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Ralph asked doubtfully, "Perfect adventure?"
"I don't know how to put it," the wizard spread his hands, "In short, the cave dwellers will no longer pour up to the surface endlessly. But I don't know if you can resume mining. There should still be a lot of cave dwellers underground."
Chapter 100 This is an indispensable part
Ralph was overjoyed. "No cavemen will come rushing up? That's great! How did you do it?"
Wang told the whole story in detail, from the cooperation between the liches and the dwarves long ago to how the results of this cooperation were found and used by the cavemen.
Ralph frowned. "How could that be? I have never heard of dwarves in this area. My grandfather searched for a lot of information and ancient books to defeat the cave dwellers, but he couldn't find any records of dwarves in this area - the entire River Valley Territory."
Wang: "It may be something that happened in the last century. How many years has it been since the founding of Kusania? Maybe when the lich and the dwarves were working together underground, the surface was still a wild land. It is normal that there are no records left.
"Besides, the neighboring Landon Territory was the frontier of the Dwarf Mountain Kingdom in the last century. It would be strange if there were no dwarves under the river valley."
Ralph thought about it and nodded. "You make sense. How did the dwarves disappear? By the cavemen?"
King: "The cave dwellers don't have the ability to kill the dwarves. Especially the dwarves who cooperated with the lich and obtained sufficient manpower. In the end, it should be the lich that destroyed the underground dwarf kingdom. Judging from the records left by the lich, his ultimate goal is a treasure in the hands of the dwarves."
"Did it take the treasure?" asked Ralph.
The king nodded, "It seems so. By the way, we didn't gain anything except the holy symbol I just mentioned to you that would pollute the surrounding area."
Yes, Wang Yin took away the gloves, soup spoon and empty Cyclops energy core.
After all, the mercenaries came back alive, and we had agreed to share the "treasure of the temple" with them.
The other members of the team also kept silent tacitly, even Nini, who looked the most innocent, did not say anything.
Of course, it is also possible that everyone has forgotten about this. After all, last night was too eventful and everyone felt like they had survived a disaster, so it is normal that they don't have the energy to care about these things.
Ralph also understood this tacitly and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he directly stated his next plan: "We are not sure that the threat from the cavemen has been resolved, so we cannot immediately help you overthrow the 'Duke' and maintain the Duchess's orthodox rule."
King: "We understand that you need time to confirm what actually happened. By the way, you should send someone to check along the path we came from. We came out from a crack in the ground. As the son of the lord, you should be the first to grasp the length of the crack and understand its obstruction to passage."
Ralph nodded. "I will. I see you are tired. Do you need horses? You can mount up and my riders will lead you back to the fort."
Just as Wang was about to refuse, he realized that his legs felt like they were filled with lead and he had difficulty walking.
So he nodded: "Then thank you for your help."
In fact, the whole team was very vulnerable at this time. Their biggest trump cards, Dragon Transformation and Dragon Breath, had been used up, and the king only had one Stink Cloud left in his third-ring spell slot - he brought this because the cavemen had a keen sense of smell, and maybe it could kill them with its ugly spell.
The dwarf priest had used up all his spells. Although Kailin opened the fourth-ring spells to him, he had to rest fully and meditate again before he could use these spells.
Now the only spellcaster with strong combat power is Elizabeth. If you think about it carefully, Elizabeth paddled all night. But her charm played a crucial role.
Everyone except the spellcaster, whether it was Xiaobai or the barbarian, was exhausted. The black and white elves seemed to have some strength left, but that was just an appearance. The elves did not show their fatigue, but they were tired.
At this time, Wang was very grateful that Ralph did not have any extra thoughts.
There is nothing better than a clean bed.
Ralph: "Breakfast has been prepared in the fortress. The mercenaries who have escaped death are eating. You can eat with them if you want... but I don't think you have the energy to share your great adventure with the mercenaries right now."
Wang: "Indeed, let's talk about it at dinner time. There shouldn't be any cavemen attacks tonight."
As he spoke, the king mounted the horse that the knight had given up.
Elizabeth didn't think much about it and climbed directly to the front of the wizard's saddle, as if that was her exclusive seat.
Xiaobai: "You don't want to ride me?"
Elizabeth: "You should have a good rest. Come, sit in front of me. There is still some space here."
So Xiaobai also climbed onto the wizard's horse, with his back pressed against Elizabeth's belly and his head pressing up against her secondary sexual characteristics.
Xiao Bai: "Oh, so you were planning to use me as a punch hole to magnify your breasts."
"I don't!"
The wizard ignored their conversation and signaled the knight to set off.
So the knight saluted, led his horse in an orderly manner and began to move forward slowly.
At this time, Flint's powerful voice came from behind: "No! It was terrible enough to put me in the basket before! You actually want me to ride such a beast! Oh no, no, no, let me get off!"
The king looked back and found that although the dwarf complained continuously, he did not struggle at all. Instead, he grabbed the mane behind the horse's neck tightly, for fear that he would fall off.
Gotrek sat behind him and soothed him, "We won't let the horses run this time. The knights will lead them."
Dwarf: "Then why don't you let me walk directly down? I'm not tired! After all, I was pulled up by my beard when I flew up. Except for the bleeding pores on my chin, I'm completely fine."
Although the dwarf was still chattering, the knight leading the horse had already started walking. The dwarf was too nervous and missed the opportunity to jump off the horse.
The two elves each rode a horse, but their mounts had completely different attitudes towards them.
The drow elf's mount was nervous and seemed to be afraid of something, while the forest elf's horse walked with a gentle pace.
With Ralph at the head, the group headed towards the fortress.
**
Entering the fortress's foyer, many mercenaries who had fought all night were setting up camp to rest. Many of them lit a bonfire directly on the stone floor of the hall and began to grill animals that were not known to be provided by the guards or hunted by themselves.
When they saw Wang and his entourage riding in on horseback, many people stood up in surprise.
Wang heard someone whispering, "When the ground shook just now, I told you that maybe they are still alive!"
"Nonsense, you clearly said they were finished!"
"I have always believed that they will be fine! After all, look at the members of their team, and then look at us, all of whom are humans! Their configuration is the kind of legendary team that would appear in the tales of the bard!"
"We should ask them if they have found any treasures! We agreed before that they should only solve the problem of the cave dwellers, and we will divide the treasures in the temple!"
Elizabeth heard it and said loudly: "Although we didn't find the treasure, I will pay the reward on behalf of Langdon!
“Each of you can receive 1000 Kusaniya gold coins!
"If you think 1000 gold coins are too heavy, you can choose an equal amount of bearer futures certificates. When you arrive at Minos City in Monrovia, go to the Landon Chamber of Commerce there to exchange them!"
With the volume of trade from Landon to the capital of Monrovia, Minos City, it would be very troublesome to use gold coins, so futures tickets were born. This kind of ticket, which is guaranteed by the reputation of a large chamber of commerce, can be exchanged for corresponding goods at the chamber of commerce that recognizes the ticket at the time specified on the ticket.
This greatly improved the convenience of trade, and most importantly, the merchant ships carried much less gold coins. Robbers robbed futures certificates, but they still had to go to the merchant houses to exchange them for gold coins. Countless robbers were overturned in this process.
Some chambers of commerce even began to regularly change the format of futures certificates, and then added marks to the futures certificates of different trading objects, so that robbers would face greater risks when exchanging futures certificates.
The "bearer" futures certificates that Elizabeth just mentioned are those without this kind of mark. Anyone can redeem them without being arrested.
After receiving the princess's promise, the mercenaries all smiled. Someone raised his glass and shouted, "Let's celebrate the return of the legendary team! When I get old, I can tell my grandchildren that I once participated in the same mission with such a group of legendary figures and returned alive!"
The king dismounted, took the cup, and raised it high: "Cheers to those warriors who died!"
The originally lively scene suddenly became quiet.
Wang silently poured the wine on the ground.
Others followed suit, the wine of victory seeping into the cracks in the stone slabs.
At this time, a bard from an unknown group played the lute and sang softly: "Don't cry at my tombstone, I am not there, I am not sleeping forever.
"I am the cold wind that sweeps across the icy plains of Solace.
“I am the gentle spring rain, nourishing the wheat fields on both sides of the Ma Xunya River.
"I am the quiet dawn that permeates the woods of the Thorn Islands.
"I am the mighty drumbeat, soaring through the clouds of the mountain kingdom.
"I am a singing bird, remaining in the beautiful world.
"Don't cry at my grave. I'm not there. I never rested."
**
After listening to the sad farewell song, the group finally returned to the room arranged by Ralph.
Gotrek lay down on the bed, and the dwarf sat down on the bed and took out his pipe: "I didn't feel tired at all when I was escaping, but now that I'm relaxing, fatigue comes over me like a tide."
Wang: "But you didn't sleep, you took out your pipe."
"Take a puff at a time like this, and you'll be able to sleep comfortably afterwards."
Wang: "Aren't cigarettes good for keeping alert? Can you still sleep after smoking?"
"I am a dwarf," Flint said, without further explanation.
The master also accepted this statement and did not delve into it further.
Elizabeth sat down beside him and looked at him with shining eyes. "How did you come up with the idea of paying tribute to the dead? I thought you had no idea of the ways of the world."
Wang: "I don't understand. But that's how it's done in legendary stories."
"So you did it again? And how did you feel about it?"
The king touched his heart and said, "When I heard the bard sing that song, I felt the same as when I heard the famous dwarf song, The Song of the Lonely Mountain. My uncle loves music very much and often sings this song."
The smoking dwarf said in surprise, "Isn't that a dirge written by a pessimistic dwarf from the Mountain Kingdom to the gradually declining Dwarf Empire?"
As he spoke, the dwarf hummed the prelude to the Song of the Lonely Mountain in a low voice.
At this time, the drow scooped a cup of water from the bucket next to him and handed it to Elizabeth: "I see that you are sweating a lot, young lady, please drink more water."
Wang suddenly became interested: "Wait a minute! Don't drink!"
As he said this, he took out the dimensional bag, took out the spoon given by the lich, and put it into the cup held by Elizabeth.
The next moment, a rich aroma wafted out of the cup and penetrated into everyone's nostrils.
The wizard stared at the slightly pale soup in the cup for a few seconds and said, "It seems that you can only turn water into soup, but you can't make the soup full of soup ingredients."
Xiao Bai came over and sniffed the edge of the cup, and his saliva dripped onto the ground: "How strange, there is obviously no meat, but I really want to drink it!"
Gao Trick, who had been lying down, also sat up: "It smells good!"
The dwarf who was about to hum a song also stood up and walked to a position where he could smell the fragrance better.
Wang: "Let me drink first."
After saying this, he took a sip without waiting for Elizabeth, who was holding the cup, to allow him to do so.
After drinking it, he smacked his lips and said, "It feels like the venison soup from the former capital of Cosania, now the residence of the Duke of Styria. Only salt and a few spices were used, and the venison was obviously pickled, with a little pepper.
"Generally speaking, the seasoning is very light, but the venison used is probably very tender and the quantity is large, so it has a rich flavor."
Xiaobai: "Give me a drink! Dabai, can I have a sip?"