Chapter 67: Dwarves Also Go To The Battlefield

  The parliament of Ankud was divided into factions due to the machinations of certain individuals, causing the city representatives who were supposed to unite to disperse in discord. Arica and Ankud even bore a grudge against each other due to the killing of their representatives. However, for now, none of the cities have taken any drastic actions, as gathering troops from various villages and collecting supplies takes time.

  While the Parliament was busy sorting out internal affairs, training a new recruitment of 10,000 Sault warriors, they couldn't care less about other things. For a time, Ailan fell into silence, but from the recent reception of several purchasing personnel at Leiting Cliff, it can be seen that under this silence, there is a surging undercurrent.

  Once someone touches this calm surface, Eran will immediately explode like a barrel of gunpowder. A large number of Salte warriors have left their villages and gathered at the borders of various forces close to the Council, and in Lobito, which is closest to the Council City among the Sanfei forces, 2,000 people have gathered here. Recently, the Sanfei City Council also passed a resolution to recruit a new army of 1,000 people in Sanfei again.

  While the relationship between Thunder Bluff and Silvermoon has also been significantly eased, under the "clarification" of Mo Yan and the city lord Haigler of Silvermoon, the destruction of the Ironfist clan was attributed to a giant dragon. Thunder Bluff had nothing to do with the destruction of the Ironfist, and the "survivors" of the Ironfist clan also appeared in Silvermoon at this time.

  And under Haig's guidance, the battle with the giant dragon was vividly described, and it was explained that they were able to survive only because of the help of Mo Yan, the lord of Thunder Cliff at the time. This allowed them to escape without being killed by monsters or starving to death along the way.

  Although some people still do not believe in such "facts", most citizens have accepted this statement, after all, the Cow Head tribe, which did not even have a city at that time, was unlikely to have the power to destroy the Iron Hammer army.

  Under such an atmosphere, Mo Yan went directly to the city of Santa Fe and gave a speech on the square. He announced that Thunder Cliff would lend 1,000 gold coins to Santa Fe without interest, and also announced a series of subsequent projects such as building an orphanage, helping to build a nursing home and park.

  Moreover, in the city of Saint Frei, a factory was built and high-paying jobs were offered to blacksmiths who could no longer make ends meet, inviting them to work in the new factories of Saint Frei. Under Mo Yan's series of actions, the residents of Saint Frei City, although not yet affectionate towards Mo Yan, at least became more friendly.

  It's worth mentioning an episode is

  When Mo Yan was "escorted" by the warriors of Salte in Santa Fe to inspect Santa Fe, some children thought that Mo Yan was the cow-headed man who came to perform in Santa Fe last time. For such words, adults just laughed and said that all cow-heads look alike, how could the cow-headed man, as the master of Leiting City, be caught and brought to Santa Fe to perform?

  After resolving the hostile issue with Santa Fe, Thunder Bluff can now say that apart from the Council of the Salties, there are no more enemies to speak of. If the Council wants to attack Thunder Bluff, they must go through the defensive line set up by Santa Fe in Lobito.

  Due to trade with Thundercliff, Lobito has undergone significant development. With the establishment of a new hydraulic textile mill in Lobito by Thundercliff, the population of Lobito has approached 10,000 and the entire village has expanded by two circles. A seven-meter-high stone city wall was also built, where 2,000 Sault warriors are now stationed.

  It may be that Lobito can't withstand the assault of Council City in the end, but withstanding for ten days or half a month is not a problem. And it only takes four days to get from Lobito to Thunder Cliff. Once Council City attacks Lobito, the Drow Elf messenger stationed in Lobito will use carrier pigeons to inform Thunder Cliff.

  Carrier pigeons can fly from Lobito to Thundercliff in half a day, and the first or second legion stationed at the outpost camp outside Thundercliff will immediately go to support Lobito while reporting back to Thundercliff. The third and fourth legions are currently in training, and after their training is completed, the military strength of Thundercliff will reach 5,000.

  And also because the Second Legion was in the northern mountains, after killing the Wyvern Giant. The dozen or so mountain giants it led were also subdued by the Second Legion, and since they had not been trained, Kira did not let them go on stage in the last battle.

  These rock-skinned mountain giants are extremely tall and powerful, and after protecting their vulnerable joints with armor, they will become the most lethal creatures on the battlefield. Even in siege warfare, these mountain giants can be equipped with custom-made battering rams to break open enemy gates.

  These local specialties in the mountains are monsters, and the only drawback is that their intelligence is very low. Even if they use the monster language, they can only understand some simple vocabulary, and their actions are relatively slow. If there are no other agile monsters to protect them, such a mountain giant, even with armor, can be killed by five or six Salte warriors.

  After Mo Yan returned to Thunder Ridge from Santa Fe, a group of gray dwarves came to his villa and made a somewhat unexpected request. Some gray dwarves hoped to join the army and were willing to shed blood and sacrifice their lives for Thunder Ridge. These original warriors did not want to exist solely as blacksmiths.

  After the departure of the Grey Dwarves, Mo Yan summoned his Party Guard head Regal. Inquiring about some recent deployments and tasks, as well as intelligence on these Grey Dwarves.

  "The grey dwarves that came today, belong to a newly emerged force from Thunder Peak." Regal handed over a scroll to Mo Yan, which detailed the leader of these grey dwarves and all members of the Iron Brotherhood.

  "The Iron Brotherhood." Mo Yan said, somewhat speechless at the extremely tacky name: "It seems like any organization can be called something-something brotherhood. Can't they put a little thought into coming up with a more original name? Hmm, there are already nearly three hundred members, which is almost one-sixth of the city's dwarf population."

  Because the Dwarves in Thunder Bluff are treated as citizens, Mo'yan did not restrict their freedom, allowing many to reconnect with their original cities and letting the Dwarves know that there was another place on the surface that could accept them. After hearing about the high salaries here, many Dwarves moved from underground to Thunder Bluff.

  Originally, there were only a thousand dwarves in Lei Ting Ya, but the number increased to over 1,800. Most of them joined Mo Yan's ironwork factory, while a small number became stone carvers or jewelry craftsmen, producing some stone decorations or accessories for Lei Ting Ya, and the products with a dwarf style looked pretty good.

  "Grey dwarves, huh." Mo Yan stroked his chin and said: "They seem to be of little use in the army. Although they have considerable strength, they are a bit too short, which would put them at a disadvantage in battle."

  "It's like this, the dwarves may be able to borrow from the terrain underground and fight against the Dark Elves." Reg agreed with Mo Yan's words: "But on the ground, if they are allowed to join the battlefield, their height disadvantage will put them at a disadvantage. And the original intention of the establishment of the Steel Brotherhood was to improve the status of the dwarves in Thunder Ridge."

  "Do you want to gain real power by joining the army?" Mo Yan nodded and thought for a moment before saying: "I already know about these things, this dwarf's organization is worth paying attention to. For now, you should focus your energy on building the Er Lan intelligence network, I don't want me to still be in the dark like now about the situation in Er Lan."

  "The construction of the intelligence network is what we are doing, and as for now, the progress is not bad." Regal heard Mo Yan's words and said: "Moreover, in the process of establishment, we observed the traces of Malo Dark Shadow and had a brief confrontation. They were eliminated at their nest in Sanfei, and now they have noticed our existence, all actions are more secretive."

  "This thing you've done is not bad." Mo Yan smiled and praised, "As I thought, the chaos in Elan was indeed orchestrated by Malo. Now they have noticed you, but it's unlikely that they know which faction you belong to. I want you to make your actions in the future seem like those of the Carthaginian colleagues."

  "Yes, Lord City Master." Regal nodded and said: "The current progress is like this. If I receive any important intelligence, I will report it to you immediately."

  "Uh-huh, you can go now." Mo Yan nodded and said.

  After Regal left Mo Yan's office, Mo Yan pulled out a blueprint from the drawer of his desk and looked at the black long-barreled weapon diagram on it. Rubbing his chin, he muttered to himself: "If we have gunpowder, then this thing and that thing should be able to come out, right? We must make the dwarves abandon their spears and enter the era of lined-up shootings..."

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