Chapter 922: Arrogant at first and respectful at the end

Within the visible range of more than ten meters.

A cliff suddenly appeared at the end of the road.

Below the cliff was a bottomless darkness.

The only thing connecting the two sides of the cliff is an iron chain and wooden plank suspension bridge that looks extremely unstable.

There were even several places on the bridge where wooden planks were missing. If one stepped on empty air, falling into darkness would probably be the only outcome.

The cold wind howled through the cliffs, causing the entire wooden bridge to sway back and forth.

There are some unidentified fungi emitting a faint pink glow growing on the cliff. They have large caps and cluster-like structures. If you get closer, you can smell a strange fragrance.

“Gudong.”

Pete heard someone swallowing behind him.

This scene is indeed a bit creepy.

“When crossing the bridge, hold on to the ropes, watch your step, and hold your breath!”

Bron translated and relayed the gray dwarf’s words.

“Those pink mushrooms are called ‘mystery mushrooms’. The fragrance they emit will make anyone who smells them lose their sense of direction and balance!”

While the two gray dwarves were not paying attention, Pete secretly cast the [Purifying Breath] trick on himself.

This thing is effective for most smells, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will be enough to protect them from the effects of the mystery mushroom.

Others also showed off their talents.

Hugo pulled a mask straight out of his backpack and put it on his face.

It was a magical item with some simple magic tricks attached to it, including the odor-purifying effect provided by the [Purifying Breath Spell].

The rangers led by Bacon aimed at a group of unknown vines on the opposite side of the suspension bridge. They pressed down their left wrists, and the hooks tied to their forearms immediately shot out!

“Pfft!”

The tip of the sharp claws bit firmly into the vines, and several rangers tiptoed on the ground and leaped towards the cliff.

“Shh!”

Their bodies floated gracefully over the cliff under the pull of the hooks.

It’s even simpler for fighters like Brandon.

He stood there gathering his anger for a few minutes, then exerted force with his legs and jumped into the air!

A cliff that’s only ten meters long can be crossed with just a [Heroic Leap]!

Reina and her two other stealth companions are like fish in water in a place like the Deep Depths. Shadow magic works better in darker places, and the thing the Deep Depths lacks most is lighting.

Find a dark corner opposite the cliff where it is difficult to be noticed, take a step forward and let your body blend into the shadows.

After a few seconds.

As the shadows around the corners fluctuated, the stalkers gradually emerged.

The elusive [Shadow Step] makes it easy to move around.

Only the last few companions who were playing the role of slaves followed the two gray dwarves and walked across the suspension bridge carefully in order not to reveal their identities.

During this time, a few guys with superb acting skills deliberately staggered a few times, causing the already not-so-strong suspension bridge to shake even more violently, and then acted like they were terrified, holding on to the iron chains tightly and not daring to let go.

There was even one brave guy who pretended to lose his balance, stepped on empty air and fell down, but was “rescued” by his companions at the last moment.

……

Walk across the suspension bridge.

The attitudes of the two gray dwarves changed subtly. They were no longer as irritable and arrogant as before. On the contrary, whenever they looked at the people who acted as the “guards” of the slave caravan, their eyes were more respectful.

One of the gray dwarves even slowed down and came to Hugo, asking in a chattering voice.

“He means, how are you going to sell these slaves? Will you pay with gold or something else?”

Bron finished the translation quickly.

Hugo didn’t even need to prepare, he immediately started talking nonsense:

“Tell him that I work for the famous goblin tycoon Vissi. This is my first time in the Deep Region to trade in slaves. I am in the market development stage. The specific sales method can only be determined after I have completed my investigation!”

Apart from “first time in the Deep Region”, none of the sentences were true.

However, the two gray dwarves nodded in conviction and continued to communicate with Braum in a chattering voice.

“He said, no wonder he had never seen you among the green-skinned monsters that came to the Deep Region before.”

“He thinks your caravan is very powerful. If you plan to open up a stable slave trade business in the Deep Region, he hopes you can sell the slaves to the noble gray dwarves instead of going to the territories of those cheap people.”

“Uh,” Braum added helplessly after translating here, “He means the dark elves.”

“He doesn’t want you to deal with the dark elves.”

The gray dwarf thought for a moment and added two more sentences.

“He said he can introduce you to the chief of the Gray Dwarf clan who has enough gold to buy all the slaves. You can call him ‘Gray the Man-Eating Man’. The Gray Dwarfs welcome you.”

Hugo laughed and said, “Next time, definitely next time!”

“I am just an employee of my boss. He assigned me the task of developing the market. If I don’t do a comprehensive investigation, he will definitely fire me!”

After listening to Bron’s translation, the gray dwarf named Gray lowered his head and muttered a few words in annoyance.

“He was cursing the dark elves… He was basically using some ugly dwarven swear words. He said the dark elves were engaging in unfair competition. In the past, most of the hot-selling goods of the goblin caravans were sold to the damn dark elves. Those were a bunch of cheap, fucked-up things.”

However, Gray still maintained a respectful attitude towards Hugo. After he finished muttering, he walked in front to lead the way without shouting at them rudely. He even began to simply remind everyone to pay attention to possible dangers on the road.

On the illusion screen that the gray dwarf was completely unable to detect, the members of the investigation team were chatting animatedly about the conversation just now and the change in the gray dwarf’s attitude.

“What a contrast!”

“It’s so funny, are the gray dwarves and dark elves so hostile to each other? Whenever they mention each other, they just go straight to the three lower groups!”

“Sure enough, we still have to show our strength!”

“Why is this guy no longer as indifferent and domineering as he was when he first saw us? Is he giving in now?”

“Nonsense! The guards of our caravan are all professionals. How can ordinary slave caravans have such a configuration?”

“I finally understand! The gray dwarves only respect those who are stronger than them. If we don’t have enough strength, we will probably be robbed of everything when we reach their territory. They will never make normal deals with weak guys!”

“Robbery? It’s obviously for eating!”

“Haven’t you heard what Gray said? His nickname is the man who eats raw human flesh. For these guys living in the deep regions, human flesh must be on their menu!”

“Now that we have demonstrated our strength, they have become obedient and are begging us to trade fairly with them!”

“So arrogant at first and so respectful later, how ridiculous! Gray dwarves are really not good people, I’m afraid they are a race of villains!”

“When dealing with these guys, it’s best not to have any moral bottom line or anything like that!”

“agree!”

“Seconded!”

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(End of this chapter)