After Hogg finished his meal, Ange arrived at the agreed-upon location.
Upon seeing Ange again, Hogg's mood was different from before. He gave Ange a friendly smile and performed a deep dwarf bow, saying, "Dwarf Hogg thanks you for saving my life and for your kind hospitality."
An Ge waved her hand, feeling unworthy of the offer, since she hadn't intended to help the other person. "How did you end up being hunted down?"
Hogg was filled with resentment at the mention of this matter. “My lord, our clan originally lived in Hodman City. Several months ago, a human came to the city, bewitched our leader, gained his trust, and then led the human race to invade our dwarf clan.”
"Now that the leader is imprisoned, Hodman City has been almost completely occupied by humans. Anyone who dares to disobey is killed. Some skilled forging craftsmen have been imprisoned and forced to make weapons for them day and night."
"With the help of an old friend, I escaped and have been living a life of constant wandering ever since. A few days ago, I heard that the humans who harmed our people had appeared in Hodman City, so I wanted to take revenge. I didn't expect to be discovered and then hunted down. If it weren't for your help, my life would probably be in danger."
Hearing Hogg recount his experiences with righteous indignation, Ange felt a pang of sympathy. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she asked in a trembling voice, "Do you know what that human's name was?"
"Fang Yuanyuan! That human's name is Fang Yuanyuan!"
An Ge gasped, feeling slightly dizzy. She had once made a deal with Fang Yuanyuan, giving her a bottle of wine that was extremely attractive to dwarves. Could it be that the dwarf race had suffered such a devastating fate because of this?
If that's the case, then An Ge's sin is immense.
"How did she bewitch your leader?"
"She was the savior of our chief's son, for which our chief was always grateful. Later we found out that she was also the one who hired people to assassinate our chief's son. This person wanted to infiltrate our ranks and sow discord among the dwarves from the very beginning."
Just as An Ge was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Hogg say, "The cunning humans actually bribed the president of our weapon-forging guild with fine wine. The entire guild poured all its resources into forging a weapon for her, and I was one of the main contributors. Thinking about this, I feel incredibly regretful. This weapon has the blood of countless of my kind stained on my hands. I am deeply sinful."
Hogg crouched down helplessly, covering his face with his hands.
Ange felt a little guilty. Although the dwarfs' disaster would have been unavoidable even without that bottle of wine, it indirectly caused Hogg's guilt. In the end, she was the culprit.
She finally understood why she had been connected with Hogger.
An Ge hesitated for a moment, but still told the other person the truth. After speaking, she silently waited for the other person's anger.
Hogg was somewhat surprised, but he wasn't angry. "Even without that bottle of wine you gave me, she would have found other ways to have us forge weapons for her, and the result would have been the same. But I'm still grateful that you told me this."
As expected of the god who saved him, even knowing that he might be angry, he didn't hide anything from him, unlike that human who was full of lies.
"Can you save my people?"
Seeing the expectation in Hogg's eyes, Ange shook her head somewhat awkwardly and explained his current situation.
Hogg's eyes widened. No wonder the gods said yesterday that this was a new world. It turned out that he was no longer in the original plane. Forget about returning to Hodman for revenge, there wasn't even a single dwarf here besides him.
Thinking of this, the hope in Hogg's eyes gradually turned into despair.
An Ge felt a little uneasy. Although Hogg hadn't blamed her, she was still somewhat at fault. Suddenly, she remembered that one of the rewards she had drawn was a dimensional tracking talisman, and her eyes lit up.
"It might actually be possible to return to your plane. This plane tracking talisman can locate Fang Yuanyuan's position and allow you to return to your plane with her help. However, you need to be her friend and get her consent. There are countless planes, so finding her again won't be easy."
An Ge felt a sense of relief; she hadn't expected that something like a dimensional tracking talisman existed. If she hadn't been careful enough, Fang Yuanyuan might have tracked her down. And given her situation at the time, being tracked would have been extremely undesirable.
Since the other party has concealed the purpose of the fine wine, her divine attributes must not be a simple entertainment industry system. I know nothing about her, and finding her is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
But Hogg's tragic fate also had its own reasons, and Ange couldn't simply abandon it. If she could, she still hoped to do her part to change the fate of the dwarves.
Upon hearing An Ge's words, Hogg's eyes lit up with renewed hope. He wiped away his tears and said excitedly, "As long as there is hope, that's enough."
"According to what you've said, the human race doesn't seem to intend to exterminate the dwarves, so you don't need to worry too much. Stay here for now, and I'll do my best to find Fang Yuanyuan." What An Ge didn't say was that perhaps once the inn is upgraded, there might be a possibility of traversing between dimensions.
Hogg nodded; this was the only option at the moment.
"Then I'll have to trouble you from now on, sir. I, Hogg, may not have any other skills, but my forging skills are quite good. If you have any needs, just come to me."
If it weren't for the host space transaction, An Ge might have felt perfectly justified in asking Hogg for help. But now, she felt more sympathy and guilt towards Hogg, so she naturally couldn't treat him like an ordinary employee.
After thinking for a moment, Ange said to Hogg, "I will build a foundry specifically for you and provide you with the necessary tools. In the future, I will pay you the normal price for anything you make for the inn. Of course, you can also do business with others as you please, and you only need to pay the inn a small workshop rent each month."
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