Chapter 459 Deep Pit

Roland acted like other dwarves facing the dwarf guards, and handed the package he had prepared in advance to the dwarf guard in front of him with some fear.

The dwarf guard did not feel strange, and took the package and opened it to check.

After simply checking the package, the dwarf guard also looked up and down at Roland and Hela.

Looking at their thin clothes, the dwarf guard felt that they could not hide anything, so he threw the opened package back to Roland,

and waved his hand, indicating that he could go in.

Roland quickly took the package handed over and put the collection that was about to fall out into the package. After repacking it, he carried the package in one hand and pulled Hela in the other hand, and followed the others to bypass the guards and walked into the Ice Stone City.

After entering the city, Roland found an empty corner and threw the package directly into the invisible space bracelet.

After throwing the package into the space bracelet, Roland also looked up at the Ice Stone City.

The first thing that caught Roland's eyes was a large palace standing in the center of the city. Although it also used a lot of ice stone as a building material, unlike other buildings, the palace also used a lot of metal materials, rare materials, and was inlaid with a lot of gems.

While the Frost Clan was generally poor, the palace had a lot of eaves made of mithril. At the same time, a lot of elements visible to the naked eye gathered on the palace, shining with a dreamy blue glow.

What a waste.

Roland looked at the palace in the distance and complained in his heart.

To be honest, Roland, as the chairman of the War Committee, was not so extravagant. Not to mention the palace, Roland's best residence was just a small courtyard. This was the temporary residence built for Roland by the committee after he killed Kan Ozu and fell into a coma.

However, Roland himself didn't live in that courtyard very often. Most of the time, Roland lived directly in a small bedroom over at the Apocalypse City Hall.

How about I build one too?

Roland looked at the palace in the distance, and this thought flashed in his mind inexplicably.

It's not that Roland doesn't like to enjoy himself. Who wouldn't like to enjoy himself? It's just that the conditions of the War Committee were limited before. They needed people and money everywhere, so there was no extra manpower and resources to build a palace and a castle for Roland.

However, after ten years of development, the War Committee has become relatively wealthy, and there is not much pressure to build a palace.

Of course, building a palace similar to the one in front of you is not stressful, but if you want to imitate the palace in Ginza, then the pressure will be great.

Roland shook his head and threw away the idea of ​​building a palace in his heart.

Even if the palace is built, he may not live in it. Roland and Hela are only two people, and neither of them has relatives. Even if they build the smallest palace, the two of them will definitely not be able to live in it.

Moreover, Roland himself does not like a house that is too big. If no one lives in a house that is too big, it is easy to be lifeless, and it needs manpower and resources to maintain it every year, which is really unnecessary.

After all, the palace is a large building built by the ruler to consolidate his rule, highlight the majesty of the kingship, and satisfy the enjoyment of spiritual life and material life.

But as the creator of the committee, a truly high-level transcendent, and a legend in the eyes of many people, Roland does not need a palace to set off his authority.

On the side, Hela also looked in Roland's direction towards the palace in the distance. She peeked at Roland with her peripheral vision, thinking about something in her head.

"Let's go, let's find a place to stay for a while."

Retracting his gaze from the palace, Roland said while holding Hela's hand and walking out of the corner.

After Roland held her hand, Hela also cast her eyes back to Roland, and whispered after getting close.

"Yeah."

Although Roland and Hela did not have the currency of the Frost Clan, it didn't matter. In the Dwarf Clan, rare minerals are always hard currency.

As long as you sell a little bit of the rare minerals in the space bracelet, you will have money.

However, Roland did not act immediately. Instead, he strolled around the commercial district first and confirmed the rare mineral market of the Frost Clan in advance. After walking around for a few times, observing and eavesdropping, Roland also understood the situation and had a clear mind.

The Frost Clan was obviously weak. The internal mineral vein market was small. In addition to ice stone, even basic minerals were in short supply. As for the rare minerals circulating in the market, the quantity was very limited. Therefore, if he only sold a little, there might be some risks if he sold too much.

To be conservative, Roland decided to sell it in batches in small quantities.

After making up his mind, Roland also took out the rare minerals to be sold from the space bracelet. Afterwards, Roland and Hela kept changing their appearances and quickly ran around various blacksmith shops in Ice Stone City, selling a variety of rare minerals in batches by gram in exchange for some dwarf currency.

After having money, Roland directly spent money to rent a simple small courtyard in Ice Stone City.

After seeing off the owner who was counting money while walking with a happy face, Roland also closed the door.

When Roland closed the door, Hela also reached out from behind and hugged Roland.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Roland asked while setting up a warning array at the entrance of the yard.

Hela rubbed Roland from behind and whispered.

"I remembered the past. When we were in the North, we also rented a small yard."

When Roland set up the array, Hela also retracted her hands and took two steps back, without hindering Roland's actions.

Roland turned around and looked at the open space in the yard. Then, Roland and Hela tacitly set up a magic circle in the open space in the yard. Although Roland and Hela did not think that the Frost Clan could have any enemies that could threaten them, they still had to take precautions.

Hela felt the chill from the ice and stone and exhaled gently. She said while setting up the magic circle.

"Except for the lack of snow, it feels the same as before."

Although Roland did not think it was similar to the original yard, after all, the yard that Northland rented was obviously influenced by the orc style,

and the current one is a dwarf-style yard, which is completely different in appearance, building materials, and layout.

However, Roland still had some emotional intelligence and did not refute. He chose to follow Hela's words.

"It's been almost 30 years."

"Well, come to think of it, Roland taught me swordsmanship first."

"I still remember how Hela was in tears when she was trained."

"Well... I was still young at the time and couldn't control my body. I'm going to forget it."

While chatting, the two of them also worked together to set up a complex array of interlocking magic in this temporary residence.

After setting up the magic array, Roland and Hela didn't waste time.

Since Hela has been following Roland since the North, she knows Roland's specialness. Roland's fake background and personality that he used to fool others can't be hidden from Hela.

Therefore, Roland didn't hide the existence of the cold disaster from Hela, and told her all the details directly.

So, Hela also knows the importance. She will pester Roland in his free time, but when doing serious work, Hela still knows the importance.

So, after setting up the magic array in the yard, Roland and Hela didn't rest. According to the plan they had made before, they left the yard and

started to act separately.

Roland went to find the source of the cold disaster, while Hela stayed in the Ice Stone City, inquiring about the situation in the Ice Stone City and collecting all relevant information.

Through the prophecy spell, Roland avoided all places that might lead to exposure and came to the back of the palace, the other side of the Ice Stone City.

The invisible Roland floated on the wall of the Ice Stone City, looking down at the bottomless black abyss below.

This is a deep pit that seems to be made of ice stone. The surroundings of the deep pit are all made of ice stone. A strong wind and waves with endless coldness are constantly blowing out of the deep pit at a stable frequency.

Every time it blows, the ice stone around the deep pit will grow at a slow speed. However, although the ice stone is growing all the time, the surrounding ice stone walls are not very thick.

The reason is also very simple. When the cold wind blows and the ice stone grows, many dwarves are mining the ice stone.

On both sides of the pit, there is also a staircase that goes from top to bottom around the pit wall. On the stairs, a large number of frost dwarves are working hard, using their ice tools to mine the slowly growing ice on the wall.

In the open space separated by the city wall, cliffs and abyss, there is also a huge amount of ice, and a large number of dwarves are storing these ice in empty mine carts.

Unlike the direction of entering the city, the city wall here has only one gate that is always open. Two tracks made of ice connect the open space outside the city and the depths of the city. One by one, mine carts with ice are sent into the city through the track, and on another track on the side, empty mine carts are also driving out of the city.

A large amount of ice is being mined and transported into the Ice Stone City through the track mine carts.

At the same time, the quality and quantity of the dwarf guards patrolling the city wall here have also increased dramatically. Although the proportion of guarding low-level extraordinary people is not as high as that of the committee, it has reached 70%.

Although the proportion is high, their strength is not very good. Most of them are at the level of apprentices, not even a first-ring transcendent.

However, these transcendents are all equipped with a full set of weapons and equipment made of ice stone, and their combat power is still quite considerable.

Although it was the first time to contact these weapons and equipment, Roland still saw their source at a glance.

These are all products of frost rune technology.

Roland has also learned frost rune spells. Although the manufacturing process of their weapons and equipment cannot be seen through, Roland can be sure that the source must be frost rune technology.

According to the exploration results of the club in the previous life, if there is no mistake, the frost forge should be under the deep pit.

Although Roland did not look at the exploration results carefully at the beginning, he only heard some players in the club sigh that the frost forge actually exists.

In their chat, they saw the ruins of the frost forge under a large deep pit.

The frost forge, as the last forging project of the clan country, is different from the successful completion of the silver forge. The frost forge was not successfully completed until the collapse of the clan country.

Originally, according to their investigation, the Frost Forge was probably damaged during the Dwarf Civil War. Therefore, Roland also believed that the Frost Forge was already broken, so he did not associate the Cold Disaster with the Frost Forge.

Even though he vaguely saw the situation of the Frost Forge through prophecy, Roland only thought that the Cold Disaster might have been born on the ruins of the Frost Forge.

Now it seems that this unfinished Frost Forge seems to be still in operation?

Roland sensed the cold wind that rushed out regularly and raised his eyebrows slightly. He could sense the information carried by the cold wind, the information of the roar of the forge.

Frost Forge, this is good.

Although the committee has already mastered the Silver Forge, this level of forge will be a national treasure that can support a powerful country in the future, and Roland will not think it is too much.

If the Frost Forge can be brought under the control of the committee while solving the cold disaster, then all the previous personnel and material consumption will be worth it.

As for the opinions of the Frost Dwarves, the committee's army will teach them not to have opinions.

If the Frost Dwarves are sensible, Roland does not mind letting them join the War Committee and share the prosperity. If they are not sensible,

The Frost Clan, which is weakened to its current state, cannot stop the iron fist of the committee.

Roland does not have any moral cleanliness. If invading and annexing the Frost Dwarves can allow the War Committee to gain benefits and obtain the Frost Forge, then Roland will definitely not be stingy with using violence.

Thinking about this, Roland turned on the communication device on his wrist and issued new orders to the explorers and troops at the Far North Gate, asking the explorers to clear a passage to support the army's entry and exit as soon as possible at all costs. At the same time, he also ordered the army to prepare for war and make a plan to annex the frost dwarves.

After confirming that the message had been sent, Roland turned off the communication device and looked at the abyss below. Sensing the various warnings and defenses hidden in the passage, Roland did not jump directly, but conservatively chose to take the stairs.

Although he chose to take the stairs, Roland's speed was not slow, and he descended rapidly at a speed of 100 meters per second. Along the way, Roland also flexibly avoided all the mining dwarves and solved all the warnings and defenses that blocked him.

As Roland continued to go deeper, the temperature of the deep pit became more and more extreme and colder.

As the ambient temperature dropped, Roland encountered fewer and fewer dwarves, and the thickness of the ice and stone walls around him became higher and higher.

Five minutes later, Roland arrived at the bottom of the deep pit.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Roland turned his head and looked at the huge vent on the side. This was the vent of the Frost Forge, and the continuous cold wind from the deep pit blew out from it.

The cold wind blowing out of the vent was not as strong and cold as Roland expected.

Recalling the broken and unusable magic circle that Roland saw along the way, it seemed that the weak frost dwarves could not maintain the Frost Forge.

Roland scanned the situation below, thinking thoughtfully, and teleported directly to an unmanned place.