The Legend of Fatality

Bai En looked out from the fortress. Below him, the entire valley is a dwarf town, but his eyes are fixed on the huge central building, which he now knows has an airship. Beside him, Guerrero leaned against the battlement. He rested his head on his burly arms, which were folded on the parapet. His axe was lying nearby.

Under them, Bai En can see a long row of dwarves line up in front of the gate of the central hangar. A small but powerful steam engine moves along the track to the entrance. He picked up the telescope that Warwick had lent him and stuck it to his eyes. A twist of his hand made the scene clearly visible. He recognized Snowry, the merchants Ogsson and Warwick very far away. They stood in front of a row of dwarves, almost like a group of standing soldiers.

Above the hangar stood a huge steel tower with flags flying on its pillars. This is a majestic building, rather than a fortification, it is a spider web made of beams. At the top of the tower, it appears to be a log cabin or an observation post, surrounded by a corridor with a balcony.

Somewhere in the distance, the whistle blew its lonely roar. Next to the hangar, an engineer pulled a huge lever. Then the surrounding pistons started to rise and fall. The huge gear turned. Steam leaked from those huge pipes, which were repaired in a hurry after the battle the day before. Slowly, the top of the hangar opened. The roof slid open on both sides and folded to the side of the building. In the end, a huge structure appeared in people's vision, like an incredible giant butterfly drilled out of a giant cocoon.

Bai En immediately understood that as long as he was alive, he would never forget the first time he saw the airship. This is the most impressive thing he has ever seen. The dwarf below slowly untied the thick cable, and the airship rose into the air like a giant balloon. At first, Bane only saw a small dome on the top of the workshop and a huge fin-shaped tail behind. Then, just like a whale on the northern sea surface, the wide part of the airship rose from below in an instant.

It's like watching a new volcanic island be born in the endless ocean. The huge hull is almost as long as the hangar, and it slopes down smoothly, just like the beach of the island extends to the sea. As the ship continued to ascend, Bai En discovered that the first impression was wrong because it had reached the widest point, and the hull bent inward again, turning into a smooth cylinder. There are four huge fins at the stern of the ship, like arrows of a crossbow.

Below its belly is a small cylindrical structure made of riveted metal. In this smaller structure, there are portholes. Cannons, rotors, and other mechanical devices protruding from the portholes can only be guessed by Bain. He pointed the telescope at it and saw that this smaller structure resembled a hull. In front of the airship is a huge glass window. Through this door, he could see Mark Kevin-Marcaison standing in front of the console. There are many engineers around him.

Obviously, the real ship is the smaller hull with a strong structure dangling below, and the larger structure above is similar to the airbag of the ship ’s sail or hot air balloon to some extent. Not part of the living or working class below.

Bai En slowly came up with a strange idea. He didn't know why, but he found himself immediately attracted by the idea. He knew clearly that even if he had only one chance to do so in his life, he had to board the ship. This idea filled him with worry and curiosity. He glanced at Gray Logan, who was also watching him with all his attention.

"Are you really thinking about riding this ... airship, through the waste land left behind by the evil invasion?" Asked Bai En.

"Yes, humans."

"Do you expect me to go with you?"

"No. This is your choice."

Bai En looked at the dwarf. Guerrerogan didn't mention Bai's oath, perhaps because he felt that he didn't need to be reminded, or because he sincerely allowed Bai to choose. Even after so long, Bai En still has a hard time seeing his thoughts.

"You've tried crossing the wilderness with Boreck and others before."

"Yes."

Bai En tapped the cold battlements with his fingers. Silenced for a long time, when Brian thought the dwarf would not speak again, Guerrerogan spoke again.

"I was still young and stupid at the time. Many of us, young dwarves, thought highly of us. We listened to the story of Gunter Grimm and the lost weapon told by Borek, and if we found How these weapons will make our people great again. Others warn us that this pursuit is crazy, will not have any benefit, and is an impossible task. But we will not listen to them. We think ourselves Know more than they do. "

"Even if we fail, we tell ourselves that we will fail gloriously because we try to restore the pride of our people. If we die, we will sacrifice our lives for a worthy cause without having to endure it anymore. The long and slow years that eroded our kingdom and our blood relatives. Like I said, we are fools, and only fools have confidence. We do n’t know where we are in. This is a crazy pursuit, But we long for some glory promised by Borek. "

Bai En sighed. He didn't want to discuss too much about the dwarf's pursuit of glory. Even humans would easily give their lives for glory. He thought about it and decided to change the subject.

"Hammer of Fate-What is it?"

"It's a big warhammer, about the length of your forearm, but much heavier. The head is made of smooth, impervious rock with deep runes engraved on it-"

"I mean, why is it so important to your people?" If Bai En doesn't understand each other, he may suspect that Guerrero is trying to avoid this topic.

"This is a sacred object. When the world was still young, the ancestors inscribed it with the name of the rune master. Some of us thought it contained the luck of our people and lost it. , We brought a curse to ourselves, and we can only eliminate the curse by retrieving it. Indeed, our race has not developed smoothly since the hammer was lost. "

"Do you really believe that bringing it back will change everything?" Bai En asked. "Please forgive me for the next words, but even after a brutal war, it will take twenty or thirty years for humans to recover. And Dwarves, as far as I know, you have experienced more and more tragic wars. Perhaps this is the reason why your race has not developed smoothly. "

Grey Logan slowly shook his head. "Maybe. Maybe not. Retrieving this hammer may bring new confidence to this nation that has suffered so much in the past few centuries. Maybe the weapon itself will release its magic and help us again. Maybe not. Even if there is no curse, the hammer of fate is said to be a terrible weapon capable of releasing lightning and killing the most powerful enemies. I do n’t know what it can bring, humans. But I know this is a difficult task, It is worthwhile to sacrifice for such a task. If we can find Guntergrim. If we can cross the wasteland. "

"Why don't you rest well? Go to breed offspring, to unite with other dwarf kingdoms. Your hometown-there is so fertile land around that mountain, so dangerous to defend. But how many dwarves are there? Five hundred? You? Do you know how many dwarfs there are on Fatalin Island? Now that it may be close to 30,000, the Golden Shield dwarves wisely chose a place where they can rest and recuperate. Perhaps the dwarves who chose to leave the mountains are more wise than the dwarves who are still in their own kingdom.

"Too much hatred, too much old debt. And every dwarf kingdom thinks that it can solve enemies and clear its resentment on its own. Even if-no, no one can really unite all dwarf kingdoms again. As I said before, if the hammer of destiny is recovered, maybe all of this will change. "

"I don't think anything can be changed with a hammer," Bai En pulled out the "spirit" around his waist. "The ones you said-to release lightning and kill the most powerful enemies, this sword can also do it. If I give this sword to the dwarf, can I change the dwarf? "

"No," Guerrerogan stared at the long sword in Bae's hand, and a faint current flashed occasionally on the long sword. "Because this sword was cast by elves, no dwarf would recognize it."

"Okay," Bai En said confessingly. "So why not go crazy and have children? The advantage of the population may not be obvious at the beginning, but with time, especially your long-lived race, when the population reaches a certain number , It will become a huge advantage, enough to overwhelm all advantages. This is what can really change everything. "Bai En suddenly thought of it, frowning and asked. "To be honest, what about women among you? I have only seen a few female dwarfs for so long. And now it seems that women are extremely rare among the dwarfs in Fatalin Island. But I can be sure that this is definitely not the case. Because of the scarcity of female dwarfs. "

"No one will tell you, at least no dwarf will tell you where the women are." Grerogan said angrily. "As friends ... companions, I can tell you that they are all in the safest place to be with the children. No one can find them unless we are all dead."

"Why?" Bai En didn't understand the dwarves' thoughts, but he did only see some dwarf women in high positions. Most are sacrifices.

Guerrerogan closed his mouth, meaning nothing at all.

"Okay, what about the axe?" Bai En admitted again. "Can this be explained to me?"

"I know less about this. It is as old as the hammer, but few people have seen it. It is always kept in a secret holy place and will only be Gangtegg when it is the most dangerous. It is used by the senior rune masters of Reim. It has been put into battle less than twelve times in the past three thousand years. There are some rumors that it is Greiny ’s lost axe. But only the senior rune master of Gunter Grimm I know the truth, but I guess he is dead. When the evil swallowed that place, he disappeared. "

Bane knew that Greni was the **** of war believed by the dwarves, but most of the dwarves' deities were said to be their ancestors, and they also became ancestors. But the weapons used by God and the weapons used by the ancestors still seem to be very different. For example, this hand in Bai En ’s hand, if he has offspring, the offspring thousands of years later will hold this weapon, it will become more than Is it more powerful now in the hands of Bai En? Or is it more powerful in the hands of the night owl than in his ancestors? Bai En has always believed that everything will eventually disappear, and any strong things will become weaker and weaker as time goes on.

"Is the waste soil that bad?" Bai En said once again to change the subject.

"It's more terrifying than you think. It's even more terrifying. Some people claim that they are the entrance to hell. Some people claim that they are the land of contact between **** and the earth. Although it is unbelievable, I think it can be believed. I haven't seen it in my life. It's worse than this. "

"But you still want to go back!"

"What are my options, human? I swear to find my death. Old Boreck and Snowry, and even that little Warwick, will leave. How can I stay? If I stay, people will remember Stay me is the oath refusing to follow Borek to find Guntergrim. "

"Maybe your dwarves became like this because they took the oath too much." Bai En said angrily, hearing Gray Rogan's doubts, or admitting that he considered accompanying the great scholar Borek ~ www. NovelMTL.com ~ Just because others will remember his way, it seems strange. He is usually so terrible, so firm, so most of the time Bai En sees him as something more terrible than humans, more like a primitive force. On the other hand, Grerogan is also a dwarf, and his good reputation means more to him, even to the most proud human beings. At this point, the older race is indeed unfamiliar to Bai En.

"Maybe, humans do n’t seem to care about the old vows and old debts, and you are indeed strong. But I ’m not human, and if we succeed, our name will stay in the legend forever, just like the dwarves mining under the mountain Same long. If we fail— "

"You will die," Bai En said sarcastically.

"Oh, no, humans. Not in the wasteland after an evil invasion. There, you can really find a fate worse than death."

The two were silent for a while. Bai En didn't want to ask what was worse than death, but he didn't know how to let the conversation go on. So he finally asked the first question in his mind.

"In the wasteland. Have you seen the Black Tower?"

Guerrerogan looked up and stared at Baeen, seeming extremely surprised. Baeen had never seen such an expression.

"Have you seen? What happened?" Bai En asked.

"Yes, I have seen it. But you never want to know."

As this conversation ended, Guerrerogan was silent, and it was clear that he did not want to speak anymore.

"Come on," Bai En waited for a while, making sure that Grey Rogan wouldn't tell himself about Black Tower, and then said. "If we are going, we better go down and meet other people."