This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 131: The helpless Hoffman Iron Fist

 Above the ruins of the Alchemy City, a brand new palace is being built at an incredible speed.

Desert dwarves are really good at building. This palace looks like it is completely polished from rock, but it is actually created with magic. The desert dwarf mage's control over rocks and sand is definitely at the top level in the mainland. The entire structure of the palace was built in just two or three days, perfectly balancing solidity and artistry.

Hoffman Iron Fist was standing not far away, looking at this palace that was changing day by day, and said to Huggie Stone beside him: "It's a pity, the time is too short. If only there were half a year more, this place would be very suitable." Build a new palace."

Heki Stone said: "It may not be impossible. This war between the elves seems to be abnormal, and they are not short of land. Maybe after this peace negotiation, the territory of the Alchemy City will belong to the dwarves."

Hoffman Iron Fist complained: "You said before that there was a problem with the elves sending troops, and you probably got it from your friend. But you didn't say what the reason was."

Huggie Stone quickly said: "I really didn't hide it on purpose, but he didn't tell me either. Old friend, that guy knew that I was with you, so he hid it from me. But he I said that I will try my best to ensure that the dwarves get what they want and bring this war to an end as soon as possible."

“He said it and you believed it?” Hoffman Iron Fist asked.

Huggie Stone hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think he's credible."

Hoffman Iron Fist was silent for a moment, then showed a relieved smile, and continued to say to Huggie Stone: "Since you believe him, then I will not doubt it. However, old friend, you still have to remind him that you want To be a good middleman, he must first eliminate those unstable factors. He needs to resolve the matter of Hell's Faith as soon as possible. Otherwise, if there is a second ambush, whether it is the elves or us dwarves who are harmed, who is responsible? "

Hoffman Iron Fist's words made Heggie Stone feel a little ashamed. He had been careless before and forgot to remind Amberxiu about this, otherwise the elves might not have encountered an ambush.

“Don’t worry, I have already told him, and he has also seen the troubles of **** belief, and he will definitely be able to handle it.”

Hoffman Iron Fist patted Heggie Stone on the shoulder, and then said: "Okay, then I'll go back first, and I want to report to His Majesty."

 “Go, let’s have another drink when the new royal city is built.”

After saying goodbye to his old friend, Hoffman Iron Fist walked into the newly built palace.

A secret room has been prepared here for long distance communication.

Hoffman Iron Fist entered it, first opened the barrier, blocked all external interference, and then activated the communication magic circle inside.

 After a while, an aging face appeared on the magic circle.

Hoffman Ironfist knelt respectfully in front of the dwarf king and reported: "Your Majesty, the date for the negotiation has been rescheduled, just two days later."

The dwarf king seemed to have difficulty even opening his eyes, and said weakly: "Is there nothing wrong with the elves? How can they resume negotiations so quickly?"

Hoffman Iron Fist replied: "Yes, although the elves were indeed ambushed, they were saved by the lich. We underestimated the strength of this lich. He is not the weakest legend like what is rumored outside. ”

 “Trash.” The dwarf king cursed harshly, and began to cough violently in excitement. It took him a while to regain his breath.

"Hoffman, you can't even do this little thing well. After breaking off one of your hands, have you become a useless person? If you are going to negotiate with those elves like this, what capital do we have to negotiate?! Death Once the line cannot stop Ryan and we cannot capture everything in the Alchemy City, we will destroy the country! Trash, it was you who destroyed the kingdom!"

The dwarf king became more and more agitated, and his coughing became more and more violent, and finally he coughed up blood.

Hoffman Iron Fist did not dare to speak, so he could only kneel respectfully and lower his head.

After a long time, the dwarf king seemed to have finally exhausted all his energy and could no longer scold him. He could only wave his hand and said: "The future of the dwarves... is in your hands... think about it yourself..."

 The communication was disconnected, but Hoffman Iron Fist did not stand up, but quietly kept kneeling and bowing his head.

 By doing this, no one would be able to see his expression twisted with anger.

Even in this completely sealed room, he still maintained the utmost caution. It was not until his emotions calmed down again that Hoffman Iron Fist stood up.

 In front of outsiders, Hoffman Ironfist is a dwarf hero and the king's most trusted minister.

But only he knows that the current dwarf king is a grumpy, irritable and irresponsible tyrant.

 At least half of the responsibility for the invasion of the Lion Empire lies with this king.

The Lion Empire originally had no interest in the desert kingdom. Everyone knew that this place was maintained by digging graves. The vast desert was a death zone, and fighting for these lands would not be of any benefit to the Lion Empire.

 Many years ago, the two countries only had some friction at the border.

After all, the Lion Empire pursues a policy of human supremacy. Dwarves are not considered human beings, and desert dwarves do not have a good temper. Otherwise, people would not say that dwarves are all sprung from rocks, smelly and hard.

 Such contact between the two parties was naturally unpleasant, but at that time it was limited to the scope of border transactions, so it was not a big deal.

　Until a desert dwarf found the Dwarf King and complained that his goods had been robbed by the Lion Empire. This businessman was a relative of the dwarf king, but the dwarf king at that time did not conduct any investigation at all, and ordered the army to attack in anger.

  During the raid, the border outpost of the Lion Empire was breached, many humans were captured, and lives were lost.

 When the army invades, the nature completely changes.

 From that day on, the Lion Empire officially declared war on the desert dwarves.

Hoffman Iron Fist felt that something was fishy from the beginning. Although the humans of the Lane Empire were very proud and would not take foreigners seriously, they believed in the Lord of the Morning. They would discriminate against foreigners, but they did not Will break their own rules for the sake of discrimination.

The innocent goods were robbed?

There seems to be no problem if this happens in other places, but if it happens in Lane, this situation is very unreasonable.

Most Lane people value doctrine more than their lives, and a mere piece of goods is not worth letting them do something that violates the teachings of the Lord of the Dawn.

 But at that time, Hoffman Iron Fist was just a soldier and had no ability to investigate.

Then the two countries officially started war. At first, the dwarves relied on their geographical advantages and taught the Lane people a lot of lessons, repelling each other's attacks many times. The dwarf king was still complacent and felt that this decision was right. The Lane people could not defeat the dwarves anyway. The so-called paladin army is nothing more than a can of waste when it comes to the desert. During that time, the dwarf kingdom was very excited. Even the Lion Empire lost. The desert dwarves were indeed invincible.

 But the good times did not last long. The Lane Empire gave up its previous raid plan and chose to fight steadily.

 When this group of paladins has the right goal, they seem to be unstoppable.

The cities of the desert dwarves began to be captured one after another. The dwarf iron guards could not stop the paladin army, and even the desert could not protect them, the people of the yellow sand.

It was also from that time that the Dwarf Kingdom changed its policy and began to absorb alien immigrants on a large scale. These aliens were very happy when they heard that they were going to fight Ryan, and they couldn't wait to join in, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Dwarf Kingdom. At least they were cannon fodder. There is no shortage.

However, this is just drinking poison to quench thirst.

The open policy has lasted for hundreds of years, and the desert dwarves have only lost one city in ten years instead of losing one city in three years. And the troubles caused by the mixing of various ethnic groups are not limited to these. They have sent cannon fodder for the desert dwarves, but they have also brought about an extremely unstable situation.

 Different races, different cultures, eating habits, different customs, and different taboos. The appearance of these immigrants has violated the living space of the dwarves.

If it weren't for the constant pressure from external enemies like Ryan, this kingdom would have been in civil strife long ago.

It was during this chaotic era that Hoffman Iron Fist made great contributions on the battlefield. He gradually became a general from a soldier, and finally became the Hand of the King, equivalent to the prime minister of this country.

It's a pity that by the time Hoffman Iron Fist was able to investigate the original truth, everything was over.

 The dwarf kingdom has reached a critical point.

The borders of the Lion Empire continue to expand until a new province can be established in the desert area. The new paladin legion will be trained in the desert. Give them another 20 to 30 years, and these paladins will be better than the dwarves. More adaptable to desert environment.

At this time, the dwarf king finally admitted his mistake.

He asked Hoffman Ironfist to negotiate a peace with the Lion Empire. He could pay compensation and cede the lost territory directly to Ryan. But the Lion Empire only came up with a list of the casualties caused by the dwarves during their first invasion.

Hoffman Iron Fist remembered it very clearly. After the envoy of the Lane Empire read the name above, he introduced himself: "My grandfather was a survivor at that time. His family and one of his arms were all lost in that outpost. ”

After hearing this, Hoffman Ironfist understood that it was impossible for the Lane Empire to accept peace talks, otherwise they would not let a young man with deep hatred as a messenger.

Hoffman Ironfist felt that the Lion Empire was too extreme. Because in these years of war, the dwarf kingdom has paid ten times and hundreds of times in human lives. In Ryan's view, this does not seem to be enough to make up for the damage suffered in the first place.

Whoever dares to invade Lane and kill the Lane people will most likely end up with the destruction of the country. This is the extreme humanism of the Lane Empire.

But precisely because of this extreme, the Lane Empire is extremely united. The war costs a lot of money, but the Lane people can only applaud this national war and wish to donate everything at home.

After visiting the Lion Empire, Hoffman Ironfist understood that this war was bound to be lost. How could you fight against hundreds of millions of Lions? Even the gods would retreat from their united strength.

And when he returned home with this news, all Hoffman Ironfist received was a humiliation from the dwarf king.

 Trash!

This is what the Dwarf King likes to say most. Whenever something goes wrong, he will roar loudly and angrily accuse everything around him.

 Fortunately, the dwarf king has been exhausted physically and mentally from years of defeats, and he doesn't even have the energy to curse recently.

But the old man had no intention of restraining himself. The attack on the elves was actually the idea of ​​the dwarf king.

Alchemy City is the last chance for the desert dwarves. The dwarf king wants the entire Alchemy City territory with red eyes. And Hoffman Iron Fist also analyzed from various signs that there must be internal problems among the elves to launch this abnormal war.

The Dwarf King began to imagine a scenario in which the elves were completely defeated. He not only wanted to swallow the Alchemy City, but also made Silvermoon Highgarden pay the price to make up for the losses of the dwarves' retreat.

Hoffman Iron Fist thought that the dwarf king was crazy, so just divide the Alchemy City equally. Although it was not enough for the dwarf kingdom, it could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Do you have to offend the elves? Wouldn't that mean that you have no way out?

However, he is only the hand of the king, not the real king. Only one-third of the dwarf iron guards around Hoffman Ironfist are completely loyal to him, and the rest only obey the king's orders.

Hoffman Ironfist had to act according to the king's orders.

Because Amberxiu regards the dwarves as a partner, and the elves are still his imaginary enemies, naturally more information will be leaked to the allies, so Hoffman Iron Fist easily knows the route of the elves.

Hoffman Ironfist then gave the information about the elves to the **** believers.

The Three-Headed Dog family didn't want the peace talks to go smoothly, and melee was their stage, so they got along well with Hoffman Iron Fist, and that was the reason why they had that precise ambush. It's just that they didn't expect Amber Religion to take action and show such terrifying power. The **** army was defeated without even using the means prepared to deal with Catherine.

 As for Hoffman Iron Fist, through Heggie Stone, he wanted to encourage Umberto to deal with the **** believers, but this was actually to clear the relationship in advance. At that time, he can say that it was Amberxiu who took action against the Hell believers, which triggered their backlash and ambushed the elves.

Who would have thought that Huggie Stone completely forgot about this matter, which almost exposed the flaw in Hoffman Iron Fist.

Now the Dwarf King is forcing Hoffman Ironfist to continue to deal with the elves. Although Hoffmann Ironfist is unwilling to do so, he can only contact the three-headed dog family again.

  The light of the magic circle lit up again, which was the previous communication beacon with the three-headed dog family.

 But this time, the person who appeared on the magic circle was not a member of the three-headed dog family, but a ferocious-looking half-dragon.

 What kind of monster is this? Is it a hellish creature created by the three-headed dog family?

Before Hoffman Iron Fist could ask, the half-dragon took the lead and said, "Are you a desert dwarf? This time, you are looking for someone to deal with the elves again, right?"

  This chapter has 4,000 words. I’m sorry for the late update.

 (End of this chapter)