Horace somewhat understood what the other person meant.
What does the shield dwarf have that the green dragon should be concerned about?
It’s nothing more than their forging skills!
The green dragon's purpose is either to confuse them first and capture Shanatar at a smaller cost.
Otherwise, you are just eyeing their craftsmanship!
If he remembered correctly, more than ten years ago or more than twenty years ago, there was a human caravan that wanted to start trade with this side in the name of Watch City.
But because of the kobolds in the caravan, they didn't give them a chance.
If this is the purpose of the green dragon to demand revenge, then they...
With this thought in his mind, Horace said in a deep voice: "What do you want?"
After saying these words, Isaac knew that one of his goals for mobilizing troops this time was basically secured.
Regardless of whether the shield dwarf really repays his kindness or selectively succumbs to the pressure, Horace's words basically confirm that the shield dwarf of Shanatar does owe him a great favor!
"Two things!"
Isaac stretched out two claw fingers: "The first thing, I want Shanatar to open the door of trade to my people. The second thing, I saved your entire city, and saved at least a thousand shield dwarves.
I want a hundred dwarf craftsmen!"
"Ha ha!"
Horace laughed loudly when he heard the sound, but the laughter immediately turned cold: "Whatever you want, just come and get it yourself! As long as you defeat Shanatar, everything will be yours!"
Shield dwarves will never betray their people!
Isaac's eyes moved slightly.
The bottom line is out!
Then let’s put it another way!
"It's employment! Within thirty years, I will provide you with sufficient food to support your recovery, and you will provide one hundred craftsmen to work for me."
Hire!
And it’s thirty years!
Horace unconsciously had some ideas in his mind.
Based on the average natural lifespan of a shield dwarf, which is over 400 years old, thirty years is only a short period of time in one's life. If we use this to draw a clear line between ourselves and green dragons...
He turned his eyes to his side, talked to the bearded man and others for a while, and then looked at the green dragon: "First, you can start trade, but your people can't enter Shanatar, everything is done outside the city.
"
He was always wary of the Green Dragon and never wanted the layout of the city, especially the reality of the clan members, to be grasped by the Green Dragon without him knowing it.
"Can!"
Isaac nodded.
He is always tolerant to people who can be used by him and are useful to him, at least when necessary, he is absolutely tolerant.
Horace continued: "Second, 100 people is too many, we can only provide 50 people at most."
After a few breaths of thinking, Isaac took a step back: "50 people in the first ten years, 100 people in ten years. If necessary, you can rotate them. This time, I will bring Dugas and Dolby
Zrant has all been dealt with, and this time is enough for you to recover."
Rotate!
After a moment of consideration and discussion, Horace finally nodded.
However, they did not complete the transaction now, and did not even sign a contract. In the name of "Although you do not trust me, I can trust the credibility of the shield dwarves", Isaac made an agreement with them that after one month, there will be a
A caravan is coming and will return to the Rift Mountains with the dwarf craftsmen.
It should be said that this compliment from the green dragon spoke to the heart of the shield dwarf, who was stubborn but also had a strong sense of pride.
Although there was still nothing to express, the tit-for-tat sense of urgency suddenly eased.
After clearing the battlefield, the green dragon army immediately began to leave.
The shield dwarves also maintained vigilance while cleaning up the ruins of the city.
…
Dugas.
The mysterious and magnificent Temple of the Spider Queen.
"That's not right!"
In Abella's mind, waves of inexplicable vigilance surged one after another.
As the most favored priest of the Mistress, she temporarily controlled everything in Dugas while Mistress Bowen led her army to attack Shanatar.
Of course, all this is actually not much.
After all, the vast majority of the adult fighting force, whether they were drow elves or slaves, had been transferred away by Mother Bowen.
More importantly, she is actually maintaining stability.
"Is this a warning from the great Queen of Gods?"
After pondering for a moment, Abella took out a scepter, closed her eyes again, and prayed silently.
The fourth-level magic "Prophecy"!
"Glenken!"
"Virna!"
"Mother Ripple!"
Names appeared in her mind one by one, and with each name that appeared, her expression became gloomier. When Matron Bowen's name also appeared, her eyes opened.
Something really happened!
However, Shanata should not have such strength!
What exactly went wrong?
No, we can’t stay here any longer. Even Mistress Bowen is dead, and there will definitely be people coming here to kill her!
Dubizrant…
She quietly left the temple, and after a moment's preparation, she quietly left the city, and threw a crystal bottle out of some deserted caves covered with cobwebs outside the city.
Then he quickly left the underground space.
The crystal bottle is so cold that it seems to be frozen.
Inside, there was something purple-red, like blood.
As the ice on the mouth of the bottle gradually began to melt, a faint fishy smell spread.
Soon, in the depths of these caves, some blood-red lights lit up, like eyes, cold-blooded and cruel.
…
Another half day later.
The green dragon army, marching in a hurry, has arrived.
"Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will not be spared."
Isaac gave just one order.
Even more enthusiastic than the troll army, the bugbears who had just surrendered the day before yesterday rushed out of the tunnel howling without even needing the two-headed ogre's command.
The brainless trolls, led by the troll barbarian warrior Lacy, swayed and charged out.
The two-headed ogre, Wobba, was waving his giant stick and striding forward, while Dunbar showed the reserve of a spellcaster, as if he was not in a hurry, and the mismatch of his two feet made him angry.
Woba would drink urgently from time to time.
"Don't be in a hurry. As I said, there aren't many here... Huh?"
Finally walked out of the tunnel, and while training his right head, Dunbar suddenly felt something in his heart, the fluctuation of the spell?
His eyes suddenly lifted.
Then, the pupils filled with magic power in his blood-colored eyes shrank slightly.
What caught his eyes were dozens of monsters whose lower bodies were giant spiders and whose upper bodies were dark elves!
Some of these monsters held long swords in their hands, and some carried long bows on their backs, but at this moment, these weapons were not used. They were making shrill screams, and they were rushing to kill the front ones. The bugbears were actually at their pace.
He staggered, and blood was oozing out from his body surface.
Another lightning ball lit up in front of them, and amidst the roaring thunder, lightning shot out.
"Spider Elf!"
Dunbar instantly recognized the identities of these monsters.
Legend has it that the Spider Queen in the Abyss often conducts loyalty tests on outstanding female drow spellcasters. Those who pass the test will be favored by her, and those who fail the test will be cursed into spider elves.
The ugly form of the spider elf represents the Spider Queen's warning to the drow.
Therefore, these monsters are allowed to live outside the drow's dungeons, and can even hunt any creature that comes close to their caves.
But now, these monsters have broken out of their lair!
Even the two-headed ogre does not dare to underestimate these monsters who still have the ability to cast spells and are even crazier and more powerful than before.
From a distance, Dunbar hit the wand with his hand, and an arrow of ice immediately flew out.
Then, behind him, another group of dragon-winged kobolds flew out, and at the same time, there were green dragon beasts coming out.
As soon as they saw the spider elves and bugbears fighting together with the trolls, they immediately cast lightning beams. There were green dragon beasts preparing ice breath, and dragon-winged rogues preparing fear spells.
In the arc of lightning and the extreme cold of the breath of ice, Isaac also entered this underground space.
But it is much larger than Shanatar, not to mention the Watch City. Dugas is located in a space that climbs up layer by layer like cliffs. Between the cliffs on each layer, there are many layers.
Connected by a few curved stairways.
On these cliffs, I don't know if they are fluorescent bacteria or phosphorescent stones. Countless flashes of light are mysterious and beautiful, like the dense starlight in the night sky.
There are beautiful buildings on top of it, and at the bottom, there should be the entrance. In the center of a city wall, in front of dozens of immortal torches, the huge city gate is tightly closed.
The battlefield between the troll army and the spider elves is right here.
Isaac only glanced over there and did not intervene.
It can be seen from the previous battle that both the Dragon Vein Warlock and the Green Dragon Beast lack actual combat training.
These spider elves are a good training object.
Ignoring this, he roared and flew directly into the sky, and the power of the dragon was naturally activated.
"Mother Bowen is dead, and all the troops on the expedition to Shanata have been destroyed. Now, put down your weapons. Those who surrender will be spared death, and no one who resists will be left alive!"
His huge figure hovered in the underground space. Under the power of the dragon, he should have been alerted by the spider elves. Those drows and slaves were in a mess.
With just one hover, everything below was probably in his mind.
Slaves, kobolds and goblins accounted for the vast majority, but they only numbered in the hundreds, and these were basically useless. However, there were some gray dwarves, which should be of some use.
As for the drow, there are hundreds of them, but there are only a very small number of adult drow, most of them are minors, even infants.
This is not unexpected. To capture Shanatar, how could Matron Bowen not mobilize all the forces she could mobilize?
Kill a batch, collect a batch, and have the manpower to make magic items!
Then control their size and their beliefs!
Since he was ready to win this place, he had already made plans.
Drow elves and Spider Queen priests are the absolute rulers, and women hold all the power in the clan.
To control them, using men to dominate women and improve men's status is a good choice!
The spider queen never cared about the status of men, and the priests had no place for men.
After Isaac, the blue dragon also flew into the sky. His eyes greedily scanned everything below, and in a blink of an eye, he found some possible treasure troves.
However, he did not pounce immediately.
For one thing, in the last cooperation, the little green dragon was quite disciplined in this regard.
Secondly, he saw the Temple of the Spider Queen!
The experience of more than three hundred years taught him that it is not a bad thing to be more cautious where there is a temple!
Especially, this temple belongs to the famous Vicious Queen!
Then, the kobold army also came in.
Without the three bosses taking action, dozens of spider elves who were both spellcasters and capable of melee combat resisted the attack of the troll army, as well as the attacks of the green dragon beast and dragon-born kobolds.
Intense firepower, fighting back desperately with chaotic and crazy nature.
Four bugbears fell, and many more were injured.
The trolls have nothing to lose. As long as they don't specially prepare targeted spells or specific arrangements, such as strong acid and strong fire, their vitality will be difficult to die. The spider elves obviously do not have this preparation.
However, Green Dragon Beast and Dragon Vein Warlock were actually injured several times by spells... With their strength completely dominant, this was obviously a matter of combat experience.
However, after all, they are all at the second level of energy level, and the dragon scales also have natural defense and spell resistance. Even high-damage spells such as lightning balls cannot kill them with one blow, or even seriously injure them.
After killing the spider elves, there is no longer any substantial resistance in the city.
The army fought all the way. First the slaves knelt down and surrendered, and then the drow also laid down their weapons one by one. The few who were hidden were immediately cut off as soon as they were found.
After fighting all the way to the Spider Queen's temple, the army suddenly stopped.
Even Blue Dragon and Stat showed up.
"Confining all the drow in the lower three floors. Then I will completely seal this place. Anyone who comes even slightly close will be killed immediately!"
Isaac also descended.
He didn't want to enter the temple rashly.
They only let the slaves go in and search around, then designated the surrounding area as a forbidden area, and prepared to completely seal it with a wall.
If no one worships a temple, it will naturally lose the attention of the gods over time.
When will this place be completely abandoned, we will see whether it should be demolished or not.
Then, the army split into two.
Some of them temporarily detained the slaves and drow on the lower three floors, while others began to search for the treasure trove in the city. Both Blue Dragon and Statt participated in it with great interest.
The treasure trove of the dark elves, including what they obtained from raiding Ayash earlier, is something that no one will ignore.
With the blue dragon's sensitivity to treasures and Stat's mastery of magical confinement, treasure troves are being discovered one after another.
There are city treasure houses and some private treasure houses.
However, they were not distributed immediately. After a brief inventory, the loyal servants loaded them first.
At this time, Isaac was personally setting rules for the slaves.
There are other uses, and the few gray dwarves are pulled out first.
Kobolds and goblins were still sent to mine, while bugbears and ogres were included in the troll army.
As for the dark elves, we are trying several aspects at the same time.
Use men to balance women, use situations to compress the space of belief, separate adults and minors, and promote the status of technology among minors...
Of course, this is done step by step.
The army was not in a hurry and started immediately. It even used the limited teleportation technique born by the Joy Demon to accurately return to the Rift Mountains, mobilized its troops, and explained the next trade and development plan to some people in the alliance.
Another limited teleportation spell, and he appeared in Dugas again.
Limited teleportation is a shortened version of teleportation, but it is also an accurate version.
The teleportation distance is far inferior to the real teleportation technique, but as long as there is accurate positioning, the teleportation position will basically not deviate.