Chapter 459 Deep Pit
Roland acted like the other dwarves facing the dwarf guards, and with some fear, he handed the package he had prepared in advance to the dwarf guard in front of him.

The dwarf guard did not find it strange. He took the package, opened it and began to inspect it.

After briefly checking the package, the dwarf guard also looked Roland and Hela up and down.

Looking at their thin clothes, the dwarf guard felt that they couldn’t hide anything, so he threw the opened package back to Roland and waved his hand, indicating that he could go in.

Roland quickly took the package that was handed to him and put the collected items that were about to fall out into the package. After repacking it, he held the package in one hand and held Hela in the other, and followed the others to bypass the guards and walked into the Ice Stone City.

After entering the city, Roland found an empty corner and threw the package directly into the invisible space bracelet.

After throwing the package into the space bracelet, Roland also looked up at the Ice Stone City.

The first thing that caught Roland’s eye was a large palace standing in the center of the city. Although it also used a large amount of ice stone as building materials, unlike other buildings, the palace also used a large amount of metal materials, rare materials, and was inlaid with a large number of gems.

Although the Frost Clan is generally poor, the palace has a large number of roofs made of mithril. At the same time, a large number of elements visible to the naked eye gather on the palace, shining with a dreamy blue light.

What a waste.

Roland looked at the palace in the distance and complained in his heart.

To be honest, even though Roland was the chairman of the War Committee, he was not so extravagant. Not to mention a palace, Roland’s best residence was just a small courtyard. This was the temporary residence built for him by the committee after Roland killed Kan’ozu and fell into a coma.

However, Roland himself rarely lived in that courtyard. Most of the time, Roland lived directly in a small bedroom in the Apocalypse City Hall.

How about I make one too?
Roland looked at the palace in the distance, and this thought suddenly crossed his mind.

It’s not that Roland doesn’t like to enjoy himself. Who doesn’t like to enjoy himself? It’s just that the conditions of the War Committee were limited before. They had to ask people and money everywhere, so there was no extra manpower and resources to build a palace and a castle for Roland.

However, after ten years of development, the War Council has become relatively wealthy, and there is not much pressure to build a palace.

Of course, building a palace similar to the one in front of you is not stressful, but if you want to imitate the palace in Ginza, then it will be stressful.

Roland shook his head and put aside the idea of ​​building a palace.

Even if the palace was built, he might not live in it. Roland and Hela were the only two of them, and neither of them had any relatives. Even if they built the smallest palace, those two people would definitely not be able to fill it.

Moreover, Roland himself did not like a residence that was too big. If no one lived in a residence that was too big, it would easily become lifeless, and it would require manpower and resources to maintain it every year, which was really unnecessary.

In the final analysis, a palace is a large-scale building built by rulers to consolidate their rule, highlight the majesty of the monarchy, and satisfy the enjoyment of spiritual and material life.

But as the creator of the committee, a truly high-level transcendent, and a legend in the eyes of many people, Roland does not need a palace to highlight his authority.

At the side, Hela also looked in Roland’s direction towards the palace in the distance. She glanced at Roland out of the corner of her eye, thinking about something.

“Let’s go and find a place to stay for a while.”

Roland withdrew his gaze from the palace and walked out of the corner while holding Hela’s hand.

After Roland held her hand, Hela turned her gaze back to Roland, leaned closer and responded softly.

“Ah.”

Although Roland and Hela did not have the currency of the Frost Clan, it did not matter. In the dwarf clan, rare minerals were always hard currency. As long as they sold some of the rare minerals in the space bracelet, they would have money.

However, Roland did not act immediately. Instead, he strolled around the commercial district first and confirmed the rare mineral market of the Frost Clan in advance. After walking around a few times, observing and eavesdropping, Roland also understood the situation and had a rough idea in his mind.

The weakness of the Frost Clan is very obvious. The internal mineral market is small. Apart from ice stones, even basic minerals are in short supply. As for the rare minerals circulating in the market, the quantity is very limited. Therefore, only a small amount can be sold. If too much is sold, there may be some risks.

To be on the safe side, Roland decided it would be better to sell them in small batches.

After making up his mind, Roland took out the rare minerals he wanted to sell from his space bracelet. Afterwards, Roland and Hela kept changing their appearances and quickly ran to various blacksmith shops in Ice Stone City, selling a variety of rare minerals in batches by gram in exchange for some dwarven currency.

After he had the money, Roland spent it directly to rent a simple little courtyard in Ice Stone City.

After seeing off the landlord, who looked very happy and was counting money as he walked, Roland also closed the door.

When Roland closed the door, Hela also reached out her arms from behind and hugged Roland.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

Roland asked as he set up a warning array at the gate of the yard.

Hela nudged Roland from behind and whispered.

“I remember the past. When we were in the North, we also rented a small yard.”

When Roland set up the magic circle, Hela withdrew her hands and took two steps back, without hindering Roland’s actions.

Roland turned around and looked at the open space in the yard. Then, Roland and Hela tacitly set up a magic circle in the open space in the yard. Although Roland and Hela did not think that the Frost Clan had any enemies that could threaten them, they still had to take the necessary precautions.

Hela felt the chill from the ice and stone and exhaled warm air gently. She spoke as she set up the magic circle.

“Except for the lack of snow, it feels the same as before.”

Although Roland did not think it was similar to the original yard, after all, the yard he rented in the Northland was obviously influenced by the orc style, while the current one was a dwarf-style yard, and the appearance, building materials, and layout were completely different.

However, Roland still had some emotional intelligence. He did not refute and chose to continue speaking along with Hela’s words.

“It’s been almost thirty years.”

“Well, come to think of it, Roland taught me swordsmanship first.”

“I still remember the way Hela’s eyes were filled with tears when she was trained.”

“Well, I was still young at that time, and I couldn’t control my body. Try to forget it.” While chatting, the two of them worked together to set up an interlocking complex magic circle in this temporary residence.

After setting up the magic circle, Roland and Hela did not waste any time.

Since Hela has been following Roland since the North, she is aware of Roland’s peculiarities. Roland’s false background and personality that he used to fool others cannot be hidden from Hela.

Therefore, Roland did not hide the existence of the cold disaster from Hela and told her everything directly.

Therefore, Hela also knew the importance. She would pester Roland during his free time, but when it came to doing serious work, Hela still knew the importance of it.

So, after setting up the magic circle in the yard, Roland and Hela did not rest. According to the plan they had made before, they left the yard and started to act.

Roland himself went to look for the source of the cold disaster, while Hela stayed in Ice Stone City, inquiring about the situation in Ice Stone City and collecting all relevant information.

Through the prophecy spell, Roland avoided all places that might lead to exposure and came to the back of the palace, on the other side of the Ice Stone City.

The invisible Roland floated on the wall of the Ice Stone City, looking down at the bottomless black abyss below.

This is a deep pit that seems to be made of ice and stone. The surroundings of the deep pit are all made of ice and stone. A strong wind and waves with endless coldness are blowing out from the deep pit at a stable frequency.

With every blow, the ice and stone around the deep pit would grow at a slow rate. However, although the ice and stone were growing, the surrounding ice and stone walls were not very thick.

The reason is very simple. When the cold wind blows and the ice grows, there are many dwarves mining the ice.

There is also a staircase on both sides of the pit that goes around the wall from top to bottom. On the stairs, a large number of frost dwarves are working hard, using the ice tools in their hands to mine the slowly growing ice on the wall.

In the open space separated by walls, cliffs and abysses, there are huge piles of ice stones, and a large number of dwarves are storing these ice stones in empty mine carts.

Unlike the direction into the city, the city wall on this side has only one gate that is always kept open. Two tracks made of ice stone connect the open space outside the city and the depths of the city. Mine carts filled with ice stone are sent into the city through the tracks, and on another track on the side, empty mine carts are also driving out of the city.

Large amounts of ice stone are being mined and transported into the Ice Stone City via rail minecarts.

At the same time, the quality and quantity of the dwarf guards patrolling the city walls have increased dramatically. Although the proportion of low-level extraordinary guards is still not as high as that of the committee, it has reached 70%.

Although the proportion is high, their strength is not that good. Most of them are at the apprentice level and are not even first-ring transcendents.

However, these extraordinary people are all equipped with a full set of weapons and equipment made of ice stone, so their combat effectiveness is still considerable.

Although it was the first time Roland had come into contact with these weapons and equipment, he could tell their origins at a glance.

These are all products of Frost Rune Technology.

Roland had also learned the frost rune spell. Although he could not see through the manufacturing process of their weapons and equipment, Roland was sure that the source must be the frost rune technology.

According to the club’s exploration results in the previous life, if I’m not mistaken, the Frost Forge should be at the bottom of the deep pit.

Although Roland did not take a close look at the exploration results at first, he only heard some players in the club exclaim that the Frost Forge actually existed.

During their conversation, they saw the ruins of the Frost Forge at the bottom of a large pit.

The Frost Forge, as the last forging project of the Kingdom of Clans, unlike the successful completion of the Silver Forge, the Frost Forge was not successfully completed until the collapse of the Kingdom of Clans.

Originally, according to their investigation, the Frost Forge was most likely damaged during the Dwarf Civil War. Therefore, Roland also believed that the Frost Forge was already broken, so he did not associate the Cold Disaster with the Frost Forge.

Even though Roland had vaguely seen the situation of the Frost Forge through prophecy, he only thought that the Cold Disaster might have been born in the ruins of the Frost Forge.

Now it seems that this unfinished Frost Forge is still in operation?
Roland felt the cold wind blowing out periodically and raised his eyebrows slightly. He could sense the information carried by the cold wind, the information of the roar of the forge.

Frost Forge, this is good.

Although the committee already has the silver forge, Roland will not think that having a forge of this level is too much as it will be a national treasure that will support a powerful country in the future.

If we can solve the cold disaster and bring the Frost Forge under the control of the committee at the same time, all the previous consumption of personnel and materials will be worthwhile.

As for the opinions of the Frost Dwarves, the Council’s army will teach them to have no opinions.

If the Frost Dwarves were sensible, Roland would not mind letting them join the War Council and share in the prosperity. If they were not, the Frost Clan, which had been weakened to its current state, would not be able to stop the iron fist of the Council.

Roland did not have any moral obsession. If invading and annexing the Frost Dwarves could benefit the War Council and obtain the Frost Forge, then Roland would definitely not hesitate to use violence.

Thinking about this, Roland turned on the communication device on his wrist and issued new orders to the explorers and troops at the Far North Gate, asking the explorers to clear a passage to support the army’s entry and exit as soon as possible at all costs. He also ordered the army to prepare for war and formulate a plan to annex the Frost Dwarves.

After confirming that the message had been sent, Roland turned off the communication device and looked down into the abyss. Sensing the various warning and defense measures hidden in the passage, Roland did not jump directly, but conservatively chose to take the stairs.

Although he chose to take the stairs, Roland’s speed was not slow. He descended rapidly at a speed of 100 meters per second. Along the way, Roland also flexibly avoided all the mining dwarves and resolved all the warnings and defenses that blocked his way.

As Roland continued to go deeper, the temperature in the pit became more and more extreme and colder.

As the ambient temperature dropped, Roland encountered fewer and fewer dwarves, and the thickness of the ice and stone walls around him became thicker and thicker.

Five minutes later, Roland reached the bottom of the pit.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Roland turned his head and looked at the huge vent on the side. This was the vent of the Frost Forge, and the continuous cold wind from the deep pit blew out from it.

The cold wind blowing out of the vent was not as strong and cold as Roland expected.

Thinking back to the broken and unusable magic circles Roland had seen along the way, it seemed that the weakened Frost Dwarves were unable to maintain the Frost Forge.

Roland scanned the situation below, thinking thoughtfully, and teleported directly to an empty place.

(End of this chapter)