At the same time that the battle was formed on the side of the Gnolls, something similar was also playing out in the Brass Fortress.

This is not to say that there was a wise man in this dwarven city who predicted the main battlefield of this black plague in advance, but purely because an outsider with a special identity set off some unexpected waves here.

The Brass Fortress is not only a military fortress for the dwarves to defend the Dark Mountains, it is also the main city of the Brass Dwarves.

According to the dwarves' usual rugged naming style, it would be more appropriate to call it Brass Fort, but given the important military mission it carried, calling it a fortress would be more important.

Murphy had seen this mountain fortress from afar when he traveled to Hungry Mountain, and it was like a wall between the Dark Mountains and the Genoese Peninsula, blocking the possibility of the spread of the Black Plague.

Although this path is not the only way to get to the peninsula from the Dark Mountains, there are many other paths that can cross the mountains, which Tracey used to walk when she roamed the world, but since it is called a path, it is certainly not suitable for large-scale marches.

"In the first four black plagues, small groups of gnolls tried to infiltrate the peninsula along the mountain road to cause some damage, but the dwarves also built other small fortresses in the mountain, and they made full use of the dwarven nature to turn the mountain into a guardian place with the blessing of Mother Earth Goddess.

As far as I know, the halflings of Port Chardo have aliases for Brass Fortress, which they exaggerate as 'protectors'. ”

In a watchtower at the top of the brass fortress, Lord Pa Ying, dressed in a robe and a blood-colored coat, slowly introduced the building at his feet to the people next to him.

The Brass Fortress is at the highest point of the fortress group at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and from here you can see the snow-capped peaks in all directions, and the temperature here is naturally much lower than that of the plains, and even colder than Transnesia, which is experiencing its second snow of the year.

Beside Lord Pa Ying, Hogg, who was hooded over his body, shivered with cold.

But it didn't dare to show any unseemly behavior in front of the lord.

His Excellency "Virtuous Wolf" knew very well that the only reason why he was able to enter the dwarven fortress without being hacked to death was because of the protection of the lord beside him.

As Lord Pa Ying introduced him to the features of the Brass Fortress, Hogg shook himself and sneezed as he sneezed:

"This fortress is powerful, it looks like a creation of a god, but it seems a little dangerous."

"Of course it's dangerous."

The Lord, who was very artistic, let his long black hair and shawl shake his head and said:

"Danger means power, and power can be used to do a lot of things, to save or to redeem a lot of things."

"No, no, No, Your Excellency, I don't mean the fortress itself."

Hogha sighed, shaking his body and explained:

"If the Genoese Peninsula is protected only by this mountain, then once the brass fortress is breached, doesn't it mean that the prosperous peninsula is no longer in danger? It would be a plundered hell overnight, and I've heard that the halflings are a bunch of pacifists who don't have the slightest knowledge of war.

It's terrible, Lord.

Halflings have not experienced the poison of four black plagues, and their knowledge of gnolls comes from stories and history, and if things get the worst, halflings may even be wiped out as a result.

I have never doubted the enthusiasm of my brutal compatriots in this matter. ”

"Well, that's true."

Lord Pa Ying nodded.

His deep gaze looked at the looming outline of the peninsula in the distance, and after a few seconds, he said:

"They are like protected flowers, bright and delicate, without a minimum understanding of the cruelty of the world, and halflings feel that as long as they can continue to produce weapons to support other races threatened by war, they can enjoy peace.

For example, the big thing we came to decide this time was not at all interested in the halfling steam lords.

They may understand its importance, but unfortunately, the little ones apparently don't think that the evil gods born in the distance will affect them. ”

"That's not a bad thing, my lord."

Hogg looked left and right, and whispered:

"This means that once things start to go bad, you don't have much responsibility for them.

They don't want to give, and naturally they don't get anything in return. When they are beaten to cry, they will take the initiative to beg you, and then they will become sensible, which is better than your persuasion and being treated as a nonsense joke.

The kindness of the honorable is heavy and precious, and they do not know that they have to pay the price for cherishing it. ”

This consolation and hidden sycophants made Lord Pa Ying laugh dumbly.

Apparently, the vampire's millennial lord never thought that he would one day be comforted by a gnoll, he shook his head, and found a pocket watch that was so delicate that it could never be the style of this era, and after confirming the time, the lord turned back to Hogg and said:

"Let's go, the kings' communications should be set up, remember what I've been emphasizing to you these days? I can only give you a platform for today's conversation, and it's up to you to convince the wavering leaders.

Just because they trust me doesn't mean they trust me.

It's hard, Hogg, and you'll probably need a few difficult conversations to convince them. ”

"No, my lord, it's not that hard."

Hogg followed behind the Lord, and thoughtfully helped the Lord lift the tail of the scarlet daze to prevent this delicate thing from being contaminated with dust, and as it walked forward as a squire, it said:

"I learned a lot of persuasion techniques from Master Murphy, and I know how to convince other people, especially strangers, when there is no interpersonal interference, and I don't even need to pay attention to their mood changes.

Shoot directly from the side of interests, hide what they will lose, and magnify what they will gain.

Whether they trust me or not is not the main issue in this matter, and whether or not they are willing to continue to endure the Plague will determine whether or not they will take our advice.

The trouble caused to the world by the first four black plagues has made me have no doubt that this solution will work today, the threat is there, it will not disappear because they don't believe me, and what we provide is a way to neutralize the threat.

Even if it's just 'possible', it's worth ten thousand dollars in front of the rulers. ”

"Murphy told me that you have been enhanced by the wisdom of the Creator, and I used to think that this might be to improve your psionic perception, but now it seems that the Creator has indeed given you a high level of wisdom, and the best part is that your original ability no longer needs time to learn to master."

His Holiness applauded:

"It's like a spring breeze to talk to you, Hogg, if you're not a gnoll, you'll be the best diplomat on the continent, and you'll be the friend of every big man."

"Well, lord, please don't say that, I should be glad I'm a jackal."

Hogg let out a strange laugh, and it said:

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be qualified to be part of a process so important that it would directly change history, and Professor Malcolm would be proud of me, and I would be his best student. One. ”

"Well, that's right."

The Lord nodded, and said no more.

One after the other, the two of them entered the tower, guarded by the dwarven guards, and ascended to the "elevator" made of engineering machinery, and with the clatter of large gears, they followed a patio from the high peak to the center of the brass fortress.

Although the fortress itself is a mountain, the brass fortress does not refer to a specific building, but rather a series of fortresses that form around the main body of the fortress.

No matter how powerful the dwarves are, they can't completely hollow out a mountain, so the main body of the brass fortress is actually divided into seven floors, each with different responsibilities, the lower four floors to the ground are all military areas, and the upper three floors are the throne hall of the supreme lord of the brass dwarves, the mineral company of the brass dwarves and the residential and commercial areas of their people.

The number of the three major dwarven clans is not large, the brass dwarves are already the largest clan, but their number does not exceed two million, and the total number of all dwarves is about five and a half million, which is an out-and-out minority race compared to the total number of humans who have exceeded 200 million.

Of course, there are far fewer humans in the heart of the continent.

More than half of the 200 million people belong to the prosperous ancient kingdom of Callum, and the thousand-year-old empire obviously disdains to play with the dirt buns in the center of the continent.

Half of the population of the Brass Dwarves live in the Brass Fortress and the nearby mountains, mainly because their mines are located nearby, making it arguably the most densely populated area on the continent.

As Lord Pa Ying and Hogg stepped out of the elevator, they were greeted by Bannock Earthpower, one of the six defending generals of the Brass Fortress, guarding the front with elite guards, escorting the two "distinguished guests" to the vicinity of the throne room.

Said to be an escort, but seeing the fierce eyes of those dwarves, Hogg knew that these guys were coming at him.

It had no doubt that every dwarf in the city wanted to strangle themselves, but they couldn't, and the elite soldiers in front of them had to act honestly as their own guards, lest they really be in danger here.

"Follow me!"

With the dwarven's iconic beard, Bannock Earth Power is a highly decorated general and a sincere priest of Gaia, but this guy has a peculiar fiery red beard that makes him look very conspicuous.

He paid his respects to the Lord first, but scolded Hogg with a cold face, and under their escort, the door of the throne room slowly opened, and the High Lord of the Brass Dwarves, Hadran Earthhammer, awaited them on the warm throne.

The dwarven lord is holding a two-handed warhammer full of dwarven style, which is the brass dwarf relic "Gaia's Power", which is said to be a holy relic that can directly mobilize the power of the earth, in the past four black plagues, this warhammer has killed at least 100,000 gnolls, so that Hogg will feel the shock and coercion when he looks at it.

But the hammer and its owner aren't the focus today.

On the four improvised seats next to the High Lord, the psychic projections fine-tuned by the Earth Priests are in place, from left to right, the Elven King Querion, the Pharaoh of the Songhai Empire, Ptolemy XIX, the King of Plantagenet, Louis IX, and Her Majesty the "Wolf Maiden" of the Nordutov Kingdom.

In addition, behind the Brass Dwarven High Lord are the Silver Dwarf High Lord Ovg Silver Heart, and the Frost Dwarf Temporary High Lord Badr Frost Wind.

In such an occasion where the kings were present, it was clear that the three dwarves were present as a common force.

Coupled with the vampire Millennium Venerable Pa Ying, who is the host, everyone in this throne hall is already a handful of people at the top of the continent's power pyramid.

Even our Lord Murphy and Grand Duke Tris are not qualified to enter here, and even if they do sneak in, they will probably be able to be a tea boy next to the lord, and they don't even deserve to have a chair of their own.

But Hogg did it!

Not only did the skinny gnolls enter, but they were even allowed to possess a ridiculous little maza, apparently the dwarves' little eyes were at work.

Their relationship with the gnolls is really a "blood feud".

The kings and lords in the throne room stared at Hogg, and no one spoke, but the pressure of silence made Hogg, who had always been confident, a little drumming in his heart.

But Lord Pa Ying didn't give it more time to prepare, after all, His Majesty is very busy every day, and being able to coordinate a time to gather together at this time is really thanks to Lord Pa Ying's overly powerful "face fruit".

"I'm sure your Majesty has read the secret letter I sent, and your presence here today is an indication of your interest in that matter."

Lord Pa Ying said very directly:

"The gnoll in front of you is the 'virtuous wolf' chosen by me and Lord Murphy, there is no need to doubt its identity, it holds the gnoll civilization tablet in its hand, and it already belongs to the civilization spokesperson of the gnolls in the sequence of the creator.

His Majesty Ptolemy should have been well aware of this. ”

"Hmm."

The pharaoh in the psionic projection wears a heavy golden Aquila crown and holds the scepter of the twin snakes and looks full of majesty, but the tall blue-skinned old man has a tiredness in his eyes, and it seems that managing the Songhai Empire is not a good thing.

In a deep voice, he said in the human language spoken on the mainland:

"I can confirm the identity and status of Mr. Hogg, just from the majesty of the Creator Sequence, it is indeed qualified to appear here and speak to us on behalf of the Gnoll civilization."

"It's just identity but no power, which proves that every word Mr. Hogg says lacks strength to support it."

King Louis today did not see the pleasant face of the conversation with Marshal Loren, and he went straight to the point, pointing out Hogg's awkward situation at this time, he examined the thin gnoll, and said:

"My marshal tells me that you have a great relationship with the governor of Translasia, so can I understand, Mr. Hogg, that you are here on behalf of the governor?

And that plan, did you make it yourself, or did it come from Lord Murphy? ”

"I'm curious about that too."

Her Majesty the Wolf Maiden followed suit and spoke her mind.

She's really young!

And she didn't hide her youth, and she didn't hide her shortcomings by dressing up like her stupid Oudoudou, on the contrary, the momentum of this young queen with long blue and white hair as elegant as ice crystals made it completely impossible to ignore her age.

Those gray-blue eyes had a sharp light, and even from thousands of miles away, Hogg could still feel the suffocating majesty of the young queen.

She is the same as King Louis, whose power is like the sun that makes people inevitably respect, but the wolf girl is unmerciless in the cold wind blowing.

You can hate her, but you have to fear and respect her.

"If you don't have your own claims, if all of this was orchestrated by Lord Murphy, then why don't we speak directly to the Governor?"

The wolf girl said unceremoniously:

"He's my appointed administrator, and he's supposed to be loyal to his queen, isn't he?"

"Ahem."

King Louis coughed, changed his posture in the projection, and said:

"Lord Murphy is also the Governor of Transencia appointed by the Plantagenet Kingdom, Your Majesty Angelina, he can't serve two kings at the same time, can he?"

"Huh"

Seeing that King Louis and the wolf maiden were showing signs of quarrel, the other lords and kings turned their attention to them, and even the majestic and silent Elven King glanced at them.

This caused Hogg to lose his attention all at once.

But the virtuous wolf knows that he can't go on like this, and he has come here with a mission!

And in the next moment, Hogg rose from his ridiculous pony tie, spread his paws, and said aloud:

"Your Majesty, please listen to me! Whether I lack the strength to do so now is not the core of the problem, but the problem described in the secret letter sent by Lord Pa Ying is the problem that needs to be solved urgently.

An evil god on the verge of birth will give the gnolls a terrifying boost, and now the army of the Fifth Scourge has set out.

Admittedly, there is no Lord of the Biting Bone to command them this time, but that doesn't mean you can take it lightly, and even if the civilization wins again, it will only drag on the war for more than a dozen years.

The psionic tides of the Dark Mountains do not shift according to the will of the individual, and when the gnolls cannot survive, the sixth black plague will occur.

Then the seventh, and the eighth, until one day the gnolls are wiped out or you lose your throne!

This is a war with no end in sight, and it is harmful to the continent.

That's what we're going to discuss, and that's what Master Murphy has been thinking about, with all due respect, guys, in this respect, you're not even as good as the lords of a ruined region.

Lord Murphy, Lord Pa Ying, and I only want to put an end to the Plague and integrate the Gnoll civilization into this world instead of continuing to destroy it.

Of course, you can think it's nonsense, but we've got a plan!

If you don't think that is pointless, you won't leave the affairs of the state here, so let's be pragmatic and settle the problem of the Lord of the Hunt first, and then let the honorable kings decide the future fate of the gnolls.

This is a victory.

It is the complete victory that you and your fathers have been seeking!

The black plague that has plagued the continent for nearly 600 years will come to an end in your hands, and everyone present will go down in history. And without the threat of the Black Plague, you can better unleash the power in your hands against the gnolls to ensure that each other is destroyed in the civil war of civilization."

Hogg habitually used a phrase from Murphy to comment on the kingdoms at this moment, and this sentence full of sarcasm made all the kings present laugh dumbly.

Even the indifferent wolf girl's eyes widened.

"You gnoll is kind of interesting! I'll admit I underestimated you. ”

And the native master, Hadland, the supreme lord of the brass dwarves, laughed even more, highlighting the great heart of the dwarves in this regard, and he stood up and said:

"Well, then, you self-proclaimed civilized kings, you don't want to be ridiculed by a clever gnolloh, do you? Put away each other's malice, our Lord Pa Ying is already frowning, and it is clear that the vampire 'uncrowned king' has lost patience with our mutual assertions.

If you don't want to confront the angry Millennial Lord in the dormitory tonight, then it's time for us to get down to business.

No matter what you think, I can't beat him anyway, so it's about crusading against the evil gods.

I'll express my attitude first, and I'll be involved!

This is Gaia's will. ”

(End of chapter)