The Giant Rock Tunnel was the safest passage from the snowy mountains to the top of the mountain. This passage had always been guarded by the dwarves. They built a gate here to prevent the invasion of the evil races. But now, this place had changed into a completely different appearance.
"Oh my god …"
Everyone was shocked when they entered the huge cave and saw the scene in front of them.
There were corpses everywhere!
Gnolls, Kobolds, Goblins, and all kinds of monsters' corpses were everywhere. It looked like they had fought a big battle with the dwarves here. These monsters were obviously no match for the dwarves, so they were all lying on the ground.
But Fangzheng knew very well that things were not that simple. He and the little angel had searched, but there was no sign of life nearby, which in itself explained the problem.
The gate had fallen.
"Quick, it's in front!"
Jasmine was also nervous at this moment. She held her longbow in one hand and ran quickly in the tunnel. Fangzheng and the rest followed closely behind, following Jasmine all the way into the cave. The deeper they went into the tunnel, the more corpses there were. When they turned a corner under Jasmine's lead, they finally saw the underground fortress built by the dwarves.
They had to admit that the dwarves' talent in construction was indeed unparalleled. The gate they built almost sealed the entire Giant Rock Tunnel. On both sides of the tunnel stood two huge statues of dwarven hero protectors. The tall city wall had turned into an impenetrable wall, sealing all the gaps in the tunnel. Logically speaking, under the protection of such a thick and solid wall, even if the dwarves did not come out to fight, just by closing the gate, it should be enough to make the monsters return in vain.
But now, the fortress had fallen into enemy hands.
"How could this be …"
Jasmine stared at the fortress in front of her, dumbfounded. For a moment, she did not know what to say. In front of her, the dwarven fortress looked no different from usual, but the open gate and the spreading smoke and flames had already shown the end of the fortress.
"This, this is impossible. Even if the Evil Elven Army marched in, they shouldn't have been able to break through the Dwarven Gate so easily …"
What Jasmine said wasn't wrong. Dwarves had tough bodies and strong magic resistance. Even the dark elves would find it difficult to hurt them. This was because most of the dark elves' strength was in magic, and the dwarves' magic resistance just happened to restrain the dark elves' magic. Of course, although the dark elves were also good at using poison, the dwarves' physique — ordinary poisons were useless.
As a local resident here, Jasmine was of course very clear about the threat of the Summit of Ice. The most dangerous ones here were the Dark Elves and the Frost Giants, but these two races shouldn't have the power to break through the dwarves' defense so easily!
"Let's be careful. Let's go in and take a look."
Fangzheng lifted his head and carefully sized up the dwarven gate in front of him. Then, he frowned and lowered his voice to speak to the girls around him. Hearing Fangzheng's order, the others also nodded, then followed behind Fangzheng and carefully approached the gate.
Since Fangzheng and Nangzheng had already sensed that there were no signs of life inside the gate, they seemed to be more relaxed, but the others were obviously not so relaxed. They carefully moved forward and stared vigilantly at the city gate in front of them. There was no cover nearby. If the enemy was lying in ambush behind the gate and intended to launch a surprise attack on them, there would be nowhere to hide!
"Everyone … There are no enemies here …"
Fortunately, they still had Katie, the elusive Lurker lady, to lead the way. With her scouting, everyone was relieved and walked into the gate that had been broken through.
As far as the eye could see, there were corpses everywhere.
But unlike before, this time, in addition to the corpses of the monsters, there were also many dwarven corpses.
"How is this possible? These monsters can kill Big Beard? How did they do it? "
Molly's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at the scene in front of her. Fangzheng squatted down and carefully examined the corpses of the dwarves, then shook his head.
"They didn't die in battle."
"They didn't … die in battle?"
Hearing this, the others quickly gathered around. Fangzheng nodded and pointed to the wound of one of the dwarves.
"Look, this dwarf's wounds are scattered, and there's no blood on his weapon, which means that he basically didn't put up much resistance, or … he was killed by those monsters without any reaction. Not only him, but the other dwarves were also killed … "
As he said that, Fangzheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the corpses of the other dwarves next to him.
"There's no reaction?"
"That's right."
At this point, Fangzheng raised his head and looked at Molly.
"Don't you find it familiar?"
"You mean …"
The elven girl's face instantly turned pale when she heard Fangzheng's question.
"Could it be …"
"It seems that there's really something wrong here."
Fangzheng did not explain it directly, but he suspected that these dwarves had encountered the same thing as the elves. They probably saw the shadow and passed out. It was just that the dwarves were not as beautiful as the elves, so they were not captured by the goblins like the elves. Instead, they were mercilessly killed by the monsters on the spot.
Thinking of this, Fangzheng sighed. He stood up and looked at the girls around him with a serious expression.
"I have something to say."
Hearing Fangzheng's voice, the girls who were still checking around hurriedly raised their heads and looked at Fangzheng. Fina even came to Fangzheng's side and looked at him curiously.
"What's the matter? Mr. Fangzheng? "
"It's very important."
Hearing Fina's question, Fangzheng nodded, looked at the girls again, and said.
"We need to decide if we should continue with the commission."
"Huh?"
Faced with this unexpected answer, everyone was stunned.
"Don't forget that we're not here just for an adventure. This is actually a graduation assessment."
Fangzheng said while spreading his hands apart.
"But the current situation has obviously exceeded the scope of a simple graduation assessment. More importantly, we haven't found any clues about the commission so far. And now, the situation at the Ice Summit is very strange. Even the dwarves and elves are unable to resist, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for the few of you to continue. So I would like to ask if you intend to continue? It's very likely that there will be danger, and most importantly, this trouble might not be worth it for you. "
Fangzheng's words were not unreasonable. After examining the dwarves, Fangzheng was sure that the dwarves must have encountered a dragon. Because the dwarves were almost immune to magic, it was difficult for them to be affected by any illusion or enchantment spells. Even spellcasters called the dwarves "as stubborn as a rock". If Fangzheng still had doubts when he saw the elves before, now he was almost certain that the dwarves had fainted because they had encountered the dragon's might head-on.
Because only this kind of thing that surpassed spiritual power and completely relied on the unreasonable suppression of race and class could make the dwarves unable to withstand it and faint.
If Fangzheng's guess was right, it was likely to be an evil dragon. If that was the case, then it would be really risky to bring these girls on an adventure.
"My opinion is that we give up on this commission. You guys go back to the elven village to rest first. Molly, you'd better report this matter to the elven patriarch and let them make a decision. It's best if you can contact the dwarves here … "
That's right, Fangzheng was going to be a coward again.
If he could ask the army to gang up on him, why must he do it himself?
But … at that moment, the familiar voice of the mission notification rang in Fangzheng's ears again.
"Ding."
"…"
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