When Bai En came back, he stopped to observe the dwarves for a while. Mackason sat there, his eyes fixed on the flames, but turned a blind eye to the crackling wood and burning hiss in the fire, while his fingers carelessly played with the inside of a small clockwork device. Next to the chief engineer of the dwarf sat Bijoni, Uli and the silent dwarf. When Byrne passed by Bijoni, he finally got the courage to do what he wanted to do all day long.

"What's your name?" He asked the strange dwarf.

"Dular," the new dwarf replied, his tone and expression enough to stop others from asking. But Bijoni thinks it just makes him a better audience.

"Well, Durar, you may have heard stories about me and the three elf girls. This is not true. Not exactly. They only have two, and only one is an elf, um, actually a half-elf , I did n’t realize until later that although pointed ears should be an obvious feature, she wore a headscarf, you see. I ’m drunk, and all the “cats” are gray in the dark ... ”

If Dular heard it, he did not respond. He just continued to stare melancholy at the fire. Bian tried to exclude Bijoni's words from overseas. He and Wuli seemed to be soulmates. They at least provide each other with an audience so that they can boast endlessly. Bijoni has many anecdotes about his love life. Wu Li only talked about the battles he had participated in and the battles he was about to win.

"... then I said, then give me a donkey," Bijonni said. "You really should look at the expression on her face ..."

Bai En glanced at the other oath takers to see what they thought. Dular just stared blankly at the fire, immersed in his inner pain and torture. Bai En wanted to talk to him, but he knew his attentiveness would not be welcomed.

Steiger sat under the carriage and cut a piece of wood with a knife. Behind the carriage, Snowry and Guerrerogan were in charge. Bai En walked over to see what happened.

"A stranger is coming." Snowry said after seeing Bai En coming. "Snowry can smell him."

Grey Rogan snorted. "I knew it five minutes ago. It was a dwarf, and we will talk to him soon."

Ban knew that it would be best not to ask Grerogan this question, nor how he knew what he had done. Over the years, he has paid great respect to Guerrerogen's keen senses. Even in such a dark and desolate place in this world, the dwarf has a sense of freedom like home that he can never have.

Ban glanced in the direction of Grerogan. There is something moving outside. Under the two rounds of moonlight, Bai En can see two blurred silhouettes. As they approached, he could hear the sound of horseshoes stepping on the stone.

When the stranger approached, Bai En discovered that a dwarf was holding a mule.

"Hello, stranger," Lai Ren said. "Can an old gold prospector share fire with you?"

"Ah, yes." Gray Logan said, "If you tell us your name."

"I am Malgrim, the son of Herni of the Margrest clan. Which one are you?"

"I am Grey Logan, son of Sol Ryan."

"Snowry."

The dwarf prospector is now within reach of Bai En's long sword. Bai En can see that he is a typical dwarf, short, but wide. He wore a hoodie covering his head, and his long beard almost reached his knees. He held a pickaxe in his hand. From the way he looked at the pickaxe, Bai En guessed that he was very good at using it as a weapon.

The mule was carrying a shovel, and there were net pots used by the gold diggers to filter the gold from the river water. The dwarf's face was wrinkled and his eyes were full of vigilance. When he saw that Grey Logan and Snowry were both oath takers, his eyes widened a little, and when he saw that Bai En was a human, his eyes were bigger.

"Two oath takers travel with a human empire," he said. "I believe there is a story in it."

Bai En accompanied the dwarves back to the fire. Malgrim looked at the five oath takers by the fire, and then looked at Grerogan and Snowy. "I haven't heard of relatives gathering for war." He said, "There are no war flags passing by in the mountain clan."

"No assembly." Grerogan said paralyzed by the fire.

Bern realized that Malgrim believed that the only reason why so many killers came together was in response to the call to battle.

"It's a shame," Margrim said. "Because there is too much manpower here. The orcs of the mountain have gathered together for the fight. The Yugrek-skinned people have organized all the tribes under his banner."

Bai En frowned. Even in the remote Heidelberg of the Marnus Empire, he had heard the story of the 'skinned man'. His name is used to scare naughty children. He is said to be a huge orc, who will peel the captives alive and use them to make clothes. Bai En has always believed that this story is only a legend, but the prospector sounds believed in his existence. He is not like a dwarf who only tells the stories heard on the trip for prospecting.

Surprised Bane is what Eisenheim-Schneider said next. "There is a legend of an orc shaman in the mountains. It is said that he has powerful magic. I heard that he is also following that murderer."

"Well, if they block our way, we will let them see what their internal organs look like!" Wuli roared. "We are on our way to kill Carrandir, the dragon, and nothing can stop us.

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The prospector looked around and nodded slowly, as if he understood. "I think I already know what brought seven oath takers into the mountains without a flag flying. The dragon you are looking for will give you a great death. When he woke up, he had flown The mountains and valleys are desolate. But I wonder if you can see him because there are many orcs and there are human robbers in the mountains. "

"The situation in the mountains is very severe." Bai En said lightly, if Malgrim heard the irony in his voice, he did not show it.

"Yeah, the mountains are always dangerous, but there are also some desperate people who were forced to leave their homes by the orcs and the fire lizards. The life in the mountains is short and cheap. It is even worse than usual. "

"Why didn't the Grey Dwarf King gather his army to solve this?" Bai En asked.

Malgrim laughed first, and the other dwarfs laughed. "It ’s Klagadin-Ladug ’s job to keep this valley road unobstructed. He also wants to prevent the orc army from entering the territory of the human empire from the east. If he takes his troops out of the valley and the orcs get the news Then an orc tribe will soon rampage through the eastern provinces of your empire. "

"I'm not a Marnus," Bain argued, although he was bored with the excuse of the matter countless times. "Why is this important for dwarves? Why should they care about whether the Marnus Empire was invaded?"

Malgrim looked shocked. "There are binding friendly vows and treaties between our two peoples. Humans may forget past relationships, but dwarves will not. Our ancestors have vowed, so we have to do the same."

"Ah, yes!" Wu Li also shouted.

"Also," Malgrim added, "This avenue is ours. We will not let the orcs pass through at will."

Bai En understands that all this is just an official argument, meaning that the dwarves will not send troops to clear this valley avenue. When he considered the prospector's words, he had a new idea.

If the dwarves were like this, why did they even consider sending troops to help Mrs. Kasler? Simple thinking gave him the answer. The threat of evil gods is an order of magnitude greater than the threat of orc tribes invading human and dwarf land. If the inhabitants of the north fell under the onslaught of the army of evil gods, then all the inhabitants of the south would soon fall, too. If they do n’t think so, Kaslov has no hope of getting help.

"I said we would stop and kill some orcs first on the way to find the way!" Wuli suggested.

"If you want to do this, you can go," Ma Kaisen said. "But the big beast is waiting for me, I have something to do."

"After the dragon is killed, the orc will still be there." Bijoni said: "It depends on whether one of us is still alive and concerned about it."

"If there are orcs blocking our way, we will kill them," Grerogan said. "Otherwise we will kill the dragon."

"Snowry thinks this is a good plan," Snowry finished, then added thoughtfully, "Despite this, Snowry still doesn't mind slaughtering some orcs."

"It's late," said Gray Logan. "Those who are not responsible for vigilance should sleep for a while."

The prospector nodded and lay down beside the fire. Bane returned to where Angelica and other humans sat.

"What's going on" Angelica asked.

"The dwarf lunatics can't decide whether we should clear the mountain orc or the dragon first."

"Why not both?" Oleg asked ironically.

"Hush!" Bai En whispered. "They may hear."