Era of Castles: Starting with 99 Dragon Eggs

Chapter 266: Bribing the Giant Gopher?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The giant gopher blinked its black eyes and continued speaking to the gnome leader.

“Master of the Dragon Castle ordered me to come here. I am ordered to give this to the gnome leader when I meet him!”

“Of course, the master of the Dragon Castle has another condition!”

“As long as you gnomes don’t attack the Dragon Castle, this driving device is yours!”

The gnome leader looked at the driving device in front of him. He definitely wanted it very much. However, the leader knew very well that since he had accepted the rich treasures of the rock dwarves, he could not avoid attacking the Dragon Castle.

However, he really wanted the driving device in front of him.

The gnome leader was hesitating, and suddenly, an elderly gnome walked out of the mechanical fortress.

The giant gopher did not know who the elderly gnome was. He jumped down from the mechanical fortress and walked to the leader’s side.

The giant gopher did not know what the elderly gnome was saying to the leader, but the hesitant leader immediately looked at the driving device with a strong smile.

“I can agree to the Dragon Castle Lord’s request. We attack the Dragon Castle. Now, can you give me the driving device?”

After the gnome leader finished speaking, he immediately reached out his short and thick arm to grab the driving device in the giant gopher’s hand.

The giant gopher was not that stupid. It did not trust the gnome leader yet.

The design of the driving device was very complicated. It was still covered by transparent glass, but it would not stop the giant gopher from destroying the driving device.

The giant gopher took a few steps back and then took off the glass cover in front of the gnome leader. At the same time, it reached out its sharp hands, preparing to destroy the driving device.

“Stop! Stop it, damn it, why are you destroying it!”

The giant hamster’s actions clearly scared the gnome leader.

“Humph, don’t treat me as a fool. Since you’re the gnome leader, shouldn’t you show your sincerity instead of making empty promises!”

The gnome leader’s face darkened when he heard that.

That’s right, he was just spouting nonsense just now. After he obtained the driving device, he would not care about the promise he just made. He would definitely continue commanding the mechanical device army to attack the Dragon Castle.

What the leader did not expect was that this creature that looked like a rat in front of him actually had such a high IQ.

It seemed that the owner of the Dragon Castle was not a good guy either.

One had to know that the gnome dwarves lived in the underground world and had suffered a lot of hardship through the generations.

It was only because they did not have a mechanical heart that a large number of gnome dwarves died in the dark and dangerous underground world.

After centuries of development, the gnome dwarves had paid a huge price to develop machinery that could survive in the underground world.

However, because they did not have a mechanical heart, the machinery they created was very crude and would often be damaged during normal use.

Even the machinery they controlled now had the same problem.

When the gnome dwarves left the underground world, they had originally prepared more than 2,000 machines. However, after half a month’s journey, there were less than 1,200 machineries that could still be operated normally.

IT was clear that the mechanical devices were being damaged at a rapid rate.

If the gnomes had the mechanical heart, the situation would be greatly improved. They could even create more advanced mechanical devices.

There was nothing they could do. To the gnomes, the mechanical heart was simply a divine artifact that they had to obtain.

The gnome leader quickly made a move.

He first gave the order to stop all the moving machinery, then entered the standby state.

Next, the gnome leader began to modify the route of the mechanical army.

The giant gopher saw that the gnome leader’s modified route happened to be the Castle of Gods in the dense Misty Forest.

It was unknown what tricks this gnome leader was playing. However, the giant gopher knew that as long as it could delay the mechanical device army for more than a day, it would be enough for the Dragon Castle.

The giant gopher pretended to be in disbelief and climbed onto one of the machines in front of the gnome leader.

After the giant gopher sat down, it turned its sharp head and looked at the gnome leader, revealing a pair of huge front teeth.

“Respected gnome leader, I plan to follow your mechanical army into the Misty Forest. When I see that you have begun to attack the Castle of Gods, I will keep my promise and give you this driving device!”

Hearing the giant gopher’s words, the gnome leader’s face became very ugly. His face was full of gloom. However, he had no way to deal with this giant gopher for now.

The leader turned around and was about to climb up the mechanical fortress. At the same time, he deliberately glanced at the elderly gnome dwarf.

The meaning was very obvious. The leader wanted the elderly gnome dwarf to think of a way to get rid of this gopher as soon as possible.

The elderly gnome dwarf’s two small eyes began to roll around. It was obvious that he was thinking hard.

The only way to not fulfill the gnome leader’s oath was to kill the giant gopher while it was not paying attention. Only then could he get the mechanical heart.

This method was very risky. One had to know that the giant gopher was several times the size of the gnome dwarf.

Even if the giant gopher was defenseless, it would not be easy to kill it. However, the older gnome dwarves had the highest IQ among the entire gnome race.

Soon, he thought of a solution. As long as the giant gopher went into hibernation, he could retrieve the mechanical heart without destroying it.

As the gnome dwarves, they were very good at making all kinds of strange gadgets.

If the elderly gnome dwarf could build a device that could make creatures go into hibernation, then the current issue would be solved.

The elderly gnome dwarf told the leader his thoughts and waited for the leader’s approval.

The gnome leader nodded heavily.. He would distract the giant gopher, and the elder gnome would quickly build a device that could put the giant gopher to sleep.