spread it out and handed it to the gnome captain.

After reading the note, the gnome captain returned it to Pixiu, smiled brightly, and waved his hand at the gnome soldiers under him, and the little ones quickly dispersed.

Dara followed behind Pixiu. Squatted down and climbed into the small cave, which turned out to be just a narrow tunnel in the cave.

After climbing some distance, Darra's vision suddenly brightened, and the people were able to fully stand up, and they had reached a large cave.

Although the cave is completely enclosed except for the fact that it is connected to the tunnel, there is a strange candle lighting inside the cave. These candles are different from the non-extinguishing torches that the mages have magical, but like torches that don't go out, the light is steady and long-lasting.

Darla's gaze adjusts to the light in the room. At a glance, it fell on the pitch-black sword on the table, which was his thunder sword.

Then, Darrah noticed the various other weapon models in the cave, and he bet it. This can be regarded as the most complete testing room in the Tuya continent.

Countless gnomes are shuttling back and forth, fiddling, experimenting, and crafting their respective weapons for research.

And the old dwarf who had taken the Dara sword earlier, that is, their weapons inspection engineer, was already hunched on the table at this time, comparing the thunder sword on the table, and writing and drawing feverishly. Unaware of Dara and Pixiu coming in.

Not only the old gnome, but the other gnomes were also busy, and none of them paid attention to Dara and Pixiu.

"Oh, they're already starting to draw, and soon, you'll be able to get your sword back. Pixiu explained.

Dara relaxed, but kept her eyes on the sword in front of her.

There was a loud "boom", and the cave shuddered violently, and a few pieces of dust and rocks fell, and Dara and the other gnomes were also shaken to the ground.

It was a loud noise coming from a crowd of gnomes surrounding them, experimenting with a fireball that would explode, and it was surprisingly successful.

When Dara looked up, he found that the group of gnomes who had just conducted the experiment had disappeared.

The fire has already started in the place where the accident occurred, and the fire is spreading quickly.

The remaining gnomes began to run around, screaming loudly, some reaching for various levers, others desperately trying to rescue all kinds of drawings and utensils, and some rearranging the tables and chairs that had not been blown up, but none of the gnomes thought of putting out the fire.

Darla's sword was left alone on the table in front of him, the old gnome still feverishly drawing drawings, and his assistants going about their business.

Peather the dwarf stood calmly in place, looking at Darla.

Dara immediately pounced, picked up his sword, and looked at the cave again, the fire was already very strong, and if they didn't leave, they would turn into roast meat.

The gnomes are still running around.

"Hurry up!" shouted Darrah, pointing to the entrance to the tunnel where he had started.

"Don't worry," Pixiu said quickly, "we have a lot of back-upsโ€”"

"What? where?" cried out Darrah, anxious, for he had seen that none of the gnomes would escape the fire until he had salvaged the research drawings that were so precious to the gnomes, and that Dara could not leave the little ones alone. He had to find a way to put out the fire. Although the fire was large, it was not difficult to extinguish the fire here as long as the backup device that Pixiu said worked.

"On it. Pisius pointed to the top of the cave, where there were coiled pipes.

"How?" asked Darla, anxious, but Pixiu's composure gave him a glimmer of confidence.

"It's easy," replied Pixiu, "pull this lever." He pointed to a metal lever next to the entrance to the cave, which was less than five paces away from Pisiu, and it was a dwarf's step.

Darra's eyes widened, and she was so choked with anger that she couldn't say a word.

Pixiu saw Darla's anger and suspicion, and immediately quickly explained, "It's not my duty to fight fires? โ€

The Darla had already rushed over, his hand had quickly touched the lever, but soon, he remembered the lever that had been broken a moment earlier outside the cave, and though he was in a hurry, he had to slow down, and with great gentleness and care.

Immediately afterwards, the water from the top had been spilled down the pipe and from the sprinkler head, which quickly extinguished the fire caused by the experimental accident.

Pixiu wasn't wrong, and this last device of theirs never failed.

Dara breathed a sigh of relief, but soon discovered the fact that the water was not really flowing out of the tunnel, but was silting up inside the cave, and the water level was rising rapidly. (To be continued.) )