Platinum Throne

Caroline glanced at her updated map disk, which printed the trajectory of her and her mentor.

They've been heading towards the High Rock Empire, the land of the dwarves.

Because of Char, the Lord of Fire, Norma sensed the direction where the fire elements converged in the previous battle that shook the elemental sea, so she did not hesitate at all on the way forward.But this is only limited to the element of fire. It can be said that the reason for summoning the monarch of fire at the beginning is because of the right time, place and people.Norma didn't think she had the same luck in Gaoyan Empire to summon the corresponding Lords of Earth and Water.

"Mentor." Caroline called her mentor.

Norma turned her head.

Their hands are still held together.

During this period of time, their hands were always held together, and occasionally they separated to do other things, but once they had free time, they always held each other silently and tacitly.

Caroline laughed, and Norma looked at her quietly. Her smile at this moment is not as deliberate as it was in the Platinum Tower, nor is it flattering like it was when she was a child, but more pure and joyful.

"Why is the place where the dwarves are located where the fire elements gather? They are good at building, digging and forging, shouldn't they be from the earth elements?" Caroline's voice came slowly, and soon she found that her mentor was staring at her , the eyes seem... in a daze?

"Mentor?" Caroline asked, shaking her hands slightly.

This coquettish action drew Norma's smile: "I like the way you are now."

"...Huh?" Caroline was a little confused by the straight ball.

Norma hummed, and didn't go any further on this topic. Instead, she changed the subject, with the vigor of a school teacher: "Who is the god the dwarves believe in?"

"The God of Fire and Hammer—Yatum." Caroline opened her mouth without thinking much.Theogony is a compulsory course for every upper-class nobleman and practitioner.There was no way Caroline could be wrong about it, in any sense.But she blinked quickly, "Fire and hammer...?"

Norma laughed.

"It won't be like a centaur again." Caroline's face changed.She moved her fingers, her eyes flickered with a dark light, "The centaur is hard to handle."

She had been hinting to Irene from a long time ago, little by little, until Eva was injured, and finally implanted this idea directly into Irene's heart, and successfully won the defection of the centaur.If she did something like this again, she wouldn't be sure to convince a group of dwarves—you know, the dwarves' stubbornness, old-fashioned, and rock-like character are well-known throughout the continent.

"Of course not." Norma tapped Caroline's head lightly. She looked at Caroline's eager and curious eyes, filled with pride in being a teacher, "Thirteen The authority of the main god overlaps more or less with the elemental monarch - those who do not overlap are also the most powerful gods we know. This shows that at the beginning, some gods shared the part of the elemental monarch Authority, of course, this also caused their relatively weak strength."

"Dwarves believe in flames and hammers. Although they live underground, flames are the most important part of them." Norma called out, "Charles."

Flames suddenly rose up around the two of them, and then Charr appeared in it, and it turned its head around - it was the top part of the flame that was always changing its shape.Then Charles sighed: "I feel my clansmen, around here, underground. It's really comfortable."

"Where is the altar?" Norma asked.

"Where is it?" Charles made a face at Norma, but did not answer directly.

Norma was silent for a moment. She recalled all that Bella had experienced, so she sighed: "Is this also part of the test?"

"Of course, otherwise why should I help you. You are already cheating, little devil." Charles said to Norma.

Norma thought for a while, but said nothing, as a default.

At this time, Caroline suddenly poked her head out: "What is the relationship between Yatum and you?"

"Atum?" Ciel laughed, "What a brave human cub, you even called the god's name directly, aren't you afraid that it will open its eyes and look at you?"

Caroline smiled coquettishly, her smile was cute and soft, and she was a little bit embarrassed, but her words did not look embarrassed at all: "I have been watched by several gods... One more, it's nothing It's too much to bear."

"Are all human cubs this crazy now?" Charles said, touching his head.

Norma coughed lightly, and there was a little smile in her voice: "She is special."

"I guess so," Charles replied.

Caroline turned her head and looked at Norma with shining eyes.Norma was watched by her, her expression remained unchanged, but the strength in her hand quietly increased.Caroline's smile became even brighter.

Knowing that Charles would not give a definite answer, Norma waved her back mercilessly.The fire elemental monarch expressed a considerable degree of dissatisfaction with this. No matter how dissatisfied, without external support, pure elemental creatures still have to go back to where they should be.Norma didn't feel any guilt about this at all. She looked up at the front: "It won't be long before we go forward, and it will be the Dwarf Empire. Are you afraid?"

"Of course." Caroline leaned close to Norma's arm, and the two of them got very close. She gently rubbed against Norma, and lowered her voice deliberately, "I'm afraid, but I don't have to be afraid when the mentor is by my side. .”

Norma glanced at Caroline, her eyes turned to her full forehead, neatly trimmed eyebrows, the blond hair that fell down her cheeks, and finally fell on her red lips.Caroline noticed Norma's gaze and moved forward.Norma smiled lightly: "This is not a human cub..."

Then the voice was blocked by Caroline's red lips.

Going northwest from the former Endless Sky Pillar, there is a plateau, which is even more barren than the one the two walked through before.The overall mountain is gradually descending, but when you look up, you can see the snow-capped mountains in the distance.This snow-capped mountain does not melt all year round, even under such a warm sun, it still exudes holy brilliance.

Although it has penetrated deeply into the hinterland of the Western Continent, human caravans are still visible and gradually becoming more common.Dwarves are stubborn, but equally greedy.They love money, and this binds them strongly to humans.For a long time, the relationship between dwarves and humans can be regarded as good.

The dwarf empire is rich in magic spar, mithril stone and adamantine.They are rich in elemental power, and are firmly controlled by the dwarves-these burrowing, forging intelligent creatures have created vast subterranean empires and intricate labyrinths under the high rock region.

The dwarves exchanged well-forged equipment with human merchants for barley wine. At the same time, they also took human caravans to various parts of the world and opened their famous shops all over the world.

The architectural talent of these exquisite craftsmen is not only reflected in the underground, with the rise of the Eastern Free Trade Union, the life of commerce - the road, is also spread throughout the dwarven empire.

Norma and the others followed the concentration of the fire element and walked all the way to the heart of the Gaoyan Empire.They often encountered dwarven wagons driving highland goats, usually full of boozy barley wine.They can also often see caravans pulling camels or ox carts. These caravans usually have a complete configuration of mercenaries or bodyguards. After noticing the sight of Norma and Caroline, they usually All looked back with vigilance.

Very professional, it looks like a professional running business team.

"They are usually supported by the principalities of the Eastern Continent." Caroline explained to Norma.Norma stays in the Platinum Tower all year round, and her understanding and understanding of the complex country-to-country relations in the Eastern Continent is much worse than Caroline's.Caroline insinuated, and told her instructor this knowledge as much as possible.

Maybe at some point in the future, it can always be used.

"The rise of the Eastern Continent lies in the rise of the mercenary king a long time ago." Caroline said, "The establishment of the small principality, the friction between countries, mercenaries and mercenaries, mercenaries and monsters. These seem to be nothing more than There are battles one after another, but behind them are money and interests. Visible and invisible."

"The Holy Empire in the center is huge, unified, and conservative. It is a threat to all countries in the Eastern Continent. Although the dwarves are also very skilled, compared to the dwarves...now everyone is more inclined to optimize their weapons."

"Civilization is always too fragile and easily destroyed by barbarism." Norma said.

This is more like a summary, and Caroline is noncommittal: "So if we can avoid messing with them, we should try our best not to mess with them."

Norma hummed, her gaze moved forward, and suddenly froze.After all, Caroline is just a fragile human being, and she doesn't know what is at the extreme end of Norma's vision.

But soon, she finally discovered the reason for Norma's pause.The convoy gradually approaching in the distance, with the flag flying, and the holly tree floating above it - this is the logo of the Holly Principality.

It just looks like this caravan with the flag of the Holly Principality is in a mess.