448 Gnaway Treasures & Gnome Settlements (1/2)

Gnaway wasn't a very big kingdom but they had a very good armoury and research lab.

Lined against the cracked walls were rows of broken golems and weird machinery. Truen recognised the crossbow but was confused at the odd barrel on the device. Jermine took the chance to scan the area but found nothing much of importance. Being blind, she was only able to carry things over when Truen requested for them.

”Stand aside,” the archer warned as he approached a rotting crate.

The lid was flung open and Truen quickly backed away in case there was a trap waiting. Thankfully, nothing happened and he went closer to inspect the contents once the dust settled.

”What is it?” Jermine asked. Truen picked out a metal capsule and examined it.

”I don't really know,” he admitted. ”But these are heavy. I'm guessing they are used as some kind of ammunition because of the crates. Could you borrow Zero's sling bag? I want you to start stuffing all the ammunition in this section into the inventory.”

Not needing to be told twice, Jermine started digging away. Truen watched the mole girl cover up her hole behind her and nodded in approval. With some training, she might be a good scout to work with mitchnew as a messenger. If he didn't see her dig a hole and tunnel away, he would not have suspected that there was anyone here previously.

Now that he sent the child away, Truen got down to serious business. There were too many instruments of mass destruction in this room, including the golems that were unfinished. The repair dock must be further up because Truen could only see spare parts in some of the crates. The more dangerous toys were lined against the wall. Gnomes were smaller in size and shorter than dwarves so their mechanical suits were made to elevate them to three meters tall. This should be the tool that they made for Dorgon to work on bigger projects.

The archer stuffed them into his inventory and texted Mii to sort them out. There were at least a few hundred weapons in this room and it was only the first room. He hadn't checked out the hangar that he knew was above this level or the research labs in the next hallway. He would get to them eventually.

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”What do gnomes like to eat or drink?”

”Potatoes, mushrooms, berries and honey... anything that doesn't involve meat. They do enjoy a good beer from time to time that the dwarves send them. The distiller for alcohol was invented by the gnomes but they could never make it taste the same as the dwarven stout. It is one of their biggest regrets.”

Zero wrote that down and almost jumped out of his vessel when Jermine appeared from the ground beside him. The doctor screamed when a pink claw appeared from the dirt.

”Goodness me! Jermine, are you trying to scare me to the afterlife?”

Jermine apologised and ignored the djinn. ”Truen sent me to borrow your sling bag. We're starting with the armoury. They have a lot of good machinery and ammunition so we're taking all of them.”

Raju's eyes bulged when he heard that. ”Are you crazy? Do you know how many tons of metal that is going to add up to? You should also be wary of the explosives! One mishandle and half of the city will go boom!”

Zero deadpanned and passed his sling bag to Jermine who looked nervous. ”Don't worry about it,” he told the girl. ”That bag is enchanted with blast protection charms. None of us will die but maybe Raju will be slightly rattled if that happens. Also, can you tell Truen that I want him to help me find the flying machines? Raju told me that the gnomes designed some of it that worked. They should be in the hangar.”

Jermine nodded but became quickly overwhelmed when Zero started to pile things onto the list. It took Zero three minutes to realise that there might be too many items that he wanted for Jermine to remember. With an apologetic smile, he laughed and told the mole beast girl to forget everything.

”I'll just send him a text, there might be more things after I finish my interrogation. Oh, don't forget to visit the treasury. There should be many pretty things that you might like. Take as many as you want. Anything that you don't like we can auction it later.”

Swallowing, Jermine nodded and left quickly. She didn't understand what Zero was doing but he seemed to know a lot more than they did about the palace and Gnaway's treasures. The doctor certainly had his intimidating moments and Jermine was very glad that she wasn't Raju.

”So tell me more about that portal and underground passage that the gnomes escape by. We need to find some gnomes, where can we find them?”

Raju groaned. ”There are six hideouts that Gnaway built in such emergencies. The portal takes a lot of energy to activate and leads to a small base at Rocket Mountain but it should be long destroyed because I couldn't activate it. The loadstone has been destroyed. In the past, gnomes and dwarves used it to send items and visit each other. The portal gate opens once a month and only remains open for an hour each time.”