Chapter 237 An Unexpected New Member

"Huh~, it's finally finished."

Looking at the re-iteration of the production line, Carl exhaled and then pounded his lower back.

With this new production line, the new construct parts will be more up to standard.

Just when Carl was about to take a break, Ying suddenly jumped in from outside and reported with a serious face:

"A group of drow elves appeared in the direction of Obsidian City and are heading towards our current location. Do you want to..."

Although he was talking about his own people, Ying's cold expression was like talking about strangers who were irrelevant or even slightly hostile.

"No! No need, hey~, don't fight like this! Let Baine and Scorpion take 50 constructs over, I want to see what kind of people they are."

Although he didn't enter Obsidian City because he was in a hurry to return to Storm Bay, Carl was still quite interested in this drow main city.

The descriptions of the drow he had taken in before were always vague, which made it difficult for him to find out what he wanted to know.

Seeing that Ying was about to leave, Carl seemed to have thought of something again and hurriedly called Ying again.

Turning his head in confusion, Shadow looked at Carl with an inquiring look.

"Remember to let Scorpion bring enough food and fresh water. It takes about two or three days to get here from Obsidian City. Even if we capture them as slaves, we have to feed them!"

Nodding gently, Shadow walked into the shadows and disappeared.

Soon, accompanied by a noisy sound, Bane and Scorpion drove a construct and took the other 49 to meet the drow team.

The one they were riding was the flagship.

Compared to ordinary constructs, the muzzle of the flagship version was strengthened by Carl.

Not only that, if the rune plate inside the construct is switched, the force cannon can also be converted into an electromagnetic cannon.

Carl loaded eighteen shells inside the construct to prevent them from not having enough firepower when encountering any special enemies.

As the construct army set out, a cloud of dust rose near the camp.

Carl and his men were not afraid of being discovered by the fire dwarves, because it has been verified that the fire dwarves cannot see the situation at this distance.

The constructs, like steel spiders, moved swiftly. Not long after walking, Scorpion passed through the lookout and saw the drow with her naked eyes.

However, when she saw the appearance of some of them clearly, she was a little confused.

Although the skin of those "drow" was still purple, it was covered with orange-red cracks.

As they breathed, the light in those cracks would increase or decrease accordingly.

Their hair was between matter and energy. Although it looked like real hair, the beginning of the hair would light up like a flame.

Some of these "drow" would also grow horns similar to Hope on their foreheads. They almost walked barefoot on the scorching ground, but they didn't care about the high temperature.

"What is this?"

Although she had been an intelligence officer in Storm Bay for a while, Scorpion's knowledge was still limited by herself.

Patting her husband who was sitting next to the scope and ready to fire at any time, Scorpion lifted and dragged Bane to the lookout, as if she was pinning her hope of recognizing those strange drow on Bane.

Although Bain was a Sarn, he had never seen such a strange existence.

Shaking his head blankly, he said hesitantly:

"Could it be the children of the drow and the fire giants?"

As a half-orc, Bain quickly thought of this possibility based on his own situation.

This answer made Scorpion feel a little confused, because she didn't know that the drow and the giants could give birth to hybrids.

And judging from the time, it has only been more than 40 years since the fire giants ruled Obsidian City. How did these hybrids grow so big?

They look like adults!

Could it be that two long-lived races gave birth to a short-lived species?

Thinking of this, Scorpion subconsciously glanced at Bain, and his heart was a little gloomy.

Just as the two were thinking about their own things, the drow suddenly quickened their pace and hurried towards the army of constructs.

And Bain also understood why these people did not leave such a spacious place, but instead headed all the way to the base.

They came here following the mark of the truck's original movement.

Although the modified tires of the truck theoretically would not leave tire marks, the changes made by the earth shaping technique on the ground created an inconspicuous road on the ground.

These people followed this road.

"Should we fire a warning shot?"

Patting his wife on the back, Bain asked in a deep voice.

With this pat, Scorpion suddenly woke up from the thought of "how to extend her husband's life", and nodded subconsciously.

"Bang!"

Almost at the same time as Scorpion nodded, a force cannon exploded on the road where the drow team was advancing.

Bain deliberately controlled the angle of the cannon fire, so as not to hurt the drow, but also let the flying gravel stop them.

"We have no ill intentions! Please take us in!"

Accompanied by a string of elven words, a drow who seemed to be the leader of this team stood up.

"You aim at them here, I'll go down to negotiate!"

Patting her husband on the shoulder, Scorpion jumped up nimbly and got out of the observation port of the construct.

Bane was envious of this action. Due to the size difference, he could only enter and exit through the door behind the construct.

"What's your purpose here?"

As soon as he came out of the construct, Scorpion shouted sternly at the drow with a serious look on his face.

Combined with the other 49 constructs surrounding the flagship, these words are quite impressive.

"We came here following your traces! Carrie Ann left us clues on the road, saying that you can provide sufficient food and fresh water, please take us in, we can do a lot of things!"

Without any hesitation, the leader Zhuoer immediately knelt down.

This shocked Scorpion.

She had always heard that the drow in Obsidian City had a bad temper and had already formed a stereotype about them, but now...

Raising his head, Xie saw the strange drow behind the drow secretly clenching their fists.

"Get up! There's no point in kneeling down to me. I still have the boss, and what he says matters. Come back to the base with me first!"

The so-called Carrie Ann is the drow mage that Karl and the others took in.

Scorpion and Shadow had actually noticed the drow mage walking around when the truck stopped before, but they didn't expect that this guy was actually leaving a signal for the following escapees.

After counting the drow team carefully, Xie found that there were quite a lot of people in this escape team.

In addition to the twelve ordinary drow, there are also eleven special drow.

The dry food prepared by Karl's camp rat is more than enough to support these people, but Xie is not considering the food issue now, but the strength of both parties.

Any force will experience disharmony after incorporating a certain number of outsiders.

This is true even for a mere adventure group.

Although Scorpio has full confidence in the force of his husband and other companions, if he can avoid danger, why would he let it happen?

‘When you go back, you have to tell Karl to keep the area where these people live away from everyone, lest they suddenly want to rebel. ’

Speculating with the thoughts of an ordinary drow, Scorpion returned to the construct, took out the food and water prepared by Carl Jean and distributed them to the drow, then returned to the construct and asked Bain to take the people back. .

The drow, who had not eaten for two days, devoured it. Although they fell behind due to eating, they still reluctantly followed.

Two hours later, the construct army and the newly arrived drow returned to the temporary base.

As soon as Xie came back, he asked the shadow general to arrest Carrie Ann. After describing to Karl the reason why these people came, he stood aside with an indifferent expression.

"No! If there is someone behind you, just tell me!"

Looking at Carrie Ann kneeling in front of him, Karl asked in confusion.

He thought he was quite kind, so why was this drow still playing tricks on him?

"I don't know if they can persist. Besides, I thought I could join your team as a collaborator at first, but in the end..."

Recalling the work schedule that was similar to that of 007 during this period, Carrie Ann couldn't help but shed sad tears.

Although this kind of job was much happier than living under the rule of the efreeti, she always felt that the new boss didn't treat them as human beings at all.

It was because of this worry that Carrie Ann did not dare to mention that there were other companions behind her.

"Oh~, okay, let's not mention this matter now. Since there are new people, let's expand your living area. By the way, this is also the first time I have seen that drow and efreets can produce fire genasi. Most of the genasi in Vale are close relatives of humans.”

When they heard Karl calling himself a fire genasi, the strange-looking drow were stunned for a moment.

"You know what we are?"

After a short period of silence, these fire genasi immediately became excited.

The fire in their hair and skin cracks grew brighter under the influence of their emotions.

"Huh? You don't know what you are?"

After taking a sip of mulled wine, Karl looked surprised.

"Aren't you the descendants of those fire giants? Then why..."

Subconsciously, Karl asked the doubts in his heart.

The flames on the heads of the fire genasi suddenly became more intense, but they quickly calmed down.

"No, we, we are the descendants of fire dwarves and drow, and even salamanders..."

Mentioning their own life experiences, the fire genasi lowered their heads.

Seeing this, Jiali'an quickly explained:

"The drow who escaped and returned before became the lowest-status slaves under the efreeti. Most of them were rewarded to the fire dwarves and salamanders who had achieved merit, and then... they were born."

Although the theoretical ancestor of the fire genasi should indeed be the efreet, this is not absolute.

After rubbing his forehead, Karl stopped Carrie Ann who wanted to continue speaking, turned to Thorin and said:

"Okay, let's continue working overtime and try to carve out accommodation for these new employees today."