Chapter 87: Stone Furnace Family
When she arrived at the door of the dwarf's house, listening to the howling wind from the stairs, Christina understood why Aido wanted to accompany her by herself, instead of looking for those Iberian natives who were obviously more familiar with each other and had better relationships. The family scandals should not be made public, so she looked for her.
Christina has been to the dwarf's territory three times in total, and none of them can be considered pleasant.
The first time she accompanied Flint back to her hometown to deal with the property left by her deceased wife. The Bronzebeard Castle gave her a very bad impression, and every dwarf she met, regardless of gender, age, stared at her. The elves knew that this was the social etiquette of the dwarf. According to custom, she should glar back. If she defeated the dwarf in a staring battle, the elves would be respected. But she didn't have that time, and the laughter and laughter between Lyon and Emily made her seriously distracted.
At that time, she was just a third party who wanted to interfere but had no way to go. She was jealous of the ambiguous feelings between the mage and the brave, and she was so angry that she hated her teeth. Christina, who was jealous, soon discovered that the hostility of the residents around her was only directed at her, and Lyon and Emily had no feelings at all.
For example, Lyon and Emily could walk into the dwarf's tavern hand in hand, but she followed her and was stopped by the bartender with bad intentions and told her that the honey hotel, which specializes in receiving children and women, was on the other side.
For Terra's sake, her imperial language has an authentic capital accent. Her every move has long lost the "sissy" in the eyes of the dwarves because of her long-term military career. But hostility and prejudice are still constantly hitting, making her dizzy. This is the first time she went to a place full of dwarves. The process is quite awful, but it is much better than the second time in the Horn Fort. At least the large mouse that did not walk with her hind legs is coming to eat her.
This place is different from the dwarf city she has seen. It is desolate and terrifying, and is closer to the no-man's land created by the demon in Frank.
The two statues of dwarf warriors at the foot of the mountain are considered gates. The stone steps dug up step by step, leaning against the mountain wall and facing the cliff. Craftsmen of course would make railings and connect iron chains to prevent footsteps, but this was a long time ago. Aido said that this place had never been repaired since she was a child. Christina tied the donkey to the foot of the stone statue, a little worried about whether the animals would be attacked. The female dwarf promised her that there were no predators that were bigger than foxes. The elves and dwarves walked through the statue and walked up the stairs.
"If I were you, I wouldn't hold the chain with my hands." The dwarf turned around and warned the overly careless elf.
Christina immediately let go of her hand and followed Edol to move against the rock wall. This place is different from the horn castle, which is less grand and more inaccessible. Not only her clothes, but her boots are also broken in the process of falling. Christina's outfits from head to toe are new, and nothing is more terrifying than climbing a mountain with her new boots. The tiny stones were kicked by the boots and rolled down the mountain wall. The elf is an old-fashioned adventurer who doesn't do stupid things to stretch her head to see the cliff, and she also lacks confidence in the friction of the new shoe bottom.
The two partners stopped for a moment in the middle of the stone steps. The craftsmen dug out a semicircular space into the mountain wall, with stone benches and tables made of local materials. It seemed that the dwarfs also noticed that their castle was too high. The elves sat on the stone bench and drank water, and looked up to admire the murals on the rock wall. None of them were discolored so badly that they could not see clearly.
"You didn't tell me that your hometown is like this." The elf's eyesight and sharp ears made Christina not have to climb more than a hundred steps, but she also knew that there was an empty city above.
Aido lowered her head and chewed on the jerky meat in her hand. Her hands were pitch black. Every time she saw Christina, she felt nauseous.
"If I tell you the truth, would you still be willing to accompany me?" The dwarf stuffed the last bit of meat into his mouth and clapped his hands.
"Why not?" the elf said it for granted, quite sincerely.
"Yes, you are a white knight, you are happy to help others, help the poor and help the poor..." Aiduo said something like talking to himself.
Christina did not refute, but she felt the connection with God again, but was not sure if it was because of Valkyri's help. When Rose possessed Maya, the elves were next to the nun. She suspected that Valkyri was still in her body. However, doubts, getting the favor of the holy light again made Christina feel much better. She planned to return Aido's favor and set off for Frank.
The elf shrugged his shoulders indifferently and took food from his bag, but saw the female dwarf suddenly making a booing gesture. She followed the direction Aydou pointed and saw a pile of burnt branches in the corner. Christina walked over quickly, kicked the pile of firewood and saw a few bones inside.
"It's not a human bone." She felt very grateful.
"What?" Aido couldn't understand what she meant.
"Oh, nothing." The elf was too lazy to explain how the Frank demon used the living people as food. This was too disgusting and terrifying, and I couldn't stand it just thinking about it.
Since someone took the lead, the next road was not just to be careful not to fall. The two of them had tiptoed, and Christina tied her little shield tightly and was ready to resist the arrows that might be shot.
The female dwarf muttered such words as "No one wants to take advantage of these years", and walked quickly in front of him. At the beginning of the channel design, the big man of humans had been considered, so the dwarf walked much safer than the elves, and there was almost no risk of falling. The dwarf's physical strength was really good. Eddol walked for a long time without breathing, while Christina was already sweating profusely. Edol slowed down at the last few dozen levels, took off the crossbow on her back, and climbed up one after another. Christina drew out her sword, imagining who would be on it.
It was just some robbers. She thought about it again that it might be the people from the Restoration Army who came to find the dwarf's equipment. In short, be polite first and then the soldiers, try not to do anything. Christina followed the dwarf to the last level and saw three uninvited guests aimed by Edou.
"Don't do it." The elf held down Aido's continuous crossbow, so as not to accidentally pull the trigger.
"They are friends." Christina couldn't help laughing. She didn't expect that she would meet Riley, Ora, and the Indy mercenary Nassom again on the mountain peaks of the Pyrenees.
"Okay, how long will you have to use that crossbow to face your compatriots before you can be satisfied?"
Away from the first shock, Aola walked up carelessly, even though the crossbow was reduced under the pressure of the elf, it still looked at her thigh. One dwarf would not attack another dwarf, which is common sense that is common in the Western continent. If a dwarf really dared to take the blame for the world, he would become the public enemy of the clan. Aido reluctantly put away the crossbow and did not forget to complain.
"You deserve to be called a dwarf."
Ola combed her long red hair into a big braid and put it on her shoulders. The bangs on her forehead were carefully treated to cover her eyebrows. Her exposed skin was smooth and even delicate. Ola blinked her green eyes, obviously not understanding what Edol meant.
Aido's hair was yellow and curly, and it looked like a felt hat on her head. Her skin had many wrinkles due to the wind and sleeping in the open. Moreover, there was a tuft of not very obvious lip hair on her lips. If she didn't look at it carefully, she thought it was a beard.
Fortunately, the female dwarfs are not women or female elfs after all, and they have extremely beautiful hobbies no matter how they look. Ado said that Aora is not like a dwarf, which means that her overly exquisite dressing and dressing has nothing to do with anything else. The next two female dwarfs stare at each other according to tradition, and Christina pretends to accidentally insert it, interrupting this time-wasting contest.
On the one hand, she and Aido are excited when they meet an old friend. The location of her and Aido is on the edge of the cliff, and the gusts of wind are likely to be blown down.
"How did you get there?" She held Riley's hand and shook it, and returned to the little girl's appearance. If Nasom hadn't looked at her maliciously a few steps away, the elf would have shaken her hands with the old captain for a while.
"Just take a boat." The Indy mercenary answered on behalf of Riley.
Seeing that Christina was not sure, Ora answered and said that they took a boat from Calais to Iberia directly.
"Has it been taken back?" The elf's eyes lit up.
"It's a pity." Riley shook his head, thinking of what he saw and heard in the port slave market, his face became much darker.
"Where is the devil?" Christina chased after him.
"It is for this that King Valan wants to warn the news of the invasion of the Dwarf clan demons." Ora took out a letter from his backpack and swayed it. The exquisite silk bag tying a beautiful knot and tied the letter paper into a long scroll.
"Clan, where did the clan come from?" Ai Duo, who couldn't speak, finally found a chance and rudely interrupted the old acquaintance's reminiscence.
Ola put his letter carefully back, looking at Aido in green eyes, as if he had seen her for the first time.
"I am Ola Hammer, representing Valano, the king of the Horn Fort came here and wanted to visit the Shilu clan." She spoke seriously, treating Aido as a member of the Shilu clan.
Christina's eyes also turned to the female dwarf. Speaking of which, Aido had never introduced her surname. In the Restoration Army, including Baron Francis, they only called her "Aido".
"We have been waiting here for a while. I don't want to be rude, but." Ola paused, as if he was considering the words, "It doesn't seem like someone living here. I want to ask you, has the Shilu clan moved?"
This is a question that clearly. On the top of the stone steps is a small flat square, about a few hundred meters in radius, empty, and the only thing that can move is weeds swinging in the wind in the cracks of the rocks. On the side of the mountain wall is a metal gate similar to a horn castle, with a male dwarf carved on it. The roots of a certain plant hang down through the mountain, like a door curtain. According to the luxuriant degree of plant growth, no one has been here for a long time.
Ola's problem is just polite, not that she really doesn't know.
Even if someone punched Aido in the chest, it was not as serious as it is now. The female dwarf's face turned pale and she was unstable for a moment. If she was not determined, she could not be a hunter. Aido quickly recovered her calmness. She cleared her throat, slapped her clothes, stood up and said.
Chapter completed!