Chapter 75: Greybeard's Secret

There was a faint smell of sulfur in the air.

The environment in the Underdark is very harsh, and some places even have underground volcanoes that may erupt at any time, especially when they are close to the cities of the gray dwarves, the faint smell of sulfur is even more obvious. The gray dwarves have inherited the usual attitude of the dwarves, and they like to build cities near volcanoes, or just dig through the ground to draw out the underground magma. In terms of forging skills, the gray dwarf's technology is far superior to that of the surface dwarves, because here you can often meet master blacksmiths who can forge +3 and +4 weapons.

But it's a pity that the weapons in the Underdark are made of special materials, and many of them have to be turned into scrap iron when they are brought to the surface world.

The duergar are the best source of slaves in the Underdark, and they have been ruled by mind flayers for quite a long time. Although they are now out of the mind flayer's control, there are still a large number of captured duergar slaves inside the drow cities. Slavery is deeply ingrained in this race, and even if they break free from the mind flayers' control, they are still regarded by many creatures as a source of slavery. In a drow city, the number of duergar slaves may reach two tenths of the total population.

The light dimmed again.

Sauron heard the sound of spring water flowing in his ears. After passing through a towering stone forest, a white mist appeared in front of their eyes.

Sauron remembered this place.

Although the environment in the Underdark is very harsh, there is also one good thing!

spa.

In fact, there are many hot springs that can be developed in the Underdark Region, and this one is the largest open-air sulfur hot spring nearby. The drows admire intrigues, the gray dwarves have iron lumps in their heads, and the mainstream races in the Underdark seem to be unaware of the value of hot springs. In the end, it was simply developed by a team of adventurers from the surface world, turning it into a gathering point for exploring the underdark region for rest and entertainment.

"The water here seems to be good!"

Lolilong closed her eyes and took a sniff. It seems to like the smell of sulfur a little bit. The temperature of the spring water is actually quite high, about 50 degrees, but it can be ignored for a giant dragon. The little loli took a sip of the spring water, then turned around and stared at Sauron with wide eyes, wishing to say, "Sauron! Can I take a bath here?"

The Underdark has no sun.

So it's easy to lose track of time. Many cities in the Underdark have a light source, which is actually some sort of glowing obelisk. Sauron roughly calculated the time for the journey, then nodded lightly and said, "Let's rest here for an hour, and I'll go prepare some food."

After speaking, he raised his foot and kicked the gray dwarf next to him.

The gray dwarf followed up fearfully, and when he found an open space, Sauron turned around to look at him and said in a deep voice, "Is the furnace in Glex City still lit?"

fire?

The gray dwarf looked a little dazed. But he nodded quickly and said, "The furnace fire in Glex City has never been extinguished."

Is it still on?

Sauron fell into deep thought when he heard the words, then nodded and said, "Go and build a bonfire to prepare food yourself. I don't think you are so stupid as to want to run away, right?"

The gray dwarf nodded quickly.

Sauron glanced at him, and casually threw a torch over, allowing him to take out some dried meat.

"The fire in Glax City is still alive!"

Sauron sat down as if thinking about something. He murmured: "That means the artifact has not been completed yet! I don't know how long it will take for these gray dwarves to create that thing. But it should be before the holy catastrophe starts, right?"

Sauron was thinking about his own business.

After a while, the lithe figure of Lolilong came from behind.

"It's so comfortable!..."

Lolilong tidied her pale golden hair with her small white hands, tied it into a pair of beautiful double ponytails, then blinked her big eyes and looked at Sauron and said, "Aren't you going to wash it? The water below So comfortable! Soaking in it, the whole person is lazy."

Sauron shook his head lightly.

The group stayed in place for a while. Then continue on your way to your destination.

Before leaving, Sauron couldn't help looking at Glex City again. There is an artifact in this duergar city.

Or an artifact being made.

About ten years ago, the gray dwarves in this city discovered a mithril vein with a large amount of storage in the process of mining minerals. This is an astonishing amount of wealth, and if it is leaked out, it may even attract a frantic attack from the drow elves. So the ruler of Glex City [Greybeard] blocked the news for a while, and restricted all gray dwarf craftsmen who knew the truth to prevent them from leaving. Since then, the fire in Glex City has never been extinguished. Greybeard is using these mithril ore to forge a powerful piece of equipment.

Because they were once enslaved by mind flayers, many gray dwarves passively possess certain psychic powers.

Graybeard is the best of all gray dwarves!

He is not only a legendary level psionic warlock (professional level 21), but also a level 5 berserker and a level 5 wizard.

Greybeard made a piece of mithril chain mail.

An artifact-level armor that would not affect his spellcasting in the slightest, with runes engraved on each ring, all engraved by himself.

The specific attributes of this artifact Sauron is not clear.

However, he knew that the protective ability of this artifact-grade Mithril chain mail was equivalent to that of a full-body plate armor +3, and all the buckles of the entire Mithril chain mail were engraved with runes. Be attached to a lot of powerful spells. The most important point is that this mithril chain mail is as light as a feather, it will not interfere with the caster's battle at all, even a wizard can easily wear it. This is also the reason why it is obviously not forged by the gods, but it has reached the level of a divine weapon.

Gray beards are not easy to deal with.

What's more troublesome is that he is still the ruler of Glex City, and he is also a powerful legendary professional, so even though Sauron has plans for this artifact-level armor, he doesn't have any clear ideas.

But there should still be some time before the artifact is completed.

Sauron felt that if he could enter the realm of the gods, he might not have a chance to get this artifact-level armor. As a rogue and part-time wizard, it was not easy for Sauron to find a piece of armor that he could use. Graybeard may not be one of the most powerful characters in the Underdark, but he seems to be the only one in the entire Underdark who can forge magic equipment and alchemy to more than 400 points at the same time.

Getting closer and closer to the destination, Sauron finally saw the outline of an altar after solving some small troubles he encountered.

It is very dilapidated.

However, there are still powerful energy fluctuations around it.

The last element spar!

Sauron's expression couldn't help being a little excited, and at the same time, he turned and glanced at Lolilong next to him.

……………(to be continued ~^~)