Chapter 639 Dwarf

After passing through the maze, everything in front of me suddenly became clear—the narrow tunnel disappeared, replaced by an almost boundless underground cave, and in front of the towering mountain wall was a bottomless abyss that was almost like a cliff, but no one was in the mood to appreciate such a beautiful scenery.

"Hey, I say, what on earth is that?"

Jia Wei couldn't help but ask. She didn't act with Duanmu Huai much, or Jia Wei, who was sealed in the card most of the time, didn't know much about the outside world. But even so, she could still find the horror of those black warriors—at least Jia Wei was sure that each of them had the ability to kill her casually.

"That's our enemy, an enemy that we will inevitably encounter in the future."

Duanmu Huai looked at the underground city in the distance.

"Everything we do now is to lay a good foundation for fighting them."

At this point, Duanmu Huai's expression was a little solemn. Although it was just an illusion in his memory, it could explain a lot of problems. [Group Undressing] has no effect on them at all, [Old God Will] is directly immune, and only [Fear Aura] can affect them for one second.

The biggest possibility is that the levels of [God of Joy] and [Old God Will] are too low, and only [God of Destruction] has reached the middle power, which can barely fight against the black warriors. Because there is no player army in this world, Duanmu Huai can only rely on himself, so the only thing he can do is to upgrade the levels of his other two priesthoods as soon as possible, and find a priesthood that restrains the Corruption Stain.

To be honest, this is not an easy task.

"You want to fight that kind of thing, aren't you afraid of death?"

"For this world, death is already a beautiful blessing."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"First, this is my duty, and second... If I don't go to them, they will come to me."

It's only a matter of time before the Eye of Fear revives again, so for Duanmu Huai, this is basically a countdown task. Once the countdown is over, it doesn't matter whether you want it or not, because the other party will take the initiative to come to you to chat.

There is no way to hide.

"You are so unlucky to encounter such a monster."

"It is this world that is unlucky, not me. When they return, we will all die together. Don't think you can stay out of it."

"Uh... No way."

Hearing this, Jia Wei's face turned pale.

"Otherwise, why do you think I run around? Isn't it good to stay at home and relax?"

Duanmu Huai looked up at the sky silently at a 45-degree angle. This world is really an unlucky place, and he is also unlucky to travel to this world... But what else can he do? Now, apart from working hard to strengthen himself, he has no other way. Duanmu Huai is actually not good at large-scale army operations. He is not the kind of person who likes to command large-scale guild operations, so he has always acted alone.

In fact, Duanmu Huai hopes that the human empire can stand firm, and then the court of justice will be responsible for assistance---well, now this is all fantasy. In addition to self-reliance, he has no other choice.

Ogis doesn't seem to care about these. She just looks ahead quietly and then speaks.

"There is light."

"Oh?"

Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked forward. Sure enough, in the depths of the dark underworld, he saw a faint light. The orange-red, flame-like light was like a lighthouse in the dark, guiding everyone forward - or like a dangerous bait, luring the ignorant to rush towards destruction and death like moths.

Every time the door of the underground maze opens, it will lead to a different road. Duanmu Huai has never walked this road and doesn't know what is ahead.

"Let's go and see. I hope we have good luck."

Duanmu Huai cheered up at this moment. The confrontation with chaos is indeed easy to make people upset, especially considering the endless battles and deaths, but Duanmu Huai's advantage is that he doesn't pay much attention to these things that will happen in the future. He pays more attention to the present and the past, which is very similar to the ability he has obtained. It's just that Duanmu Huai doesn't worry about the future like the treacherous trick. For Duanmu Huai, the distant future is never a problem.

It will only be a problem when the future becomes present.

Now, Duanmu Huai's only thought is to find a city of gray dwarves, drow elves or mind flayers as soon as possible, and kill them in it, enjoying the miserable wailing and death of those dirty, corrupt, depraved and evil underground aliens.

Unfortunately, his luck is not good at all.

The stone door in front of him is huge and full of majesty, heavy and solid enough to resist all attacks. However, the creatures standing in front of Duanmu Huai are shorter than dwarves, and their thin bodies look like they have no sense of fighting. Although they hold spears and short swords, for Duanmu Huai, a group of cats and dogs have no deterrent power at all.

"It's a dwarf, what bad luck."

Duanmu Huai sighed silently. Most of the creatures living in the dark area are evil creatures, with only two races, one is dwarves and the other is dwarves.

Everyone knows the situation of dwarves. Mining, good at casting, and as stubborn as stone are the biggest stereotypes of outsiders about them, although it is not far from the facts.

Dwarves are a little different. They are optimistic by nature and like to carve gems, but there is another important point, that is, dwarves are one of the first races on this planet to conduct scientific experiments and industrialization.

In theory, once any civilized race masters industrialization, it should make rapid progress. But in fact, the strength of the dwarves is very subtle. It is lower than that of the dwarves, but it is enough to protect itself from being destroyed by other cities in the Underdark, but it stops there. And in theory, if the dwarves really have powerful mechanical manufacturing capabilities, then sweeping the entire Underdark is not a problem.

But they can't do it.

The reason is very simple, that is, the industrialization of the dwarves has never been smooth.

For example, the dwarves once created a crane to transfer large stones-considering their short and thin body, this is a very necessary demand.

In theory, this kind of thing is so easy to use that it should soon be popular among the dwarves, but the fact is not the case. This is different from the neurotic self-protection of the Mechanicus. The biggest problem with the dwarfs' invention is that it cannot be copied.

If a dwarf creates a machine, even if another dwarf uses the same materials, the same structure, and the same method to build it, it will still fail in the end.

This is a very strange thing, because according to the standards of industrialization, it should not be like this.

This is also one of the reasons why the technological level of the entire continent of Faerun and even this planet is not very high until now.

If Manalia and the Holy City are simply backward because they have not reached this level in a short time, then Faerun feels more like it is artificial.

In fact, it has long been circulated among players that the reason why Faerun cannot successfully carry out the industrial revolution is because of the gods. They clearly see the threat that the industrial revolution poses to the gods. The gods of this world need the power of faith, and once the civilization succeeds in industrialization, their dependence on the gods will decrease. Therefore, these gods have joined forces to cast a curse or enchantment on this world, resulting in any attempt to carry out the industrial revolution on this planet. Ending in vain, like the dwarfs, a machine cannot be perfectly replicated, even if the principle is known to manufacture, it will only fail or be accidentally destroyed.

Over time, the creatures of this world have become accustomed to this situation. In their common sense, this kind of "little thing" will always have various problems, and this is common sense, just as unshakable as apples falling from trees to the ground.

Well, Duanmu Huai has no interest in this, but he is a little disappointed to find a dwarf, at least it means that he can't carry out a heart-warming massacre in the city.

"Hey, little guy."

Duanmu Huai reached out and grabbed a guard, who struggled in his iron palm like a fat hamster.

"I'm not interested in your city, so I just want to ask a question, is there any good place nearby?"

"You, what are you talking about? What good place?"

"Drow, gray dwarves, mind flayers, goblins are OK, that damn, damn, evil race whose bodies should be burned forever in flames. I think you must know the situation nearby."

Duanmu Huai stared at the soldiers in front of him and asked in a low voice. At this moment, the other dwarves had raised their weapons and looked at Duanmu Huai in doubt. However, Duanmu Huai didn't care about the reaction of these dwarves. Ogis just sat on his shoulders and admired the gate in front of him, while Jia Wei stood behind Duanmu Huai, with two short swords flying up and down in her hands - she didn't hide her contempt for these dwarves at all.

At least in Jia Wei's opinion, these dwarves were far worse than the black iron giants who had just fought with Duanmu Huai.

Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, the guard trembled even more. The drow were the dwarves' great enemies, and the mind flayers were even more terrifying. The gray dwarves were relatively better, but the dwarves were unwilling to deal with them. He looked at Duanmu Huai as if he was looking at a madman - just like a human on the surface who was absurd and horrified when hearing someone say he was going to slay a dragon.

"Answer my question, dwarf. I'm not in a good mood right now."

The battle with the Black Legion just now made Duanmu Huai very upset. The aura of fear had begun to overflow around him, and the dwarves were also trembling at this moment. They even wanted to throw down their weapons and turn around and run.

"Your behavior is a bit rude, visitor."

At this moment, a voice sounded, and Duanmu Huai looked up, only to see the huge stone door open a crack, and then a dwarf walked out.

"I just came to ask for directions."

Duanmu Huai put down the dwarf guard in his hand.

"Give me an answer and I'll leave immediately, but I hope you won't deceive me. Although I have no hostility towards dwarves, the Inquisition will never tolerate deception."

"Aren't you afraid that I will lead you into the red dragon's cave and let its flames burn you to death?"

"If you can really show me a way to the red dragon's lair, I will be very grateful."

Duanmu Huai was telling the truth. Slaying a dragon is something that no player can do. If this dwarf really tricked him into the dragon's lair, he would be grateful to him too late.

"Strange person."

The dwarf captain stared at Duanmu Huai in confusion. He had seen many adventurers from outside, but none of them were as strange as their combination, and...very dangerous.

"I can give you a map, but it only shows the area around this city. You should understand that we will not risk going to those dangerous places."

"I understand. As long as we have a general direction, it will be enough. We can do the rest by ourselves."

At worst, we can just catch someone and interrogate him. This is the specialty of the Inquisitor.

"Okay, you... are not the first group of adventurers I have seen going deep into the Underdark, but I still want to remind you that the Underdark is more dangerous than you think."

"Thank you for your advice."

Duanmu Huai took the map handed over by the dwarf captain, nodded, and then turned to leave, while Jia Wei glanced at them and followed Duanmu Huai.

Seeing the three figures disappear in the shadows of the tunnel, all the dwarves breathed a sigh of relief.

"Stone, I thought I was going to die."

The dwarf soldier held by Duanmu Huai couldn't even stand up at this moment, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Okay, stand up, it's your responsibility to guard the city gate!"

The dwarf captain glanced at the figure that had disappeared in the tunnel, retracted his gaze and angrily scolded his subordinates.

He had a premonition that he would see him again in the future.