Your war hammer is too fake

An Jiyue nodded without comment. She turned her gaze to Barrel, who shrugged, came forward carrying his Rune Hammer Furnace Envoy, and handed it to An Jiyue.

After a muffled sound, An Jiyue returned the warhammer to Barrel.

"It's time to wrap up," she said, "and it's almost time for me to return to the old world."

……

PS: I originally planned to finish it within 3,000 words, but as I was writing, I found that I couldn’t stop at all… (scratching my head

Chapter 97: Plan

The battle is over, but some trouble has just begun.

The Dwarf Legion paid a heavy price for this battle: 3,000 Longbeard Warriors died, most of whom died indirectly at the hands of the Psionic Storm. From the moment the Psionic Storm hit the Dwarfs' heads to the moment An Jiyue cast a spell to transfer its effects, in just one minute, more than 2,000 Longbeard Warriors were killed without any ability to resist. Adding the losses of other troops, the total number of casualties of the Plateau Castle Dwarf Legion was close to 4,000, and the number of injured was almost the same.

In terms of proportion, the casualties of the Zhendan troops were not small either. Including a series of small-scale battles before the battle, one-third of the three thousand Tu Wushang were killed, and the three teams of Dilang were completely wiped out. The most tragic loss came from the team of the Great General Cannon. In the bombardment with the four Mind Engines, the stone fortress, which served as the artillery position, was first hit by an amplified version of the mind blast, and the artillerymen were collectively unconscious; then the stone fortress was hit by an amplified version of the telekinesis explosion, and the entire artillery team was completely wiped out.

If it was just the burst of telekinesis, the whole team would not have been killed. But this group of Zhendan artillerymen were really unlucky. Black powder has a certain probability of exploding when subjected to a violent external force. The burst of telekinesis destroyed half of the artillery team, and the explosion it induced killed the rest.

Although the dwarves suffered heavy casualties, very few of their troops were destroyed as a whole. In the words of Total War players, not many of their troops were lost. After returning to Plateau Castle, Barrel only needed to spend some points to replenish his troops, but this team of general cannons was completely gone. This was also the only special unit that was completely lost in the entire battle.

In comparison, the Skylark Squadron sent by Dustan was the luckiest. There were only 21 people left out of the 70 Sea Guards. Even with the protection of dragon armor, there were not many people who could survive the collision and trampling of a giant salamander. However, after this battle, the generation progress of the new soldier type [Tower Guard] suddenly exceeded %, and even a new prompt appeared: Due to the legendary deeds in the battle, the Skylark Squadron was qualified to be promoted to an elite force and is currently evolving.

The casualties among the travelers were not small, and the faceless ones suffered a devastating blow. According to An Jiyue's own estimation, due to the lack of high-mobility forces to pursue, after the total collapse of the faceless army, about 6,000 to 7,000 cavemen infantry escaped from the battlefield. Fortunately, they were just ordinary infantry.

All the high-level soldiers brought by the Faceless were left here forever, especially the Abyss Guards, who, like their masters, fought to the last man.

"Look at the bright side. At least I don't have to worry about how to bring these cannons back to the Old World," An Jiyue said to Barrel who came to discuss the aftermath with her. "Also, I just happen to have something to tell you..."

The Jiedushi was not going to take the remaining Tu Wushang. On the one hand, the girl had no good way to bring these two thousand Tu Wushang back to the old world; on the other hand, after actually using it on the battlefield, An Jiyue felt that Tu Wushang's ability to escape underground was indeed powerful, but it could only be used to its full potential in an underground environment.

Anyway, Tu Wushang is a core unit, and its value is just that. If she needs it, she can just recruit them in the old world, and there is no need to take the trouble to bring them back. Besides, the girl still owes Barrel 100,000 points... Two thousand Tu Wushang, to pay off the debt of 20,000 points is not too much, right? Anyway, system units can be transferred between the Lords of the Holy Scripture, as long as the two camps do not conflict.

Barrel accepted the proposal. As for the remaining 80,000 yuan in arrears, the dwarf king said he did not want the points, but wanted to repay the debt in other ways. In fact, he was very interested in some extraordinary materials and unique weapons of An Zhendan, especially the Divine Fire Crow. After listening to An Jiyue's introduction to this type of soldier, he had always wanted to try it out.

Finally, after making concessions, the two sides reached an agreement. An Jiyue only needed to provide four sets of Divine Fire Flying Crow land-based launchers and 120 rounds of matching ammunition, plus various An's Aurora-specific materials such as black iron and spiritual stones, totaling about tons, and the debt of points would be settled. In terms of price, neither side suffered a loss.

"It's a pity that all those crystal structures are gone," Barrel smacked his lips, "otherwise I would really like to ask you to study this thing. As long as you understand the technology of the Faceless Men, you will definitely be able to come up with a lot of good things."

None of the eight Mind Engines survived. Four of the eight engines were destroyed by the Great General Cannon. Barrel originally wanted to send people to try to seize the remaining ones, but the Faceless Ones in charge of commanding these Mind Engines activated the self-destruct function of the Mind Engines after the situation was hopeless... The dwarves in charge of cleaning up the battlefield only found a few refractive prisms used by the Night Demon Bat Knights, which can only be said to be better than nothing.

Another regrettable thing is that An Jiyue failed to capture even one living Faceless Man. She originally wanted to study this mysterious race, but the spiritual masters did not give her the opportunity to capture any prisoners. Once they found that something was wrong, they would use some spiritual magic to destroy their souls, and they died thoroughly.

"This battle is definitely a loss...luckily there are still demons delivering points to us." An Jiyue couldn't help but complain.

"Uh..." Barel looked at her with a subtle expression, "The demon is gone."

"Gone? What do you mean gone?"

"The battle at Highland Castle is over, too," the Dwarf King replied. "My adopted son Ragnar told me in the telepathic link that the demon army besieging the city has disappeared. The Lord of Change has never appeared from beginning to end. After the last batch of demons were destroyed, Ragnar sent people to investigate, and found that not only the demons, but even the rift has disappeared."

"Wait a minute, have your people found the rift that the other side used to summon demons?"

"It was Gotrek and Phoenix who found it. I didn't ask about the details, but Gotrek kept waiting, but the Lord of Change never showed up, so he took his pendant and took the initiative to attack, and finally found the rift by accident... Our rangers have found the location, but the rift is gone. Judging from the traces left at the scene, it's definitely there."

An Jiyue fell into deep thought. She connected with Jin Zhifan with her mind, and after a mental conversation, she learned that Gotrek O Shattered Star had also not encountered the Lord of Change. The 5,000 Recasters had already rushed westward out of the mountains and entered the tropical rainforest of the south. They wiped out several wild orc tribes, saw many dinosaurs and unique creatures, and even found some ruins covered with moss. Judging from the architectural style, they should have been left by the Lizardmen. Other than that, the Recasters did not find anything worth mentioning.

"That's weird... where did this demon go?"

……

Deep in the underground world, in a rarely visited cave.

Amon'Chaka hid behind the curtain woven by the wind of shadow, carefully concealing his figure. As the sealed place of Namtaru, it has not been so "lively" here for a long time. Thousands of nests are fighting here, but their enemies are not the army of the faceless, but their own kind with chitinous shells.

The carefully planned play finally came to an end, and the Lord of Change was about to reap the sweetest fruits. Although there were many problems along the way, such as the defense of the Plateau Castle far exceeded his imagination, the final situation still led to the ending he planned: Namtaru, the greatest queen in the history of the Nest Clan, was about to be released from the seal.

With some means, Amon'Chaka learned about the Faceless Council's decision to lift the seal and release Namtaru in case of the worst. This is exactly what it wanted. It followed the Faceless Man sent by the Council to release Namtaru and came to this place that would be almost impossible to find if there was no one to lead the way.

The Faceless Ones were doomed to be defeated by the surface races, and Namtaru was doomed to be freed. When this powerful creature was freed from her seal, she would be captured in her weakest state and become a sacrifice for Amon'Chaka to regain his strength.

After all, in its current weakened state, it would be impossible for it to capture Plateau Castle. As for whether Amon'Chaka planned all this in order to complete Tzeentch's mission, or simply did it to restore strength and "by the way" take revenge on the old enemy who defeated and sealed it, only Amon'Chaka himself knew.

Whenever he thought about how he was sealed near the Plateau Castle, the Lord of Change felt a dull pain in his chest and head. As for the fact that Namtaru was attacked because Amon'Chaka had plotted against the Nest Clan first, this "small matter" was automatically ignored by the Lord of Change. When it comes to double standards, Chaos Demons have always been hard to beat.

Theoretically, Namtaru must be in an extremely weak state after being freed from the trap. Amon'Chaka, who had recovered some strength, had a high chance of hitting her with one strike. However, out of caution, Amon'Chaka decided to find some free cannon fodder to test it first. If Namtaru's condition was better than he expected, he would take it slow.

The Nest Clan's upper nodes, who were confused by the Faceless's series of strange actions, soon received new intelligence from unknown sources. The upper nodes, who were originally arguing over the threat of releasing Namtaru from the Faceless Council, were no longer in the mood to argue.

Then, the battle between the Nest Clan and the Nest Clan broke out. Even in this era, Namtaru still has die-hard fans. These exiled Nest Clan clans got the news from somewhere and immediately rushed over with their entire families. They ran into the Nest Clan army that was advancing here, and then a chaotic battle ensued.

The exiles were at a disadvantage in both quantity and quality, but they were united and fearless of sacrifice. Although the betrayers had an absolute advantage in military strength, they had different thoughts and ulterior motives. The battle that should have been a decisive victory turned into a stalemate. The betrayers blamed and shirked responsibility for each other, and no one was willing to bear more losses than other clans.

In the chaos, the Faceless Men, who were responsible for releasing Namtaru, formed a temporary alliance with the Exiles, after all, both sides had the same goal. The Faceless Men began to remove the seal, and the Exiles were responsible for stopping the traitor's army before this task was completed.

Every time a seal was removed, the quarrels of the betrayers would become louder. There were nine seals placed on Namtaru by the Faceless Man. When the fifth seal was removed, the betrayers looked at each other. A fear that was almost engraved in their souls finally prompted them to make the right choice.

The betrayers began their full-scale attack. The pressure on the exiles increased sharply.

Chapter 98 The Daily Life of T Party

The battle line gradually approached the center of the cave.

The exiles fought desperately and stubbornly repelled the betrayers' attacks wave after wave. The huge casualties could not shake their determination to save their master, just as their bloody and tearful exile life never shook their loyalty to Namtaru. The long wait and suffering finally came to an end, and the great reckoning was about to come!

The betrayers also understood this deeply. What drove them to fight was not only fear, but also the hysteria and madness aroused by the rebound of fear after reaching the extreme. The exiles' troops were getting fewer and fewer, and even the upper nodes were killed one after another, but the loyalists' shaky defense line was standing firm.

Seeing that the seventh seal was also lifted, the betrayers finally decided to go into battle themselves. Clan mothers and clan champions surrounded more than a dozen queens and rushed into the battlefield. Each queen represented a clan of the Nest that had chosen to betray. The violent telekinesis rushed across the battlefield, and the telekinesis blades tore fan-shaped blood mist in the dense insect piles. The insects were beaten into a mixture of rotten meat, body fluids and broken shells on the ground; the mental shockwaves caused the battle group to lose its connection with the Nest network. After losing the command of the upper node, the lower nodes were either jumping all over the ground or fighting each other endlessly.

The exiles tried their best to stop the enemy, but when the high-end combat forces of the betrayers joined the battle, all resistance was in vain. The clan mothers and clan champions of the loyal side fell one after another, and two of the three queens of the exiles died in battle. Only the most powerful and most beloved daughter of Namtaru, Mikne, was left. She could still stand on the hill of corpses with scars all over her body, glaring down at these sisters who betrayed their mother.

——Yes, all the dozen queens on the betrayer side were daughters of Namtaru. Except for her youngest daughter Mikne, all of Namtaru's daughters betrayed her without exception. After defeating all the clans of the Nest that refused to surrender, Namtaru executed the original queens of these clans and appointed her daughters as the new queens of the conquered clans. When the new queens happily took office, they found that their power was not as great as they had imagined, and their mothers seemed to have little respect for the political traditions of the Nest. In the blink of an eye, the so-called family affection was swallowed up by endless desires.

Of course, Amon Chaka provided some insignificant help in this process. Namtaru sensed the undercurrent within the hive, but misjudged the seriousness of the matter. Namtaru thought that her daughters would understand everything she did, but she overlooked one thing: understanding does not mean acceptance. Namtaru believed that the problem could be solved by eliminating the root cause of the discord, and she did just that.

In the end, Amon'Chaka was defeated and sealed by Namtaru, and Namtaru, who was seriously injured, had no chance to recover. The news of her serious injury was passed to the Faceless Man by someone unknown. The Faceless Man, who had been forced into a desperate situation by Namtaru, chose to gamble everything in desperation.

The defense line that should have been impregnable was easily broken by the Faceless Men, the army that should have been guarding the Nest Clan Overlord was transferred away for various reasons, and the reinforcements that should have arrived were delayed in coming.

Not long after the Ancient Lord of Change was sealed, Namtaru followed in Amon'Chaka's footsteps.

After that, the loyalists, including Mikne, were exiled. Sadly, among the exiled queens, only Mikne was the daughter of Namtaru, and the rest were from other bloodlines. They were driven to the most barren caves with their remaining followers, or struggled to survive in areas where dangerous creatures were entrenched.

Hatred and anger reshaped Mikne, and the hardships that failed to defeat her only made her stronger. The pampered sisters soon realized that it was a serious mistake to face the youngest sister on the battlefield. The two queens who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward were killed on the spot by Mikne. Seeing the blood of their relatives flowing on the ground, the queens who should have fought back hesitated.

The eighth seal was then lifted. Now, there was only one last and most powerful seal left for Namtaru to regain her freedom. After realizing this, the queens looked at each other. The long-standing intrigues had left them with no trust in each other... Fortunately, sometimes, cooperation does not necessarily require trust.

Mikne died, taking her three sisters with her. Amon'Chaka, who was watching from the dark, was amazed as her angry sisters cut off her head and stuck it on a chitinous spike. The upper body of the nest queen is very close to that of a human, while the lower body is insect-like. The more powerful the queen is, the more human-like she looks.

They chopped up Mikne's body and threw it into the surging insect pile to feed the lower nodes. While the queens were busy venting their anger on the remains of the youngest sister, their spouses, the strong clan champions, broke the last line of defense of the exiles and rushed into the altar used to seal Namtaru. Only a small team of abyss guards stood in front of the betrayers. These veterans who had fought hundreds of battles stood shoulder to shoulder in the not very spacious corridor, facing the roar of the clan champions with silent silence.

The battle began and then ended. It would take some time for the last seal to be lifted, and the defenders obviously could not hold out until then. Amon Chaka could only pick up his staff. The Abyss Guardians suddenly found that they had become exceptionally strong and fast for some reason. The armor damaged in the attack would quickly repair itself, and the wounds could regenerate as quickly as the trolls. Even the most powerful toxins of the Nest Clan had no effect on them. The veterans did not understand why this was happening, and of course they had no time to care about it now.

When the last Abyss Guardian fell, the Faceless Man, who had been concentrating on his mission, just happened to outline the last rune ripple on the crystal panel in front of him.

The crystal ball that encased Namtaru shattered with a bang, and the reflections of stars engraved gorgeous colors on the retina. The entire battlefield was silent for a moment. Amon Chaka watched the expressions of each betrayer with interest, and suddenly he had the urge to laugh out loud... Fortunately, he held it back. It's not the time yet, he told himself.

Crystal fragments fell all over the sky, and a figure with an upper body that looked no different from a human woman and a lower body made of chitinous carapaces and three pairs of insect legs stretched out his body. The faceless man who was responsible for removing the seal had no time to make any move before his protective telekinetic shield was crushed by a telekinetic force and he was lifted into the air by the neck.

The next moment, the Faceless One was thrown aside. Namtaru's body smashed into the dust, and six insects rushed out of the altar, stepping on the corpses on the ground. The queens screamed and retreated, and it was not until a few seconds later that they realized that their mother was not coming for them.

The leader of the nest extended his right hand, and gently scratched his daughter's cheek with his fingernails, which were no different from those of humans. When Namtaru withdrew his hand, Mikne, who was left with only a head, closed his eyes, which had been open even after death.

"Now!" A queen of the nest tribe suddenly screamed loudly: "If you don't want to die, follow me..."

The sound stopped abruptly. The queen covered her head and slowly fell down with a pale face. The next moment, all the upper nodes rushed up with crazy howls, and their human-like faces were twisted into a bunch of grotesque lines due to fear.

Resistance is meaningless, and Namtaru made all the betrayers experience this firsthand. The killing of the Nest Overlord was efficient and ruthless. No matter whether the daughters were ferocious or begging for mercy, they were all waiting for a quick death. No lower node dared to approach. The instinct engraved in their genes made these selfless bugs subconsciously stay away from Namtaru, no matter what the upper node that ruled them ordered.

Running away was also meaningless. All the upper nodes that tried to escape from the battlefield found themselves running head-on into Namtaru. The Overlord of the Nest used the power of the mind to interfere with their senses, and they only realized this belatedly when they were about to die.

After killing the last upper node of the betrayer, Namtaru suddenly stopped. Two scarlet wet marks flowed down from the nostrils of the Nest Clan Overlord. The severe dizziness made the world in front of Namtaru spin and she almost fell. She shook her head vigorously, turned around and looked at the pile of corpses, struggled to crawl to the head of her little daughter, and then sat down exhausted.

Before Namtaru could recover from the fatigue caused by overusing her mind power, Amon Chaka took action. A glowing net caught Namtaru, trapping the extremely weak Overlord of the Nest in place (Note 1).

"Hello, Namtaru," the curtain woven by the wind of shadows dissipated, and the figure of the Lord of Change appeared in front of the Overlord of the Nest Clan, "It's nice to see you again..." The demon chuckled: "Although you don't seem to be very happy."

Namtaru raised her head and stared at the Lord of Change coldly.

"Come on," Amon Chaka leaned closer. "Say something, old friend. Anything will do."

"Do you think you have won, demon?" said Namtaru.

"No one can come to save you. All the bugs loyal to you are here." Amon Chaka stretched out his slender fingers and flicked Mikne's head. This action made Namtaru stand up suddenly, and then he was immediately pulled back by the net of Amintok.

"Everything is going as planned. Even the monster that is no less powerful than you, no, more terrifying than you, cannot disobey the script written by the great Amon Chaka!" The Lord of Change spread his wings and spoke in a sharp voice, which caused him to fail to notice the faint voice at the first time.

[It's all because of you...] The Faceless Man who was in charge of removing the seal appeared near the Overlord and the Demon at some point. The wings of this creature were broken, but fortunately, the Faceless Man didn't rely on wings to float. It raised its head and stared at the Lord of Change. [Our army. Our home. Everything we have... is because of you.]

"Ah, yes. That's right, it was all my fault," Amon Chaka nodded seriously. "Antaras or Jilan might be able to cause me some trouble, but what about you? Poor little thing, what can you do?"

[I can send you to heaven.] As he said this, the faceless man tilted his head and fell to the ground.

At first, Amon'Chaka did not realize what the other party had done, until the demon's supernatural vision saw the faceless man's soul float out of his body and merge into Namtaru's body before it could stop it.

[Eat my soul.] The last voice of the unknown faceless man echoed in the hearts of the only two listeners. [Then do what you should do.]

The net of Amintok was shattered.

……

Note 1: The light magic used here is the Web of Amintok. There are two demons in the Tzeentch family who can use light magic, one is the two-headed old hen, and the other is Amon Chaka.

Chapter 99: Home Delivery

After cleaning up the battlefield, the dwarf army and other troops returned to the camp to rest for a night.

After a fierce battle, the dwarves, high elves and swordsmen were fine, but the two thousand Tu Wushang were too tired to stand up because they used the earth escape ability continuously in the battle. Considering that the Chaos Rift disappeared inexplicably and the demon army was nowhere to be seen, An Jiyue and Barrel discussed and decided to rest for a night before returning. After all, there was still a Wanbian Demon Lord whose whereabouts were unknown, and both of them thought it was better to be cautious.

What if the enemy planned to ambush them on their way back? This possibility was not impossible. Anyway, the demons could not shake the defense of Plateau Castle. Even if the worst happened, Barrel said that he still had nearly 500,000 points in his account.

It was a complicated task to set up camp for 1.8 people in the wild, but fortunately there were ready-made camps available. This camp was built yesterday when Barrel led his troops to reinforce. Since there were definitely no forests in the underground world, the wood needed to build the camp was brought by the dwarves themselves, and the dwarves even brought a lot of sandbags.

Plateau Castle did not have steam engine technology, so the flatbed carts loaded with supplies were pulled by sturdy yaks. Considering that they were fighting in an unfamiliar environment, when they set out from Plateau Castle, Barrel specifically ordered to bring seven days' worth of light beer - this thing was used as drinking water. The reason for bringing beer instead of water was that alcohol could be stored for a longer time, after all, alcohol has its own disinfectant effect. In addition, the dwarf king also brought some sweet mountain spring water in a kettle engraved with runes.

This is specially prepared for An Jiyue. Although the girl only mentioned in a casual chat a few days ago that the alchemists of An's Zhendan must abstain from alcohol for life, Barrel still remembered it. As for the 21 high-level bean sprouts still alive in the Skylark Squadron, the Dwarf King said that we only have light beer here, you can drink it if you want!

There were naturally special people to handle the complicated matters such as cleaning the battlefield, burning the remains, counting the losses, and repairing the weapons, so there was no need to bother Barrel. In this battle, thousands of cavemen were captured, and Barrel executed them all at An Jiyue's suggestion.

Dwarves are not a cruel race. According to tradition, as long as the enemy is not a rat, greenskin or chaos child, sometimes the dwarves will pardon those captives who have fought bravely and ask for compensation. Note that it is compensation, not ransom! If the enemy is an elf, the dwarves generally will not execute them, but will throw the elf into prison.

The cavemen were not unforgivable enemies, and they had indeed fought bravely. However, the existence of [Cultivation] meant that cavemen could only be chopped off with an axe, and even those female cavemen pharmacists were no exception. The dwarves would not disobey the king's orders, but the execution of female cavemen still caused a little controversy. In response, Barrel did not use the king's authority to force it, but entrusted An Jiyue to come forward and explain the basic principles and functions of [Cultivation] to the long-bearded venerables. Then, the controversy disappeared.

Of course, An Jiyue always felt that the reason why these gray-bearded old stubborn people agreed with Barrel's decision to execute all the captives was that the cavemen obviously could not afford any compensation...

After cleaning up the battlefield, the dwarves discovered that all the cavemen, regardless of their status, had no currency or items that looked like currency on them, even the cavemen legion leaders in gorgeous armor were no exception. An Jiyue used [Search Soul] on a dozen prisoners who were about to be executed, and then pieced together a dozen fragmentary memories obtained through magic. As a result, it was discovered that the cavemen soldiers had no concept of "salary" at all. At most, they would receive extra food supplies as rewards for outstanding performance or victory, and occasionally wine.

By the way, the Faceless Men, as slave owners, also have no wages... Due to the shortage of materials in the underground world, the Faceless Men have implemented a rationing system for nearly ten thousand years. There is even no word for "currency" in the language they use.

But compared to the Nest Clan, the Faceless Ones are still good. The Faceless Ones at least have the concept of private property, while the Nest Clan does not even have this.

Although there are precious metal and gemstone veins in the underground world with a considerable output, these things are just raw materials for the Faceless Men to manufacture divine engines and other special devices.

"What the hell, 'other special devices'? The Faceless Men have other war machines?" Barrel looked like he had a toothache. The Mind Engine really left a deep impression on him. "Then why don't they use them?"

"Those things are either medical equipment that is not directly helpful in combat, or fixed facilities," An Jiyue explained the intelligence she had just sorted out. "The application field of mental power is much wider than I thought beforehand. It can even be used to treat injuries and diseases. They have a device that can treat the wounded, and the effect is very powerful. Except for the brain and part of the spine, any body tissue and organ can be regenerated. The most exaggerated thing is that even muscle memory can be restored exactly. The only drawback is that this thing needs to be used with an active material, and this material must be made of high-quality biological raw materials, which is too luxurious for the poor and fragile ecosystem of the underground world."

"No wonder the caveman legion leader I met had no scars on his body, even though he had a lot of combat experience," the dwarf king said thoughtfully, "Is this thing exclusive to big shots?"

"Yes. Only the Faceless Men, their Evil Eye allies, and cavemen officers of the rank of captain and above can receive treatment from this thing. Then there are fixed facilities. The main towns and important strongholds of the Faceless Men are protected by wide-area telekinetic shields. The generator of this thing is not just one or two individual devices, but a whole system. This system alone consumes more than 80% of the Faceless Men's output of precious metals and gems, and the core equipment has to be replaced almost every month."

"Is this thing so fragile?"

"They are durable, but the Nest Clan likes to target these things," the governor shrugged. "Among the prisoners we captured is a centurion of the Abyss Guard. Oh, they are those elite infantrymen with unique temperaments who fight with long-handled swords and have Nest Clan heads and limbs as decorations on their armor. As a direct guard of the Faceless Council, although he is not a high-ranking official, this guy has provided a lot of useful intelligence. After all, he is the Royal Guard."

"It's a pity that you have to go back. Otherwise, after the troops have rested, I will definitely lead the team to the underground world to get some chips," Barrel said regretfully. "I am not afraid of fighting strong enemies, but I am afraid of fighting those enemies whose details I don't know at all. Just like today, if you were not here, I am afraid I would have really overturned."

"Even if you fail, it's not your fault. Today's enemies are very strong, and they have methods we have never heard of. The Psionic Storm is the one that paralyzed the Longbearded Phalanx. Without knowing the relevant intelligence in advance, who would not fail when encountering this thing? This thing is too strong for a first kill. Even Nagash would have shouted that the opponent must have opened it when he encountered it for the first time."

The two chatted while walking slowly outside the camp. This place was a certain distance away from the camp, so they could see the light from the bonfire over there, but they wouldn't be disturbed by the noisy sound of the dwarves drinking. A team of heavy hammer warriors and a team of sword warriors followed behind the two holy scripture masters, keeping a distance that was neither too far nor too close.

"I have made up my mind," the Dwarf King said suddenly, "I will go to the Old World with you."

"……you sure?"

"The existence of Plateau Castle is no longer a secret, unless you are willing to kill those 'locals' who came with you. Last time you told me that the Norse dwarves did not swear allegiance to the High King?"

In theory, all dwarf kings in the fortresses must swear allegiance to the High King, but there is an exception here, namely the Norse dwarves headed by Dulong City. The Norse dwarves lost contact long ago, so long ago that the ancestor gods still walked the mortal world, and only restored contact with the mountain kingdom two hundred years ago.

Due to the long separation, the culture of the Norse dwarves has become quite different from that of the mainstream dwarven society. The key point is that the Norse dwarves refuse to swear allegiance to the High King, and they claim that their allegiance is and can only be to the ancestor gods.

"If you have a conflict with the local dwarves." An Jiyue took a deep breath, various thoughts clashing fiercely in her mind, but in the end she said: "I will definitely stand on your side. But I really don't recommend you to learn from the Norse dwarves, although even if you really do that, Thorgrim probably won't do anything to you."