Chapter 137

Man is a life longing for warmth and flame.

The mountains in the north and South are snowy all day long, and today is no exception.

Between the whistling of the cold wind, the cold wave from the distant sea ice the earth. The white snow, gray clouds and black forest are all the colors that people can see here - the monotonous and gloomy scenery kills people's spirit, while the cold and harsh weather torments people's body.

For human beings, this vast and desolate ice field is an absolute forbidden area. If you don't make full preparations to step here, you will undoubtedly become a skeleton under the erosion of wind and snow. Even if the recent temperature is a little bit gentle, you can't change the nature of this place.

Of course, not everyone is afraid of the weather.

At noon on February 26th, 832, a small group of knights were flying flags in the snow among the snow capped mountains in the south of the great AEAS mountains.

The snow mountain in the north is the source of all the rivers around. The glaciers are winding down from the top of the mountain. They flow through the cliffs and rocks, through the thick black forest, and then along the valley to the distance. At this time, the Knights are following the slightly flatter path by the river towards their goal - an obvious road, Straight into the black smoke of the high sky, and gallop.

The horse's hooves fluctuate up and down, crushing the ice and snow that has been precipitated for a long time. The chariots with dragon blood have terrible endurance, so that they have strong strength and physical strength, and will not be hindered by the frost. Soon, under the leadership of the leader riding the black chariot, this team of knights came to a high slope at the top of a hill.

They can already see the source of the black smoke.

"It's spectacular..."

On the high slope, looking into the distance, a sigh of admiration sounded in the ranks of the knights, which was approved and resonated by all.

In front of them, in the basin behind the mountains, the vast land has changed from its former whiteness to a charred black like carbon. The high temperature distorts the air, and the black smoke rises towards the sky. In the center of the charred earth, there is a red golden lake, a huge lava lake, churning, releasing almost endless heat.

People can already smell the smell of sulfur burning in the air. More sensitive people can also detect that there is a great tide of fire elements condensing in the ice and snow. Under the high temperature of lava, the flying snow falling in the air is vaporized by hot water vapor, which rises with the rolling heat wave, It even poked a big hole in the cloud that enveloped the sky.

The most famous landmark on the south side of the great AEAS mountains is the surface lava lake.

This is the residence of the northern Rune dwarves. On the black scorched earth around it, there are all kinds of buildings made of gray rocks, including houses, shops, and even paved rock streets and streetlights. It looks like a small town.

Dwarves are not a race in stories or legends. These short but strong men with long beards and strong wills live beside human beings and exist as members of human society. In the Empire, dwarves enjoy the same strength as human beings and are citizens in the real sense. Dwarves also submit to local lords in name, It's under his leadership - of course, it's not easy to make them truly obey.

"The town ahead is our goal."

Driving the black, slowly, Joshua said to the Knights behind him in a deep voice: "be careful, lava area occasionally spurts hot steam from the cracks on the surface, so don't let the horses get hurt."

"Yes

After a loud response, the team started again.

They walked cautiously, avoided several steam eruptions, and after a while, they came to the dwarf's residential area on the surface.

On both sides of the street, buildings are not tall. Of course, dwarfs will not build their home buildings like wonders. What's more, the northern Rune dwarves are not famous for their magnificent buildings. The western mountain dwarfs are good at building cities and fortresses. Even the earth dwarves who are good at changing the terrain are better than the rune dwarves in this respect.

After all, what they are good at is forging weapons and making all kinds of magic equipment. In this aspect, even gnomes and goblins are not as good as them.

"No one?"

Looking around, Lin, who was riding a gray horse, said to himself strangely, "although I know that dwarfs live underground, how can there be no one since the buildings have been built on the surface?"

"Not without it."

Joshua, who was in front of him, shook his head. He turned over and explained to the boy, "we've already sent out the magic letter before we came here. They should all meet us in the small square ahead now."It's true.

Before long, when they turned a street, they saw dozens of dwarfs gathered in the small square in front of them. After seeing the troops led by the soldiers and the flying flag with sword hand, they waved their hands to greet and welcome one after another.

One seemed to be the leader, with a number of dwarfs in armor or gowns, coming towards Joshua. The soldier and his knight naturally dismounted to meet them.

"Dear Lord Joshua, welcome to heigang town."

First of all, he bowed respectfully. The dwarf took the lead in welcoming and apologizing: "my name is iron body Tania, Lord. Please forgive me. There are not many people who welcome me. This is because most of the residents live underground."

He is about 1.4 meters old. His tough skin is slightly black. There is a long dark yellow beard on his chin. There are rings made of all kinds of metal hanging on it, and there are very obvious inscriptions on each ring. This is the custom of dwarves. When a dwarf reaches adulthood, he will make amazing achievements, You can put a ring around your beard to show your glory.

If you want to distinguish between two strangers, you don't need to think about anything else. You just need to look at the number of rings on their beards. In front of you, there are at least 13 upward rings on this dwarf's beards, which may not be the ones hidden in his beards. In Joshua's experience, they are already considered noble.

"Nothing. In fact, I was surprised enough to see such a large group of dwarves on the surface."

Joshua naturally would not have any idea about such a trivial matter. The soldier never cared about ostentation. It was enough for someone to lead him. However, when he heard the name of the other party, Joshua could not help but arouse a little interest. He said directly, "Mr. Tania, I'll call you that. Your name seems to be the same as master Moria."

"That's right."

With his hand in the center of his chest, Tania bowed slightly to one side, as if paying homage to someone who was not here: "iron body Moria is my father... Lord, if you don't mind, you can give the horses to my assistants, and I will take you underground. My father is waiting for you in the underground forging area."

After the horses were given to the dwarfs in the square, the soldier and his knights followed Tania.

Behind an arch at the back of the square is the corridor leading to the underground. Under the leadership of Joshua, Tania and a few young dwarfs entered into it. After walking through a few passages illuminated by pyroxene lamps, a huge underground world appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

One bright corridor after another leads to all directions. They are like cobwebs, connecting all important regions in a complicated and regular way. The four walls of the corridor are composed of some special alchemy products made by dwarves. In previous lives, Joshua and other players used to call it dwarven cement, but no one remembered its real name.

On both sides of the corridor, from time to time, you can see some exquisite statues and heroic murals, and even some stone pillars that seem to be made of metal ore standing in the middle of the passage. This is also the custom of dwarfs. When excavating the underground passage, meeting metal ore means luck. They will not destroy these stone pillars.

Joshua had seen a lot. He had been to the Dwarfs' underground fortresses many times in his previous life, and he was very familiar with their architectural style and customs, but the knights who followed him were completely different.

Through another corridor, you come to a huge natural cavity. At the dome, the red crystal condensed by countless fire elements is like a forest, shining with bright light. Not to mention Claire, who had been silent from the beginning to the present, Lin, who was close to the soldiers on one side, opened his eyes, held his breath and looked at everything around him quietly all the way, while the other knights could not help slowing down and fell into the shock of this huge underground world.

Tania, who was leading the way, naturally noticed the secret exclamation and admiration of the people. While he was secretly proud in his heart, he could not help but admire the peace of the soldiers.

"It's worthy of being our Lord in name."

The dwarf thought to himself, "this calm temperament is different from others."

Time spent in the observation of the underground world. After a period of time, Joshua and others have gradually gone deep into the underground. Under the deep rock, the heat of the earth rises again. People can even hear the sound of magma pulse. Unexpectedly, no one feels very hot. All the heat seems to be absorbed by the light gray dwarf cement.

In his mind, Joshua modeled the corridor he had passed and the cave he had seen. He narrowed his eyes and made a rough estimate. He found that he had just passed at least three layers of underground defense and had made four turns. Moreover, the corridor dug by the dwarves was so dense that it was almost like the palace of mystery. Ordinary invaders didn't need to do it themselves, Probably because of hunger in the confusion of death in that complex corridor."It's very cautious. Even if you call me Lord, you don't want me to know the right path."

The soldier thought of it in his heart, but he didn't think it was human nature. He could understand it and didn't think it was a big deal.

I can't hide it from him anyway.

But even after many twists, we are almost at our destination now. At the head of the group, Tania said, "here we are." Under the sound, Joshua and his party stopped.

They finally came to the underground living area of the rune dwarfs