Chapter 269: City of Blades
"It's more like a fortress than a city assembled to the teeth."
"Judging from the construction process, this city is at least 300 years old!"
A blue light flashed in the corner of Vaughn's eye, and the system soon reported the results of the analysis.
"More than 300 years? How is that possible?"
Although Lispel couldn't believe it, she didn't question Bohn's judgment.
And soon Bohn's words were also verified.
A group of dwarves of peculiar stature appeared on the city walls.
With a height of about 1.2 meters, this group of dwarves is relatively thin and can even be described as emaciated, and the shoulders are very broad, and the limbs are disproportionately strong, which seems to be a little "deformed"!
It seems that due to the long-term underground life, the skin of these "dwarves" is light gray or dark gray, and they are all bald, and the smooth mind can see that it is not the shaved kind, but really bald.
However, the dwarven race's iconic long beard is still there, otherwise Lispel would have thought it was some strange race!
"What a dwarf!"
Lispel's eyes widened as if she wanted to take a closer look.
"Grey dwarves! If I'm not mistaken, they're supposed to be the legendary Grey Dwarves!"
Born Road.
"Gray dwarves?"
"Yes, the relatives of the shield dwarves are also a branch of the Danzo dwarves, and they are also a branch of the dwarven race!"
"The Grey Dwarves live in the subterranean cities of the Dark Realms, they are close relatives of the Shield Dwarves, known for their cruelty and ruthlessness, and like their surface relatives, the Grey Dwarves are known for their artisanal crafts underground......
"Famous...... Underground?"
"Well, it's known underground."
"No, I mean, since it's famous underground, then you......... How do you know?"
"Look, your Arcane library also has a record!"
Lispell: ......
There are a lot of books in the Arcane Society's library, some of which are all kinds of travelogues, autobiographies and other book notes, and the actual academy library is also, or even more, but who will read this kind of boring thing, and the time for studying magic magic is not enough, and who has time to enjoy those boring works.
Just this one, whether it is useful or not, I will look through it.
"I really want to punch this bastard!"
The elder grew into a clenched fist.
Born smiled at her as if he had "felt something."
"Squat!"
Suddenly, Born pressed Lispeer down and crouched down together.
Before the chairman could react, the sound of breaking the air sounded from above the two of them, and a huge explosion exploded ten meters behind the two of them, and the rubble fell like raindrops.
"I said that there is so much rubble here, and my feelings are all blown up."
Born helped the president up and took a closer look at his surroundings.
Such a violent explosion did not matter, and it seemed that the underground structure was more stable than he had imagined!
"Under the mountains, where could it be?"
Bohn looked up and looked at the dome of nothingness in deep thought.
"What's the situation? Why did you suddenly shoot at us?"
The chairman looked at the front with a bad face.
Vaughn just smiled slightly, "It seems that the rumors are true, the gray dwarves were once enslaved by the Mind Flayer, although they were freed from slavery, but correspondingly, they also mastered the Mind Flayer's psionic talent!"
"Is it psionic? Can you sense it from such a distance?"
"I thought so!"
Vaughn shrugged his shoulders and said.
"How could that not be you?"
"Elder, Qi still has a certain effect on protecting the mind."
Born laughed.
Lispell: ......
"Elder, don't get too excited, violent mood swings can make your eyes as conspicuous as fireflies in the night."
"Okay, right...... Take it easy."
The emotions of the technique are easily affected by the bloodline, and most of the sect families have their own set of means and secret methods to control their emotions.
The Shamsdine family also has it, and the effect is very good, and it can be said that it is excellent in controlling emotions, even better than the breathing method of the Iolem family.
Hussein's elementalization is not without a price, if he can't control his emotions, he will have been carried away by the tyrannical fire element.
"Let's go."
Seeing that Lispel's mood had stabilized, Born beckoned.
???
"Where?"
"Enter the city, you're here, you're definitely going to go in and have a look."
Born's words almost broke the defense for Lispel again.
Lispel took a deep breath, "No, this is not an ordinary city, but a war fortress, the dwarves in it are a completely unfamiliar race, and their attitude towards us is unknown, and if they approach us casually, they will be attacked as enemies, even if they go in, they are likely to be captured and interrogated as enemies, and the most important thing is that it involves diplomatic issues!"
"Hmm...... You're right!"
Bohn thought seriously for a moment and agreed, and after speaking, walked directly to the side.
Lispell: "Huh? Where are you going?"
Born looked back at her, "If you don't go in, you're leaving, are you still here?"
Lispell: ......
"Steel, how?"
"It shouldn't have hit."
"Do you want another shot?"
The dwarf took out the bolt from the side and handed it to the steel.
The latter took it and pulled the string with one hand and installed it directly.
"No, the induction is gone, and I guess I've already run!"
"Is it the fallen?"
"It's not like it, it's strange, it's not a hateful message, it's mostly cautious and defensive."
"Oh? Lost dwarf coward, hahaha......
The dwarf next to him laughed.
"Send a few slaves out to have a look, I guess I'm seriously injured and fainted."
"I think that's a good idea!"
Bang bang... Syllable......
Burning branches burst in flames, and Lispel fiddled with them in the campfire.
"The barrier has been arranged, why don't you rest first?"
Born sat down across the campfire from her.
"No need, I'll just wait for you here."
"Huh? Is it that obvious?"
Lispel gave him a blank look, "You don't hide that look, there should be something you want there, although I don't know what it is, but you should be worried about me, go ahead, I'll wait here."
"There's something that needs to be verified...... Thank you."
"No, I'm dragging you down, I still have this self-knowledge, thanks to your care these days!"
Bourne looked at her in surprise.
The flames were beating, shining on Rispel's countenance, like a spirit in the flames.
An arc fell towards Risper, who reached out and caught it, a milky white hedron.
"This is the space marker, take it for me, I'll go and go back!"
It wasn't until Beau's back disappeared into the darkness that Lispeer burst out laughing......
Darkness is the main theme of the dark region, and it's okay to have fungus fluorescence on a normal hurry, but now that his speed has increased, that little light will not work.
Having night vision is not really enough to be able to see in the dark.
[Secret Eye] is online!
The vision has also changed, and since coming to the Dark Realm, Born has minimized the use of mana.
It's not just that the "signal" of the magic net has weakened here, but there is a very terrifying existence in the deepest part of the dark region, and that thing is very sensitive to magic.
Soon Vaughn returned to the previous high platform, and the light of the fortress in the distance became much smaller.
"The little guy will depend on you later, and when it is discovered, it will be us who will become barbecue
!」
Born said with his head down.
"Chaka... Just ......"
Eling poked out of her neckline and held out a fist in protest.
Born smiled and flew straight into the air, and then slowly disappeared into the darkness.
When Vaughn reappeared, he was already in the fortress.
"It's so dangerous, sure enough, there is enchantment protection, and I was almost exposed."
The dwarf rune Born has also studied for a while, compared to the runes of the Danzo dwarves, the rune technology of the gray dwarves is obviously much simpler, and even the half-hung man of Born can find several loopholes.
"It's magma, no wonder the flames are always there."
There is even a smoking pool not far away.
Magma, hot springs.
No wonder the fortress was built here.
Born carefully observed the surrounding situation, and it seemed that the place where the gray dwarves smelted weapons, there were many blast furnaces and things similar to bellows, there were many half-finished weapons on the table, and all kinds of ores were piled up everywhere, and even rare ores such as halo stones, warm color crystals, and gray steel were not few.
The purity of the ore is very high, and any piece can beat Nether's current ore.
(After Nether cooperated with the Dwarves of Danzo to open up the black road, the ore was basically purchased from the dwarves)
Beaught's eyes straightened, and then he unconsciously took a few pieces and put them in his bag.
After that, the hand is a little out of my control......
Finally, after successfully regaining control of his hand, Born lifted his bag, which had become a little "heavy", and walked out.
Bypassing the guards, Vaughn took out an amulet and transformed into a gray dwarf with thick limbs.
Charm of Transformation 2.0: Can transform into a creature that is no more than or less than twice its body weight, and within 1 hour, it will cause permanent damage to the user's body if it expires.
Although he turned into a gray dwarf, Vaughn did not walk around in the light.
Not only because of the language problem, but he found that these gray dwarves have a very strong "smell", combined with the lack of water resources in the dark area, this gray dwarf can't take a few baths in his life.
Plus the lifespan of the dwarves......
It's embarrassing...
The transformation talisman can only change the appearance of the body, and even if this smell can be, Bohn doesn't want it, and it won't take an hour to choke to death......
Fortunately, it was "night", and there was basically no one except for the patrolling guards.
In particular, Vaughn has mastered the "qi" to a considerable extent, and covering the body with "qi" can isolate the detection of psionic beings, which is also an important reliance for Bohn to dare to lurk in.
Some of the places that are obviously of special importance and have strong people will certainly not go.
The gray dwarves with relatively low strength and some status have become the objects of Bourne's patronage.
If you go in directly, you will break your neck, and if you don't sleep, you will directly knock out and break your neck.
Don't say that dwarves don't have necks, just press their heads and turn them 180 degrees.
There is no psychological burden to take out the gray dwarf Born, who is a notoriously large slave owner.
It's just that there aren't many gray dwarves now, and their reputation hasn't spread yet, but the enslavement of other races has begun, and almost every gray dwarf has a room next to the slaves.
Underground creatures such as gnomes, cavemen, and minotaurs, and even dark elves.
The Grey Dwarves were originally called Durga Dwarves, and after being enslaved by the Psionic Monsters for thousands of years, they not only inherited some of their psionic talents, but also inherited their preferences for enslaving other races.
After turning over the serfs and singing, they began to enslave other races as well.
Born is not interested in freeing the slaves, and after taking out a few gray dwarves, he finally finds some useful information.
A map of the fortress, and Born knew the name of the fortress.
City of Blades, Glextug.
"If it's this city, then this should be the underground of the Osram Mountains!"
Born was overjoyed.