As expected, the rumor that King Repenhardt was protecting other races spread more and more. Slowly, even the orcs and elves living as human slaves will begin to recognize his existence. This is a necessary recognition from his perspective as he must continue to obtain cooperation from different races in the future.
On the other hand, the alchemists are unable to be openly hostile even though they clearly guess it.
‘As long as you don’t know about the existence of the space portal, no matter how suspicious you are, this one has a solid alibi.’
So, as soon as I returned to Baekwangseong, I deliberately performed a performance to prove myself in front of outside merchants. Like pretending to practice martial arts and stabbing the sky with golden aura, or sparring with knights and flicking swords with bare skin. If he does this, he can also be cleared of the charge of setting up a double agent.
Of course, we cannot remain silent and doubt forever. Over time, it will move one way or another. But for now, this is enough.
“While you are increasing your strength in the beginning, just being able to avoid the humans’ joint attacks is a great harvest.”
With a smile on his face, Reppenhardt got up from the table and walked to the window.
The sky was truly high and blue, as if it had clearly become fall. Below, Russ and Tashid’s private training ground could be seen. Today, as usual, they were engrossed in sparring, emitting auras.
What was different from usual was that a blue-skinned troll with dozens of braids hanging down to his waist was also standing next to them.
After sparring with Russ, Tashid looks at the troll and speaks to him.
“Whoa, good. Then Atilka! “Would you like to give it a try too?”
“Okay, Tashid. “Get ready.”
When Atilka answered, his most distinctive feature, his long molars like ivory, was not visible at the corner of his mouth. The reputation of the ivory molar was so widespread that Reppenhardt hid it from view using magic. So the humans of Antares just thought Atilka was an ordinary troll.
Tashid raised his sword and aimed it at him. Atilka also took out her dagger and took her stance.
“Huh!”
“Taaat!”
Tashid and Atilqa threw themselves at each other. Two of Baek Wang-seong’s servants who were passing through the corridor next to the training hall were startled when they saw Atilka, but then they turned off her attention and went on their way again.
“It seems like other people are slowly getting used to trolls.”
Atilka, who agreed with Reppenhardt’s wishes, eventually decided to join him. She then surrendered herself to the County of Antares along with the trolls she had rescued. The nine rescued trolls made a new home in the forest prepared in advance, but Atilka was staying in the White King with Repenhardt.
At the sudden appearance of Atilka, the humans of White Planet, including Carol and Asreil, were quite embarrassed at first. There is a strong perception that trolls are monsters. But as time passed, everyone thought it was okay and moved on.
In any case, even wild orcs are treated as monsters by humans. Since they have already experienced a variety of different races, it would not be particularly surprising if the number of trolls increased.
Leffenhardt shifted his gaze. On the other side of the training hall, Russ and Siris were sparring frantically. A little distance away, Marceline and Cilan were seen sitting face to face and having a heated discussion. Since the Chloe Dyman Portal in the Glotten Mountains was activated, Marqueline has been frequently going back and forth between Grand Forge and the County of Antares to take care of the dwarves.
“Siris, Tashid, Atilka, Makelyn… … .”
Seeing them all gathered in one place again made my heart melt.
“Everything is ready… … .”
Leppenhardt left the window and picked up the documents on the table again. The administration of the County of Antares is handled perfectly by Prime Minister Carol, so there is no need for him to do anything. This document also did not concern the administration of the county.
The document contained a detailed list of large-scale orc farms and arenas across the continent, dwarven mining villages, alchemist guild branches that raised trolls, and nobles who owned elf slaves.
Leppenhardt grinned as he looked at the documents.
“Okay then, shall we get moving?”
2
thud! thud! thud!
The sound of a pickaxe rings loudly in a dark tunnel. The people wielding pickaxes were dozens of dwarves with short statures, sturdy builds, and thick beards. Everyone was sweating profusely with their tops off, and unlike dwarves who are famous for their strong stamina, they all looked clearly exhausted.
Behind them, a human wearing leather armor was yelling.
“I’m telling you, don’t be lazy, you little bastards!”
Wow!
A sharp whip hits the back of a staggering dwarf. Blood lines form and blood spurts out.
“Ugh!”
The whipped dwarf fell to the floor, groaning. Other dwarves tried to help him, but when the warden whipped him again, he flinched and returned to his original position.
This tunnel was an iron mine located southwest of the Setelad Mountains. It is run by Viscount Kelbern, a nobleman of the Kingdom of Grime. These dwarves were the Steelhammer clan, slaves of the Viscount.
“If you want to rest, finish your work! work!”
The dwarves ground their teeth as they listened to the manager’s shouting.
“Ugh… … .”
I’ve been digging for two days now without being able to sleep or rest properly. No matter how strong they are, there is no way they can withstand it.
Originally, Viscount Kelbern did not abuse his slave dwarves to this extent. The problem was an incident that occurred at Viscount Kelbern Castle in the winter of early this year.
While King Reppenhardt was fighting against the Golden Knights of Grime, Kelbern Castle was almost destroyed. As a result of the battle, one side of the castle wall collapsed, seven buildings were destroyed, and the garden and yard were plowed like barley fields in spring. The damage is truly enormous.
Afterwards, to make up for the damage, Viscount Kelbern began to treat the dwarves much more harshly than usual. It would have been possible to make up for some of the damage if they had received the relics salvaged from the Eleusion ruins, but the problem was that they refused, calling it pretentious. In normal circumstances, even if the Viscount had refused, he would have given away the relics since he had suffered that much damage, but at that time, he had been shocked by Reppenhardt and Russ in quick succession. He took all the relics he had collected without even thinking about it and took them with him.
Thanks to this, the only ones to die were the Steel Hammer clan.
“Damn humans… … .”
“Shit… … .”
The dwarves who were digging suddenly looked at the humans watching with hatred. In my heart, I wanted to kill those guys right away. Mining tools such as pickaxes also make great weapons. There is nothing you can’t do if you put your mind to it.
The manager must have sensed the dwarves’ gaze, and his eyes lit up with a twinkle in his eye.
“What? Where do these things come from? yes!”
I couldn’t do it. The humans were holding their precious families hostage. The clan’s elders, women, and children live under tight surveillance underground near Kelbern Castle. If they rebel here, their very lives will be in danger.
And that wasn’t the only problem.
“Has adamantium been discovered yet?”
At the entrance to the coal mine, a man in his mid-30s wearing a robe appeared and scolded the managers. The administrators kept lowering their heads with humble smiles.
“I’m sorry, Wizard Pavl. I’m trying hard to encourage it, but still… … .”
True gold Eldrill, true silver mithril, true silver orihalcon, true iron adamantium.
These four types of magic metals were only found in extremely small amounts in gold, silver, copper, and iron mines. And the price was beyond imagination.
Since it was impossible to make up for the damage in a short period of time by simply continuing to mine iron, Viscount Kelbern was constantly pushing the dwarves, hoping to discover Orichalcon or Adamantium in his mine. The dwarves who heard the sound of the earth kept explaining that there was no more adamantium in this mine, but they did not believe it.
Pavel shouted in a stern voice.
“The Viscount is very angry. “Let’s proceed a little faster!”
The dwarves touched their necks with gloomy eyes as they looked at the wizard. Their necks were fitted with metal dog collars.
The explosion magic given to this dog collar is activated as soon as the wizard memorizes a simple starter word.
‘We can’t do it, our lives depend on them…’ … .’
The dwarves sighed as they gave up. There is absolutely no room for resistance. Out of breath, the dwarves started picking axes again.
“Ugh, I wish the savior had fought a little more gently… … .”
Then suddenly a scream was heard outside.
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“Ugh!”
It was a human scream. The dwarves looked at the mine entrance in surprise. Viscount Kelbern’s soldier who was watching them suddenly screamed.
“huh?”
“What’s going on?”
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“What are these guys!”
A soldier shouted. A heavy battle hammer struck the soldier in the abdomen, blocking his cry.
puck!
Feeling extreme pain, the soldier fainted. The owner of the Battle Hammer, Sloitl, looked down at the soldier with a stern expression and muttered.
“I want to kill you, but you are just an employee who doesn’t know anything. “I won’t even take your life.”
Already around Sloitl, five or six soldiers were unconscious and kissing the ground. They are all soldiers of Viscount Kelbern. The five warriors from Grand Forge who came with them were also relentlessly pushing against about thirty human soldiers.
“I guess I’ll have to take care of that too.”
Sloitl lightly threw himself away. The heavy battle hammer passed noisily between the soldiers. The opponents were at best soldiers from rural nobles, and there was no difficulty in dealing with them even without the need to embody Aurors.
Wherever the hammer struck, weapons shattered, bones broke, and screams erupted.
“Ahh!”
“Ugh!”
It only took a few minutes for all the soldiers to fall. Everyone falls to the floor and lets out faint moans like zombies. Thanks to the Sloitl and the dwarf warriors taking matters into their own hands, there were no deaths. However, if the injury is that serious, it will be very difficult to make a living from now on.
“What’s going on!”
Belatedly, the two administrators and the wizard Pavel who were inside the mine ran out. Slowil lightly waved his hand and threw the hammer.
Hehehe~ Puck! puck!
“Quack!”
“Kwaeeek!”
The administrators who had taken the lead were hit with hammers and thrown to the ground. Pavel looked around and looked scared.
“What are these dwarves? “Where did these guys come from?”
Sloitl stepped forward, retrieving the battle hammer. A cold voice came out through his bushy beard.
“I have come to save my people from oppression, human wizard.”
“What, what?”
Pavel looked at Sloitl and the Dwarf warriors in confusion.
‘How dare a mere ground puppy rebel?’
However, the horrors of the soldiers scattered around seem too realistic to be funny. Pavel stepped back and shouted.
“Ooh, don’t move! “If I even lift my hand, all their heads will be blown off!”
Pavel raised his finger, raising his magic power. If anything seemed even slightly odd, I planned to shout out the starter word right away.
‘joy! After decapitating about 10 of them, they won’t even dare to attack you!’
Sloitl nodded and responded.
“Know. That’s why I couldn’t use my hands carelessly in the past.”
“huh?”
Pavel was impressed by the overly calm and weak response. It felt somehow ominous. At that time, another group of dwarves appeared behind Sloitl. Unlike the warriors, they were five dwarves whose bodies were covered with robes.
The dwarves who appeared all stretched out their hands forward and opened their mouths.
“Pnia Arlheid Egast… … .“
“Sure flow… … .”
“Take my hand, follow my will…” … .”
“Covering the hole… … .”
“What has been released will be locked up again!”
Pavel’s eyes widened.
“D-Dwarves use magic?”
Back when Reppenhardt was staying at Grand Forge, he selected dwarves who seemed talented and laid the foundation for magic for them. It was the Grand Forge Magic Corps.
After that, whenever they had time, they would come to study abroad in the country of Antares and improve their skills by receiving instruction from Reppenhardt. Dwarves were slow to learn, but since their teachers were so good, they were all slowly entering the second circle.
The dwarves all shouted starter words in unison.
“Rune oppression!”
The magical power of suppression was shot towards Pavel. Pavel was surprised and tried to activate the magic on the dog collar, but the dwarves soon suppressed his magic field and suppressed the activation. Pavel was only a country wizard in the early 4th circle, so although his individual level was low, the five of them combined their strength, and the power was enough to overpower Pavel’s magic field.
“Ugh!”
Pavel groaned as his magic was suppressed. Sloitl lightly threw himself away.
Pow!
As the thick fist dug into his solar plexus, Pavel immediately came to his senses. Sloitl shouted at the mine, throwing the unconscious Pavel to the floor.
