Richard swore that he never imagined that hundreds of mad fellows would roar together with their fighting spirit or magic power to have such a terrifying volume. He was even more reluctant to go through it again. However, the nobles had no intention of stopping the celebrations, and this time they threw their weapons into the air. A series of precious magical weapons bloomed brilliantly in the sky, rising at different heights, and then ......

Start falling!

Richard was helpless, and instantly sent several groups of long-range attack protection to protect these overexcited nobles. The Battle Priest and Quicksand were equally busy blessing these nobles with divine magic. Otherwise, there will always be a few unlucky eggs who will be stabbed by weapons falling from the sky. These are all high-end goods, once they are stabbed, the aristocratic lords can't prevent their fighting spirit. The nobles who were able to march and fight with Richard all had martial arts skills, and catching a fallen weapon was just a piece of cake. In this era when the strong are respected and wars are raging, the nobles are very real. Even Chim's kind of goods are ruthless, and he has the lives of several imperial soldiers in his hands. But in the chaos in front of us, no one can say what will happen. After all, on those high-grade goods flying in the air, there are not a few armor-piercing and demon-breaking attributes.

Richard was in chaos, but the firewhiskers on the rock fort were frightened. He suddenly saw hundreds of people shouting in unison, the loudness of the sound completely overwhelming his loud voice, followed by hundreds of weapons thrown into the sky, those shining magical lights almost blinding his eyes. He swore by his beard that he had never seen so many magical weapons at the same time in his life.

Perhaps nervous, or perhaps feeling threatened, the other dwarf on the top of the rock castle shook his hands, and the musket in his hand exploded, suddenly spewing out a cloud of flames with black smoke, tumbling into the sky. The guns roared, several times louder than the loud voices of the dwarves, even drowning out the cheers of the nobles.

Richard was taken aback, and then turned from surprise to joy. Musket!This was one of the purposes for which he came to the Dwarven Empire. As for the power of the musket, it is not worth mentioning.

The nobles behind him reacted much greater, and many thought that they had been attacked, and subconsciously drew their weapons, gathered fighting energy, and blessed themselves with protective magic. A small number of timid people are even checking whether they have been wounded on their bodies and whether they have been hit by muskets. In fact, the nobles were a hundred meters away from the rock fort. Not to mention that the muzzle of the dwarf Firebeard pointed diagonally at the sky, even if it was aimed at the nobles, it would not be able to hit so far.

On the top of the rock fort, Firebeard was roaring at the dwarf next to him in extreme anger: "Copperbeard! Why are you shooting!? Oh, my beard, what did I see!"

At this time, behind Richard and the nobles, a large group of cavalry began to appear, and in the blink of an eye, it filled the valley road, and countless warriors were pouring into the valley behind.

In the distance, Richard heard a groan from the rock fort: "My beard! I bet there are at least three thousand enemies on the other side!"

A chaotic sound immediately rang out in the rock castle, and from time to time a thick voice unique to dwarves shouted.

"Three thousand, hurry up and call the police!"

"What three thousand! At least five thousand! They're still coming in. ”

"No matter how many people there are, my black iron will smash their heads!"

Accompanied by shouting, heads and eyes kept shaking behind the shooting hole. The eyes of each dwarf who saw Richard's face immediately widened, and then a large muzzle appeared in front of his head.

Richard glanced back, and there were actually less than two thousand warriors entering the valley behind him, but the forwards were all cavalry, so it seemed a little more. However, dwarves have always been fond of spirits and exaggeratedness, so it is not surprising to say more. Richard still had more than 10,000 troops outside the valley. No matter how strong the rock fort is, it can fit dozens of dwarves inside, and it can be easily bulldozed. But Richard didn't come here for war.

Every dwarf in the Pale Heights is a valuable asset.

Richard walked forward alone, and did not stop until he was less than fifty meters away from the rock fort, and shouted: "My name is Richard! I have not come here for war, but for spirits and friends! Excuse me, is this the Thunderhammer tribe?"

The dwarves in the rock fort were again engaged in a chaotic discussion, and finally the firebeard at the top of the fort shouted, "The Thunderhammer tribe is not here, they are in the high mountains three days southwest of the country. This is the land of the Forge Tribe, where the descendants of the great Dora Anvil live! Humans, why do you bring so many armies with you when you are here for the sake of liquor and friends, but no matter how many of you are, you can't intimidate the offspring of Anvil!"

Richard smiled and said, "We have come from the far east, and have traversed the entire Bloodstained Lands!You should know that the Bloodstained Lands are full of robbers, slave traders, and horse bandits, and I would not have come to the land of the dwarves if it were not for the protection of these warriors." ”

Firebeard hesitated, but still said loudly, "I don't believe you because many of you humans are liars! ”

Richard didn't mind Firebeard's rudeness, saying, "Not all people are liars. Your kindred, the Thunderhammer Tribe, has a very close cooperation with us humans. If Thunderhammer is willing to trust humans, why can't the Furnace? and I think it's good for both of us to be friends. Of course, if the Forge rejects a friend from afar, we can also go to Thunderhammer. ”

Firebeard snorted and said, "How can that small tribe of Thunderhammer compare to the mighty Forge of Forge It's just a tribe, and the Forge is a kingdom! It was up to the king to decide. ”

Richard said, "All right, then I'll go and meet your king." ”

"But the warriors you brought must stay outside the Crucible!" Firebeard roared. Seeing that Richard had more and more troops, he was also a little alarmed. He had never seen such a large army before. All the dwarves in the entire Crucible Kingdom together are only a few hundred thousand people. Firebeard is not stupid, knowing that a person like Richard who can command an army of more than 10,000 must be a big man, and this kind of big man needs to be received by the king.

"No problem. Richard immediately told the troops to stop, find a suitable place to camp outside the valley, and wait for news. At the same time, he sent men to the logistics troops in the rear and asked them to move quickly. The supplies to be traded with the dwarves are all in the logistics force. Now that he was able to meet the king of the Crucible, Richard was confident that the deal would be done.

Eventually, Richard took his followers, seven elected representatives of the nobility, and ten Akmund freedom fighters, and followed Firebeard to the Crucible.

Not far behind the rock fort, there is a tunnel built into the mountain, which is the only way to the furnace fort. After entering the tunnel, Richard found that the tunnel was surprisingly long, and there was no end in sight, and it seemed to cross the entire belly of the mountain. The tunnel is five meters wide, but it is very low, less than two meters high. Richard had to walk carefully with his boots, otherwise he could easily hit the top of his head. Yi'o and Oral had to bow their heads, while Gangde could only bend down and move forward, which was extremely hard. Human warriors with a level of more than ten levels, often more than two meters, will have an extremely hard time walking in this passage.

Tiramisu was simply left in the barracks, and the big guy, who was already more than three meters tall, could only climb in this tunnel.

But for dwarves with an average height of about 1.4 meters, height is not a problem at all, and they can give full play to their combat effectiveness. The one-meter-five Firebeard is considered strong and tall among the dwarves.

After only a few hundred meters in the tunnel, Gangde felt as if his waist was broken, and Richard accidentally hit his head a few times, let alone anyone else. Seeing this tunnel, Richard understood why the once powerful human empire had been unable to take the dwarves in the mountains. This kind of tunnel can directly reduce the combat effectiveness of human warriors by one-third. Moreover, in the narrow tunnel, the power of the dwarven musket is infinitely amplified, as long as three or four dwarves are divided into front, back, left and right, and shoot at the same time, the tunnel will be instantly covered with powerful iron sand, and there is no way to hide. Even the Faro Sanctuary will be beaten into blood within ten meters.

The capital of the Crucible Kingdom is Fort Forge, and according to Firebeard, it takes a day to travel. Fort Furnace was built on a volcano and is nearly a thousand years old. Under the excavation of countless dwarves, the entire belly of the mountain was nearly hollowed out. The lava flowing underground became a natural earth fire, providing the dwarves with an inexhaustible source of energy for smelting metal. The territory of the Furnace Dwarves is rich in all kinds of metal ores, and there are natural furnaces that can be borrowed, so metallurgy and forging are very famous among the tribes of dwarven kingdoms and tribes within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

Obsidian iron is abundant here, and after being repeatedly forged by the Dwarven Master, it becomes the best material for weapons or armor. The Dwarves' highest quality forged products are almost always made of obsidian.

Tens of thousands of dwarves live in the Crucible, and the kingdom's most elite warriors are stationed here. The rest of the dwarves are spread over tens of thousands of square kilometers of mountainous areas, and most of them are engaged in mining ore.

Nothing happened along the way, and Richard kept talking to Firebeard and the dozen or so dwarves who were guarding him. At the end of the day, not only did he figure out the general situation of the Crucible Kingdom, but he also became good friends with these dwarves. The dwarves thought Richard was a nice guy and liked Richard's beard. The only thing they regretted was that Richard's beard was too short. In the words of the fire beard, it is necessary to grow at least to the waist to have a dignified beard.

It was obviously impossible for Richard to grow a beard that matched the aesthetics of the dwarves, but he didn't expect that it was his short beard that helped win the friendship of these dwarves. Of course, the large bags of fine wine that Richard deliberately ordered people to bring were not insignificant.

The initial tunnel was three kilometers long, followed by a full day of walking through the valley and two kilometers of tunnels through the mountain before reaching the Crucible.