Chapter 458 Ice Stone City

Although Hess led his people to leave the Tower of Truth and fled directly to the War Committee, this does not mean that Hess and his group really withdrew from the Soul School and left the Tower of Truth. In fact, Hess and the others who fled with him are still spellcasters of the Tower of Truth and still belong to the Soul School.

Most of them did not intend to really join the War Committee. Even when they came to Donnar, they were sneaky and did not make a fuss.

Hess just found an excuse to go out and collect materials to avoid the limelight at the War Committee.

As for why this nonsense reason was passed, the reason is very simple. As a senior member of the Soul School, Hess applied for it himself and then approved it himself.

Except for Sophia and her mother who really planned to settle down in Donnar, Hess and others did not plan to live in Donnar for a long time. When the political situation in the Silver Empire stabilized and the thunderstorm of the Tower of Truth ended, they would return to Sinar.

In this case, although Roland accepted them, it was just that. He did not come to welcome them in person.

If Heiss came to join the war committee, as the first high-level extraordinary person to join the war committee, Roland would definitely take time to come over no matter how busy he was.

But if he just came to stay temporarily and avoid the limelight, it would not be Roland's turn to come forward, and the dean of the academy would have to entertain him on his behalf.

Just as the dean of the Apocalypse Academy was entertaining Heiss and others, in the Dragon Spine Mountains in the north, as a space wave swept through the open space of the Far North Gate Outpost Camp, Roland and Hela came here.

"Chairman! Commissioner Hela."

In the open space, the explorers and legion soldiers saluted Roland and Hela in unison.

Roland returned the salute, looked around at the people around him, and said.

"Citizens, thank you for your hard work."

After briefly comforting the explorers and legion soldiers, Roland also got straight to the point.

With the full support of the committee and the continuous efforts of the explorers, the Dragon Spine Passage from the Far North Gate to the depths of the mountains has been successfully opened.

The various obstacles and traps set up by the frost dwarves to block the passage were also cracked one by one with the efforts of the explorers.

Different from the experience of digging dwarf ruins in Donnar, the Dragon Spine Mountains in Donnar are either the legacy left by the Clan Kingdom or the unowned territory after the civil war.

After all, the former is left to the future generations, and it can be opened safely as long as the right method is found. As for the unowned territory of the latter, the dwarves during the civil war still have to live in themselves. How could they really install a lot of obstacles and traps in their own homes? The real obstacles are the cave creatures occupying the unowned territory.

The situation is different here at the Far North Gate. The frost dwarves completely abandoned the Far North Gate. When the Clan Kingdom collapsed and the dwarf clans started a civil war, the Frost Clan made a decision that went against their ancestors.

The Frost Clan, who controls the entire Northland, spent a huge amount of money to block all the Dragon Spine passages connected to the Far North Gate with sufficient resources, and filled them with various dangerous traps.

Even the most elite explorers of the committee, in order to open this passage, even with the protection of strange armor, scrapped more than 200 sets of strange armor, and nearly 100 people died, not to mention the consumption of materials.

If the most important personnel could not be resurrected, the war committee would have lost a lot this time.

Of course, after consuming so many materials and manpower, the committee is definitely still losing money now, and there is no possibility of making a profit at all.

The Dragon Spine Mountains where the Frost Dwarves are located are just a short section, and the benefits they can get are very limited. As for the dwarf heritage in their hands? To put it bluntly, it’s nothing. The committee has officially accepted the heritage left by the Clan Kingdom.

Can the heritage left by a small local clan be better than the heritage carefully prepared by the Clan Kingdom that rules most of the Dragon Spine Mountains?

As for the population, it’s such a small place, and the population of the Frost Dwarves can exceed 10,000.

If the cold disaster was not caused by them, Roland would not want to waste so much manpower and resources here.

In the Dragon Spine Passage of the Far North Gate, a large number of strange machines are installed around the passage, illuminating the entire Dragon Spine Passage.

Led by an elite explorer, Roland and Hela are advancing in the ruins of this Dragon Spine Passage.

Although the passage has been cleared, it is only one passage. Because there are too many traps set by the frost dwarves, it is only opened at present.

There are still many dangers in the passage. Even the elite explorers cannot guarantee that they can pass 100% safely. As for the large-scale army marching, it is not possible at present.

Therefore, the committee can only send a small number of elite explorers to explore deep.

Although as long as there is time, the explorers will sooner or later find out the situation of the frost dwarves and clear the Dragon Spine Passage, and then the army can take the explorers' intelligence and march directly to crush the frost dwarves and end the cold disaster.

But considering that because of his existence, the development of this world has been very different from the development of the game plot in his memory, therefore,

in order to avoid risks and end the cold disaster as soon as possible, Roland himself came here in person.

With this skilled explorer leading the way and two high-level transcendents, Roland and Hela, accompanying them, the three of them smoothly passed through the Dragon Ridge Passage opened up by the explorers.

After walking out of the Dragon's Back Passage, Hela stood on the high ground at the exit of the passage, looking down at the vast dark underground space in front of her.

Although the space underground is very vast, through night vision, Hela can see that it is all desolate, lifeless ruins and wasteland.

Behind Hela, Roland told the elite explorers to pay attention to safety. After watching him turn around and return to the Dragon's Back Passage, Roland turned and walked to Hela's side.

"What's next?"

Hela took the initiative to hug Roland's left hand and said close to him.

Roland looked into the dark cave, stretched out his right hand, and a detailed spell model emerged.

Seven-ring prophecy spell - Destiny Guidance As the spell took effect, Roland saw a vaguely huge building. Without peering deeply into the building, Roland just locked its position.

At the same time, through the power of prophecy spells, the process of finding a road to the building is skipped and a perfect route is obtained directly.

Roland clenched his right hand into a fist, and the spell model quietly dissipated. He looked at the three passages in the darkness, pointed to the one on the left, and said.

"This way."

The two of them took off and flew directly over the buildings below, flying towards the passage.

"Calvin?"

The dwarf guard at the city gate looked up and down at the dwarf in front of him, then looked at the dwarves accompanying him and said.

"You said you are the new village chief?"

"Yes yes."

Calvin, who was standing in front of the dwarf guard, said with a smile on his face. While letting out some extraordinary aura, he looked into the blind spot and put a silver coin into his hand.

The dwarf guard pinched the silver coin, sensing Calvin's extraordinary aura in front of him, and most likely knew what was going on.

A supernatural being killed the chief of a village and took his position.

Although in principle this kind of thing is not allowed, the dwarf guards are too lazy to take care of the chaos now. Even the big shots above can't take care of it, so why should he care about it.

There is no need to antagonize a transcendent over such a trivial matter, the dwarf guard put away the silver coins, waved his hand and said.

"Go in."

Calvin was overjoyed and quickly greeted the dwarves behind him, and together they entered the dwarf city in front of them.

After entering the city, Calvin waved to a dwarf in the team. Upon seeing this, the dwarf also ran over quickly.

"Neal, I heard others say that you used to be responsible for the business in the village and in the city."

Neil nodded quickly and said.

"Yes."

"Well, then you take them with you. This is my first time here. I want to have a good stroll. Wait for me here when you're done."

Calvin raised his head, looked at the old and short buildings around him, and said.

"clear."

Neil nodded, and then led the villagers in the team to the business district in the city, pulling the goods they brought in.

After Neil and his party left, several dwarves who had hidden in the team also walked up to Calvin.

"Is this also called a city?"

A dwarf looked around and said nervously.

This place is not so much a city, but in their opinion, it can only be regarded as a small town at most. The whole town is extremely small, and the buildings are old and short. It is estimated that a small town with a population of only a few hundred people is actually like this. The ruling center of this area.

"Well, it's not like you haven't seen the environment here. There are so many unusable wastelands, the frost dwarves can't even feed people, and so much productivity. Compared with the villages that live in caves, this place is already an improvement."

Calvin shook his head and said.

"The essence of the frost dwarves is concentrated in their capital. In the fringe areas here, it is normal for them to fall behind a little. Take the time and spread out to gather information."

"The Chairman has already arrived in person. We don't need to care about the capital. Our current task is to explore the settlements of the Frost Dwarves in various places and gather the population. According to the Chairman's order, we must gather the population as much as possible. And be prepared to move.”

"First find out the situation in this town. If the force is not strong, we will capture this place first. Although the conditions are a bit worse, it is better than nothing."

After listening to Calvin's instructions, the other dwarves who also lurked in also nodded and responded.

"good."

Afterwards, the dwarves dispersed and began to collect information about the town.

After discovering that the strongest transcendent in this small town was only a second-level transcendent, and that the garrison only had a few militiamen, Calvin and his group launched an attack decisively without any hesitation.

He quickly took control of the entire town with zero casualties.

After occupying the town, Calvin and his party centered on the town, took the town's registration records, and began to collect the scattered information.

Dwarf villages scattered across the wilderness.

In other fringe areas of the Frost Dwarves, exploration teams, like Calvin, began to occupy the fringe areas that controlled the Frost Clan.

Except for the capital, the Frost Clan only has a few elderly extraordinary people left to die in other places. As for the soldiers, most of them are just apprentices who have come into contact with extraordinary people.

The explorers, who were all extraordinary and equipped with a full set of exotic weapons and equipment, even if they were equipped with exploration-type exotic weapons and armors, were like gods coming down to earth in the weakened Frost Clan, sweeping through them directly.

Moreover, since the people sent by the committee were all dwarves, the explorers easily gained the allegiance of the frost dwarves despite being of the same race.

While the explorers were sweeping around and absorbing the frost dwarves, in the capital of the Frost Clan, Icestone City, Roland and Hela were disguised as dwarves, hiding their identities and lurking in the city.

Compared to the ruins, desolation, earthen villages and dilapidated towns that the two saw along the way, Icestone City seemed to still retain some of the prosperity of the clan country period.

Deep in the dark underground, a city built by dwarves stood like a towering mountain in the wilderness. The walls and buildings of the city were all made of ice stones, a local specialty. Special crystal lamps were inlaid everywhere, shining on the ice stones, reflecting a faint blue luster.

On the icestone walls carved with fine patterns, elite dwarf soldiers patrolled the walls. However, the atmosphere of the dwarf soldiers on the walls was a bit strange. The walls were divided into several areas, and the dwarf soldiers in them did not interact with each other, dividing the clear camp situation.

The city made of ice and stone constantly releases cold air to the surroundings. Even before entering the city, Roland and Hela can feel the cold coming towards them.

However, the frost dwarves have long been accustomed to this kind of cold. At the gate of the city, the dwarves wore thin clothes and whispered to each other, which made the atmosphere seem a bit depressing.

Roland and Hela, who were disguised as dwarf partners, did not pay much attention to this and slowly moved forward along with the flow of people.

Perhaps because of something that happened inside the Ice Stone City, the dwarf guards at the gate of the city were led by a three-ring transcendent and searched every dwarf entering the city very strictly.

Because of the strict search, the speed of entering the city was also very slow, resulting in a queue for entering the city. Otherwise, with the total population of the Frost Clan, there was no need to queue at all.

Fortunately, there were not many dwarves in the queue, and it was soon Roland and Hela's turn.

In order to avoid trouble, Roland and Hela not only made adjustments to their appearance when they disguised themselves as dwarves, but also suppressed their extraordinary nature to avoid the influence of their high status as high-level extraordinary beings.

Low-level life forms naturally yearn for and desire high-level life forms. Therefore, if the extraordinary nature is not suppressed, Roland and Hela's appearances will be full of temptation in the eyes of ordinary dwarves even if they are adjusted to be ordinary.

Disguised as a dwarf, Hela faced the dwarf guards holding weapons at the city gate, hugged Roland's right hand with some fear, stuck to Roland's body, and half huddled behind him.