Hunter’s Blade - Chapter 266

[Demon Hunter’s Blade Chapter 266]

“Hey!” Ciel heard a brutish shout from above.

He looked up and saw a red-faced, bearded dwarf with a short stature, wearing a horned helmet and heavy armor, holding a torch and a horn.

After seeing the charr, the dwarf immediately put the horn to his mouth and made a gesture to blow it.

“I’m not an enemy!” Ciel quickly confessed, “There’s no need to make too much noise, don’t worry! I won’t pose any threat.”

The dwarf put the horn down and looked at Ciel.

“Humans speak our language! That’s amazing! Too bad I’m a trumpeter! It’s my duty to play the trumpet!”

“Then don’t…”

The dwarf trumpeter took a deep breath, aimed at the horn, and blew a long, loud noise that made Ciel’s ears buzz.

Afterwards, Ciel saw the high spots of light swaying one by one, and the dwarves scrambled to hold torches and weapons, rushing from above to below, making a loud noise as they ran, making the metal plank clatter when they stepped on it.

There were at least dozens of heavy and chaotic dwarves running, but the entire stairway didn’t shake at all, and it was closely attached to the cliff next to it.

Not long after, a group of dwarf soldiers appeared in front of Ciel. They had unshaven beards and stared at round eyes. Everyone was only at the height of Ciel’s chest. say what.

“It’s over, it’s a foreigner! Who is a diplomat.” The dwarves whispered.

“I’m not a diplomat, I’m a crossbowman.”

“I’m not a diplomat either, I’m a hammer soldier.”

“Look at what I do, I’m a mechanic.”

“Don’t push me, I’m a sergeant major, not a diplomat.” A dwarf in silver armor and a brown-red beard was pushed forward by the other dwarves.

“The sergeant-major is everyone’s leader, and you should speak,” said Ciel.

“Nonsense, only diplomats can communicate with foreigners and aliens,” said the sergeant major.

“That’s great, please take me there.” Charles greeted him.

“There are a lot of intruders. It’s during the war. You can’t bring people outside the fortress in.” The sergeant major said stubbornly, “You hurry up and leave!”

“How about you treat me as a mercenary with an extra helping hand?” Ciel said, “Don’t look at my ragged clothes now, I still have a lot of skills.”

“No.” The sergeant major shook his head sharply, “My job is to guard the safety of the plank road.”

“But you’re not a diplomat, so your job isn’t to deal with foreigners and aliens.” Ciel made inferences.

“The foreigner is right.”

“The tall one makes sense. You’re not a diplomat, and you don’t have the right to decide how to treat humans.” The other dwarves echoed.

The sergeant-major thought for a moment.

“Anyway, your unarmed, naked ass shouldn’t bring any big risk to our fortress…” He muttered, leading Ciel to the heights.

Xia Er looked up and saw the Xiongguan Fortress there, brightly lit, and a dark weapon on the gap of the high platform, shaped like a long tube, with extraordinary power.

Chapter 336 Disaster Walker

As the sergeant major had described, Ciel was now scantily clad, defenseless, and cold and hungry.

Even so, he still had a relaxed smile on his face, and every step he took was calm.

Because his mentality has changed, he knows how to be responsible for his actions, and he knows the limits of his abilities.

After a few minutes, they reached the end of the plank road and reached a huge platform.

This platform is like a military fortress. There are seven large weapons on the edge. Some of the iron pipes are aimed at the opposite fortress, and some are down to monitor the movement inside the Great Rift Valley and completely block the passage.

“What’s that called?” Ciel pointed to these large weapons, “Should I call them ‘cannons’?”

In the world of Peaceful Demons, some law enforcers are equipped with similar weapons.

“Yeah, that’s our cannon!”

“It’s amazing.”

“Able to smash enemies together with armor,” the dwarves boasted.

Although I am very curious about the internal structure, I can’t ask them about the specific process, otherwise they will definitely be regarded as spies.

Judging from the orientation of the cannons, the fortresses are probably not in a friendly and friendly relationship. The dwarves should be vigilant and try to keep secrets.

Charles thought to himself.

Behind the platform is a giant steel gate, with dragons embossed on the left and right, showing their teeth and claws.

The gate was embedded in the boulder and was almost impossible to break through.

It is about 30 meters high, and its size is not commensurate with the dwarves. It should not be made by the dwarves.

“For you, this gate is too big.” Ciel stared at the giant gate.

“So we… just need to open a small opening to get in.” The sergeant major pressed the giant door with both hands, his feet pressed against the ground, and he pushed the door forward.

The door shaft turned with a dull sound, and a gap appeared between the doors, allowing the dwarves to pass through.

He ordered others to continue guarding the plank road, and then walked into the door.

Ciel followed sideways and looked up to see a huge space.

It was clearly a fortress where the dwarves lived, but there was a corridor that was dozens of meters wide and the ceiling was extremely high.

For the dwarves, this has become a natural living room and common room. Compared with this space, their dwarf furniture is too delicate. Eight or nine tables and hundreds of chairs are placed in the whole space without being crowded. It even felt a little empty.

They put many sculptures and handicrafts on the walls and floors, as decoration, there is a clear dwarf style, the lines are horizontal and vertical, quite precise.

But these decorations are small and still look incongruous, a sense of incongruity with children’s items piled up in an adult’s room.

Hundreds of dwarves ran up and down the huge corridors, they were very busy, using carts with various tools and supplies, transporting goods everywhere, and the noise was loud.

The other dwarves were resting, drinking or arguing, and some even started fighting each other, requiring dwarf guards to separate them.

On the edge of the corridor, he saw a huge specially made ladder with pulleys at the bottom. Four dwarves were pushing under it, and a dwarf was standing at the top of the ladder, wiping the corridor wall with a rag, although they never had time to look up and look that high in their lives. the place, but the cleaners were meticulous and washed the walls brightly.

“Did you really build this fortress?” Ciel was confused.

“Huh?” The sergeant major widened his eyes and said gruffly, “What do you mean?”

“I’m sorry if I’ve offended any of you,” Ciel said, “but, judging by my intuition, this place should have been a little ‘smaller’ if it was entirely up to you.”

“We built it,” said the sergeant major, before adding, “It was built by our ancestors. This is the thousand-year-old fortress of the Bearbeard clan, and our ancestors lived here a long, long time ago!”

“Your ancestors?”

“Historians will tell you that a historian’s job is to explain history.” The sergeant major pulled Ciel to a long table where a dozen or so dwarves were sitting at their desks, burying their heads in writing. There are dwarven porters coming and going, replenishing supplies such as parchment and ink.

“Now I need a diplomat,” the sergeant major told them. “Oh, pedants and diplomats! Look up for Dumark’s sake! The foreigners have come to the fort!”

A dwarf with a golden beard and a fat face put the pen down, turned to see Ciel’s waist, wiped his eyes, and looked up to see Ciel’s face.

“Human?” The diplomat was at a loss. “How could a human come to Xiongxu Fortress? It’s a bit strange.”

“For an adventurer, his gear is too poor. For a thief, he’s a bit daring,” said another dwarf.

“He’s not like a missionary, a knight, a noble, or a wizard.”

“He may come with a trade agreement. We like new trade. The patriarch said that we must find a way to buy more food and sell the animals. It would be nice if it was a merchant from the Shannei Empire.”

These diplomats spoke the language of the Mountain Empire, not Dwarven.

Right above the Great Rift Valley is the Yamauchi region, so they naturally assumed that every human they encountered was a Yamauchi.

“I’m a demon hunter.” Ciel also replied in Yamauchi’s language.

There is no word for demon in the dwarven language.

“Demon? What is a demon?” the diplomat asked.

“A terrible thing, very evil, extremely powerful, gluttonous soul,” said Shire.

“What? Are demons more terrifying than scourges?” the diplomat asked.

“‘Disaster Walker’,” Shire heard this term for the first time, “what do you mean by Disaster Walker?”

“It is something that cannot be understood,” said the diplomat. “The Scourgerunner is our greatest enemy. It is colder than a stone, stronger than a beast. Let’s vomit, we’re secretive, no matter how deep in mines and tunnels we hide, Scourgewalkers will find and kill us. We simply can’t fight Scourgewalkers… The Rift Valley was once prosperous and noisy, and with Scourgewalkers of invasion, many fortresses have fallen…hey…”

Shire had never heard of anything like that.

“Disaster Walker…” Ciel pondered, “Have you had much contact?”

“More and more, they destroy everything they see and kill our fellow citizens. What’s your name?” said the diplomat.

“Charles Grani.”

“I’m Tani Bekan Xiongbeard.” The diplomat stroked his beard. “Although the existence of the Calamity Walker makes the dwarves miserable, what exactly does a hunter want to come to our fortress?”

“I want to order a powerful weapon, so powerful that it can take on the divine, in other words, to build an artifact,” Ciel said.

Tani looked at Ciel for a while, then laughed.

“This guy asked us for an artifact!” Tani pointed at Ciel.

A few dwarves at the table also cheered, and let out a series of happy laughter.

“What are you talking about.” The sergeant major couldn’t help but say, “How can the artifact be so easy to process?”

“I know I’ll pay whatever it costs,” Charles said.

“You can’t afford it,” Tani said. “First of all you have to have the remnants of the glow.”

Xiaguang I understand, is the immortal Xiaguang.

And the fragments of Xiaguang… definitely refer to divinity.

“I have,” Charles said.

“Huh?” Tani looked at Shire in confusion, “Shards of glow aren’t some rubbish you can find anywhere. But… maybe you’re not lying… well, if, if you already have Shards of glow, then we’ll also You need to choose one of the three secret mines as the base material for the artifact.”

“Three secret mines…” Ciel was curious.

“You don’t know? The secret mine is the treasure we dream of!” Tani said happily.

“A treasure! A treasure!”

“Dumak’s treasure! Underground Vault!”

“The most important and greatest thing in the ground!” Mentioning the secret mine, the dwarves next to him all shouted frantically.

“We need Adamantite!” a dwarf pointed his head happily. “We need a lot of Adamantite! Adamantite is the most shining ore! I’d cut off all my beards for a small piece of Adamantite!”

“Adamantium,” said Ciel. “Sounds mighty.”

“And Mithril,” said the dwarf eagerly. “Mithril, Mithril.”

“The most powerful rune can be engraved on mithril! I want to take another look at mithril in my life! Build a mithril tool with my own hands, otherwise I won’t be able to communicate with my ancestors!” An elderly dwarf next to him held his hand. Fist clenched, he had a white beard and wrinkled face, and he was short and hilarious.

“And oregano,” Tani said to Shire, “the strongest mineral in the world. Our fathers used only these three greatest minerals to build artifacts, in order to live up to the power of the shards of rays, as The heirs of Xiongxu Fortress, we will never tolerate the use of ordinary metal to carry precious fragments of sunshine!”

“Isn’t that better?” Ciel said. “Weapons made from these magical minerals must be of very high quality.”

“More than that!” Tani boasted, “I can guarantee it is the best, most powerful, dwarf-quality Noble Phantasm in the world. When you get that kind of thing and return to the surface, it will be enough for you to be worth a thousand. !”

Dwarf craftsmanship, mysterious minerals, and the divinity of war will definitely be able to create an artifact that matches the gray knife, and it may even be stronger than the gray knife. I will wave an artifact myself!

At that time, no matter how strong the devil is, there will be nothing to fear.

“Should be expensive,” said Shire.

“Of course.” Tani nodded, “At least tens of thousands of gold coins are required to purchase enough top-level minerals from the entire underground world.”

“Bringing so many gold coins to you all at once will cause the gold coins to depreciate.” Ciel said, “For the sake of your precious metal market, I’m not going to collect money. In general, I am a demon hunter, and now the demons are raging outside. , you shouldn’t be able to survive alone, I will help you eliminate the devil, in exchange, how about”

“We don’t have the devil you mentioned.” Tani frowned, “If you don’t have money, don’t even think about coming here to touch porcelain.”

“What about the ‘disaster walkers’?” Ciel pondered, “I may also try to deal with them. As long as I study their situation, and then get weapons, it is no exaggeration to say that there is nothing I can’t defeat.”

Scourgewalkers are a big threat to dwarves, if I can help them…

[End of This Chapter]