The Fire Dragon Bammu's lair was three hundred miles away from Ungoro Volcano.
To reach there, they would have to pass through the camps of the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Blackrock tribe.
In the endless lava hills of the Burning Steppes, due to the lack of necessary cover, it was extremely difficult to sneak into the dragon lair without being noticed by the natives. Hence, after a short conversation with Winlier, Grimm finally decided to make a detour to the Ironstone Highlands and pass through the territory of the Dark Iron Dwarves to reach the dragon lair.
They rested for the night.
The next day, at daybreak, Grimm and his party set off, leaving Ungoro Volcano under the ferocious gazes of a large group of Fire-bellied Ogres.
With the old fox Winlier as their guide, the party moved at a much faster pace.
They first headed north, and when they could no longer see Ungoro Volcano, they suddenly turned northwest, following the Fire Plume Mountains. They then passed through the abyss of Lakal, passing through a terrifying nest of Akara beetles, before slowly approaching the black iron tower occupied by the Dark Iron Dwarves.
Although the Dark Iron Dwarves had the word 'dwarf' in their name, their appearance and personality were worlds apart from the dwarves recorded in history. They were not as gentle and kind as ordinary dwarves, nor were they as hospitable as ordinary dwarves.
These fellows who lived in the black iron tower, forging and refining Dark Iron Magic Gold with all their might in the scorching hot underground furnace, were also short, with a face full of beards and powerful muscles.
However, they were extremely violent and cruel. They would often insert bundles of Dark Iron Bombs into their bodies and ignite them, before charging forward in a frenzy to self-destruct. That's right, in this plane of Lance where magic ran rampant, these Dark Iron Dwarves still persistently used Dark Iron Bombs to mine in the mountains, constantly improving their guns and cannons.
Hence, when Grimm and his party approached the black iron tower that stood between two tall mountains, a dull boom rang out. Thick smoke and dust rose from the firing port in the middle of the black iron tower, and a solid iron bullet the size of a watermelon blasted a piece of weathered volcanic rock 50 meters to the right of Grimm and his party into pieces, sending it flying far away.
The originally vast and barren lava plains gradually narrowed here, and the road ahead was blocked by two towering cliffs. Between the two cliffs, the terrifying tower that the Dark Iron Dwarves had spent thousands of years building with underground Dark Iron Magic Gold stood there.
If he wanted to pass through this canyon, he had to pass through the Black Iron Tower. If he wanted to pass through the Black Iron Tower, he would have to deal with the Dark Iron Dwarves.
And with the Dark Iron Dwarves' cold and cruel personalities, the only way to deal with them was to … fight!
After the first shot was fired, the huge iron gate at the bottom of the black iron tower slowly opened with a series of mechanical creaking sounds. Immediately after, squads of Dark Iron Dwarves wearing iron breastplates, carrying Dark Iron muskets on their backs, and carrying bags rushed out in a neat formation.
As they charged forward, they shouted strange slogans.
Even with Grim's voice bank, it was difficult for him to understand the mutated Dwarven language.
There was almost no negotiation or discussion. As soon as the Dark Iron Dwarves rushed out of the Black Iron Tower, they opened fire fiercely.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of the old-fashioned black iron muskets rang out, and the finger-sized metal pellets hit the magic shields of the wizards, creating a loud crackling sound. Goblin Tigole had no choice but to release the Goblin Ripper again. He quickly rushed in, activated his magic equipment, and charged at the reckless Dark Iron Dwarves.
The tall Dragonman Zachary rushed forward a few steps, using his huge body to protect Grim. He bravely stood in front, raising his arms to cover his eyes, which were easily injured. As for the other parts of his body, he didn't care. After all, the Dragonmen had thick and tough dragon scales on their bodies. When the metal bullets hit them, they only created sparks, but they couldn't hurt him in the slightest.
As for Mary, she seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll through the rain of bullets, dodging the storm of attacks. She only flicked her fingers to deflect the attacks that she couldn't dodge.
Old Fox Venlier didn't have Mary's strength, so he could only scream and hide behind Soros. Blood Knight Soros was a Grade 2 Knight. Although he looked down on Venlier's cowardice and shamelessness, he didn't give up on him.
Soros waved his longsword, constantly deflecting the metal bullets flying towards him. He then charged at the Dark Iron Dwarves.
The Insect Lich Bliss didn't seem to be afraid of such pure physical attacks.
As he walked forward slowly, his body trembled slightly.
Every tremble meant that his body was hit by a metal bullet, but he didn't seem to feel it.
But he seemed to be unaware of it. When he entered a certain position, Billis suddenly opened his terrifying and ferocious insect mouth, spewing out a terrifying swarm of insects that were as dense as locusts. The swarm of insects gathered into a black cloud in the sky, quickly rushing towards the enemy.
Everywhere they went, they would swarm and devour the enemy with their terrifying numbers.
Everything inside the black cloud couldn't be seen, but the sound of gnawing and gnawing made one's hair stand on end.
In the past few days, Bliss had already digested and absorbed the knowledge crystal left behind by Endor. Thus, he was now able to transmit the poison attribute to every individual in the swarm. Under his command, the swarm no longer relied purely on physical attacks, but instead added terrifying poison damage.
However, with the weak strength of the Dark Iron Dwarves, they probably wouldn't even have a corpse left before the poison took effect, so they didn't attract the attention of Grimm and the others.
As for the burdensome Olivia, she once again chose to sleepwalk on the battlefield.
If she didn't take the initiative to attack the Dark Iron Dwarves, they wouldn't attack her either. The passive effect of the Deception Pearl was still as powerful and incisive as ever!
* Bam bam bam … *
The strongest among the Dark Iron Dwarves was only at the level of a high-ranked acolyte, while the rest were even weaker. If it weren't for the Black Iron Muskets in their hands, the Insect Lich Bliss alone would be enough to wipe out these weaklings.
Unfortunately, just as this thought popped up in his mind, the battlefield suddenly changed.
"Bang … Bang … Bang …"
A series of deafening booms rang out, and huge explosions and smoke rose into the air, forming terrifying mushroom clouds in the distance. The Goblin Ripper that had just charged into the Dark Iron Dwarves and was slaughtering them immediately rushed out of the pillar of dust, its face covered in dirt.
Seeing how it stumbled and stumbled, it seemed to have been blacked out by the sound waves of the enemy's explosions, unable to distinguish between north and south. Behind it, the Insect Lich Bliss waved its ugly pincer and let out an angry, piercing hiss at the battlefield.
The Thundersmoke Cannon had caused the swarm to suffer heavy losses, and this was enough to make Bliss' heart ache!
Vicious … Truly vicious!
These Dark Iron Dwarves treated themselves as if they were their enemies, and whenever they couldn't defeat their opponents, they would ignite their muskets and charge at their enemies.
Although these Dark Iron Muskets with only 160 degrees of attack power couldn't kill Tigule who was hiding in his thick metal shell, the violent explosions still caused him to suffer greatly. The Hypertoxic Insects that had been unscrupulously slaughtering the Dark Iron Dwarves were now dying in droves, causing the Insect Lich Bliss to shriek incessantly.
The Hypertoxic Insects he had bred only had a vitality of 7 points, and could not survive such a terrifying explosion that could instantly kill a Grade 1 Magus.
Seeing this scene, Grimm couldn't help but frown.
A group of Dark Iron Dwarves that hadn't even reached Grade 1 had actually intercepted them. This wasn't a good sign!
Grimm was enraged, and he quickly muttered an incantation. After ten seconds of incantation, a bright yellow fireball the size of a human head floated out of his right palm.
This strange fireball was obviously different from the magma fireball or witchcraft fireball that he usually cast. At first glance, such a bright and dazzling fireball did not bring the slightest bit of warmth. Instead, it gave off a strange, bone-chilling feeling.
This was a Cold Flame Magic Ball that had been improved by the A.I. Chip, and its attack method was more sinister and vicious.
With a flip of his palm, Grimm pressed downwards, and the Cold Flame Magic Ball silently sank into the dark red rock fragments beneath his feet.
A hundred meters away, the battlefield filled with smoke and blood was instantly frozen by a strange force of ice. Traces of bone-chilling cold air surged out of the ground, perfectly avoiding the swarm of insects and successfully freezing all the Dark Iron Dwarves.
In the blink of an eye, the bloody and cruel battlefield had turned into a world of ice and snow. All the Dark Iron Dwarves were in all sorts of strange postures with sinister smiles on their faces, but they were frozen in place by a layer of ice that was three fingers thick.
Due to the quick-freezing speed, some of the metal bullets that had just been ejected from the barrel were also frozen, turning into strange human ice sculptures on the battlefield.
However, this was the Blazing Steppes after all, and the temperature of the air and earth was shockingly high. Even a powerful spell from a Grade 2 Magus wouldn't be able to last long. With the erosion of the heatwave, the human ice sculptures quickly melted, but the shattered pieces of ice continued to burn coldly like flames.
The moment the Dark Iron Dwarves came into contact with the air, their bodies once again ignited and melted under everyone's gazes.
That's right, the bodies of the Dark Iron Dwarves melted together with the ice!
With Grimm's attack, the remaining hundred or so Dark Iron Dwarves outside the Black Iron Tower were instantly annihilated.
Seeing this scene with their own eyes, the Dark Iron Dwarves at the back finally felt fear.
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