The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 35 Mine
Chen Jinyang felt a little surprised that the dwarf blacksmith accepted him as an apprentice so easily. In this society, any technology is a kind of precious secret and knowledge. Is it because the one-eyed dwarf has a good heart?Is the old Seru's face big enough or is his character strong enough?Chen Jinyang doesn't believe that there will be such good things in the world.

The next day, Chen Jinyang ordered Alos to take care of several problem characters. Misha was too young and naive, the moon elf girl was too troublesome, and Finia was incomprehensible. Only Alos, who had been a tavern waiter, could reassure him. some.Chen Jinyang left all the gold coins as food expenses for the four people, and the magic bag in his arms contained enough hard bread and drinking water bags, and five cheapest pitch pine torches as lighting tools.

When Chen Jinyang arrived at the blacksmith shop of the one-eyed dwarf Singers, the fully armed dwarves were already impatient. Singers was wearing a horned helmet, fine steel scale armor, a half-round steel shield and a short-handled war hammer. McCroof growled dissatisfied: "Boy! You are too late! We should start before dawn! Now! Go pick a guy! I hope you have combat training before! Immediately!" ' The excited old dwarf, who had barely slept through the night, pointed his heavy warhammer at the large wooden box in the corner of the smithy.

I love him!Look at the attitude of this old boy!Is this going to mine or go to war!Chen Jinyang walked up to him full of doubts and opened the wooden box, which contained several good-looking weapons, two one-handed swords, a scimitar, a hatchet, and even a crossbow mixed with wood and iron. A bag of arrows.Chen Jinyang picked up the scimitar and danced a few times casually, it was okay!It's a pretty good scimitar. Compared with Cui Heizi's ordinary scimitar made of fine steel, it's even better in handling the center of gravity. He turned to the slightly surprised dwarf and asked, "Singer?" Master Si! Did you make this knife?"

The dwarf, who was amazed by Chen Jinyang's strange swinging movement, quickly stroked the remaining half of his beard, and replied casually: "Ah! These are just my creations when I was bored! The best artwork of Singers you I haven't seen it yet! Ignorant human boy! Now that we have chosen a guy, it's time for us to go!" The proud one-eyed dwarf walked towards the room on the next floor with a heavy suit all over his body.With a flash of thought in Chen Jinyang's mind, he grabbed the crossbow and arrows and put them into the magic bag, then followed the dwarf and ran down the stairs.

"Where are we going?" Chen Jinyang asked in bewilderment as he followed the dwarf blacksmith through the rooms on the third floor.

Singers, who was leading the way, replied with a low voice: "The mine! The mine belongs to the dwarves!"

Chen Jinyang was even more confused: "The mine? Isn't the mine outside the city?"

"Who told you that the mine is outside the city!" The dwarf who was excited about the upcoming mine operation chattered endlessly, "The city of Mirabar is built on the mine deposit, as long as you dig down from the bottom of your feet, you can You can find the highest-quality ore in this world! Thousands of the most brilliant dwarves used to dig ore and forge metal here! The furnace is as hot as lava, and the sound of hammers is louder than thunder! Damn liar !Damn underground monsters! No more wanton and happy work! This is simply the greatest punishment for dwarves!" With Singers cursing, the two walked through a long narrow narrow passage and came to a foot In an empty tunnel that is two or three people tall and about the same width, a two-wheeled trailer is parked at the entrance of the narrow passage.

The light in the tunnel was extremely dim, and even with Chen Jinyang's excellent eyesight, it was very difficult to see clearly what was a few meters away.Singers put the shield into the trailer, picked up a strange lantern from the trailer and lit it and hung it in front of the trailer. He put the warhammer on his back and began to push the low trailer forward.

"Boy! Follow me! Don't get lost! Otherwise, you will be trapped in this huge maze! Hundreds of years of continuous digging have prevented even the smartest dwarves in the world from fully remembering all the tunnels here Hunger! Lonely! Monster! These things will kill you at any time!" Singers was very angry at Chen Jinyang's absent-mindedness, and he was very unhappy to warn the rookie who set foot here for the first time.Chen Jinyang followed the dwarf closely with a few strides, and smiled apologetically, but the dwarf didn't notice the dim environment in the tunnel.

"Master Singers"

"Human boy! You can just call me Singers! McCluf is not old enough to only remember the glory of the past in the respect of others! Dwarf Singers can still wield a hammer to forge and fight!" Pushing the drag bucket The dwarves were dissatisfied with Chen Jinyang's title.

"Oh! Alright! Singers! Did you often come here to mine?" Chen Jinyang looked at the dark and long tunnel a little worried.

"Ah! Of course! Of course I have been down many times! Well! Even with only one left eye, Singers is still the best miner and fighter here! Yes! The best fighter! Human boy you You shouldn't doubt the ability of a one-eyed dwarf! Damn liar! Old Singers didn't lie!" The one-eyed dwarf reacted fiercely to Chen Jinyang's question, and he responded to human questions with loud yells, as if trying to cover up something.

The wide tunnel is almost surrounded by hard stone walls, only in a few corners with loose textures, thick strips of stone slabs are used to build strong pillars.The almost slippery stone pavement under his feet stretched to the depths of the earth with a slight slope.

Darkness, silence, loneliness, depression!Only the "squeak" of the trailer wheels and the "click" sound of footsteps echoed in the empty tunnel.Because of the last question, the dwarf stopped chattering, and with the light of the shaking bull's-eye lantern, both of them walked forward in silence.But the restless Singers looked back at Chen Jinyang from time to time, as if he was afraid that this tall human would suddenly disappear.

After only a few hundred meters away, Singers couldn't bear the dull atmosphere any longer. He put down the drag bucket angrily, raised his head and shouted at Chen Jinyang: "Okay, okay! Damn boy! Old man!" Singers admits it's been years since he's mined down there! Damn it! The Marquis listened to the crooks and cut down on the dwarf miners! Rather weaving more dwarves into the Ax of Mirabar! Damn you bastard Folks! I'm only blind in one right eye, and that little bastard, Togg, has me out of it again! A stone warrior not even an evil orc could knock him down! Fearless Thingus McClure To be like a crippled dwarf who can neither dig the fascinating ore nor fight the battle of glory! Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! They are insulting the personality of the great Singers McCluf! Trampling his honor! Uuuuuuuuuuu Well--"

I sun you!The old bastard!Not daring to venture down by himself, but actually abducting an ignorant human boy to accompany him to the depths of the dark mine, this is simply abduction, teasing, and murder by Chi Guoguo!Is there any reason for this?Have human rights?Is there any law?
At the end of the complaint, the dwarf, who was full of snot and tears, looked desperately at the expressionless Chen Jinyang. He lowered his ugly head and said in a dejected voice: "Since you don't want to go! Go back!" Chen Jinyang sighed in a low voice. He took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly, what a speechless old child!He walked on without saying a word.

The dwarf looked at his tall back in doubt, and then reacted, Singers wiped the snot on his face, pushed up the trailer and quickly swung his two thick short legs, the wheels rolled rapidly : "Wait for me! Wait for me! Haha! I knew it! You're a good boy! Haha! Is your name William? I knew you were a great William! Hahaha! Did you know that? Did you know I'm a master miner! Old Singers knows where the best deposits are just by smelling them! Speaking of eyes, I once killed five evil orcs! Every one of them was as tall as you The strongest of them cut off my right eye! It was a magic axe! Damn it! It even cut off half my beard! But Singers Macluve, as brave as the ore, still Smashed his toes with a warhammer, broke his thighs, and finally smashed that damned orc to a pulp! Hahaha!"

Once again the tunnel was filled with dwarven chatter, some dangerous battle, some strange scar, former mining companions, some particular ore, or cursing those metallurgists and alchemists, making the dark tunnel Almost turned into a hilarious outing.Chen Jinyang has never met such a nagging guy, and he regrets this action!Chen Jinyang almost had the urge to strangle this old boy to death.

"I'll bet it! We're only going to go another 100 meters and we'll get to the best mining area! Or make the other half of my beard disappear!" Singers yelled after turning a bend.

"If your bet can be fulfilled! Even a hundred beards are not enough to disappear!" Chen Jinyang, who was almost insane, hit the one-eyed dwarf mercilessly.

After several hours of trekking, the two people who traveled almost ten miles never found a suitable excavation area.After entering a fork, there was a sudden noise in the darkness in front of him. Singers quickly stopped his mouth and footsteps, picked up the warhammer and the steel shield in the drag bucket, and made a defensive posture against the darkness.Seeing this, Chen Jinyang also pulled out the scimitar on his back, and took off the bull's-eye lantern on the drag bucket with the other hand, and the two of them walked forward slowly and gradually explored forward.

"Boom!"Singers shouted excitedly: "I said it! I said it! Mineral deposits! Mineral deposits! Haha!" The one-eyed dwarf quickly ran back to push the drag bucket with his short legs, and the armor on his body "squeaked" non-stop.

When the two approached the area where the excavation sound came from, the excavation sound suddenly disappeared. The old dwarf was overwhelmed by the excitement, while Chen Jinyang was a bold man with high skills. The two rushed to the place where the excavation sound was heard without hesitation. No one here!Nothing at all!Chen Jinyang lit a pitch pine torch to illuminate the surroundings, but it was at the end of a tunnel, and a few piles of rocks fell on the uneven stone walls, obviously knocked down by something, but there were no people or tools around.

Chen Jinyang and Singers stared at each other for a long time, the old dwarf's heart skipped a beat, and he said loudly: "Work has started! Even a giant dragon here can't stop old Singers from working!" The pickaxe started to work, Chen Jinyang inserted the torch in the concave hole in the wall, which seemed to be specially chiseled by someone, he took out the crossbow in the magic bag and loaded the arrow, and put the scimitar in a convenient place, and then Pick up the pickaxe from the trailer.

Chen Jinyang stared speechlessly at the pickaxe, which was shorter than his arm, and turned back to the dwarf greedily stroking the stone wall, "Hi! Old Singers! This is the mining tool you prepared for me?"

(End of this chapter)