The stone giant Domingo's single-mindedness left Gavin speechless. This guy really had no sense of responsibility at all. How could the Council of Death Chiefs trust him to manage such an important place?
That's good, at least it's more convenient for you to take over.
"Lord Zanoba, prepare a separate and secluded residence for Master Domingo. Do not treat him as a prisoner, but as a distinguished guest. Ensure his daily needs and sculpture needs." Gavin directly The stone giant was thrown to the Lord of Colossus City and asked to put him under house arrest.
In the future, he might be an important pawn in his communication with the Council of Death Chiefs.
The rest depends on the attitude of the Council of Death Chiefs towards their capture of the Colossus Dungeon.
The calm attitude of Domingo, the manager of the stone giant, does not seem like he is a prisoner, but he is really just a guest with a unique identity.
This has a lot to do with the racial character of the stone giants. I have heard of the storm giant tyrant, the cloud giant lord, and the frost giant war commander. When have I heard of the stone giant king?
Rather than arguing with other races, they prefer to live a secluded life in deep mountains or underground caves.
Normally, they regard carving as beautiful and proud, and their clan chiefs are often the best carvers, because they not only regard carving as a pastime and art, they also believe that carvings contain prophecies. The fate of the clan and even the entire stone giant is contained in it.
On the contrary, the various behaviors of the Death Chiefs Council have completely deviated from the nature of the stone giant.
The gray dwarves are the slaves of the Council of Death Chiefs, so why aren’t they living stone giants?
It's just that they have been forcibly instilled by the Death Chiefs Council from childhood to adulthood. For the sake of the clan, the stone giant race, and even the goal of the entire giant's hard work, what does it mean to make a small sacrifice for this? Including transformation into an immortal state.
According to the behavioral standards set by the Council of Death Chiefs, Domingo has already half-stepped into the ranks of the immortal stone giants.
This group of enemies suddenly appeared, which was equivalent to a suspended sentence for him, and he could do what he liked with peace of mind.
As for the seizure of the dwarf tombs, the undead stone giant chiefs of the Council of Death Chiefs will naturally worry about it. He just needs to be his prisoner with peace of mind and wait for them to rescue him.
This unique mentality is difficult for people like Gavin to understand, because in his eyes, many things must be snatched and captured. Otherwise, how can there be progress, development, and ascension to the gods?
After sending the stone giant Domingo away, Gavin took the gray dwarf patriarch Yuriu and walked towards the wandering dwarf king Jihalin. He sincerely thanked him: "Thank you very much, patriarch, for being willing to help me. I didn't expect that the Kingdom of Supreme Shatana was here." There is such a great treasure down there.”
The person who lifted the seal of the mineral vein was none other than the leader of the Iron Clan.
The Iron Clan comes from the Stormhorn Mountains of the Kingdom of Cormyr, and has the same origin as the Sunset Mountains and the Shield Dwarves of the Far Mountains in the Goblin Borderlands. They are all shield dwarves who split off from the High Kingdom of Shatana.
Jihalin had already deciphered the origin of this place from the dwarf stone carvings and murals. The need to go underground to repair the Heart of the Mountains was a hint.
After all, this involves the treasure of the dwarf kingdom. It is obviously inappropriate for him to remind an outsider with his carriage and horses. But if the other party discovers the treasure by himself, his guilt will be much lighter, at least his psychological guilt will be much lighter.
The key to unlocking the sealing technique of the mineral vein is none other than the Heart of Regeneration. This object is taken from this mineral vein, and it is perfect to use it as the key to carry the seal.
"I just hope that the lord will remember the agreement between us." Jihalin handed the Regeneration Heart back to Gavin, reaffirming the secret agreement between the two parties.
"Don't worry, Patriarch. The Dragon Skull Throne is the treasure of your dwarves. Its symbolic meaning is far greater than its magical effect. Even if I occupy it, I won't be recognized by the dwarves. It's better to let the Patriarch explore its value and counterattack Taser for us." Yama mines ready.”
Gavin did not reach out to take the Heart of Rebirth, "Let it be placed in the hands of the patriarch first. After all, the work of repairing the Heart of the Mountains depends on the patriarch."
Of course, Jihalin didn't help Gavin remove the seal of the mineral vein for nothing. He also had his own interests.
The Dragon Skull Throne of Shanatar Kingdom.
When Tak Shanata killed an ancient red dragon, occupied its lair and named it the Hall of the Bright Axe, he established the Alatorin Kingdom in this royal capital. The shield dwarves of later generations regarded this incident as , Shanata opened the first great era.
The head of this ancient red dragon was made into the Dragon Skull Throne, which has always been the symbol of the Shanatar Kingdom. Especially when the Eight Great Sons Kingdom once fell into a fratricidal melee, and even used the Deep Earth Derived Beast, a kind of beast that can kill a large number of people. Make clones of monsters.
A large number of cloned dwarves died from fighting each other. The civil war in Shanatar was called the War of the Derivatives.
Until the drow took advantage of the dwarf civil war to attack the Alatorin caves, the Hall of Bright Ax fell, and the Alatorin Kingdom perished.
Only then did those dwarves realize the absurdity and error of this war. The kings of the eight Shatana kingdoms reached an armistice agreement and formed a coalition to launch a counterattack against the drow. They defeated the drow and recaptured the Alatorin caves.
The eight Shanatar kings led their troops back to the Hall of the Bright Axe, and swore in front of the Dragon Skull Throne that they would never fight each other again, and the Shanatar ushered in the second era.
Since then, the Dragon Skull Throne has been circulating among the major Shanatar kingdoms and is regarded as a symbol of the supreme dwarf kingship. When the Supreme Shanatar set foot on the ground, he took the Dragon Skull Throne to launch an attack on all the shield dwarves. The summoning order united half of Faerûn's shield dwarves to his side, and he achieved the glorious feat of overthrowing the giant empire Nederheim.
After Supreme Shatana, there was no news from the Dragon Skull Throne.
As the symbol of the shield dwarves, the Dragon Skull Throne has been engraved in the hearts of every dwarf. At least among the shield dwarves in northern Faerûn, it has an irreplaceable sacred status.
Therefore, the shield dwarves of the North have a legend that whoever can find the Dragon Skull Throne will be the new king of the shield dwarves.
After finding the Dragon Skull Throne, it is unknown whether he can become the king of the shield dwarves, but among the shield dwarves of the North, there is no doubt that he will have super high appeal, especially if this person is a dwarf king himself.
If he could use the Dragon Skull Throne to summon tens of thousands of shield dwarves to his command, the restoration of the Kingdom of Tethyama would no longer be an unattainable dream.
The City of the Colossus is the last city to die in the Supreme Shanatar, and the entire mineral vein here has been subjected to the mineral vein sealing technique.
Jiharin naturally has reason to speculate that the Dragon Skull Throne is sealed inside, so it has not been discovered all these years.
Regardless of whether this Dragon Skull Throne with a history of tens of thousands of years has magical power or not, it must be labeled exclusively for dwarves. Even if I hold it in my hand, it will be of no use. Instead, it is better to make a deal with Jihalin. It can be regarded as adding chips to the restoration of the Kingdom of Taisyama.
"It is still a key. If there is a dwarf treasure house hidden deep in the mine, it will definitely need its help to open it. I suggest that all the treasure houses be restarted before it is too late to repair the Heart of the Mountains to prevent the key's function from being destroyed. "
Jiharin paused slightly and said, "And I suspect that the Heart of the Mountains was not destroyed by those trolls, but was demolished by the dwarves of Colossus City on their own. The other half of the Heart of the Mountains is in the mineral vein, as a mineral vein The core of the sealing technique, if this is the case, we won’t even have to worry about repairing it, we can just reassemble it.”
"Ha, this is unexpected good news." Gavin said happily, "Whether it is repairing or regrouping, we need to trouble the clan leader. Since this is a dwarf treasure, how about asking the clan leader to restart it?"
Gavin planned to use this method to prove his innocence, so that he would not be confused if the Dragon Skull Throne was not found in the dwarf treasure.
Although he will soon have his own smelting and forging plant, it does not mean that his cooperation with Jihalin and the others has ended.
There is one thing that is generally recognized in Faerûn. Most of the equipment forged on the assembly line are high-quality products. Those that can produce +1 or +2 magic items are extremely rare. No matter how high-level they are, they are rare.
Because magic items above +3 are not a matter of one or two materials, but involve a combination of multiple materials. It also emphasizes that the production method depends on the material. Many auxiliary forging materials, even extremely rare, must be used in special environments. Save or use.
This series of factors makes it impossible for even dwarves to create such complex forging machinery, or it is not worth manufacturing. Who would invent and build a bunch of complex machinery for items that cannot be mass-produced?
The exiled dwarves of the Kingdom of Tethyama are still an important source of large quantities of high-level magic equipment.
The most important thing is the cooperation to regain the Kingdom of Tesyama.
Recovering this dwarf fortress will not only be able to get stuck in the throat of the Zhentarim like a fishbone, but it will also have an indirect effect on unifying the entire valley and becoming the king of the valley.
"Okay." Jiharin did not refuse.
The Dragon Skull Throne was too important to him, and he did not dare to place his hopes on others.
Although he also knew that the chance of finding the Dragon Skull Throne from here was very small, he was unwilling to give up as long as there was a glimmer of hope.
After everyone performed the flying operation, they entered the cage shaft again, which was the only passage.
When Gavin came up earlier, the eight steel gates he saw were where the treasure was located.
This is the only way they can get up and down until the cage is repaired and operational again.
"so big!"
"In a dwarf city, why do everything pursue this ultimate height?"
"Twelve meters! These gates are actually twelve meters high. Except for cloud giants and storm giants, I really can't think of any creature that needs such a tall gate."
"Supreme Shanatar enslaved a large number of giants in the later period, wrapping up the cloud giants and storm giants who were giant nobles. These passages and doors are most likely prepared for them."
"Supreme Shanatar was so powerful that it could even enslave giants in large numbers. How could it die? How could this city be abandoned by the seal forced by the undead led by a group of undead stone giants?"
“When the dwarves came from the underground to the surface, they were destined to face different enemies than before. They not only had to fight giants, but also humans.
At that time, the psychic regime Zadamus rose to their east and occupied what is now the entire Weihong Sea and surrounding areas.
The fire djinn led his elemental army into Calimshan and established his own empire here, Manon. When the dwarves were busy fighting the war with the giants, he gave them a knife in the back and took away a large area of their land. .
After losing strategic depth, what can a dwarven city do?
Giving up life on the surface and returning underground was the wisest choice at that time. At that time, many shield dwarves chose to go north and open up new clan homes.
Without this migration to the north, there would be no Yuanshan today, no Mithril Hall, and no Kingdom of Tethyama.
Although the Supreme Shanatar has perished, the people of Shanatar have not perished. They have spread their branches across a wider land and created more dwarf brilliance. "
"Thank you, patriarch, for your advice."
"This is my personal interpretation, and it is not accurate. The demise of any country cannot be attributed to a single reason. It is likely to be a mixture of multiple reasons."
"Stop chatting and get ready to open the door."
Gavin was in a hurry and didn't have time to observe these steel gates. This time he actually stood in front of them and found that they were just like the rest of the Colossus City. They were astonishingly tall, twelve meters tall.
Except for cloud giants and storm giants, no one can think of any creature that needs such a high door.
Jihalin took the opportunity to educate them about the history of the Northern Shield dwarves. He even found out the true origin of Colossus City.
This city was founded 6,700 years ago to commemorate the greatest hero and general of High Shanatar, Karion Culdiver. Because it resembles the image of a weeping dwarf, it is named the Wailing Dwarf.
The reason for this image is that he is the dwarf general who led the dwarf army to defeat the giant army. He ordered the massacre of more than five thousand giants, and has a series of reputations such as giant killer and giant terminator.
He cried out in front of the Giants' Plain, not for the giants he slaughtered, but for the dwarves who died here because of his orders.
The world only saw that he successfully slaughtered five thousand giants, but they did not know how many dwarves fell in the process.
The success of all generals and marshals is built on the bones of their enemies, as well as those of their own people.
Don't think that knowing history is useless.
This is a very important task in finding those ruins and treasures. Many puzzles and treasures are hidden in these seemingly plausible legends.
Gavin had previously sent people to follow the clues from the Council of Death Chiefs to the dwarf graves to lay the groundwork for his infiltration operation. This was also an application of historical knowledge.
"How do you open this door?" Everyone's eyes fell on Chief Jihalin.
Not to mention that there aren't any handles on this steel gate. Even if there were, they wouldn't be able to open it with their small bodies at this size.
Jihalin did not answer directly, but after flying close, he touched and knocked on the steel door for a while and then said: "This is a double door. One is a magic seal with the heart of regeneration. This door is not difficult to open, and the other is The first door is purely physical. This one is connected to the cage shaft. Do you see these thick pipes?
It should be filled with high-pressure steam. With the help of the high-pressure steam, the door can be easily opened with the switch under the plate. Otherwise, even two storm giants will not be able to pull these doors in. "
"There is no shortage of high-pressure steam in the Colossus dungeon, but the pipes connecting the two sides have been cut off during the transformation process. It will not be possible to reconnect them in a short time." Gavin said with some regret.
In order to activate the Dungeon of the Colossus, the gray dwarves made a lot of modifications. Many devices that were originally connected to the mineral veins on the ground have either been blocked or have been modified.
Reconnecting the two will be a big project.
For a while, there was no way to see the scene where the ground and underground of Colossus City were connected and in full production.
"I will remove the magic seal first. Without its obstruction, this steel door alone cannot stop us." Jihalin held up the Heart of Regeneration, and as it slowly rotated, each dwarf talisman appeared. The image of the text is mapped onto the steel gate.
A large number of dwarf runes were activated and emerged. When the missing part was repaired, there was a shattering sound like glass. All the dwarf runes disappeared, leaving only the thick steel door.
Only the door of pure physics is left, which is really difficult for Gavin and his team.
They have a large number of spells that can solve this problem, such as wall penetration, or escape into the ether or shadow, and pass directly through above.
The simplest way is to escape into the shadow. Covering your body with a ghost cloak can achieve this effect.
The main function of this steel gate is not to prevent people from entering or exiting, but to serve as a part of the cage shaft to prevent problems caused by a huge hole in part of the cage when it is moving up and down.
The steel gate is not only large, but also unexpectedly thick, dozens of centimeters long, and the weight is staggering. It is definitely not something that can be opened by human hands.
Everyone used the shadow cloak to pass through the steel gate very smoothly. Just as they entered it, there was a banging sound of "Boom...Boom...Dang...Dang..." in their ears.
"The mineral vein sealing technique not only seals the mineral veins, but also seals the dwarves here as well?"
Everyone looked at each other with unconcealed surprise in their expressions. The same questions couldn't help but arise in their minds, and some even couldn't help but scream.
After all, this mineral vein sealing technique is very similar to the confinement technique. During the sealing period, time completely stops flowing here. If those dwarves seal themselves in it, theoretically, after the seal is lifted, they will have nothing to do with the moment they were sealed. Both.
If this is the case, then this dwarf treasure is not a surprise, but a shock.
After all, if the original owner is still here, does this city belong to Gavin? Or these dwarves?
If these dwarves asked him for control of Colossus City, would he give them up?
Jean, definitely not willing to give in.
If he doesn't give in, and starts a war with the ancestors of the dwarves, the entire Northland dwarves will probably have to stand against him.
(End of chapter)
