Seeing so many enchanted gems, Johnny realized that it was not up to him to decide, because His Majesty Thorin would prefer to be able to drive away these orcs, and he himself was reluctant to do so, and now that Marlowe has these enchanted gems as bargaining chips, maybe he can really make His Majesty Thorin change his mind.

Johnny, with Paul's permission, took the smallest gem from the box, and then flew with a few soldiers in the direction of Blackstone, the dwarven underground capital.

Dwarves don't have a shortage of gems, but they do lack enchanted gems, especially those made by gray-robed mages or white-robed mages. The batch Paul brought with him was made by the royal grey-robed mages in the past, and the largest one he had quietly taken out of the royal treasury was made by St. George's white-robed gold-edged mage - Lorning Quinn - over the course of a year, and it was a very precious enchanted gem.

On this continent, the various races will usually inlay these stones in armor or weapons, and activate these gems during battle to produce a variety of auxiliary effects, so these things can't help but save lives at critical moments, and maybe turn things around.

Marlowe and Paul waited patiently in the barracks, and in less than three hours, the dwarven king Thorin landed in the camp with dozens of dwarven griffin knights.

Thorin jumped off the griffin and almost trotted into the barracks, and when he saw Paul, he immediately smiled and asked, "Hello, Prince of St. George, I heard that you have a box of enchanted gems for me?"

Paul also smiled and greeted the other party, and then motioned to the warriors beside him to take out the wooden box, and when he opened the wooden box, dozens of brilliant enchanted gems appeared in front of the dwarven king.

"Your Majesty Thorin, this is not for you, but a bargaining chip for my brother Marlowe to negotiate with you. Paul leaned slightly so that the short Thorin could see more clearly.

Thorin was as cunning as a goblin merchant at the moment, and he ignored the second half of Paul's sentence and asked, "All this for me?"

Thorin was drawn to the crate the moment it was opened, and as a king, he could see that the enchanted gems were of excellent quality, at least from the hands of the gray-robed mage, which made his eyes sparkle. There are no human countries around the Chariot Mountains, so the enchanted gems exchanged by the Dwarf Kingdom have usually changed hands several times, and the price is outrageously high and the quantity and quality are not good, and now he is extremely happy to hear Johnny report that the other party is going to give it to him.

"Don't worry, let my brother talk to you. Paul turned to block Thorin's view, then tilted his head towards Marlowe.

Marlowe understood what his brother meant, and the meaning of his own conversation with Thorin was completely different from that of Paul and Thorin, and he threw a grateful look at Paul, and then said, "Your Majesty Thorin, as long as you promise to let my tribe spend the winter safely in the Chariot Mountains, then this box of enchanted gems will be yours." ”

"When I warm up next spring, I'll give you a box of enchanted gems of the same quality. Paul added.

Thorin withdrew his greedy gaze, glanced at Marlowe with displeasure, and then changed his smile to Paul and said, "General Johnny only told me that someone was going to give me a box of enchanted gems, and did not mention the matter of taking in the orc tribe. ”

Of course, the two teenagers didn't believe each other's words, how could they not tell Thorin about it with General Johnny's character, and now Thorin was obviously trying to confuse the public and take things for nothing.

Marlowe looked behind Thorin, and sure enough, he didn't see the old dwarf, presumably he was forcibly left in Black Rock City by Thorin.

"I think it's because the old general is old and has a bad memory, so he forgot to tell you about it, Your Majesty. Paul had been trading for a while, and was certainly more comfortable with someone like Thorin than Marlowe, so he took over.

"I, Boris Williams, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of St. George's, can swear to God the Father and the Holy Angels that my brother does want to exchange these treasures for your friendship, that you will stretch out your arm as strong as steel and protect them from homelessness with your mighty power. ”

The smile on Thorin's face finally disappeared, he wanted gems, not a war with the steppe orcs!

He looked at Paul and Marlowe with a gloomy face. The idea of forcibly snatching the gem is imminent, anyway, it is 108,000 miles away from St. George, can St. George's side still bring troops to fight over? As for the group of old, weak, sick and disabled led by Marlowe, it is easier to deal with them, and it is simply not easy to kill them and throw them back to the grassland.

At this time, a dwarven soldier suddenly stumbled into the barracks and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good, a large number of orc wolf cavalry have appeared in the eagle's beak pass!"

Gurgle, Marlowe secretly said that it is not good, why did this group of red-skinned orcs come so quickly!

"The red-skinned bastards are here, fuck the guys and avenge the dead brothers!" shouted Pinak, who could understand dwarven language, with emotion.

Pinak spoke in orc language, and the men, women, and children in the barracks immediately roared and picked up what they could use around them and stood up. Seeing this, the dwarven warriors beside Thorin immediately drew their weapons, they would not allow this group of orcs to mess around, in case they hurt His Majesty the King, it would be a dereliction of duty.

There was tension in the barracks, and the slightest spark could cause an unnecessary fight.

It's a mess, it's all a mess!" Marlowe shouted in frustration as he snatched Pinak's weapon. "Everybody go back to me!"

Marlowe's voice couldn't help but startle the orcs, even the dwarven warriors and human warriors looked at him, and after a few seconds, the orcs finally dropped their weapons, Paul nodded at his men, and the human warriors also put away their swords.

"Your Majesty, ...... we," the guard beside Thorin whispered.

"Put it away. Thorin then said to Paul. "You see, the orcs have arrived, and I think this conversation can be over. Guards, immediately go to Blackstone City and ask General Johnny to come over and arrange defense. ”

"Your Majesty, I think we'd better go back to Black Rock City for a drink first. Wait for our mountain shield to send these poor people away. A dwarven minister suggested out of nowhere.

Listening to the minister's words, Thorin also put away his greedy ** at this time, the enchanted gem is certainly exciting, but he doesn't want to stay at the forefront because of these things, not to mention that there are some kind and ridiculous existences in his country, and driving away the orcs at this time will inevitably have a negative impact on his reputation, so the wicked still have to be done by General Johnny.

"Let's go. Thorin turned to leave.

"Please wait. Paul hastened to speak.

Thorin turned around and asked impatiently, "What? Are you going to give me all the gems?"

"If we can resolve the immediate crisis and keep the Orcs of Orem out of the Chariot Mountains for the entire winter, and give you this box of enchanted gems, can you keep the Orcs here?" asked Paul, with an unusually serious expression.

Thorin frowned and thought for a moment, then finally walked back to the two brothers with a smile on his face. Of course you have to try such a good thing!

"Yes, as long as you can do it, then I will agree to your conditions. ”