Chapter 26: Passing by the Eight Peaks
Flint scratched his head: "I always thought it was a metaphor for elves to hear the sound of the wind......"
Wang: "No, that's not reasonable. It was supposed to be some kind of long-range communication magic, but the magic failed, and she could only make sense. Nini, do you have any impression of anyone sending you such a communication? ”
Nini shook her head: "There is no such person...... At least not in my memory. My family and friends are ordinary elves, and I don't know why they are generally not good at magic. ”
Xiaobai: "I feel this because of your understanding of magic. ”
Elizabeth pushed Xiaobai's shoulder, telling her not to be so straightforward, and at the same time said, "Could it be that Nini's friend forcibly cast the spell, so it failed?" ”
Wang: "It's also possible that someone in the Elven Kingdom knows that she is with us and wants to inform us. The biggest technical difficulty of this long-distance information transmission spell is how to locate the target, and the common method is to use long-term personal belongings.
"Nini must have such an item in her house."
Xiaobai: "For example, the tableware she uses to eat!" ”
Wang: "Or a chair that you sit on a lot, or a pillow that you sleep on often." ”
Nini: "So the elven kingdom is in danger, isn't it?" ”
"That's what we're here for." The king looked up at the airship, "Hurry up, the elven kingdom is so big, it won't be completely wiped out all at once, we will definitely have time." ”
At this time, the warrior monk from the Zen monastery reminded: "You also promised the abbot to see the situation of the caravan." ”
Wang: "Yes, I agreed. Captain! ”
Torreysmith, the dwarf, immediately replied, "You say." ”
Wang: "Gather the dwarfs on the ground at once, and let's go." ”
Torre raised his hand and tapped his temple.
It's like this is a gesture used by anyone working on an airship, which means "do it immediately upon receipt".
Torre then shouted loudly, calling for his men to evacuate the camp that had been planted on the ground, and the corpses of the various prey that were still being disposed of in the camp - although the airship was full of supplies, there would certainly be all sorts of accidents when opening up an unknown route through the mountains, and the more supplies the better.
Wang walked directly to the lifting basket: "Let's get on the boat first, all the warrior monks, please come with me." ”
The leader of the warrior monks folded his hands: "No, it's just that if it's so high, we can go up ourselves." ”
With that, he turned around and jumped up the towering cedar tree, climbed to the top of the tree in just a dozen seconds, jumped and grabbed the rope at the bottom of the airship, and then climbed onto the airship along the rope.
Wang Du was stunned: "I only know that the warrior monks are fast, but I don't know that they still have this ability." (In fact, it was an acrobatic action that was judged to throw a big success)
As if she didn't want to lose to the human warrior monk in the cornice-walking, Nini jumped onto the branch of the cedar tree with her long legs, then performed a back-and-forth jump between the branches, and finally grabbed the rope of the airship pod and swung into the pod.
After watching the elf's performance, Flint shook his head: "Long legs are only of such a small use at this time. ”
Gnome Gaines nodded, "That's right. ”
Then he turned to Xiaobai: "Let's go to the hanging basket together." ”
Xiaobai: "Why did you two take me?" I've got a lot longer legs than you! ”
Flint: "It doesn't matter how much longer your legs are than ours, we won't be able to reach the elves' crotch shafts anyway." ”
Wang went directly to the hanging basket: "Okay, I'll sit in the hanging basket with you, don't argue about this." ”
Elizabeth also entered the hanging basket: "And me." ”
Xiaobai immediately followed up with the hanging basket, as if he hadn't had any argument with the dwarves just now.
After the Salvation Team boarded the airship, Captain Torre Smith spent more than ten minutes completely gathering the crew who were unfurling on the ground.
The last dwarf crew pulled out the iron anchor hanging from the roots of the tree, stepped on the iron anchor, and was pulled onto the ship by their companions using a winch.
Then the airship once again embarked on the road across the mountains of the world.
Nini had been standing at the bow of the boat, looking in the direction of her hometown.
Despite her nervous appearance, she still completed the task of guiding the spaceship well.
Early the next morning, when the king had just finished preparing the spell, he heard Flint on the deck of the spaceship shouting, "It's Eight Peaks!" Come out and see, that's the former center of the Kingdom of the Mountains! ”
Driven by curiosity, Wang walked out of the room and looked into the distance.
At this time, in the direction of his line of sight, the World Mountain Range was like a high wall, directly blocking the way of the airship, so that the airship could only fly along the wall.
And the eight peaks are like towers on this high wall, overlooking the people on the airship.
There is also a "beacon fire" burning on the tower - in fact, it is a flag cloud across the mountain peak.
Elizabeth also opened the door and came out, and when she saw this scene, she exclaimed, "Oh my God, this is spectacular! ”
Flint looked proud: "Back then, this was a proud spectacle of the Mountain Kingdom, and now the capital of the Mountain Kingdom seems to be deliberately replicating this scene, but unfortunately the number of mountain peaks is not enough, and it is not as spectacular as here." ”
Xiaobai: "It's as if you often see the scenery of the capital of the Mountain Kingdom, but you haven't seen it a few times. ”
Flint: "I used to live in the Mountain Kingdom for a while when I was traveling with Tannis!" ”
Wang: "Tannis, he's a half-elf, isn't he?" As far as I know, dwarves have even more aversion to half-elves than elves. ”
"No, no," Flint shook his head, "that's a dwarf in a closed place. Because of the existence of the shield road, there are people of various races coming and going in the territory, and everyone has long been accustomed to other races, and even does business with other races. ”
Elizabeth: "You're saying that the dwarves have changed their prejudices against other races?" But the general knowledge of the world that I have learned says that dwarves are stubborn and hate change......"
Flint spread his hands: "Isn't your so-called general knowledge of the world also a collection of your human prejudices?" This kind of thing needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. ”
The king chimed in: "There are all the priests of Kailin among the dwarves, so it seems that this race is not as rigid as it is rumored. ”
Elizabeth: "That makes sense. ”
Dwarf: "You're right. In short, the Kingdom of the Mountains is quite tolerant of the outside world now, at least when I lived in the kingdom's capital a hundred years ago.
"The capital of the kingdom is also the most important node on the shield road, from here, there are nearly two hundred kilometers of roads all underground, and almost all caravans will stop in the capital of the kingdom, either to mentally prepare for entering the underground, or to celebrate finally leaving the dangerous underground."
Elizabeth was shocked: "Isn't the shield road a relatively safe trade route?" ”
Flint: "You would say 'relative,' too." ”
Marika explained intimately: "Your Highness, the underground trade route on Shield Road almost passes through the dark area, and creatures from the depths of the underground often rob the caravans on Shield Road. ”
Flint: "The reason why the shield road is safer in the darker areas is that the dwarven legions are stationed on the road, and the legion's patrols will also patrol the road. ”
Marika snorted, "If your patrols are useful, you won't lose your capital." ”
Flint fell silent for a moment.
At this time, Xiaobai rubbed his eyes and came out of the door of his cabin, and when he saw Bafeng, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and let out an exclamatory voice: "Oh! ”
Wang: "It's spectacular, isn't it?" ”
Xiaobai: "Hmm. The old capital of the Dwarven Kingdom below? Aren't we going down on an expedition? ”
Wang: "First, we're in a hurry now, and second, the Eight Peaks are just legends. ”
Flint: "No, there really is a city of our ancestors at the foot of the eight peaks, and it is estimated that it has become a habitat for all kinds of ghosts and spirits.
"There's a problem with us going down to explore, no one knows where the entrance and exit to the Eight Peaks ground is. The records of the Dwarven Kingdom only record the path to the Eight Peaks from underground, but that road is no longer passable, even if the main army of the Mountain Kingdom is mobilized, it will not work. ”
The king was about to speak, when Nini suddenly ran from the bow of the boat: "Here we go again!" This time it feels even more obvious, the forest kingdom is in danger! ”
In fact, Bafeng has a copy, and he also wrote a copy of the adventure a few days ago, but after looking at it, he found that it coincided with the previous chapter of the dark region, so he cut it down.
(End of chapter)