Chapter 574, Section 573: Obstruction

Invisible walls have never been a problem for heroes, and this time is no exception.

However, it's quite tight to put the tentacles inside the ring.

Moreover, after breaking free from Inanna, the Ring of Imprisonment began to emit high temperatures, almost burning off the tentacles.

After passing through that invisible boundary, Lin Jun could only return the increasingly hot ring of confinement to Inanna.

Inanna's brief pause caught the attention of several dwarf warriors, but they were clearly unaware of the existence of the invisible wall, assuming that the human had simply let her pouch try on the ring on a whim, and quickly looked away.

On the way back, the atmosphere was completely different from when we arrived.

The biggest change came from Bardot.

The dwarven war hero, carrying his giant hammer, strode near Inanna, his voice booming:

"Hey! Pink-haired one! I misjudged you before!" He admitted without hesitation, "Being able to stand firm against that kind of monster isn't just about your weird talent! If you didn't have some tough stuff in your bones, you would have been paralyzed with fear by now!"

He slapped his thick breastplate hard, making a clanging sound: "I, Bardot, only recognize one kind of person: someone who dares to risk their life and fight the enemy face to face! You, not bad!"

Although Inanna didn't feel she needed his approval, it was still a compliment, so she could only nod in agreement.

Along the way, Bardot began to talk about his past battle experiences again, but this time it no longer carried the meaning of competing with others; instead, it was more like sharing stories.

At the same time, he began to inquire in detail about some details of the Battle of Dragon Roar Valley, no longer questioning the battle achievements, but exploring the tactics and choices when facing desperate situations.

Inanna then recounted how her father and the Puji had handled the situation, which left Bardo sometimes puzzled and sometimes applauding, but overall the exchange was quite pleasant.

However, when the team finally returned to the surface...

...

"You cannot take the Ring of Imprisonment with you."

Having learned the whole story from General Duvalin, the chieftain of the Deep Furnace clan blocked Inanna's way as she was about to board the carriage.

Ronan, the head of the delegation who was waiting on the surface, immediately stepped forward: "Clan Chief of the Deepforge Clan, what does this mean? The Fire Elemental Lord has been sealed away, the threat of the Molten Dungeon has been eliminated, and we have already fulfilled our agreement!"

Chief Deep Furnace's gaze fell on Inanna... or rather, on the dark red flowing ring on her finger.

"The initial agreement was that Inanna would help control the elements of the dungeon in exchange for the 'Sealing Technique,' allowing the troops to reach the Fire Elemental Lord smoothly. The agreement didn't say anything about... allowing Miss Inanna to take the Fire Elemental Lord herself, along with the important magical artifacts that imprisoned it."

Ronan argued, "But it didn't say we couldn't take it, did it?"

"No means no."

Chief Deep Furnace knew he was in the wrong, but when faced with real benefits, saving face was insignificant.

It's not that I'm worried that humanity will become stronger after Inanna obtains the Fire Elemental Lord.

The current state of humanity, if slightly strengthened, would actually benefit the dwarves by attracting more of the Empire's attention.

This is truly a matter of vital interest to the dwarves, especially the Deepfire clan.

The Fire Elemental Lord represents more than just a powerful fighting force; in other words, even if the Fire Elemental Lord were left in the dungeon, it would not become part of the dwarves' fighting force.

What the dwarves wanted was to control, to some extent, the countless elemental spirits in the dungeon through the sealed fire elemental lord!

Only in this way can they use those cheap slave collars to drive a large number of low-level elemental spirits to collect and transport dungeon resources for them, and even those elemental spirits themselves are their resources.

Without a lord's command, those elemental spirits not only cannot be of assistance, but will also interfere with their mining efforts like wild monsters.

"This imprisoning ring must remain. Its rightful place has always belonged to the mountains."

Chief Deepforge refused to back down, and General Duvalin hesitated for a moment before standing behind Chief Deepforge.

Faced with this situation, Lin Jun discussed with the Sword Saint and Inanna how to deal with it within the fungal web.

Once the item reaches Fenpuji's hands, it's essentially into Lin Jun's mouth.

And now, someone actually wants to pry the food out of Lin Jun's mouth?

dream!

However, the small group is currently discussing whether to argue based on reason or resort to violence.

Before they could reach a conclusion, a giant hammer slammed down on the stone slab in front of Chief Deepforge and General Duvalin!

boom!!!

Stone fragments flew everywhere. If Duvalin hadn't reacted quickly and used his arm guard to protect the old chieftain, those flying sharp stone fragments would probably have drawn blood.

"Bardot, what are you doing?!" Duvalin shouted angrily.

"What am I doing?" Bardo pulled the giant hammer out of the rubble pit, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and his eyes, wide with rage, almost spitting fire. "I'm upholding justice!"

He pointed his giant hammer at Inanna: "I watched with my own eyes as she stood in front of that monster without backing down an inch, and finally took it down! According to the rules of the mountains, whoever takes down a monster single-handedly, everything that monster owns belongs to that monster!"

He spat at the Deepforge Clan Chief and the several clan members with varying expressions behind him: "Now look what's happened! They only took away a broken piece, and you bunch of guys who were hiding in the back and didn't even smell the heat of the lava lake dare to jump out and steal the spoils! Have you no shame?"

Chieftain Deepforge's face was ashen, his white beard trembling with rage. He slammed his black iron staff down heavily: "Fool! You have no idea how important the Ring of Imprisonment is to the dwarves! You have no right to interrupt here!"

"I have no right to interrupt?" Bardo said as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "What I hate most is a coward like you, who only knows how to play power games and give bad orders, but can't even stand the smell of blood on the battlefield! Stealing the glory that soldiers risk their lives for is the biggest thing that concerns me!"

Before he finished speaking, his already imposing body swelled up again, his muscles straining against his armor, making it clang loudly, and his violent aura swept out like a storm.

It actually activated its bloodline power directly and entered battle mode.

"Today I'll see if you cowards dare to stop me!" he cursed, raising his giant hammer as if to force his way through.

"You brute! You fool!" Chieftain Deepfire trembled with rage, pointing at Bardo, but couldn't utter another word.

He never expected that the first to jump out and disagree would be one of his own people!

General Duvalin's face was equally grim, but he still led his dwarf soldiers, taking up their battle axes and shields, and prepared for battle.

Lin Jun hadn't decided how to handle the situation yet, but unexpectedly, Bardo had already made a good start.

What else is there to say?

The sword saint's tentacles wrapped around the sword hilt, and the knight's figure gradually faded away. It was an inconspicuous soldier in the team who secretly cast a spell, superimposing several phantoms on Inanna. As long as things got chaotic, he could immediately hide Inanna's true form.

What the dwarves didn't expect was that they heard the fire elemental lord's frenzied and excited voice again.

"Hahaha, are we going to kill these dwarves? We should have done it a long time ago, we should have burned these filthy insects to death!"

Flames erupted from the binding ring on Inanna's finger, and the power of the fire elemental lord slowly flowed out, instantly raising the surrounding temperature.

Faced with this horrific scene, some clan members retreated step by step in fear, and finally turned and fled.

Although Chief Deep Furnace did not escape, he was clearly struggling in the increasingly hot environment.

General Duvalin, on the other hand, said: "I'm fighting the Fire Elemental Lord?"

Bardot, a key combatant, is even on the other side!

He cursed Chief Deepfire and Bardot in his heart, but given the current situation, he really had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

A fight did not break out immediately.

Lin Jun wanted the dwarves to back down, but Duvalin, representing the clan's reputation, stubbornly stood at the front.

Just as Bardot finally couldn't hold back any longer and was about to start smashing things first.

The dwarf king's messenger rushed over, sweating profusely, and called a halt to the tense standoff between the two sides.

(End of this chapter)