People are life that desires warmth and is greedy for flames.

The Chongshan in the north and the south are covered with snow all day long, and today is no exception.

Between the whistling of the cold wind, the cold wave from the vast sea in the distance frozen the earth. The white snow, gray clouds and black forests are all the monotonous and dark scenery that people can see here to suck the spirit, while the cold and harsh weather tortures the body.

For humans, this vast and deserted ice field is an absolute forbidden zone. If you step into this place without being fully prepared, you will undoubtedly be able to turn into a pile of bones under the erosion of wind and snow. Even if the temperature has been slightly slower recently, it will not change the essence of this place.

Of course, not everyone will be afraid of this kind of weather.

On February 26, 832, at noon, among the many snow-capped mountains in the south of the Great Eas Mountains, a small group of knights were holding flying flags and galloping in the wind and snow.

The snow-capped mountains in the north are the source of all the surrounding rivers. Winding glaciers fall from the tops of the mountain. They flow through cliffs and rocks, cross the dense black forest, and then flow along the valley to the distance. At this time, the team of knights were following the slightly flattering path by the river, towards their targets, a clear black smoke that went straight into the sky.

The horse's hooves rose and fell, shattering the ice and snow that had been precipitated for a long time. The war horses with dragon blood had terrible endurance, giving them strong strength and physical strength and not being hindered by frost. Soon, under the leadership of the leader riding the black war horse, the team of knights came to the high slope at the top of a hill.

They could already see the source of the black smoke.

“It’s really spectacular…”

Looking into the distance, a sigh of praise from unknown people sounded in the knights' queue, and this emotion was recognized and resonated by everyone.

Just before them, in the basin behind the mountains, the vast land changed from its previous whiteness, but turned into a carbon-like charred black. The high temperature twisted the air, carrying bursts of black smoke, rising towards the sky. In the center of this scorched earth, there is a red and golden lake, and the huge lava lake is tumbling, releasing almost endless heat.

Everyone could already smell the smell of sulfur burnt smell in the air. People who were more sensitive could still notice that a magnificent wave of fire elements condensed in the snow and ice. Under the high temperature of lava, the flying snow falling in the air was vaporized into high-heat water vapor. The air rose with the rolling heat waves, and even poked a big hole into the clouds covering the sky.

The most famous landmark on the southern side of the Greater Eas Mountains is the surface lava lake.

Here is the residence of the northern rune dwarves. The black scorched earth around it is covered with various buildings made of gray rocks, including housing, shops, and even paved rock streets and street lights. They all look like a small town.

Dwarves are not a story or legendary race. These guys who are not tall but strong, with long beards and strong will live by the side of human beings and exist as a member of human society. In the empire, dwarves enjoy the same full strength as human beings and are true citizens. The dwarves also nominally surrender to the local lords and belong to his leadership. Of course, it is not an easy thing to make them truly obey the leadership.

"The town ahead is our goal."

Driven by the black and slowly moving, Joshua said to the knights behind him in a deep voice: "Be careful, the lava area will occasionally spray high-heat steam from the cracks on the surface, so as not to let the war horses be frightened and injured."

"yes!"

After a loud response, the team started again.

After a cautious walk, avoiding several steam eruptions, they arrived at the dwarves' residential area on the surface.

The buildings on both sides of the street are not tall, so of course, the dwarves naturally would not build their home buildings like they built wonders. What's more, the rune dwarves in the north are not named for magnificent buildings. The mountain dwarves in the west are good at building cities and forts, and even the dwarves who are good at changing the terrain are better than rune dwarves in this regard.

After all, they are best at forging weapons and making various magical instruments. In this regard, even dwarf goblins are not as good as them.

“Is there no one?”

Looking around, Rin, riding a gray horse, said to herself strangely: "Although I know that all the dwarves live underground, since they have built buildings on the surface, how could there be no one?"

“Not not.”

Joshua, who was in front of him, shook his head, turned to the side and explained to the boy: "We had already sent a magical communication notice before we came, and they should all greet us in the small square in front of us now."

This is indeed the case.

Not long after, when they turned a street, everyone saw dozens of dwarves gathered in the small square in front. After seeing the team led by the soldiers and the flying flag holding sword-holding flags, they waved and greeted.

And there was a man who seemed to be the leader, carrying several dwarves in armor or dresses, walking towards Joshua and the others, and the warrior and his knight naturally dismounted.

"Dear Lord Joshua, welcome to Heigang Town."

First, he bowed respectfully, and the dwarf took the lead in expressing his welcome and apologizing: "My name is Iron Body Tanya, Lord, please forgive me. There are not many people who welcome it, because most of the residents live underground."

He is about one meter four, his tough skin is slightly black, his chin is covered with a long dark yellow beard, and various metals are hung on it to form a circle, and each ring has very obvious words engraved on it. This is the custom of the dwarf. When a dwarf becomes an adult, every time he obtains an amazing achievement, he can hang a circle on his beard to express glory.

If you want to distinguish the identity between two strange dwarves, you don’t need to think about anything else. You just need to look at the number of rings on their beards. The dwarves in front of you have at least thirteen upward rings on their beards. This is not considered to be the ones hidden in their beards. According to Joshua’s experience, they are considered to be noble in their identity.

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

Of course, Joshua would not have any thoughts about such irrelevant trivial matters. The warriors never care about the pomp, as long as someone leads the way for him, but after hearing the other party's name, Joshua couldn't help but feel a little interested and said straight: "Mr. Tanya, I will just call you that. Your name seems to be the same as Master Moria."

"That's right."

With his hand pressed in the middle of his chest, Tania bowed slightly to the side, as if to pay tribute to someone who was not here: "Iron Body Moria is my father... Lord Lord, if you don't mind, you can hand the horses to my assistants, and I will take you underground, and his father is waiting for your arrival in the underground forging area."

After handing the horses to the dwarves in the square, the warrior and his knights followed Tania and continued to move forward.

Behind an arch at the back of the square is the corridor leading to the underground. Under the leadership of Joshua, everyone entered it with Tania and several young dwarves. After walking through several aisles illuminated by pyroxene, what was revealed to everyone was a huge underground world.

One bright corridor after another leads to all directions. They are like spider webs, complex and regular linking various important areas. The four walls of the corridor are composed of some alchemy products specially made by dwarves. In his previous life, Joshua and other players habitually called it dwarves cement, but no one remembers the real name.

On both sides of the corridor, you can see some exquisite statues and heroic murals from time to time, and even some stone pillars that seem to be made of metal ore are erected in the center of the passage. This is also the custom of the dwarves. When digging underground passages, encountering metal ore means luck, and they will not destroy these stone pillars.

Joshua is quite knowledgeable and has seen a lot. He has been to the underground fortresses of the dwarves countless times in his previous life and is very familiar with their architectural styles and customs, but the knights who followed him are completely different.

After passing through a corridor, he came to a huge hole formed naturally. At the dome, countless red crystals condensed by fire elements were like trees, shining brightly with bright light. Not to mention that Clayel, who had been silent from the beginning to the present, had his eyes wide open along the way, holding his breath, and quietly looking at everything around him. The other knights couldn't help but slow down and fell into shock to this huge underground world.

Tanya, who was leading the way ahead, naturally felt the secret exclamation and praise of the crowd. While he was secretly proud in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little admiration for the calmness of the warriors.

"I am really worthy of being our nominal lord."

The dwarf thought in his heart: "This calm temperament is different from other people."

Time was spent in observing the underground world. After a period of time, Joshua and others gradually penetrated deep into the ground. Under the deep rock formations, the heat of the earth once again increased, and everyone could even hear the sound of magma pulses. But unexpectedly, no one felt very hot, and all the heat seemed to be sucked away by the light gray dwarf cement.

In his heart, Joshua modeled the corridor he had walked through and the cave he saw. He narrowed his eyes and roughly estimated that he had just passed at least three underground defense lines and circled four bends. Moreover, the corridors dug by the dwarves were densely connected, just like a maze. Ordinary invaders did not need them to do it themselves, and they would probably die in the complex corridor in confusion because of hunger.

"I'm quite cautious. Even if I call me the lord on my mouth, I don't actually want me to know the right path."

The warrior thought this way, but he didn't care. This idea was human nature, and he could understand it, and he didn't think it was a big deal.

Anyway, I can't hide it from him.

However, even after many turns, he was about to reach his destination. With the sound of "arriving," Joshua and his group stopped.

They finally came to the underground living area of ​​Rune dwarves. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!