The border of the dwarf kingdom, the Ironforge Fortress, and the temporary residence of the elves.
Sigurd and Gervin were sitting in a house formed by the natural growth of plants, discussing the status of the tree of life.
"It's been almost a month now, and there really isn't any problem with the Tree of Life, right?"
Sieg pushed up his single-frame glasses and looked at Ge Wen opposite who was deep in thought.
"Well, there is indeed no problem. The state of the tree of life has improved after those "pseudo" roots were removed. There have been no more cases of wood spirits being sent out to hunt animals or aliens and use life diversion to obtain vitality."
Ge Wen fiddled with a leaf made of jade-like material in his hand, and used the information fed back from this leaf to analyze the status of the tree of life.
This is the leaf growing in the "Plain of Eden" that is connected to the core of the Tree of Life. Its state can feed back the state of the Tree of Life, and the distance of this connection can extend and be maintained very far after it is separated from the Tree of Life.
The emerald-like leaves are smooth and translucent, and no impurities can be found in them. The warm and moist state makes them emit a slight light, and they look healthy and full of vitality. This shows that the tree of life is in good condition, with full vitality and complete branches.
"So, you should consider the possibility that all this has nothing to do with the dwarves. At present, these dwarves really don't seem to have any impact on the Tree of Life except for their own plans."
Sieg looked directly into Gavin's eyes and spoke his thoughts seriously.
"I have to admit that your statement has a certain possibility, but I still think that the dwarves have something to do with it. It is impossible for any elves in the clan to tamper with the roots of the tree of life, so those ore fragments can only come from the dwarves. This It’s evidence they can never be exonerated from.”
Ge Wen shook his head, his tone a little tangled, but still very firm. The elder of the Elf clan was very sure that the abnormal state of the tree of life was related to the dwarves.
"You are a little too stubborn, Gavin. Those ore fragments may have been brought there by other beings. These ore are only produced from the dwarf's mines, and may not be deliberately mined by the dwarves."
Sieg frowned. He didn't understand that his old friend kept staring at the dwarf.
When he first came to Liaheim, Gavin said it was related to the dwarves, and the professor also thought that he had indeed observed a lot to come to this conclusion.
But at this moment, he felt that Ge Wen was overreaching. After all, the facts were here. He had been staying here for almost a month. The dwarf plan had not stopped, but there was no abnormality in the tree of life.
"Zig, I've always been like this, haven't I?"
Ge Wen took back the emerald-like leaves, pressed his forehead with his fingers, and spoke with a helpless tone.
"..."
Sieg was silent for a moment. This old friend of his is indeed like this. He follows the rules too much and sometimes accepts death, so it is very likely that problems will arise in certain situations. However, among the elders of the elves, such an extremely important person is indeed needed. The existence of "lawful paranoia".
"Elder Gwen, Mr. Sieg, the dwarf Toby came to you and said that he has something to talk about."
The voice of the elf ranger interrupted the conversation between the two friends. Without saying anything else, the two stood up and walked towards the door.
"Why are you so slow to spread the word? This time I came to you about the one-month covenant. It would be good for both of us to deal with it early. Just to enter your camp, I was stuck for a long time to prove it. Is it interesting that you, so many elves, are afraid that a dwarf can cause trouble?"
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw the dwarf Toby complaining to the elf who was delivering the message. His tone was extremely dissatisfied, but the elf ignored Toby.
"Toby Bronzebeard, why are you here this time."
Ge Wen asked Toby in a cold tone, because he still had a big prejudice against the dwarves and had no good feelings towards Toby.
"Gwen, you are finally here. This month is almost here. I think all this is enough to show that the abnormality of the tree of life you mentioned has nothing to do with us dwarves. There is no need for that covenant to exist anymore. .”
Toby curled his lips, and his tone was also very aggressive. He was already very dissatisfied with his personality as a dwarf when Gavin questioned the deep excavation plan and hurt the tree of life. However, he was forced to do so because of Gavin's tough attitude. Make concessions.
One month was almost here, and the dwarves who basically proved that they had no problem naturally didn't want to be humble here anymore.
"You want to break this contract?"
Ga Wen's words suddenly became extremely cold and serious, and Toby was stunned by the sudden turn of events. He saw Ga Wen take out the God of Order contract signed under their witness.
The contract exuded the light representing the power of the God of Order, and two giant swords made of light appeared above the heads of Gavin and Toby respectively, suspended there.
The aura on it can simply be described as powerful and terrifying, oppressing the elves and dwarves below. The giant sword on the dwarf's head is shaky at this moment, and it seems likely that it will suddenly fall down, obliterating the dwarves below. .
"Damn it, I didn't mean that. Don't take out the contract of the God of Order. I will abide by this agreement."
The dwarf Toby broke out in cold sweat. The "Sword of Judgment" suspended above his head made this dwarf with the strength of a great knight feel that his life was threatened.
What he said just now, "That covenant is no longer necessary," made him judged by the God of Order's contract as a possible violation of the oath.
If Ge Wen really forced the oath, the sword of judgment would really fall. Although it would not cause death because it was just a language issue, it was still possible to be chopped half to death.
"Stop, stop, stop. I am not here to break the contract, but to fulfill our responsibilities. Because we have accelerated the progress, the deep excavation plan has been completed ahead of schedule. You can go underground in advance to check whether we have harmed the tree of life. the behavior of."
The dwarf may have spoken so fast for the first time in his life, and in a few seconds he said everything he wanted to do this time.
"..."
Ge Wen looked at the dwarf Toby, narrowed his eyes, and said nothing, but he also took back the contract, and the "Sword of Judgment" suspended above the two of them disappeared.
"Huh, damn it, are you a stubborn guy like this? Those steps to check my identity were also done by you, right?"
Toby let out a breath and complained about Gwen's handling style with fear. He no longer tried to express the dissatisfaction and anger of the dwarves being slandered in words.
"..."
Gavin still didn't say anything, didn't respond to anything, and just stared at Toby. Even Toby, who was incompatible with the violent tempers of the dwarves, was very self-restrained and calm. He also made him feel uncomfortable.
"Come with me, I will take you underground. I didn't let you go down before because the things that need to be completed in this plan are too important for us dwarves."
"Before it is completed, any foreign race that may threaten it will not be able to approach it. However, now that it has been completed, there will not be so many problems."
Toby sighed, turned around and walked towards the outside of the elf camp, beckoning Gavin to follow him. Sieg and Gavin gave some instructions to the other elves who came with them, and then followed the dwarf Toby to the iron gate. The pit outside of Hearth.
There is no need to worry that Toby is trying to trick Sieg and Gwen into going into the cave and then kill them. Regarding this kind of behavior, the Covenant of the God of Order is very clear. If the dwarves dare to do this, Toby will not be the only one to die. .
Riding on the giant steel snake, this dwarf train connecting the underground and the ground roared all the way, taking Sieg and Gavin to the place where the dwarf excavation plan was carried out, and where the roots of the tree of life ended.
"How could we, the dwarves, deliberately destroy the tree of life of your elves? Although sometimes we find you people with long ears annoying, but to be honest, our two races are still allies, and it is meaningless to do so."
Toby, who was sitting in the same carriage as Sieg and Gavin, explained that he had also learned the lesson and no longer waited for Gavin to react to his words but was talking to himself.
"Since you must see what our deep excavation plan has done with the roots of your tree of life, I'll show you."
"The root system of the tree of life plays the role of an oversized healer in this process. The vitality naturally spread by this root system is the "brain" that maintains this masterpiece of the dwarf kingdom to survive in the harsh environment before all projects are completed. key."
"The reason for digging deeply is to use the low magic power, low void concentration and other weak environmental interference in the underground to achieve controllable alchemy. Otherwise, we would not be willing to dig that deep."
"This masterpiece integrates all the alchemy achievements of the dwarves in recent years, as well as the unreliable technologies of the goblins who have cooperated with us. It is called..."
There was an obvious hint of pride in Toby's tone. As he explained the details of the dwarf's "deep digging plan", the feeling in his words changed from the helplessness of having to bring the two people down for inspection due to formality to something like showing off. Emotions.
The long steel snake penetrated completely underground and finally reached its destination. The land outside the train window was the train stop where Toby brought his grandson Olaf to where materials were piled.
At this moment, this dark and empty space that Olaf had previously evaluated as extremely rough had completely changed its appearance. This was no longer the end of the train, but an important stop.
Magic crystal lamps were hung all over the surrounding walls that had been excavated and repaired twice, projecting bright yellow light to fill this extremely huge space that was dug out of the ground.
The metal scaffolding was spliced and assembled, embedded in the dome and surrounding walls of this space. There were also many dwarves and goblins busy on it, doing their respective tasks around the thing in the middle.
The robotic arm that Olaf had been obsessed with before was now in operation. The huge arm lifted some materials that were too heavy to be transported by manpower and placed them aside in a warehouse to store these redundant parts that cost a lot of money to produce. middle.
But compared to the center of the space below the robotic arm, the dwarf's deep excavation plan and the creation completed using the roots of the tree of life, the robotic arm is still too small.
The steel giant stands tall on the earth.
The metal shell makes it look more like a huge armor, but the various inscriptions engraved on the body that is more than forty meters high, as well as the mechanical parts exposed at the joints and protected by a large number of magic pattern arrays, have already It is obvious that this thing is not an armor that cannot move.
"Boom boom boom..."
Only then did Sieg realize where the roar that had not stopped since he got on the train came from.
The inside of the Iron Giant's chest is a huge energy furnace. The red light penetrates the armor plate and emerges from the inside, creating a shining ring on the chest, showing terrifying energy.
The furnace continued to emit deafening roars, which were caused by the continuous reaction of the magic power and alchemical substances inside, which was similar to an explosion but was several levels higher than the explosion. The Iron Giant's body provides energy.
On the head of the steel giant, there is a standard dwarf battle helmet that has been enlarged countless times. There is no "head" in it, but there are two red rays of light coming from the darkness in the gap between the helmet and the visor. His eyes showed no emotion at all, but showed a kind of coldness that despised everything.
Ge Wen's eyes stayed on the neck of the steel giant, where the roots of the tree of life broke out of the ground, were guided by some dwarf supports and wrapped around the metal giant, and entered the "helmet" through the gap deliberately left on the giant's body.
Toby's words ended at this moment, and he gave the name of the metal giant that stood in the underground space, showing an extremely powerful sense of power without moving, with a sense of sanctity that was indescribable and that had lost its pride and ostentation. Say it in tone.
"...Iron King Bogul who protects the country."
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"In this case, it can be considered that there is no problem with this mountain range for the time being. After all, the problem of corruption has been solved by the druids themselves. Now we can look at the darkness of the other Sorenson Mountains except for the sacrificed druids. Where have the intelligent races like elves gone?”
In the Sorensen Mountains, Wang Yu looked at the moss in front of him that had completely covered the bare ashes after the burning, and wondered what to do next.
"If this ecosystem caused by human interference is really the work of the druids, their departure is also normal. This seemingly prosperous but actually fragile ecosystem still needs to rest. For intelligent creatures, it It’s too heavy a burden.”
Aviya whispered the possible reason why she had not seen an intelligent race for so long since she came to the Sorensen Mountains.
"Ah, then go back and tell the elves about the situation here. With their abilities, they shouldn't..."
"Mr. Wang Yu, Miss Aviya, there is a natural magic power in this piece of moss conveying a message to us. It seems to be related to you. I feel the secret language of nature, and I will tell you."
Just as Wang Yu was about to tell his next plan, he was interrupted by Xifu who was concentrating and running the secret language of nature. She looked attentive and seemed to be listening to something.
"Your Majesty the Archbishop, I didn't expect to see you again in my hometown. It turns out you are here. It's really..."
Listening to the words Xif relayed to him, Wang Yu's eyes widened slightly. There was only one person who would call him this name, and his hometown was the Sorenson Mountains.
Dark elf druid, member of the Church of Night, Holo.
