Chapter 2436 - (゜-゜)つロ Fandulin’s Lost Mine~(2)
If it weren't for Anne, there is no doubt that under the siege of hundreds of thousands of dark and smelly undead, the small town of Fandulin, which had just gathered some popularity, would have suffered a round of bloodshed.
The bloody massacre!
Then, that place will undoubtedly sink again and it is very likely that no one will dare to settle here again within tens or hundreds of years.
But luckily, Annie is here.
And, even more fortunately: that Fandulin still seems to be within the territory of her Lady Queen Anne?
Although she has never taken the poor place of Neverwinter City and the name of the 'Queen of Neverwinter' to heart, and almost never cares about anything, since she has been encountered, of course she is sure.
I'm going to do a little favor.
then!
‘Ouch!!!’
:Roar!
After seeing the situation clearly, Annie, who was standing on Tibbers's shoulder, flashed and disappeared. Tibbers let out a roar, and almost instantly, its body burned with darkness.
The red shadow flame, holding two huge claws high, like a beast that has been released from the chain, suddenly moved towards the skeletons, putrid zombies and huge zombies in front of it that were not warmed up enough.
Rushed forward.
Although, it can easily tear apart those bones one by one without using the Shadow Flame, but in order to avoid getting its fur dirty, in order to avoid some bad little master turning around and soaking it
If the water is stirred, it feels that it still has to set fire.
Because that might be cleaner and less troublesome. After all, everyone knows that Uncle Tibbers Bear never likes water?
"?!"
‘Woo!!’
‘Hiss~!!’
"Jie..."
Almost instantly, when the hundreds of undead skeletons saw Tibbers rushing over, they all turned their heads and let out bursts of unknown meaning from their ugly and ferocious mouths.
of screams.
'Tear it up!!'
'superior!'
"kill!"
"Kill every living person you see!!"
Then, under the shrill command of a certain lich or necromancer further away, they quickly separated into a small group of hundreds and began to move towards Tibor staggeringly but firmly.
Si welcomes him.
But...
The next second, something happened that their rotten brains couldn't figure out:
When they just came into contact with the dark red flames, before they could attack with all the rusty and decaying weapons in their hands, their bodies were like dry wood and kerosene when they encountered fire.
It was so flammable that it started to burn in an instant and quickly turned into ashes in a wail?
Moreover, what is even more frightening is that the dark red flames burning on their bodies seem to be contagious. They are quickly passed from one to another, and almost in the blink of an eye, most of the undead in that small group are infected.
A fire started?
In this way, the dozens or hundreds of undead that were separated were not paid attention to by Tibos at all. He just smashed a few casually, ignited the rest, and then resolutely continued to charge with the shadow flames all over his body.
Then he went up and rushed towards the large group of undead.
Naturally, there is no suspense about what happens next.
With just a few charges, under its terrifying rampage attacks and collisions, the terrifying undead, numbering at least hundreds or even thousands, melted as quickly as snow, and were quickly beaten down by it with a devastating force.
Crushed or burned to ashes?
See it!
Before the militiamen, villagers, and adventurers hiding in the ridiculously high wall of Fandulin Town could react, the lich in the distance who had been protected by a small group of elite undead saw that something was wrong and hurriedly pointed out.
Howling, he turned around and threw his legs, using the levitating technique to escape.
Then, it cunningly drove the last small group of undead to retreat towards Tibbers without advancing, as if it wanted to buy it time?
‘!!’
:Ouch!
But unfortunately, Tibbs didn't want to give the other party a chance.
It continued to run wildly, and after casually smashing and burning the last handful of undead souls, it then tirelessly chased the flying guy for a distance. After seeing that it was unable to catch up, it then
He brazenly leaned down and picked up a stone with one paw, then used the shadow flames on his body to burn it red, and with a quick movement, he accurately hit and shot down the unlucky guy who was flying higher and farther.
.
then……
ヽ(ヽ`′)┌┛★)`з゜)
It flew forward, not caring at all that a certain spell released by the other party bombarded its body. With just one foot, it flattened the one who still wanted to resist after it fell to the ground. I don't know whether it was a lich or a necromancer.
The guy's head was torn into pieces and burned in three or two blows.
It can be seen that it must have gained some experience when dealing with a certain bald red-robed witch named Sofina. It knows that the head of such a thing is not the key?
So, this time, we simply tore it into pieces and burned it, and that was the end of it.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
At this point, I saw that the large group of undead that were about to invade Fandulin and the wizards or lichs who commanded the undead were actually burned to pieces by the giant bear burning with flames. I saw that the terrifying enemy was about to attack.
The people hiding in the simple walls made of wood and gravel, those Fandulin's militiamen and some adventurers dressed in messy clothes were of course dumbfounded by the fact that it was destroyed like a joke.
You know, their defensive power in Fandu Forest is also very strong.
After discovering the undead, the mayor almost immediately organized all the active townspeople. There were two to three hundred young and strong people, plus the group of adventurers who originally came here with a certain dwarf.
With the support of high walls of stone and wood structures, arrow towers, guardrails, as well as mages, priests and other adventurers of various professions, they considered themselves to be a very strong force, but even then, they had just
They all felt that their lives were in danger soon.
But who would have thought that under the sudden charge of the flaming giant bear, the hundreds of thousands of powerful undead troops that had originally surrounded the town's escape route to the northwest could be saved almost in the blink of an eye.
Was it wiped out?
With such terrifying fighting power, if they think about it, the giant dragon will be just like that, right?
Therefore, for a while, the people in the town just stayed inside, neither cheering nor daring to go out, especially when they did not know whether the bear was a friend or an enemy.
"Hello!"
(ˇεˇ)
"What are you looking at so stupidly?"
()
"I'm here to help you fight the undead. Is this how you welcome me?"
(**;)
"Why don't you open the door quickly?"
s(｀ヘ;)ゞ
At this time, when all the unsightly things were eliminated by Tibbs, and when Tibbs returned to stand in front of the gate of the town, Annie suddenly flashed and reappeared with her body still burning with shadow flames.
On the shoulders of the little bear, he sat down on the broad shoulders without any care. At the same time, he pulled the ears of the little bear with one hand and pointed at the idiots in the town angrily with the other hand.
"Well?"
"she is……"
"!!"
"Yes, it's the Queen of Neverwinter!"
"What?"
"She is the new Neverwinter Queen who captured the dragon alive, captured the red witch alive, and drove away Fudge?"
"The bear and the little girl..."
"!!"
"It really is!"
Soon, when an adventurer from Neverwinter took the lead in recognizing Anne, the residents of Fandulin, who had obviously heard about some of Anne's achievements, started to discuss it.
"quick!"
"Open the door quickly, it's our Majesty the Queen!"
"She's coming to save us!"
"Open the door quickly!!"
then!
Under the shouts and welcome of a certain mayor, the armed militiamen who were still in shock finally relaxed and opened the door with cheers and took Anne and the flame-contained giant bear Tibbers where she sat.
They were welcomed into the town surrounded by people.
Although they didn't know why Queen Neverwinter came to them, and she came alone, it didn't matter! Because they only knew now that it was their queen who saved them. Although, before that, they had no idea about Neverwinter.
The city seems to have never had much sense of belonging?
…
Just like that, after being watched for two full hours.
"ha!"
(｀)
“I’m so full!”
()
In the only tavern in Fandulin, the mayor of that place and a few respectable 'big' people in Fandulin were hired, plus a few pretty ones. I don't know which hotel they were temporarily transferred from.
Under the attentive service of the female relatives, Anne, Her Majesty the Queen from Neverwinter, finally had enough to eat and drink and had a big burp.
"hey-hey……"
()
She said that she was very satisfied with Fandulin's meal, and it was not in vain that she came here and wasted a few minutes to help these idiots drive away the undead.
Although, protecting the territory and its people was originally her responsibility as the Queen of Neverwinter, but if she had known that she could eat and drink so much and have local specialties and young ladies to serve her, maybe she would have been more active just now.
For example, do you personally take action and set off some big fireworks for them?
Of course!
It was too late to say anything now, the undead souls had been cleaned up by her little bear in two or two strokes. Even if she wanted to show off and impress these idiots even more, she had no goal.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Eh?"
(°ー°〃)
"What happened to them?"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
Just after she had eaten, Annie saw a group of people wandering outside the door, and then they had a conflict with the group of townspeople who were responsible for guarding the outside, and then they were arguing loudly about something?
So, being curious, she couldn't help but ask a strange question.
"Who else could it be?"
"Not that dwarf!"
"It's that dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker!"
Following Annie's instructions, the mayor saw the person outside the door at a glance, and then his face, which was originally fine, turned dark instantly.
"You don't know!"
"A few days ago, he hired a group of adventurers in Neverwinter City, saying they were going to find some lost mine here in Fandulin?"
"We originally thought he would be impossible to find, and we didn't even care. After all, it was a legend hundreds of years ago. How could it be so easy to find him?"
"I never thought that they would actually find me!"
"Just look for it, it doesn't seem to matter. After all, it will only be good for me and this town, right?"
"Can!"
"Who would have thought..."
"There was something else in the mine, and it seemed to be connected to a certain underground city world. They poked the honeycomb directly, and the undead emerged from it in a steady stream, and there were more after that.
How many have popped up, I don’t even know yet!”
"cough!"
"How can this be a good thing?!"
As he spoke, the mayor began to lament and complain, and at the same time, he frequently hinted at certain things to Anne.
After all, they settled here not long ago, starting from the time of Lord Noember. The town's manpower and material resources are not strong. Only the occasional adventurers and treasure hunters who come to find sideways can increase their popularity and income, but now
Well, here comes such a dwarf who actually found the lost mine and dug such a big trap. If Neverwinter City and Queen Neverwinter didn't show their support and provide support, he wouldn't know what to do.
What to do.
"Gundren Rockseeker?"
()
It's a pity that Anne didn't see the mayor's eyes at all, nor would she look at him. She just thought about a familiar name.
"People seem to have seen his name, you'd better let them in!"
(^▽^)
Then, Annie finally thought of it and quickly gave instructions.
soon!
The dwarf walked in with a group of curious adventurers and saluted Anne and introduced himself.
Then, only then did Anne know that in addition to the dwarf Gundron Rockseeker, there was actually a priest named Mohammed, a mage named Nicholas, a rogue and a dragon-blooded paladin. It seemed that
Is it very similar to the original team of Uncle Edkin and others?
Originally there was a bard and a barbarian warrior in their team, but unfortunately, those two were caught up and killed by pursuers while exploring the mine connected to the dungeon, and they were the only ones to escape.
And it almost brought disaster to Fandulin.
"that……"
"Dear Her Majesty the Queen, have you seen the application I wrote to Neverwinter?"
"You came here in person for that application?"
After the introduction, Gundren Rockseeker, who had just sat down and was outspoken, ignored the pleasantries and directly asked cautiously and anxiously.
"Apply?"
(`)
"oh!"
(▽)
"Is it this one?"
ヾ(=▽=)o
Blinking, Anne suddenly remembered something, then stretched out her hand, took a piece of crumpled parchment from the side that she had just used to wipe her hands, spread it out and asked.
"..."
Seeing this, Gundron Rockseeker opened his mouth and was speechless, but in the end he had to nod and admit that it was his application.
"Her Majesty the Queen."
"Since you came in person, that means you agreed to the application and took it seriously?"
Then, of course, the dwarf Gundron continued to ask.
"No!"
(ˇˇ)
"I just saw it accidentally, so I just used it to wipe my hands..."
()°
"People never care about this kind of thing!"
(^～^;)ゞ
Anne answered confidently and didn't think there was anything wrong with her approach at all.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Come on!
At this moment, including the mayor who wanted to say something, the dwarf Gundron and the team of adventurers he hired all stared at her speechlessly, unable to say a word for a long time.
"But……"
"Her Majesty the Queen!"
"Now that the mine has been found, the ore vein has also been discovered. There are still many evil monsters and underground residents in it. It also leads directly to the underground city. What should we do?"
"Should Neverwinter come forward?"
After a pause, Gundron Rockseeker finally felt that he would not be able to handle it without the support of Neverwinter City. Therefore, in order to successfully mine the magical mineral vein that had become famous hundreds of years ago, he had to grit his teeth.
He continued to plead, trying to convince the new Neverwinter Queen in front of him who seemed to be difficult to negotiate with.
"do not worry!"
"I have discussed the tax rate after mining the veins with the clerks of the city hall before. We dwarves are willing to pay 7% of the mining income... No, I am willing to pay 80%!"
"You and Neverwinter don't need to do anything, just protect the safety of us and the miners!"
"how?"
In this way, after thinking about it for a while, the dwarf Gundron felt that the opportunity was rare, so he begged again and stated his conditions. Obviously, he did not intend to let go of the legendary mining rights easily.
"No!"
()
What kind of messy mineral veins, what kind of dividing ratios, for Anne who can casually throw a two-meter-square piece of gold around, those things will definitely not arouse her interest at all!
"Uncle Henk and Uncle Edkin are temporarily unavailable, otherwise..."
()
"You go and bury the pit again and tell them after a while?"
☆(o*ω)
Those people were really busy recently, so Anne felt that they were not in the mood to take care of the mine, so she suggested this.
"Bury it, bury it?"
"this……"
The dwarf Gundren Rockseeker was dumbfounded and blushed for a long time without being able to say a word.
"Her Majesty the Queen!"
At this time, seeing that Anne didn't seem to want to take care of her, the mayor became anxious and hurriedly came over and asked nervously.
"Aren't you going to take care of it?"
"But!"
"What should we do if there are undead inside again?"
Thinking about it, the dwarf Gundron would only open the mine late at most, but Fan Dulin could kill people if he is not careful! It is even possible that one day he will be directly killed by those terrible dungeon monsters and razed to the ground?
"That's why we have to block it quickly!"
(⊙o⊙*)
Annie still didn't intend to go play in that kind of mine, nor did she intend to take care of such boring things.
After all, that didn't sound fun, and she wasn't so bored that she wanted to help these idiots burn down all the monsters in the mines and the dungeons connected to the mines!
Anyway!
There are so many of them, and if they can't even protect themselves, then it would be better to just bury the mine again?
As for her, the Queen of Neverwinter, let alone that, because she is definitely unreliable. Her ship was just for fun, and then she accidentally lost money and had to become a lord. She can't
There is no boring reason to protect this territory.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"What you said is not quite right!"
"It's not just the undead and dungeon dwellers out there!"
At this moment, when the mayor and the dwarf wanted to continue saying something, suddenly, a strange guy dressed as a mage, holding a big wand and wearing a wizard's hat, walked in from outside.
"??"
(゜-゜)
When he saw the person coming, a strange color flashed in his eyes.
Then she looked left and right, at the mayor and the dwarf, and found that they didn't seem to know each other, and then asked a little strangely:
"Who are you?"
()
Because, she found that the other party seemed to be quite strong. He could be said to be the strongest in this town. He was even strong enough to easily destroy the previous group of undead?
"I'm just a traveling mage."
"The young queen of Neverwinter..."
"I saw some other terrible things in the underground city under the mine. I think it is necessary to inform you?"
The visitor did not explain his identity, but spoke his words in a mysterious way like a magician oracle, and indeed succeeded in arousing Anne's interest.
"What is it?"
|˙˙)?
Anne said that if it were just the undead and those weird dungeon residents, she would definitely not care about it, but if it were other rarer things, that would not necessarily be the case.
"..."
However, the other party did not speak, but stared at Anne deeply for a while, and then suddenly said:
"dragon!"
"To be precise..."
"It should be a powerful dracolich?!"
Just like that, the visitor sneered and said a terrifying and terrifying term that made everyone present, including the dwarf Gundron Rockseeker, the mayor and the adventurers, suddenly change their expressions.
"Dragon, dracolich?"
"you sure?!"
Anne reacted almost instantly. The dwarf Gundren Rockseeker suddenly stood up and asked in surprise.
Of course, as a dwarf, perhaps, he might be taller and more conspicuous when sitting in a chair than when he stands?
"It's over!"
"The mine can't be opened!"
Then, after receiving the other party's affirmation, the dwarf Gundron collapsed directly on the ground and started wailing.
because……
Whether it's a dragon or a dracolich, he only knows that the lost mine, that precious magic mineral vein, is definitely out of reach!
"Dracolich?"
(゜-゜)
"Sounds like a lot of fun!"
()hey-hey!
However, what the dwarf Gundron Rockseeker and others didn't know was that Annie had been successfully aroused by what the mysterious mage said.
"That……"
(ω)
"What do you want to do when you come here and tell people this?"
(ψ｀▽′)o
Then, Annie continued to ask.
"That's right."
"I'm going to deal with that dracolich. I wonder if the powerful Queen Neverwinter is interested in going with me?"
Seeing how straightforward Anne was, the mage was not ambiguous and directly explained his purpose.
"!!"
o(*^*)o
"OK!"
()
Now was the time when she was full and had nothing to do, so without even thinking about it, and regardless of the other person's identity and origin, Annie just accepted the offer openly and begged the mayor and the dwarf Gundren Rockseeker just now.
She had two completely different attitudes.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(However, Tibbs felt that it was not surprising! Because, the speaking skills of those two people were very wrong, and the meaningless begging did not get any bonus, and it did not make sense, so it was natural to pass
It can't be judged by a certain 'interest' of its annoying little master. Or, it simply doesn't even have a chance to make a judgment?)
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(ω)monthly ticketmonthly ticket~.
Chapter completed!