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Chapter 1260 The Breath of the Old Days (Actually I don’t really like eating Zongzi)

Compared with Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands, the wetland environment opposite the Sador Bridge is actually not very popular with Duanmu Huai and others.

The environment of Hillsbrad Foothills and Arathi Highlands is green and beautiful, at least it looks very comfortable. In modern times, it is also a natural tourist attraction that must be visited for self-driving tours, but the wetland environment is very bad. Not to mention the humid climate and mosquitoes everywhere, the muddy ground is also annoying.

This time, Naruse Mio and the others summoned their mounts without being urged, while Duanmu Huai could only walk miserably in the mud.

"The infrastructure in this damn place is so bad, can't they fix the roads a little better?"

Duanmu Huai stepped on the mud again and couldn't help complaining. If it was a battle, the ground environment didn't matter. But if it was a tour, then this kind of ground environment would make people feel bad.

"I think it's because you are too heavy..."

Naruse Mio looked at the road in front of her, then looked at Duanmu Huai and complained in a low voice. Hearing Naruse Mio's complaint, Duanmu Huai's face twitched slightly, and then he turned to look at Naruse Mio.

"I remember Flillian asked you to practice more, right?"

"Uh...Uncle? What do you want to do?"

Sensing Duanmu Huai's malicious gaze, Naruse Mio couldn't help but curl up her body.

"Let's build a road."

"……………Why?"

"This place is so difficult to walk through. For the sake of those who come later, build a road. Aren't you the best at this?"

"……………………?"

Am I good at that?

In the end, Naruse Mio had no choice but to ride her mount in front, and then use her power to manipulate gravity to build a smooth road - well, according to Duanmu Huai's requirements, it had to be at least a four-lane road in both directions.

Fortunately, although Naruse Mio complained, she had already accepted her position as the captain of the Tribunal's construction team, and she read a lot of books on weekdays. After all, as a high school student, Naruse Mio will also face the question of what choice she should make in the future. Although she has powerful gravity and space manipulation abilities, Naruse Mio is not interested in fighting and killing.

After experiencing the incident where the entire class was transferred to another world, Naruse Mio discovered that perhaps being a Tsuchiyashiro might be a good choice for her future.

This is also related to the human magic system that Fulilian taught Naruse Mio.

The characteristic of the human magic system is that it can only exist if it is confirmed to exist in cognition. Although Naruse Mio's personality is sometimes hot-tempered, it is difficult for her to imagine such bloody scenes as using gravity to crush people into meat paste or using space magic to cut people into pieces.

Well, no normal person would think this way, unless they are mentally ill.

On the other hand, if Naruse Mio were asked to imagine the formation of a building and then use gravity and space magic to shape it, it would be very simple.

In addition, the speed of creating buildings with magic is very fast, unlike civil engineering which takes months or even years to show initial results, so the sense of achievement is also very strong. And the Inquisition really needs such a civil engineering master, so Duanmu Huai also intends to train Cheng Se Mio to develop in this direction.

Don't rely on her to fight, she just needs to protect herself. Fortunately, Naruse Mio has Maria with her, so there is no need to worry about her getting into trouble.

It was certainly not difficult for Naruse Mio to build a two-way four-lane road. She just rode the Dullahan's warhorse and looked straight ahead. Then she saw that in front of Naruse Mio, the originally dirty and mixed ground began to rise gradually, then compacted tightly together, and then turned into a flat ground.

This reminded Duanmu Huai of the terrain modification tool he used when he played The Sims. Well, in fact, in Duanmu Huai's eyes, Naruse Mio is now just a human-shaped terrain modification tool.

I have to say, it’s really useful.

However, this journey is not destined to be peaceful.

"boom!"

Just as Naruse Mio was concentrating on shaping the path forward, a gunshot suddenly rang out, and then a flower of soil suddenly popped up on the ground next to Naruse Mio. Naruse Mio was also startled, causing the land that was about to take shape in front of her to fall apart again.

Well, I still need to practice more.

Duanmu Huai glanced at Naruse Mio, shook his head silently, and then looked forward. He saw two short figures holding muskets, coming out from the bushes nearby.

"Stop, who are you!"

In fact, they didn't need to introduce themselves. Duanmu Huai and others could tell at a glance that the people blocking their way were the dwarves.

Well, the dwarves are actually the same no matter which world they are in. They are short, have big beards, like to drink, have bad tempers, and are good at construction... It seems that this place is no exception.

"Humanity?"

Seeing the girls, the dwarf's tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Why are you here? Wait, you are coming from...Sadore Bridge? What happened?"

“We are adventurers.”

At this moment, Duanmu Huai also took a step forward and stared at the dwarf in front of him, and the latter involuntarily took a step back when he saw Duanmu Huai - well, even a normal human would feel oppressive when seeing Duanmu Huai, and for a dwarf of this body type, seeing Duanmu Huai is basically the same as seeing a walking thunder dragon.

Afraid that the other party would step on him to death.

Duanmu Huai was too lazy to talk nonsense. After saying hello, he explained the current situation and took out the badge entrusted to him by Mayor Nanhai. Originally, Mayor Maleb planned to let Duanmu Huai take the badge to the dwarf city of Dun Modr, but if he could meet dwarves here, it would be the same to hand it over.

"So this is what happened..."

Looking at the badge handed over by Duanmu Huai, the dwarf also had a complicated expression.

"I didn't expect that Dan Garlock's compatriots would be killed by those despicable undead spirits, but fortunately, at least their souls and bodies can rest in peace instead of becoming one of the undead spirits."

As he spoke, the dwarf looked at Duanmu Huai.

"So, the Sador Bridge has been completely repaired now?"

"Yes."

"That's good news..."

The dwarf nodded when he said this, then he thought for a moment and looked at Duanmu Huai again.

"Since you are adventurers, I wonder if you can do us a favor?"

"Oh?"

According to the dwarves, further ahead is Dun Modr, the "former" dwarven stronghold. The original purpose of this stronghold was to protect the safety of the Thandor Bridge from this end of the wetland. The reason why it is "former" is very simple, and now this stronghold has also changed hands.

Duanmu Huai originally thought that it was the Horde that did it again, but the dwarves told him that the attackers of Dun Modr were a group of Dark Iron dwarves, and they were cultists of the Twilight Hammer. Under their attack, the garrison of Dun Modr was defeated, and only they escaped from it, but they did not intend to leave, but stayed here, trying to counterattack and retake Dun Modr.

However, these dwarves did not expect that reinforcements would appear from the direction of Arathi Highlands - after all, the Sador Bridge had been destroyed by the Dark Iron Dwarves before, and they had no time to repair it now.

Let me say it again, Duanmu Huai's appearance and height would easily cause panic in the modern world, but in this fantasy world it is easily accepted.

This is why Duanmu Huai prefers fantasy worlds to modern or science fiction worlds. Fists are the truth, and no one would be so blind as to provoke him in such a situation. Basically, Duanmu Huai's journey has been smooth all the way to now, and this is the reason. Anyone with a little bit of brain circuit would not be stupid enough to conflict with a guy wearing such heavy armor and as tall as a giant.

Duanmu Huai didn't care what the Dark Iron Dwarves were, but the word "cultist" instantly activated his instincts as the Grand Inquisitor.

According to this dwarf, the Twilight's Hammer believes in the Old Gods, and their goal is to bring the Last Judgment to this world... In other words, to destroy the world.

Alas, this is all the cultists pursue.

It's the same no matter which world you are in.

In the end, Duanmu Huai decided to go with Ogis to check out the situation of the cultists, and at the same time ordered Naruse Mio to continue paving the way forward. The latter could only agree with a sad face - originally Naruse Mio thought she could take advantage of the opportunity.

As a result, Duanmu Huai said, "No, I will check the homework when I come back."

What else could Naruse Mio do but to continue obediently.

"Is that girl a mage? Her ideas are very interesting."

Seeing Naruse Mio continue to work with a sad face, the dwarf looked a little curious. It's not that he doesn't know about mages, but it's really rare for a dwarf to see a mage like Naruse Mio who specializes in civil engineering. After all, generally speaking, human mages are very arrogant and disdain to do such menial work.

Not only that, Naruse Mio's construction method is also quite novel. The design of two-way four-lane road is common in Naruse Mio's world. She knows how to make it with her eyes closed. But for this world, similar road design has never appeared before. As a dwarf who is good at and likes construction, he is naturally very interested in this new road style.

However, he also knew the priorities of the matter and it would not be too late to come back and study this peculiar way of construction. So he quickly withdrew his attention and took Duanmu Huai to find the leader of the team—Sargas Anweimar.

"It's nice to meet you, adventurer."

Sargas was obviously a very enthusiastic dwarf, and his attitude towards Duanmu Huai was also very enthusiastic. After Duanmu Huai expressed his willingness to help, he quickly explained the current situation on the battlefield.

"At first, I thought they were just Dark Iron dwarves with no good intentions, just like everyone else. I didn't expect these lunatics to be real cultists! The Twilight's Hammer wants nothing more than to destroy the world. They stand by Deathwing and Ragnaros, and they also have a history with the Dark Iron dwarves."

Having said that, Sargas paused and swung the battle axe in his hand vigorously.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who they are. What matters is that they are in Dun Modr and must be driven out! I won't let anyone go. Just go ahead and kill them!"

"No problem, leave it to me."

Duanmu Huai had dealt with dwarves in the initial novice village. Dwarves have a bad temper, but they are also very decisive in doing things. For example, the human Marshal Oslet was still hesitant and a little uneasy when he heard that he was going to take action. On the contrary, this dwarf was straightforward and gave way directly.

"If you can really destroy these damn bastards and retake Dun Modr, you will always be my friend, Sargas!"

This guy named Sargas seemed to be quite famous among these dwarves, but unfortunately Duanmu Huai didn't know him, so he just waved his hand and strode directly into Dun Modr.

Dun Modr is not a very large stronghold, but as a dwarf creation, the defenses here are extremely tight. In fact, before Duanmu Huai rushed into Dun Modr, the Twilight Hammer believers in charge of defense spotted him and launched an attack.

"Bang bang bang bang!!"

The Dark Iron Dwarves on the high ground and in the sentry towers held muskets and fired at Duanmu Huai non-stop. However, even the bolt guns could hardly cause damage to Duanmu Huai's power armor, let alone this primitive musket. In Duanmu Huai's opinion, they were no different from squirting guns.

  So Duanmu Huai quickened his pace, rushed in despite the attack from the opposite side, and then roared!

"roar-----!"

Violent roars mixed with fear erupted instantly. Even a race as strong-willed as the dwarves could not directly resist the pressure from the gods. Soon, several black iron dwarves who were confronting Duanmu Huai stiffened and fell to the ground. Duanmu Huai didn't even look at them, and strode in.

In fact, with Duanmu Huai's height, fighting against dwarves is a real disadvantage. Because dwarves are too short, in Duanmu Huai's eyes, these black iron dwarves are just like Teddy Bear running around between his legs, which is annoying. If he really bends down to play whack-a-mole, he will be exhausted to death.

So he simply activated the Aura of Fear and killed them all. Even though the Dark Iron Dwarves had a certain degree of mental resistance, it was only to a certain extent. They wanted to survive by resisting the pressure from the True God? That depended on whether Duanmu Huai would give them a chance.

Just like now.

“Ugh———!”

A Dark Iron Dwarf Priest was screaming in Duanmu Huai's hand, struggling desperately like a mouse in the hands of a cat, while Duanmu Huai stared at him coldly without saying a word.

It was not until he saw these guys with his own eyes that Duanmu Huai understood why they were called Dark Iron Dwarves. Well, it was because their skin was very dark, at least much darker than the skin of the dwarves outside.

However, Duanmu Huai was not concerned about this, but the so-called ancient gods worshipped by this group of cultists.

  After all, as an Inquisitor, when he heard about cultists, his first reaction was Chaos God. So, does this so-called Twilight's Hammer also believe in Chaos God?

It doesn't matter, just take a look and you'll know.

Looking at the Twilight Hammer Priest in his hand, Duanmu Huai sneered, and then the shadow tentacles quickly stretched out and drilled directly into the ears of the Dark Iron Dwarf Priest in front of him. The next moment, infinite divine power burst out from it, rushing forward along the spiritual realm of the Dark Iron Dwarf Priest.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Duanmu Huai's mental pollution was certainly not something a mere Dark Iron Dwarf could resist. His mind was basically defenseless in front of Duanmu Huai's power, and even his mental resistance was easily broken like paper. Soon, Duanmu Huai passed through the Dark Iron Dwarf priest's mental realm and sensed a cold, strange, and twisted aura...

You are the one!

Duanmu Huai's mind turned, and the next moment the shadow tentacles quickly rushed towards the cold, twisted and strange aura, and the latter seemed to have sensed Duanmu Huai's presence at this moment. Facing the rapidly approaching tentacles, the aura instantly turned into loose mist and quickly dispersed, then retreated backwards. However, Duanmu Huai obviously did not intend to let it go so easily. He continued to go deeper into it, trying to track down the source of that power...

"Snapped."

However, at this moment, the Dark Iron Dwarf Priest who was caught in Duanmu Huai's hand could no longer withstand the erosion of Duanmu Huai's ancient god power. The whole person exploded like a balloon, and Duanmu Huai's connection with that breath was also cut off.

"Tch, trash."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, shook off the debris in his hand, and then fell into deep thought.

He originally thought that the cultists in this world believed in the Chaos Evil God or their subordinates, but the contact just now...well, this breath was also very familiar.

But it didn't come from the Chaos God.

But the Old Ones.

It seems that... this world also has its own troubles.