In front of the valley is a long and narrow valley. There are a large number of wooden houses built in the valley. People come and go, and it looks very lively. On both sides of the valley are towering cliffs. The cliff walls are smooth and cannot be climbed. At the mouth of the valley, there is a height of more than ten meters.
Stone city wall.
This stone wall made Sun Ran frown. The only way in and out of the valley was blocked by a stone wall. If they attacked by force, they would lose a large number of hunters. Such casualties were unacceptable to the highland village.
After watching for a while, Allen next to him said: "Chief, look, they are mining in the valley."
Sun Ran nodded. He also saw that there were many mines on both sides. People were constantly crawling in and out of the caves and dragging out bags of ore. At the entrance of the mines, there were many human supervisors. They were holding whips. As long as any miner
If he moved a little slowly, he would be whipped. This scene reminded Sun Ran of the elf overseer at the elf farm.
Obviously, the human race in Falling Star Valley is divided into two classes, one is the slave owner, and the other is the mining slave.
Sun Ran watched quietly. He had one last question, that is, what is the use of the ore these people mined? Looking at the entire valley, there was no smelting site. As far as Sun Ran knew, the humans in the forest did not have metallurgical forging.
This process technology.
In the valley, people just mine, and after the ore is mined, they pile it up randomly in the valley.
After watching for a while, Sun Ran had a preliminary plan in mind. He turned back to his group of hunters and said: "The situation in Falling Star Valley is very strange. We appeared rashly and it is difficult to predict what we will encounter, so we can't
adventure."
"Chief, what should we do?" Allen asked.
Among all the hunters, his martial arts skills were the best and his brain was particularly good. Sun Ran looked at him with special eyes.
"I sneaked into the valley to check the situation. You wait for my return outside the valley, and be careful not to expose your whereabouts, so as not to alert others."
"Chief, this is too dangerous." The hunters all agreed.
"It goes without saying, I've already decided." Sun Ran's face turned solemn, and everyone became silent.
Afterwards, Sun Ran ran towards Luo Xing Valley, using the cover of dense forests all the way to the open space outside the city wall of Luo Xing Valley, and then hid in a bush to observe the specific situation.
It is more than a hundred meters away from the bushes to the city wall. There is an open space in front and a wide view. This is to prevent being attacked by sneak attacks.
The city wall in front is entirely made of huge stones. The stones are tightly jointed and the craftsmanship is excellent. The human race who is only one step ahead of Ru Mao Yin Xue cannot reach this level of construction.
In the forest, the only ones who can build a city wall of this level are elves.
But Sun Ran immediately ruled out the elves, because this city wall was good, but its rough and grand style was completely opposite to the exquisite style of the elves.
Ore, sophisticated craftsmanship, and unique style of city wall. Sun Ran already knew the final destination of the ore in the valley. That was the dwarf, one of the three demigod species!
Dwarfs, also called halflings, are less than one meter tall, but they are extremely smart and are good at manufacturing construction machinery.
Their own combat power is also very powerful. Although they are small in body, their natural magic power is not inferior to that of elves. Their magic power is called air magic power. The special effect after activation can make dwarfs as light as swallows. In addition, their natural magic power is
Their exquisite and petite appearance allows them to attack from any corner. Coupled with their unique engineering technology, their attack methods are hard to guard against.
Gnomish engineering assassins are a nightmare for any other race. Even elves will have a huge headache when encountering them.
In other words, this so-called Falling Star Valley is actually a mining field for dwarves. The miners are human slaves, and the people who manage the mine are also human beings. The dwarfs are only responsible for collecting the finished ore.
This information is useful, but not enough.
Sun Ran continued to observe the condition of the city wall. After watching it for a while, he discovered the perspective of the soldiers patrolling the city wall.
Taking advantage of the moment when a soldier turned around, Sun Ran rushed out immediately, his footsteps making no sound on the ground, his figure as fast as a phantom, with a light red flame magic light flowing on his body. It only took four seconds for him to cross the hundred meters distance and rush forward.
Arrive at the bottom of the city wall.
The city wall was very smooth, made of extremely hard material, and had an outward angle, making it extremely difficult to climb, but this was not a problem for Sun Ran.
He pulled out his broadsword, exploded with flame magic, and jumped more than three meters high. Then he clicked the broadsword on the city wall. The tip of the sword entered the wall less than a point, but it had already given Sun Ran enough strength.
This force pushed his body to continue rising. This continued for three times, and Sun Ran climbed up the city wall.
At this time, the soldier who was patrolling before had not turned back. He was still walking towards the other side of the city wall without realizing it.
But he was not the only soldier on the city wall. Sun Ran climbed up the wall, and as soon as he landed, he was surrounded by a patrolling soldier. This guy was resting on the guardrail of the city wall. He didn't expect that a person would climb up outside the city. His eyes widened at this time.
, looked at Sun Ran in surprise, opened his mouth quickly, and was about to shout.
Sun Ran was also startled. He had never seen this person before. His reaction was like lightning. He stretched out his hand and pressed on the soldier's neck.
The soldier rolled his eyes and fainted.
Sun Ran gently patted the back of his head again, which could cause slight brain damage and make him forget the memory of the period before he fainted. If he did this, even if he was woken up, he would not know what happened.
Sun Ran helped him up and let him continue to rest against the city wall. From a distance, he looked like he was sleeping.
Afterwards, Sun Ran quickly climbed down the city wall and entered the valley.
The valley is full of wooden houses, with busy slaves paying no attention to anything, and slave overseers looking around, looking very enthusiastic.
Sun Ran took advantage of the cover of the wooden house and dived deep into the valley.
His goal was the best wooden house in the valley that he had just seen on the high ground. If there were no accidents, that should be the residence of the leader of Fallen Star Valley.
After sneaking around and hiding all the way, Sun Ran successfully reached his destination.
This is a beautifully built two-story wooden building. There is a large flower garden in front of the wooden building. It looks very beautiful and looks like a foreign villa.
After hiding in the dark and observing quietly, Sun Ran noticed the secret sentries arranged around the house. These secret sentry guards were faintly emitting magic fluctuations, and they turned out to be magic warriors.
The protection of this wooden building is very tight, and there are almost no blind spots for sneaking into.
But there are no dead corners, and dead corners can be created.
Sun Ran picked up a stone and threw it towards a big tree not far away. The stone flew silently, but when it hit the big tree, it made a loud "thud" sound.
This sound immediately attracted the attention of all the secret whistlers, and two people came out to check the situation.
Taking advantage of this moment, Sun Ran took a deep breath, rushed out quickly, and climbed into the wooden building's room through an open window on the first floor.
This was a kitchen. It was not a meal now, and there was no one in it. Sun Ran was glad, he raised his ears and walked softly in the room.
There was someone in the living room, and vague sounds kept coming in. Sun Ran picked up a silver bowl on the table and placed it on the wooden wall, then leaned his ear against the silver bowl, and the sound suddenly became clear.
"...If you want more fire, you need more ore!" A voice said, the voice was very thin, a bit like a child.
It's a dwarf! Sun Ran reacted immediately.
Another voice sounded, a deep male voice: "We have tried our best! People are exhausted every day in the mine."
"That's your business. We agreed that one hundred tons of ore will be used as a kindling source. If not, there's no need to discuss it. If you want to seize the ore, you'd better consider your own strength!" the dwarf threatened.
"I will leak what's going on here to the elves!" a male voice sounded, threatening back.
"...You won't do this. If you do this, we will reach reconciliation with the elves, and you, the slaves, will bear all the anger of us and the elves." The dwarf sneered.
The man's voice immediately softened: "But the mine has been mined for so long, and the ores that can be easily mined have almost been exhausted..."
"You figure it out yourself. If humans can't pick it, you can catch werewolves and pick it."
"This is what I think too. Because of this, we need more fire to increase our strength. You know, we only have more than thirty magic warriors."
"You are trash. Before I came, I heard that there was a human organization in the forest called the Highland Stalkers that emptied out the entire werewolf lair. They don't have any magic warriors!" the dwarf mocked.
The room fell into silence.
Listening to these conversations, Sun Ran suddenly had an idea flash in his mind and felt that this might be a rare opportunity!
He did what he thought of. Regardless of the danger, he no longer concealed his figure, opened the kitchen door and walked directly into the living room.
"Who!" A bearded man wearing animal skins turned his head from the wooden table.
Sitting on the seat opposite him was a male dwarf who was ninety centimeters tall, with two daggers hanging from his waist, and his body covered with strange gadgets.
He looked much calmer, looked at Sun Ran and said, "Interesting, please introduce yourself."
Sun Ran saluted the dwarf and said, "I am the leader of the Highland Stalkers, Sal."
"How did you get in?" Bearded Beard was shocked and wanted to call someone.
"Wait, don't be impatient!" The dwarf stretched out his hand to stop the bearded man's movements, and looked at Sun Ran with interest: "Thal? Are you the slave who escaped from Sivana Castle?"
"The words 'escaped slave' are not suitable to describe me. It should be said that I got rid of the elves and became free." Sun Ran said with a smile.
"Interesting, very interesting. Tell me why you came." The dwarf laughed.
Sun Ran looked at the bearded man, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said with a smile: "We highland hunters can provide werewolf slaves for this mine, as long as we can get the fire in your mouth."
"Don't even think about it!" Beard immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Sun Ran ignored him and looked at the final decision maker here, the dwarf. (To be continued...)
