Volume 4: The Cataclysm Chapter 153: Dark Winter (Part 2)
A huge fear suppressed the gray dwarf in front of him, but facing Marvin's question, he seemed to be stunned there.
He couldn't understand what Marvin said!
Marvin was a little embarrassed.
They use a common language, but this common language is generally more widely used in the surface world.
In the dark world, there is another common underground language, but I haven't had time to learn it in this life!
Fortunately, although he did not understand the common language of the underground, Jessica, who had been fighting with the underground races for many years, was very proficient in it.
Soon, the poor gray dwarf was caught by Marvin and brought to Jessica.
It was a huge square. Judging from the buildings on the side, this was the place where the gray dwarves held celebrations and various activities.
"Who are you? What happened here?"
Jessica asked in a very unkind tone.
The gray dwarves bully the weak and fear the strong. It was obvious that the two surface humans in front of them were not easy to deal with, so they immediately told them everything they knew.
After a few minutes, Marvin and Jessica looked at each other and let the gray dwarf leave.
The information they wanted was basically obtained.
But the situation is a little more difficult than they expected!
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The name of this gray dwarf is Sean, a very inconspicuous gray dwarf in the city of Bledsoe.
He had no talent as a craftsman, was lazy and ate a lot, and had nothing at home. He could be said to be the lowest class person in the city.
If he didn't have a cousin who ran a blacksmith shop and often helped him, he would probably have starved to death.
It is difficult to obtain any useful information from this kind of people.
But this time, the situation is a little special.
According to Sean's description, problems started to appear in Bledsoe City two months ago.
This period of time was very sensitive. Marvin and Jessica both noticed that it was almost the time when the Dark Dragon God sent Clark to attack the City of Hope.
There must be some connection between the expansion of Everfrost Spring and the awakening of the black dragon.
As for the specific information, Sean himself naturally heard it from others. Fortunately, his cousin had a high status in the city, and after several contacts, he was able to hear some inside information!
It turns out that two months ago, the Everfrost Spring began to spray extremely cold water out!
These extremely cold waters froze many underground rivers, including several rivers that were the main source of fresh water for the Bledsoe River.
The leader of the gray dwarves sent many craftsmen and scholars to study how to survive this underground winter - similar extreme climates have been recorded in history, but not as severe as this.
The climate began to deteriorate seriously. Under the influence of extremely cold water, crops that were already rare became even scarcer, and people in the city began to freeze to death.
In an emergency, Bledsoe City began to implement city lockdown measures.
The gray dwarves gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Finally, they came up with a way to get enough water. As for food, they could only plunder from other city-states.
This is the law of survival in the underground world. Plunder, killing and mating are the three eternal themes of the underground world.
They sent highly skilled craftsmen to the frozen Abyss River to dig a well on the frozen river surface.
According to previous records in history books, during the underground winter, the surfaces of many underground rivers are frozen, but there is sufficient water underneath.
As a result, the digging uncovered a huge disaster!
A few days after the Abyss River project was opened, some strange signs appeared.
Several slaves in charge of the digging seemed to have suddenly suffered an epileptic seizure and died tragically in front of everyone.
For the gray dwarves, this is an ominous sign.
Many people thought that they should not dig any further, but the leader of the gray dwarves was a very stubborn man. He personally presided over the Abyss River project and ordered that digging should continue. Fresh water must be dug out!
Three days later, the city of Bledsoe received news that the leader and his men had succeeded!
They successfully dug through the ice of the Abyss River and found the fresh water hidden underneath.
With fresh water, at least this winter won’t be so difficult.
However, just as the residents of Bledsoe were rejoicing and preparing to welcome the return of their leaders, a senior gray dwarf craftsman in charge of the Abyss River project appeared in front of the city gate covered in blood.
The gray dwarf guards guarding the city were so frightened that they rushed him to the hospital for treatment. Unfortunately, the craftsman had too many wounds all over his body, and the forging runes that the gray dwarves were good at had no special features in terms of healing.
The craftsman died soon after.
When he died, he talked a lot of nonsense.
He warned the people in the city not to open the door when the Abyss River Project workers returned to Bledsoe City.
Because... they are a group of monsters!
These are the craftsman’s exact words.
But no one believed him.
Even though he held a high status in the gray dwarf city during his lifetime, his words were regarded as just his dying nonsense.
Only one person chose to believe him.
That's Sean.
Because that craftsman was his cousin who had supported him for many years.
This useless guy was actually quite lucky. After he got the news from his cousin before his death, he immediately sold his cousin's blacksmith shop and obtained a fortune.
He used the money to buy a lot of food and beer, and then locked himself in a cellar, living in isolation from the world.
At the same time, he did not forget to pay attention to the changes in the city of Brandeso.
He installed a prism at the door of his house - this ingenious device was also a relic left by Sean's cousin.
Through this little thing, he could observe everything outside from the cellar.
Everything was fine in the first few days. Sean was happy to stay at home, drinking and sleeping.
But then, a loud noise woke him up from his sleep.
He saw through the prism that the streets were full of gray dwarves and other creatures running around.
They actually started fighting each other!
Some people had fear in their eyes and they started to run away. Some people's eyes were actually pure white!
As clean and flawless as snow!
Sean began to get scared, and his cousin's last words before he died kept appearing in his mind over and over again!
"They've all turned into monsters!"
This was the poor gray dwarf's only thought.
Now, he was even more afraid to leave the cellar.
Every day he secretly used his calmness to observe the situation on the street.
The city became more and more chaotic day by day, until one day, his house was broken into by monsters and the prism was destroyed!
That was the worst time Sean had ever been scared, but fortunately the entrance to his cellar was very secret and was not discovered by the monster.
All in all, the days passed and Sean stayed in the cellar.
Finally, he ate all the food, drank all the wine, and starved for several days before he finally left the cellar with red eyes.
But when he came to the street, he was shocked to find that the city was empty!
Everyone seemed to have disappeared!
Sean was so hungry that he had to look for food first, and then alcohol - without alcohol, he couldn't survive.
As a result, it was at this time that he met Marvin and Jessica.
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"It's obvious that the disappeared gray dwarves have all gone to the City of Hope."
Marvin shrugged and came to a conclusion.
The dark ghost has indeed been awakened, but I don’t know how many ghost mothers have awakened this time?
