Chapter 463 Prelude
On the top floor of the Frost Forge, a large number of spell runes are flying continuously.

Hela stood in front of the Drop of Tear, and the Grimoire floated in front of her. The Grimoire absorbed the thick elements around it and transformed them into spell runes.

Under the transformation of the magic codex, a large number of spell runes are continuously flying out of the magic codex.

And Hela used her powerful manipulation ability to control and direct these spell runes, placing them one by one in the appropriate positions. At the same time, Hela also had to distract herself to adjust the magic book’s forwarding of spell runes according to the situation.

Under Hela’s micro-manipulation, spell runes disappeared into the space on the top floor, constantly filling the framework that Roland had built before.

Although Hela is already a high-level transcendent, and a high-level transcendent who has completed secondary sublimation of both body and soul, theoretically speaking, Hela’s progress is faster than Roland’s.

But just because Hela’s supernatural power is faster than Roland’s doesn’t mean that Hela has caught up with Roland in other aspects such as position building, alchemy, and magic weapons. In these aspects, Roland is still far ahead.

Therefore, Hela came to the Frost Forge mainly to assist Roland, and the main core framework was built by Roland himself.

While Hela was perfecting and filling the position framework at the top level, Roland shrunk his body and went deep into the core of the Frost Forge to dismantle the bomb, that is, to clear out all the elemental ingots accumulated in the core, and at the same time repair the damaged areas and holes.

The most critical part of the Frost Forge is the core. As long as the core does not explode, even if all other parts are blown up, it is still within an acceptable range. Therefore, after completing the main framework of the position, Roland left the remaining work of the position to Hela and began to carefully clean the elemental ingots in the core.

Roland stretched out his right hand and gently touched the elemental ingots piled on the parts in front of him, and his perception slowly extended into them.

Although elemental ingots are dangerous, they are actually good things. Highly concentrated and materialized elemental ingots are considered to be relatively rare extraordinary materials in this era.

Therefore, Roland would naturally not dissolve the elemental ingots directly.

His perception slowly extended, wrapping around the elemental ingots in front of him. After locking them, the space bracelet on his right hand flashed slightly, and all the elemental ingots in front of him were transferred to the space bracelet in one breath.

After all the elemental ingots were transferred, Roland also saw the parts that he had just perceived were severely damaged.

Under the erosion of time and elements, nearly one-third of the components in front of us have disappeared, and large holes have appeared in the originally connected components.

Looking at the component that seemed to be about to be reactivated, Roland lowered his head and looked at the energy pipe connected to this component. He stomped his right foot, and magic power poured in, removing several dwarf runes below.

After these dwarf runes were kicked out, the energy channels that were originally running stopped obediently, and the parts that tried to start working again also stopped due to lack of energy.

To be honest, the more Roland explored the core of the Frost Forge, the more he felt his scalp tingling.

The Frost Dwarves have been using the Frost Forge for so many years, so naturally they did not choose to use it in this way from the beginning.

Although the Frost Dwarves are weak now, the premise of their weakness is after their glory days, and the Frost Clan in their glory days naturally had the ability to maintain the Frost Forge.

Due to the importance of the Frost Forge, the Frost Clan has always insisted on maintaining the Frost Forge even though it has weakened.

Therefore, at the core of the Frost Forge, there is not only the unified rune technology of all clan countries, but also various maintenance and transformations left by the Frost Clan over countless years.

The former is a complete system, neatly and beautifully arranged, while the latter is just a heap.

Due to the ups and downs of the Frost Clan’s sustainability and the birth and improvement of Frost Rune technology, their maintenance and transformation are full of wild beauty, without any planning, as long as it can be used.

Looking at the runes they left behind, Roland recalled the time when he faced the Shit Mountain Runes on the northern wall.

To be honest, Roland really wanted to just overwrite and rewrite the entire wall like he did with the northern wall, but time was tight and clearing out the elemental ingots was the most important thing. Therefore, Roland could only endure the discomfort and go ahead with it.

While Hela was setting up her position and Roland was tortured by the runes left by the Frost Clan, obvious changes occurred inside the Frost Forge as the two of them moved.

Since the large amount of overflowing elements was transformed into runes by Hela, the amount of overflowing elements absorbed by the Frost Forge from the Water Elemental Realm was no longer so exaggerated.

Inside the core, the element ingots that had been piled up for who knows how many years were also collected one by one by Roland into the space bracelet.

The main reasons for maintaining a high element concentration environment underground are these two: the elements that overflow after absorbing the water element world and the elements that flow out when the accumulated element ingots decompose.

Now, thanks to Roland and Hela’s operations, the elements overflowing from the core of the Frost Forge into the underground space are becoming less and less, and at the same time, the vents of the Frost Forge can be kept running.

Therefore, when the amount of input elements decreases and the amount of output elements remains unchanged, the element concentration begins to slowly decrease. The change in the high element concentration underground naturally brings about changes in the environment.

The frost dwarves underground were surprised to find that the underground temperature had dropped and the coverage of the thermal tower had been significantly improved.

After realizing this change, the elders and royal family members underground all passed the news to Ice Stone City at the same time.

Inside the Icestone City Palace, the Dwarf King was alone in a secret room with his eyes closed. He was talking to a voice inside his body.

“It’s you who did this.”

“No, this is not our fault. It’s yours. The amount of elements flowing into the material world on our side has not changed.”

Hearing the voice, the Dwarf King frowned slightly. He raised his head and opened his eyes to look at the blood-red tear drops in front of him. Looking at the tear drops that did not change, he frowned slightly.

It’s the truth.

If it wasn’t them, then there is only one answer.

Those guys from the Elder Faction, have they prepared any trump cards at the Frost Forge?

The dwarf king clenched his fists.

“Do you need help?”

The voice sounded in his body again. The dwarf king did not answer. He stood up directly, collected the blood-red tears in front of him, and directly cut off contact with them.

The dwarf king took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality.

Then he pushed open the secret room and walked quickly in the corridor. At the same time, the dwarf guards waiting outside the secret room hurriedly caught up with him.

The dwarf king said as he walked, without looking back.

“How prepared are you?”

“The drivers are ready and can set off at any time. The army is also ready. However, the Ice Guards will still need some time.” The dwarf guard trotted beside the dwarf king and whispered.

He looked at the dwarf king’s face, raised his right hand, waved it downward, and suggested.

“How about we do it now?”

Hearing his words, the dwarf king shook his head and said.

“No, we have to wait until the Ice Guards are ready. As long as they are ready, we can preserve the flame of the clan no matter how bad the outcome is.”

“clear.”

The dwarf guard responded in a low voice, and then the two of them left the corridor.

In a meeting room inside the elders’ residence, the first elder sat on a chair with his eyes closed, listening to the noise of the elders around him while communicating with the voice in his heart.

After receiving the same answer from the voice that emerged from his heart as the Dwarf King, the First Elder also immediately believed that the royal family was responsible for the current situation.

He is really cautious, worthy of being that person’s descendant. Even though he showed weakness, he still had to wait until the Frost Forge was ready before he really took action.

Just as the first elder was thinking, the noisy sounds in his ears gradually died down, and the eyes of the elders were cast on him.

so troublesome.

The first elder cursed in his heart, then he opened his eyes, smiled gently, and said.

“Don’t panic, we will win.”

The other elders present clearly had some distrust in the First Elder’s confident words.

Anyone who is not a fool can see the decline of the Elders during this period. Originally, the Elders’ power was not as strong as that of the royal family, and now it is even weaker. How can they have any chance of winning now?

Anyway, they see no possibility of victory.

However, before the other elders could raise any questions, the first elder spoke in an unquestionable tone.

“At this point, there is no need to keep it a secret from you. Come with me, and I will show you our winning weapon. Once you see it, you will understand.”

After saying that, the first elder stood up, ignored the other elders, and walked out of the meeting room.

In the meeting room, the other elders looked at each other.

Just as they were hesitating, the first elder who had been inserted in advance and seemed independent stood up. As he followed the first elder out of the meeting room, he also spoke.

“Do we still have a choice? The royal family will not miss this opportunity to catch us all in one fell swoop. Since the first elder is so confident, I want to see where his confidence comes from.”

After the first elder came forward, the other dwarf elders looked at each other, and eventually most of them followed the first elder. Only a few elders hesitated and chose the opposite direction.

Less than a minute after the meeting ended, the Dwarf King received relevant information about the meeting.

He threw the information on the table, tapped the table with his right hand nervously, and muttered to himself.

A sure-win weapon? Was it really him who did the trick at the Frost Forge? It seemed that he had to deploy troops at the Frost Forge in advance.

No, that’s not right. He wouldn’t be so stupid. Suddenly revealing his trump card before the war is not something he would do. Could it be that this trump card is just a cover to divide the troops?
What should I do?
The dwarf king pulled out his beard strands one by one, using the pain to keep himself calm and try hard to think of a countermeasure.

Just when the Elders and the Royals were anxious about the changes in the underground environment of the Frost Forge, in the vast wasteland outside the Ice Stone City, at the very edge of the Frost Clan’s territory.

A bright lighthouse stands at the highest point, radiating bright light all around. With the lighthouse as the center, the area within a radius of one kilometer is illuminated incredibly brightly.

And below the lighthouse, under the command of the explorers, the Frost Dwarves built a large and neat camp with the lighthouse as the center.

The explorers brought all the Frost Dwarves they conquered and gathered from the marginal areas to this large camp and managed them in a unified manner to save manpower.

The explorers solved the material needs of the camp by relying on the spellcasters among them to make pancakes through the art of making meals, while the priests among them met the spiritual needs of the camp by spreading the faith of the Four Saints and One, and at the same time solved the ideological problems of the frost dwarves.

It is undeniable that in the marginal areas that have almost regressed to the primitive tribal era, religious beliefs are indeed useful. The rapid spread of the Four Saints and One Faith also allows explorers to better command and appease the gathered frost dwarves.

Compared to persuading the Frost Dwarves or forcing them by force, it is much easier to lead the Frost Dwarves on a pilgrimage in the name of faith and redemption.

Compared to the fact that persuasion is useless and force makes them unwilling, the Frost Dwarves are much more motivated in the name of pilgrimage.

The former requires explorers to keep urging them, while the frost dwarves on the latter pilgrimage are more active than the explorers.

Of course, the explorers did not exaggerate the holy land they described to the Frost Dwarves. They simply combined the committee’s situation to describe a beautiful scene where as long as one was willing to work, they would never have to worry about food and drink.

This is already a dream for the frost dwarves struggling on the margins.

After being abandoned by the Ice Stone City, the Frost Dwarves in the marginal areas were struggling for survival. In order to alleviate the food problem and reduce the population, these Frost Dwarves also evolved various barbaric and bloody rituals when they converted to primitive beliefs and heretical dwarven beliefs.

Whenever the population exceeds the limit, they will hold bloody rituals to steadily consume the excess population.

Considering the possible outbreak of the cold disaster, in order to quickly transfer these frost dwarves away on the first day the passage was opened, Roland also acquiesced to the explorers’ mission.

Calvin stood on the upper floor of the lighthouse and looked into the distance illuminated by the lighthouse. He saw explorers guiding thin frost dwarves, who were short even among dwarves, from the distant dark wilderness into the light of the lighthouse.

Below, led by explorers who were part-time priests, a large number of Frost Dwarves were gathering in various open spaces in the camp, reciting in unison the abridged version of the teachings of the Four Holy One Church.

This simplified version of the doctrine uses very concise language to formulate the dogma of behavioral norms and ethical morals, such as: wash hands before eating, drink warm water, wash on time, pay attention to cleanliness, love parents and relatives.
As a doctrine prepared by the Four Saints and One Church for believers with low cultural level or illiteracy, the simplified version of the doctrine does not explain much why it is done this way.

Calvin turned his gaze towards the communication device in his hand, which contained news from the Far North Gate.

There are only two days left before the committee opens the channel.

(End of this chapter)