Chapter 461 The Royal Family and the Elders

The current internal struggle within the Frost Clan is not complicated.

The frost dwarves are not fools. Ordinary, uneducated dwarves may not know it, but the dwarf extraordinary people who have received education and have mastered the power know one thing very well: the Frost Clan is constantly weakening over time.

Therefore, the extraordinary beings of the Frost Clan began to explore and find ways to revitalize the clan, pioneering, reforming, and increasing investment in rune technology.::

They tried many methods, but due to the harsh environment, the final results were very poor. However, after all attempts failed, a frost dwarf elder found information about the Kingdom of Clans while browsing ancient books. records, and a map of the Dragon's Back Mountains.

After understanding the vastness of the world, he believed that instead of struggling in this broken place, it would be better to choose prosperity.

So, under his leadership, some extraordinary beings in the Frost Clan hoped to find the blocked Dragon Spine Passage, open it up to the legendary Gate to the Far North, and then leave this barren land and head for a new land as a family. Build a new home.

This is not good news for the king of the Frost Clan. In the final analysis, various previous reforms were still under their control.

It will not affect their rule.

Therefore, the king tolerated it as long as it did not affect his rule, but now he had to take people to leave, which he could not accept, especially since the frost dwarf elders did not intend to take the king to play with him, and planned to restore the glory of the Presbyterian Church. .

The Frost Clan was once similar to other dwarf clans, setting up clan leaders and councils of elders, each of which held some power.

But seven hundred years ago, due to internal strife, the patriarch was abolished and the Presbyterian family became the dominant family. Three hundred years ago, the current royal family sounded the clarion call for reform, abolished the Presbyterian Council, and restored the position of the patriarch.

As the former pioneers of reform, the dwarf royal families, who abolished the Presbyterian Church and established a dictatorship through centralized reforms, have lost the courage to charge against the decadent Presbyterian Church and have become more conservative and are not interested in all kinds of changes and unrest. There is also growing distaste for stable reform programs.

Now, as the royal family gradually became conservative and decadent, the dwarf elders who lost their power and lost everything turned into reformers and made a comeback.

To put it simply, the Frost Clan is now divided into two factions. The Presbyterian faction advocates opening up the Dragon Spine Passage and promoting reform, and the Presbyterian faction advocates maintaining stability.

Conservative feudal royal faction.

Listening to Hela's summary report, Roland also looked calm.

Classic conservatives and reformers, it’s not surprising.

"However, according to a guard's dream investigation, the current dwarf king will secretly stay in a secret room every once in a while and prohibit anyone from entering. I sneaked into the secret room to investigate. In the secret room, I noticed the water elemental world. The breath.”

"Um?"

Roland raised his head slightly, looked at Hela, and said.

"Did you record the breath?"

"some."

Hela nodded, stretched out her right hand to hold Roland's hand, and shared with Roland the breath she recorded in the secret room.

Although the breath was a bit thin, Roland was still keenly aware of the traces left on this breath. Hela had never been exposed to it, so it was normal for him not to notice it.

But as a high-level transcendent who has visited various elemental realms, Roland noticed traces of water elemental life forms in his breath.

The dwarf king also hooked up with a water elemental life form?

Roland continued to ask while thinking.

"Any other news?"

"Um."

Hela nodded and informed Roland of the existence of the rune mecha.

Rune mecha? I've never heard of it. It was probably destroyed by the cold disaster.

It seems that the frost dwarves have a lot of good stuff here.

Listening to this unheard of equipment, Roland also had the same idea as Hela had before.

You can take one back and let the magicians dismantle it and study it to see what they can copy.

"Look to see if there is any information and design drawings. Under the premise of ensuring confidentiality and safety, if I can find one, I will make a copy. As for the actual rune mecha, when the time comes, I will see if there is a chance to build one and go back to study it. look."

Roland is not in a hurry about the rune mecha. When the committee's army moves in and bulldozes the entire Ice Stone City, he still won't be able to get a single rune mecha?

Even if you can't get the complete one, you can just get some wreckage.

All in all, none of this is urgent.

Hela naturally understood this and nodded. Then, she opened her eyes and looked at Roland.

It was Roland's turn to explain the situation to her.

Roland didn't hesitate and said.

"I found the location where the cold disaster broke out, right on the top floor of the core of the Frost Forge...:"

Roland briefly and clearly introduced the pit, the frost forge beneath the pit, and the various problems encountered.

After hearing from Roland that the Frost Forge had turned into a bomb, Hela frowned slightly.

After listening to Roland's words with a frown, Hela also looked up at him and asked.

"Is it dangerous?"

Hela doesn't care about the extremely valuable Frost Forge that Roland said. She only cares about Roland's safety. If there is any danger...:

"Don't worry, even if the entire Frost Forge explodes, I'll be fine."

Roland stretched out his right hand, rubbed Hela's head, and said with a chuckle.

"We are all high-level transcendent beings. You have seen the Silver Forge, right? Don't worry, you won't die."

Hela did not refuse Roland's right hand. She obediently lowered her head and let Roland rub it, and whispered.

"It's hard to say. We don't know what the cold disaster is."

"Don't worry. If there is any danger, I will definitely be the first to run."

Roland gently pinched Hela's face and said softly.

Hela curled her lips, obviously not believing it.

If the cold disaster really broke out, Roland would definitely be the first to rush up to stop it.

Thinking of this, Hela took the Crown of Domination from her right hand and put it in Roland's left hand, saying.

"Here, take it."

Before Roland went to the North Pole, Roland gave the Crown of Domination to Hela. After returning safely from the North Pole, seeing that Hela had been promoted to a high level and could master the Crown of Domination, Roland chose to let Hela hold the Crown of Domination.

After Roland was promoted to the ninth ring, he no longer needed the Crown of Domination. Even without the Crown of Domination, Roland could fight against legends.

Moreover, during the period of shaping [Authority], the Crown of Domination will drag Roland down. For Hela, who has already shaped the power of death, it will not have much impact, and the effect will be even stronger. In addition, it will not affect Hela's shaping of the power of life to complete the final [Authority].

Roland looked at the Crown of Domination in his hand, smiled helplessly, and did not refuse Hela's kindness. Under Hela's gaze, he put the Crown of Domination on his right hand.

After putting on the Crown of Domination, Roland looked at Hela, kissed her forehead, and said in a gentle tone.

"Relaxed."

"Relaxed."

Hela nodded and said.

Then, Roland also made the next plan. Hela continued to stay in the Ice Stone City to collect intelligence, and let the gray crows monitor the dwarf king. If the dwarf king tried to cause a cold disaster, the gray crows would immediately kill him and stop the ceremony, while Roland himself continued to squat in the Frost Forge to make arrangements.

Although Roland's [Spirituality] and prophecy spells reminded Roland that the Dwarf King had a great connection with the Cold Disaster, Roland was not ready to strike hard immediately. He still hoped to make all preparations before taking action.

Moreover, Roland did not completely believe the results of [Spirituality] and prophecy spells. As the king of the Frost Clan, the Cold Disaster must be related to him, but this does not mean that he must be the one who triggered the Cold Disaster.

In addition, according to Hela's investigation, the Dwarf King is stronger than the Elders in both name and actual combat power.

If a real fight breaks out, the Dwarf King can completely suppress the Elders. So, the question is, in this case, why can the Elders still fight with the Royals until now? What is the Elders' trump card?

Therefore, Roland hopes that Hela will confirm the situation of the Elders, and after confirming the news of the Elders, come down to the Frost Forge to help Roland set up the position.

As for when to take action against the Frost Clan, it will be up to the Legion to enter the Dragon Ridge Passage, and Roland and Hela will make all the arrangements in the Frost Forge.

After making the plan, Roland and Hela separated again and went about their own business.

While Roland and Hela were busy again, in the Ice Stone City, the Dwarf King also passed through layers of defense and calmly opened the secret arsenal.

He walked to his rune mech skillfully and stretched out his right hand to touch it.

After calmly touching it for a while, he retracted his right hand, and his face became a little ugly.

He looked at his confidant and quickly ordered,

"Activate the spare arsenal and transfer all rune mechs immediately."

"Yes."

Although the confidant didn't know what was going on, he didn't hesitate to answer his ugly face and turned around and ran.

The confidant ran to mobilize the guards. According to the king's order, he took the guards to activate the spare arsenal, and under the king's supervision, he pushed the trailer with the rune mechs through the secret passage to the spare arsenal.

At the same time, some of the guards pushed out the fake rune armor in the spare arsenal and replaced the previous rune mechs.

While the guards were busy, the dwarf king looked at the fake rune mecha in front of him, his eyes full of coldness.

Did the traitor they planted in the palace even notice the location of the arsenal? It seems that the palace must be cleaned up, and they must be taught a lesson!

The dwarf king, who thought Hela's sight was a traitor sent by the elders, made up his mind.

He set his sights on the rune mecha? This is no longer an ordinary elder, and he must be dealt a heavy blow!

After completing the transfer of the rune mecha, the dwarf king left the arsenal, dispersed his confidants and guards, and came to the secret room alone.

He closed the door of the secret room, took out a high-quality tear drop from his arms, placed it on the small altar in the center of the secret room, and activated the altar.

As the elements poured in, the altar began to operate, and the breath of the water elemental world poured out of the altar.

The dwarf king stared at the altar calmly until a voice sounded in his ears.

"It's not the appointed time yet..."

"One of the Lord's names is the Lord of Wisdom and Change, who controls all changes, and order and hope are one of the Lord's powers. The Lord teaches us..."

On the dark and desolate plain, a church rises from the ground, emitting a faint blue light, and the voice of a priest comes from the church.

In the church, a missionary wearing the four saints and one church robe and the Lord of Wisdom and Change medal is spreading the doctrine to the frost dwarves around him in a gentle voice.

And around him, one frost dwarf after another is sitting on a clay chair, listening to the missionary's teachings with a pious look on his face.

Except for Ice Stone City, the frost dwarves in other areas are basically abandoned. Except for collecting taxes, Ice Stone City does not care about the situation in these areas.

Therefore, compared with Ice Stone City, which still retains civilization, the marginal areas here have degenerated to the level of tribes. They have forgotten all the words. As for faith? They have long forgotten the dwarf faith and evolved primitive dark worship from the fear of darkness.

And how can primitive dark worship beat the mature Four Saints One Church? Therefore, after gathering the frost dwarves from all over the place according to Roland's order, some part-time Four Saints One priests explorers started to preach with the idea that they were idle anyway.

Relying on the strange machines they brought and the way of giving away big cakes at the end of each missionary work, these part-time explorers quickly converted the frost dwarves' faith to the Four Saints One.

Originally, other explorers did not agree, but these priests who believed in the Lord of Wisdom and Change took out the latest version of the [Golden Law], pointed to the laws in it, and successfully convinced them one by one.

You are right, but the spread of faith can only be done in the designated church area. This is the limit of the church's preaching within the committee. The law does not have any restrictions on teachers preaching in foreign territories.

And this section of the Dragon Ridge Mountains has not been officially declared as the committee's territory by the War Committee, so their preaching is completely legal.

So, after persuading other explorers, the faith of the Four Saints quickly spread wildly in the marginal areas, defeating all kinds of messy primitive beliefs and dwarf variant beliefs.

And at the Far North Gate, a large number of soldiers originally stationed at the foot of the mountain were transferred to the upper reaches. They followed the explorers into the Dragon Ridge Passage,

Assisting the explorers as human scouts and speeding up the cleaning of the Dragon Ridge Passage.

At the cost of nearly 30 soldiers being sent back to the Fountain of Life and resurrection every day, various traps and dangers in the Dragon Ridge Passage are being quickly cleared. At the same time, the space casters transferred from the committee are constantly trying to break through the space restrictions left by the frost dwarves and try to open the space door.

Try one distance at a time to locate the approximate location of the obstacle that hinders space transmission.

With the full efforts of the committee, the Dragon Spine Passage is being cleared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

According to the calculations of the spellcasters stationed in the camp at the Far North Gate, there are still 13 days to open the passage.