Chapter 750, Valaya Sadly

The fall of Iron Rock brought the expeditionary army the last rich harvest. Hundreds of tons of obsidian were urgently transported back to Haimen Pass. This extremely precious ore has been refined. It is very strong and can be enchanted. It is rare The superior material, whether it is making war machines, making weapons, making armor equipment or even city walls and fortresses, obsidian has amazing value.

However, only Iron Rock produced obsidian in the Old World, which had been lost to the Greenskins for many, many years in the era of catastrophe. Otherwise, the great engineer at Haimen Pass would not have thought of going to the New World to find obsidian.

Now, the obsidian mined by the greenskins in the Iron Rock has been seized by Ryan and the others, and the accumulation of the Iron Claw tribe for hundreds of years has become the spoils of the expeditionary army. Ryan even found the last legend in the Iron Rock. Er led the Elector Eldrad's Elector Golden Crown, and Ryan decided to return it to the Empire after a little thought.

After capturing Iron Rock, Ryan chose to plunder and destroy as always. This greenskin fortress with a history of thousands of years was destroyed, and then the army began to break out of camp and slowly move south.

The army began to suffer.

Skarsnik sent a large number of wolf cavalry to constantly harass and attack the supply line of the army. The cunning goblin wolf cavalry can come and go freely in the bad land. Skarsnik gave up fighting the army head-on, but let go Ryan and Bellegar went south, hit and run, all kinds of ambushes, traps, eliminated the vanguard and scouts, and slowly disintegrated and divided the confidence and number of this expeditionary army.

The expeditionary army encountered difficulties. The further south they went, the worse the environment in the bad land, the less water and forage, and the logistics depended on the supply from the direction of Haimenguan-Army Fort. However, after being attacked continuously, Ryan and Bellegar had to allocate another 5,000 people to protect the logistics route.

After losing 1,500 pioneers in a row, Ryan had no choice but to order the expeditionary force to slow down and march slowly to prevent being ambushed.

The hot and dry climate caused many soldiers to fall ill, and the consequences of acclimatization began to appear. There were many non-combat attrition in the army. There were fewer and fewer green fortresses along the way, and there were very few things that could be looted. The morale of the army gradually decreased. In a downturn, Ryan hoped to win a few battles to boost his confidence, but the cunning Skarsnik didn't give it a chance at all. On the contrary, it planned to consume Ryan and the others, and the green skins kept rolling in all directions in the whole badland Later, the expeditionary army fought several encounters, each with losses, but they did not encounter Skarsnik's main force.

From Iron Rock to Valaya Sadly, the expeditionary force traveled for about three months.

Skarsnik repeatedly set up ambushes, but Belgar saw through them all. The scouts and reconnaissance armies of the two sides fought against each other several times. However, it was clear that the expeditionary army, caught in the green-skinned ocean, was getting more and more difficult and hot. , desert, dry, rugged terrain and complex and changeable climate have tortured this expeditionary force, every step forward,

have to pay a huge price.

In August, when the scorching heat gradually receded, and when the expeditionary force arrived in the sad place of Valaya, the total number of troops left was less than 30,000.

Fortunately, the Unicorn Guard sent by Francois arrived at the front line with 5,000 people and a large amount of supplies. They provided a certain amount of reinforcements. The wounded soldiers withdrew, and the merchants took away the captured and looted goods. Packed lightly, when the army finally approached Valaya's sad land in late August, Belega carefully surveyed the terrain and immediately saw through the many ambushes set by Skarsnik. The King of Eight Peaks and the King of Knights went into battle in person. Annihilate the thousand goblin wolf cavalry ambushing in the mountain road behind.

Immediately afterwards, Bellega, who was very familiar with the topography of the Roof of the World, led the expeditionary force to bypass Skarsnik's ambush circle through a secret passage, and entered the sad place of Valaya first. Under the command of Bellega, the magic crystal cannon The bombardment hit the weakest wall of the Greenskin Fortress, directly causing the wall to collapse. While Skarsnik was still waiting for the expeditionary force to enter the ambush, Ryan and Bellega had already taken the lead and entered the sad place of Valaya. Annihilated the 3,000 greenskin defenders here, and set up an ambush to wait for the prophesied greenskin back attack.

However, the situation was surprising. Seeing that his ambush did not work, Skarsnik unexpectedly chose to retreat and disappeared into the bad land. In this way, the two sides tried back and forth for three months, and it was always a small-scale Confrontation.

The exhausted expeditionary army was also unable to pursue the green skins that disappeared in the badlands. The army withdrew into Valaya's Sorrow, and camped in the hall of the dwarven ancestors deep in the mountains.

After setting up camp, Ryan and Bellegar both knew that there was no time to delay. Ryan led a vanguard army of about 5,000 people, and Bellega led a vanguard army of about 2,000 people, and began to explore where the Gate of Valaya was. Karard led and stationed in the hall of the ancestors, waiting for Ryan's signal.

Now, in the deep and wide dwarven underground tunnel, Veronica and Orika are behind Ryan, and Belega is followed by the chief engineer of the Angrund clan, Hal Haval, the gold digger and chief talisman. Text craftsman Slud - the honest man, the army marched slowly in the underground tunnel with torches.

The light was very dim, and there were no enemies around for the time being. Impris the Griffon followed Lion, Belegar walked beside Lion, and Thrud, the honest man, the chief rune craftsman of the Angrund clan, was looking ahead. , the ancient dwarven runes and the waystones that have become very gray guide the direction of the army.

"Groni's beard, I can feel that something has desecrated the tunnel of our ancestors." Bellegar said to Ryan and the others: "It is a very dirty and corrosive force. Obviously, before us, Someone has already been to this place, it's strange, when the master rune craftsman closed this tunnel, it was already sealed."

In the faint light of the fire, the human army looked around nervously. Veronica released a small flaming head from time to time to illuminate the zenith of the underground tunnel. The army walked slowly. They had been marching for several hours, Ryan Holding Thor's Hammer in his hand, he hung the Nemesis on his waist. After several months of marching, the Knight King's face was already weathered, but his spirit seemed to be good: "It seems that we really have to face There is a new enemy, Brother Belgar, can you confirm what power polluted the runes?"

"I don't know, if Sorek Iron Eyebrow is here, he should be able to feel it, but I'm not a master runesmith." Bellegar was a little helpless about this: "Sorek told me about this road, He warned me not to take this path unless absolutely necessary, as it seemed to hold secrets about the Valaya ancestors."

"Uh, then won't we arouse the hatred of the master rune craftsman if we go this way?" Ryan was a little embarrassed. The reinforcements from the direction of Iron Peak Fort were an important help in the battle of Bafeng Mountain.

"No, my ancestor, the heroic spirit of King Loen allowed me to do this." Bellega sighed: "I used to think that even if I died, I would not use the holy relic of my ancestors, but After experiencing so much, I already understand that it may not be the original intention of the ancestors to shelve the sacred objects of the ancestors and enshrine them. An evil ritual, and that's the real shame."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded.

The three main gods of the dwarves are Granny, Valaya, and Grimnir. The three main gods have been introduced in the previous article, so I won’t repeat them here.

The three main gods of the dwarves once really served as the supreme ruler and ruled the dwarves for thousands of years. Among them, Valaya was the common wife of Granny and Grimnir (so the dwarves formed this tradition), and after the invasion of Chaos was After the end of Alario, Grimnir, the god of war among the three main gods of the dwarves, decided to lead a small team to the Chaos Wasteland to close the portal of the Old Saint. At that time, all the ancestors of the dwarves opposed it, but Grimnir It well reflects the stubborn character of the dwarf in his bones. He insisted on going, and then disappeared in the Chaos Wasteland.

Grone and Varaya were distressed by their dereliction of duty. After that, Grone decided to pass on to their eldest son, Snorri-Whitebeard. After 302 years, Grone and Varaya Leading the army of dwarven ancestor gods to the Chaos Wasteland, trying to close the portal again, the remaining dwarves elected Snorri Whitebeard as the first high king of the dwarves.

It is worth mentioning that the Elven Empire (not yet divided at the time) established a close alliance with the dwarves during this period. Snorri-Whitebeard met Malekith, the son of the first Phoenix King, when he was fighting against the Chaos army in the wild , and forged a deep friendship together in hunting and destroying the last Chaos army left in the old world. Later, the trade between elves and dwarves became increasingly prosperous, and the dwarves discovered more and more mineral veins, thus building many new fortresses.

At that time, Malekith and Snorri-Whitebeard had such a good relationship that they could wear a pair of trousers (unfortunately the size did not match), and they could open the door to see what the other was doing. Malekith also became the diplomatic ambassador of the Elven Empire to Eternal Peak. , Later, when Snorri-Whitebeard died (Snorri was over a thousand years old when the two sides met, and Snorri was over two thousand years old when Malekith became ambassador), the first High King still held the horse Malekith's hand, telling him to keep the covenant in mind and not to betray, Malekith also agreed very seriously.

Sure enough, things like elves are untrustworthy.

"Many parts of the ley line network roads have been in disrepair for a long time, and the best protected parts are barely passable. After thousands of years, many ley line network roads have collapsed due to earthquakes and landslides, and some parts have also collapsed due to earthquakes and landslides. It fell due to the attack of foreign enemies." Bellegar carefully checked the direction of the tunnel: "Oh, I recognize these ancient marks, they came from the hands of God Gronnizu, Slud, it's up to you."

"Leave it to me." The rune craftsman Slud - the honest man came up and interpreted the runes in detail. Only the blood of Groni can become a rune craftsman. Find the correct one in the mine.

After spending several hours, Slud-Honest finally found the direction: "That's right, it's here, this road will lead to the Gate of Valaya."

"Let's keep up!" Ryan immediately signaled the army to follow Sluder. The human army and the dwarf army united together and walked cautiously towards the depths of the ley line network.

"God, I hate burrowing, it makes me feel like a dwarf." Veronica followed behind Ryan. The flames illuminated the surrounding environment. Even the light fire witch with the strength of the sanctuary, Witch Jialan still felt extremely uncomfortable with this humid and dark environment. Judging from the expression on her face, she was very uncomfortable.

"Oh, Ms. Veronica, if you are a female dwarf, there will definitely be many dwarf boys chasing you." Bellega made a joke. The king of Eight Peaks Mountain also knows that human beings are really not used to the underground environment. He went on: "Unfortunately you're not pretty enough, and you're not attractive enough... well, I mean, you're a failure as a female dwarf."

"Hehehe~" Ryan couldn't help laughing.

Among the dwarves, female dwarves only account for 10-20 of the total population of dwarves. Therefore, female dwarves are regarded as the key to the inheritance and reproduction of the dwarf family. Any female dwarf will only receive the best protection and the highest level of ration. The dwarf society is In a typical patriarchal society, men are responsible for daily work, forging, and war, and female dwarves are only responsible for housework and raising children.

Due to the small number of female dwarves, only the most powerful warriors and the highest-level craftsmen and engineers have the opportunity to marry wives (sometimes brothers and sisters together marry a wife), in dwarf society, strong, thick, full of Muscular, gourd-shaped female dwarves with strong waists are recognized as "the most attractive", and if a female dwarf wants to marry, the husband must have a beard that can wrap around the female dwarf's waist, and he must be able to take out at least the same weight. Only gold would do. A human woman with a voluptuous figure like Veronica, with fair skin, beautiful skin and long legs, is a standard ugly woman in the eyes of dwarves.

The dwarf Angrund clan said more than once that the Ryan brothers are good in everything, but their aesthetics are very problematic.

It is worth mentioning that female dwarves are forbidden to leave the place of residence at will after marriage, and are also prohibited from engaging in the same jobs as male dwarves. What they have to do is to manage money, housekeeping and bear children. A female dwarf has a very long reproductive age. There will be many children in a lifetime. Ryan heard that the female dwarf with the most Angrund clan has given birth to thirty-five children in her lifetime, five of which are girls.

"When I knew this, I was trembling with anger. My whole body was sweating on a hot day, my hands and feet were cold, the chaos was empty, and Slaanesh was rushing in my hand. Can this world be better? How can you be satisfied? Tears were shed uncontrollably Come out, the world is full of oppression, when can we really stand up?" Ryan said with a smile.

"...You bastard, I don't want to talk to you now, get out of here." Veronica gave Ryan a blank look.

Over time, the army entered a huge underground mine, which was obviously another ancestor hall of the dwarves, but it has been abandoned for a long time.

The army entered the Hall of Ancestors, and Sluder - the honest man identified the ancient rune stone. He spent nearly 30 minutes to confirm it carefully, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "Yes, it is here, all the roads leading to Bafeng Mountain Among the leylines in the world, only here is still intact, but..."

"But?" Before Ryan came to this giant gate, the highway leading directly to Bafeng Mountain was completely sealed by a gate composed of stone walls. Very, very ancient runes and a mural were engraved on the gate. The gate is more than twenty meters high and nearly fifty meters wide, enough for three dwarf armies to pass side by side.

"But we need to know the secret word." Now, under the power of the runesmith, it began to glow.

Hundreds of dazzling stars surround a world, a golden phoenix-shaped crown stands in the middle of two big trees, and underneath is an anvil and a hammer, the branches of the big tree seem to be alive Earth wound round the door, forming a series of words, half Elvish, half Dwarven.

"Oh my God, it's the seal of Grannie!" Bellegar said in surprise: "This door has a history of at least five thousand years, Brother Lane, come and see, those sharp ears wrote on the door some what?"

"Friend, you can pass by just opening your mouth." Ryan looked at the elf text, and he looked at the dwarf language again: "It's the same here."

"Friend?" Bellegar obviously remembered the disgraceful history, and he waved the hammer of Angrund in his hand angrily: "Who is friends with these pointy ears!"

"Friend?" Ryan thought for a moment, he suddenly thought of something, the king immediately rushed to the gate, and shouted in Elven language: "Friend!"

The door didn't budge.

"Let me try?" Bellegar came up, and he said a lot of content in dwarf language, including the name of the main dwarf god, Bellegar's family orders, ancestral oath and some deep-seated hatred, including all the names of the Eight Peaks Mountain Fortress.

The door remained unresponsive.

"Strange." Bellegar got a little impatient: "Damn it, Granny's hammer, what secret word did the ancestors set on this gate?"

Everyone studied at the gate for nearly 30 minutes, but still found nothing.

Ryan was still thinking hard, but Olika came up from behind. The dark elf stood on tiptoe and kissed Ryan on the face, smiling and beckoning Ryan to get out of the way: "Master, you all made a mistake."

Before Olika walked to the gate of the ancestors, she changed her tone, using the language of the ancient elf empire, and said softly beside the gate full of emotion: "Our friend~"

Above the gate, the Grande master rune and the Valaya master rune flashed successively, and the dwarves stepped back or dropped to one knee in awe.

"Boom~" The ancestor's gate began to vibrate and shine brightly. The gears and pulleys that had not been opened for thousands of years began to work. The huge sound echoed deep in the ground. Just as the dwarves and human allied forces cheered in unison, behind them , Right at the place where it came in, a gust of incomparably dry wind suddenly blew, mixed with green skin roars and growls.

Thousands of greenskin troops appeared at the gate of the Hall of the Ancestors.

Skarsnik and its evil moon tribe, have arrived.

"Ready to fight!"