Chapter 348 Settlement! [Disappearing Gravel]
Two days after leaving Chenxi Town, Luo Xiu and the accompanying convoy finally saw the outline of Red Maple City in the distance in the morning.
Almost ten days have passed since I left Red Maple City for Songyuan City, and now I have finally returned to this place——
And during these ten days, Luo Xiu didn’t know Hong What happened in Maple City. However, judging from the frontline battle reports obtained by Songyuan City, it seems that although the frontier of Songyuan Territory has suffered several attacks from the Dark Principality, the situation is not serious.
Luo Xiu has opened the curtain, and the walls of Red Maple City in his field of vision have become increasingly clear.
And his motorcade immediately arrived at the gate of Red Maple City, and the elite guards from the border fortress quickly came to investigate.
When the guards saw Luo Xiu inside the car curtain, they were stunned at first, then hurriedly stepped back, and gave Luo Xiu the most standard military salute:
"——Welcome Bishop Luo Xiu Carlos has returned to the city!"
The guard commander greeted Luo Xiu loudly, and the guards on both sides immediately followed the leader in chanting:
"——Welcome Luo Xiu Carlos. Bishop Los returns to the city!”
"Welcome Luo Xiu Carlos..."
"..."
Based in the uniform praise and greetings, Luo Xiu nodded slightly and signaled to the guards that his motorcade was It immediately drove towards the city and soon merged into the streets of the city.
……
The main street of Red Maple City.
Under Luo Xiu's instruction, his motorcade drove in the direction of the church, and one of the accompanying clergymen had already mounted a fast horse and headed to the main church to pay tribute to the "acting bishop" St. Deacon Hubert who had stayed behind. Announce that you are back.
As he was about to enter the street where the Church's Glory Church is located, Luo Xiu let the carriage carrying the "Gravel" dwarves enter the side street. Luo Xiu also left his carriage in advance and summoned "Gold Pegasus then mounted it and followed the carriage carrying the dwarves.
His destination is quite clear - [Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop]!
Transporting the dwarves of the "Gravel" clan safely to Mir's forging manor is the first thing Luo Xiu needs to do after returning to Red Maple City.
……
Red Maple City, inside Mir's Forging Manor.
When Luo Xiu rode the "Golden Pegasus" to the area, he could hear the tinkling sound of iron coming from the manor from a distance.
The Forging Manor seems to have received a lot of forging commissions recently. The forging masters are in full swing making orders. Luo Xiu glanced around and saw that there seemed to be a lot more new faces in the manor. It seemed that During his trip to Songyuan City, Mir recruited many skilled masters, and the manor also gained more apprentices.
Asking the accompanying priests to wait outside the manor, Luo Xiu recalled the "Golden Pegasus" and walked into the manor.
A young blacksmith came up to entertain him, and Luo Xiu asked him:
"Where is Master Mir?"
"You ask the master?" The young blacksmith scratched his head and quickly responded, "The master has been in the forging room these days and no one is allowed to disturb him."
"No one is allowed to disturb him?" Luo Xiu asked in a confused tone.
"Yes..." the young blacksmith blinked and said:
"Because of the 'Bianting'...I heard that the newly appointed general there gave the master a certain A difficult commission? I don’t know..."
It's "Thunder General" Albert... Luo Xiu nodded, "I understand."
He then patted the young blacksmith on the shoulder and walked towards the largest villa in the manor.
Behind Luo Xiu, the young blacksmith who had just entertained him suddenly became anxious and trotted to catch up with him, shouting:
"Guest, guest! You can't... Huh, you can’t go in!”
“The master said not to let anyone disturb him...”
"..."
The young blacksmith shouted. He suddenly felt that his feet were off the ground, as if he was being lifted up by his collar——
"You know that Who is it, bastard? "
A deep and rough voice came from behind him. The young blacksmith looked back with some doubts and saw a helpless expression on his master's face.
“Who?” the young blacksmith asked in confusion.
"That's Luo Xiu, the 'bishop' of this Red Maple City church, little brat."
"'Bishop'?" The young blacksmith's eyes widened, "You said he is a 'bishop' ? But he obviously doesn’t look older than me..."
"Humph," the old blacksmith hummed. He said:
"In short, the master does not let us disturb him, but it is not directed at that person. That person can come at any time if he wants. If he wants, even the master must come in person Come down and receive him!”
“But...”
"Not so many 'buts', bastard."
Crack! The young blacksmith felt that someone had patted him on the head lightly -
"You can understand what I am saying. If you understand, then go to work quickly, you bastard."
The old blacksmith admonished:
“Remember, hum. Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask, and don’t ask about what you shouldn’t.”
"Yes..."
The young blacksmith nodded in understanding.
……
Forging Manor Villa, in front of the largest forging room on the third floor.
The door is locked tightly on the inside. From the opposite side of the door, there are electric "sizzling" sounds, the "clang" sound of forging iron, and the "bang bang" sound caused by small explosions - - Mir is inside, and he is concentrating on the commissioned forging, but the movement inside seems a bit too loud, and even Luo Xiu can't understand what he is doing.
When those voices became slightly quieter, Luo Xiu raised his wrist and knocked lightly on the door.
"Damn it, didn't I tell you not to disturb me? Get out of here!"
Mire's somewhat rough roar came from the other side of the door. He seemed to be angrily slamming the table. Venting dissatisfaction and irritability.
“It’s me, Mir.”
Luo Xiu said in a gentle voice.
"..."
"Luo Xiu?"
Mier's anger on the other side of the door seemed to have suddenly dropped, and he asked tentatively:
"Come back "Yes?"
"It's me." Luo Xiu still maintained a gentle tone, "Open the door, Mil, I have something to ask you."
"..."
The sound of the door lock snapping was heard, and with a "squeak" sound, the door of the forging room was opened by Mir from the inside.
Luo Xiu saw that the hair of the dwarf in front of him had finally fallen out. His eyes were still densely covered with bloodshot eyes, and the wrinkles on his face were deeper than before. It seems that the recent work intensity has exceeded the standard -
"Why are you bald?" Luo Xiu asked with a smile.
Mir: "..."
Visible to the naked eye, black lines quickly appeared on Mir's face. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat the "Bishop" on the opposite side, Mir felt like he would have to hit him twice.
“I’ve become bald, what’s wrong?” Mir snorted and said:
“I’ve become bald, and also become stronger.” “Pfft.”
“Why are you laughing?”
"It's nothing, I remembered something happy."
"..."
The brief greeting ended with such laughter and curses. Luo Xiu had already entered the forging room, and Mir walked away. Close and lock the door.
Luo Xiu glanced at what Mir was busy with before, and there was a wide red giant sword on the obsidian table in the middle——
"That is That ‘Thunder General’ Albert’s commission?”
After looking at the giant sword and then at Mir beside him, Luo Xiu asked casually.
"Hey, that's it." Mir nodded and said:
"During your absence, the Dark Army seemed to have heard the news and gathered its forces to launch another attack on Red Maple City. Raid."
"You don't know, Luo Xiu, facing the fierce advance of the Dark Army. Prisoner, that 'Thunder General' Albert actually took the initiative to lead an attack - right in front of the two armies, beheaded an executioner with the fifth level of [Red Lotus]!"
"Ouch! , and there is such a thing," Luo Xiu nodded, not showing surprise, and asked, "Then, what is this sword?"
"That's General Albert's weapon," Mir replied, walking to the giant sword and flicking it twice.
"The executioner [Red Lotus] suffered some damage when he beheaded it," Mir pointed to a large area of corrosion patterns on the sword blade, "The executioner's blood had a certain This kind of corrosive ability makes this sword...well , it is called [Thunder Devouring Wolf Slash], which destroys the original rune circuit on it."
"There is no rune blacksmith like me in Fangbeiyuan, huh, even so. It's the 'Great Rune Master' Eureka, repairing weapons In terms of runes, you may not be as good as me, so that 'Thunder General' came to me!"
"That's it," Luo Xiu smiled and nodded, praising, "You are really awesome. , Master Mir."
What Mir said is true - the two Great Masters of "Fangbeiyuan" have been working with each other for a long time. Their "alchemy" and "rune" skills are mainly used to make demon dolls, and they are not good at dealing with them. Weapons and equipment undergo rune engraving and repair.
"How do I feel, you don't seem to be praising me..."
Mier snorted, then jumped up and sat on the table, shook his head and said:
"But it's true It's a little troublesome, because this [Thunder-Eating Wolf Slash] is a legendary weapon... I've only found a few for the time being. To replace the materials for repair, I still need someone to help me.”
“But the other blacksmiths in the manor are not capable enough, and now I can only rely on me... Well, it doesn’t matter.”
“So Luo Xiu, why did you come to me?”
"..."
"Do you still remember what I promised you, Mir?"
"What you promised me..." Mir pondered for a long time.
At a certain moment, Mir's pupils suddenly shrank, he looked at Luo Xiu, and asked a little awkwardly:
"About my... clansmen?"
"..."
"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "About the dwarves of the 'Gravel' clan."
—— Bang Dang!
After confirming this from Luo Xiu, the forging hammer Mir just raised fell heavily again and hit the obsidian table.
"Really..."
"Master Mir, my friend," Luo Xiu said with a smile:
"Let the blacksmiths of the manor go back today. I have brought the 'Gravel' family and your compatriots. , but their current state is not easy to see people in public.”
"I know, I know..."
Mir nodded solemnly, and he immediately ran out, came to the corridor, and shouted loudly to all the blacksmiths in the manor:
“——Everyone, go home!”
...
In the blacksmithing manor, although the blacksmiths did not understand why the "master" suddenly asked them to go home, they were already exhausted from working for days and were not dissatisfied with the sudden holiday. They quickly packed up their "workstations" and called it a day and went home.
When only Luo Xiu and Mir were left in the forging manor, the priests who had been waiting outside the courtyard received Luo Xiu's instructions and drove their carriage into the courtyard.
The courtyard door was closed immediately. Luo Xiu and Mir came side by side to the courtyard of the manor. Luo Xiu had raised his arm, activated a light pattern of "authority", and pulled up the "Wu Guang" cage".
The outside world could no longer peep into the scene inside the "Lightless Cage", so Luo Xiu asked the priests to open the compartments of the four carriages and help out the dwarves of the "Gravel" family from one seat——
They were wearing khaki dwarf clothes, but their clothes were already in tatters, and their eyes were colorless. Their thinking had been blinded by taboo methods, and they were completely unaware of the new environment they were in.
When he saw these ragged dwarves, Mir's expression instantly froze.
"Aldor, Tamur...and Saren..."
"Really, it's really you..."
"..."< br>
Mir had recognized his "people", but Luo Xiu just watched quietly and did not disturb him.
At the same time, right in front of Luo Xiu, a new prompt appeared on his panel——
[Hidden mission completed: Disappearing Gravel (Hell Difficulty)]
[After many hardships, you finally learned the clues about the "Gravel" dwarves and saved the lives of a total of thirty-nine dwarves. 】
【The chain of tasks is waiting for new developments】
[…]
[You have completed the main mission objective]
[You have completed the additional mission objective]
[The mission is settling...]
[Get the main completion rewards: basic experience +43000, free attribute points +5]
[Obtain additional completion rewards: basic experience +273000, free attribute points +10, rare feat "Gravel Tribe·Dwarf Friend"*1]
[…]
[Gravel Tribe· Friend of the Dwarves (rare, limited): You saved the tribe, and the dwarves of the 'Gravel' tribe will always regard you as their friend. 】
[Your "wisdom" attribute +18, skill slot +3, skill slot +3, level I authority slot +1]
[You will more easily obtain from Favorability of the "dwarf" race. The expenditure required to learn knowledge and conduct transactions from dwarves will be reduced by 30%, while the expenditure required to learn knowledge and conduct transactions from "gravel" dwarves will be reduced by 50%. 】
[...]
Not bad limited rare expertise... Luo Xiu thought to himself and silently closed the panel.
[The Disappearing Gravel] is just one part of the hidden mission. Luo Xiu knows that he will receive a new part of the mission later, so he is not in a hurry.
He just watched quietly as Mir "recognized" his former clansmen, but the dwarves of the "Gravel" clan just stood there blankly, without any reaction.
After greeting the last "Gravel" compatriot, but receiving no response, Mir finally turned his head and asked Luo Xiu anxiously:
"What happened to them...?"
......
(End of this chapter)