lizard lord

Chapter 63 Runes
Tang Zhao would be very patient when necessary. He observed secretly for three or four days near the dwarf settlement in order to confirm the general situation of the settlement.

Generally speaking, the behavior of those dwarves is not much different from that of normal humans - collecting water and food, hunting wild animals around, and eliminating potential threats. If there is anything special, probably a group of dwarves will go out at night every night , Will rush back to the stronghold until the next morning.

Tang Zhao has not gone into the specific whereabouts of those dwarves for the time being, but only pays attention to the performance of the dwarf settlement.

During this period of time, Tang Zhao took a good look at the weapons and equipment and living habits of the dwarves, and couldn't help but marvel at them—it was too luxurious.

The dwarves' armor rate is exaggerated. Every dwarf that can be seen is wearing heavy armor. It feels like fine steel and forging time do not cost money.

The poorer civilians would be equipped with exquisite mail armor that made many human soldiers covetous when they went out. The iron rings were closely arranged and the armor gleamed.

The soldiers are even more exaggerated. They are all wearing thicker plate armor. Looking at the decoration process on it, you can know that these armors are not consumables mass-produced from low-quality steel, but are similar to the existence of works of art. The battle armor of the current one may not be as gorgeous and exquisite as these battle armors.

Embossing the special pattern of the dwarf clan, inlaid with large pieces of precious gemstones, etching the symbols of the ancestors of the gods on a large area, and there is a lot of gold plating on the surface...

The craftsmanship imagined by humans in this era can be seen in them, and the unimaginable craftsmanship can also be seen here.

It can be said that the dwarves are not short of things that can be dug in the mountains. Of course, there is a limit to this lack.

Their resources are not endless, mainly because the population of dwarves is too small and expensive to withstand wear and tear, so it is necessary to arm every dwarf warrior to the teeth.

It is true that they can live for hundreds of years, but it is also true that their fertility rate is low. The ratio of male to female in a dwarf clan is generally not lower than 4:1, which means that most dwarf men will spend their entire lives as bachelors and will not leave anything behind. blood-related descendants.

Although the settlement in front of me does not have many people, it cannot be said to be small by dwarf standards. At least there are hundreds of dwarves living in it. You must know that a small dwarf fortress is generally like that, a few hundred Thousands of people are already the size of a normal dwarf fortress.

From this point, it can be seen that the origin of these dwarves must be very interesting. With such a large number of dwarves migrating collectively, it is likely that some very difficult situations have been encountered.
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Continuing to observe around the dwarf settlement, Tang Zhao finally found something amiss.

Just this morning, the smell of the dwarves around him became more intense, and the number of dwarves entering and leaving the settlement became much less. He even found traps for dealing with large creatures nearby.

Anyone with a relatively normal IQ should be able to see what happened—his affairs have been exposed, and the dwarves have already taken precautions against him, and may have set up special traps to catch him.

In fact, Tang Zhao was not too surprised by this, because with his face, it is indeed easy to arouse the vigilance of other races, and it is understandable to try to kill him as a trap.

Of course, understanding is understanding, this matter itself still makes him very unhappy, because he really doesn't have much malice towards those dwarves.

At the same time, the footsteps of goblins and other creatures are gradually approaching. According to Lorraine himself, they are basically chasing this dwarf settlement, and the number of creatures following is increasing every day.

[The dwarves are followed by a large number of goblins. This is a good entry point. At least we both have common enemies.It's a good idea to use this as an opportunity to form a bond, but you have to find the enemy first. 】

It’s true that Tang Zhao knows how to use basic psychic powers, and this ability can indeed help him communicate with certain creatures telepathically, but it’s very difficult for dwarves, because they are natural magic insulators, and weaker psychic powers and magic are ineffective against them.
There are very few spellcasters among the dwarves, because their magical talents are extremely poor, and only a few dwarves who have been chosen by the "ancestral gods" can use a small amount of magic.

As compensation, they are born with a certain degree of resistance to most magic, maybe not as strong as Tang Zhao's anti-magic scale armor, but it is still very good.

They can also use a technique called runes to bind the magic power into the runes, and then engrave the runes on the weapons and equipment, and use them directly through physical methods.

This is a path different from magic and psionics. When it comes to the upper limit, magic may be much higher than runes, but the advantage of runes is that they can be stored for a long time, and they can be used without threshold. It is still a very interesting path. Development path.

Unable to communicate with the other party directly with psychic power, Tang Zhao did not intend to let the goblins come over to negotiate with the dwarves slowly, but planned to express his attitude and position in a more direct way.

When Tang Zhao came near the dwarf settlement again, he did not hide himself. With a huge package on his back, he swaggered to the gate of the settlement.

The reaction of the nearby dwarves was unsurprisingly as if they were facing a big enemy. They ran to the gate one after another, quickly prepared the ballista erected at the gate, took out the crossbow from behind, and aimed at Tang Zhao together. Can shoot crossbow arrows directly.

PS. There will be another update at noon tomorrow, and I will make up for yesterday's one. The military training is numb.
(End of this chapter)