“I didn’t know you had this kind of skill when it comes to winning hearts and minds.”
Su Ye and Vulcan walked side by side, teasing him lightly at the moment.
Vulcan twitched his lips and chuckled, “I learned it all from the Lord.”
Su Ye was speechless. Learned from him?
Was he that sleazy?
Shrugging, Su Ye asked, “You seem to know this Jess quite well. What's his background?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Vulcan clenched his fists, his face filled with hatred.
“I don’t know Jess well, we only met a few times. I just know that this guy is cruel and unscrupulous. He treats his own army very well, but he heavily exploits the miners and slaves at the bottom. So, Jess is in a polarized position in the Roaming Tribe.”
“Some dwarves are extremely loyal to him, while others despise his cruelty.”
After listening to Vulcan’s explanation, Su Ye had a vague idea of who he was dealing with.
Before he could speak again, his eyes lit up, and the mine cart had already driven out of the mine.
Six giant dragons were lined up neatly in the open space in front of the mine.
The miners following behind, upon seeing the domineering dragons, turned pale.
After Vulcan’s explanation, they felt better.
At the same time, they were extremely curious about Su Ye.
This human could actually summon dragons, and he was even Vulcan’s superior.
Not simple!
After a brief reorganization, the troops set off again.
This time, in addition to Su Ye and Vulcan’s people, there were also more than two hundred miners who had been exploited and hated Jess to the bone.
A huge combined force, 浩浩荡荡, marched towards the Roaming Tribe.
…
On a plain about one hundred kilometers from the Dusk Mine.
There stood a giant city.
It covered a vast area, surrounded by towering walls that were dozens of meters high.
On the city walls, there were many cannons, heavy crossbows, catapults, and other weapons developed by the dwarves.
There were also many dwarves patrolling the city wall passages in shifts.
This was the Roaming Tribe.
Suddenly, a dwarf war chariot came speeding towards the plain in front of the Roaming Tribe.
There were three dwarves on board, looking disheveled and panicked.
They soon arrived at the city gate.
“Open the gate quickly, we need to see Chief Jess.”
“That’s right, we have important matters to report.”
Seeing this, several dwarves on the city wall confirmed the identities of the people and quickly opened the gate.
The three dwarves drove the chariot into the Roaming Tribe.
Then they went straight to the Lord’s Hall.
When the three arrived at the Lord’s Hall, they saw a burly, ugly, stout dwarf sitting on the throne, enjoying the massages of two female dwarves beside him.
This was Jess, the leader of the Roaming Tribe.
The three dwarves who escaped from the Dusk Mine rushed into the Lord’s Hall and knelt down on the ground.
“Chief Jess, something terrible has happened.”
Jess, who had been dozing with his eyes closed, was startled awake and became unhappy. He yelled at the three dwarves, “You useless things, do you know you’ve disturbed my rest? Next time, just go dig in the mine.”
The three dwarves were aggrieved by the scolding. One of them, emboldened, said, “Chief, please calm down, we have something important to report!”
“Spit it out, what’s the matter?” Jess said impatiently.
The three dwarves looked at each other and continued, “Our Dusk Mine was robbed.”
“What!”
Upon hearing this, Jess was instantly furious. He rudely pushed away the two female dwarves and stood up with a bang, “Who did it?”
“It was Vulcan!”
“How dare this guy defy me? With his meager forces, how could he possibly capture the Dusk Mine? Are you all raised on dung?” Jess was furious.
The three dwarves were about to cry. They continued, “It wasn’t, Chief, Vulcan brought dragons.”
“Yes, there were six dragons.”
“They destroyed our defenses, and only the three of us escaped out of a hundred guards.”
As soon as these words were uttered, Jess was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a while before reacting.
“Dragons? How is that possible? Those are creatures that only exist in legends. How could they be with Vulcan?”
Jess was doubtful, “How could Vulcan be worthy of such an honor, right? How could he get the help of dragons?”
This news must be false.
Seeing that Jess didn’t believe them, the three dwarves explained again.
They described what had happened vividly.
Of course, they didn’t hesitate to add some embellishments.
Seeing the excited expressions of his three subordinates, as if they were not lying.
Jess finally reluctantly believed the facts.
“Chief, what should we do now?” one dwarf asked.
Jess clenched his fists and ordered in a deep voice, “Gather all our people and go to the city wall. Prepare for defense.”
Vulcan had dragons and easily captured the Dusk Mine.
So, it was possible that he would continue to attack here.
No matter whether the news of Vulcan and the dragons working together was true or not, Jess was prepared to make plans in advance.
The three dwarves, having experienced the scene firsthand, dared not be negligent. They hurried out of the Lord’s Hall and began to gather the dwarf warriors of the tribe.
Jess, on the other hand, stroked his chin and fell into contemplation.
…
On the other side, Su Ye and his group were moving quickly.
After more than an hour, the Roaming Tribe finally appeared on the horizon.
Vulcan sat in the war chariot and raised his monocular to look towards the Roaming Tribe.
“The Roaming Tribe is ahead. Everyone, get ready for battle.”
After saying that, Vulcan looked up towards the sky.
Su Ye was riding Ardent, soaring through the air.
He was going to check things out.
Ardent was very fast and flew towards the Roaming Tribe from the air.