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Chapter 1260 The smell of the old days (Actually, I don’t like eating rice dumplings that much)

Compared to the Hillsbrad Hills and Arathi Highlands, the wetland environment across the Sador Bridge is actually not popular with Duanmu Huai and others.

The environments of Hillsbrad Hills and Arathi Highlands are green mountains and green waters, which at least look very comfortable. In modern times, it is considered a natural tourist attraction that must be visited when traveling by car. However, the environment of the wetland is very bad. Not to mention the humid climate and mosquitoes everywhere, the mud-like ground is also annoying. .

Mio Naruse and others summoned their mounts without any prompting this time, while Duanmu Huai had no choice but to walk in the mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

“The infrastructure in this **** place is really bad. Can’t they just build the roads better?”

Duanmu Huai stepped on the mud again and couldn't help complaining. When it comes to fighting, it doesn't matter what the ground environment is. But if you are traveling, then this ground environment will be very unpleasant.

“I think it’s because uncle you are too important...”

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

 “I remember that Fulian asked you to practice more, right?”

 “Uh...uncle? What do you want to do?”

 Perceiving Duanmuhuai's malicious eyes, Naruse Mio couldn't help but curl up.

 “Let’s build a road.”

"………Why?"

"This place is so difficult to walk. For the sake of future generations, let's build a road. Aren't you the best at this?"

　　　…………?”

 Am I good at that?

 In the end, Mio Naruse had no choice but to ride his mount at the front, and then use his power to manipulate gravity to build a smooth road—well, according to Duanmuhuai's requirements, it must be at least two-way and four-lane.

 Fortunately, although Naruse Mio complained, in fact, she had already accepted her identity as the captain of the construction team of the Tribunal, and she did not miss reading 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 a different world, Naruse Mio discovered that maybe being a civil engineer was really a good choice for her future.

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

The characteristic of the human magic system is that it can only exist if it is known to exist. Although Naruse Mio's character is sometimes fiery, it is difficult for her to imagine using gravity to crush people into pieces or using space magic to cut them into pieces. Such a **** scene.

Well, no normal person would think that, unless the brain is abnormal.

On the other hand, it would be simple if Mio Naruse imagined the shape of a building and then used gravity and space magic to shape it.

In addition, using magic to create buildings takes shape very quickly, unlike moving bricks and mortar, which takes months or even years to achieve initial results, so the sense of accomplishment is quite strong. Moreover, the Tribunal does need such a master of civil engineering, so Duanmuhuai also intends to train Naruse Mio to develop in this area.

  I don’t expect her to fight, as long as she can protect herself. Fortunately, Naruse Mio has Maria with her, so she is not afraid that something will happen to her.

Constructing a two-way four-lane road is certainly not difficult for Naruse Mio. She was just riding the headless horseman's horse, and then looking steadily ahead. Then he saw that in front of Naruse Mio, the originally dirty and mixed ground began to gradually rise, then compacted tightly, and then turned into a flat ground.

This reminded Duanmuhuai of the terrain modification tool he used when playing The Sims. Well, in fact, in the eyes of Duanmuhuai, Naruse Mio now regarded it as a human-shaped terrain modification tool.

I have to say, it’s really easy to use.

However, this journey is destined to be unstable.

"boom!"

Just when Naruse Mio was concentrating on shaping the path forward, gunfire suddenly rang out, and then a native flower 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 spread out again.

 Hey, I still need to practice more.

Duanmuhuai glanced at Naruse Mio, shook his head silently, and then looked forward. I saw two short figures holding muskets and emerging from the bushes nearby.

 “Stop, who are you!”

In fact, there was no need for them to introduce themselves. Duanmu Huai and others could tell at a glance that the person blocking their way was the dwarf.

Well, the dwarf race is actually pretty much the same no matter which world it is in. He has a short body, a big beard, likes to drink, has a bad temper, and is good at construction... It seems that he should be no exception here.

"Humanity?"

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

"Why are you here? Wait, the direction you came from is...Sador Bridge? What happened?"

 “We are risk takers.”

At this moment, Duanmu Huai also took a step forward and stared at the dwarf in front of him. When the latter saw Duanmu Huai, he involuntarily took a step back - well, even a normal human body would feel oppressed when seeing Duanmu Huai, like For a dwarf of this size, seeing Duanmuhuai is basically the same as seeing a walking brontosaurus.

 Afraid that the other party will trample you to death.

Duanmuhuai was too lazy to talk nonsense. After saying hello, he explained the current situation and at the same time took out the badge entrusted to him by Mayor Nanhai. Originally, Mayor Mareb planned to let Duanmuhuai take the badge with him. It belongs to the dwarf city of Dunmod, but if you can meet a dwarf here, it is the same as handing it over.

 “So something like this happened…”

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

“I didn’t expect Dangarok’s compatriots to be killed by those despicable undead spirits, but fortunately, at least their souls and bodies were able to rest in peace instead of becoming one of those undead spirits.”

As he spoke, the dwarf looked at Duanmuhuai.

“In other words, the Sador Bridge has been completely repaired now?”

"Yes."

 “That’s good news...”

The dwarf said this and nodded. Then he thought for a moment and looked at Duanmuhuai again.

“Since you are adventurers, can you do us a favor?”

"oh?"

 According to the dwarves, further ahead is Dunmod, the dwarves’ “former” stronghold. The original purpose of this stronghold was to protect the safety of the Sador Bridge from the wetland side. The reason why "once" is "once" is also very simple. Now this stronghold has also changed hands.

At first, Duanmuhuai thought it was the tribe that did it again, but the dwarves told him that the ones who attacked Dunmod were a group of Dark Iron dwarves, and they were also Twilight's Hammer cultists. Under their attack, Den Mod's garrison collapsed. Only they ran out, but they had no intention of leaving. Instead, they stayed here, trying to counterattack and recapture Den Mod.

It’s just that 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 did not have time to repair it now.

Again, Duanmu Huai's appearance and height can easily cause panic in the modern world, but in this fantasy world, it is easily accepted by people.

This is also the reason why Duanmu Huai prefers fantasy worlds to modern or science fiction worlds. Fist is the truth. No one is blind enough to provoke himself in this situation. Basically, Duanmuhuai’s trip has been smooth all the way up to now, and that’s why. Anyone with a little bit of brain would not be stupid enough to have a conflict with a guy wearing such thick armor and as tall as a giant.

Duanmu Huai didn’t care what a Dark Iron Dwarf was, but the word cultist instantly activated his instinct as a Grand Inquisitor.

According to this dwarf, the Twilight Hammer believes in the Ancient Gods, and their purpose is to bring the Doomsday Judgment to the world... To put it bluntly, it is to destroy the world.

　　Hey, that’s all the cultists pursue.

 It is the same no matter what world you are in.

In the end, Duanmuhuai decided to go with Ogis to see 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 - Naruse Mio originally thought that she could take advantage of the opportunity to fish. Woolen cloth.

 As a result, Duanmuhuai said, "No, I will check the work when I come back."

 What else could Naruse Mio do? She could only continue obediently.

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

Seeing Mio Naruse continuing to work with a sad look on her face, the dwarf looked a little curious. It's not that he doesn't know about mages, but mages like Naruse Mio who specialize in civil engineering are really rare among dwarves. After all, generally speaking, human mages are very arrogant and disdain to do such dirty work.

Not only that, Naruse Mio’s construction method is also quite novel. The two-way four-lane design is common in Naruse Mio’s world. She knows how to do it with her eyes closed. But for this world, similar road designs have never appeared before. As dwarves who are good at and like architecture, they are naturally very interested in this brand-new road style.

However, he also knew the priority of the matter, and it was not too late to go back and study this peculiar construction method, so he quickly retracted his attention and took Duanmu Huai to find the leader of this team-Sargas Anwei. Mal.

 “Nice to meet you, adventurer.”

　　Sarges is obviously a very enthusiastic dwarf. Looking at Duanmu Huai in front of him, his attitude is also quite enthusiastic. After Duanmu Huai expressed his intention to help, he quickly explained the current situation on the battlefield.

"Originally, like everyone else, I thought they were just dark iron dwarves with no good intentions, but I didn't expect these lunatics to be serious cultists! The Twilight's Hammer wants nothing but to destroy the entire world. Together with Deathwing and Ra Gnaros has advanced and retreated together, and has a history with the Dark Iron Dwarves.”

 At this point, Sargas paused and waved the battle ax in his hand vigorously.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who they are, what's important is that they are in Dun Moder and must be driven out! I won't let anyone pass, just go ahead and kill them and turn them upside down!"

 “No problem, leave it to me.”

 Duanmuhuai had dealt with dwarves in the new village at the beginning. The dwarves had a bad temper, but they were also very decisive in doing things. Like the human Marshal Auslet, after hearing that he was about to take action, he still hesitated and felt a little uneasy. On the contrary, the dwarf was happy and got out of the way.

"If you can really destroy these **** **** and take back Dun Moder, you will always be my friend, Sargas!"

The man named Sargas seemed to be quite famous among this group of dwarves. Unfortunately, Duanmuhuai didn't know him, so he just waved his hand and strode directly into Dunmod.

 As a stronghold, Dunmod itself is not very big, but as a creation of the dwarves, the defenses here are extremely tight. In fact, before Duanmuhuai rushed into Dunmod, the Twilight's Hammer believers responsible for the defense discovered his figure and launched an attack.

 “Bang bang bang bang!”

The black iron dwarves located on the high ground and on the guard tower held muskets and kept firing at Duanmu Huai. However, even bolt guns can hardly cause damage to Duanmu Huai's power armor, let alone such primitive muskets. In Duanmu Huai's view, they are no different from water guns.

Hence, Duanmuhuai quickened his pace, rushed in despite the attack from the opposite side, and roared angrily!

"Roar---!"

The violent roar mixed with the aura of fear instantly erupted, and even a determined race like the dwarves could not stand up to the pressure from the gods head-on. Soon, several black iron dwarves who were confronting Duanmuhuai stiffened and fell to the ground. But Duanmuhuai didn't even look at them and rushed in with big strides.

 In fact, with Duanmuhuai's height, fighting with dwarves would be a big disadvantage. Because dwarves are too short, in Duanmu Huai's eyes, these black iron dwarves are similar to Teddy running around between his legs, which is annoying to death. If he really bends over to play whack-a-mole, he won't be exhausted to death.

So just turn on the fear aura and kill them all - even if the Dark Iron dwarves have a certain degree of mental resistance, it is only to a certain extent. Do you still want to survive against the pressure from the true god? It depends on whether Duanmu Huai gives them a chance.

 Just like now.

 “Ugh————!”

A black iron dwarf priest screamed and was caught in Duanmuhuai's hand, struggling like a mouse in the hands of a cat, while Duanmuhuai stared at him coldly without saying a word.

Until he saw these guys with his own eyes, Duanmuhuai didn't understand why they were called black iron dwarves. Well, it was because their skin was very dark, at least much darker than the skin of the dwarves outside.

However, what Duanmu Huai cares about is not this, but the so-called ancient gods that this group of cultists believe in.

After all, as a judge, when he hears about cultists, his first reaction is the Chaos God. So, does this so-called Twilight Hammer also believe in the Evil God of Chaos?

 It doesn’t matter, just look at it and you will know.

Looking at the Twilight's Hammer priest held in his hand, Duanmuhuai sneered, and then the shadow tentacles quickly stretched out and penetrated directly into the ears of the black 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 black iron dwarf priest.

 “Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!”

Of course, Duanmu Huai's mental pollution is not something that a mere black iron dwarf can withstand. His mind is basically undefended in the face of Duanmu Huai's power, and even his mental resistance can be broken down as easily as paper. Soon, Duanmuhuai passed through the spiritual realm of the black iron dwarf priest and noticed a cold, weird and twisted aura...

You are the one!

Duanmu Huai's thoughts changed, and the next moment the shadow tentacles quickly rushed towards the cold and twisted strange aura, and the latter seemed to be aware of Duanmu Huai's existence at this moment. Facing the tentacles that shot towards him, the aura instantly It turned into a 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 deep into it, trying to trace the source of the power...

"Snapped."

However, at this moment, the black iron dwarf priest caught in Duanmuhuai's hand could no longer withstand the erosion of Duanmuhuai's ancient god's power. His whole body exploded like a balloon, and Duanmuhuai's connection with the aura also followed. Interrupt.

 “Cut, waste.”

Duanmuhuai snorted coldly, shook off the remains in his hand, and then began to think deeply.

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

But it’s not from the Chaos God.

 But the Old Ones.

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