The Blade Market, with its dazzling array of stalls, is named after the most typical gray dwarf products, but in fact almost everything can be bought here.

Brian and Hesiah were walking in the lively market, and the various noises mainly in dwarf language could be heard constantly, even covering up the sound of hammering iron coming from the steel factory in the city in the distance.

Majestic stalactite pillars are located on both sides of the market. Under the huge, wrinkled mushroom umbrellas, merchants set up stalls and hawked a variety of items.

Countless perfumes, fragrant woods, spices and sweet-smelling exotic fruits from the surface world mixed the pleasant fragrance into the musty and pungent air.

For Hesiah, the strangest thing is that the hostile races trading here can actually live in peace with each other. The underground dwarfs and black-hearted goblins with stone-like skin color called "Svirfneblis" make her

The disgusted dark elves and humans all mingled in front of the stalls or passed each other on the streets.

"Hey, we went to Smoky Quartz Cave yesterday, and we didn't take this route." She frowned without leaving a trace, reached out and touched Brian's arm, and said to him.

"I know." Brian stopped another Derro dwarf thief who was trying to get closer to Hesiah with one look. He looked at her and said:

"This is the most prosperous trade fair in the Underdark. I want to observe to what extent the gray dwarves and merchants here have been corrupted by demons."

"Then what did you notice?"

Hesiah looked at him helplessly and said absently.

Although the dazzling streets were lively, she didn't like the prosperity presented by the mixture of evil races in the Underdark.

"Don't worry, I've got what I want. Let's speed up and leave." Brian knew that the aristocratic lady beside him was a little impatient. He looked thoughtfully at an empty lady beside him.

Alone, but constantly asking for advice from the air, the gray dwarf businessman unconsciously accelerated his pace towards the Smoky Quartz Cave.

Under his careful observation, he indeed discovered many strange phenomena.

For example, a gray dwarf merchant constantly insults the customers who come to sell things, but is very polite to the customers who buy things. Some gray dwarf merchants give different prices for the same goods when buying or selling, and insist on paying different prices.

It is said that the other party is changing the price.

A gray dwarf businessman suddenly became invisible while negotiating with a buyer, and continued to communicate with the dumbfounded buyer as if nothing had happened.

There was even a gray dwarf merchant who held an adamantine dagger and put it on his neck, threatening his life to bargain. When the buyer called the gray dwarf patrol over, he held the weapon with a strong attitude.

, denying that he has done these things.

In fact, the character of gray dwarves who strictly abide by their duties can be seen from their appearance and posture.

Whether as individuals or as members of a family or clan, gray dwarves accept their class status in society.

They will not use intrigues and intrigues to destroy their opponents like the drow. Instead, they will roll up their sleeves and work hard to improve their prestige through the fruits of their labor.

The honor and integrity they show in front of their compatriots will not be shown in front of outsiders, and they constantly modify contracts when dealing with foreign merchants in order to take advantage of them.

They even use various excuses to enslave city visitors who don't seem strong enough, even if they are adventurers.

But at the market at the moment, the impression given to Brian by these gray dwarf merchants with gloomy personalities and black hearts was that they were both average and funny.

This made him vaguely realize that somewhere in Aldus King City, there must be some evil ritual that intensifies the radiation energy of the earth's veins and affects the mind.

"Hey, stranger, please stay."

At this moment, a deep voice came from behind Brian.

Even though the streets were in such chaos, Brian could still feel that this low underground lingua franca was calling the two of them.

So he signaled Hesiah to stop and looked back at the person calling.

He saw that the person shouting was a gray dwarf. Except for his gray beard stained with soot and a pair of uneasy dark gray eyes, his entire body was covered by a black cloak.

"Don't try to guess my identity."

Before he could speak, the gray dwarf in a black cloak came up to him, deliberately lowered his voice, and said to him mysteriously, "Actually, I am...from King Aldus City...

Deep King Hogar Steel Shadow V."

"do you know?"

The gray dwarf continued, "The 'dragon blacksmith' Agtus in the city has long been possessed by the demon lord. He threatened to destroy my kingdom and eat all the gray dwarf girls in the city. So, I think

I spent a lot of money to recruit the two of you to fight against the 'Dragon Blacksmith' Argotus. If you help me kill this evil dragon, I will make you the general of the Saronian Spearmen and reward you with ten beautiful gray dwarfs.

"

After the gray dwarf who heard the astonishing words finished speaking, Brian and Hesiah looked at each other, his eyes flickered, and suddenly he spoke quickly to remind the gray dwarf who called himself the King of the Deep, "Be careful! The patrol is here to catch you.

Already."

"Ah? Where is it? Where is it?" The gray dwarf looked startled, his dark gray eyes full of fear. He turned around quickly, his head spinning around like a rattle.

"Let's go, this is a lunatic." After the appraisal, Brian smiled and told Hesiah the conclusion he had reached, then turned and left.

Hesiah nodded with deep understanding.

"Guard! Guard! Come here quickly!"

Brian had not taken a few steps when a gray dwarf businessman jumped out without warning, pointed at the two of them with the warhammer in his hand, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"The two foreigners in front of me, a man and a woman, stole my ancestral war hammer. Don't let them escape. Catch them quickly!"

When pedestrians heard the words, they all looked sideways at Brian and the two men. When the two gray dwarf guards patrolling nearby heard the call, they also moved towards this direction.

"Fart, you are a foreigner!"

Just when Brian was about to teach this crazy dwarf a lesson, another dwarf blacksmith ran out from the clanking stall. His burly body bravely stood in front of them, blowing his beard and glaring at the accusing gray dwarf.

:

"This is obviously my biological brother who has been separated for more than a hundred years. He is not a stranger. Are you fucking blind?"

"Here's the stone, brother, you are finally back. I miss you so much. Come on, hurry up and go back with me." After saying this, the gray dwarf blacksmith opened his arms in tears and ran towards Brian.

The crowd who looked sideways was immediately stunned by this scene, and even Hesiah on the side was a little dumbfounded.

With a cold look on his face, Brian dodged the gray dwarf who was trying to hug him, raised his right leg and kicked him on the butt, making him chew the mud like a dog.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar interrupted the pointing and whispering towards Brian on the street.

Then there was an explosion sound like broken rock, causing the gray dwarves on the street and the merchant adventurers from all over the Underdark to turn their heads and look at it at the same time.

The moment Brian turned around, he happened to see a gray-skinned giant swinging his big fist like a hammer, smashing the door with one blow, and roaring crazily as he rushed towards the crowded Blade Market.

Along with the trembling sounds coming from the ground, a stalactite tower was broken by the gray-skinned giant, causing countless rubbles and rocks to scatter around.

Suddenly, the gray-skinned giant that appeared was like a boulder shot from a trebuchet, exploding in the crowded streets. An ogre was so frightened that he screamed, and the crowd on the street crawled away from the crazy gray-skinned giant.

.

The four-meter-tall giant roared angrily, jumped into the crowd, reached out to grab a gray dwarf soldier, picked him up like a chicken, drew an arc in the air, and threw him heavily on the ground.

The hard ground turned into a puddle of crunching mud.

Immediately afterwards, the gray-skinned giant picked up a stone the size of an ogre's head from the ground and threw it with one hand.

"boom!"

The roaring boulder fell from the sky and accurately hit the head of another fleeing gray dwarf soldier, killing him on the spot.

"Brian, isn't this the stone giant that stopped us yesterday?" Hesiah, who had escaped to a safe area, looked at the crazy stone giant from a distance and confirmed to Brian.

"Yes, that's him." Brian nodded, his keen eyes noticing that the stone giant's hands had an extra finger at some point.

This made him realize that this big guy had succumbed to some kind of demonic curse.

At this moment, he saw a group of gray dwarf soldiers being alerted by the giant's roar and rushing over quickly.

Among these soldiers, in addition to a dozen gray dwarf crossbowmen holding heavy crossbows, there were also five warriors wearing dark red armor and holding spears.

Duergar Saron Lancers.

This is another elite force in King Aldus City, besides the Stone Guards and Caravo Cavalry.

These specially trained gray dwarf soldiers hold the flame spears forged in Aldus King City as special weapons, with an average challenge level of about 5.

"Stop him!"

The leader of the pikemen immediately gave the order.

After receiving the order, more than a dozen gray dwarf crossbowmen behind him held heavy crossbows, pulled the triggers, and all aimed at the charging stone giant, firing gleaming crossbow arrows.

——"Stoneskin!"

The stone giant roared angrily, and its burly and muscular body was suddenly covered with a marble-like surface.

"Ding ding ding..."

The dense crossbow arrows hit his body, like being tickled, and they all fell to the ground.

——"Earthline fluctuations!"

Immediately afterwards, the stone giant raised his foot and stepped hard, and invisible earth elemental energy surged past.

Ripples appeared on the hard surface, and the splashing ripples were like a raging wind, shaking the group of gray dwarf crossbowmen and Saron spearmen off their backs.

——"Stone Hail Technique!"

The violent stone giant looked at his achievements. He did not stop because of this. He roared and fist-sized stones fell rapidly like raindrops.

In the blink of an eye, these ten gray dwarf soldiers were smashed into a pile of mud, and the lucky survivors ran away crawling on the ground.

As if the spell had been released, the stone giant took shocking steps and rushed towards the five surviving gray dwarf Saron spearmen.
To be continued...