Chapter 5 Chapter Three Talks

The Eighth King of Mithral Hall led four of his friends and two hundred dwarven soldiers to hold a meeting with the goblins.However, this is really like a fighting force, not a negotiating mission.Bruenor wore his scarred one-horned warhelm.The other horn of the warhelm was broken off long ago.The mithril armor on his body is the finest dwarven battle armor. Straight silver and white armor lines surround his solid torso, shining under the torch; the family crest; his usual battle-axe, which had slain thousands of enemies (a considerable number of them goblins), had been chipped all over, and now hung from the dwarf king's belt, it The owner can hold it in his hand in an instant.

Walking behind the dwarf, Wulfgar was still wrapped in hide, with a wolf's head raised on his broad chest, Aegis-fang in his hand; Catti-brie walked with Tamarind on her shoulder, beside him.But the two rarely spoke, and the tension between them was palpable. Drizzt walked on the dwarf king's right; Regis followed him at a trot; beautiful, proud Guenhwyvar walked on their right, muscles flowing back and forth like waves with every step.Every time the low, rugged corridor widened, she would scurry into the shadows and search.Many dwarves held torches in their hands, and the flickering flames formed ghostly shadows.The companions were all on the alert, but they were also rather surprised by Drizzt and Guenhwyvar, the dark elves' black companions who seemed to be very good at leading the way.

Other than that, nothing spooks this team.All its members are well prepared for battle, the dwarves are all equipped with sturdy helmets, armor and well-made weapons, each dwarf carries a throwing ax or hammer, and also holds a killing weapon. Powerful melee weapon. In the middle of the troop, four dwarves lined up, carrying a large log on their sturdy shoulders.The dwarves around them carried large round stone slabs pierced in the center; heavy cables; long fluted poles; chains and great sheets of thin metal.Bruno told his curious friends that it was a device called a "Goblin Toy".Looking at these heavy components, Drizzt could well imagine what fun the goblins would be having with them.

At a crossroads, they found a pile of giant bones in a wide passage to the right.At the top of the pile were two massive skulls, each big enough to hold a halfling more than enough. "Two-headed giant." Bruenor knew the creature well, having killed such a monster when he was a beardless young man. At the next crossroads, they encountered the vanguard led by General Dagna—three hundred other combat-accustomed dwarves. "The meeting is ready." Dagna reported to the dwarf king. "The goblins are gathered in a huge cave a thousand paces ahead." "Wing ready?" Bruno asked him.

"Yes, just look at the movements of the goblins." The commander continued: "There are 400 soldiers in charge of this work. I sent Cooper and his 300 men to form a large-scale formation behind the goblin lair to cut off all the goblins. way of escape." Bruno nodded, they had a clear advantage.Bruenor was sure that each dwarf soldier could alone kill five goblin scum. "I will bring a hundred people in." The dwarf king ordered, "Another hundred people go to the right and get the toys ready, and you will lead the rest. When I need you, don't let me down!"

Dagna's face was originally full of a confident smile, but when he heard this sentence, his face suddenly turned gray. "Would you really do that?" he asked Bruno. "I don't trust goblins." "Hehe, they must have set a trap for me, otherwise I would be a bearded dwarf." Bruno replied, "But these goblins haven't seen a dwarf in hundreds of years, unless I guess wrong, they must underestimate us .” They clenched each other's hands tightly, and then Dag left quickly.The solid footsteps of three hundred dwarf soldiers echoed in the corridor, like the "rumbling" thunder before the storm.

"Sneak attack is definitely not the reason for the strength of the dwarves." Drizzt said coldly. Regis stared at the separated home team and stood there for a long time.Then he looked back at another procession carrying logs, stone discs, and other artifacts. "Do you want to eat them?" Bruno explained the halfling's interest. "I'm going to follow you. Isn't it?" Regis hurried over, his actions were rude, and his unusual high-pitched voice made his friends stare at him curiously.But at this time the halfling made a standard Regis-style movement, he tightened the belt hidden under his big belly, straightened his shoulders, squinted his eyes and glanced around.

The others laughed at Regis' foolishness, but Drizzt was still watching him curiously.Regis was indeed "following" them, but why he was following them, Drow had no idea.Regis' aversion to combat was probably on the same level as his love of food. A few minutes later, a hundred dwarf soldiers followed their king into the designated goal.Through a great archway they came to a stony field a few feet above the surrounding area, where a troop of goblins was waiting.Drizzt noticed that this highland didn't have any stalagmite piles that are usually distributed in other caves, but there were many stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the cave not far from Drizzt's head, why didn't the water dripping from the stalactites accumulate stalactites on the ground? ?This is really an unbelievable phenomenon.

Drizzt and Guenhwyvar stepped out of the range of the torches, whose uncanny vision the drow didn't need.Sneaking into the shadows of low-hanging stalactites, the two companions seem to disappear completely. Only Regis remained not far behind Drizzt. "Abandoning this high ground before we even started!" Bruenor whispered to Wulfgar and Catti-brie. "Are goblins really less intelligent than I thought?" The dwarf paused at the thought. After a moment, he scanned the edge of the plateau and noticed that it was a piece of worked stone.Moreover, it has been carefully processed by tools so that it can be fitted in this cave.Bruno realized that Drizzt was gone, and his black eyes narrowed unconsciously.

"I was thinking that it would be nice if we could talk from a higher place." Bruno's voice seemed too loud. Drizzt understood what he meant. "This is a trap." Regis suddenly said to him behind him. Drizzt almost jumped up, not realizing that the halfling was so close.The dark elf wondered what magical item Regis was carrying that made his steps so soft.Following the halfling's gaze, Drizzt saw a stone pillar looming under the stone platform nearest them, a tiny stalagmite with a broken tip. "It can be interrupted at once." Regis speculated. "Stay here," Drizzt ordered the halfling, and he agreed with the shrewd halfling's assessment.Perhaps this is a battlefield specially prepared by the goblins.Drizzt came into view of the dwarf and gestured to Bruenor, telling him to take a closer look.Then he disappeared again, and Guan Haifa was always by his side.

All the dwarves had entered the hole at this time, and Bruenor carefully let them back, facing the back of the semi-circular platform, and lined up in a dense formation close to each other. Accompanied by Wulfgar and Catti-brie, Bruenor took a few paces to the front of the procession and surveyed the goblins.Judging from the countless bright red spots, in the shadow of this cave, there are a total of more than one hundred, maybe two hundred people exuding stench. "We are here to negotiate with you," Bruno called out in a hoarse goblin language, "we have come with sincerity." "Negotiation," unexpectedly, the answer was in Common Language. "What can the dwarves bring to Gajak and his thousands?" "Thousands?" Wulfgar was a little taken aback. "The goblins can't count as long as there are more than their fingers," Katie reminded him. "Look," Bruno whispered to the two of them, "what they want is war, I can smell it." Wulfgar threw Kitty a triumphant look, but his childish demonstration fell through, and the young woman paid him no heed. ※※※※ Drizzt slid from shadow to shadow around the boulder, and finally surveyed the entire curved edge of the platform.Just as he and Regis expected, the front side of the stone platform was only supported by a few shortened stalagmites, showing a precarious appearance.It was just a slab of processed stone, and the goblin must have planned to collapse the front of the platform and catch the dwarves by surprise.Great iron wedges were driven into the base of each stone pillar, and they would break with one more blow. It is not a goblin who is guarding under the stone, ready to trigger the trap, but a two-headed giant.Although he was flat on the ground, he was still the height of Drizzt.The dark elf reckoned he was at least twelve feet tall when he stood up, his arms were as thick as the drow's torso, and he held a large iron-headed club in each hand. The two heads looked at each other, obviously is talking. Drizzt didn't know if the goblins would be sincere about this meeting, and there was a real possibility that the slate would collapse when the dwarves attacked.But after seeing the dangerous giant, the Dark Elf decided not to risk the dwarf's sincerity.Using the cover of the furthest stone pillar, he rolled over onto the stone slab and sneaked up to the giant in the shadows. A pair of emerald green eyes looked at Drizzt through the body of the prone giant, and the dark elf knew that Guenhwyvar had also entered. A torch was lit among the swarm of goblins, and three yellow-skinned creatures four feet tall approached slowly. "So," Bruno, who was already feeling tired, muttered, "Which one of you is Gajak?" "Gajak is behind," replied the tallest of the three goblins, as he looked back over his muddy shoulders. "It looks like there must be trouble." Katie said, secretly unloading her bow from her shoulder. "As long as the goblins in charge don't come out, it means they're going to fight." "Go and tell your Gajak that we will not kill him." Bruno's voice was steady and firm, "My name is Bruno Warhammer..." "Warhammer?" The goblin interrupted Bruno suddenly, he obviously knew the name, "You are the dwarf king?" Without moving his lips, Bruno commanded his companions: "Ready." Katie's hand went into her quiver. Bruno nodded. "Dwarf King!" The goblin pointed at Bruno, and turned back to those monsters and yelled wildly.The prepared dwarves reacted faster than the foolish goblins, and the cave was shaken by the dwarf's battle cry in the next instant. ※※※※ Drizzt's action was even earlier than that of the imbecile two-headed giant, who screamed in pain and surprise just as he was about to swing his club.At the same time, the six-hundred-pound panther had a firm bite on one of his wrists, and a deadly machete had already penetrated the bone crevice in the armpit on the other side of his body. Both of the monster's heads turned out strangely at the same time, one seeing Drizzt, the other looking directly at Guenhwyvar. Before the two-headed giant understood what was happening, Drizzt's second scimitar slit open his bulging eyes.The giant squirmed desperately to attack the hideous elf, but the nimble Drizzt had slipped from under his arms to the monster's unprotected head. On the other side, Guenhuffa's sharp teeth were all inserted into the giant's muscles, and the leopard's claws clamped down on the rock vigorously, nailing the monster's arm firmly. ※※※※ "Drizzt caught him!" Bruno judged based on the sound under his feet. After this simple trap failed, the goblins actually gave the enemy a favorable terrain for nothing.Howling and barking, the foolish creatures hurled crude spears at the dwarves, most of which missed their mark. It is actually only the dwarves who really play a lethal effect.The silver magic arrow leaped from Catti-brie's hand to the heartlock bowstring, and like a bolt of lightning, it shot at the enemy group with death.It left a round and smoking hole in the first goblin, sent the same mark to a goblin further away, and finally inserted into the chest of the third goblin, all three goblins fell on the stone slab under. A hundred dwarves rushed forward in a group, roaring, throwing axes and hammers like a black cloud, smashing towards the goblin battle group in a straight line. Katie shot two more arrows, and the number of goblins killed by her hands reached eight.Now she gave Wulfgar a flying look as well, and the barbarian lowered his head and looked the other way. The floor began to shake violently, and Bruno heard the wounded giant growling beneath his feet. "Rush down!" The dwarf king's order overshadowed the shouts on the battlefield. The brave dwarves didn't need any encouragement. The goblins were already approaching the platform, and the dwarves jumped into the goblin queue one after another. A supporting stone pillar was broken in two by an unintentional blow from the two-headed giant.In fact, the giant's real target has always been Drizzt, but the stone platform still collapsed because of this, and it was crushing on this stupid beast. Drizzt crouched down and hid in the gap supported by the giant's body.He couldn't believe how the goblin and a two-headed giant could have devised such a plan, "How would you think of doing this?" Although he knew the two-headed giant didn't understand him, he couldn't help asking the question. Drizzt shook his head, sliding the scimitar across the giant's throat; Guenhyvar jumped on the giant's cheek, and slit the giant's other throat with his long claws. In a matter of seconds, Ranger and his big cat pal had sprung out of the sunken platform, their mission over.Drizzt was not in a hurry to join the hand-to-hand combat group, he quickly walked along the stone wall to the other side of the cave. There were a dozen corridors extending out here, and he had long since seen a steady influx of goblins from all of them.But what frightened Drizzt even more was that there were several hill-like two-headed giants quietly standing behind the stalagmites outside the high ground, waiting for the moment to join the slaughter. ※※※※ Katie was still firing arrows at the goblin swarm from the platform.She saw Drizzt first, when the drow stood halfway up a stalagmite pile on the left hand side, waving to her and Wulfgar. A goblin rushed out of the battle group and charged at the young woman.But Wulfgar was already standing in front of her, and the barbarian's blow sent the goblin flying a dozen feet high before falling to the stage far away.He turned back into a defensive position as a spear-wielding goblin charged at him from the other side. The point of his spear was almost on Wulfgar, when a flash of silver blasted his head to pieces. "Drizzt needs us," Katie called to Wulfgar, and ran to the left of the sloping platform.The barbarian followed her along the edge of the ledge, knocking out any goblins who tried to climb up along the way. When they left the main battle, Drizzt motioned for Katie to stay where she was, and Wulfgar advanced cautiously. "He found some giants." Regis explained to them, hiding behind the two men. "They're behind those stone piles." Drizzt jumped off the stalagmite, and then somersaulted over two clubs swung by a two-headed giant. Suddenly the giant convulsed, and with him trembling was half a silver arrow stuck in his chest. The second arrow made him lose his balance completely; with the roar of "Tempas", Aegis-fang rushed towards him like a galloping horse, knocking the giant to the ground. Guenhwyvar jumped from the top of the stone pile to the top of the second two-headed giant, his four claws firmly inserted into both skulls.Until the approaching Drizzt began to use his dual knives. The next giant came round the other side of the pile, but Katie was ready for him.The silver arrows shot fiercely again and again, connecting head to tail, forming a dazzling thunderbolt, which pierced the giant's heart. Wulfgar rushed forward, reaching for the flying magic hammer; Drizzt had just finished the fight before him.Guarding each other, the two friends whirl into the crowd of giants. "Just like it used to be," shouted Drizzt. The two of them dodged to avoid a dazzling silver light, and in the blink of an eye, the silver light had disappeared into the body of the giant closest to them. "She pointed it out to us," Drizzt reminded him, but the dark elf didn't wait for Wulfgar's answer, and instead rolled on his knees before Wulfgar. The two-headed giant hastily bent down and smashed the meat ball, while the barbarian's Aegis Fang had already spun over and shattered one of the giant's skulls.The other head, which was still alive, was dizzy for a second because of the sudden burden of controlling the entire body. Fight Drizzt Do'Urden.One second is simply too long.The drow jumped up like a wind, easily avoiding the giant's blind attack, and the two knives slashed out continuously, leaving a terrible cross gap on the giant's throat. The two-headed giant dropped two clubs to cover the fatal wound. An arrow knocked him down. Two more giants remained behind the cairn, but their four heads had seen enough of their companions' doom, so their four feet were now running toward a tunnel leading out. And what greeted them was the dwarf army led by Dagna. A wounded two-headed giant ran in front of the dwarf, and with every step he took, a dozen hammer axes fell on his back.Before Drizzt and Wulfgar could take any action, and even before Katie drew the bowstring, several dwarves had already leaped high and launched continuous attacks on the giant. Under the dwarf's fierce knife and axe. Drizzt looked at Wulfgar, and shrugged. "Don't worry, my friend." The barbarian smiled back at the dark elf, "There are still many enemies here!" With a shout of the name of the god of war, Wulfgar turned and rushed into the main battlefield, Goblins and dwarves scour the seas for Bruenor's one-horned helm. Drizzt didn't follow him, his natural aversion to frenzied melee combat felt the need for some more solo action.He called Guenhuffa to his side, and the two companions left the great cave along the cave wall. After a few steps, one of his most trusted companions grumbled, letting him know that Regis was not far behind him. ※※※※ Bruno's proper preparation made this war quickly turn into a one-sided pursuit and defeat.The goblins soon discovered that their crude swords and thin clubs were useless against the dwarves' mithril armor, and they were mortally wounded by the forged-steel hammer axes.The superior combat power of the dwarves made the ragtag goblins irresistible.The iron-walled rock formation not only broke up the formation of the goblins, but also broke their nerves. The goblins were at a loss in the chaos and could only howl and rush to death. The goblins began to retreat, but they all crashed into Dagna's lines, and there was no turning back. Facing the chaotic melee, Katie had to be extremely careful with every arrow she shot.Especially since she knew that a goblin couldn't stop her magic arrow.So most of her arrows hit the goblins fleeing into the open, never aiming at the main battle and Dagna's lines. Although she insisted on peaceful talks and accused Bruno and others of being bloodthirsty, she still couldn't deny the excitement that flowed through her body every time she raised the Tamari Heartbow. Wulfgar's eyes were equally radiant. He was the son of a fighting nation.From an early age, the desire to fight was rooted in his heart.It wasn't until Bruenor and Drizzt taught him the value of the enemy and the damage of war to his people that the rage in his chest was gradually controlled. Now Wulfgar was waging a guilt-free war, from slaying the Two-Headed Giant to rushing into the goblin horde.He could feel that Tempus was always with him.The chaos of the battle at this time made Wulfgar unable to find a target to throw his warhammer for a moment, but this situation did not last long.He soon found a pack of goblins fleeing towards him. The three goblins in the lead had barely caught sight of Wulfgar when a sweep from Aegis-fang killed two of them, leaving the goblins behind horrified.Although the speed of the fleeing torrent was still unabated, as soon as it rushed in front of Wulfgar, it split into two streams to the left and right, as if Wulfgar were a dividing reef in the torrent. A goblin's head exploded in blood from Aegisfang's next blow, and Wulfgar switched the hammer to his other hand, parrying a blow from the side, shattering the blade's owner's Jaw, throw it up in the air. The barbarian felt a stabbing pain on the other side of his body, and hurriedly shrank to the side, so that the stabbing blade could not go further.Flinging back with his free hand, he grabbed the attacker by the head and pulled him off the ground.But Wulfgar saw that the goblin still had the sword in his hand, and that it was himself now unprotected.So the barbarian shook the wriggling creature so vigorously that he could not attack. Wulfgar swung the hammer with a spin, allowing the power of the spin to make up for the lack of one-handed hammer; at the same time, he also used this large-scale attack to drive back countless attackers in front of him.A goblin who didn't back in time desperately threw his arms over his head and face, shattering everything from his chest up. The goblin who was caught in the air was still foolishly trying to cut Wulfgar's muscles. Wulfgar threw him up and yanked him to the ground. Dull.Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the enemies charging again, and he threw the corpses in his hand, knocking them to the ground. "Tampas!" The barbarian rushed into the enemy group with hammers in both hands amidst the roar.Layers of blood erupted from the Fang of Aegis, and no goblin could block its blow, and no goblin could escape unscathed after entering its death radius. Wulfgar charged back and forth among the goblins, and the goblins behind him probably wanted to sneak up on him.But whenever the savages turned and they saw that face splattered with blood and madness, the only thing they did was to run back for their lives.If they ran too far, Wulfgar would hurl Aegis-fang and charge towards another group of enemies.After the Fang of Aegis kills the enemy, it will return to his hand. But even with his bare hands, no goblin would want to be in his presence anymore. Wulfgar managed to catch up to one of the goblins and slammed him to the ground, with Aegis' Fang back in his hands, and the barbarian's rage redoubled. ※※※※ Bruenor stepped on the enemy who had just died under his hands, and then pulled out the notched battle ax from his chest, a stream of hot blood spurted out from the ax blade, and sprinkled all over the dwarf.Bruno didn't care one bit.Goblins are evil things, and he's doing good for the world by killing. With a wild smile on his face, the dwarf king rushed to another goal.The attacked goblin struck first, but his club snapped in two on Bruenor's sturdy shield.The stupid goblin stared at the battered weapon in disbelief, then turned to look at the dwarf, but all he saw was an ax blade between his eyes. A gust of cold wind brushed the dwarf's earmarks, startling him, but he knew it was Katie.Looking up, he saw the arrow trembling on a goblin corpse a dozen steps away. "That's damn accurate," the dwarf muttered, and turned to look at his daughter, but at the same time he saw a goblin climbing up the ledge. "No!" roared the dwarf and rushed there.He was just in front of the goblin, ready to attack, when another flash forced him to jump aside. The goblin remained where he was; he looked down to see the arrow that had pierced him, but all he saw was a hole piercing his chest. He stuck a finger into the hole to stop the spurting blood, and died. Bruno put his hands on his hips and glared at his daughter, "Hey boy, you stole all the fun from me!" Katie's fingers drew the bowstring, but then relaxed again. Bruno was wondering about the girl's actions, when he suddenly felt a stick hit the back of his head, and only then did he understand what was going on. "I leave this to you." Katie shrugged and ran away from the angry Bruno. Bruenor wasn't listening to her. He raised his shield, blocked the second attack, then turned and swung his axe. The goblin shuddered and jumped back. "Not far enough," the dwarf reminded him politely, and the entrails squirting from the goblin's belly proved what the dwarf said was true. The terrified creature stared in amazement at all that was his. "You shouldn't hit people in the back." That was Bruno Warhammer's apology, and his second blow severed the goblin's neck, sending the creature's head rolling off its shoulders. There were no enemies on the high platform, Bruno and Katie began to pay attention to the battle below.Katie was still holding her bow, but she couldn't find a suitable target.Most of the goblins were running, but Dagna's lines cut off all their retreat. Bruenor jumped off the ledge, rearranged his formation, surrounded Dagna's team and swallowed the goblin horde like a pile of food being swallowed into a huge maw.