Soul of Burning Steel

Man is a life that longs for warmth and loves flames.

Chongshan in the south of the Northland is covered with snow all day long, and today is no exception.

Between the howls of the cold wind, the cold wave set off from the distant blank sea has frozen the earth, white snow, gray clouds and black forests are all the colors that people can see here-monotonous and gloomy. The scenery kills people's spirits, while the cold and harsh weather tortures people's bodies.

For humans, this vast and desolate ice field is an absolute forbidden area. If you step into this area without adequate preparation, you will undoubtedly become a pool of bones under the erosion of wind and snow, even if it’s recently. The temperature has eased a little bit, and it can't change the essence of this place.

Of course, not everyone is afraid of this kind of weather.

Starfall 832, February 26th, at noon, among the many snow-capped mountains in the southern part of the Great Aes Mountains, a small group of knights was holding a flying flag and galloping in the snow.

The snow-capped mountains in the Northland are the source of all the surrounding rivers. Winding glacial rivers descend from the tops of the mountains. They flow over the cliffs and rocks, through the dense black forest, and then flow along the river valley toward the distance. At that time, this team of knights was following the slightly flattened path by the river, toward their goal-an obviously incomparable black smoke that went straight to the sky.

Horseshoes undulate up and down, crushing the ice and snow that has been deposited for a long time. The horses with dragon blood have terrible endurance, so that they have strong strength and physical strength, and they will not be hindered by frost. Not long after, they will be the leader of riding a black horse. Under the leadership, this team of knights came to a high **** at the top of a certain hill.

They can already see the source of the black smoke.

"It's magnificent..."

Above the high slope, looking into the distance, a sigh of admiration that I don't know who made it sounded in the knight's queue, and this emotion was approved and resonated by everyone.

Right in front of them, in the basin behind the mountains, the vast earth changed from its previous whiteness, but turned into a charcoal black, high-temperature distorted air, and it rose towards the sky with bursts of black smoke. And right in the center of this piece of scorched earth, there is a red-golden lake, a huge lava lake churning, releasing almost endless heat.

Everyone can already smell the smell of sulfur burnt in the air, and those who are more sensitive can still detect that there is a majestic wave of fire elements condensing in this ice and snow, and falling in the air under the high temperature of lava. The feixue was vaporized by the high-heat water vapor, and the qi rose up with the billowing heat, and even poke a big hole in the clouds covering the sky.

The most famous landmark on the southern side of the Great Aes Mountains is the surface lava lake.

Here is the residence of the rune dwarves of the Northland. The black scorched earth around it is scattered with various buildings made of gray rocks, including houses, shops, and even paved buildings. The rocky streets and street lights look the same, as if they were a small town.

Dwarves are not a race in stories or legends. These are not tall but sturdy guys with long beards and strong will. They live next to human beings. They exist as a member of human society in the empire. , Dwarves enjoy the same full power as humans and are citizens in the true sense, and dwarves also surrender to the local lord in name, and belong to his leadership. Of course, it is not one thing to make them obey the leadership sincerely. A simple thing.

"The town ahead is our goal."

Controlling the black and walking slowly, Joshua said in a deep voice to the knights behind him: "Be careful, the lava field occasionally spews hot steam from the cracks on the surface, don't let the horse be frightened and injured."

"Yes!"

After a loud answer, the team started again.

They walked cautiously, avoiding several steam eruptions, and after a while, they came to the residential area of ​​the dwarves on the surface.

On both sides of the street, the buildings are not tall. Of course, the dwarves will not build their home buildings like spectacles. What's more, the rune dwarves of the North are not named after the magnificent buildings. The mountain dwarves of the West He is a good hand at building cities and fortresses. Even the dwarves who are good at changing terrain are better than rune dwarves in this respect.

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

"No one?"

Looking around, Rin riding a gray horse muttered to himself somewhat strangely: "Although I know that dwarves live underground, since buildings are built on the surface, how can there be no one?"

"Not without."

Joshua, who was in front of him, shook his head. He turned sideways and explained to the young man: "We have sent a magic newsletter before we came, and they should all be welcoming us in the small square ahead."

This is indeed the case.

After a short while, turning around a street, everyone saw dozens of dwarves gathered in the small square in front of them. After seeing the team led by warriors and the waving sword-hand flag, they waved their hands and expressed their welcome. .

And there was a person who seemed to be the leader, with several dwarves in armors or dresses, walking towards Joshua and them, and the warrior and his knight naturally dismounted to greet them.

"Dear Joshua, welcome to Heigang Town."

First bowed respectfully, the dwarf first expressed welcome and apologize: "My name is Tania Tania, Lord Lord, please forgive me, there are not many people welcomed, this is because most of the residents live. underground."

He is about one meter four, his tough skin is slightly black, and his chin has a long dark yellow beard. There are rings made of various metals hanging on it, and each ring has very obvious words inscribed— -This is the custom of dwarves. When a dwarf becomes an adult, he can put a ring on his beard to show his glory every time he obtains an amazing achievement.

If you want to tell the difference between two strange dwarves, you don’t need to think about other things. Just look at the number of rings on their beards. The dwarf in front of you has at least thirteen upward rings on his beard. Not counting those hidden in the beard, from Joshua's experience, they are already regarded as honorable.

"Nothing. Actually, it surprised me enough to see such a large group of dwarves on the surface."

Of course, Joshua would not have any thoughts about such trivial things. Warriors never cared about ostentation. As long as someone led the way, it was enough. However, after hearing the opponent's name, Joshua couldn't help but arouse his interest. , He said straightforwardly: "Mr. Tania, let me call you this way, your name seems to be the same as Master Moria."

"Yes."

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

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

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

One after another bright corridors lead to all directions. They are like spider webs, linking important areas in a complicated and regular manner. The walls of the corridors are made up of certain alchemy products specially made by the dwarves. In the previous life, Joshua And other players habitually call it Dwarf Cement, but no one remembers its real name.

On both sides of the tunnel, 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 dwarves when digging underground passages. , To meet the raw metal ore means luck, they will not destroy these stone pillars.

Qiao Xiuya is very knowledgeable and has seen a lot. In his previous life, he had been to the underground fortress of the dwarves countless times, and he was very familiar with their architectural styles and customs, but the knights who followed him were completely different. .

After passing through a tunnel, I came to a huge naturally formed hollow. At the top of the dome, the red crystals condensed by countless fire elements were like woods, shining brightly. Not to mention that Kleel, who has been silent from the beginning to the present, keeps his eyes wide following the warrior's Rin all the way, holding his breath, watching everything around him quietly, and the other knights can't help but even more. Slowed down and fell into the shock of this huge underground world.

Tania, who led the way in the front, naturally noticed the exclamation and admiration of everyone secretly. While he was secretly proud in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a trace of admiration for the soldier's calmness.

"It really deserves to be our lord in name."

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

Time was spent observing the underground world. After a period of time, Qiao Xiuya and others have gradually gone deep underground ~ www.novelmtl.com~ Under the deep rock formations, the heat of the earth once again rises, everyone Even the pulse of magma can be heard, but surprisingly, no one feels very hot. All the heat seems to be sucked away by the light gray dwarf cement.

Joshua modeled the tunnels he walked and the caves he saw in his heart. He squinted his eyes and made a rough estimate. He found that he had just passed at least three layers of underground defenses and made four bends, and the dwarves had dug them. The corridors are densely packed in all directions, just like a maze. Ordinary invaders don't need them to do it, probably because of hunger and perplexity, they will die in that complicated corridor.

"It's quite cautious. Even if you call me a lord, you actually don't want me to know the correct path."

The soldier thought so in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously. This kind of thinking was human nature, he could understand it, and he didn't think it was a big deal.

I can't hide it from him anyway.

But even after making many turns, he is about to reach his destination now. After the leader Tania said "here." Joshua and his party stopped.

They finally came to the underground living area of ​​the rune dwarves. (To be continued.)