The monster named Nicole seemed to have softened his expression a lot after seeing Grace.

"Haha, for the sake of powerful strength, some price is inevitable, isn't it? Grace, you know, I have had such an experience once!" Nicole's low voice came.

Irene, who was standing by, found it hard to believe that she actually saw warmth in the eyes of this ugly monster.

The other person's gaze towards Grace was so gentle, just like the loving gaze a husband gives his wife when she comes home and looks at her while she's cooking.

Irene seemed to remember that before she became a senior spider woman, Grace was slightly older than her. It was said that she had a loving partner at that time, but later they were forced to separate because of the opposition of the mistress.

"I came here this time to seek your help." Grace lowered her head, seeming embarrassed to say this.

"Oh, it seems that my little Grace has encountered some difficulties?" Nicole asked with a smile on her face.

"Nicole, I hope you can help us retrieve the Nightmare Mirror."

"Hey, has the Price family fallen to this point now? Even such an important family bloodline magical weapon has fallen into the hands of the enemy." Nicole said disdainfully.

"It seems that this disgusting woman, Benita Price, is becoming increasingly useless. I heard that you are fighting with human wizards on the surface. It seems that the Price family will be swept into the dustbin of history soon."

Nicole seemed to have some dissatisfaction with Benita, the mistress of the Price family. Her words became more and more unpleasant and her expression became agitated.

"Shut up! I don't allow you to insult the mistress!" Irene on the side scolded with a red face.

She was already very dissatisfied with Nicol, a guy who betrayed his family and the night elves. She didn't expect that he was so bold as to directly insult the mistress of the Price family in front of the two spider ladies.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, a dark green vine flashed by, and Irene was knocked away seven or eight meters, and fell heavily to the ground! After rolling around, Irene had a blood-red stripe mark on her slender waist.

Only then did she realize that she had been severely whipped by the strange vines controlled by Nicole.

"Stop! Nicole!" Grace took a step forward and stood between Nicole and Irene.

"Okay, for your sake, I'll spare her." Nicole said with disdain as she glanced at Irene lying on the ground.

His current strength has been greatly improved after the last sacrifice to the Jade Fire King Xavius.

Her status in the Jade Fire Church has also risen from an ordinary believer to a deacon and directly promoted to the level of priest. Her strength has long surpassed that of most high-level spider women.

Basically, Nicole is confident that in the entire Price family, he is not afraid of anyone as long as it is not Benita's cousin who takes action.

"Damn it!" Irene angrily grabbed the dirt on the ground, veins bulging on her fair palms from clenching her hands.

She showed her outrage! Since becoming a senior spider woman, she had never suffered such humiliation! "Go to hell!" Irene's slender arms instantly turned into extremely sharp black blade arms. She kicked hard with her feet, and the mud flew around, leaving only a residual image! The next second, Irene appeared right in front of Nicole, her body like a cheetah tensed and jumped high, and her two blade arms crossed and chopped down fiercely.

She wanted to let the other party know that the dignity of a senior spider woman cannot be insulted!

"bite!!"

Sparks flying!

Irene's full-strength jump attack was firmly caught by Nicole's sharp right claw.

Under Irene's horrified gaze, in an instant, Nicole raised her leg and kicked hard. No, she raised her hoof and kicked Irene's soft abdomen hard.

In an instant, Irene seemed to be knocked away by a giant beast, and felt a sudden tearing pain in her intestines.

Irene returned to the ground where she was lying at a faster speed than when she came, and even slid several meters! Irene fell heavily to the ground again.

This time, she tried several times but couldn't get up.

Irene was shocked! The kick from the other party just now made her stomach cramp. Nicol was simply a monster. The power contained in his body was too great. She used all her strength to jump and slash, but he easily blocked it with one hand! Finally, with the help of Grace, she slowly climbed up.

"If it weren't for Grace, Spider Woman, your body would be placed on the altar of the Jade Fire Church and offered as a sacrifice to the respected Jade Fire King, Lord Xavius!" Nicole's low voice sounded.

This time, Irene didn't dare to say a word. She stood aside with her head lowered. No one knew what she was thinking, but judging from her trembling body, her heart was obviously not so calm.

"Tell me, Grace, how do you want me to help you?"

"Well, the Mirror of Nightmare should be in the possession of a traitor named Shadra, but she is now mixed up with Disor of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, and has two small guards around her." Grace narrated slowly.

In her eyes, the threat posed by the senior wizard Disol of the Gray Dwarf was much greater. In the last battle, it was Disol's sudden appearance that caused her to be stopped by Disol, causing her mission to fail! Secondly, there was the traitor Shadra. Although she did not see him, she believed that Felitti's death was related to this traitor!

As for the human and the fishman, they were just two small fry, not worth mentioning! "Disol? The drunken wizard of the gray dwarf, I've heard of him, he seems to be quite powerful."

Nicole seemed to be recalling Disol's strength and there was a moment of silence.

Grace looked at Nicole's calm expression and knew that he didn't seem to care about Disol's strength. It seemed that, as she expected, Nicole's strength had greatly improved!

He even looked down upon a senior first-class wizard like Disol.

"By the way, Grace, you just said that Shadra betrayed you?" Nicole seemed to know Shadra as well, and asked curiously.

Grace nodded and said solemnly, "Yes, I don't know the specific reason, but it is true that Shadra betrayed the mistress, killed Dolores and stole the Nightmare Mirror."

Grace did not mention the matter of the black dragon's blood. Even the Jade Fire Church where Nicole was was extremely interested in the blood of such a powerful creature as the black dragon's blood.

If any member can obtain the black dragon's blood and sacrifice it to the Jade Fire King Xavius, he will definitely gain great benefits.

It is possible to gain strength improvement or treasure rewards, etc.

Therefore, she was also worried whether Nicole would help her find it after she knew the existence of the black dragon blood.

But the demon Xavius ​​is much less interested in bloodline wizard weapons such as the Nightmare Mirror.

"Haha, this is so funny. I found that I like Shadra a little bit. It's good to be betrayed!" Nicole laughed.

"you"

"But don't worry, I can help you kill Desol, but Shadra will be left to you to deal with. After all, this is an internal matter of your Price family." Nicole glanced at Grace jokingly.

This made Grace feel uncomfortable.

Nicole used to be her most loyal supporter.

But after he rebelled against the Price family and joined the Jade Fire Church, although his strength increased rapidly, the degree of his body's alienation also became increasingly serious. Now it seems that even his mind has undergone great changes.

Nicole, who used to obey her, has gradually drifted away.

Grace had a feeling that this might be the last time she would ask Nicole for help. It seemed that before long, the loyal "guardian knight" would only exist in her memory.

"Okay!" Grace was helpless.

But it would be fine if Nicol was willing to take action against Disol.

It shouldn't be a problem for him and Irene to work together to capture Shadra and her two servants.

"So when can you leave?"

"Where are they now?" Nicole asked.

"It should be in Grey Fern Town. No, not necessarily. It could be on the way from Grey Fern Town to Tug City." Grace explained.

"Tuge City?" Nicole murmured, as if she was thinking about something.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Grace's heart was in suspense again. She was worried that Nicole would change her mind.

If the other party changes his mind, I really can't think of any other way, so I can only complete the task assigned by the mistress.

Recently, the mistress's temper has become more and more irritable. If I go back like this, I'm afraid... "No, there is no problem."

"I just thought of something interesting. If the other party has really entered Tug City, maybe we can change the plan a little bit." Nicole had an evil smile on her face.

Grace was stunned for a moment, and a bad feeling arose in her heart - it was almost noon, and she just got up at this time.

Disol, with his messy hair and dark eye bags, saw the spirited Richard and couldn't help but look as if he had seen a ghost. He said, "Sir Li Liwei, your breath."

The opponent's aura had obviously increased significantly, and the faint aura of the swamp giant's blood lingering on his body could not deceive anyone.

The other party is now in the period of residual blood essence. What this means is self-evident!

This kind of execution is simply terrifying! No wonder he has reached such a level of strength at such a young age. At the same time, he is also a rare alchemist of the bomb branch. He is really the king of time management! He thought that the other party would at least wait until he arrived in Tug City, washed away his fatigue and adjusted his body to the best condition before considering burning the source blood to improve his mental strength. Unexpectedly. "Sir Levi, your diligence really makes me ashamed." Disol couldn't help but admire sincerely.

The twin gray dwarf girls standing beside them also fluttered their bright eyes, looked at the young Richard in front of them, and then looked at their master, their surprise evident in their expressions.

In comparison, my master is really too lazy.

"Thank you for your compliment, Lord Disol. By the way, should we set off for Tug City?" Richard smiled and changed the subject.

"Oh, yes, I was just about to say this. In order to resist the night elves' further harassment, Hansel, the commander of the garrison in Grey Fern Town, arranged a team of gray dwarf argali knights to escort us to Tog City."

"They should be here soon. After they arrive, we will set off for Tug City. Do you think this arrangement is okay, Lord Levi?" Disol explained with a smug look.

Ordinary wizards obviously would not receive such treatment, and this is because Disor is older than Hansel, and Disor had helped Hansel many times when he was young.

In human terms, this is connections!

"Of course no problem, Lord Disol, please thank Commander Hansel on my behalf." Richard said with a smile.

Obviously, he also realized this. It seems that Disol still has a lot of face.

The local garrison commander actually sent people to protect him. Although the formal significance was greater than the practical significance, after all, both he and Disol, as masters at the formal wizard level, how could they need the protection of an argali knight whose strength was only equivalent to that of a third-level wizard apprentice?

However, there is a team of gray dwarf argali riders guarding on the side. Even if they are attacked by night elves, they can resist a little. It is always better than nothing.

After they packed their bags and went downstairs, they happened to meet the argali riders who had arrived at the door of the inn.

There were twelve gray dwarves in thick plate armor, riding on sturdy and agile argali, with high morale. There were six more argali at the back of the team, which seemed to be specially prepared for them.

"Sir Levi, this should be the first time for you to ride a bighorn sheep. They are docile in nature and will only use their huge curved horns to attack the enemy when they encounter a battle or are in estrus." Disor patted a bighorn sheep and said.

Richard nodded.

The bighorn sheep is not much bigger than the goats on the ground, but it is very strong, especially the muscles in its legs, which are intertwined and extremely powerful.

It is characterized by a pair of prominent curved large horns, which are twisted downward in a spiral shape and have ring edges on the outside. The overall length of the horns reaches more than one meter.

According to Disor, these bighorn sheep that serve as mounts are all male rams. They will not be afraid of fighting when facing ferocious beasts, and are also one of the main mounts of the gray dwarves.

Seeing that everyone had jumped on the bighorn sheep, Richard also jumped on and found that the riding comfort was indeed good.

The bighorn sheep has soft hair on its back, so it runs very steadily, and even on bumpy roads, it feels as if it is walking on flat ground.

This reminded him of his previous winter wolf mount, which was also so good to ride.

After three days of trekking, Richard and his companions were getting closer and closer to Tug City.

At this time, the road network became more and more dense, with small paths constantly merging into the main road, and the main road they were traveling on began to become wider and wider.

From the original width that allowed four people to walk side by side, it can now accommodate at least eight people walking side by side.

Many travelers and caravans they met along the way would take the initiative to give way and salute Richard and his companions who were escorted by a team of bighorn argali gray dwarf knights.

Richard was observing the caravan of the gray dwarves and found that large cargoes were still carried by giant beasts such as the unicorn lizard, which had strong load-bearing capacity. It seemed that the gray dwarves were not as he had imagined, similar to the Watt steam engine in his previous life, and had not entered a certain energy-driven era.

In other words, the energy used by puppet masters like Desol to drive puppets is probably limited by the requirements of skills or some other factors, and has not been promoted on a large scale.

"Hey! Is that a lighthouse or a street lamp ahead?" Richard said softly in surprise.

Far ahead, I saw several lights shining like lighthouses, illuminating the road ahead.

Disor, standing by, said with a smug look on his face, "This is a lighthouse, Lord Levi. It is the result of the exquisite craftsmanship of the gray dwarves combined with the special ore, the flame stone. Even the night elves are not capable of setting it up in the Underdark."

"And around our big cities, there are scattered flame stone lighthouses to point the way for travelers."

Richard nodded.

Disol began to introduce it in a chattering manner. The gist of it was that this kind of fire stone itself had the power of fire. After the gray dwarves mined it, they used a special method to slowly release the fire power contained in it.

A fist-sized flame stone can last for months above the lighthouse.

Within the range visible to Richard's naked eyes, he saw no less than ten lighthouses, and this was the number of lighthouses in one direction of Tug City. If one considers that there are so many cities of the Gray Dwarves, the number of lighthouses would be innumerable, and it would cost a lot of money in a year.

"Hey! Why doesn't Greyfern Town have such a lighthouse?" Richard asked curiously.

"Haha, Lord Levi, you will know when you get to the lighthouse."

As Richard walked closer and closer, when he was about to reach a lighthouse, he found that the lighthouse was taller and larger than he had imagined. In addition to providing guidance to travelers and pedestrians in the distance, the area it could illuminate was also very large.

In the area covered by the soft flame stone light, it seemed that barley was planted on the surface of the ground.

A breeze blew by, and the golden ears of wheat rustled.

This made Richard stunned for a moment, but at the same time he realized that he seemed to have tasted the flavor of malt in the Tougli liquor he drank yesterday. At that time, he was still wondering where the gray dwarves got the malt. It turned out that the answer was here.

Continuing forward, when they arrived under the huge flame stone lighthouse, Richard discovered that there were continuous pale blue giant-winged moths attacking the flame stone, as if trying to extinguish it.

The torsos of these light blue moths are only the size of a fist, but their wings are quite huge, about the size of a cattail leaf fan with a diameter of half a meter. Among a large group of fist-sized blue moths, there will be several particularly large and gorgeous moths.

Although the gray dwarves have set up protective metal nets around the fire stone, these pale blue giant-winged moths are still fearless and continue to move forward.

Richard had excellent eyesight and could clearly see that after a blue moth was killed by the light and heat radiation emitted by the flame stone, its body was hanging on the metal net, but the moth's body fluids began to gradually corrode the metal net, making a sizzling sound.

Therefore, in order to ensure long-term lighting of the flame stone, it is necessary to ensure that not too many moths fly on the metal net within a period of time. Otherwise, not only will the metal net be damaged, but the flame stone inside will also be quickly corroded by the blue moths.

At the same time, the occasional, particularly large, gorgeous moths that appear are particularly destructive to the metal mesh.

Therefore, a team of gray dwarf apprentices, whose strength level is about that of third-level wizard apprentices, are alternately using zero-level magic under the lighthouse to eliminate the excessive number of blue moths.

However, most of the time, they only target those particularly large and gorgeous moths.

After seeing this scene, Richard naturally understood why there were no such lighthouses around Grey Fern Town. It was obviously not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.

Only large cities with large populations will have enough wizard schools and be able to train enough wizard apprentices to complete this task.

Not long after, a majestic city appeared before Richard's eyes.

"Sir Levi, we're here!" Seeing the surprise in Richard's eyes, Disor felt a sense of pride as a gray dwarf.

The entire Tug City seemed to be built with a kind of black stone, like a crawling black giant beast lying on the vast plain.

Continuing forward, we saw two huge black gray dwarf statues standing at the gate that was dozens of meters high. They were more than ten meters high and it seemed that each statue weighed at least dozens of tons.

Tsk tsk, Richard couldn't help but think with evil humor. It was said that people who are short usually fantasize about being tall and mighty.

The statue at the door seems to be a good proof of this.

As if noticing that Richard's eyes were attracted by the two huge statues, Disol leaned closer and said:

"Sir Levi, I didn't expect you to figure it out right away. Yes, these two statues are actually giant war golems. They can be activated by a Level 2 Great Wizard who activates the spell and inputs the secret key. They have amazing combat power."

“Although we can’t fight giant dragons as described in the legend, it shouldn’t be a big problem to deal with sub-dragons or dragonborn creatures.”

After hearing this, Richard was shocked. How could this god see through it?

Richard didn't expect that he would know this secret just by taking a few more glances. This made him feel both amused and helpless!

However, Richard still nodded without changing his expression and said, "I deeply admire the gray dwarves' ingenious puppetry skills. If there is a chance, I hope to learn relevant knowledge about puppetry from Lord Disor in the future."

"Sir Levi, it's my honor. I also very much hope to have the opportunity to ask you some questions about alchemical bombs." Disol smiled.

Looking at the flow of people coming and going at the door, the teams and pedestrians coming out do not need to be checked, but the inspection for the teams entering Tug City is still quite strict.

This immediately made Richard frown.

While Richard was still wondering if some of the items in his bag were too sensitive, Disol, who was standing beside him, had already observed his expression and said, "Sir Levi, please rest assured that we are not entering through the ordinary passage. As official wizards, especially members of our Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, we can use the VIP passage and enjoy free entry."

(End of this chapter)