Chapter 403 Dwarf Movements
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The continent of Eslaze is divided by the Warcraft Mountains. The eastern part is mostly human territory, while the western part is the territory of various alien races. Only the elves and dwarves are slightly different. The elves used to be distributed all over the continent in the form of tribes, but now most of them have thrown themselves into the arms of the Dark Night Empire.
Although the dwarves also mostly exist in the form of tribes, they can be said to live together. Most of the dwarves live in the hills around the Warcraft Mountains. Only the Dark Iron Dwarves live in human countries to practice their forging skills.
In the west of the Wind Whispering Forest, in a wide hilly area, there is a tallest hill. The Elders' House of the Hill Dwarves is located here. At this time, the Elders' House, which is usually very quiet, was filled with quarrels.
"The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. We are the closest to the Dark Night Empire. We should act quickly to grab the Heart of Eternity!" A rough voice sounded, talking about the issue of the Heart of Eternity.
And then, his remarks were refuted by different people.
"Huh, grab it? That's easy to say! We are a small hill dwarf tribe. I'm afraid we can't even defeat the ordinary elves in the Dark Night Empire, let alone those ancient elves who call themselves Night Elves. Your idea is simply a way to death!"
At the same time, another heavy voice sounded at the same time, refuting the words of the first person. "Nonsense! Elder Monte, has your brain been drilled by a pangolin? The Night Elves have done a great favor to my Demon Killing Tribe, and we will never repay kindness with grievances!"
The one who confronted Elder Monte like a needle against a wheat spike was Gargant, who was once hunted by Setes and then rescued by the Night Elves. Nowadays, after a period of development and the support of the night elves, Gargant's demon-killing tribe has become very powerful and has occupied a place in the entire hill dwarf tribe.
And Gargant himself has become an elder of the hill dwarf tribe and participated in the meeting of the Council of Elders.
The Holy Emperor revealed the news about the Heart of Eternity not only to the various kingdoms and empires of mankind. Even some powerful alien races almost learned at the same time that the night elves might have collected all the components of the Heart of Eternity, and they couldn't help but be moved.
As one of the three major subspecies of the dwarves, the hill dwarves naturally also learned of this news. In response, the Hill Dwarf Council of Elders quickly initiated a meeting and began to discuss matters related to the Heart of Eternity.
Elder Monte is the leader of a large tribe in the westernmost part of the hill dwarves. He advocates getting the Heart of Eternity to strengthen the strength of the hill dwarves. But there are not many elders who agree with him. Most of the hill dwarf elders wisely chose to be in the same camp with Gargant.
Gargante stood up - although as a dwarf, he looked even more imposing when he stood up.
"Elder Monte, the night elves relied on the strength of their own tribe not long ago to fight back and forth in the most powerful human Holy Lion Empire, and even captured the Holy Imperial Capital. The hill dwarves are far inferior to the Holy Lion Empire. You actually want us to go to war with the night elves?"
"What Elder Monroe said just now is right. The Dark Night Empire is not an ordinary elf. It can compete with or even defeat the Holy Lion Empire. If the hill dwarves go to war with the Dark Night Empire, they will be wiped out in less than a week."
As Gargante spoke, he walked in front of Elder Monte. He wanted to look down at him, but he could only look at him straight, and his mouth kept talking.
"What's more, unlike the humans who used to bully the tribes of Eslaze, the elves and our dwarves have a good relationship. My Demon Slayer Tribe is composed of dwarves rescued by Lady Tyrande. If the Hill Dwarves want to go to war with the Dark Night Empire, my Demon Slayer Tribe will be the first to serve as a pawn - a pawn of the Dark Night Empire!"
This remark was powerful, but it embarrassed the elders present. What's going on? An elder of the Hill Dwarves is willing to fight against his own tribe for a foreign tribe? If it were normal times, he would have killed him!
It's just that the current Demon Slayer Tribe is no longer what it used to be, and its strength is strong. What Gargant said was not without reason, which made Elder Monte blush and unable to refute. Moreover, the Hill Dwarves were actually in the wrong for holding this meeting. It was really difficult for the honest dwarves to act like robbers - of course, Thresh was an exception.
The elders also knew Gargant's past experiences and knew that the night elves had reborn the demon-killing tribe. At that time, the hill dwarves themselves were unable to do anything to Setes and the elders were all ashamed of Gargant, and they could not speak out to rebuke Gargant's remarks at this time.
Elder Monte blushed, and finally muttered for a long time, and finally spoke in a low voice.
"I also know that I shouldn't have such thoughts, but you also know the current situation. My tribe is at the westernmost end of our hill dwarf territory, and the pressure it is under is the greatest! I am so anxious that I can't drink any more wine, so I want to get the Heart of Eternity to strengthen my strength."
The elders were silent for a while. Gargant, who had just joined the Elders' Council, was a little confused, and looked at the elders with a puzzled wooden pipe.
Elder Monroe, who had previously refuted Elder Monte, saw Gargant's puzzled eyes and explained to Gargant softly.
"Elder Gargant, your tribe is located in the easternmost part, so you don't know about these things. For more than a year, the orcs in the west of the Monster Mountain Range have made many changes, and even began to invade our territory from time to time to plunder."
"Elder Monte's tribe is located at the border between our tribe and the orcs. It has been plundered by the orcs several times, and the pressure is too great. It is also because he is anxious to solve the increasingly fierce invasion of the orcs that he has come up with that bad idea. Please don't blame Elder Gargant."
Gargant finally understood. He joined the Elder Council because the Demon Killing Tribe and himself were greatly strengthened with the help of the Night Elves, and the Hill Dwarf Elder Council felt guilty about him, so he became an elder. He was originally in the middle and lower levels, and he didn't know the problems that the Hill Dwarfs were facing now.
But now that he knows, he has no solution. The orcs are powerful. Although they are not as strong as the sum of human forces, they are even stronger than the Holy Lion Empire. The hill dwarves have almost no resistance in front of the orcs, and it is not certain whether the combined strength of the entire dwarfs can protect themselves.
After a moment of silence, Gargant continued to speak.
"So that's it. Elder Monte, I misunderstood you, but I absolutely do not agree to snatch the Eternal Heart of the Dark Night Empire - let alone the authenticity of this news, even if it is true, does it mean that the orcs are terrible and the Dark Night Empire is not strong?"
"I think that instead of repaying kindness with resentment and offending the Dark Night Empire to seek the Eternal Heart, which is unknown, it is better for our hill dwarves to throw themselves into the arms of the Dark Night Empire. With the protection of the Dark Night Empire, the invasion of the orcs will never be a disaster again!"
Gargant had seen Yu Fei's huge body, so he always believed that the ancient elf Dark Night tribe was the most powerful. In addition to the grace of the Night Elves for saving his life and the grace of helping him realize his dream, he can almost be regarded as a diehard of the Night Elves.
His proposal caused an uproar in the Elders' Council. Almost as soon as he opened his mouth, several hot-tempered dwarf elders accused him of being a traitor to his tribe, and even proposed to expel Gargant.
But Gargant was unmoved, and just looked at more elders who were silent and in deep thought, with expectations in his eyes.
Seeing that many elders were still hesitating, Gargant added fuel to the fire.
"Elders, can't you see the current situation of the underground dwarves? As a subspecies of the dwarves, the underground dwarves have long cooperated with the Dark Night Empire and mined minerals for the Dark Night Empire. The Dark Night Empire also ensured that the underground dwarves were not bullied, so that they, who were originally not as good as us hill dwarves, lived a rich and happy life."
"Now we are threatened by orcs, why don't we throw ourselves into the arms of the Dark Night Empire like the underground dwarves? I believe that the Dark Night Empire will never treat us unfairly!"
Many elders were shocked and cast their eyes on the expectant Gargant.
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