Chapter 445: Artifact - Dwarf King's City!

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A few seconds later, three black figures connected together exhaled a puff of black smoke.

"Linya, I accept your wishes, but you'd better not get too close to me on this stretch, okay?" I turned my head and looked at her with tender eyes.

Linya, who was originally as fair and lovely as Yu'er, now turned into a black beauty.

Linya's lips trembled slightly, and she was about to say something, but when she came into contact with my pleading eyes, she could only nod unwillingly, and took a few steps back while clutching the blackened handkerchief.

"Phini, we have to keep a certain distance during this journey." I turned my head to the other side and looked at another patriotic soldier who had the same problem as me with tears in my eyes.

"Meow meow, I understand me very well~~"

Feini let out a mournful cry and lowered her head. A pair of cat ears seemed to be hanging down on her head. Before she could let go, another bolt of lightning fell, and two more tragic figures flashed in the lightning.

"Let go now, don't let tragedies happen again."

After the lightning, Feini and I, who were a bit darker, jumped away from each other as if they were plague viruses, with two lines of hot tears streaming down our faces at the same time.

Who miserable than I am!

"Hahaha - you two are too - haha, I can't stop laughing at the old picture -"

Tualatin bent down and hugged his belly, pointing at the two of us with a breathless smile.

"..."

We looked at each other at Feini, and we both nodded at the same time, and suddenly rushed towards Tualatin, tightly hugging him one on the left and the other on the right.

"For love and justice!" I shouted loudly like a martyr.

"For...for light and hope!" Feini made a V-shaped gesture and cutely waved her eye frames, showing a tacit understanding of cooperation.

"Heavenly Punishment!!" The two of them said in unison.

"Rumble--"

An unprecedented thick lightning fell...

City of God's Punishment. The once prosperous super-large city is now surrounded by countless terrifying lightnings. Among the ruins that can still see some shadows of the past, none of them can retain a height of more than two meters under the ravages of lightning.

These endless lightnings also bring us great distress. Not only do they strike us from time to time when we are on the road, but they are also restless when we are fighting.

For example, once I used triple fire storm to deal with a small group of cave kings. As soon as I said the word "wind" of triple fire storm, the third fire storm in my hand had already gathered, but a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from my head, and it hit me hard.

Interrupt my magic every time.

Not only that, the compressed fire storm lost my control and was immediately released violently, forming a violent explosion. I had not yet recovered from the frozen state of lightning. I was blown high into the sky by my own magic, and was counted again in the air.

Lightning greeted him.

What a serial tragedy!!

Fortunately, Linya had followed my instructions and distanced herself from me, so the explosion did not affect her.

So after this time, I learned a lesson and stopped using skills with long casting times to avoid being interrupted by lightning and backfire on myself.

Tualatin often laughs at Fini and I, a dishonest emperor and a tragic emperor. The two of them almost absorbed all the lightning that fell in this area, so that he and Linya sometimes didn't encounter a lightning strike for half a day.

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In his words: Ever since he got to know Fini and I, he is no longer afraid of lightning, and his beard full of masculine charm has also been preserved.

Naturally, the result of saying this was "Heaven's Punishment" performed by Feini and I together!

"Lao Tu, how long does it take to reach the Dwarf King's City?"

Human adaptability is terrifying, at least that seems to be the case for me. The next day, I was able to continue talking without changing my expression despite being struck by lightning, which made Tualatin call him a monster.

I really want to know if I can improve my lightning resistance if I am struck by lightning here for a month. As for the man who set a record of 729, I admire him from the bottom of my heart. But it is a pity, because there is a tragic emperor like Feini.

He shared half of the lightning with me. So I didn't break his record.

It seems that bringing Feini here is not completely useless. I raised my eyes and looked into the distance and thought of this.

On the third day, I found that the road became rough and difficult to walk. It was okay to be struck by lightning, at least the ground was still stable, but now...

"Let me tell you, Lao Tu, what should you, the dwarf commoners of your tribe, do if they want to leave the royal city?"

On a cliff that only allowed one person to pass, I looked at the bottom of the cliff hundreds of meters high below, and then at the thunder snakes raging above me, and suddenly I thought of this question.

I'm afraid only adventurers can pass through this kind of environment and terrain. Could it be that the Dwarf King's City is so awesome that all the people living in it are dwarf warriors?

"There are other safer ways." Tualatin replied matter-of-factly.

"Then why don't you take us to a safer passage, you bastard." I suddenly became angry, feeling that thousands of lightning strikes in the past few days were all in vain.

"Because it is a secret passage and cannot be known to outsiders."

So, with our level of trust, can we only take this channel with the lowest confidentiality? It seems that we have caused Tualatin to suffer. Otherwise, he should have a better choice. Should I apologize to him?

"Actually, I was able to take you through a slightly higher level of confidentiality, but I think you young people should accept more hardships so that you can grow up."

Tualatin turned around and said, "I'm doing this for your own good, so thank me." He looked like someone who had come before him. He didn't deserve a beating no matter how he looked at it.

Can I push him out of here? Can I? Can't I?

"The level of confidentiality is slightly higher? Senior Tualatin, are there more than two secret passages leading to the Dwarf King's City?"

The clever Linya immediately discovered the flaw in Tualatin's words.

Tualatin was obviously carried away by this senior's shout, and the expression on his face became more and more proud.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, not only are there more than two, but there are more than single digits..."

Hey, did you dwarves evolve from gophers?

"Even though there are many dwarves, they only know a few of them that are safe. Only high-level people know about those high-level ones."

This is the so-called cunning rabbit's three holes. You really can't underestimate these dwarves. I leaned over and looked at Tualatin.

"I'm telling you, Lao Tu, as a dwarf prince, you should know the most confidential passage."

"That...that's of course. I, Lao Tu, must know it, but I can't tell you." Tualatin suddenly hesitated in his words. He avoided looking at me unnaturally.

Ha, you know it from the looks of it, and this guy definitely doesn’t know either.

After walking on the cliff for a long time, we returned to the flat ground. Looking from a distance, there was another large basin in front of us. The thunder snakes in the sky were twisting more fiercely in the sky above the basin. Every second there were

Nearly a thousand chops came down, making the entire basin look like a battlefield ravaged by artillery fire.

Yes, let’s continue to bear the thunder.

On the fourth day, we stepped into the belly of the basin, surrounded by strange rocks, cliffs and canyons. The conditions were as harsh as those on the surfaces of lifeless planets. However, our steps gradually became lighter. Because Tualatin said, today

You can reach the Dwarf King's City before midnight.

When we worked hard through a narrow canyon and got out of a gap that could almost only be passed sideways, in the winding canyon, no eyes beyond ten meters were revealed for several hours.

Suddenly, it became clear, and the white light was so bright that I had to close my eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, Linya, Feini, I, and I were stunned at the same time.

What did we see?

Sunlight!

Sunlight actually appears in this mountain range that has been abandoned by both humans and gods and is shrouded in dark clouds and lightning all day long?

Not only that, this... what on earth is going on?

I looked at the surrounding scenery in a daze.

The chirping of birds...the scent of flowers?

A beautiful butterfly with blue patterned wings flew past my nose. Its wings stirred up powder, making me sneeze lightly.

As far as the eye can see, there is green grassland. Clusters of unknown and gorgeous wildflowers grow on this green grassland. It is picturesque and poetic, and there is a small forest not far from us, from which the crisp sound of

Birdsong.

Even on the Roge Grassland, such beautiful scenery cannot be seen everywhere.

Is this really the fortress of demons, the mountain of death in the City of God’s Punishment?

However, what surprised us the most was the huge building standing in the center of this grassland surrounded by cliffs.

Let’s briefly talk about the terrain here. After emerging from the gap in the canyon, what appeared in front of us was a huge plain. This plain was surrounded by smooth cliffs thousands of meters high in all directions. It was like

It's like a closed paradise in martial arts novels, but this paradise is incredibly large.

But in the center of this peach orchard, there is a large pit. On top of the large pit, there is a semi-circular boulder that is more than a thousand meters high, like an overturned mountain. The structure and shape, from a distance, are...

It looks like a giant subway pot sitting steadily on the stove.

There is no doubt that the flat land above this semicircular boulder is where the Dwarf King's City is located.

The sunlight we see is actually not real, but the artificial light emitted by the huge rune light pillars erected in the southeast and northwest directions on this semicircular boulder, and the taller and thicker main pillar in the center.

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The tops of these five runic light pillars flashed with energy like the sun, and they were connected with each other to form a huge magic barrier, covering the entire grassland below, preventing the raging lightning in the sky from crossing the thunder pool, which created the

This paradise.

"How about it? You're stunned."

Tualatin rubbed his big nose excitedly, with an expression of indescribable pride and pride.

I stared blankly at this semicircular boulder that looked like a space fortress, and an idea flashed in my mind, a "space" fortress?

"Old Tu, this giant rock can still fly." I looked at the Dwarf King's City and suddenly murmured to myself.

"How do you know? This is one of the biggest secrets of our dwarf royal city!!" Tualatin's horrified voice sounded next to my ears, and he looked at me as if he had seen a ghost.

Perhaps it is indeed difficult to imagine from the perspective of a dark person. But in the eyes of me, a time-travel otaku who has been exposed to countless anime, this shape, this structure, and such placement of features seem to be desperately reminding me.

I can float.

In turn, Tualatin was stunned for a long time before he gradually accepted the fact that I had revealed the biggest secret of the Dwarf King's City. Seeing his eyes contemplating, I even maliciously guessed whether he was considering whether to "keep" us. it's here.

Linya and Feini looked at her with admiration. After all, this was not something that the minds of their world could guess.

After the biggest secret was revealed, Tualatin became less scrupulous in his words. He began to tell us one by one about some insignificant things that seemed like secrets but had no impact on the dwarf royal city.

The most important and secret building of the Dwarf King's City is actually the five giant rune pillars standing above. They not only provide an energy shield for the entire King's City, but are also the source of heat and light for the paradise below. At the same time, they are also Power conversion system.

Five towering giant pillars engraved with various runes can madly absorb lightning energy from the outside world, supply the required energy system, and at the same time store part of it as the power source for the Royal City to take off at critical moments.

In other words, as long as the lightning on the City of God's Punishment does not stop, the entire Dwarf King's City will have a steady stream of energy.

Divine punishment was originally the wrath bestowed upon this land by the gods, but now, it has been changed by the dwarves, turning disadvantages into advantages, and has become their greatest support.

Just imagine, when the enemy attacks, as long as the entire royal city is lifted into the sky, who can touch it? Even if there are a few enemies who can fly, will they dare to fly in the sky full of thunder and lightning? The thunderclouds in the sky are no better than ours. What you encounter on the ground is denser and more powerful black lightning. The higher you go, the more terrifying the power.

Taking ten thousand steps back, the enemy is not afraid of thunder and lightning. But can he break through the solid energy barrier formed by powerful thunder and lightning energy with unlimited energy supply?

Looking at this dwarf royal city, I was shocked. A word suddenly came to my mind.

Artifact!

That's right, this dwarf royal city itself is a peerless artifact that the dwarves have devoted all their energy to build. It is known as the strongest demon fortress in the mainland, but it is just a little kid in front of it.

I can finally understand why the dwarves walking in the Demon Fortress are so arrogant. In their eyes, the human adventurer who has been talking about the Demon Fortress being the first city on the continent all day long, in front of his dwarf king's city How childish and ridiculous.

It seems that Tualatin has a big mouth and exposed a lot of things that should not be exposed, but in fact, even if he doesn't say some things, we can all understand them at a glance.

For example, these five pillars are the generators and engines of the entire dwarf royal city. In fact, as long as you see this dwarf royal city and see the tops of the pillars absorbing the thunder and lightning from the sky, opening the energy shield, emitting light and heat, who can Still don’t know the role and importance of these five pillars?

However, the greater the harvest, the greater the sacrifice. This castle was made of the blood and tears of countless dwarves. Tualatin told us that just to find this suitable place and to draw the blueprint of the royal city , it took thousands of years, countless dwarves traveled across mountains and ridges, and traveled all over the Dark Continent. Countless dwarf masters racked their brains and died of exhaustion.

As we talked, we had arrived at the foot of the boulder. When we looked up, the huge black shadow of the boulder had covered most of the sky above our heads.

Under the boulder is a dwarf town. Tualatin took us to a high platform, with a huge teleportation magic circle carved on it, and more than a dozen dwarf warriors guarding it.

"Lao Tu, your boy is finally willing to come back."

One of the dwarves, who seemed to be the leader of this group of warriors, swung his short body up to meet him, and slapped Tualatin hard on the shoulder. The slap made Tualatin's teeth chatter, and his already short body

, seemed to sink a little more.

He cast his gaze on us, and his expression suddenly changed, becoming very irritable and restless.

"You bastard, you actually brought humans to our dwarf royal city!"

Roaring angrily, before Tualatin could wait for an explanation, the dwarf who had looked friendly just now kicked him away. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen dwarf warriors behind him uniformly attacked the dwarf who was bigger than them.

The hammer swung and slowly surrounded the three of us in the center.

"Tie Hammer, you old bastard, how many times have you told me not to be so grumpy? They are important guests invited by my old man. Do you dare to touch a hair? I guarantee that you will never even think about it in your life.

Closer to the stove."

Tualatin was kicked away and rolled around on the ground several times like a fat winter melon. After he got up, he immediately yelled at the dwarf named Hammer.

"real?"

Tualatin's threat seemed to be very intimidating. He could not go near the stove for the rest of his life. For the dwarves who were addicted to blacksmithing, it was simply more uncomfortable than killing him. Therefore, these dwarf warriors immediately retracted their weapons, but the dwarf named Iron Hammer

Still looking at Tualatin uncertainly.

"You really didn't lie to me?"

"Do I need to make a joke about something like getting skinned by a dead old man?" Muradin's entire face turned red, and he glared at the hammer with wide eyes.

"I don't believe others, but you might not..."

Iron Hammer murmured in a low voice, looking at us with eyes still full of vigilance. No wonder he was so cautious. For thousands of years, apart from Linya's grandmother Raphael, there has probably never been a human being on this land.

"What are you looking at? Give way, give way!"

Iron Hammer waved his hand to drive away the dwarves who came over out of curiosity. When he saw us stepping into the teleportation station, he turned around and planned to return to his post.

Just when the light of the teleportation array lit up, Tualatin, a petty old man, suddenly rushed out of the teleportation station, came behind Iron Hammer, kicked him in the butt, and then quickly

ran back at the speed.

"Tualatin, you brat!!"

As Iron Hammer fell to the ground magnificently, his old face flushed with shame turned towards us, the teleportation array flashed with white light, and we had already set foot on the land of the Dwarf King's City.

The white light gradually dimmed, and what appeared in front of us was a clean and neat scenery.

The stone slabs on the ground are paved with square pieces of hard yellow stone, each piece is about one square meter in size, and the surrounding buildings are also made of hard yellow stone that is a few sizes smaller.

The wide squares, wide avenues, boxy architectural features, and uniform building stones are very comfortable to look at, and you can clearly feel the straight and heroic temperament of the dwarves.

Under the gaze of all the dwarves who stopped and looked at the three uninvited guests like us with curious eyes, Tualatin took the lead in an arrogant manner, leading us up and down the wide street, showing off his airs as a local snake.

Dwarves are indeed natural blacksmiths. We found that on almost every street we passed, we could see more than a dozen blacksmith shops. The sound of blacksmithing echoed in our ears one after another without interruption, forming the main theme of the city.

After being treated like animals by these curious dwarves, Tualatin took us to a stop at the gate of a simple and solemn palace city, and we were greeted by a few dwarves who were guarding the city gate. It was obvious from a glance that their strength was extraordinary.

The soldier struck up a conversation.

I don’t know if the other dwarves didn’t realize Prince Tualatin’s identity, or if Tualatin himself didn’t have this awareness. In short, the dwarves who greeted him warmly along the way seemed to have a bad-friendliness or goodwill towards each other.

The ridicule and even a few words of laughter and curses made me understand more about Tualatin's previous bad deeds.

Soon, a dwarf warrior with a fat and honest figure ran out of the palace and said that the dwarf king invited him.

"This damn old man actually behaves like others!!"

Tualatin muttered in a low voice, which immediately made me embarrassed. I followed him into the city gate, walked through the courtyard, and walked towards the palace gate. The majestic and majestic aura revealed from the solemn building suddenly made me tremble.

Pressing heavily on us.
Chapter completed!