Chapter five hundred and seventy-six visit and try
Richard was a man of action. As soon as he made a decision to do anything, he would do it immediately without any delay. After receiving Paley's letter and deciding to go south, he told Aige and Catherine a few words that day and took them with him.
Following Sandro, he rushed to Posey City.
Although the skill of teleportation cannot lead an army to move, it is definitely a magical skill for individuals to rush on the road. When Richard's level was not high, he would have to stop to rest and recover if he used teleportation to rush on the road.
Richard, who is now in his thirties, has already improved his mental attributes, and his upper limit of magic power is much more sufficient than before. Even with Sandro, he moved directly to Percy City in one go.
Richard's arrival really surprised Pare, not that he was surprised by Richard's choice. We are all smart people. In this situation, it is absolutely normal for Richard to choose to help.
What surprised Parley was Richard's speed. Counting the days, the letter should have just arrived. In the blink of an eye, Richard appeared outside the city lord's palace. This came too fast.
However, Parley, who had already witnessed some of Richard's magical methods, quickly put away his surprised expression and went out to welcome Richard in with a smile on his face.
"Brother-in-law, I have to trouble you again this time. This is five hundred thousand kinnars. You can withdraw it at any time from several trading houses under my name."
After welcoming Richard into the living room in person, Parley offered half a million golds without negotiating any conditions. The meaning was very clear. No matter whether the matter could be settled or not, the five hundred thousand golds would be his.
The reward is given to Richard.
Such a sum of money, in the past, the Hunter family would probably not be able to raise even ten or twenty people. Even now, it is still a huge sum of money, but Pare took it out without blinking an eye.
This guy holds the military, political and economic power in the South. In addition to being very rich, he is also really good at being a good person.
At least Richard, who accepted Jinnaer, felt slightly in his heart that if he didn't get things done, he would feel a little sorry.
The two of them were already very familiar with each other, and Richard was not going to say too many polite words. After collecting Parley's Jinnar, he was going to learn more about this operation in Stone Hill Plains.
But at this moment, someone very familiar to Richard came in outside the meeting hall.
"General Mishu."
Mi Xiu, who was dressed in silver armor, walked into the meeting hall. He was very neat and tidy and could not see any traces of battle. However, Richard could still feel the faint smell of blood on the other party. He probably had just wiped out some rebellion.
Little nobleman.
Although Pare controls the city of Posey and commands the entire south, the situation in the south of the kingdom is far more complicated than that of the Central Plains and the North. With the entanglement of nobles and church forces, Pare's control over the subordinates is far less than that of the north.
, from time to time it is necessary to use force to intimidate.
Richard nodded to Mi Xiu who came in, showing a kind attitude towards his former enemy. However, Mi Xiu's face was very serious, and he stared at Richard and his entourage with vigilance. He immediately stood next to Richard and Pa
Between thunder.
"Your Highness Parley, that person is very dangerous."
Mi Xiu's vigilance was not directed at Richard. His eyes were firmly fixed on Sandro who was following Richard.
Although Sandro was recruited through the system and Richard had an agreement with Namtaru, Richard finally decided to take Sandro with him along with several archangels so that he could have multiple helpers.
, after all, even if Sandro stayed in Miracle City, it would be inconvenient for him to participate in the affairs of the territory, so he would be idle. Secondly, he also had some sense of surveillance and observation.
Unexpectedly, Mi Xiu's perception was so sensitive. Although Mi Xiu did not necessarily understand that there were such things as undead creatures in this world, he could feel the terrifying and violent aura under the black robe.
He sensed the danger at the first moment and protected Parley behind him.
"Hey, what a pure soul. If it is made into a resentful soul, it might become a hero-level unit."
Although he didn't know what the resentful soul was, Yaxiu could still clearly feel the evil in Sandro's tone, and he instinctively took out his weapon from his waist.
"Shut up, Sandro, don't talk without my permission."
Richard discovered that Sandro had other problems, but his bad mouth was very obvious. Facing a person like Mi Xiu whose strength was temporarily stronger than his own, he had to have a bad mouth.
"General Mixiu, is there any misunderstanding? This is a subordinate brought by Master Richard. He will not be detrimental to me."
Although Parley has a high position and great authority, his strength is only that of using resources to stack up the great knights. He is a bit inferior to the eldest prince. Although he is not an ordinary person, he is no better than an ordinary person in this council room.
He was so strong, except that he felt a little gloomy about Sandro, he couldn't feel any other danger at all.
After seeing Richard's order, Sandro calmed down, and Mi Xiu temporarily lowered his guard and looked at Richard strangely.
"Every one of your men is more surprising than the last. I can't even feel a heartbeat in him, and there is no breath of life in him."
"Ahem, tell me about Ishiokahara and what exactly I need to do."
Richard had no intention of continuing to dwell on this topic and directly turned the topic to the more serious matter this time.
Parley was not so curious to explore the details of one of Richard's subordinates, so he directly took over the conversation and explained to Richard in detail about the Stone Hill Plains and the dwarves.
To sum up, if they can form an alliance with the dwarves, they will not only get more high-quality and cheap weapons and equipment, but also get the dwarves to directly send troops to assist in the battle.
The individual combat power of the dwarves is not weaker than that of the orcs, and is even slightly stronger. The dwarves only need to send 200,000 to 300,000 troops, and Parre can use the south to contain a large amount of the orcs' combat power, which is beneficial to the entire battle.
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Third, Parley has done his best in the preliminary work. Several leaders of the dwarves have felt the danger of the orcs and are inclined to ally with the southern humans to resist the orc army. However, due to limitations of tradition, someone must pick up the dwarf king's shield.
Agree to send troops.
What is missing now is someone who can pick up the treasure and lift the traditional restrictions on dwarves.
"How about it, brother-in-law, are you sure?"
"You have to try it first."
In fact, this is Richard's humble statement. According to Paley, it takes a lot of strength to pick up this shield. Richard has nothing but great strength. Richard Guang of the Realm of Realm said that the physical strength on the continent is
There are few carbon-based creatures that can defeat him. After activating the effect of the Giant's Ring, Richard is confident that he will not lose to any existence in terms of strength.
If he couldn't pick up the dwarf king's shield even with his strength, it must not be his problem, there must be something wrong with the treasure itself.
"Without further ado, let's get ready to go. Let's go to the Plains of Stone Hills."
Although he did not receive a positive answer from Richard, Parley obviously still had great expectations for Richard, and did not let Richard take a day's rest. He immediately led the team from Posey City and headed straight for the Plain of Stone Hills.
Percy City is not far from the Plains of Stone Hills. Humans occupy the plains, while dwarves occupy the hilly areas. There have always been trade exchanges between the dwarves and humans, and the relationship between the two parties is relatively harmonious.
Several light cavalry were reduced, and the weakest one in the team was the big knight Parley. He was traveling very fast, and it took him less than a day to reach the border of the Stone Hill Plains.
"Your Highness Parley, things are ready."
"Um!"
A few people stopped for a moment at the border. It wasn't because they couldn't keep up with their physical strength, but because there was a whole fleet of vehicles parked here. At a glance, there were at least hundreds of large vehicles, all of which were equipped with large jars.
Even though it was sealed well, Richard could smell the strong aroma of wine. This is one of the important goods traded between humans and dwarves in the south. Wine is also an important item to connect with dwarves. In addition to eating and drinking, dwarves have two major hobbies.
, drinking and blacksmithing, sometimes these two hobbies can even be carried out at the same time.
"Brother-in-law, I bought these wines from your Northland Liquor Store. The taste is too strong, which is why these dwarves like it."
The distillation technology for purifying liquor is also one of the small technology trees that Richard opened for the territory in his early days. This thing is really simple. With a little guidance, workers can make high-concentration liquor.
Originally, Richard had high expectations for these spirits, hoping that these wines could become representative products of trade in the North. Little did he know that the nobles of the Golden Dragon Kingdom were not fond of these spirits. Except for the cold North, these spirits
Sales in the Central Plains and South are average.
On the contrary, it was the dwarves who were most interested in these wines and became the biggest buyers, which increased the sales of spirits in the Northland a lot.
When the convoy entered the Stone Hill Plains, some dwarves followed one after another around them. They were not curious about the human convoy, but were attracted by the aroma of wine in the convoy.
Soon some dwarves couldn't help but ask questions
"Are you human merchants? How do you sell these wines? Look at how many jars I can exchange for this new two-handed sword."
"Hey, tell me a price, why don't you open a jar and let me have a taste."
If these wines are exchanged for weapons made by dwarves, it will definitely be a sure profit for Parley. However, the focus this time is to form an alliance with the dwarves. These hundreds of jars of spirits are gifts, so naturally it is impossible to make a deal.
Sell.
However, the smell of wine was too strong, and many dwarves who were addicted to alcohol followed the convoy one after another, thinking about how to get two jars of wine from the convoy.
Facing these dwarves who were attracted by the wine, Pare also had a headache. It was impossible to be afraid. There were two saints in the team, but he didn't want to conflict with the dwarves when he came here. If these people followed the convoy
The dwarf couldn't help but grab the wine. He really didn't know how to deal with it.
Fortunately, the officer in charge of the Dwarf Royal Court's reception appeared in time, and hundreds of armored and sharp-edged dwarf soldiers protected the convoy in the middle, finally stopping the thoughts of the dwarves who had been following the convoy.
"Lord Parley, I am here to greet you on the order of King Norton."
"Thank you General Rye."
Parley already recognized this general of the Dwarf Royal Court, and he had obviously been to the Plain of Stone Hills more than once.
"This is the Northland King of the Kingdom, Lord Richard, and the warrior who tried to pick up the King's Shield this time."
"oh?"
Originally, the dwarf officer named Rye didn't care about Richard, who had thin arms and legs. A white style like Richard's did not fit the dwarf's aesthetics, but when he heard that Richard was brought by Parley, he tried to get it.
Wang Dun couldn't help but turn his attention to Richard again.
Hei Mai's eyes were a little confused, and after looking at Richard, he was even more suspicious. The meaning was obvious, could he even touch Wang Dun?
However, out of courtesy, or for the sake of the hundreds of jars of fine wine, the dwarf general Rye nodded slightly towards Richard.
Richard didn't care about this. He gave Rye a little response and looked at the dwarf warriors around him with interest. He finally understood why Pare had such a big obsession with uniting the dwarves.
Regardless of their height, these dwarves are definitely still thicker than orcs, with explosive muscles all over their bodies. The surrounding dwarf soldiers are actually holding heavy weapons such as warhammers in one hand, and a side and a weapon in the other hand.
Steel shields as tall as themselves.
They are covered in thick plate armor. At first glance, the equipment of these dwarves makes them look as funny as iron balls, but if you look a little more carefully, you can see the terrifying fighting power of the dwarves. These heavy-duty dwarves holding war hammers
The appearance of infantry on the battlefield will give any enemy a headache.
What's even more frightening is that for such a warrior, the dwarves can bring in at least two to three hundred thousand.
While Richard was observing the environment of the Stone Hill Plains and sizing up the dwarf warriors, the team had slowly arrived at the cave where the dwarf royal court was located.
Dwarves like to dig mines and dig holes. Most dwarves do not build houses, but arrange caves as their own homes. The Dwarf Royal Court also followed the dwarves' habits and directly arranged a huge cave.
"Your Highness Norton, good day to all clan leaders."
In the royal court, except for the dwarf king Norton, the heads of several other clans and several guards introduced Parley and others into the royal court. Parley first greeted several dwarf senior officials.
"Good day, Your Highness Parley. I heard that you have brought another human warrior. Do you want to try to pick up the King's Shield?"
"Um"
"Hey, if you can't pick up Wang Dun, you can't take those wines back with you."
"Of course, there is no reason to take back the gift I gave you."
"That's enough, Chief Brown. Someone wants to try to lift the king's shield. Can you stop thinking about drinking and be serious?"
When Norton got angry, the heads of several clans became a little more serious. Only Brown, who was scolded by Norton, muttered in a low voice.
"I can't pick it up anyway, so why not drink it first?"
Norton ignored Brown who was muttering quietly, stood up directly and said:
"Since we are going to try to pick up the King's Shield, the heads of several clans happen to be here, so we will go immediately."
"good."
Parley's immediate purpose was to pick up the King's Shield, so he naturally would not refuse. Although the other dwarves were greedy for wine, they still understood the importance. Without saying a word, they got up and walked towards the depths of the mine.
After following Norton and walking in the cave for several hours, the group finally arrived at the cave where the Dwarf King's Shield was located.
The surrounding guards were not as tight as expected, with only a few ordinary dwarf soldiers guarding them.
After all, this is the core of the dwarves' territory. No one can reach this position without the permission of the dwarves. Moreover, no one has picked up the dwarf king's shield since the elves disappeared. Even if no guards are sent, no one can steal the king's shield.
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Without any ceremony, when he came to Wang Dun, Norton gave a direct gesture and asked Richard to go up and try to pick up Wang Dun.
Judging from the appearance, the dwarf Wang Dun placed on the stone is just an earthy oak shield. Even an ordinary soldier can easily pick up the Wang Dun, let alone a saint-level powerhouse like Richard.
But when Richard stepped forward and lifted it hard, he found that the shield was as if it was stuck to the stone below. With the strength of Richard who could hold down the dragon with his bare hands, he could not make the shield move at all.
Seeing that Richard failed to get Wang Dun, the faces of the people around him had different expressions, and Parley's face was a little nervous.
Several dwarves, including the Dwarf King Norton, took it for granted. Because it was difficult to form an alliance with humans, Norton even had a trace of regret on his face...