Now that the threat from the high elves has been lifted, Snorri no longer needs to maintain a large standing army. He has retained his own guards and necessary patrols as usual. Due to the lack of population in the dwarf society, wars are mainly based on temporary recruitment.
Since the leyline network of the southern world's edge mountains was destroyed in the major earthquake, Snorri did not need to maintain the Iron Breaker Warriors to ensure underground safety. Instead, he chose a 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 in Nehekhara, the sailing ships even needed steamships to pull them because they were going upstream. However, according to Snorri's understanding, Constantine made a lot of profits from various shipping, exploration, and immigration benefits.
, he is already preparing to install steam engines on some ships, which also means that the Marine Engineers Guild has received a large order.
Snorri planned to take his men to the rainforest to have a look. 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 used to have a thousand people, which could be reduced by hunting on the spot.
demand for food.
The dwarves' very filling stone bread and nutritious wine that could withstand storage also relieved the pressure to a certain extent. But it was obvious that with the arrival of immigrants, he would need to find other food before the first round of farming and harvesting.
A source of food to sustain a population of tens of thousands.
Snorri set his sights on the rainforest to the east. The construction agreement he signed with the fifth-generation Slann Otrax was a good time to fulfill it. Surrounded by a Skink Priest and his war group, Snorri
Trekking hard in the jungle with his guards.
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 was very uncomfortable against his body. The dwarves did not like this environment. Listening to the complaints from his subordinates, he became more and more grateful to his master.
The Starley boots were given to him as a gift. These legendary boots accompanied him in all the battles, saving him a lot of energy.
The sharp and strange calls 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, Shi Jian
Gram's language expresses thoughts through changes in sounds and tones; changes in color of feather crests and scales.
Fortunately, such miserable days did not last long. After a few days, the dwarves saw the long-lost sunshine. A wide river appeared in front of them, and there was a temple city on the alluvial island in the center of the river.
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 the 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.
"Uuah rua!" The voice of the Skink Priest rang in my ears again.
"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 Slann 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.
After a while, the Skink Priest ran back and led the dwarves towards the city. "Why did this Bone Temple get its name?" Snorri asked, looking at the stone buildings. They were neither white nor white.
Not bone.
"Before Lord Eutrax 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 is above, pterodactyl
When we looked 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 living area and small temple of the lizard people, the causeway extended into the city and became a spacious ceremonial road. There were beautifully carved stone pillars along the road, and the scenes and symbols carved on the stone pavement described the lizards.
Various human events, myths and important rituals.
Towering obelisks stand beside the road. They are used to calibrate the correspondence between the axis of the entire city and the celestial bodies. When selecting the location of the temple city complex, they correspond to the stars in the sky. The more important the star is, the more important it is.
The higher the status in the giant spiritual network.
The Lizardman's pyramid was different from the one in Nehekhara. It was a stepped structure with steep Inca-style stairs on each side of the exterior. Snorri strode up and saw Slan's bloated body.
On the top observatory.
Only here did the Thoros finally appear. These strong warriors had thick scales that could rival ordinary armor. These scales made the dwarves sigh secretly, as the great armor market would not open.
However, their weapons are also poor. The lizard people have no forging ability. Even the elites at the core of the garrison only have spears with obsidian tips and sticks made of stone.
"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 chariot suspended in mid-air turned around, and Snorri followed it to the center of the observatory. There was a set of obsidian turntables 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!"
Feeling the surging power, Snorri praised it heartily.
"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 orbits of stars with its help."
