Chapter 562: Liberation
Dwarves, like the demons, are not naturally born races.
The demons were created by the Demon King God in his own image, and the dwarves were similarly forged by the dwarf god Moradin in his own furnace.
In a very, very long time ago, the first group of dwarves dug underground and gradually established a huge kingdom.
At that time, it happened to be the era when the elves were most prosperous. When humans and other mortal races were still in the Stone Age, dwarves and elves were almost automated.
But everyone has a moment of glory, don’t take a moment as eternity.
First, the elves got out of control 12,000 years ago, and the entire elven civilization was destroyed. Many elven gods became gods only at this time, in order to avoid this great disaster.
The dwarves were not affected at all. Their underground kingdom was still prosperous, but the same good times did not last long. Seven or eight thousand years ago, the dwarves suffered a disaster.
No one knows exactly what happened. The five originally prosperous kingdoms fell apart, and a large number of dwarves fled to different planes in the multiverse world.
The dwarf subspecies were also differentiated during that period, such as the golden dwarf, the shield dwarf, the gray dwarf and so on.
The good news is that the dwarves have not been exterminated. The bad news is that they can no longer return to their former strength. Although forging technology still has inherent advantages, compared with its previous heyday, it is completely a family-level technology.
Aldai judged that this place should be a very ancient dwarf ruins, but she never thought that it was actually from the Five Kings Mountains period. This factor is not only very different in archeology, but also in materials science.
The forging skills of the dwarves are said to be inferior only to gods, and this god is their main god Moradin, which shows how awesome they are.
The dwarves behind the Five Kings Mountains have lost a large number of alloy manufacturing recipes, advanced weapon manufacturing methods, etc., so it is particularly important from the perspective of materials science.
After all, materials science is like drawing cards with krypton gold. Who knows what you can make by adding a little of this and a little of that.
This means that in addition to the Demon King's Ring, the ruins itself is also a huge treasure house.
Yue Luo seemed to understand Aldai's excitement, and even missed it a little.
After all, her lover Bratt was also deeply fascinated by it. If it hadn't been for this, the two of them wouldn't have become what they are now.
It's really a bit embarrassing to say it, Yue Luo sighed:
"We don't know what is in the deepest part of the ruins, but we have explored a lot in the first few floors and specially drawn a map. If you need it, I can tell you the location."
Having a map will be a great advantage. At least you can have some mental anticipation of what you will encounter.
But when Aldai heard this, she calmed down.
"What do we have to pay?"
In this world, there is never any help for no reason. What you receive and what you give must be proportional to each other.
"I wish, no, I beg you, to kill me."
Yueluo hangs down the oak tree trunk. Due to the change of angle, it seems that the relief pattern of the girl on the tree trunk is crying.
"I've been trapped here for too long, and I want to return to the embrace of the Sprout Goddess."
Only then did Aldai realize what was wrong with Yueluo's timing unit just now.
In this underground forest, due to the eternal blazing sun, there is no distinction between day and night, and Yueluo, who was turned into an oak tree, cannot move at all. She can only stick here like a real big tree, Slowly waiting to wither.
It looked like she had a long life, but it was actually a kind of torture. In order to prevent herself from going crazy, Yue Luo would count secretly in her mind. As a result, when she talked about things that happened more than a hundred years ago, she said four things. Billion seconds.
Although it sounds a bit pitiful, Aldai will not believe the other party so easily, so she still has to ask again.
"Three people came to your place before us. Why don't you ask them for help?"
"You must be talking about the three people led by the paladin."
"Yes, since you know that there are paladins among them, instead of entrusting us, wouldn't it be a better choice to entrust the paladin?"
"Like Bratt, you like to get to the bottom of things."
Although it was Bratt who turned her into this, Yueluo had already given up on it, and it could even be said that she was to blame. After all, both of them paid the price for their quarrel. "There are two reasons. The first is because they are chasing a black dragon, and they seem to be in a hurry. This is also the first time I have seen humans. Although there are paladins, I believe they are demons more than humans. Of you. And the other party has urgent tasks, so I don’t want to trouble them.”
Hearing this, Nemea interjected curiously:
"Speaking of which, where is the black dragon?"
"You shouldn't be interested in the black dragon, but okay. I saw it flying over the waterfall. There is a large swamp there, and the black dragon must be hiding there."
Black dragons like to build nests in complex environments, because the more complex the place, the easier it is for it to carry out sneak attacks on intruders.
However, Neemia just asked out of curiosity. The purpose of Aldai and the three of them was never the black dragon.
So Aldai brought the topic back again:
"What's the second reason?"
"Their weapons."
As expected, Yue Luo also noticed the weapons wrapped with cursed belts in the hands of the three of them. It could be seen from their appearance that they were very abnormal.
"I don't know what is sealed by the cursed belt, but it gives me a very bad premonition. If I ask them for help, they will definitely use that kind of weapon to cut off my tree trunk. I vaguely feel that it is not possible."
Priests have very strong perception abilities. Druids are actually priests of the gods of nature. The vague feeling that something is not good is probably true.
"Okay, I'm willing to help you, but you have to make sure the information is true."
"You can rest assured."
A vine poked out from the other side, like a hand holding something up.
"All my equipment was taken away by Bulat, leaving only these. Please don't dislike it. It should be worth some money as a reward."
There were only two things held up by the vines, one was a palm-sized oak box, and the other was a ring that looked like it was made of grass stalks. Where gems should have been inlaid, there were a few cute little grass flowers growing.
Although the painting style is not very good, Aldai can feel the surging magic power on it even without using it. It must be a very powerful magic item.
The first rule of adventurers is to do things when you receive money.
On the other hand, if you don’t give us money, don’t blame us for leaving.
This is a business rule.
Yue Luo was also an adventurer before, so he was very wise.
After all, he was pretending to be an adventurer to talk to Yue Luo. Aldai put away what Yue Luo handed over and walked around the big oak tree twice. His eyes lit up with a light blue aura, and he looked at each one carefully. corner.
Yue Luo said that his condition was caused by the Transformation Curse, which was not a particularly powerful spell and could be easily lifted.
But Aldai took a look around and brought bad news.
"This transformation spell is too complicated, even as powerful as the legendary spell. With my abilities and spells, I can't help you remove it at all."
Yue Luo, who had turned into an oak tree, did not show any expression, but the slightly drooping crown of the tree still expressed her state of mind.
"But... you're in luck today."
Aldai looked at Zola, who nodded, pulled out the Holy Emblem from his collar, and said to Yueluo: "Dear Druid Ms. Yueluo, our Lord has just sent down the oracle. He Being an ally with the Spring Goddess, the sister of the Sprout Goddess, means that all the gods of nature are His allies, and our Lord will not watch the allies’ believers suffer, He will personally take action to free you.”
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a ray of sunlight shone on the big oak tree.
Unlike the eternal blazing sun, it is real sunlight.
(End of chapter)