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Chapter 164 Journey to the Blue Mountains

On the Silver Moon issue, Hu Bin was sitting leisurely at the stern of the boat fishing, and several Peraja seamen skillfully handled various posts on the boat, while Okov and several Icilian rangers were lying on the side of the boat and venting. These rangers who looked at the mountains and woods as nothing were actually seasick.

After the Battle of Baicheng, humans began to form an army expedition to Modo, but Hu Bin was not optimistic about them. The relationship between the Kingdom of Rohan and the Kingdom of Gondor was not like the situation in the original plot, and although King Hiyotun's health improved the morale of Rohan's side a little, it did not have the momentum of fighting to the death. The army and Gondor were only an alliance rather than a merger. The contradictions within the Kingdom of Gondor were not small. Although Aragon saved the battle with the undead legion at the last moment, he failed to retain this terrifying army, and the Regent

Instead of going crazy like he used to be, he fought a wonderful battle with the assistance of his son Polomir. The aftermath of the war was also well-behaved. In addition, the reputation accumulated in the hearts of the people, the country did not want this wise regent to step down. Although Aragon had the support of Polomir and Gandalf, he could never justify the military power of the Gondor Kingdom. Although Hiyoudon, who was unwell, wanted him to command the army of Rohan, at this awkward stage, Aragon was really not too close to the Kingdom of Rohan.

Silver Moon slowly drove past the Fortress of Aocheng. This war-torn land has now truly turned into ruins. Apart from the renovated and put into use, only a pile of ruins stood by the river.

Hu Bin put away the fishing pole in his hand and looked at the ruins and waited quietly. The warship slowly approached the port under the control of the seamen. A group of people were already waiting there.

Hebrew, Deer, and Wild Wolf, who had met before, all of the four former lords members became guests on the Silver Moon issue. They did not accept the regent of Gondor. They abandoned their territory and titles and joined the adventurers again. The group prepared to take a boat to sail along the Anduin River to the north, where they visited the dwarf settlements of Blue Mountain and Lone Mountain. If time is enough, they will turn west again and form a team to enter the Moria mine to explore.

Several lord numberers also saw the current situation clearly before deciding to withdraw from the next battle. Otherwise, they could have brought up an army to join the war with their reputation.

Hu Bin's old friend Dwarf Vicci. This lucky dwarf numberer can be said to have a blessing in response to the saying that if he survives the disaster, he accidentally got together with Aragorn Jinli and others, and successfully completed the recruitment mission of the Undead Legion. By the way, he took the Silver Moon issue that came to welcome Aragon to catch up with the tail of the Battle of White City. The outstanding performance of the Undead Legion gave Vicci a large amount of contribution rewards, which really allowed him to complete the main mission. Even Hu Bin was a little envious of this. With Vicci, the local snake of the dwarf, Hu Bin and his party decided to put the first stop of the adventure on the ground of Vicci's arrival, the dwarf settlement near the Blue Mountains.

It was a helpless move to Blue Mountain from the water. Hu Bin and his party who had experienced the Battle of Baicheng lost almost all their troops. Even the numberers who were carrying the warship had to make up the numbers themselves. Fortunately, Ben and Vic had worked as sailors in their previous missions, otherwise Hu Bin, the nominal captain, would have to go into battle personally.

The resurrection of the demon king Soren led to the frequent activities of the orcs in the Middle Earth continent, which doubled the danger of Hu Bin and his party going to Blue Mountain by land. However, this situation is not without benefits. Because the orcs of Modo suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Baicheng, the orcs of the White Tower were permanently expelled to the desert in the southern part of the mainland for various reasons. Modo, who lacked soldiers, had to recruit the orcs in the Moria mine, and the orcs who were originally backing the Flame Demon had already died, were also very willing to defect to Soren's command. This means that the garrison power of the Moria mine, which buried a lot of wealth, was reduced a lot.

It took the Silver Moon issue four days to reach the near the basin where Blue Mountain is located. After handing over the ship to Okov and other subordinates to watch, Hu Bin and others embarked on a journey to visit the dwarves.

"Don't have too much expectations for the dwarves. They don't like outsiders, especially the elves." Vic said to others while standing in front of Belegst's fortress. The guard's unfriendly eyes also confirmed this.

Although Belegst is called a fortress, it is actually just a medium-sized city with a tall and sturdy city wall. The city built on the hills has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the city defense machinery placed by the dwarves on the walls is indeed called a fortress.

Hu Bin and his party followed Vader into the fortress, but found that it was not as prosperous as they imagined. There were not many dwarves on the streets, but there were more humans coming here to conduct business.

Seeing the expressions of his companions, Vic knew what they were thinking. "The dwarves here are not very large. Because Gushan returned to the embrace of the dwarves, most of the dwarves left here and went to Gushan. In addition, in order to restrain Luen's army, most of the troops in Blue Mountain have left the city to fight, so it looks a bit depressed now. Let's go, don't take them on the street, they will be slaughtered by those merchants as fat sheep. I will take you to a good place."

When Vicci said "good place", Hu Bin had an unknown premonition. Sure enough, Vicci brought them to the door of a large wooden house. There was a large wine glass on the sign on it, and the bustling sound inside could be heard faintly.

The group who pushed the door open and finally knew where the dwarves were missing on the street. Even as one of the largest buildings in the city, the tavern seemed quite crowded.

"Uncle Binko, give each of us a glass of pure ale. Remember it is pure ale, and you are not allowed to mix water into it." Vic shouted familiarly to the old dwarf at the bar.

"Vicci, you bastard, you feel uncomfortable when you come back. When did my wine be mixed with water? Is it because I am so skinny that I want me to relax you?" Although the old dwarf was cursing, he quickly poured a large glass of ale for everyone.

"Elf? It's not common here. How could you proud guys come to this place?" the old dwarf looked at Hu Bin and said lightly.

Before Hu Bin could answer, Vic put down a gold coin and pushed his back out. He made faces at the old dwarf while walking.

Hebrew and others had already found an empty table, and six people sat around the table listening to the chatting of other people in the bar, trying to find useful information. As a place where news circulation has always been a permanent place for adventurers to the numberers, but Hu Bin and others are exceptions. None of them had ever had the experience of adventurers in the Lord of the Rings world, and coincidentally, the few people did not choose the mercenary profession as their initial profession. Naturally, they could not set out for the adventure missions posted in the pub. After listening to a lot of nonsense, except for Vicci, the old god was drinking wine on the ground, and everyone else looked a little impatient.

Hu Bin tried to take a sip of the ale in the glass. The ale was of good quality and the taste was very pure, but Hu Bin, who was raised by various high-end wines, still felt it was difficult to swallow. He frowned and put down the cup. Then Vic, who drank all his portion, snatched the cup and laughed while drinking: "I knew you couldn't stand it, so I can drink double servings today."

"Vicci, although we are not in a hurry, it is not the time to rest." Hu Bin said with some amusement. This guy is really not polite at all. I guess he had already planned to plot against himself.

"Be patient, Reed, you must know that sometimes opportunities need to be waiting for a while." Vic blinked playfully, but unfortunately, it was really annoying to be cute with his honor. He was immediately hit by Hu Bin in the head with a knife and almost spit out the wine in his mouth.

"Don't keep it a secret, say it. Otherwise..." Not only Hu Bin, but even Hebrew and others were ready to take Vicky for some fun.

"Don't underestimate this tavern. Lao Binke is the best craftsman here. Many human businessmen have tried their best to please him. This bar is what a human businessman bought and gave it to him for a large amount of gold coins, just asking for a pair of armor for his son." Seeing that the situation was not good, Vic immediately told what he knew.

Wild Wolf and Ben both revealed their expressions of excitement after hearing this. They both happened to be missing a set of high-quality armor. However, Hebrew and Daier were not very interested. The Hebrew armor had a good texture, but Daier simply did not like heavy armor.

"Vicci, I'm not short of equipment. Are there any other masters here?" Hu Bin asked, rubbing his brows. He started out as a equipment dealer, so how could he spend too much attention on it?

"Don't be too disappointed. You should know that the forging technology of the dwarves is no worse than that of the elves. Uncle Binko is one of the few masters who have mastered rune enchantment technology."

Now everyone's glasses were lit up except Dai'er, especially Hu Bin. He did not know the rune technology like others. He mentioned the rune enchantment technology of the dwarves many times in the collection of books, mostly accompanied by the names of famous weapons in history.

"But Uncle Binko has not taken action for a long time. I have been begging for a long time before, but he has not promised to build a rune weapon for me, so don't expect me to help me. I'll take you to find the others, and the rest will depend on yours." After Vicci said that, he raised his head and poured wine. The others looked at each other, looking at the old dwarfs at the bar from time to time, but no one took the lead in action.

"Huh! It's so refreshing. I haven't drunk such a pure ale for a long time. Brother Jin Li will definitely envy you when he knows it. The ale in Blue Mountain is awesome among the dwarves." After Vicci sang to himself, the others who didn't know how to act said: "Binko will hand over the tavern business to other people in the afternoon. We can go to his house to greet him at that time. But the old guy's asking price is very high, don't be scared by him at that time."

"As long as you can get the opportunity to enchant the rune, you will kill him even if you use gold coins." The wild wolf said confidently, but he soon became less confident because...

"It is not impossible to create a rune equipment for Vicchi's sake, but you have to prepare the materials yourself. You have to prepare two copies and get 200,000 gold coins for rewards. If you do, I will give you this old bone to open the furnace for you." In the evening, at Lao Binko's home, the dwarf craftsman shocked several people as soon as he opened his mouth. Hu Bin did not rush to bargain, but politely greeted the dwarf master and took the others out of the house. The wild wolf, who was a little impatient, almost drew his sword on the spot and slashed the vulgar and rich guy, saying that for Vicchi's sake, it was simply deliberately making things difficult for them. He even doubted whether the old dwarf was a goblin wearing dwarf skin.

"Vicci, is there any place to sell alchemy and potion materials here?" Daier finally couldn't stand it. Although she was very interested in rune weapons, she did not have the determination to win. Such a huge price was not something she could bear.

"Of course, there are many human alchemy workshops here. You can go to the human trade zone to take a look. But be careful not to be cheated." After Vicci finished speaking, he saw Dai'er leaving without hesitation, holding a list of materials in his hand, and constantly calculating how many possessions he had to take out.

"Let's go to other places, and maybe something new will be discovered. We will meet in the tavern." Hebrew said with some regret that all his resources and Daier had been spent on completing the main task. Although selling the territory industry allowed him to gain a considerable amount of property, it was not as good as he could squander like this.

"I'll be with you!" Ben left here with Hebrew.

"I'll go to the tavern for a few more drinks, and see you when the time comes." The wild wolf slowly walked towards the bar with a blown expression.

"I'm sorry, Reid, it seems that you've been in vain." Vic said with some depression.

"No, my friend, in fact, you helped me a lot. Take me out for a walk through the death. Can you tell me about this Master Binko on the way?" Hu Bin did not express any dissatisfaction with the master craftsman's lion at all. In his opinion, the rewards received by the old dwarf were too reasonable for a piece of rune equipment.

"Yeah, okay. But are you really interested in that condition?"

"Who knows."

...

At midnight, Hu Bin said goodbye to the drunk others and returned to his room in his hotel. He lay in bed and thought about the situation about Master Binko from Vic tonight.

Master Binko's background is quite not simple. As one of the only top master craftsmen in the dwarves, he has a very noble status in the clan. However, the dwarves, who are indifferent, are not very concerned about things in the clan. After the establishment of this city on Blue Mountain, he settled here as one of the members of the Blue Mountain Council at that time.

Vicci told Hu Bin that this master loved his own people very much. Vicci was taken care of by him when he just arrived here. Most of the armor and weapons were sold by the old dwarfs and given to him. However, for foreigners, the old dwarfs were not so easy to talk to. If you want to get any equipment in his hands, you must be prepared for heavy bleeding. However, because of the old dwarf's superb forging skills, even so many people are still willing to spend a lot of money to ask him to make some equipment.

"Are one of the members of the parliament? It seems that we have to start from other aspects." Hu Bin suddenly remembered the incident when Hebrew and Ben came back from shopping and complained to others. The food price in Blue Mountain was too expensive. Hebrew and Ben, who wanted to buy some food and grass, were already extremely disappointed with the prices of the city.

"Blue Mountain is located in a hilly area, and the land is not suitable for planting crops. The only ones closest to the surrounding area are Luenren and the jungle elves. Obviously, these two forces cannot deliver food here. It seems that the food here is transported by human merchants. Judging from the distance from here to human cities, it is not strange that the food price is too high." Hu Bin's mouth raised slightly, touched the head ring on his head, and it seemed that he had something to do again.

The next morning, after breakfast, Daier returned to her room and continued to make her bottles and jars, while Vicci and Wild Wolf gathered together to start a new day's drunken journey, while Hebrew and Ben continued to explore opportunities in the city.

After ordering a glass of juice, Hu Bin put it on the seat in front of the bar, pulled out a piece of Lambas from the bag and chewed it. The old dwarf glanced at the dry food on Hu Bin's hand, muttering something, turning around and rubbing the wine cabinet.

After ate all the juices in his cup for a day, Hu Bin pulled out a bottle of middle-class wine from the Battle League World and poured them into the previous juice glass in front of the old dwarf.

"The guys who bring their own wine are not welcome here!" Lao Binke said with some dissatisfaction, but his nose was wrinkled by the smell of the wine.

"But people who invite people to drink must be welcome here. Don't you have a glass?" Hu Bin said, lifting the bottle of wine.

The old dwarf grabbed the bottle without hesitation, poured himself a full glass of wine, killed half a cup in one breath, then let out a long sigh and said, "What a sweet wine, no wonder you look down on the wine here. You are different from other elves. Tell me, if you have something to do, you will agree in advance that the conditions for me to build equipment must not be missing."

Hu Bin was not hit by the old dwarf's rude words, because the space clearly indicated that the favorability between him and the old dwarf had increased a lot. Sure enough, good wine is the best stepping stone in front of dwarfs in any world. Next, Hu Bin is about to get to the point. "Master Binko, I can solve the food problem of the Blue Mountains."

The old dwarf did not react immediately to Hu Bin's words, but stared at Hu Bin with a sharp look for a long time. Hu Bin looked at the old dwarf without fear and waited patiently for the other party. The old dwarf who had been silent for a long time drank all the wine in the cup in his last sip. When he filled himself with it again, he finally broke out: "Continue to say it."
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