Chapter 744: Deterrence

boom! boom! boom!

There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and two heavily armored giant undead guards walked in with uniform steps.

Domingo's large green-gray face showed a smile involuntarily, and he knew that this was just a bluff by this unknown intruder.

This is the undead soul refined by the immortal stone giant chiefs of the Council of Death Chiefs. How could it be controlled so easily?

The stone giant manager pointed at Gavin and said, "Catch him."

At the same time, he picked up a piece of carved stone next to him and rubbed his hands together. A super-large stone bullet was formed in his hands. If the opponent dared to resist, the stone bullet would immediately hit his head.

But what happened in the next second almost shocked the stone bullet out of his hand.

It was true that the heavily armored giant undead rumbled towards the opponent, but they did not raise their swords to attack him. Instead, they ran directly behind him and spread out in two rows. Even a fool could see that this Not to deal with the enemy, but to defend one's master.

Gavin waved his hand at them and said: "Guard the door of the palace, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

The two teams of heavily armored giant undead guards who had just stood up rumbled to the entrance of the giant hall and slammed the steel door shut.

All this proves to the Stone Giant that it was not him who manipulated the heavy-armored giant undead guard to come in, but the other party in order to prove to him that he was not lying. The trump card in his hand is no longer his trump card, but has become the other party's. of.

How did the other party do it?

Domingo felt a chill in his bones. Even he had no way to directly control these undead soldiers, but through the undead control ring given by the Council of Death Chiefs.

No matter what the opponent's background is, he cannot fight against him. The only way is to seek help from the Council of Death Chiefs.

Domingo threw the stone in his hand without thinking, took out a stone slab engraved with runes from his pocket, and broke it into pieces decisively. He was just a manager, not a general, and he had no requirement to fight to the death.

A powerful magical aura bloomed from the stone slab, wrapping Domingo in it, and his figure began to fade and disappear.

This is a teleportation stone slab with the same effect as the teleportation scroll, except that the carrying material used is different.

The reason for doing this is not simply because the stone giant is proficient in carving and rune magic, but also because there is a lack of supplies in the Underdark. It is not easy to find paper. Animal skins have more uses, and they are far less cheap, affordable and easy than stone slabs. Get started.

But looking at the smile on the face of the uninvited stranger, Domingo had a bad feeling.

Since the opponent has even taken care of the heavily armored giant undead guard, how could he escape without using the teleportation technique?

Sure enough, when the teleportation aura on his body reached its peak, it did not send him away, but hit an invisible barrier. The teleportation magic collapsed on the spot, but he still stayed in place, without moving at all.

This is not a failure in transmission, but a blocked transmission. The nature of the two is different.

Although Domingo is not an excellent spell caster, he can tell the difference clearly.

When the other party's attempt failed, Gavin spoke again: "This city has been covered by my magical power, and internal and external transmissions are prohibited. I believe you have felt it by now. As for force, I don't think there is any need to try it myself. ? If you accidentally get angry, it will be bad for you and me. "

The stone giant took the initiative to show his free hands, indicating that he was not preparing to attack, and then asked: "I haven't asked you what to call me yet? Why did you come to our city? Do you know who this city belongs to?" ?”

"Before answering these questions, I need you to answer me a question first. Do you know that the dwarf city above your head has changed hands?" Gavin asked.

From the few words of these gray dwarves, he had already figured out the uniqueness of the seal of Colossus City.

The news between the two sides is completely isolated. Many gray dwarves have no idea that the sky above their heads has changed, and they think that the City of the Colossus is still under the rule of those noble trolls.

I just don’t know if these two gray dwarf city leaders know about it.

"The dwarf city has changed its owner?" Domingo asked with a surprised look on his face, "You wouldn't say that you are the ruler of that city now, right?"

"Correct answer." Gavin snapped his fingers and replied with a smile, "I'm here to take back another part of the city this time. I want to ask you to join my city. The conditions I offer are comparable to those of the Council of Death Chiefs. The ones offered are much more generous.

At that time, you only need to specialize in iron-making, steel-making and forging, and the mining will be completed by my other subordinates. "

The second half is mainly directed at Yuriu, the leader of the gray dwarves.

If you want to bring the gray dwarves of this city under your rule, you still need his help. As for the stone giant manager, he is just a decoration. It is rare for someone to neglect his duties to this extent.

As long as these gray dwarves paid the steel and equipment required by the Council of Death Chiefs, he would be indifferent to all affairs here and completely immersed in his personal carving.

Yuliu's gray brows wrinkled into knots, and his already gloomy face became even gloomier. He replied in a deep voice: "Since you know the name of the Council of Death Chiefs, you should have some understanding of their strength. How can you prove that you have the strength to protect our safety in the event of their crazy counterattack?"

For the gray dwarves in the dwarf tomb, it makes no difference whether they are loyal to the Council of Death Chiefs or to this stranger who claims to be the new owner of the dwarf city.

After all, both sides are looking at their forging technology and their ability to make the city run, which means that their situation will not be too bad, at least they will not be slaughtered at will, but it will not be too good, at least it is impossible for them to have freedom and still be bound here to do hard labor.

For them, the most critical factor is only one-safety.

Whoever can provide them with safety, they will be loyal to him.

"Please follow me, both of you." Gavin didn't waste time talking to them and walked directly to the door of the Giant Palace.

This kind of thing is far better than proving it with words.

Domingo, the stone giant manager, and Yuriu, the gray dwarf chieftain, looked at each other involuntarily. For a moment, they didn't know whether to say that the other party was arrogant? Or confident?

They actually treated other people's cities as their own homes, and even dared to show their backs to the enemy.

Compared with the former, the two chose the latter.

Because the other party seemed to know them well, but they knew nothing about the other party.

Although they had not learned strategies and tactics, they still understood a simple truth-when the intelligence was completely unequal, it was the wisest choice to stay still.

A stone giant and a gray dwarf followed Gavin out of the giant palace and looked down at the gray dwarf city from a high place.

From here, the shape of this city really looks like a huge tomb, and this steel giant palace is the tombstone of this tomb.

After Gavin stood in front of the steel steps, he ordered his shadow: "Order all the kobold demolition teams to detonate across the board."

The eyes of the stone giant and the gray dwarf fell on the shadow of the stranger involuntarily.

It didn't matter that they couldn't take their eyes off it for a while.

His shadow was not only darker than theirs, but also exuded a chilly aura, which could be clearly felt even in a hot and humid environment.

They felt that what they saw was not a shadow, but a pool of shadows, which was bottomless, as if countless terrifying monsters were lurking underneath, ready to rush out and devour people at any time.

As soon as the other party finished speaking, the shadow immediately fluctuated like water ripples, as if something was diving deep inside.

The two of them couldn't help but feel lucky that they didn't act rashly just now, otherwise this bottomless shadow would also make them suffer.

Before they could fully understand what was going on with the other party's shadow, several huge roars came along the underground passage, followed by violent earthquake tremors.

"There's an earthquake, there's an earthquake, run, run, run to an open area."

"Don't run around, find the nearest, strongest load-bearing object."

"This is not an earthquake, it's more like the sound of a pipe explosion, did a pipe explode somewhere?"

"It's not a pipe explosion, the sound and vibration are all coming from the surrounding underground passages, did the passage over there collapse or something?"

"Now that you put it that way, it's really possible, we must send someone to investigate the situation."

"Where's the patriarch? Where's Patriarch Yuliu? Find the patriarch quickly..."

"Patriarch Yuliu went to see Manager Domingo to discuss this month's production, and he hasn't come back yet."

"Isn't the patriarch there? Manager Domingo is also there, who is that person? Where did he come from?"

The tremor and roar spread throughout the dwarf tomb in an instant, and many gray dwarves immediately dropped their work and swarmed onto the wide streets.

All underground races are very sensitive to earthquakes, which is the biggest disaster in the Underdark. Either it doesn't break out, or once it breaks out, it is often devastating.

Human power is so pale and powerless in the face of such a disaster.

Even running to an open area is just a psychological comfort. After all, there is the earth above their heads. If it really falls, it will be useless for them to run anywhere.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

Whether it is the explosion or the tremor, it came from the only passage connecting to the dwarf tomb.

A few seconds later, thick dust rushed out of the passage, indicating that the location of the collapse was not far from the city.

"It collapsed, the passage leading to the Council of the Chief of Death collapsed."

"Quick, send someone to check the degree of collapse and see how long it will take to reopen it."

"Don't act rashly. The passage has just collapsed. The surrounding area must be extremely unstable. It is very likely that there will be a second or even multiple landslides. If you go in now, you may be crushed in it."

"But if the passage is not opened as soon as possible, how can we transport the steel and equipment we produce? How can we transport the daily necessities we need?"

Looking at the collapse of the passage connecting to the Council of the Chief of Death, the gray dwarves did not break free from the joy of slavery. There was more despair and fear on their faces.

The dwarven tombs do not engage in any production. All food and water are transported from the Council of the Chiefs of Death. This is the most important means of controlling them.

"Look up, look up, what is going on?"

"The vein seal, this is the vein seal, someone is trying to lift the vein seal."

"Great, it's great, the vein below is about to run out, and the vein above is lifted, we will have iron ore with a quality of more than 60%, and the production standard of the Council of Death Chiefs will be easily met."

"If it was three minutes ago, this would be good news, but the passage leading to the Council of Death Chiefs has just collapsed. Even if we produce more equipment, we can't transport it out, and we can't replace the materials we need. No matter how high the purity of the iron ore is, we can't eat it and can't fill our stomachs."

"Your worry is completely unnecessary. Our city is integrated with the dwarf city above. Since the vein seal has been lifted, new passages will naturally appear, which can lead directly to the ground, and the food crisis will naturally be solved."

"First the passage collapsed, and now the vein seal has been lifted, Do you think these two things are isolated? This must be planned, and they want to seize the dwarven tomb from the Council of the Chieftains of Death. "

"Isn't the aboveground part of this dwarven city occupied by a group of trolls? Do they have the intelligence and ability to do this?"

"It shouldn't be trolls. The seal of the mine must be lifted by the son of Shanatar with pure blood. It is very likely that those surface dwarves have recaptured this city and want to restore the glory of this place. "

"If it is really dwarves, where should we go?"

"That goes without saying. Prepare for war, prepare for war. This city already belongs to us. No one can take it away from us."

"No matter whether it is dwarves or trolls, kill them all. Whether it is underground or on the surface, this city will be ours."

The gray dwarves have not yet recovered from the destruction of the passage to the Underdark, and something strange happened above the city.

The dark rock top bloomed with a blue-gray light, and countless dwarf runes lit up, and then began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is a sign that the seal covering the mineral veins here has been lifted.

As this unique and powerful dwarven magic melted, two huge passages appeared out of thin air.

One passage is located directly above the iron ore crusher in the gray dwarf city.

There is the iron ore feed port, where huge iron ore can slide down and then be sent to the huge crusher driven by high-pressure steam for the first round of crushing and screening.

The other passage is located directly above the giant's palace. It is a vertical shaft that goes straight up and down. There is a lifting cage that has been idle for a thousand years. Driven by the pulley mechanism driven by high-pressure steam, it will rise and fall to the desired position at a very fast speed.

This series of changes directly made these gray dwarves run around like a steam boiler that exploded, looking for armor and weapons to equip themselves.

No matter who lifted the seal of the mineral vein, they must have some plans for the dwarf tomb.

And the gray dwarves are unlikely to hand over this city, and they are likely to go to war in the end.

At that time, they will not fight for the Council of Death Chiefs, but for their own survival.

Gavin turned to the stunned stone giant and the gray dwarf chief and said: "Now the problem you are worried about is no longer a problem, right?

The passage connecting here has been blasted by us on a large scale. Not only the passage leading directly to here, but also the deeper part of the Underdark, whether it is the upper or middle layer, we have carried out multi-location and large-scale blasting, and the collapsed passage is several kilometers long.

I will have people update the fog barrier here to ensure that no one can use teleportation magic to enter and exit here.

Not to mention reopening the passage to here, it will take some time for the Council of Death Chiefs to find out the situation here."

In order to achieve the purpose of deterrence, Gavin and his team can be said to be taking a two-pronged approach.

On one side is the Kobold Demolition Team, which uses vibration bombs to carry out large-scale blasting.

This is the core of their tactics this time, and it is carried out simultaneously with Gavin's infiltration into the gray dwarf city to reconnaissance intelligence.

Initially, they planned to besiege the gray dwarf city, let them send intelligence to the Death Chief Council, let them send reinforcements, and kill them in one fell swoop through large-scale explosions to achieve the goal of weakening their military strength.

When they found that the city was easier to take than expected and the Death Chief Council was stronger than they expected.

They decided to adjust their tactics appropriately and strive to take the gray dwarf city in a relatively peaceful way.

In this way, although they offended the Death Chief Council, they did not offend the death completely, and there was more room for easing in the future.

On the other hand, they asked people to remove the seal of the mineral vein to let them see another hope.

The expression of the gray dwarf chief Yuliu changed a lot, but he still had his own concerns, "Although you have blocked the road in the dark area, there is no way to block the surface. The Death Chief Council is likely to send troops directly from the ground to kill."

As the royal equipment factory of the Death Chief Council, Yuliu knew very well how terrifying their war potential was.

Over the years, he has transported millions of tons of fine steel and iron, and hundreds of thousands of armors and weapons.

Not to mention their four generations of ancestors before that.

Even if they only keep a part of it for themselves, it is still quite terrifying.

Putting aside other things, if there is a 10,000-man army of these heavy-armored giant undead guards, it is enough to capture a city and flatten a kingdom.

"You have too little information. You have no idea how fast the development is on the ground. Your ears are deceptive and your eyes are believing. I will take you for a walk on the ground."

Gavin threw a ghost eyeband and a ghost cloak to the gray dwarf patriarch and the stone giant respectively, and explained, "These are specialties in my territory. They not only give those who carry them the ability to see through shadows, but also protect them." Don’t let your eyes get burned in the sun. I didn’t prepare a super large one, so you can use this first. If you need it in the future, I will tailor it for you.”