novelraw Chapter 722 - 67: Forming an Alliance · The Dwarven Army of 4,000 as Permanent Reinforcements
Chapter 722 - 67: Forming an Alliance · The Dwarven Army of 4,000 as Permanent Reinforcements
Demster, also known as the Raven Dominator, Mole’s Chosen One, was Su Li’s greatest opportunity picked up on the way to Marle Castle!
However, even Su Li often forgets his true title and is always more impressed by his silly donkey.
But unexpectedly, he acted so quickly and had already completed the purification of the Ancestral Holy Tomb of the Dwarf Gray Rock Clan.
Su Li was just worrying about where to get more Vibranium when the Gray Rock Clan visited, as if someone provided a pillow when he was drowsy.
He immediately instructed Hilude, "Quickly invite them in."
Then Su Li turned to Belos Dragon Hammer, who was beside him, and asked, "My Master of Forging, do you know about the Gray Rock Clan?"
"The Gray Rock Clan?" Belos Dragon Hammer rubbed his braided beard thoughtfully for a moment. Hailing from the Dwarves’ Dragon Rock Forge, he was well-informed and had considerable knowledge about the dwarfs of the Gray Mountain Province.
"The reputation of the Gray Rock Clan isn’t very famous, mainly related to the relatively low-key character of their clan. Their tribe was born after the ’Great Rift Valley Earthquake’, and their ancestor, Grom Greyrock, tore apart the collapsing rock layers with his bare hands, rescuing 7,000 clan members. Since then, the clan has taken ’Re-Cast in Ashes’ as their totem, with an emblem of ’Broken Hammer on the Anvil’, residing in the Great Rift Valley in the northwestern border region of the Gray Mountain Range, where they built the Gray Rock Castle."
"Unlike the Redbeard Clan, whose settlement is in a crucial transportation point, their settlement is relatively more remote and deeply rooted in the ridge of the Great Rift Valley. Of course, even so, they have experienced several major disasters. In Imperial Calendar 2015, a fortress on ’Ashen Peak’ of the tribe was captured due to a sneak attack by the Green-skinned Warlord, Bone Breaker Gluck, and the entry for this blood oath remains in their ’Book of Hatred’ to this day. If the lord can help them defeat the Bone-breaking Tribe, you can gain more ally goodwill, which allows you to establish an outpost within their base and fortress, and recruit directly from the Grey Rock Tribe."
"Another significant enemy is the Skaven Ratmen’s Plague Clan, these despicable monsters hide in the Obsidian Abyss northwest of Ashen Peak, and once polluted as many as six mines of the Gray Rock Clan with ’Corrosive Plague Juice’, significantly reducing the population of the Gray Rock Clan."
"Having lost the veins they depend on for survival, the Gray Rock Clan is basically the poorest tribe in the Gray Mountain Province, known for providing miners and mercenaries to other clans. The Long-bearded Warriors of the Gray Rock Clan are almost the bravest dwarf warriors of the Gray Province, wearing heavy armor and wielding one-handed heavy axes, they form a shield wall, possessing formidable abilities such as ’Ancestral Hatred’, ’Psychological Immunity’, ’Veteran’s Complaints’, ’Heartless’, ’Determined’, and ’Shield Wall’."
"I heard the words ’Veteran’s Complaints’!" A loud voice came from outside the door, and then the conference hall door was filled by a bronze figure. He barely reached three-quarters the height of a standard dwarf but was more than 1.5 times the width of an ordinary dwarf, with muscles like rock layers protruding from the seams of his armor.
It was an extremely orthodox Long-bearded Warrior, his iron-gray beard was braided into seven locks, holding a gray rock bone axe whose blade was dyed red, and his formidable aura filled the room with killing intent.
As he walked into the room, he proudly lifted his head and said, "The Veteran’s Complaints is a unique bloodline ability of our Gray Rock Clan. As long as the Long-bearded Warrior with this bloodline ability hasn’t fled, any friendly dwarfs within 60 meters of him can receive morale boosts, being galvanized by his complaints and roars, potentially becoming immune to panic, even magic-induced fear!"
That is indeed very powerful! Having such a few dozen strong Long-bearded Warriors of the Gray Rock Clan can ensure the stability of at least a 2000-meter front line of a dwarf heavy-armored shield array.
In the door crack, Demster looked like a reed forced into a pipe. First, he poked in a head topped with a peacock feathered hat, losing three feathers to the door crack before twisting his body into the room at a yoga master-level angle with a "swish", finally using his gilded shoes to keep the door ajar. He rubbed his left earlobe flattened by the door frame, then took a deep breath of the fresh fragrance in the room and complained, "By Mole, I finally survived! I felt as if I was about to be marinated by the dwarven wine and sweat smell, like a piece of old bacon cured for ten years in a dwarf wine cellar~"
"My lord, you have no idea how rude these dwarves are. Look at this wilted lily pinned to my collar, it’s the sacrificial gift I brought to the Holy Tomb. Luckily, I didn’t offer it up, or I would’ve been asphyxiated, surviving solely on the fragrance."
"Let me introduce you, this here is the leader of the Dwarf Gray Rock Tribe, also the shield wall commander, Gesen Greyrock."
"Flamboyant knight!" Gesen blew his mustache and glared at Demster, then turned to Su Li and said, "Noble lord of the Hesse Territory, I am very grateful to you for promptly extending a hand, otherwise, our Ancestral Holy Tomb might have been desecrated by the undead, the consequences unimaginable. Though frankly speaking, the knight you sent wasn’t very reliable!"
Su Li was also left helpless. Such a knight, dressed in black gilded plate armor with a white lily flower on his chest, should have been solemn and dignified, yet the knights of Mole always turned out to be overly humorous.