Compared with the non-surprised expressions of the dwarves around him, Richard himself was the one who was most surprised. He knew how powerful he was. Not to mention that it was just an oak shield, even if it was made entirely of diamonds, he could do both.
He picked it up with his fingers and played with it. There was nothing special about the stone platform at the base. Under normal circumstances, if he hit it with all his strength, this kind of rock layer could break a large piece.
Richard looked at the motionless dwarf Wang Dun, and seriously considered whether he could directly use his fighting spirit to attack. The surrounding rocks didn't seem to have anything special, and even this Wang Dun was not actually that strong.
The strength of the realm can directly smash the entire surrounding area including the dwarf king's shield, so it should be able to pick it up.
After thinking for a moment, Richard gave up this tempting idea. After all, he didn't know if the dwarf king's shield was damaged, whether the dwarf would agree with him picking up the shield, or whether he would directly treat him as an enemy. He himself could do it
As soon as he leaves and goes back to the north, Pare will have to be tricked by him.
Seeing Richard hesitating on the spot, the dwarves around him did not make any urging move. After all, they believe in people who are confident in their own strength. They have seen many people over the years. Whoever is full of confidence in the beginning can never give up just once. Some people are confident in their own strength.
People have to try for several hours to accept this reality, but little do they know what dangerous thoughts Richard had just had.
"Open the Giant's Ring."
Richard walked around the stone platform where the Dwarf King's Shield was placed. After finding nothing out of the ordinary, he simply used his trump card, touched the Giant's Ring on his finger, muttered something silently in his mind, and used the treasure's
ability.
Giants are originally overlord-level creatures known for their strength. The addition of all the strength of a giant increased Richard's strength by more than twenty points out of thin air. In terms of physical strength alone, Richard even felt that even those jealous saints
The existence of the environment may not be stronger than myself. With the current strength, it is not a problem to perform a craniotomy on the giant dragon with bare hands.
Richard, who had activated the Giant's Ring, felt that his entire body was filled with explosive power. He once again came to the dwarf king's shield and leaned down. He grasped the dwarf's king's shield tightly with both hands and used all his strength.
one second,
two seconds,
three seconds,
With such a powerful dwarf, Wang Dun remained motionless, and Richard stood awkwardly on the spot. A slightly disappointed look appeared on Parley's face. After all, Richard's various miraculous things in the past made him have great confidence in Richard.
Unexpectedly, it was also broken on the dwarf king's shield, and the dwarf king Norton and several dwarf clan leaders had a smile on their faces. After all, they had seen many people like Richard who couldn't pick up the king's shield after many attempts.
, I even felt a little secretly happy in addition to regret, how could the treasure of our clan be so easy to pick up.
After a few seconds of exerting his strength, Richard also knew that he had failed again this time, so he could only give up again and stood up. He was not a person who could not afford to lose. There was nothing he could do if he couldn't hold him. This Wang Dun had not done anything in thousands of years.
It makes sense for people to pick it up. It's just a pity that the dwarves, such an important force, cannot be roped into the war with the orcs. They can only obtain the support of the dwarves by purchasing weapons and equipment.
Richard did not intend to spend several hours or even a day here like others, unable to pick it up if he could not pick it up. His time was precious and he did not want to continue to waste it in vain.
"Lord Richard, there is something wrong with this cave."
Just when Richard turned around and was about to admit defeat, Sandro's hoarse voice came from his mind.
"Oh? What's the problem?"
Hearing Sandro's reminder, Richard, who was about to give up, stopped and looked at Sandro, who was keeping a low profile in a black robe, with doubtful eyes.
"The cave has been set up with a solidified magic circle. The space around the shield should have been folded. The method is quite clever."
Although Sandro is a legendary necromancer and specializes in necromancy, he is also a master mage himself and has considerable attainments in various magics. Although his current strength is limited, he has not yet
He has reached the holy level, which is less than one-tenth of what he was in his heyday, but his vision and experience cannot be limited by level. Although the person who arranged it was clever and hid the solidified magic circle very well, Sandro still saw it.
Some clues are coming.
"Is there a way to solve?"
"You can try it."
Faced with Richard's question, Sandro's answer was also very cautious. He was able to hide it from him at the beginning. The person who arranged this magic circle should be on par with him in his heyday. Although Sandro could see that
I have some clues, but I don’t dare to rely too much on it to guarantee that the problem can be solved.
Richard nodded. After all, it was a dead horse being treated as a living horse. It would be better to let Sandru try it.
Then, Richard turned to look at the dwarf and asked:
"Your Highness Norton, I would like to ask, when was the last time someone picked up this royal shield?"
Almost no one present noticed the conversation between Richard and Sandro. Norton, the dwarf king, only thought that Richard was stunned for a few seconds. When he suddenly heard Richard's question, Norton was stunned for a moment.
Then he immediately reacted. After all, it was normal for Richard to ask this question. After these arrogant challengers failed, they always wanted to know who the last winner was.
"You have asked the right person this question. I am the only one among the dwarves who remembers it most clearly. The last person to pick up this shield was an elf more than a thousand years ago, an elf named Mesta.
Holy Wizard, after he picked up the King's Shield, he asked the dwarves to pool their strength to create enchanted weapons for him. Yes, at that time, we dwarves could also create enchanted weapons engraved with runes, the kind that could crush an ancient weapon with one blow.
We dwarves could use dragon weapons at that time except elves..."
The one here can crush the giant dragon, literally. The effect of the rune weapon made by the dwarves and the elves when it hits the giant dragon may be the same as that of a machine cannon in modern weapons that directly hits the human body. It is difficult to find.
With the complete corpse, Norton seems to have some qualities of a chatterbox, or maybe Richard just handed the words to a place where he could show off, and he started chattering as soon as he started talking.
But after hearing Mesta's name, Richard fell into thinking.
"Mesta?"
This name Richard is too familiar. Not only has he heard of this Elf Holy Wizard, he has even seen it. The current Snowfield City was built on the ruins of this Elf Holy Wizard's mage tower. The Snow Giant,
The God-Killing Ring and the Twilight of the Gods during the Elf Empire seem to be inextricably linked to this person.
If Mesta is the one who tampered with this dwarf king's shield, then everything can be understood. It is a common thing for this being to fool the dwarves for thousands of years with a random arrangement. With this tradition
Using dwarves as tools, this elf mage with a somewhat bad personality seemed to be able to do such a thing. Richard, who had probably figured out the whole story, now looked at Norton's expression with some sympathy.
Norton looked at Richard with a strange expression and stopped bragging about the glorious history of the dwarves.
"It's not a big deal to give up. No one has been able to pick up the King's Shield for thousands of years. Although we can't send troops, we can provide you with more weapons and equipment, armor and weapons, as well as our dwarf's crossbows, which can be sold at cost price. You, um, as long as you get some more of those wines in exchange."
Richard's sympathetic gaze was interpreted by Norton as loneliness after failure. The dwarf king, who was not bad at heart, even took the initiative to comfort Richard.
Richard doesn't believe the cost price. No matter how upright the dwarves are, they still have to live. They need to import some food and daily necessities from the human world. Individuals can be friendly with each other. Of course, interests must be the first priority between the two races. However, according to the According to Richard's understanding of the price, the dwarves currently don't earn much from the equipment they sell to Parley. The dwarves who cannot directly send troops also hope to arm humans as much as possible. The dwarf equipment that was originally expensive in the human world has now become an institutional one. When equipped with the troops under Pare, the equipment of several main legions was even more luxurious than that of the Dragon Army under Richard.
However, the purpose of Richard and his party's visit this time was not for some weapons and equipment. What they wanted was to completely tie the dwarves into a chariot against the orcs. How could they give up so easily?
"I want my general Sandro to give it a try."
Shaking his head, Richard pointed his finger at Sandro, who had always been very low-key.
The eyes of the people around him were all focused on Sandro. People like Mi Xiu and Parley who knew Sandro's existence were fine. They were just a little surprised when they heard Richard's words. They didn't know what Richard was selling, and the Dwarf King Norton didn't notice Sandro's existence at first. He followed Richard's direction and his first reaction was who this guy was and when he followed him.
However, although Richard's request for substitution was strange, it was not too much. Norton and several dwarf clan leaders nodded in agreement without any discussion. Anyway, in their opinion, it would only take a little more time, but this black robe The man seemed to have small arms and legs, and was even thinner than Richard just now. He could only possibly pick up Wang Dun.
After receiving the agreement, Sandro stepped forward and stretched out his withered hand to touch Wang Dun. The moment this hand was stretched out from the black robe, not to mention Mi Xiu, several carefree dwarves present could not bear it. They frowned, instinctively feeling a little uncomfortable. This was the instinct of the living to reject Sandro's undead instinct. However, the few dwarves did not make any more moves. There has never been a natural disaster of the undead on this continent. This kind of thing is far less contradictory and sharp than in the world of Invincible Heroes.
On the other side, Sandro stretched out his hand and seemed to be trying to pick up the dwarf king's shield, but in fact he was already competing with the magic circle left by Mesta.
"It's really amazing."
While using his own magic power to try to destroy the arrangements left by Mesta, he kept expressing his admiration for Mesta. A person like Sandro, who is so arrogant and almost arrogant, can make him stop. The praise shows the level of Mesta's magical attainments.
After another ten minutes, everyone still saw a still scene. Sandro's withered hand was placed on the dwarf king's shield and there was no other movement. At this time, Norton was a little impatient, and this guy also If you don't have any movement to pick it up, why don't you just put your hand on it and practice?
"Mr. Sandro, how long are you going to delay like this? If you can't pick it up, no one will laugh at you."
"Hey, don't worry, it's done."
"It's a pity. Time is indeed the enemy of all things. If it had just been laid out, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything about it with my current strength."
Sandro said something that left everyone confused. Only Richard understood what he meant. Although the solidifying magic circle arranged by Mesta was powerful, it could not withstand the erosion of time and the magic power of hundreds of years.
The low tide also made it impossible to replenish. At this time, although Sandro's strength had not recovered, he still successfully completed the crack.
"Sir, please try again."
After saying that, Sandro retreated behind Richard and once again followed Richard's order and remained silent.
And Richard stepped forward again and extended his hand to the dwarf Wang Dun.
Norton couldn't understand the back-and-forth between Richard and Sandro, but he, like several clan leaders, was addicted to alcohol at this time and became a little impatient, but before he could say anything to urge him,
The next second, he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that his mouth formed an O shape. The dwarf chiefs around him basically had the same expression as him.
Richard stretched out his hand and picked up the dwarf king's shield with almost no difficulty. The earth-yellow round shield was carried by Richard with one hand, as if it was not the same person who failed to pick up the king's shield with all his strength just now.
Compared to the surprised dwarves, on the other side, Parley looked ecstatic. For Richard, the alliance between humans and dwarves was a strategic necessity, but for Parley, it was a real benefit.
If it weren't for the desire to remain a little reserved, Parley would have jumped up with excitement at this moment. Even so, Parley couldn't help but wave his hands vigorously.
As for Sandro's role in it, no one paid attention to it. Among the people present, only Mi Xiu saw some clues.
After Richard put down the dwarf king's shield, Parley gave Richard a fierce bear hug, and the dwarves also reacted at this time.