Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 283 The Grey Dwarf

In the underground secret passage.

When Thorne led the crowd past a bright room emitting heat, he seemed to remember something, and immediately said to the crowd: "You guys wait here for a while, I have something to deal with when I go in."

After finishing speaking, he led Anderina into the forge room under everyone's suspicious eyes.

In a bright room, the only source of light is a huge forging furnace in the center of the room. The dancing flames inside bring light to this room, and at the same time make this cold underground ruins look warm and pleasant.

Thorne, who entered the room, first glanced around the six skaven apprentices who had already been killed by him in the room, then cast his eyes on the humble metal objects piled up like a hill in the northwest corner, and yelled at the shadow corner: "Come out."

Under Anderina's puzzled eyes, after a while, the shadow in the corner distorted, and a thin, bald dwarf with dark gray beard and skin, who looked like a despicable look, appeared strangely on both sides. in front of people.

"My lord Thorn, just as you imagined, Barendar, the patriarch of the Dark Ash Dwarf clan, has been guarding here, waiting for your arrival."

After the gray dwarf noticed Thorn's figure, he hurried forward, prostrated his entire body on the ground, and said respectfully.

Crouching before Thorne were a kind of duergar from the Underdark. Although these evil dwarves had less in common with their distant relatives on the surface, they still retained the high skills of dwarven culture related to manufacturing and craftsmanship.

Moreover, the gray dwarves also have the innate magic-like ability "magnification" that their distant relatives on the surface do not have, and the "invisibility" that they just cast in hiding.

When Thorn broke into this room and killed all six rat men, he originally planned to kill them as well, but who would have thought that this dwarf who was greedy for life and afraid of death would directly kneel down with a plop, expressing his willingness to join him.

Thorne was naturally quite aware of the evil characteristics of the gray dwarf race, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided that it would not affect them, so he decided to keep them.

And before leaving, he signaled the other party not to walk around casually, just wait here for him.

Afterwards, Thorn, who came again, took the attitude of giving it a try, to see if the gray dwarf had escaped after all.

If he escapes, there is no loss for him, but if he is still there, he might as well take advantage of it.

"Yes, seeing that you did not choose to escape, it means that you are a trustworthy dwarf. If that is the case, then you will live here in the future. As for your compatriots who are enslaved by the dark elves, I will find a way to help you They were all rescued." Thorne looked at the gray dwarf kneeling on the ground and nodded in satisfaction.

"Master Thorne, don't worry, Barendar, the patriarch of the Darkbone Clan, swears his allegiance to you." The gray dwarf said with a slightly excited expression when he heard Thorne's promise.

The surface ranger in front of him can wipe out most of the Ratmen in the Ratmen camp alone, as well as a drow priestess. He is naturally more convinced of this strength. If the other party can really save all his clansmen and serve him What's the matter with the other party.

After all, compared to the most evil and ferocious dark elves in the Underdark, it is of course the most cost-effective to be loyal to the rangers on the surface, and he has also heard that most of the rangers on the surface have good hearts.

"Thorn, is this gray dwarf reliable?" At this moment, Andrina touched Thorn's arm and said worriedly.

"Anyway, he alone can't make any waves." Thorne replied not very concerned.

As for the promise to save the other party's clansman, he didn't take it seriously. He just gave the other party an empty promise for the time being. If he is really capable, he might as well give it a try.

The reason why this gray dwarf was kept was mainly because the other party discovered several hidden veins in this underground ruins. What he really cares about is actually those minerals, which are the invisible wealth underground.

But the problem before him now is that he hardly has any subordinates who can be commanded, as well as workers who mine the veins. He can't go to the wilderness to fool a group of kobolds and give them 996 blessings. Come and help mine.

Thorne pondered for a while, and then threw this problem to Anderina beside him, asking her to help him figure out a solution. After all, her background meant that she was destined to contact more fields than him, a low-level commoner.

"Actually... I don't know much about management and production." Noticing Thorne's expectant gaze, Andrina's pretty face blushed, and she said in a low voice, a little embarrassed.

"I thought you knew everything. Forget it. When I have time, I'll ask Torvi for some advice." Thorn froze for a moment, seeing the change in Anderina's expression, he reached out and stroked her long hair. Hair, helpless smile.

Regarding Anderina's answer, he really did not expect it. This may be due to the different levels of life, which caused the gap between the rich girl he imagined in his mind and the real rich girl in front of him.

"Or... I'll let the old troll butler who stayed in Twilight Town come to Fallstown, he will definitely be able to take up these jobs perfectly."

Anderina let Thorne caress her long hair, looked at the other's indifferent expression, hesitated for a while, and finally said:
"Besides, the old steward's race is still trolls, and it will be easy for him to recruit some troll subordinates in the wasteland.

However, although he will definitely come as soon as I say hello, I am worried that he is not sincerely willing to go. After all, he just wants to live a stable life, and I don't want to embarrass him. "

"Or you can explain the situation here clearly and let him make his own decision. For him, the only problem is the long journey from Twilight Town to Fallstown. If this problem can be solved, then whether he is in It’s actually the same in which town you live in.” Thorne pondered for a moment, then analyzed to her:

"Just as the trade route leading to Seput City was blocked, and Fallshang Town and Horn Town formed an alliance, Fallshang Town has frequent contacts with Twilight Town recently. If he wants to, he can follow Fallshang directly. The town’s caravan can come here, and it’s not too much trouble.”

Now that he has made up his mind to completely build the Wizard Tower in Fallstown, he must be prepared to fill this bottomless pit with money.

After all, a clay golem of the lowest level needs at least 2 gold coins, not to mention stone golems, steel golems, etc. of a higher level.

Without a source of income, they couldn't even form the Golem Legion, the most basic defensive force of the Wizard Tower, let alone talk about other things.

As for this source of income, relying on Anderina's small coffers is definitely not feasible. Although he does not know how much private money is in the sorceress's small purse now, he is very clear that sooner or later there will be a day when it will be spent.

So he must prepare early and find ways to find other ways to make money.

Because he knows his character very well, asking him to hunt monsters in the wilderness to guard the town is naturally the best for him.

It would be too embarrassing for him to think about how to make money, unless he is powerful enough to kill the black dragon in the underground ruins, maybe he can make a fortune.

Although with his meager knowledge, he doesn't quite understand how versatile the butler job Anderina mentioned is, but there is always nothing wrong with having more trustworthy helpers.

"That's all right. When there is a caravan from Waterfall Town going to Twilight Town, I'll ask them to send a message to the old housekeeper and ask for his opinion." Andrina looked at Thorne with a moving look in her eyes. The smile seemed to have guessed his mind.

Seeing Andelina smiling and nodding in agreement, Thorne rubbed her hair, turned and said to the gray dwarf who was still prostrate on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet:

"Get up, you are temporarily living in this underground secret passage until you rescue your people, there is no problem."

After having such a conversation with Anderina, Thorne immediately took the matter of saving the gray dwarves into consideration, because he really lacked some more useful men now.

If these gray dwarves can be tamed, in addition to helping him mine, they can also create various weapons and equipment.

Therefore, if there is a chance, he really intends to go to the Underdark Region to see if he can rescue his people.

As for saying that the gray dwarves living in the Underdark are inherently evil races, he didn't really care about that.

The gray dwarf race is a race with a relatively high degree of civilization, which is obviously different from those almost uncivilized kobolds, goblins, or ogres.

They must understand how to choose in the face of absolute strength, otherwise, how could they prefer to serve as slaves under the hands of the dark elves, and would not dare to resist in advance. In the final analysis, it is the reason for the suppression of strength.

As long as he has absolute strength and gives them some blessings such as 996, he won't be afraid of their dissent.

"No problem, respected Lord Thorne." The gray dwarf bowed again to Thorne, and then said with some hesitation: "It's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing the bald dwarf's awkward expression, Thorne became curious.

"I want to ask Lord Thorne if he has any alcohol with him." The gray dwarf gave Thorne a fearful look, but in the end, alcoholism prevailed.

"..." Thorne smiled helplessly, and cast his eyes on Anderina beside him, the meaning was self-evident.

"Before setting off, I specially prepared a lot of spirits like Dwarven Crazy Water for Fulong Beast." Anderina immediately understood, and first glanced at Fulong Beast, which was lying on the ground and flicking its tail boredly not far away, Then he took out two large bottles of wine and handed them to Thorn.

"Take it." Thorne threw two bottles of wine to the gray dwarf in front of him.

"Thank you, Lord Thorne! Thank you Mrs. Thorne for your generosity!"

The gray dwarf took the water of madness that Thorne handed over, took a deep breath towards the cork, and then prostrated himself on the ground again, thanking him for winning streak.

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(End of this chapter)