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  Chapter 28 Gray Mountains

Although Duanmuhuai was very upset, it turned out that his face could indeed be used to ward off evil spirits—at least after this, the group never encountered similar evil spirit incidents, even after the wail of female ghosts that appeared every now and then All the sounds of the class have also disappeared.

  So, when everyone successfully crossed the dead land and came to the gray mountain range, everyone except Duanmu Huai smiled with a relaxed expression.

   After all, their goal is already half achieved when they get here.

   "Okay, what's next?"

  Duanmuhuai put on his helmet again and looked at the elf scout. Although his core cabin can now be used as a satellite map, if he wants to find the way from here, he still needs the local aborigines. Moreover, as a royal spy, I hope that the elf scout will not let himself down.

   Sensing Duanmuhuai's unfriendly gaze, the elf scout restrained his smile, then looked at the map in front of him, and thought for a while.

"We have two choices, either go directly south and cross the gray mountains, or take the dwarf's mountain tunnel. It's just... the vampire count also attacked the dwarves, and the dwarves and the empire joined forces to repel the vampire count army."

   "What is the relationship between the dwarves and the empire?"

   "In general, neither good nor bad. The dwarves have some transactions with the empire, but they don't particularly like to meddle in external affairs."

   "Do you think the dwarves would agree if we asked the dwarves to take the route to Bretonnia?"

   "It's hard to say, anyway, I don't have much friendship with those dwarves, and dwarves are sometimes quite stubborn, and it's not easy to just use money to buy them off."

The two discussed for a while, and finally decided to try their luck on the Graystone Mountain Road first. Although it is not impossible to climb the mountain, Alisa and her mother, Ms. Christine, are just ordinary people, and the danger of climbing the mountain is too great , and their supplies were basically exhausted along the way, not to mention that the carriages were also tattered and unusable. They had to go to the dwarves to buy supplies first, and at the same time buy a new carriage to go on the road.

  So under the leadership of the elf scouts, everyone abandoned the dilapidated carriage and began to move towards the Gray Mountains.

  However, just as the group of people walked into the Huishi Mountain Road, suddenly, gunshots rang out.

"boom!"

Duanmuhuai stopped. In front of him, a stone had been smashed to pieces. He raised his head and saw several dwarves with muskets sticking out their heads on both sides of the mountain road. They raised their weapons and aimed at Him and others.

   "Hey, big man, who are you? What are you doing in the Gray Mountains?!"

Soon, a dwarf yelled and asked, but facing his inquiry, Duanmuhuai did not answer, but gestured to the old knight, who nodded, stepped forward, looked at the dwarf and shouted road.

   "We are refugees, we came here to escape the chaos of war, we are not suspicious people, we just hope to cross the Gray Mountains and head to Bretonnia!"

  Hearing what the old knight said, the dwarves whispered for a while, and then the previous dwarf spoke again.

   "Okay, come here, but don't act rashly, especially you, big man, if you dare to move, I will smash your head!"

   Hearing the answers of the dwarves, everyone was also relieved, and then continued to walk forward. Soon, in front of them, on the side of the narrow mountain road, there appeared a huge, stone-carved city wall and iron gate—well, anyway, in the fantasy world, the construction skills of dwarves are not bad, and now it seems that it is the same here .

   "Kalala..."

   Soon, the iron gate opened, and a group of people walked into it under the leadership of Duan Muhuai. Soon, a large group of dwarves with heavy axes and muskets came over and surrounded them. Soon, the previous dwarf walked out of the crowd. He frowned, looked at the crowd carefully, and asked.

   "Are you refugees? The empire has started a civil war again?"

  Well, the use of "again" is very spiritual.

   "Yes, a brave dwarf warrior."

  The old knight nodded, then whispered.

   "As you can see, I am the knight who serves these two beautiful ladies. We only traveled thousands of miles to avoid the threat of disaster and chaos, hoping to pass through this place..."

   "Um... so what's up with this big guy?"

  Hearing what the old knight said, the dwarf nodded, but his eyes were still cautiously staring at Duanmu Huai, and he asked. Facing the dwarf's question, Duanmuhuai spread his hands.

   "I'm just a hired soldier, mainly responsible for protecting their safety along the way."

   "I don't think so... Take off your helmet!"

  At this moment, the dwarf's voice suddenly rose, and at the same time, the dwarf soldier behind him also raised his musket, took out the detonator, and aimed at Duanmuhuai. The latter sighed helplessly, then he reached out and took off the helmet.

   "———!"

  Seeing Duanmuhuai's face, the dwarves all turned pale with fright, and hurriedly backed away, while the leader of the dwarves also clenched the giant ax in his hand, and stared at him cautiously.

   "You guy, shouldn't you be an orc?"

   "Where do you think I look like an orc?"

   Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes helplessly.

   "At any rate, I am also a human being!"

   "This is the first time I've seen a human being as tall as you... Take off your armor!"

   "Sorry, that's not possible."

  Hearing the dwarf's request, Duanmuhuai's expression darkened.

   "I am a warrior, and warriors never put down their weapons. If you make further progress, then don't blame me for being rude!"

   "What? Do you still want to do it?"

  The dwarf rounded his eyes and glared angrily at Duanmuhuai, who was holding the hammer tightly in his hand.

   "You can try it."

  “…………”

  For a while, the atmosphere became tense, Alisa and Christine huddled behind the old knight anxiously, watching these fierce and mighty dwarves all around. But the elf just wrapped himself in the cloak, without saying a word, hiding in the shadows motionless. Although Augis didn't move on the surface, the fingers of her hanging right hand were trembling slightly - a thread of light flashed through it and disappeared into the darkness.

   "Wait here!"

  The two stared at each other for a while, the dwarf dropped this sentence, then turned and left, and at this moment the others breathed a sigh of relief—you must know that they really thought Duanmuhuai would fight the dwarves just now.

   After a while, the dwarf came back again.

   "You can pass the gray mountains, but there is one condition!"

   While speaking, the dwarf pointed to Duanmuhuai.

   "We have a task for you to complete. If you do well, you can pass it. If you can't do it well, get out!"

"no problem."

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai said that he calmed down instantly.

   After all, nine out of ten of the plots experienced by players are like this, isn’t it?

  (end of this chapter)