Chapter 146 - Connection 6 (1/2)
Chapter 146 - Connection (6)
“I was able to easily find the city of the Dwarves, because all the entrances to the underground world was near the birthplace of the two heroes.”
“Did you perhaps come to Diaz when you heard they were tracking us down?”
“That’s right.Instead of finding you guys, I found the entrance heading towards the underground world.”
At Elrick’s reply, Artpe and Maetel felt complicated emotions.When they started looking at their surrounding, they caught sight of the Dwarves.The Dwarves were slowly getting used to the sun.The Dwarves stretched before they started moving once again.
“Let’s install the square first!”
“Hey.Wait a moment.What are you going to install?”
He hoped he had heard wrong, but that wasn’t the case.The Dwarves once again moved to various locations on the square.They started touching and manipulating the floor of the square.Surprisingly, the ground started becoming dyed with the same color as the square.
The Mana, which was used to create the barrier around the square, started pouring out into the land.The nature of the surrounding land started to change.Artpe watched the Dwarves manipulate the Mana with his Read All Creation.Despite doing this, he had no idea how they were able to do what they were doing!
No, that wasn’t important right now….
“Hey, hey!You can’t just willy-nilly do as you please!?”
“Our ancestors made many preparations for the day when we were free to come to the surface.One of the preparations was to pick a land where we will reside.This place has a lot veins of metals, and it has been very blessed by mother nature.It is a living environment that is well suited for Dwarves . Our ancestors made a deal with Diaz, so we possess ownership of this range of mountains.The only thing left is for us to create a city here.”
They probably weren’t lying.However, did they still hold the ownership of this land after couple hundred years?That was the question.On the other hand, there were tens of thousands of Dwarves over level 200 that were capable of fighting.Even if the entirety of Diaz attacked them,the Dwarves would have no problem defending their territory.
“We’ll be able to do this on our own from now on.Thank you for helping us, my friends.”
“If you guys hadn’t cleared the Abyss, we wouldn’t have been able to exit that place.It was a matter of time before the Shadows acquired more power than us.We probably would have been swallowed by them.You can visit us any time.We will become your strength.”
“Ah.Also….”
One of the Dwarves hesitated before he opened his mouth.
“I heard from Elrick that the heroes of this era have made their appearance.If you come across them, could you ask them to look us up?By the look of your abilities, I’m sure you will cross paths with the heroes.”
“Why are you looking for the heroes?”
“We want to help them defeat the Demon King.”
The eyes of the Dwarves turned menacing.
“If the Demon King isn’t defeated, beings like the Shadows of Sinners will crawl out into the world again.”
“It isn’t just the Shadows of Sinners.This time our world might really be dyed with Demonic energy.If we want to protect our race, we have to attack the Demon race.”
When he saw the willingness to fight from the Dwarves, Artpe was inwardly satisfied.He nodded his head.As expected, the guidance of the Winter Queen was superb.The Dwarves were more trustworthy than any human nation.Moreover, she had directed him towards a group that was always on the hero’s side.
“It’s us.”
It was time for him to tell the truth to the Dwarves.
“What?”
“It’s us.To be precise, we are the heroes.”
At Artpe’s unexpected words, the Dwarves just blinked their eyes.Artpe and Maetel didn’t say anything.They just emitted their Hero’s Aura.It was one of the benefits that came with being a hero.The Dwarves recognized what they were seeing, and their jaws dropped open.
“They really are heroes!Of course!We were wondering how humans that weren’t heroes possessed so much power!We never thought about the possibility of them hiding their identity!”
“Oh oh oh.This is the first time I’ve seen a hero·····!”
“Elrick, did you know about this!?”
“No wonder.You had such a hard on for the heroes, yet you meekly decided to join another party.I should have seen it for what it was!”
“Hey!Put down your axe!Don’t get angry with me!They wanted to prove their skills to you.They didn’t want to use their reputation that comes along with being heroes.I did as they asked!”
A brief commotion occurred, but everyone calmed down soon.They didn’t have to go on a roundabout process of finding the heroes, so this was beneficial to the Dwarves.
“We’ve prepared a lot of things we wanted to give to the heroes…..”
“However, the improvement we made to your equipments makes it dubious as to whether you need these items….”
“Ah.I know what you guys can do.”
At that point, Artpe thought about Silpennon’s party.Of course, they were also a massively overgeared party.They were able to acquire Artifacts thanks to Artpe’s instructions.Silpennon’s party possessed equipments as powerful as the equipments possessed by Artpe’s party.However, the Dwarves were able to make improvements to their gears, and they had become stronger.There was no reason why the Dwarvescouldn’t do the same for Silpennon’s party.
“I have party members, who are moving separate from us.I’ll contact them.When they visit you, I want you guys to look over their equipments.”
“If it is just that, we are willing to do it.However, it isn’t enough.It won’t satisfy our…That’s right.All your equipments are perfect now.Therefore, we will make you some auxiliary equipments.Some of the work has already been done, so….Could you wait for around four hours?”
He had never expected them to strengthen the reward the party had received for completing their Quest.He had no reason to refuse their offer, so he readily nodded his head.
“All right.If it is four hours, we can….In fact, we have something to do around here.”
“······yes.”
Artpe gave a meaningful glance towards Maetel.It seemed she was thinking the same thoughts as him.She carefully extended her hand, and she linked hands with him.
“We grew up around this region.We’ll make a brief visit to our hometown.”
“I really want to go with you….”
“There must be a reason why the two of them wants to go there by themselves.Let’s just do our own thing here.”
“B...but!”
Sienna held onto Vadinet.This was why Artpe and Maetel was able to leave without much difficulty.They saw Elrick wave his hand in goodbye.
“Do you think everyone is doing well?”
“If the town wasn’t attacked by monsters, everyone should be fine.”