The Boulder Tunnel is the safest passage to the top of the Snow Mountain. This passage has always been guarded by the dwarves, who built a gate here to prevent the invasion of those evil races. But now, it has completely changed.

“Oh my god…”

Walking into the huge cave and looking at the scene before them, everyone was stunned.

There are corpses everywhere!

The corpses of all kinds of monsters, such as gnolls, kobolds, goblins, and goblins, were everywhere. It seemed that they had fought a great battle with the dwarves. These monsters were obviously no match for the dwarves, so they lay on the ground.

However, Fang Zheng knew very well that things were not that simple. During his and the little angel's search, there was no sign of life nearby, which in itself explained the problem.

The gate still fell.

"Hurry, it's just ahead!"

Jasmine was also nervous at the moment. She held the longbow in one hand and ran quickly in the tunnel. Fang Zheng and others followed closely behind her, following Jasmine all the way inside. The deeper they went into the tunnel, the more corpses of monsters there were. When everyone turned the corner under the leadership of Jasmine, they finally saw the underground fortress built by the dwarves.

It must be admitted that the dwarves' talent in architecture is unmatched. The gate they built almost sealed off the entire stone tunnel. On both sides of the tunnel stood two huge statues of dwarven hero guardians. The tall city walls turned into a solid wall, sealing off all the gaps here. Logically speaking, under the protection of such a thick and solid wall, even if the dwarves did not come out to fight, just closing the city gate would be enough to make the monsters return empty-handed.

But now, the fortress has fallen.

"how so……"

Jasmine stared at the fortress in front of her with her eyes wide open, not knowing what to say. In front of her, the dwarf fortress looked no different from usual, but the open gate and the smoke and flames spreading everywhere had already explained the fate of the fortress.

"This, this is impossible. Even if the evil elves march in, they can't break through the dwarfs' gate so easily..."

Jasmine was not wrong to say that. Dwarves were tough and had strong resistance to magic. Even dark elves could hardly hurt them. This was because more than half of the dark elves' strength lay in magic, and the dwarves' resistance to magic just happened to restrain the dark elves' magic. Of course, although dark elves were also good at using poison, the dwarves' physical condition made ordinary poison useless.

As a local resident here, Jasmine is of course well aware of the threats posed by the Ice and Snow Peak. The most dangerous groups here are the Dark Elves and Frost Giants, but neither of these two groups has the power to break through the dwarves' defenses so easily!

"Let's be careful and go in to see the situation."

Fang Zheng raised his head and carefully looked at the dwarf gate in front of him, then he frowned and spoke to the girls around him in a low voice. Hearing Fang Zheng's order, the others nodded, followed Fang Zheng, and carefully approached the gate.

Since Fang Zheng and Nymph had already sensed that there was no life inside the gate, they seemed to be more relaxed, but the others were obviously not so relaxed. They moved carefully while watching the city gate in front of them vigilantly. You know, there is no shelter nearby. If the enemy is ambushing behind the city gate and intends to launch a surprise attack on them, then there is no place to hide!

"Everyone...there are no enemies here..."

Fortunately, they still had Katie, the elusive stealth lady, as the vanguard. With her reconnaissance, everyone felt relieved and walked into the captured gate.

Looking around, there were corpses everywhere.

But unlike before, this time, in addition to the corpses of those monsters, there were also many corpses of dwarves.

"How is this possible? These monsters were able to kill the bearded man? How did they do it?"

Jasmine opened her eyes wide, staring at the scene in disbelief, muttering to herself. Fang Zheng squatted down, carefully examined the bodies of the dwarves, and then shook his head.

“They didn’t die in battle.”

"Not...died in battle?"

Hearing this, the others quickly gathered around, and Fang Zheng nodded and pointed to the scar on one of the dwarves.

"Look, the wounds on this dwarf are scattered, and there is no blood on his weapon, which means he barely put up any resistance, or... he was killed by the monsters without any reaction. Not only him, but the other dwarves are also like this..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed at the bodies of the other dwarves nearby.

"Without any reaction?"

"That's right."

Having said this, Fang Zheng raised his head and glanced at Jasmine.

"Does it feel familiar?"

"you mean……"

When the elf girl heard Fang Zheng's question, her face turned pale instantly.

"Could it be that..."

"It seems like something really went wrong here."

Fang Zheng did not directly explain, but he suspected that these dwarves had encountered the same thing as the elves. They probably saw the black shadow and fainted. However, the dwarves did not have the beauty of the elves, so they were not caught by the goblins like the elves, but were killed by the monsters on the spot without mercy.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed, then he stood up and looked at the girls around him with a serious expression.

"I have something to say."

Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, the girls who were originally checking around hurriedly raised their heads and looked at Fang Zheng, and Fina even came to Fang Zheng's side and looked at him curiously.

"What's the matter, Mr. Founder?"

"It's very important."

Hearing Fina's question, Fang Zheng nodded, then he looked at the girls again and spoke.

“We need to decide whether to proceed with the commission.”

"Why?"

Faced with this unexpected answer, everyone was stunned.

"Don't forget, we are not here just for adventure. This is just a graduation test."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng spread out his hands.

"But the current situation has obviously gone beyond the scope of a simple graduation assessment. More importantly, we have not found any clues so far, and right now, the situation at the Ice and Snow Summit is very wrong. Even the dwarves and elves have no resistance at all. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you guys to continue. So I want to ask, do you plan to continue? There may be danger next, and most importantly, this trouble may not be worth the loss for you."

What Fang Zheng said was not without reason. After checking the dwarves, Fang Zheng was sure that the dwarves must have encountered a dragon. Because the dwarves were almost immune to magic, they were hardly affected by any illusion or enchantment spells. Even the spellcasters called the dwarves "stubborn as a rock." If Fang Zheng was still skeptical when he saw the elves before, now he was almost certain that the reason the dwarves were unconscious was because they encountered the dragon's might head-on.

Because only something that transcends spiritual power and relies entirely on unreasonable suppression of race and class can make the dwarves unable to bear it and fall into a coma.

If Fang Zheng guessed correctly, this was most likely an evil dragon. If that was the case, then taking these girls on an adventure would be truly risky.

"My opinion is that we should give up this commission and go back to the elves' village to rest. Jasmine, you'd better report this matter to the chief of the elves and let them decide. It would be best if we could contact the dwarves here..."

That’s right, Fang Zheng is planning to back down again.

If you can call on the army to fight together, why do you have to do it yourself?

But... at this moment, suddenly, the familiar mission reminder sound appeared in Fang Zheng's ears again.

"bite."

“…”

When Fang Zheng heard this voice, he knew that the scumbag had made a move again.