My name is Dorne Horn.

The horn is my last name, which means that the people speak as if the horn was blown. Dorne is my name, which means sunrise, and refers to us who were born of thunder and carried new hope for the dwarves.

In the greenhouse, only delicate flowers can be cultivated, but not the green pines that are proud of the snow, and the eagle can only be trained to fight wings when it flies high in the sky. Therefore, as soon as I became an adult, I decided to follow the Soul Forge's teachings and leave my hometown to hone myself in the wider world.

More than 30 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and after paying unimaginable sweat and hard work, and experiencing countless joys and tears, I have finally developed a skill, and I have the ability to undertake the mission I am carrying, and lead my clan to create a new era together.

So, I returned to my clan, took over the flaming battle axe, a symbol of power and responsibility, from my father's hands, and led some of my people to embark on the road of pursuing their dreams.

We have come to Vassar, a barren and desolate land in the eyes of mortals, a vast treasure trove of inexhaustible treasures in the eyes of dwarves. The cold is our greatest enemy, and even the strongest of our people must lay down their pickaxes and stand around the furnace during the long winters, but it is our faithful guard to drive out the countless thieves who covet our riches.

Here, our tense and peaceful life has been going on for almost two years. Although from time to time there are some eyeless goblin ogres and human thieves who come to the door, they can only be captured one by one under the blazing battle axe, and the hard work of the second half of their lives pays for the stupidity of the moment.

"King Donne, you and your clan have mined about 2,000 cubic meters of raw ore this month, and obtained a total of 2,417 gems of various types, equivalent to about 20,000 gold coins. Lean iron ore is about 200 cubic meters, which is still unusable. This month's expenditure on the purchase of various items totaled about 1,740 gold coins. A total of three groups of invading enemies were repulsed, and 19 prisoners were captured alive. ”

I nodded, "Well, go down, I see." ”

"Yes. ”

He was the interior minister of the kingdom and had always been loyal.

"Dorne, your abilities are far from being fully utilized, are we still understaffed?" asked a thin human old man beside the throne in a soft voice.

"Yes, teacher, although I can soften 700 cubic meters of raw ore in a day by using fossils as mud, the average person who mines, transports and sieves is less than one cubic meter per person per day, and the waste ore treatment also requires a lot of manpower, so I ......"

"I see. The old man nodded, "I'll think of another way in this regard." ”

I forgot to mention that the old man in the black robe in front of me is my teacher. When I was wandering outside, I met a senior master in the cave, and I understood my own path with his guidance, so I worshipped him as a teacher. The teacher seems to have been seriously injured by the traitor, and until now he is in poor health, often coughing very badly. But even if I can't do it at all, the teacher can continue to show me the way forward with his profound knowledge and outstanding wisdom, and now the gem mine in the kingdom is the teacher's guidance. Although most of the income is used to buy the elixir needed by the teacher to cure the disease, people must know how to be grateful, not to mention, the future development of the kingdom is also inseparable from the wisdom of the teacher.

This year......

"Dorne, there's another guest here, and I have some skills, come with me to entertain them. The old man suddenly spoke again, interrupting King Dorne's thoughts.

"Yes. "Dorn saw the old man holding something the size of a small apple in his hand, detecting the Eye, a fifth-order arcane.

Mike: They were resting in a pit on the hillside, waiting for the Detection Eye and the Pet to return. But before the report came, he saw a dwarf in heavy armor and a black-robed human old man come out of the mine one after another.

"Who is sneaking here, daring to show their heads?" shouted the heavily armored dwarf.

Before the three of them could make their plans, they saw the black-robed old man turn the ring on his hand, as if he had activated a sentient creature, and then smiled at this side.

So the three of them had to "show their heads".

"We are investors from afar, and when we saw that a new mine was opening here, we wanted to see if we could get a share. Mike said.

"I see. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, so let's examine each other now. Dorne. The black-robed old man bowed slightly, and the heavily armored dwarf next to him knocked on the shield and put on a posture.

This "shareholding in mining" is nothing new in Vaasa, and after encountering it, the two sides will "inspect and investigate" each other in some way to see whether it should be opened in five or seven or three, or in some way. Isn't the lead peak dragon palace just a dwarf mining red dragon joined, and then the two masters successively participated in the shares.

"Brad. ”

'I'm your uncle!' Brad scolded in his heart, but he could only step forward with his sword.

On the field, the two people fought with axes and swords, and several people off the field used different methods to evaluate each other's strength.

Mike uses a level 3 arcane vision, which can theoretically not only identify the spell that is in effect, but also analyze the highest level and type of spell that a person can cast, with an effective range of thirty or forty meters. It's a pity that the principle of this spell is actually to change the structure of the eyes, and there is no way to repeatedly increase the range of super magic like positioning creatures. Therefore, he could only see the situation of the dwarves, a low-level enchanted equipment, which was nothing, but he could use the 5th order of arcane, which was nothing.

As one of the "three civilized races", the dwarves have never lacked brave and tenacious warriors and devout priests, but there are very few mages.

Many races can't produce mages, such as orcs, because they are stupid and incompetent, and big goblins, although they are not born with low intelligence, but because they have not formed a stable and developed society, their education level cannot keep up. But dwarves are not because of these, dwarves are very intelligent, no less than humans in terms of brains alone, and civilization is stable and developed enough, as evidenced by advanced forging and smelting technology and a large number of priests.

The main reason why dwarves rarely produce mages is due to physical limitations.

Magic, arcane to be precise, is a technique invented by elves and humans to fight against various giants and monsters whose physical fitness far exceeds their own, and gradually developed to form the current magical technology. Both races are very nimble in their fingers and bodies, and they also make good use of this, using gestures heavily to channel energy to make it easier to cast. As a result, the current mainstream arcane spell casting technique places a strong emphasis on finger and body dexterity, and it may not be convenient to wear two more cotton clothes, and dwarves with short and stubby fingers and bloated bodies are congenitally deficient in this regard.

At the same time, divine magic is the invention of otherworldly creatures, and some of them don't even have hands at all, so naturally it is impossible to place special emphasis on gestures. Their characteristic is that the soul and body are one, and it is easier to perceive the flow of energy, so the magic they invented emphasizes the flow of perceived energy and guides it. The creatures of the main plane all have the dual nature of soul and body, so naturally they don't need the kind of otherworldly creatures, but after the ancient Nether Empire launched a long-term research with the world's technological level, it found a suitable alternative to solve this problem. Because the main plane creatures are not much different in their dual natures - even humans and dogs, the alternative methods that apply to humans can be used by other races with a little modification. And because it is essentially the same set of otherworldly creatures, the magic casting skills require relatively simple postures, even if they wear armor and hold shields, there is no problem, and dwarves are short and short-handed.

What's more, for any race, those who bravely and bloody charge in front and retreat in the back are more likely to be regarded as heroes, while those who hide behind and use those methods that ordinary people cannot understand to hurt others are more likely to be regarded as cowards and demons. Priests wear heavy armor and carry a giant shield and carry a war hammer, while mages wear robes and carry a wooden club or simply empty hands, and it is self-evident who is a hero in the eyes of the masses.

Therefore, it is not surprising that as one of the "three civilized races", dwarves have many priests and few mages.

It's just that, after all, the arcane magic is not from the same origin, and they have each developed to a fairly high stage before they begin to merge with each other, and relying on one of them alone will inevitably lose its monotony. Therefore, there are many people of insight among the dwarves who call on their clansmen to pay attention to arcane arts, but they have no effect in the general environment.

Until DR1306, the so-called "Year of Thunder Blessing".

Scientific studies have shown that the reason why the birth rate of dwarf babies increased significantly that year was due to climate change, and the year-round rain and rain effectively purified the air that was heavily polluted by forging and burning in dwarf cities, making it more livable.

However, the false god Moradin took the opportunity to deceive people, falsely claiming that he had sent a "thundering blessing" to the dwarves, and the dwarves born in response to the thunder were all children of thunder, born with the power of arcane, and should open their minds and enter the human world to learn new knowledge and arcane power. So, the dwarves, who had been deeply deceived, believed it and began to study the arcane arts.

However, dwarves do not have slender fingers because they are called children of thunder, so even if they learn advanced magical skills from humans, they will still have difficulty using them.

However, on the one hand, there are indeed many people among the dwarves, and on the other hand, rune technology has reached a certain stage of development, and under vigorous research, they have created a new way of casting spells, and a new kind of mage was born - "rune mage".

Like other mages, runic mages also need to accumulate knowledge and study magic, prepare spells with spell slots, and release them when needed. But what is different is that through the special runes they have researched, they have fixed the energy circuit that needs to be guided on the stone slab in advance, and a spell uses a stone slab, and when needed, they can directly pick up the stone slab and use the spell with a simple gesture to activate it, and the magic can be released.

Although you don't need to cast spells, you have to bring a lot of stone slabs, and rune casting is cumbersome and impractical. But think about it from another angle, since the runes can be fixed on the stone slab, there is no reason why they can't be fixed on the metal, and the rune mage doesn't need complicated spell casting postures, so he can wear armor and hold a shield like a priest, and prepare the spell on the armor and shield.

As a result, the rune mage became a unique mage, wearing heavy armor and holding a huge shield, which at first glance looked like a warrior, and could not be done by a person who was not physically strong.

Although most of the races other than the dwarves lack a natural affinity for minerals, and it is too difficult to rely on the runes that are "imprinted" on the armor, but in another way of thinking, through enchantment to solidify specific runes on the armor, to replace the use of frequent or too complex spell casting postures to guide energy, after targeted special intensive training, it can also effectively simplify spell casting and improve the success rate of spells. The Spell Swordsman martial arts that Rex learned is a typical result of this line of thinking.

Off the field, Brad and Dorn have already decided the winner, the two have similar martial arts and similar physical fitness, but one is light armor and one is heavy armor, one is a 2nd order arcane and one is a 5th order, the result is self-explanatory.

"Master, I can win him. Flindrey whispered. He is agile, agile, has a variety of spells, and has spell resistance, and is not afraid of this kind of opponent who wears heavy armor and demon martial arts. However, the old man with a weak body is mostly a master of spells, and the terrain is open and he can't fly, which is very troublesome.

"No need, you and Laura are ready, the situation is not right to retreat at any time. "Entanglement is trouble, I could have thrown stones to ask for directions, but now it is not good to pull out the bird and be ruthless, and as a result, I have to put myself in danger. Since ancient times, there has been affection and hatred!

When he reflected, the master had already sorted out his instrument and began to slowly "climb down" from the void, the brocade robe was hunting, his black hair was flying in the wind, and the "strong man's attitude" was fully revealed. "I have mastered all of Your Excellency's strength, and it is impossible to win if you make a move, so it is better to retreat by yourself to avoid embarrassment. ”

"I'll retire your uncle!"

"If you don't know the current affairs, you don't ......" The high-end master sighed lightly, and his hands weaved an afterimage, and the shadows under his feet converged to form a large black cloud. "Defeat you, just this move. ”

"Phew!!" Dorn raised his shield and was about to cast a spell, but was swept up by the tentacles that burst out of the black clouds, and the spell failed to be cast.

Dorn immediately shook his arms and broke away from his tentacles to cast the spell again, but failed again without any interference.

"How so?!"

"You've been defeated. Maijiro said coldly.

"Fuck your X's shit!" Dorne flew into a rage.

"I didn't expect to meet such a master, Vasa is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. The black-robed old man could clearly see that the man had used an extremely clever technique, using the tentacles made of shadows and the quick-release construction technique to "wipe away" all the runes on the armor of the Dorne shield in a matter of moments, so that it could no longer cast spells from it. "Go down, you are no match for him. ”

"But, you ......," Dorne said again.

"It doesn't matter. ”

"It's me who is so useless......" Dorne was ashamed.

Brad was speechless. Two years and four and a half months, this is only two years and four and a half months, and the mage in Hope Village, who is only a little stronger than himself, has already been able to defeat a strong enemy who is better than himself in one move. I still feel that my strength has improved greatly, and I was once complacent......

"Still, I don't think we need to compare. The black-robed old man's hands danced rapidly, and a boulder on the ground suddenly flew into the air.

"That's true. Mike dispersed the black clouds under his feet and smoothed the robe on his body, relieving the violent "strong man posture". He could see it very clearly, the black-robed old man made the boulder fly, and that move was not a second-order spell levitation technique, but a seventh-order change spell gravity reversal. Since this 7th-order spell, which is far from being a popular change spell, can be mastered and usually prepared, then the true level is likely to be higher.

"Vasa is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger......" the black-robed old man sighed again. In the arcane vision, he could see clearly, after the man in front of him lifted the black cloud under his feet, the halo on his body that reflected the highest level of spell casting ability changed from cyan representing the 5th order of the arcane to blue representing the 6th order of the arcane, indicating that he had the ability to disguise the spell cultivation in front of him, and his true strength was difficult to estimate.

They are also high-level spellcasters, and they are all civilized people with knowledge and culture, and they should respect each other and prosper together, and should not always fight for small things like barbarians who are used to thinking with muscles.

Especially when both sides are likely to have at the hands of some means of escape, some means of nirvana, and some means of great economic value at the same time.

The 6th order of plastic energy is a spell triggering technique, which sets a premise in advance, and once it is satisfied, it will automatically release the spell stored in advance, which is a reliable means to ensure the life safety of the mage. Both of them have this buff on them.

The 6th-order change spell dissociation and the 7th-order necromantic spell Death Finger are all nirvana spells that can destroy **. Both believe that the other is capable of using at least one.

The 7th-order change spell manipulates the weather, and a spell can change the weather conditions in about 30 square kilometers for one to four days, not only to make the wind and rain rain, but also to make the winter warm and the summer cooler, even if there is only 1 7th-order spell bit, it is enough to turn more than 100 square kilometers of poor mountains and bad waters into the land of abundance. Based on this, as long as the caster is not too anti-social and anti-human, he can successfully become a prince of the 100,000 people. The reason why the hot and arid Torre Plateau was able to give birth to the powerful Torre Empire with a population of more than 5 million, and the reason why the status of the red-robed mage with brutality, greed, and infighting was as stable as Mount Tai was all because of the manipulation of the weather. Mike thinks that the black-robed old man who can cast a 7th-order change spell gravity reversal should have mastered it.

The 7th Rank Illusion Spell is a high-level shadow spell that can be used to simulate the summoning/creation spells of the Rank 6 Spell system, and it is just common to use it alone, but if it is organically combined with the secret art that makes good use of the shadow matter in a place where shadow matter is abundant, it can create something out of thin air. Although the shelf life is only a few days away and it is not possible to generate high-energy varieties such as gem crystals, it is enough to create low-end consumable materials for spellcasting practice. The reason why the Netherworld City, which has a total population of less than 40,000 in the Land of Projectiles, is comparable to the powerful Torre Empire, which has an enemy population of more than 5 million in terms of the number of spellcasters, is of course important, but the almost endless low-level spell casting materials provided by many masters with high-level shadow spells are the fundamental reason. The black-robed old man thought that a brocade-robed man who could shape his tentacles into shadows and was extremely good at hiding his strength should be able to do it.

Therefore, as high-level spellcasters, we are all knowledgeable and literate civilized people, and we should respect each other and prosper together with harmony, and we should not always fight over trivial things like barbarians who are used to thinking with muscles.