Early the next morning, Snorri arrived under the city wall of Desolate Castle. Unlike other dwarf fortresses, the structure of Karak Norn was very strange.
Her main doors open on the east and west sides. The door to the east is from the direction Snorri and the convoy came in, and is connected to the Winter Fang Pass. The door to the west is connected to the ley network leading to Karak-Dreadnaught.
That will be Snorri's next stop.
The small door in the north leads to the human settlement area at the bottom of the mountain. Human merchants who sell agricultural products, buy ironware, handicrafts and other daily trades will enter and exit through this door.
The city walls and gates on these three sides are lackluster. The most symbolic place of the Desolate Keep is the tall city wall on its west side. This side faces the Athel Loren Forest and is home to countless defense facilities.
The place Lord Rok wants to show Snorri.
Snorri looked at the city wall in front of him. It was directly part of the Gray Mountains. The dwarves had dug countless shooting holes and secret doors on it that could only be opened from the inside.
"Dear Goddess Chosen, let's go this way!" Lord Pojok greeted with several of his hammer guards.
The two of them each made an invitation gesture and walked up the narrow staircase side by side. This staircase was unusually low. Snorri was a little taller among the tribe, so he had to lower his head to avoid his hair being messed up by the rock wall above his head.
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"What, what's going on?" Snorri asked while protecting his forehead with his hands. Dwarf buildings are generally extremely tall, and such low and narrow buildings are very rare.
"Hahaha!" Lord Boluoke also bent down slightly, "Think about it, we sons of the mountains have to lower our heads. If the sharp-eared people in the forest rush in and die, they have to be careful about touching their heads while bending down. How can we fight against us?
What? I can’t use the spear at all, let alone shoot an arrow!” He was very proud of this targeted design.
The two of them reached the top of the city wall, and Snorri felt a sense of enlightenment after coming out of the depressing environment.
Snorri found himself in front of an endless sea of trees, literally, a sea of trees. Although it was already late autumn and the forest was no longer as spectacular as midsummer, it still made Snorri, who lived in a steel jungle in his previous life, feel...
Shocked.
"The Forest of Athel Loren, in the language of Pointed Ear, means the Sea of Creation Dawn Trees," Lord Porrok's voice rang out leisurely while Snorri was looking far into the distance.
"This forest has been uniquely cared for by the wind of magic for thousands of years. Every plant and tree in the forest is bathed in energy and thrives. Nowadays, Athel Loren can generate magical energy on its own even if it does not rely on the wind of magic."
"Is that the Oak of Ages?" Snorri asked, pointing to a tall tree in the forest that almost spanned the sky and the earth.
"Yes, it is said that the tree has its own consciousness, and its lifespan is equal to that of this forest. The Pointy Ears regard it as their own sacred object, but from what I see, cutting it down to build furniture is probably enough for the entire mountain kingdom.
Yes!" Lord Pojok explained.
"The two demigods of the wood elves, Orion and Ariel, are staying under that tree."
"Orion, the incarnation of the hunting god Kunos in the mortal world?" Snorri thought of the giant man with antlers on his head and a bare chest in the game. "His wild hunting has disturbed our mountain fortress a lot, right?" p>
"Ahem, my ancestors and I have been fighting against Him for thousands of years! A few years ago, I personally fought and met that guy. He and His wild cavalry were not disturbed by the forest and were impacting in the forest.
Stronger than the human friends of Bretonnia!" Lord Porrok said, holding his hand on the battlement.
"I think this city wall is so impregnable that you manage it, so it must have little impact!" Snorri said as he looked at the ballistas and cannons placed on the city wall. The number of artillery displayed by the Deserted Fort is the largest on the road.
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"Hahaha, it's true. Especially last time, the treasure I bought from Torrent Pass taught those arrogant and arrogant guys a hard lesson!" As he said that, Lord Boluoke led Si.
Nori walked into a hidden gun emplacement.
"Fire cannon?" Snorri blurted out as he looked at the familiar thing in front of him, "You actually have this thing! As far as I know, our Karaz-a-Karak has not yet installed it!"
"Hahaha, the last time I signed some agreements with King Serendin of Torrent Pass and the president of the Engineers Guild at the Hatred Conference." Lord Porok looked very satisfied with Snorri's shocked expression. p>
"Isn't this thing cheap?" Snorri asked tentatively.
"That's true. To be honest, I relied on the support of my wife's family to make the move. No matter how good the relationship is, they can't give me too many discounts." Lord Pojok answered Snorri's question. Snorri secretly looked at the dark and thin dwarf in front of him. He was not sure how to respond to the lord who took the initiative to mention getting help from his wife.
"Last night..." Snorri gritted his teeth and forced to break the silence.
"Uncle Earthshaker said a lot of unpleasant things about me and my family?" Lord Porrok's tone revealed that he was not surprised.
"I have no choice! On the one hand, with the strength of Desolate Castle and my family's financial resources at that time, it was really difficult for me to marry a well-matched wife."
"Yes, our Karak-Norn, in addition to the rat people and greenskins in the leyline network, are also harassed by the wood elves, and the underground mineral deposits are not that rich!" Snorri agreed, he knew the tribes here
People’s lives are not easy.
"Mother Goddess! It's great that you can understand me. If you have the opportunity, please explain something to the Mother Goddess during your prayer time!" Lord Boluoke called out a divine call, and it was obvious that he wanted to do this.
I was under a lot of pressure.
"On the other hand, in my opinion, the core mission of a lord is to provide certain welfare for his people. If it helps the lives of my compatriots, I am willing to bear some scolding!" In the dim gun emplacement
, there was a glimmer of light on his dark face.
"I see. Reaching some in-depth agreements with Tongshan Castle will definitely help your development here!" Snorri nodded, which could explain his previous strange feeling.
"Do you really have no opinion on my deviant behavior?" Lord Porrok asked strangely after hearing Snorri's calm tone.
"In my opinion, the rules of our ancestors should be used to protect the kingdom created by our ancestors, but if adhering to tradition causes our mountain fortresses to fall one after another, then why not make some changes?"
Snorri judged from the large number of newly purchased firearms in the Desolate Castle and Porrok's words and deeds that he was an enlightened lord who was committed to reform, and he said this without anyone around him.
"A hundred years from now, if you have the chance, you will get the support of Desolate Castle!"