Chapter 344 The Legend of the Balrog Gross
According to legend, the Flame Demon Gross was originally the master of the Lava Crown of Longmian Continent.
Later, a tribe of Dark Iron dwarves named Copperfurnace escaped from the abyss and migrated to Lava Crown. They discovered that there were rich geothermal resources underground, and decided to settle in Lava Crown.
From this day on, the Black Iron Tribe of the Copperfurnace and the Flame Demon Groth of the Lava Crown began a ten-year contest.
The battle between the Black Iron Tribe of the Copper Furnace and the Balrog Gros lasted for too long. There were many times during which the Copper Furnace Tribe wanted to give up and find another habitat.
Until the Dark Iron Dwarf King named Thorendar Copperfurnace appeared and led the Dark Iron Dwarves to defeat the Balrog Groth and win the victory.
After the death of Groth the Firelord, his ashes were scattered beneath the lava crown, looking for opportunities for resurrection.
Before Thorendal Copperfurnace passed away, he was worried that the Balrog Groth would come back and destroy the kingdom that the Copperfurnace tribe had built for half the world, so he used his last strength to seal the ashes of the Balrog Groth underground.
This is the legend about the Balrog Groth and the Kingdom of the Dark Iron Dwarves.
Lu Heng had heard of this legend, but it was only spread two years after the Abyss descended.
Unexpectedly, Gross Ember appears now.
The volcanic ash transported by this sunken ship contains Gross embers, so after being ignited, it will burn and form a conscious flame.
After understanding this, Lu Heng finally understood why the Black Iron Dwarves transported the volcanic ash to the tidal sea and dumped it.
The Dark Iron Dwarves probably wanted to pour the embers of Balrog Groth into the depths of the sea, thinking that this would prevent the resurrection of Balrog Groth.
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Lu Heng immediately returned to the Siren Clan Temple to find the High Priest Sona. When they met, he said, "I know what volcanic ash is. Take me to the place where the Black Iron Dwarves dumped the ash."
High Priest Sona frowned and thought, looked at Lu Heng with her sharp eyes, and nodded in agreement after a moment: "Okay. I'll take you there. I hope you can really resolve this crisis."
This time, Sona did not send guards to take Lu Heng to the destination, but led the team herself.
Lu Heng and his group of ten people followed the Siren Clan team through the deep frozen trench and arrived at the deepest part of the tidal sea.
High Priest Sona floated in the sea, raised her hand and pointed downwards and said: "It's right below. This is the deepest part of the deep-frozen trench. You may not be able to get down."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and released a bubble, covering Lu Heng and the others, and then swam down first.
The depth of the water gets lower and lower. After diving six thousand meters, the temperature dropped from 20 degrees to just over 10 degrees.
When approaching the bottom of the sea, Lu Heng finally vaguely saw the situation on the bottom of the sea.
There is a sunken area on the seabed. There is a lot of black soil accumulated in this area at the moment, which is obviously soaked volcanic ash.
Not all volcanic ash is Gross embers, but volcanic ash contains Gross embers.
The Dark Iron Dwarves probably had no way to extract Gros Embers from the volcanic ash, so they directly transported the dug volcanic ash here and dumped it.
Lu Heng is covered with bubbles, so he can speak: "Why do the Dark Iron dwarves pour volcanic ash here?"
High Priest Sona pondered for a moment and then asked: "Didn't you say you know what volcanic ash is?"
"If I guessed correctly, the volcanic ash contains Gross ember." Lu Heng expressed his guess.
High Priest Sona nodded and confirmed: "Looking at it this way, you do know part of the truth. Then I will tell you the rest.
"This is called the Deep Frozen Trench, the coldest place in the tidal sea.
"Ten years ago, the seabed here was covered with ice all year round, and the temperature of the seawater could reach minus three or four degrees.
"But do you think there is still ice here?"
After hearing this, Lu Heng understood what it meant.
The Dark Iron dwarves poured Gros embers here, which actually raised the temperature of the nearby sea by more than ten degrees.
Gross embers can actually increase the temperature of sea water. What would have happened if they had not been dumped into the deep sea?
I'm afraid that Balrog Gross has revived, and if not all of it, some of its embers will revive.
No wonder the Dark Iron Dwarves are willing to pour volcanic ash into the sea even if they are enemies of the Sirens. They also made a choice for survival.
The ashes of the Balrog Groth have been buried under the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom for a century. Once awakened, one can imagine the fate of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.
With no way to deal with the Balrog Groth, the Dark Iron Dwarves had no choice but to dig out Groth's embers and find a cold place to dump them.
So they chose the coldest spot in the Tidal Sea.
What the Dark Iron Dwarves didn't expect was that dumping Gros' embers into the deep-frozen trench would actually increase the temperature of the sea water here.
Lu Heng thought of this and asked: "So the temperature of the seawater in the Kraken clan's territory has also increased?"
High Priest Sona sighed, exhaled a bubble from her mouth, nodded and replied: "Yes, the temperature of the sea where we breathe has increased by two degrees in ten years. Do you understand what a huge change this is for us? ?”
Of course Lu Heng understood.
If we want to make an analogy, the environmental changes faced by the Sirens are similar to the greenhouse effect of Blue Star.
Human beings have caused global climate change due to the greenhouse effect, and they are also trying various ways to control it.
The situation of the Kraken family is more serious, and changes in sea water temperature have a more profound impact than changes in atmospheric temperature.
No wonder the Sirens want to attack the Dark Iron Dwarves' ships, any race would do this.
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Later, the high priest Sona told the sequel to the legend of Balrog Groth.
It turns out that after the Copperfurnace and Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom thrived in the Crown of Lava for more than a century, the ashes of the Fire Lord Groth buried underground showed signs of resurgence.
With the death of the dwarf king Thorendal the Great, no one in the Bronze Furnace tribe can deal with the Balrog Gros.
The great wizard of the Bronze Furnace tribe discovered this, so after discussing with the seven elders of the tribe, he finally decided to dig out the Gros embers and transport them to the coldest place for burial.
Finally, the Dark Iron Dwarves chose the coldest place in the depths of the Tidal Sea, the Deep Frozen Trench.
The great wizard of the Tongluo Black Iron Tribe dived into the bottom of the sea to check it out, and saw an undersea glacier stretching for hundreds of miles. This is a very strange type of ice that contains special qualities and is embedded in the bottom of the sea, forming an underwater world like ice crystals.
The great wizard of the Dark Iron Dwarves felt that dumping the ashes of the Balrog Groth here would definitely prevent his resurgence.
Therefore, starting ten years ago, the Dark Iron Dwarves continued to transport volcanic ash in ships and dumped it into the deep frozen trench.
In the beginning, it didn't cause much change.
As the situation continued, the glaciers in the deep-frozen trench began to melt, and the temperature continued to rise, indirectly affecting the seawater temperature in the Kraken tribe's territory.
Since three years ago, the Kraken Clan discovered the purpose of the Dark Iron Dwarves dumping volcanic ash. The conflict between the two families has been escalating and the conflicts have continued.
The Kraken clan prohibits any Dark Iron dwarf ships from entering the Tidal Sea. However, the tidal sea is too big, and the Sirens cannot block all sea areas, so the Dark Iron Dwarves continue to dump volcanic ash into the deep sea.
Even many Dark Iron dwarves only know how to dump volcanic ash into the tidal sea, without knowing why they do so.
This has been work for ten years, and many Dark Iron dwarf captains, including Frigus, are just following orders.
As for why they want to do this work, it is not a question they need to worry about.
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After Lu Heng heard the whole story, he finally understood why the danger level of the abyss battlefield was level 7.
There is actually a powerful demon king in this world, the demon Gross.
Simply dumping Gross Embers into the deep ocean can increase the temperature of tidal seas.
One can imagine how terrifying this demon Gros is.
Also because of the existence of the Ember of Gros, irreconcilable conflicts have arisen between the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves.
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In a sense, the conflicts between the two communities are indeed irreconcilable.
The ashes of Balrog Groth are buried underground in the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom. If the Dark Iron Dwarves do not dig out the ashes of Groth and dump them into the deep sea, and wait until Balrog Groth revives, the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom will be destroyed.
If the Dark Iron Dwarves want to prevent the resurrection of Balrog Gross, they must continue to dump volcanic ash into the sea.
The embers of Gross fell into the tidal sea. Let's not say whether the Balrog Gross will revive on the seabed. Even if he doesn't, the increase in seawater temperature alone will have a huge impact on the Kraken clan.
The two races are bound to conflict in order to protect the climate environment of their habitat.
If you want to mediate the conflict between the two races, unless you can solve the threat of Balrog Gross, there will be no solution to this matter.
But is it possible to solve a powerful demon king whose ashes alone can raise the temperature of sea water?
This matter seems to have been unsolvable from the beginning.
Lu Heng recalled carefully, searching for all the information related to Flame Demon Gross in his memory.
There is indeed a lot of information about Balrog Gross in his memory, but until his rebirth, he had never heard that the matter of Balrog Gross had been resolved.
In fact.
The information about the Balrog Gross in his memory should have appeared two years after the abyss descended.
In other words, this incident should not be brought to light until half a year later.
If you think about it for a moment, you'll understand what's going on.
This is the first time that humans have been recruited to the Siren World. The first recruitment in the previous life was also around this time.
At this point in time, the number of marine superpowers among humans is very small, and their combat power is generally not high.
The first batch of marine superpowers recruited could not provide much help in this world. Let alone completing world tasks, they did not even have the ability to complete challenging tasks.
In other words, the first batch of superpowers recruited in the previous life will most likely return after completing the main mission.
The reason for the deterioration of the Tidal Sea's environment has not been investigated at all, so naturally it is not known that the volcanic ash dumped by the Dark Iron Dwarves into the Tidal Sea is the ember of Gross.
After the first recruitment, humans began to pay attention to the cultivation of marine superpowers.
The combat power of the marine superpowers recruited later gradually increased, and when they were able to influence the structure of the world, the secret of Gross Ember was finally discovered.
In other words, in the last life, humans learned the secret of Gross Ember half a year later, but in this life, because of Lu Heng's participation, the time was greatly advanced, and the secret of Gross Ember was found out during the first recruitment.
However, just finding out the secret of Gross Ember cannot change the pattern of the world.
The problem still exists.
The conflict between the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves still cannot be resolved.
As for that, get rid of the Balrog Gross.
Lu Heng has no clue now.
The information about the Balrog Gross in his memory could not be solved until three years after the abyss fell.
It's only been a year and a half since the Abyss descended. Is there any way to deal with the Balrog Gross at this time?
This is simply an impossible task.
After Lu Heng thought carefully, he looked up at High Priest Sona and said, "High Priest, you should know better than me how powerful Flame Demon Gross is.
"So I'm afraid this crisis cannot be completed with one call.
"If this recruitment fails to solve the crisis, when I go back, I will announce the information about this world and call on the humans who are recruited next time to continue to help the Kraken clan solve the crisis.
"I only hope that the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves will temporarily put aside their prejudices and think about solutions to the crisis together."
After hearing these words, High Priest Sona fell silent.
She didn't agree to Lu Heng's request, but she didn't object immediately either.
Lu Heng knew that as the high priest of the Siren Clan, she could not make a major commitment just because of a few words from a recruiter.
So he continued to lobby and said: "I understand that the high priest may not necessarily believe me, but it doesn't matter. As long as the high priest does not object to what I say, we continue to work towards the same goal, and one day we will find a solution to the problem."
Of course, High Priest Sona knew that even the might of the Sea Demon Clan and the Black Iron Dwarves could not destroy a terrifying flame demon like Balrog Gross, so it was impossible to place all hope on the recruiters.
The question she was considering was actually whether to reconcile with the Dark Iron Dwarves?
In fact.
Being hostile to the Dark Iron Dwarves would do no good to the Sirens.
The Sirens cannot obtain any resource compensation from the Dark Iron Dwarves, so attacking the Dark Iron Dwarves is meaningless.
There was only one reason why they attacked the Dark Iron Dwarves' ships, and that was to prevent the Dark Iron Dwarves from continuing to dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea.
High Priest Sona thought for a moment and said: "I may not be an enemy of the Dark Iron Dwarves, but the Dark Iron Dwarves may not think so."
Lu Heng knew that in order to solve this matter, he had to talk to the current dwarf king of the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom. After thinking for a moment, he said:
"I will set off to the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom to talk to their king, hoping to mediate the relationship between your two clans. If the high priest has any requests, you can tell me."
High Priest Sona pondered for a moment and made only one request: "My request is very simple. There is only one point, that is, the Dark Iron Dwarves cannot continue to dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea. As long as the Dark Iron Dwarves agree, the war will cease immediately. ”
(End of chapter)