At the Pool of Davor, Lan aimed at the dam of the artificial lake and slowly opened his left palm.
Tomer Fuchs stood ten steps away from Lann, scratching his beard and staring with eyes wide open, his eyes full of expectation and curiosity.
…
Lane initially questioned the plan to blow up the dam.
"If this dam explodes, won't the surging waves directly submerge Davor?" Lan asked seriously, "Tomor, you don't want to take the opportunity to wipe out the Sieglin clan, do you?"
Despite Lan's questioning, Tomor was not angry. Instead, he showed a thoughtful expression: "Is it still possible? If something unexpected happens during the process, maybe we can really achieve such a result... You are worthy of being the lion of Cintra, your brain is really useful..."
Lann's eyebrows suddenly raised.
But Tomor immediately pulled himself out of his daydream, and comforted Lann with a big laugh: "Don't worry, if these things really happen, you Cintra people can just walk away, but Fuchs can't run away. Any clan in Mahakam will only use hammer and shield to talk to us in the future."
Walking forward with his short legs, Tomor patted the dam proudly and said loudly: "When we designed this dam, we took into account the unexpected situations that might occur in the future. When it was built, a unique design was adopted to prevent a gap from becoming a big hole and eventually damaging the entire dam."
"To use the words of your northern human discipline, it is a unique design of 'architectural mechanics'... I forgot you are from Cintra, I don't know if you can understand, it would be better if you were from Niubao..."
What happened to the people of Sintria? Huh?
Lann twitched his lips, thinking it was incredible that a dwarf actually despised his knowledge: "Although I don't understand your dwarven architectural design, do you think it's too much that I can't even understand the name of the subject?"
Tomor quickly apologized for his quick words with an embarrassed smile.
The dwarves do have many architectural techniques that are different from humans, and even more advanced, as can be seen from the capital city "Carbon Mountain" that was built by hollowing out the entire mountain. This is even more true of the dam of the Pool of Davor. When the dwarves were building it, they took into account the possibility of being destroyed, and even had a complete plan for the subsequent reconstruction.
"But we never thought that we would destroy it with our own hands." Tomor sighed.
Lan nodded and asked the second question: "Since you already have a complete plan, what do we need to do in the process?"
After all, Tomor is going to entrust half of the young and middle-aged people to Cintra, but judging from Tomor’s current plan, it seems that Lann and others do not need to put in much effort, which gives people an unreal feeling.
Sure enough, Tomor immediately said: "We plan to use mining explosives to blow up the dam, but the underground warehouse where we store the explosives has been occupied by the Sharmas."
"The young men in our tribe need to guard against other monsters interfering with our plans these days. We also need to dig drainage channels to divert the water and prevent the river from getting out of control. We are unable to spare any manpower for the time being. If possible, I hope you can help us retrieve the explosives."
A very reasonable reason.
But Lane patted the dam and offered a different opinion.
"Perhaps we don't need explosives to blow up this dam." Lann thought thoughtfully, "You just need to put all your manpower into the excavation work and ensure that the backflow of river water can achieve our goal. Leave the rest to me."
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So, two days later.
Thousands of dwarves who are good at digging tunnels are doing their professional work on the surface. Working day and night, there is now a drainage ditch between the Pool of Davor and the Davor Abyss that is wide and deep enough to serve as a moat.
Several temporarily blocked drainage branches were diverted from the main road to facilitate the control of the river's direction and power, and to facilitate the subsequent refilling of the dam.
Lan opened his left hand and placed it on the dam, holding his breath and concentrating, and began to mobilize the magic power in his body.
In the plans Lane had developed for the Fuchs clan, he was the dynamite.
Tomor stood aside, looking at Lann with an expectant but slightly suspicious look: "I know that the great sages among the elves have the power to call the wind and rain, and even move mountains and create lakes, but Lord Lannister, you...are you less than 20 years old this year?"
What this means is that a warlock apprentice at this age has only just finished learning the theoretical knowledge and started to communicate with the chaotic energy of nature.
"My boys have already dug the ditch. If all else fails, we can still organize more people to attack the explosives warehouse."
Lann did not speak. The next second, he responded with a seal made in his palm.
[Igni Seal: Pyromania]
Lann will never forget the first time he met Geron. At that time, the master of the Griffin School, who had been sleeping for hundreds of years, had just escaped from the trap. He was still unconscious, but he used the [Igni Seal] and [Alder Seal] strengthened by the second mutation to melt a passage directly to the surface in the underground laboratory. Until now, Lann felt that the strength of his seal was far inferior to Geron's.
However, although Lann's current [Igni Signet] has not yet reached the level of Geron's ability to burn stones into magma, he can already rely on the system's capabilities to do similar things.
Lann's methods may be more immature and more complicated, but he can now vaguely see Jaron's original figure in the way of seal.
As the chaotic energy in Lann's body was stimulated, a condensed stream of flames slowly and continuously spurted out from his palms, burning the rock surface of the dam into a scorching heat.
After heating the stones, the next step is to pour cold water on them, right? Seeing the look of no expectation, Tomor said helplessly, "Duke Lannister is going to use the 'cold method' to break the dam? We also used this method when we were mining underground. If we want to use this to break through the dam, it may take several days. Otherwise, we should organize some people to do it..."
Tomer's words suddenly stopped.
He slowly lost control of his facial expression, his jaw dropped involuntarily as if it was dislocated, and his eyes bulged out as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. Because in front of him, the tall dam suddenly burned like firewood!
That was the dam that the Fuchs clan and the Sieglin clan had built together. They selected the finest granite, quartzite and other volcanic rocks or metamorphic rocks in the mountains. But now they were like the most flammable pine wood, and turned into huge torches in the blink of an eye!
"This...this..." Tomor searched his brain over and over again, but could not find the right words to express his current mood.
Lann ignored Tomor, who was still having his worldview refreshed at an old age. At this moment, he stepped back to observe the fire and make sure that the damage to the dam could be controlled within a reasonable range.
When the rock had turned red, began to glow, and even began to strangely transform into the color and texture of charcoal, Lann changed the gesture of the seal, and the chaotic energy in his body poured out again in an opposite elemental structure.
[Alder Seal: Bone-piercing]
The Davor region, where spring had just begun, seemed to have seen the return of winter. A cold wind swept in, and the moment it came into contact with the burning rocks, a "sizzling" sound like barbecue was made, followed by an unsettling "crackling" sound.
It was much harder to maintain [Bone-chilling] than [Pyromania], because this time it was necessary to freeze the burning rocks. When Chief Tomor couldn't help but tighten his clothes because of the cold, a thin layer of ice had already formed on the dam base that had been set on fire.
Through the ice surface, you can see that the rocks below are covered with dense spider-web-like cracks. If it weren't for the ice layer supporting them, these broken stones would probably shatter and collapse on the spot.
"The people who notified you should start to pay attention, Tomor." Lann said lightly, "The flood is coming."
Tomor suddenly woke up from his shock and hurriedly sent a signal to the Fuchs clan. Looking back, his sight was once again occupied by the fire.
This time, it wasn't just the incombustible rocks that were emitting fire, it was even the ice layer created by [Ignis]. The new round of [Igni] didn't melt the ice first and then ignite the rocks behind it, but burned the ice layer directly.
Chief Tomor Fuchs's expression was numb. He stood by the familiar dam of the Davor Pond, his big beard with iron rings constantly blown by the unfamiliar wind, which was sometimes as hot as a furnace and sometimes as cold as winter.
He didn't have to wait long. Before he could completely digest Lann's strange ability, the dam under his feet began to shake disturbingly like an earthquake.
Lan's pupils shrank, and he could vaguely see gurgling streams beginning to flow out from behind the latest wave of ignited stones.
With a flash of his body, Lann's body disappeared in the bright emerald light, and with a flash of golden light he appeared next to Chief Tomor, who had sensed something was wrong and ran away.
The next second after Lann left, the flood turned into a whirlpool and swallowed up the place where he was just standing.
“Boom—”
The raging waves, which were far more powerful than explosions, submerged everything in front of him. Even though Lan had seen huge waves in the sea of Skellige, he still felt uneasy about the scene before him. This was not a disaster that humans were not strong enough to fight against. This was life's revenge on the monsters under the hand of nature.
A huge amount of rocks and sand were swept up as part of the attack, and the black pine trees on the roadside were uprooted along with their roots. Fortunately, the dwarves of the Fuchs clan had already planned the river diversion, otherwise the flood would be enough to turn the capital of a large kingdom into an ocean.
Looking at the rushing torrent, Lann raised his head and drank a bottle of [Rufous Owl] to replenish his depleted magic power. Repeatedly switching between the seals consumes much more magic power than continuously using the [Magic Burst] seal.
"That's amazing, Lan," Tomer murmured to himself. "That's amazing."
He closed his eyes to feel his physical condition, then glanced at the slowly rising mana value in the system status bar, and nodded.
"I'm going to check on the situation at the front. Please also pay attention to the situation of the dwarven sentries along the way."
After saying this, Lann's body glowed with emerald light again, then turned into fluorescent dots and disappeared.
Tomer turned his head blankly, looking at the direction where Lann disappeared, and said to himself: "This is also amazing."
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Davor is a bottomless pit.
The huge waves coming from the Yaruga River roared and swallowed everything, covering the monster's roars and screams.
However, due to the interlaced terrain, some monsters still took the opportunity to escape in the early stage. Monsters living underground are particularly sensitive to ground vibrations, such as Sharma, rock trolls, and the Kikimo community.
It is naturally impossible for them to escape from the exit in the face of the flood. For an underground mine as large as the Davor Bottomless Pit, the dwarves have built more than one escape exit, and these monsters who are good at digging have also opened up more than one survival channel.
However, the dwarves of the Fuchs clan were well aware of the existence of these passages. They dispatched more than one team to guard each exit, trying to eliminate the monsters within to the greatest extent possible.
At this moment, the guarding dwarves looked at each other. They were on high alert for any monsters that might appear, but their eyes couldn't help but shift to the several extra tall figures in front of the team.
Cintrian Cavalry, the guard of Lord Lannister.
Although they do not have the title of knight, the level of sophistication of their equipment is far beyond the level that ordinary knight families can afford. Not only do they have a full set of improved plate armor and half-long swords, they are also equipped with a wide variety of secondary weapons such as crossbows, daggers, and even alchemical bombs, which are suitable for combat in multiple terrains.
The simple-minded Fuchs warriors were grateful for their arrival, but...
"Will it be unnecessary? There are so many of us, and it won't be effective if they only come with a few people. It's impossible that they have the fighting power of a lion, right?"
"And why do they always push to the front of the team? It feels like their hatred for those monsters is greater than ours..."
There were murmurings from the dwarves' formation, but they were quickly suppressed by the leader's rebuke. The Cintrians turned a deaf ear to these discussions, which were still clearly audible even if they were deliberately suppressed.
The Duke gave them a task, so they just had to carry it out, it was that simple.
"Be careful, there's movement!"
The Cintra cavalryman at the front of the team suddenly shouted that he had discovered the movements of the monsters earlier than the dwarves who had lived underground all year round.
The dwarf leader was a beat slow to react, and shouted to his companions to raise their weapons.
However, the gloomy roar in the tunnel had just started, the outline of a dark shadow had just appeared at the corner, and the dwarf warriors had just assumed a fighting stance.
The Cintra cavalryman who had been squeezed at the front of the team suddenly shone like an emerald sun. His companions immediately lost their offensive posture and involuntarily took two steps back, looking at the chosen comrade with envy and desire.
The blond knight appeared in the dazzling light, and opened his left palm towards the first monster that appeared.
[Alder Seal·Bone-piercing·Magic Explosion]!