Chapter 196: Craigie's Ambition In October, the weather in the Black Iron Mountains has begun to cool, but the heat wave is still rolling in the Black Iron King City built on the mountain, and the Elders have levied a large number of weapons from the dwarven craftsmen in the royal city, not only the models used by the dwarves, but also some are obviously made for orcs, in order to complete the levy order of the Elders, all the blacksmith workshops are working overtime, the fire in the blacksmith furnace is not extinguished twenty-four hours a day, and the dwarves sweat naked in front of the anvil.
The female dwarves were not idle, the elders levied a large amount of leather armor and bows and arrows from the armor workshops run by the female dwarves, and the size required by these items was for the elves at a glance, and the fine leather armor required a lot of time to cut and sew, and the requirements for bows and arrows were also very strict, both the weight and the length of the feathers had to be controlled very accurately.
Although the dwarves already have some speculation about the orders of the Council of Elders, due to the nature of the dwarves, once they are put into the work, they quickly forget these troubles, and the heavy work is very hard, but the gossip in the Dwarven Royal City has been much less these days.
Certain speculations about the elves have helped to calm the situation.
Elves and dwarves have been advancing and retreating together for four thousand years, perhaps it is precisely because of the companionship of the elves that the dwarves will let go of their worries about uniting with the orcs against humans, and even many dwarves have already classified humans as enemies in their hearts, after all, if a person says that humans are enemies, then everyone may hesitate, but when everyone says that humans are enemies, people who still have doubts will be regarded as outliers first.
The attitude of the dwarves is changing rapidly, this is very clear to Zhao Yannian, who is lurking outside the dwarf king city, if you don't stop the dwarves as soon as possible, these hot-headed guys are likely to never be able to wake up again, the army of the Duke of Rhyss in the north has discovered the army of the dwarves, if it weren't for the dwarves who are waiting for the arrival of the orc and elf armies, I'm afraid the two sides have already begun to fight, and at that time, it is impossible for either dwarves or humans to let go of the enemies who slaughtered their own clan, There will be no more room for détente between humans and dwarves.
Zhao Yannian must act as soon as possible within a few days, whether it is a strong attack or a conspiracy, he must stop the dwarves' footsteps, let them find themselves on the edge of the precipice of war, only then can the dwarves come to their senses.
In the sky above the Dwarf King City, a second-order flying bird monster is flying freely in the sky, for it, this airspace full of heat is the best place to hunt, in the season that has turned cold, many flying insects like to gather in this warm place.
But today's luck was not very good for the bird, and after it had eaten a few autumn fat flying insects, it was about to fly a little higher to change the hunting grounds, when the bird crashed headfirst into an invisible wall.
The unsuspecting birds were not very fast, and they were much stronger than their counterparts in the other world, so after the impact, the bird flapped its wings in a panic and stabilized itself in the air, and then the bird opened its mouth angrily, ready to use its power to retaliate against the unknown thing that stood in its way.
A small wind bomb just condensed in the bird's mouth, but before the wind bomb could be launched, a black tentacle stretched out from the empty sky like lightning, the wind bomb was immediately crushed by the black tentacles, and the poor bird was also entangled and killed by the tentacles in an instant, and in a short moment of less than a second, the bird disappeared into the sky, and in a hidden space in the sky, the body of the bird was slowly swallowed by a black shadow.
This is a shadow assassin who has begun to elementalize, his body is nothing more than a burden to him at the moment, and the black tentacles are his real body, the shadow assassin is sitting in this small space watching everything on the ground while enjoying his afternoon meal.
Zhan Wuyan small batch trial production of stealth detector, a combination of a propeller aircraft and a one-man airship, this kind of round like a spherical aircraft with two wings, can fly or hover in the sky for a long time, his flight speed is not fast, but through the help of magic can achieve absolute silence, and the surface of the aircraft is arranged with a mirror magic array that can completely hide the traces of the aircraft from the sky.
The mirror circle is different from the active stealth circle, he is closer to the invisibility method of technology, the two mirror circles are like a space channel to let the light pass directly through the aircraft, this stealth method can effectively avoid most of the detection of magic reactions, originally this kind of detector was used to track the soul eater to find their lair and create, but now it seems to be very suitable for tracking the elf powerhouse.
"Chief, the target has entered the predetermined range."
The Shadow Assassin spoke into the communicator in a small voice, and soon the sound of a shadow could be heard in his headphones.
"Got it, keep watching, and watch out for the birds flying around and exposing your whereabouts."
"I'll be careful, Chief."
The Shadow Assassin licked his gray lips and whispered in reply.
Three cloaked elves entered a dwarven nobleman's mansion under the guidance of a dwarven soldier, this mansion has been clearly detected before, it is the mansion of the original second elder of the Council of Elders, Craigie, these days The shadow assassins who are good at stealth have been covered with listening devices in all corners of this mansion, as long as Craigie and the elves meet, then the conversation between them will be transmitted to Zhao Yannian, and the listening device that transmits signals through the radio waves is for the detection magic of this world, Completely unknown fluctuations, the magicians could not detect the meaning of these waves.
Craigie wasn't too old, his beard was just gray, and he was only ten years older than Bymon and he was enjoying the wonderful feeling of power at the moment.
Craigie was originally the head of the Presbyterian army and the henchman of the Great Elder Asyd who had been killed by the Soul Eater, since Asided's death, the dwarven king Samon has become more and more unscrupulous about the infiltration of the Presbyterian army, and Craigie also felt the extreme disgust of His Majesty the King who had turned over at this time and wanted to destroy the entire system of the Presbyterian Council.
Craigie is a very ambitious dwarf, he joined the army when he was a teenager, he has always longed for the throne in the center of the Elders' Council, and the old Elder Edside does intend to take Craigie as his successor, originally when the Moon Spring incident happened, the Great Elder had already indicated that he would quit the Council of Elders after this incident, so the elders of the Council of Elders maintained a blind attitude towards the Great Elder's reckless behavior.
At that time, Craigie had already fantasized about becoming the most powerful man in the kingdom.
But then things shattered all of Craigie's illusions like a bolt from the blue, the Great Elder was killed in his home, and then the humans who traded spring water with the Great Elder entered the temple and seized the holy artifacts enshrined in the temple, and then a human lord suddenly appeared to help the temple destroy each other, and quickly made a series of alliances with the king and the temple.
As a result of the actions of the Presbyterians in this incident, the prestige of the Presbyterian Church, which was held accountable by the two Legends, was greatly reduced, and the Dwarven King Samon, with the support of the two Legends, began to reap the rights that should have belonged to the King, and later began to devour the interests of the Presbyterian Church.
The position of the Great Elder of the Council of Elders has been suppressed by two legendary powerhouses for a long time, and the elders without the Great Elder will begin to fall apart under the lure of the king, and the original monolithic Council of Elders has gradually become an echo in front of the king.
It is impossible for a rebellion to succeed, as the military leader of the Presbyterian Church, although Craigie has 200,000 elite dwarven warriors in his hands, he has no reason to rebel at all, and without a reason, no matter how loyal his army is, it is impossible to follow him to fight his own people without hesitation.
So Craigie can only protect his last rights, while making a false promise to King Samon, but Samon's desire for power is greater than that of the dead Great Elder Edside, who has been suppressed for a long time, continues to squeeze and eat away at the army in Craigie's hands in various ways, and although Craigie is submissive on the surface, in his heart Craigie has regarded the king as an enemy of life and death.
If one day Craigie had a chance to kill Samon, Craigie would never hesitate for a second.
No one thought that this day would come so soon, there was a problem with the World Tree, the Moon Sacrifice held great power in the elf clan, and now the control of the elves is no longer the shrinking turtle of the World Tree but the Moon God Temple, the Moon God of the Heavenly Realm seems to be very disgusted with humans, and the Moon Sacrifice has just taken power, and immediately ordered the Moon Sacrifice to intervene in this war that should have been between humans and orcs.
Fanatics are the most dangerous, although the dwarves do not have fanatics, but what is a fanatical believer like, Craigie has seen enough from the elves, paranoid elves are the most prone to fanatics, the destruction of the high elves was because of this, and now the elves who are about to be destroyed are the same.
But Craigie doesn't care, as long as he can sit in the position of the Great Elder, he really doesn't care who to wage war against, anyway, this war is either fighting with orcs or fighting with humans, compared to the strong orcs, those weak humans are better to bully.
The elves will leave after destroying the humans, and the orcs' charging fools will run out of money sooner or later in the war, and Craigie believes that his choice will make the dwarves the overlord of this world.