Wizard Eyes had been monitoring the movements of the grey dwarf city from high up in the sky. The army of Northtown City slowly but surely advanced toward the city with the help of Group Invisibility.
The land outside the city was flat. Many places were planted with edible fungi, which were the main source of food in the Underworld. An underground river ran through the city.
The army of North Town City advanced cautiously. With a thousand people moving together, even with the Invisibility Spell, they could still be discovered if they were careless. After all, they were only Invisibility Spells. Their scents and footprints would still be left behind unless they used spells to erase their tracks.
The sound of the flowing river covered the sound of Suhlen's army advancing. After more than an hour, Suhlen led the army of Northtown City to the edge of the grey dwarf city. The grey dwarf city was originally carved out of a rock wall. After some repairs, it was built with a large amount of rock. It was unusually sturdy.
If they wanted to take down the city using normal methods, they would need to have more than ten times the number of soldiers and pay a heavy price. However, it was not impossible for Suhlen to take down the city.
The walls of the grey dwarf city might be tall, but it was not much different from a peaceful place for Suhlen. A few grey dwarf soldiers were dozing off on the walls. Suhlen pressed his hand against a rock. He was about to use Stone to Mud to break a big hole in the wall.
"Wait," Hathaway suddenly said, grabbing Suhlen's hand.
"Is there a problem?" Suhlen asked.
"Mhmm," Hathaway nodded. She stepped forward and touched the wall for a while.
"This wall was built with obsidian. It was also carved with Elemental Runic Matrices. The entire wall is connected." Hathaway frowned. "Because of the Elemental Runic Matrices, it's very difficult to use Stone to Mud to break a hole in the wall. Also, the Runic Matrices will immediately send a message if you cast a spell on the wall."
"Looks like it's not possible to enter this place quietly," Suhlen muttered. He then waved at Karina and said, "There are a few grey dwarf guards inside. Let's attack them together and then open the gate."
After that, the three of them had a simple discussion, and with the help of Fly, they successfully flew up the city wall. Since the gray dwarves were not at war during this period, their defense was very lax. There were only two sentries on the city wall who were drinking and slacking off in the lee of the wind, and a few other sentries were hiding in the houses nearby.
"Stun!"
Hathaway snapped her fingers, and two beams of light flashed. The two duergars hiding in the leeward corner didn't even have time to groan before their eyes rolled back and fell to the ground. Suhlen hurriedly reached out to support them, then gently leaned them against the wall and waved at them. Karina and Hathaway then attacked the remaining duergars in the small room.
"Stun!"
"Controlling humanoid creatures!"
Several beams of light flashed, and the sentries who were resting in the room either fainted or were controlled by the spells.
Suhlen walked into the room, and it was filled with the stench of sweat and alcohol. For duergars who loved to drink, they would drink a few glasses even if they were on duty. Other than some leftover food, there were also plenty of bottles of alcohol in the room. Suhlen casually searched through the duergars for the key to open the gate. Soon, he found a cloth pouch on one of the duergars.
There was a key, two rubies, and a book in the pouch. Suhlen flipped through the book and saw that it was a diary. Duergars have a habit of keeping diaries?
Suhlen casually flipped through the pages. Most of the diary was about the daily life of a duergar soldier, but the diary still revealed some information. For example, there were about a thousand duergars in this city.
Suhlen also found out who the duergars' king was from the diary. He also found something even better.
"King Thorne is too stingy. We dug up a fist-sized ruby from the ground, and he only gave me twenty gold coins and ten barrels of wine as a reward. He's far worse than his father, Solis. If I'd known, I wouldn't have supported him to become king …"
"It seems that our duergars' king isn't loved by their people." Suhlen shrugged and put the diary back.
"Karina, let him use the key to open the gate."
"As you wish, my lord," Karina replied. She snapped her fingers, and the duergars she had controlled with the humanoid creature control spell walked over with a dull look in their eyes. They picked up the key and walked down the tower.
With the key, the gate of the Duergar's city was easily opened. Such a big movement must have alarmed a lot of people, but it didn't matter now. Su Lun's army had already entered the city. How could the Flying Dragon Riders lose when they pushed the tower to the high ground?
The barbarians and drows were the first to enter the city. Half of the centaurs were left outside, and the rest followed in. The large army's movement immediately woke up even more duergars. Many of them didn't even have time to put on their armor before coming out with their weapons.
Suhlen took the lead on a tall black-maned horse. It had to be said that the duergars' city was very majestic. The city's streets were ten meters long and were all paved with a layer of stone. In the center of the city stood a majestic building. It was the royal palace of the duergars.
The building was at least 20 meters tall, and there was a bright magic lamp at the top. Although the whole palace didn't have many luxurious decorations, it was magnificent and dignified. Next to the palace was a shrine, where the deities of the grey dwarves were worshiped. The straight and wide streets, neat and tidy stone houses, and simple and practical stone stairs, were filled with the architectural style of the grey dwarves.
Before entering the city, Suhlen had already checked the layout of the duergars' city with the Wizard's Eye. The drows leading the team also knew the layout, so they immediately carried out the plan. Some of them were led by Suhlen to attack the palace and the shrine.
The rest of the northern city's army took the intersections of the streets and separated the duergars, killing or capturing them bit by bit. According to Suhlen's plan, the duergars were completely different from the gnolls, bugbears, and orcs.
Those gnolls and orcs could only work as laborers or be sold to the arena for money, but the duergars were different. They had exquisite forging skills and were also mining masters. Their fighting skills were also quite good. They were much more valuable than the gnolls and orcs, so it was better to reduce the number of casualties.
The duergars weren't prepared for tonight's sneak attack at all, and many of them panicked when the city gate was taken. Facing the powerful races like barbarians, drows, and centaurs, the duergars had no advantage at all. They were quickly defeated by the warriors of the northern city.
They couldn't win, so they wanted to run, but they found that their short legs couldn't outrun the long legs of the barbarians and drows, not to mention the four-legged centaurs. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, they fought desperately and were beaten back. Many of the duergars could only choose to surrender. These cunning and selfish duergars didn't have the thought of facing death with equanimity.
Suhlen rode his Blackmaned Horse and led the army to the palace. Hathaway and Karina followed closely behind. All the duergars they encountered along the way were sent flying by Suhlen's halberd and fainted. With Suhlen's current Legendary-rank strength, no one was a match for him.
Rushing all the way to the gate of the palace, Su Lun encountered some decent resistance. Fifty dwarf defenders wearing heavy armor and holding axes and hammers had already formed a formation in front of the gate of the palace. Their leader was a dwarf in golden armor and a goat horn helmet. He was glaring angrily at Suhlen with his axes.
"Humans, you are now attacking Dwarf King Thorne's city. If you retreat now, I can pretend that nothing happened!" the armored dwarf said loudly.
"I'm about to take down the entire city. I advise you to surrender now. I can guarantee your safety," Suhlen chuckled.
"Don't even think about it. The people of Dugal are fearless!"
"Is that so?" Suhlen didn't waste any more words. He waved his hand and said, "Attack!"
The barbarians and centaurs behind him threw their axes and javelins. At such a close distance, the javelins and javelins were powerful. Even if the dwarven armor was tough, it was still dented by the impact. Some unlucky ones were pierced by the javelins and had their heads blown off instantly.
Although some weren't injured, they were knocked back two steps by the force of the javelins and javelins. The originally neat formation was instantly scattered.
Suhlen took the lead and rushed forward. The Purple Dragon Halberd in his hand was surrounded by dazzling lightning. When he rushed to the front of the formation, the Purple Dragon Halberd swept across. The three dwarven soldiers in the front row were directly sent flying. Their bodies were entangled by the power of lightning. Although the metal armor had good defense, it had almost no defense against the power of lightning. All the enemies lost their fighting strength when they were hit by Suhlen's Purple Dragon Halberd.
Suhlen was invincible in the formation. The leading dwarf roared and rushed forward with his axe. However, this dwarf was very cunning. He didn't attack Suhlen. Instead, he swung his axe at the back of the black-maned horse. If he hit, even if the black-maned horse was a product of the system, it would be finished.
At the critical moment, Suhlen squeezed the horse's belly. The black-maned horse retreated and instantly kicked back. It just dodged the dwarf's attack and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying far away.
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