Path of light

Chapter 364 365. The redness of gems

Deep in the second mine, the gray dwarves built a bunker-like building at the end of the mine tunnel.

In order to resist the Dark Moon Elves in the mines, the gray dwarves took great pains.

What these gray dwarves did not expect was that this group of Dark Moon elves could not even break through the mine tunnel full of traps. Therefore, the bunker built by the gray dwarves underground has remained unknown for decades.

The gray dwarf Dasher is responsible for guarding the mine tunnels...

He usually needs to maintain the traps and mechanisms in the mines, and occasionally trades with the Dark Moon elves and mixed-blood elves for daily necessities such as mining picks and twine. The dwarves only need to take out the dried mushrooms and moss cakes they have cultivated. go.

Dasher felt funny when he thought of this.

The group of elves who usually only eat fruits and fish have very interesting expressions when they eat dried mushrooms, and they also make a clicking sound.

Dasher heard the elf ringing outside the mine tunnel and thought that business was coming. As in the past, he could also get things like mining picks and twine.

Unexpectedly, when he walked out, he found a group of Dark Moon elves surrounding a human kid, and the human kid actually took out a pot of rum. What made him even more angry was that the kid poured the entire pot of rum directly into the on the ground.

At that time, the gray dwarf Dasher wanted to pounce directly on him, lie on the ground, open his mouth, and let the human boy pour all the rum on his face.

After negotiating with the human boy about digging for gemstones, Dasher hung the wooden wine glass on his waist, threw off his thick short legs and ran directly back into the bunker, exchanging rum for spinel ore. The elder reported.

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The ceiling of the bunker hall is inlaid with a row of moonstones, and the entire hall is shrouded in a pale white fluorescence. There are a row of long stone chairs along the walls of the room, and two rows of long stone chairs in the middle of the hall. There is a stone table with many dried mushrooms and moss cakes piled on the stone plates on the table. There are some tea cups around the table.

The dwarves sat on long stone chairs and listened quietly to Dasher's description of rum.

Dasher got to the emotional point and took out the wooden wine glass Roy gave him and placed it on the table.

Some dwarves couldn't help the alcohol bug in their stomachs and hurriedly came over. Sure enough, there was still a faint aroma of ale on the cup.

I heard that the human boy gave Dasher a glass of ale for free...

A group of dwarves cast envious looks at Dasher.

"Dasher, are you saying that they are willing to give up the northern mining area and allow us to mine spinel ore without restrictions?"

Elder Apton, who was sitting on the main seat, pondered for a moment before asking slowly.

"Yes, Elder."

Dasher stood in the middle of the hall and shouted back.

"Exchange spinel for rum?" Elder Apton squinted his eyes and touched his beard with his hand.

"Yes, Elder. I think they are somewhat sincere this time!" Dasher replied again.

There were more than twenty gray dwarves sitting in the hall, and everyone was talking about it.

One of the gray dwarves named Neil stood up and shouted at the top of his voice: "Those Dark Moon elves are a group of insidious villains who like to stab in the dark. How can they be sincere? I think they just want to lure us away." Go out and seize the opportunity to seize the bunker we worked so hard to build."

The other gray dwarves nodded, thinking that what Neil said made sense.

Even Elder Apton nodded frequently and said, "Well...it's quite possible."

At this time, another gray dwarf stood up and said: "Elder Apton, why don't we just take out part of the spinels in the treasure house and trade with them at the entrance of the mine. Even if they have any conspiracy, we can turn around and Escape back to the mines."

A group of gray dwarves immediately agreed: "This is a good idea. I think it is worth taking a little risk for that barrel of rum!"

The gray dwarves didn't want to go out to take risks, and they didn't want to give up the rum that was readily available, so they came up with the idea of ​​​​a dwarf treasure house.

Elder Apton looked at the gray dwarves in the hall with expectant expressions on their faces. Although he was a little reluctant to part with the spinels he had finally accumulated, he could only agree and listen to him:

"Exchange some spinels from the treasure house for rum... That's fine! But who is willing to do this deal with Dasher?"

Elder Apton looked at the gray dwarves around him.

The dwarves in the hall avoided Elder Apton's gaze.

Elder Apton was a little angry, and he cast his gaze on the two gray dwarves at the door of the hall.

"Maranduo, Magdy, you two are responsible for helping Dasher deliver twenty barrels of spinels to the mine entrance!"

The two gray dwarves sitting at the door of the hall stood up at the same time and immediately asked loudly: "Elder, why are we brothers?"

Elder Apton snorted coldly and said: "In the past, when mining, only you two brothers contributed the least. Unless you don't drink a sip of the rum after it is shipped back, I can assign this task to other dwarves." .”

Brothers Marandu and Magdy were a little dumbfounded, and immediately changed their tone and agreed:

"How is that possible! Let's go...just let's go."

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Everyone knows that dragons like to collect gold and silver jewelry in dragon lairs. In fact, dwarves have no resistance to these sparkling gems.

In this bunker, there are piles of spinels accumulated little by little in recent decades.

These spinels were all polished and put into stone troughs by the dwarves, filling a stone room.

Dasher walked to the stone door of the treasure house with the key chain, and opened the door lock with a few pokes. The gray dwarves who followed behind worked together to push the stone door open. The piles of spinels inside exuded a bright red luster.

The whole room was filled with the aura of magic.

Dasher squatted at the door of the treasure house, put the spinel into the linen bag, and said to the dwarf brother behind him:

"Fortunately, I was smart enough to change the transaction location to the mine entrance, otherwise the risk would be even greater..."

The dwarf brothers behind were also squatting at the door of the treasure house, putting pieces of spinel into their pockets.

The gray dwarf named Malanduo said to Dasher:

"I know that you, Dasher, usually don't like us brothers, because we are not pure gray dwarves. You never regard us as real brothers. Any hard work is our brother's business. But this It's different this time... The three of us are standing in the same trench now, so we must work together to deal with the group of Dark Moon Elves."

Dasher turned his head, glared at Malanduo, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? I, Dasher, am not that kind of person, and I have never looked down on you two brothers..."

The dwarf named Malanduo stopped talking and changed the topic: "Magdy, I'm a little confused. What on earth are those elves doing? They clearly occupy the main vein of spinel. But they don’t want to mine these ores. In the end, we will be responsible for mining them, and then they will exchange them with us for fine wine.”

Magdy is a strong gray dwarf, but sometimes he has a stubborn head and looks a little stupid.

At this time, he answered without hesitation:

"Laziness! This is definitely caused by laziness. Look at so many Dark Moon Elves in the mines. If it weren't for their laziness, how could this good thing about ore-for-wine happen to us?"

"Digging spinels on the main vein is simply... it's as easy as digging potatoes in the vegetable garden. Just thinking about those rums makes my saliva wet my beard..."

Dasher couldn't help but said: "Brothers Marandu and Magdy, let's quickly put the spinels in our pockets. After loading them, we have to carry them to the mine tunnel."

The three gray dwarves carried the bags filled with spinels into the mine tunnel. They did not have a flatbed truck, so they could only carry the spinels out bag by bag and walked back and forth four times.

The three gray dwarves came to the exit of the mine tunnel again, and Dasher also hung a lantern at the entrance of the cave this time.

"Do you think those Dark Moon elves will suddenly jump out and rob us?"

The gray dwarf Malanduo squatted at the entrance of the mine tunnel, looked at the dark mine tunnel in front of him, and couldn't help but ask.

Dasher shook his head and said, "I don't know. As long as they dare to attack us later... we will turn around and run!"

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Roy knew without guessing that these gray dwarves did not have the guts to deliver the spinel to the mine entrance.

So he wanted to take the Dark Moon Elves to transport a barrel of rum to the mine entrance. In addition to a full barrel of rum, this time Roy also brought a barrel of ale, several salted fish and several Breadfruit.

In fact, he also planned to hunt the one-horned bison on the grassland in front of him. Unfortunately, his proposal was sternly rejected by Captain Kepler.

This time, Roy also brought several wheelbarrows into the mine so that the Dark Moon elves could easily transport the gemstones to the mine entrance...

When a group of Dark Moon elves appeared at the entrance to the gray dwarf mine, the brothers Malanduo and Magdy saw a group of Dark Moon elves appearing in front of them, and they screamed in fright:

"Oh my God! The Dark Moon Elf is here, run away!"

The two gray dwarves turned around and ran into the mine tunnel, while Dasher looked speechless.

When Roy saw the two gray dwarves, he turned around and ran away in fright, and quickly shouted: "Why are you running? I don't want your rum."

"We have wine, wait...stop."

Malanduo stopped quickly and held his good brother Magdy by the hand...

The two gray dwarves looked at Dasher in confusion and asked naively: "Aren't they here to rob us?"

Dasher pointed to the linen bags in the mine tunnel and said, "Take these over here for me, we are going to trade with them..."

The two gray dwarves then followed Dasher and carried the linen bags filled with spinels outside the mine tunnel.

Roy walked up to Dasher and untied a linen bag. He immediately discovered that the bag contained not spinel ore, but spinel that had been further polished. Those red spinels were as bright as fire. The jelly-like color comes in large and small sizes. Some small pieces are only as big as pigeon eggs, while some large pieces are as big as an adult's fist.

The bright red color is a bit dazzling...

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