Walking through the dungeon full of blood and corpses, Rhodes felt a pungent fishy smell blowing into his face. It was mixed with the stench of blood and the disgusting smell emitted by the unknown monsters after they died.
The entire fifth floor of the Hell Pit was a bustling scene a few hours ago. Now, only countless corpses are left. The large troops are cleaning up the rat-man remains in the underground city as they move.
As long as the corpse is still intact, the soldiers will step on it and give it a stabbing blow to ensure that all the ratmen are completely dead.
The dwarf general Maldrin and his troops took the lead and entered the underground city. In the Abyss Fortress on the fifth floor of the Hell Pit, Rhodes met this radical dwarf force.
It can be seen that even though this army rushed in after the rat people's civil strife, it still suffered a certain degree of casualties. About twenty or thirty dwarves were killed in the melee, and hundreds of heavy armored infantry were injured.
Maldrin turned to look at Rhodes, his eyes were slightly dissatisfied, but more of a look of disdain. In the eyes of dwarves, revenge can only be considered as killing the enemy personally. Hiding behind and watching is purely cowardly behavior; it is dishonorable.
That's not what a warrior should do.
It's just that Rhodes doesn't care about it. What the dwarves think of is their business. Rhodes knows that he is a lord and a general first, and then a warrior.
"You're late, Lord."
Mardelin turned to look at Rhodes and whispered.
Then he turned around and directed his subordinates to work.
Rhodes discovered that the dwarves seemed to be digging a new tunnel, or opening a secret door. They used various tools to dig, excavate, and even blast on the rock walls inside the underground city.
"The passage to the sixth floor?"
Rhodes asked curiously. In fact, before the war, all the known information about the Hell Pit stopped at the fifth level. The space below the sixth level was not marked even half a point on the map given by the dwarf envoy.
It was completely blank. So, now that the Hell Pit has reached this point, and further down, without the help of the dwarves, Rhodes really knows nothing.
"No, Your Excellency, the sixth floor has been completely sealed. It will take at least three months to half a year to open the original tunnel. Those monsters broke out of the ground, but more of them have already escaped.
Or be destroyed. In short, the road is completely blocked. I guess there are rat people down there, but they have already escaped. There is no need for us to chase them anymore, because the tunnel is blocked and we can't chase them at all."
Mardelin explained with a serious face.
"Then what are you digging for?"
"Treasure, the treasure that the mice have hidden here, I don't know how much they have hidden in this underground fortress, what they have hidden..."
Mardelin's eyes suddenly became excited——
"But, we will know soon. This is compensation for us, isn't it? I hope it contains ore, or gold or something. Anyway, bring something, I hope there will be rare metals, or rare ores, gems
Or jewelry would be nice too.”
Mardelin spoke expectantly. Just as he finished speaking, the dwarf artificial soldiers on the rock wall suddenly shouted loudly——
"Here! I found it! Hahahaha, the treasure belongs to the dwarves!"
Many dwarves, including dwarf engineers, immediately crawled towards the engineer's position.
They were working on the rock wall with ropes wrapped around them. Looking from below, they looked like a group of small spiders crawling quickly on a spider web.
But now, the key to unlocking the rat-man treasure in the Hell Pit has been found. Everyone couldn't help but become excited again. Rhodes suddenly understood that the reason why these dwarfs were so excited to rush in just now may not be just because of the glory of revenge.
A dozen dwarves were banging on the rock wall, shouting something from time to time. After a while, a big hole was smashed out of the wall with a rumble.
Using the hole, the dwarves stuffed high-concentration explosive bombs inside.
Immediately afterwards, all the dwarves retreated tens of meters from the rock wall, and the dwarf general Maldrin also warned Rhodes to keep Kislev's soldiers away.
"If we don't find the weak point of this wall, we won't be able to penetrate it at all. Even if we can, it will take at least 2 months. I still estimate conservatively. There should be other entrances and keys, but...
It’s a secret place that ordinary ratmen don’t even know about.”
As he spoke, a trembling muffled sound came from the narrow cave.
Immediately afterwards, countless small cracks appeared on the rock wall.
"You should first explore the structure behind the rock wall. Maybe it is a dam instead of a treasure house."
Rhodes stared at the cracked wall while blaming the dwarf for his rash actions. Fortunately, no water sprayed out from the cracks, and everything went smoothly.
Another heavy explosive bomb was placed under the corner. As soon as the dwarf artificial soldier stepped forward, the bomb was detonated.
In the deafening explosion, the wall that was already full of cracks collapsed.
The dust from the sky rushed towards our faces, and almost everyone was choked and breathless.
However, a moment later, before Rhodes could react, groups of dwarves rushed forward like crazy. The dwarves' desire for treasures is like humans' desire for power and desire.
However, after a moment of carnival, the world in front of them suddenly became quiet, and the sounds of groups of dwarves drawing guns and roaring could be heard.
Breaking through the dust and fog, Rhodes led people up.
The scene before me was shocking.
In the huge treasure house, countless gold and silver treasures were piled up like mountains, like a dragon's lair. Black iron stone pillars rose into the sky, supporting this extremely huge underground palace. There were no rules in the entire treasure house.
The loot is piled up into small hills, with no end as far as the eye can see. And the fog in the darkness adds a bit of mystery. Rhodes roughly estimates that the property in this treasure house can at least equal the wealth of ten people in Kislev.
The total economic production of the year. This war can be said to have made a fortune.
However, what surprised Rhodes even more was that there were actually a few people standing in this bottomless underground treasure house! A few living humans. The Kislev Dulong City coalition forces outside worked hard to dig and bomb a few people.
It's been an hour, and someone has already come in here! This is also the reason why a group of dwarves are at war with each other.
As the leader shouted, Rhodes immediately recognized it - this was Aliria and her elite team.
It seemed that the plan to capture the king was successful. Rhodes looked around anxiously and counted the heads. Fortunately, he found that not a single member of the team was missing! This proved that the plan was completed perfectly.
No, not only is there no less, but there is one more.
Among the few people, all had scars on their bodies, except for the extra one, who was wearing a gorgeous and bright armor, and the long sword in his hand was used as a crutch.
Rhodes took a closer look and saw that the man's face... turned out to be Galt...
"They are my people! Tell your people to lay down their arms, General Mardelin."
The dwarves looked at the suddenly excited human lord in confusion.
"I guarantee with the honor of the knights that they will never come to snatch our property."
Rhodes continued.
Mardelin thought for a while before ordering his Thunder Musketeers to put down their weapons.
"Lord Rhodes, I don't care when other knights say this, but you are different. I believe your honor is trustworthy."
After saying that, the dwarves made way for Rhodes.
Inside the treasury, six exhausted heroes were limping slowly.