The knight in the abyss

Chapter 5 Dwarves

Standing on the edge of the hot spring, Lancelot twisted and checked himself.

His body seems to be younger, the skin becomes delicate and smooth, and some of the original wrinkles have disappeared.

I don't know if it was because I just took a hot bath, my skin color was a little red, closer to the skin color of an abyss creature.

After putting on his clothes and armor, Lancelot made a few jumps and dodges on the spot.

True Qi naturally gushed out from his dantian, covering the meridians of his body, making his strength, speed and agility stronger.After a few moves, Lancelo felt quite relaxed, almost the same as not wearing armor before.

He picked up the weapon he had put aside again and waved it a few times in the air.The originally heavy giant sword became much lighter in the hand, and it made a breaking sound that only appeared when it was swung with all its strength.

Lancelot was convinced that his power had increased by at least [-]%.

"Look back and figure out a way to do it again."

He muttered to himself.He was very impressed by the previous demon who wielded two giant axes. Although he didn't want to admit it, the image of wielding two two-handed weapons at the same time was really handsome.

He then tried various magical uses of zhenqi mentioned in the bamboo slips: concentrating zhenqi in his eyes, his eyesight was greatly improved, and the leg hair of an ant passing by at the entrance of the cave could be seen clearly; Gathered on the fingertips, the fingers suddenly became extremely sharp, and easily poked a hole in the stone; concentrated the infuriating energy on the nose...

He successfully blocked his sense of smell, and the unpleasant smell in the air miraculously disappeared.

The world's first cultivator sat down again and carefully checked his physical condition.

Small infuriating qi slowly flows through the meridians at all times, and the infuriating qi in the sea of ​​qi seems to be half full.

Lancelo's heart moved. According to the records in the bamboo slips, he already possessed the characteristics of the Great Perfection in the early stage of Qi Refining.

"The bamboo slips say that it takes more than a month to cultivate to the first-level Great Perfection at the earliest. Why is my progress so fast?"

After thinking about it, Lancelot felt that it was still related to his own situation.

Firstly, he is already a high-ranking knight himself, and his physical body is quite strong, and his long-term military training has accumulated a lot in his body; secondly, the blessing of the elves may have some mysterious effects on his body, enhancing the relationship between himself and the world. The third is that ordinary people do four or five circles at a time of practice, but he did seven to seven forty-nine circles when he first felt the qi, and the precious innate qi was absorbed in large quantities. The natural effect is extraordinary.

Combining the above three reasons, he was able to make such rapid progress, but the accumulation of the body and the absorption of innate energy are all one-time effects, and the speed of cultivation in the future may not be much different from that of a normal person.

Let's talk about it later.

The night had passed, and the dying sun had reappeared on the horizon of the abyss world.

Lancelot packed his bags, summoned the black warhorse, and set foot on the road to the top of the mountain again.“€?br />
From the bottom of the mountain, the Broken Mountains are extremely towering, but when you climb to the top, you will be surprised to find that there is a large flat ground on the top of it, as if the mountain was cut off by a god.

It is not accurate to say that the ground is flat, because as long as you look closely, you will find that there are abandoned mines everywhere.Demons who do things without considering the consequences have dug the pits here, making it difficult to pass.

Demons aren't interested in wealth, but are fervently chasing anything that can make their destructive power more powerful, and that includes metal.

In a newer pit on the edge, the clinking of pickaxes is coming from it.Several dwarves were carrying bags of ore and trudging upward along the path at the edge of the mine.

Although the dwarves have always been known for their love of digging, the occasional whip and chains around their necks suggest that they did not work here willingly.

Demons occasionally seek out metal ore of their own accord to craft suitable weapons and armor, but it is impractical to organize a team of demons to mine ore on a large scale for a certain pit lord's legion.

Therefore, demons generally do this hard and tedious work by enslaving other races.

Every dwarf is a natural expert when it comes to mining ores and crafting weapons and equipment.But their hobby of digging deep into the ground has a terrible side effect - deep underground, where magma flows, the space is not stable, and there are occasional natural teleportations to the abyss that can only last for a short time. The door appears.Behind the portal is often a rare mineral vein, which can easily be strayed into by inexperienced dwarves and captured by the demons (if not eaten on the spot).

Demons don't have the ability (or patience?) to process high-grade metals themselves, so the abyss lords have always had a strong demand for dwarves, and dwarves have become one of the larger alien races in the abyss.

Most dwarves live enslaved lives, working in jobs that require craftsmanship, such as mining, forging, or maintaining weapons and equipment.But in the abyss, the death rate of the slave owner was not much lower than that of his slaves, and the wars between the demons were frequent and bloody.And when the opportunity is right, dwarven pickaxes are as effective against demon heads as they are for ore, so there is no shortage of dwarven adventurers in the abyss, and their bodies that work in mines and forges all year round are strong enough to smash any creature's kneecap.

By the way, the most numerous alien creatures in the abyss are goblins.Although this goes against long-standing beliefs, they are not Abyssal creatures.

At the top of the mine, a demon overseer was standing there.

This is a creature that only appears in the nightmares of mortals. It is slightly larger than ordinary humans, with a lower body like a fly, and four thin insect-like feet, which allow it to claw on almost vertical walls.The upper body is like a human, with almost no muscles in the torso, two pairs of transparent wings on the back, and the ends of the slender arms are insect claws, which are holding a whip and waving it up and down.Its head is like a combination of a fly and a mosquito, with a long beak and huge compound eyes, which give it a wide field of vision.With its wings and legs for climbing, this demon is a natural overseer.

It was looking down at the quarry with its compound eyes, screaming every now and then for a few daemon guards to whip some unfortunate who was lazy and found.

The guards here are toad-like humanoid demons with stout limbs, sarcoid and spiky backs, sharp-toothed mouths, and a fainting stench.

This is one of the few demons in the abyss that is as stupid as a cowardly demon. They are mad war demons, but most abyss residents prefer to call them toad demons, or frog demons and demon toads.

Because they have good fighting ability and have a small head that is only a little smarter than the Abyss Worm, high-level demons can often easily coax them into serving themselves, serving as charging infantry, supervising the guards of slaves, and when necessary They can also be forced to do hard labor by promising half of the spoils of the next war (if they survive).

The group of dwarves in the mine had been working without sleep for a long time. No matter how they were afraid of the whip, their bodies still slowed down involuntarily.

Suddenly, an old dwarf with a gray beard slipped under his feet. The basket full of ore made him unable to keep his balance, and he rolled down the steep tunnel and fell heavily to the bottom of the pit.

"Dad!"

A young dwarf who was wielding a pickaxe let out an exclamation.He dropped the tools in his hand and ran over, knelt beside the fallen old dwarf, and held him in his arms.

"Damn! Go back immediately and continue digging rocks!"

The humanoid fly overseer let out an angry scream, and its voice was so harsh that all the demons and dwarves present could not help covering their ears.

"What are you still doing, go up and smoke him! Let him continue to work!"

The humanoid flies screamed at a demon guard at the bottom of the pit.

The Berserker scratched his ears and walked towards the dwarf with his whip in hand.

"He's the best blacksmith in Riveter Castle! You idiots, let him be a coolie!"

The dwarf shouted angrily, but what responded to him was the whip that fell like raindrops from the hands of the Berserker Demon.

"Ahhh!"

The dwarf's screaming was partly because of physical pain and partly because of inner shame.However, his hands were always firmly on the ground, and he did not protect his head, because he wanted to use his body to block the whips for his father.

"go back to work."

The whipping finally stopped, and the mad war demon grinned open his big mouth and spat out two words.

"Go, my boy," said the old dwarf, awake. "Your father, I can't die yet."

The young dwarf stood up, holding back his tears, he secretly glared at the ugly human-shaped toad with hatred, and lowered his head to the pickaxe that was thrown on the ground.

The sound of the whip sounded behind him again, and he squatted subconsciously, holding his head in his hands, trying to resist the terrifying beating.

The whipping sound continued, but the expected pain did not come.

He raised his head in confusion, and the scene in front of him instantly made his eyes blood red.

The mad war demon was still waving the whip and beating the old dwarf, and he kept repeating the words "go back" and "work" in his mouth. past.

"I fought with you!"

Something that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out.The young dwarf let out a furious roar, and used all his strength to charge towards the berserker, like a cannonball.

The ugly toad demon turned his head dully, just in time to be bumped by the young dwarf.It flew out as if it had been hit by a giant hammer, and slammed into the wall.

The young dwarf knelt on the ground, eagerly shaking the old dwarf who passed out, shouting with a crying voice:

"Dad, wake up, wake up, wake up!"

"Roar!"

The big toad that was knocked out staggered and stood up and let out a roar.The mad war demon may have a bad brain, but his physical fitness is by no means a false name.

It grinned into a horrible grin.The guard's job is too boring, or fighting is more in line with its nature.

The young dwarf picked up the pickaxe on the ground and turned to face the mad war demon.

His figure was unexpectedly tall, perhaps because he stood up straight, he looked a bit taller than the other dwarves.

All the mad war demons around the mine looked over, but they did not intend to intervene, but prepared to watch this rare duel, which was the most popular form of entertainment in the abyss.

A good show is coming.

　Change it first and then change it, please forgive me if there are typos and incomprehensible sentences!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)