Chapter 22: The Gnoll's Warlock's Calm Fireball?
As the dome had just shimmered, the annoying 'clang' of the hammering bucket continued.
It's another day and it's begun.
The miners of the various races of Zeellandia were about to go to the Remlus fish stand to exchange a few dried salted fish to reward their stomachs for their evils, but suddenly they saw that the front of the Remlus fish stand was surrounded by people, and a red-faced and thick-necked dwarf was pounding on the hammer and protesting angrily:
"Don't think I don't know, you black-hearted gnolls must have coerced our fish-man boss! We've been buying dried fish here for three years! We've got ore! Why don't you let you sell it!"
Levi, who was munching on crispy grilled dried fish, rolled his eyes and winked at the gnoll leader Holtz, who was also eating next to him.
Holtz also stood up again a little helplessly, "Whew... You stinky dwarfs whose heads are caught in ores, how many times have I explained to you early in the morning, this fish stall was opened by our boss, and now the fishing ground is bankrupt, we won't sell it, don't gather here, we have to start work in a hurry after eating. ”
The dwarf was speechless and pointed to the gnolls with a bundle of dried salted fish, "Who are you fooling with the hammer of the top Grian! The fishery is bankrupt and you can still eat so well! And the western mining area collapsed and blocked decades ago, you can use a hammer." ”
This time, even Holtz didn't bother to pay attention to him, the master told them to eat as soon as possible, and be sure to clean the first layer of passage before the fluorescent moss is extinguished today, and choose a new site for the master's new nest to be laid.
Seeing that there was no one to bird him, the dwarf cursed a few more dwarven dialects that the dragon did not understand, and headed for the Golden Miners' Brotherhood, apparently to report the matter to old Tiger.
'From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift' is a truth that is unbreakable in any world, and Zelandia, who are accustomed to eating cheap dried fish, are willing to nibble on that kind of hard black bread like bricks when they have a surplus at hand.
But as time went by, the crowd in front of the fish stall not only did not decrease, but gathered more and more, but they were afraid of the force of the jackals, and did not act rashly, but could only watch the dried fish they gnawed and swallow their saliva.
At this moment, on the market road, a thin figure squeezed in from the crowd with another, but when he saw the situation in front of him, he immediately stayed in place at a loss.
Levi, who was munching on dried fish with his legs crossed, hooked his paw at him, "Boy, come over here." ”
The boy dragged the little girl to the fish stall and said softly, "I... I'm here to get the pickaxe. ”
The little figure behind him, like those outcasts, stole a glance at the dried fish in the hand of the jackal, and then quickly lowered his head and tugged at the boy's cloak tightly.
Levi pulled out three skewers of grilled fish directly from Holtz's hand and stuffed them into his hand, patting his emaciated shoulder, "Don't worry, eat something first, and then work when you're full." Don't be embarrassed, this is what I promised to you who signed up yesterday. ”
The drow boy looked at the still steaming dried fish in his hand, and then at the girl who was silent but longing in his eyes, and then he carefully rolled the dried fish into the cloak, bowed deeply to Levi, and then pulled the girl into the overcrowded fish stall to find a corner, and the two of them took small bites of precious food together.
Beside them were humans, halflings, and half-breed goblins, who had also received three free dried fish, and until this moment, they had only gotten some comfort from the benefits they had received, but the thought of opening up a new mine made the dried fish in their hands suddenly unpleasant.
That's going to die...
They had heard that the grey dwarves could do the same in their early years, but they found that the western ore layer was not only steeper, but apparently leading deeper into the dark realms, and that it had not been long before they had stumbled into a nezumi lair!
In order not to be flooded by the torrent of rat people, they used a few hundred pounds of goblin engineering explosives from Gerthorne City to directly blow up the entire West Mine Cave, and only then did they escape.
Seeing that the two Drow children had received food, someone finally couldn't help but come forward and beg, "This lord, you can sell us some food, I can exchange two hundred pounds of iron ore for one..."
However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Levi waving his hand, and he saw him pick up Pipim, an innocent fish-man form next to him, and said angrily:
"None of them are gone, let me tell you the truth, it's true that the fishery is bankrupt, and thanks to this ruined thing, what you see in front of you is our last stock, and after this meal, we have no food. ”
"Huh?" the crowd was in an uproar.
I don't know why, no one believed Holtz's explanations before, but the words of Levi, who was the main matter, immediately made people believe seven or eight points.
"What about you?" the man who asked couldn't help but flinch, if these powerful gnolls ran out of food, then wouldn't they be in danger, could it be that Zelandia was about to break out in turmoil after decades?
"That's why we have to hurry up and find another way out! Hey, it's not easy to be the boss! There are hundreds of mouths begging for dissatisfaction. ”
Li Wei complained bitterly and hatefully, then stood up and said to Holtz on the side: "Rectify the manpower and prepare to start work." ”
"Yes, Lord... Boss!" Holtz replied, turned his head and roared, "The Red Fang Tribe listens to the order and prepares to fight!"
"Whew... Ahem, ahem... Woo~" The jackals swallowed the rest of the food in a few bites when they heard the news, and their tongues were stuck out by the fish bones, but they reorganized the military formation at the first time.
This also made Levi nod secretly, the army literacy of this gnoll tribe is really good, and at the same time, he once again despised a fool in his heart.
It didn't take long for Levi to lead a mighty army of gnolls to the collapsed and abandoned western pit of Zelandia under everyone's attention.
Looking at the boulder pile at the entrance of the cave, the jackals looked at each other in silence, and even Holtz thought to himself that if he moved the stones for a day today, I am afraid that no one would want to sign up...
The outcasts watching behind them were also speculating about what they were going to do, and worried about what the gnolls would do when their patience ran out.
Levi, who was at the front of the crowd, didn't think about it that much, but he felt a little troublesome, and after hesitating for a while, he stopped hesitating, and saw him raise his right paw to the kiss to cover it up, as if he was singing something.
The next moment, the dazzling fire couldn't help but overflow from between the teeth!
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Registry of Gold Miners' Brotherhood.
Perhaps because of Levi's movements, there are at least thirty percent fewer people who come to the mine today, not because they are ready to make trouble with Levi to open up a new mining area, but because of the arrival of Levi's group of jackals and the momentum on the first day to suppress the gray dwarves here and make them give in, which makes them pay attention to the situation and stand in line in time to protect their safety and interests.
"President, those wolf cubs have gone to the West Mining Area! Won't we send someone to stop them? What if they pry open the mine and are washed out by the rat people?"
When Tiger heard this, he took a puff of homemade tobacco leaves, spit out clouds and mist, and said: "What's the hurry? They only have two or three hundred people in the sky, and they have reopened the western mining area, so many stones, first honestly move them for ten days and half a month, and their food reserves will last for three days? In the end, they still have to sit down and talk. ”
As soon as he said this, a dazzling fire burst out from the westernmost part of the sky, like the rising sun.
"Boom!"
Immediately after, there was a deafening roar, and the ground trembled as if there had been a small earthquake, and the crowd screamed in panic.
"Ahem, ahem!" Tiger choked on a puff of smoke that he had inhaled too much, "Fire Elemental Fluctuations?
"Plastic energy spells, can they still give birth to mages from gnolls?" the gray dwarves on the side were about to pop out their eyes.
"You hammer! This is the area of the Death Net! Damn! He's still a gnoll warlock! The power of this fireball is almost as powerful as the Five Rings Arcane!" Tiger roared angrily.
"What do we do now, top Grian's hammer?"
"Go ring the bell! Be on top alert! Prepare for battle!!"
Tiger jumped off the felt and roared with a hammer:
"And, go to Uptown, get those damn long-eared goblin explosives! Say we're going to blow up the West Mine again, or they're in big trouble!"
"Damn wolf cubs, is he going to bury all of Zelandia with them?!!"