By the time he was awake again, the feast had come to an end. The satisfied, well-fed guests parted ways, and a few slept on the ground. The dwarven cooks and servants are cleaning up the feast, gathering the rest of the food and preparing it for reprocessing. Siegel saw Elint sitting alone in front of the fireplace, wine glass in hand. The firelight reflected on his face, carving hard lines.

He walked over and sat down beside the dwarf and burped.

The dwarf saw him and laughed happily. A long, loud burp after eating is the greatest compliment to the owner. Irene beckoned, and naturally a servant filled her glass. He handed the cup to Siegel and asked, "Did you learn your martial arts from Leah?"

"That's right, Mr. Ellint. ”

"Don't call me sir, just call me by my name. The dwarf swallowed a long sip of cold ale, cleared his throat, and continued, "You are Bill's knight servant, you learned martial arts from Leah, and now you are a warrior to the top, and this is enough for you to get a share of the expedition." The only question now is, what can you do?"

"I can help in a fight. Siegel said.

"I know you have passion, but we have no shortage of fighters. The dwarf explained in detail: "Bill is an experienced warrior, Leah is a skilled ranger who can provide healing powers just like me, and Dio - you haven't met him yet, and a member of the team - he is powerful enough to face the most dangerous situations." We are all guys who have seen the battlefield, and we have formed a tacit understanding of cooperation. What can you do?"

Siegel lowered his head and thought about it for a moment. As a fledgling adventurer, Siegel is really limited in what he can do compared to Irlint and the others. He was well aware of the gap, but it couldn't knock him out. He met the dwarf's gaze and replied confidently, "I learn things quickly, and I can make up for any shortcomings." ”

"I knew I was right about you!" Irint took a sip of the rest of the wine in the glass, pointed to Siegel and said excitedly, "I like you like this! You know, you're a dwarf at heart! The Great Patronus never goes wrong!"

"Thank you. Siegel said.

"I have the perfect job for you right now. Irint asked Siegel to listen closer, and then whispered, "The Dragon Lion Cliff and the surrounding land belong to the Gem Clan, and are currently under the development and management of our Diamond Family. We found the entrance to the cave and went in to find out the basics, but there were still many secrets uncovered. Gathering as much information as possible will help us in our ventures. As the first race to come to the New World, we dwarves have recorded a lot of historical information, and Dragon and Lion Cliff is no exception. This information is stored in the 'Stone Carving Hall', but I need to deal with the big things of the clan, so I don't have time to look it up. You're the Champion of the Heights, and you're qualified to get there, and it's good to hear Leah speak your dwarven language. So boy, before you recover from frostbite, go and give me the information about Dragon and Lion Cliff!"

"What kind of information do you want to find?"

"I don't know, it's all up to you. "I used to tell Leah and Bill a few speculations about the Lion Cliff, but history has obscured how it actually was. Maybe you can find some clues in the book. It would be great if it could help with the adventure process!"

So, the next day Siegel got to work, busy in the dwarven library. This library records all the events of the New World over the past thousand years, at least the ones that can attract the attention of the dwarves. It's a first-hand source of the history of the New World, and many people who want to uncover its secrets want to come here to find clues, but it's not an open library. About seventy percent of all the books in the collection are not allowed to be viewed by outsiders, because most of these materials record the internal history of the dwarves, the geography of the wasteland, untapped precious mineral deposits, and rune forging manuals, etc., which are the most important things for the dwarves, and are also the guarantee they leave to their descendants for the future development. The books have a separate area for storage, which is not accessible to outsiders. As for the information of other regions, the dwarves at the top of Mora or the scholars invited can consult them at will.

Today it is a rare guest of a foreign race - the human Siegel. As the newest Champion to reach the top, after being tested by the Ladder and receiving honorary titles, he has the same rights as the inhabitants here, and is regarded as a dwarf, even higher than some poor dwarves, which is very rare. It is important to know that the dwarves are a hierarchical society, and at the very top are the core of the three dwarves who have reached the top of the ladder back then, and as the ruling clan, they have the greatest say in the management of the kingdom. They also had to do more, the most important of which was to be in charge of warfare, to protect the kingdom and its people. The other estates consisted mainly of the ordinary nobles of the Seven Great Clans, who were responsible for handling the internal chores of the Dwarven kingdom to keep the kingdom running, as well as foreign trade. Descending to the artisan class, which is made up of important professionals, including master smiths, veteran miners, and master brewers. The rest are civilians who can only do other things.

Although they are divided into classes, unlike humans, there are few conflicts between them, after all, dwarven society has only his own set of promotion methods. By earning military exploits, earning medals, or gaining the recommendation of many dwarves to make outstanding contributions in their field, a dwarf can also move up the ranks and gain more power and social status. This system only works for dwarves, and it is not easy for a person of any other race to gain respect in dwarven society, and there are only a very limited number of ways - the ladder to the top of Mora is one of them.

Siegel soon discovered that his belt was more convenient than carrying his pedigree and title ribbon with him. He arrived at the library early in the morning, and several dwarves greeted him warmly when they saw the belt, and simply checked in to allow him in, and kindly reminded him of the light source, which Siegel had not thought of beforehand. Dwarves have dark vision and can see in complete darkness, so the entire library built in the cave does not have any light. At the same time, the library has a large number of books, so you can't bring candles and oil lamps into it. Siegel had to leave the library to buy light rods, such as the Immortal Flame at the Dwarven Rune Item Shop, which cost up to 120 gold coins.

How could Siegel have so much money? It was the face of the golden belt, and the shopkeeper said that the Ascending Brave could borrow the Immortal Flame for free, and he believed in the credit of the Gem Clan and the Ascending Brave, so he only needed to return it before Siegel left the dwarven city. Siegel thanked him repeatedly, carefully putting away the rod of light—the most expensive thing he had ever touched—and he grew fond of the warm and friendly place.

The library was unusually deserted, except for a few dwarven civilian administrators, there was only one person to talk to, and no one spoke to him, as if he was alone and forgotten by the whole world. If it weren't for the fact that there were books on both sides, I would have thought that I was walking into a bleak tomb. He needed to find information about the Dragon Lion Cliff, but the information here was in chronological order. That meant that Siegel might have to go through the entire library, and that's when he realized why Ellint didn't do the project herself.

"It's going to take me a lot of time and effort!" Siegel said to himself, "I'm definitely going to be sucked into the torrent of time by these books......"

He thought of a way, spent two whole days in the library, and with good patience and memory, finally read the catalog of the books in the library. Then I checked dozens of books against the titles, and finally figured out the naming rules of dwarf books. He closed the thousand-page catalogue and felt as if he had experienced a storm for weeks, even more terrible than a hurricane crossing the sea.

Siegel discovers that the chronicles of the dwarves are essentially made up of two important narrative threads: one of the most important war events on the continent, and the other of various records of mineral deposits. There used to be an ancient ruby vein near the Dragon Lion Cliff, and there have been many battles over this vein, where dwarves and humans, humans and humans themselves have fought each other. Using this gem mine as a clue, he probably circled about 300 books to read, including biographies of people, local chronicles of towns, and some travelogues and observations.

According to his own ideas, he spent another day sorting out the reading outline and making a rough research plan. When the dwarf Elint saw the plan, she was full of praise and called it a "great initiative". The elves nodded in agreement, acknowledging that Siegel had the most important abilities of a mage, making him the best clerk or research assistant even if he had no magical talent.

"Well, I have to say with relief that it's nice to see that one of us finally has a reader. The dwarf said, "And this scholar is a good drinker and a meat-loving eater, so this is a day worth celebrating." ”

In fact, the dwarf didn't have much hope, and his main purpose was just to test Siegel's patience and learning ability. He stubbornly believes that human beings are very impetuous creatures, too easy to be tempted and changed. Most human beings are like water, they can adapt to various environments and do many things, but only a small part of them can turn into solid ice and have great souls. Elves are like plants, such as a big tree, it grows constantly, it can also withstand wind and rain, and bear miraculous fruits. But they are not focused enough, they are not humble enough, they waste too much talent on useless things, and they often forget that they can only take root in a particular soil. Only dwarf like rocks and gemstones, strong and eternal, with introverted treasures, can stand the test of time, survive, develop, and carry the whole history. After a few days of observation, Irint discovered that Siegel did possess dwarven qualities, so she embraced and accepted him, seeing Siegel as a dwarven child. With this thought, while the young man was trying to rummage for clues, the dwarf hummed a small tune and happily went to the forge yard, he had not felt like firing and forging for a long time, and he was in the right mood today.