Chapter 32 Dwarf Wallin
Previous review: In a game, Wari, who also accidentally crossed into the continent of Azeroth, and his younger brother, have thieves in the world. One day, they accidentally rescued Eva, who was seriously ill and fled on the way to find water. When they learned that the village of Moshache in Philas was slaughtered, Eva and Ning Chen also left to take care of their own funeral. Who is it? Will it be so cruel to kill a peaceful taurid village? What will happen to Ning Chen and his teacher Emily who went to the mallet of doom?
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Finally, you can see the corner of the mallet of doom. It is indeed magnificent. Even if it has become a ruin after ten thousand years, it is still magnificent and noble.
"We're going to stay at an old friend's house tonight and ask him to do me a favor." Emily said to Ning Chen.
In the morning, they came to a small hill. There was a small piece of grass in the hill, and a wooden house was built on the mountain. Outside the house was surrounded by a hedge, in which pigs and sheep were kept. Ning Chen didn't expect that there would be someone else in this wilderness.
The room is low but wide. Ning Chen measured the ratio of the room to his height by hand, and felt that it might be a little difficult to enter the door standing.
"Whose house is this?" Ning Chen couldn't help asking curiously.
"A blacksmith has lived in seclusion here for many years." Emily said.
At this time, the door of the house opened, and a dwarf with a long red beard came out, carrying a wooden barrel in his hand, went to the pigsty and began to feed pigs and sheep.
thinking about Emily's words, Ning Chen began to look carefully at the elf girl in front of her. She often said for many years, and it seemed that she was only about 20 years old...
"What's so strange?" Emily ridiculed, "Don't compare the age of human beings with the age of elves, so that you will want to cry."
NND, why can she know whatever she thinks? Ning Chen began to feel a headache, so that he didn't even have room to complain behind his back.
"Why do I make you unbearable? If you have any complaints, you can say it face to face!" Emily curled her lips.
Ning Chen simply closed his eyes and refreshed himself. This situation is strange. Although Emily is an elf, Ning Chen finds that she is no different from ordinary human girls in daily life. The long-term living alone makes her strong and cold, and it is also difficult to get along with.
"Walin!" Emily did not continue to explore what Ning Chen was thinking, but greeted the dwarf loudly.
"Hi! Emily!" When the dwarf saw Emily, he looked extremely excited and put the bucket in his hand and greeted her. When he saw Ning Chen behind Emily, he was slightly stunned, but soon regained his composure.
"This is my student Ning Chen, Ning Chen. This dwarf uncle is Valin, an excellent blacksmith and also an excellent hunter. If it is to be a master, the only one I recognize is him." Emily introduced the two strangers to each other.
The house is really low and inconspicuous from the outside, just like a simple wooden house in the countryside, but there is a hole in the sky after entering.
As soon as you enter the door, there is an arched porch. There is a mat on the ground for guests to wipe their feet. A row of copper hooks are nailed to the wall next to the door to hang hats and clothes. Ning Chen put his luggage neatly by the door and wiped his shoes on the mat.
Inside the porch is the living room. It's raining heavily outside, but the room is spotless. Ning Chen is a little embarrassed to walk inside, because his body is dripping down. The dwarf owner was very understanding to bring a towel and a blanket and told Ning Chen to wipe his body and change his wet clothes.
Entering the living room, Ningchen found that there was no smoke and dust here. The walls were all inlaid with wooden wall panels. The ground was covered with cyan stone slabs, and the slate was covered with a piece of animal skin that had been brushed with pulp. It looked very warm. There were windows on both sides of the living room, and there were two pots of small flowers on the window sill. At the end is a corridor, and there are doors such as bedrooms, bathrooms, storage rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, etc. on both sides of the corridor. It seems that this dwarf is living a very comfortable life in this deep mountain forest. It is right to think about it. It is self-sufficient in local sources, and there is no burden to speak of this day.
After the owner took the towel for Ning Chen, he hurriedly boiled water to bring snacks.
The dessert is honey cake, which smells delicious. Ning Chen can't remember how long he hasn't eaten such a snack. He thought that Azeroth had no snacks to speak of.
In a short time, the refreshments were ready, and the host also sat down to chat with the two guests. Seeing Ning Chen taking out a pipe, Wallin enthusiastically brought out his tobacco leaves and invited him to taste them.
"Waling, don't be busy. We are here for you." Emily came straight to the point.
"Haha, what's this called? If you have nothing to do, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall. Tell me, what's the matter? Wari smiled and looked extremely cheerful.
Emily looked at Wallin and then at Ning Chen with a solemn look: "This time we are going to do a very important thing with the mallet of bad luck." After roughly telling the story, Emily waited for Wallin's answer. After all, she was living a good life, and it was a little unkind to suddenly propose to let him accompany her on a dangerous place.
Waling smoked a pipe with a muffled mouth, silent, as if thinking.
The atmosphere in the room became awkward with the silence of the owner. Ning Chen was a little at a loss for a moment. It's not good to disturb others so rashly. He thought to himself, and the dwarf didn't look young. What can the three hunters do?
For a long time, Wallin finally banged on the pipe in the ashtray cut out of the stone and said, "Although I'm quite lazy, I will definitely help Emily's help. What's more, the movement involved in this matter is too big. If it is not eliminated in time, the whole world will be in chaos again. It's just that I'm an old man. I'm afraid you will lose it. Hope."
Emily and Ning Chen were finally relieved. She smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, Wallin. As long as you are willing to help, nothing else matters. The fewer people know, the better. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The more people know, the more troublesome it will be."
"So what do you want me to do? Old Wallin has lived here for decades. Basically, there is nothing else to do except occasional mining and hunting. Many things are almost forgotten.
"Anyway, you are proficient in the mallet of bad luck. My apprentice is a novice and needs an elder like you to guide me, and I have never been there." Emily said.
"Well, I promised, so you can rest here for a day today. When I prepare, we will leave at this time tomorrow at the latest."
"Is it okay during the day?" Emily is a little suspicious.
"For an old bird, day and night are the same."
Waling boiled them to take a bath water, and Ning Chen took a comfortable bath. I can't remember how long it has been so comfortable. After taking a shower, he lay on the floor (the dwarf's bed is too small for the taeno-head's figure--), eat, drink and take a full bath. The best thing is to close your eyes and have a good rest. For a moment.
This sleep was really long. When Wallin asked him to get up for dinner, it was already dark.
There was a plate of grapes, a pile of bread, and 2 bottles of Wallin's homemade jam, bacon and goat's milk. What a hearty dinner. Ning Chen devoured it as soon as he came to the table.
"My things are ready. If you think it's appropriate, we'll leave after dinner for a while. It's better to leave before the day after tomorrow, because it will be the annual carnival feast of the ogres. At that time, all the ogre tribes in the whole Philas region will have a party of bad luck and increase me out of thin air. Our resistance and difficulty. Wallin said.
Emily nodded and agreed. Since the teacher nodded, the student also nodded. Although he was not very clear about this, he had no bad luck when playing games.
The dwarf's mount is a fighting goat. After Wallin rode it, Ning Chen couldn't help laughing behind him, but he was quietly stopped by Emily: "This pair of elders is not respected enough. You should know how to respect the customs of other ethnic groups. He didn't dislike that you are already a tribe."
Although the tip of the mallet of doom can be seen far away, it is still quite far from here.
Vari told them to pay attention all the way: "Wailin only has two words to say: be careful! Be careful throughout the whole process. There are only three of us, and the mallet of doom is actually a place that brings doom. How many adventurers have gone from ancient times to the present.
"There are not only many ogres stationed in the mallet of doom, but also in the square outside. We must be cautious." Walin rode a goat with a long gun on his back, and his pet, the mountain pig, followed his owner's mount tightly and hummed.
Late night, they arrived at the periphery.
This is a rare gravel road in the jungle. The whole road is in the shape of a T-shaped road. Now they are standing at the intersection of this T-shaped road. The road under their feet is washed clean by rain and even slippery. Going straight to their intersection is the road to the mallet gate of bad luck. It is full of stone-carved totems, extending into the distance.
"Okay, now the mallet of doom has arrived." Wallin whispered, "From now on, we must be more cautious and be careful not to make noises casually. There are often ogres patrolling on this road."
"Do not go through the door?" After Ning Chen asked, he felt it was nonsense. In such a well-guarded place, door-to-door? Let's die...
"Of course, don't go through the door..." Wallin seemed to be waiting for someone to ask this sentence, "I have a top-secret path, but this path is very dangerous, so you have to follow me step by step!" He looks very proud.
"Oh! Top secret path!" Ning Chen pretended to exclaim. He had already seen that the old dwarf needed to be flattered.
The three people did not go straight, but turned left and walked on another road leading to the deep mountains.
The mallet of doom was originally a huge stone city built by the mountain. In those years, the high elves built the city and built two roads along the mountain, one is the straight path to the gate, and the other is the horizontal road Ning Chen and the three others are taking now, mainly for the convenience of the elves. In any case, they probably didn't expect that the majestic castle they had painstakingly built would eventually become the nest of the wicked.
However, not long after walking along the smooth road, Wallin stopped again: "Now we are going to abandon our horses and move forward. Neither my war sheep nor your wolf can climb to the end." He said to Emily.
Ning Chen feels very balanced about this. He has always been a teacher and a dwarf riding leisurely. He chased after him with a deep and shallow foot. Now he has to walk. It's fair! He was secretly proud of himself.
"Hmm!" Emily made a heavy nasal sound and stared Ning Chen with her eyes, "Then let's give all our luggage to my students. We just want him to exercise their physical endurance. Who knows that he can't understand the teacher's mood."
Bitter! Ning Chen wanted to cry without tears.