Now that the threat from the high elves has been lifted, Snorri no longer needs to maintain a large standing army. He retained his own guards and necessary patrols as usual. Due to the lack of population in dwarf society, wars were mainly based on temporary recruitment.
Since the leyline network of the Southern World's Edge Mountains had been destroyed by the great earthquake, Snorri no longer needed to maintain Ironbreaker Warriors to ensure underground safety. He instead chose the relatively economical ranger force to cooperate with knights and helicopters for three-dimensional security.
The manpower and material resources of Plateau Castle have been liberated, but the first batch of migrating humans are still on the way - Bordeaux's fleet is still a conventional wooden sailing ship. Even with Mannann's protection, they cannot be like the steam ironclads of Haimen Pass. That way you can sail regardless of the current and wind direction.
When they arrived at Nehekhara, the sailing ships even needed steamboats for towing because they were going upstream. However, according to Snorri's understanding, Constantine has made a lot of profits from shipping, exploration, and immigration. He has already prepared to install steam engines on some ships, which also means that the Marine Engineers Guild has received a request. A big order.
Snorri planned to take the manpower to take a look in the rainforest. The most difficult part of the expedition was the transportation of logistical supplies. A large amount of transportation losses led to a surge in costs. Snorri's army had previously numbered a thousand people and could reduce the demand for food by hunting on the spot.
The dwarves' extremely filling stone bread and nutritious wine that could withstand storage also relieved the pressure to a certain extent. But it became clear that with the arrival of immigrants, he would need to find another source of food to sustain a population of tens of thousands before the first harvests of farming could be achieved.
Snorri set his sights on the rain forest on the east side. The construction agreement he signed with the fifth generation Slann Otrax was really a good time to fulfill it. Surrounded by a Skink Priest and his pack of warriors, Snorri and his guards trudged through the jungle.
There is no doubt that the lizard people are a race adapted to the jungle terrain. These cold-blooded animals can move flexibly under the shadow of the ancient trees with their huge and sharp claws. They don't even need to build roads, and the iron boots of the dwarves are sticky. The ground kept slipping.
Snorri wiped his sweat. The humidity in the rainforest was too high, and the lining of his armor felt uncomfortable against his body. The dwarves didn't like this kind of environment. Listening to the complaints from his subordinates, he became increasingly grateful for the Staley boots given by his master. These legendary boots accompanied him in his battles, saving a lot of energy.
The sharp and strange cries of the skinks also made Snorri very irritated. He did not expect that there were races in the world that were as restless as the dwarves. Snorri still couldn't understand what they were calling. Stubborn's language blocked the expression of thoughts through changes in sounds and pitches; changes in the color of the crest and scales.
Fortunately, such hard days did not last long. After a few days, the dwarves saw the long-lost sunshine. A broad river appeared before them, and on an alluvial island in the center of the river stood a temple city.
Snorri looked at it from a distance. From the scale, he judged that the Bone Temple was a sacred temple tower - the capital of the third level. This level of city was located at a smaller node of the giant spiritual network.
The pyramid standing in the center of the city is surrounded by streets and other peripheral settlements like the spokes of a wheel, and the river in front of it is the outermost natural moat.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"It tells you not to worry, it needs to go in and report." The Amazon translated.
"Can't Venerable Eutrax sense our arrival?" Snorri asked. Even the fifth generation Slan should still be within the scope of telepathy.
"The Slann are meditating again. They are used to interpreting big plans." The Amazon leader reminded. Of course Snorri also knew that they had such a hobby. If he remembered correctly, there was a Slanska in the end. Wendu stabbed it with a knife and it didn't wake up yet.
Grain Tree After a while, the Skink Priest ran back, and it led the dwarves towards the city. "Why did the Bone Temple get its name?" Snorri asked, looking at the stone buildings. They were neither white nor bone.
"Before the Lord Euthrax reclaimed her, this sacred temple tower was once stolen by the vampires from the north. Flesh rots faster in the rainforest, so their blasphemous servants are mainly skeletons. Iqi on top, pterodactyl When we looked down at the earth from the air, we once suspected that it was a sea of bones.”
The Amazons translated, Snorri knew Ichi, who should be the ancient saint who created a series of dragons such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. He is very important in the lizard people's beliefs.
After passing through the outer lizardman living area and small temple, the causeway extended into the city and became a spacious ceremonial road. There are beautifully carved stone pillars along the road. The scenes and symbols carved on the stone pavement describe various events, myths and important rituals of the Lizard People.
Towering obelisks stand along the roadside, and they are used to calibrate the correspondence between the entire city axis and celestial bodies. When the temple city cluster was selected, they corresponded to the stars in the sky. The more important the star they corresponded to, the higher their status in the giant spiritual network.
The Lizardman's pyramid is different from the one in Nehekhara. It is a stepped structure with steep upward stairs on each side of the exterior in the Inca style. Snorri strode up and saw Slan's bloated body on the top observatory.
Only here did the Thoros finally appear. These strong warriors have thick scales that can rival ordinary armor. These scales made the dwarves sigh secretly, as the great armor market would not open.
However, their weapons are also not good. The lizard people have no forging ability. Even the elites at the core of the garrison only have spears with obsidian spear points and sticks made of stones.
"Dear Slan, the sons of the mountains are here as requested!" Snorri bowed slightly.
"Very good, very good," Snorri's high efficiency made the magic toad very satisfied.
"Come here!" The flying car suspended in mid-air turned around, and Snorri followed it to the center of the observatory. There is a set of obsidian dials engraved with hieroglyphs.
"rise!"
Slan raised his hand slightly, and with a "crunching" sound, the turntable group adjusted its position. When they turned an angle, Snorri saw a path of spiritual veins condensed in the air.
"Ancestral gods, please!"
Feeling the surging power, Snorri praised it sincerely.
"You think it's strong? But this is just a ruin from the beginning. The energy it can mobilize is like a drop in the ocean. At the beginning of the world, when the giant spiritual network was complete, the first generation could even correct the orbit of the stars with its help."
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