Chapter 22 Chapter 20 The Valley Dwarves

Open the door to the underworld, but what next?I don't know, I really don't know, even humans don't have an accurate map of the Underworld, they have only a small known one.If the whole dungeon is watermelon, that small piece is just sesame. All the soldiers were very excited after taking Fort Walter, and so was I.My compatriots and I have always thought that as long as you enter the door, you will have wealth, just like what we saw when we kicked open the door of a human or slime.None of the compatriots who rushed through the door were armed. They carried bags on their backs and held various digging tools in their hands.

We stopped digging after a month—we were goblins, but we could still tell stone from gold.In a month's time, Fort Worth has become a thing of the past. Anyone who wants to witness this dwarf fortress can only look at the sketches of painters and designers in the library. The whole fortress, together with the whole mountain on which the fortress rests, has been dug out and riddled with holes. It's not that the dwarves have worked hard for them, after all, it took them a hundred years to dig out the fortress.But apparently we misunderstood the meaning of the dwarves - the more valiant the dwarves fought back, the faster and harder the goblins dug. "The extent of the enemy's counterattack depends on how much wealth there is on the lost ground." This is our military common sense.

My people have waged a valiant war to protect the unknown riches of the occupied lands.There are many passages that are not very high in the keep, but they are high enough for goblins and dwarves.Their brethren filled every entrance with spears, and for the first time the goblins showed no mercy in the face of the dwarves' hammers and great axes, and the dwarves' angry roars enough to make humans cringe. If they fought valiantly, then another boost in morale was necessary.In the spacious hall of the fortress, I started to mobilize. There were two hills of gold coins stacked on both sides of the throne. Under the constantly beating firelight, the luster of the gold coins was like an invisible hand, which more than caught the eyes of my compatriots. , hooked their souls even more.I don't need to be heartbroken over the money. Although they belong to me, they were their shareholding fees a month ago.

"Advance, death, dividends, possible. Mercy, bankruptcy, certain." I heard a buzzing offstage, and I knew the heroism of my fellow man was short-lived, that benevolence was inevitable after the thrill of the gold mine wore off Yes, new stimuli are needed to keep the heroism going. The curse of money is omnipotent. I walked to the edge of the pile of money and moved it with a big stick made of light steel and inlaid with precious stones. The gold coins made a pleasant clattering sound. He closed his eyes, revealing an intoxicated expression amidst the rushing sounds.Accompanied by this intoxicating clatter, I spoke again: "Forward, bonus, advance. Mercy, no, nothing." Huge cheers followed, and the fire shook even more violently under the sudden surge of air up.

Although we have used the theory that money is equal to life for human beings to the extreme, money has no effect on the maze with twists and turns. These tough guys submit. The march underground has made no progress at all, and the base camp has not moved since the first day it entered the fortress.It's not that I didn't send out the pathfinding team, it's just that they either found a passage with no way out, or they disappeared in the deep passage.Facing the green dragon who was getting restless, I shouted: "Let there be light!" Then there was light, and the lemur family found a guide for me.

The lemur family is not a foreign race, they are goblins, but their names are a bit weird in the eyes of humans.Naming in goblins is not as complicated as that of humans. You can have a surname or not, as long as you like something, you can become a name, such as meatloaf, oranges.Probably the elders of a certain family met a lemur one day, maybe it tasted good, so they named their children lemurs. Appearing in front of me was the Yuanshi lemur, with his hands clasped close to his chest, with a smile on his face all the way to his ears, looking at the light reflected from those white teeth, I knew what he wanted.I took out a bag of gold coins, and I saw his eyes widen.

"Gold coins, three." "Wang, road, far." "Gold coins, five." "Wang, there are many stones, so I fell down." I watched the green head droop, with an aggrieved expression on my face. "I, Kerrigan, the strongest, undefeated, Tu..." Suddenly I realized that I almost said something I shouldn't have said. I closed my eyes and looked around. After making sure I didn't feel the breath of the green dragon master , I cleared my throat and shouted: "King, goblin, God, goblin. Gold coins, five, many, no." "King, invincible. God, goblin. Offers, gold coins, ten, count as eight."

After Yuanshi lemur finished speaking, he showed a flattering smile. "Seven." "make a deal." Seven gold coins are worth more than ten gold coins, but I am a king, I am a god, that bastard only gave three gold coins a discount!Looking at the guy who got the gold coins and ran out of the tent, I shook my fist angrily.Soon, I heard a noise coming from outside the camp, Yuanshi Lemur's brother was pulling with him.The irrigation lemur is grabbing the collar of the Yuanshi lemur, and the Yuanyuan lemur is pressing on the Yuanshi lemur, and the Yuanshi lemur is pulling a dwarf in a strange dress.God, a dwarf!No, there were two. The other one was standing not far from them. His beard, skin, and clothes were all gray. If the torch wasn't so bright, I would definitely think that guy was a gray shadow.

Duergar, that's what he called himself, he didn't want to tell me his name.When another dwarf crawled out from among the lemur brothers, the duergar deliberately kept a considerable distance from him, and it was only then that I could see his whole picture clearly. What made the dwarf's clothes strange was that it was made up of many different clothes, with sleeves of varying lengths trailing behind them like the back of a human dress.This strange guy was as tall as me, with a messy beard, several large and small bags hanging around his waist, and a copper cup with a leaky bottom in the middle.

"My name is Camilla, the boss of the valley dwarves." I don't know the difference between gully dwarves, gray dwarves, and dwarves, but they are all the same in my eyes.When Camilla tried to get close to the duergar, I saw the duergar jump back and shake his clenched arm. "Who will lead the way?" "Me." The two dwarves replied in unison. "How many gold coins?" The gray dwarf took a step forward, and he bowed slightly. The expression on his face was like that of a stone on a cave wall, which I disliked very much under the swaying firelight. "In this labyrinth-like underground world, whether it is the central city of the dwarves or the shining golden mine veins, there is nothing underground that we don't know. As long as we cooperate with each other, we gray dwarves can take the initiative to join the war between the goblins and the dwarves Among them, of course, the goblins must promise us that half of the mine veins and occupied land after the war will belong to us..."

"No, no, no." Camilla shook her fat fingers and interrupted the gray dwarf. He was eager to express himself, because he said it too fast, and I had to ask him to say it again.When Camilla finished speaking slowly, my eyes widened. Not only did we not need to pay for him to lead the way, on the contrary, those valley dwarves had to pay us instead. Is this a dream?I'm clutching the bag of gems that Camilla sent me, and I'm going to check it out. I beckoned, and the stick was delivered to my hand. After the big stick was swung, I heard a painful groan.A guy covered his face and spit out a mouthful of broken teeth like a grape skin. This is not a dream. "You, the guide." I excitedly pointed at Camilla.But at the same time, I saw the gray dwarf made an incredible expression. I have also seen such an expression on human beings. Usually, they clasped their hands together, widened their eyes and exclaimed: "Oh! My true god." With the guide, all problems can be easily solved.When I excitedly reported to the green dragon master, I heard the green dragon master snort thoughtfully.Camilla, though a dwarf, I like this guy—I even wondered at one point if the valley dwarves were a branch of goblins, or their relatives in the underworld.That guy is very friendly. It's not easy for a dwarf to run around the camp unscathed, and even establish "friendship" with soldiers. You must know that the "friendship" of goblins is usually very expensive. "Forward!", "Forward!" Although the voice was urgent, it did not come from Master Vader.With the guide, every goblin waited impatiently, and they brought all the proofs of their sovereignty. Although the cave in the distance was deep and dark, from those impatient faces, from the flames In his eyes, I saw a golden light. My huge, heroic, and invincible army began to move forward slowly. Although the dwarves tried to stop the footsteps of history, they gave up and retreated to their caves obediently when they saw a valley dwarf leading them. . We were happy about the dwarf's abandonment at first, but slowly we realized that something was wrong.In order to ensure a smooth retreat, that is, we can return to the ground mercifully at any time, I did not take all the troops with me, but there were quite a few goblins following Camilla. After three days of marching, we were completely swallowed up by those underground caves.After going through many forked roads one after another, I can no longer remember all the roads, and even the green dragon began to frown. Although the dragon's dignity did not let him say it, I'm sure the head of the green dragon master must be It's starting to tie up. "Here we are." Camilla's words broke the silence of the fifth day's march.I got to the front, which was a huge hole, and within the range of the fire I saw at least a dozen forks, but I'm sure there were more, because the protruding rock was like a road winding upwards , On the side of the road, the "mouth" on the cave wall that is flickering and dark is waiting for us to choose. "Where are you going? These are all passages." I looked at the guide in front of me with puzzled eyes.The soldiers looked around, the whispers blowing away like the wind. Camilla didn't seem to take all this seriously. He shook his head and fiddled with his messy beard, opened and closed his eyes and said, "Lead the way and finish." "It's all holes!" "Go in the third one from the left, turn left first, choose the sixth one on the right when you see the road, then walk eight steps forward and turn right, then find the second one on the left, go in..." Camilla pointed her finger and began to say Then, I tried to recite what he said, but the endless left and right turns were like a mage's hypnotic spell. After a while, all the numbers were entangled, but Camilla's fat fingers were still there. Bending down, straightening up, straightening up and bending down again, "... In this way, you finally arrived at the largest city of the dwarves—the City of Light Iron." Turned red for too long. "No, no, no. Take the road." I waved my hands again and again. If we walked alone, no one would be able to get out of this maze. "Okay, but you have to give me the gem." Camilla responded quickly, but I found a long-awaited expression on his face. "Give me money!" I jumped up, waving my hands and shouting, "Don't you want money?" "I don't need money, but gems and gold are not considered money. But you seem to have forgotten to bring them, so I have to take money." Camilla spread her hands and took a few steps back. "Guards!" I yelled.Several goblins had already run towards the direction of my finger, and Camilla started to turn around and run back when I shouted down. Most of the soldiers chasing him tripped over the stones on the ground.The moment the torch was shaken, the damned valley dwarf disappeared in a flash. "Fool! Look for it!" I waved my stick and began to drive away the soldiers. Although I am a goblin, I swear by my wisdom, a dwarf can't run faster than a goblin, he must be hiding. Noisy responses buzzed in the great cavern, and the torches cast goblin dancing shadows on the mountain walls, and some bastards found this amusing, making odd movements at each other's torches.When the shadow of the club overlapped with the shadow of the swaying goblin, amidst laughter, everything returned to normal. "Crack, one!" A goblin found a camouflaged crack where the valley dwarf disappeared, and under the light of a torch thrown from a rope, I saw a net propped underneath. "The net is strong, for sure." I straightened up and kicked a guy next to me off. This was just a goblin wayfinding. "Ah! Ah! Ah!" "The net is strong, for sure. The dwarf, it's broken." Hearing the message from my subordinates, I shrugged and looked at the intersection full of eyes and thought quietly. On September 14th, 260, the Dwarves recorded as follows: