Chapter 155: The Dwarf in the Tavern

There is a proverb on the Continent of Light: "If you want to know how many dwarves are, you will know by counting the caves in the Great Golden Mountain."

It’s a pity that no one has been able to count the caves in the Great Golden Mountain for thousands of years, because there are too many caves. As long as there are mines, thousands of caves will be dug out by dwarves.

Therefore, how many dwarves are on the Light Continent have always been a mystery.

But if someone asks, where to see the most dwarves, people will answer in unison—Red River Valley.

The Red River Valley is located in the southern part of the Greater Gold Mountains. Because the valley is rich in gold and iron ore, it became the base camp of the dwarf tribe thousands of years ago.

The Red River Valley is located in the central part of the Greater Gold Mountains, which is located in the central part of the Domont Mountains, bordering the Dragon's Abyss to the west and the Red Beech Forest to the east.

In terms of administrative division, the Red River Valley belongs to the Duchy of Gallancia, the largest territorial territory in the southern part of the Guangming Continent.

Going east from the Red River Valley, traveling more than 1,500 kilometers, you will enter the Duchy of Alter, the most populous principality in the southern part of the Light Continent.

Due to historical reasons, human beings are currently in the dominant position of the Light Continent, so human beings divide the six major wisdom races of the Light Continent into hierarchical divisions, namely the dragon clan, the elves and the giant clan, and the dwarf clan, the orc and the goblin clan of the lower tribes.

The three upper races once ruled the Light Continent in history, so humans are full of respect for dragons, elves and giants, believing that they are superior to humans.

Unfortunately, the upper three tribes have withered, and there are few of them in the human world.

As for the lower three races, humans have always regarded them as sub-ethnics, and they hardly regarded them as humans, thinking that they are just a group of talking animals.

Therefore, in the area occupied by humans, there are very few orcs, dwarves and goblins. Even if one or two appear, most of them are slaves.

In particular, goblins, after tens of thousands of years of persecution by humans, their numbers have dropped to the brink of being about to be extinct.

However, there are two special cases on the Light Continent. One is that the orcs in Hanover have obtained the same social status as local humans, and the other is the dwarves in the Red River Valley. Because they control a huge mineral vein, they have also received some respect from humans.

Therefore, in the Red River Valley, dwarves can not only walk around in human towns, but also use the money they earn from mining to go to luxury occasions.

Xijia Town - a village located at the mouth of the Red River Valley, famous for being a concentration of mineral products for dwarves and humans.

There are less than 3,000 fixed residents in the town of Xijia, but there are more than 30,000 human merchants and dwarf craftsmen who do business here all year round. Therefore, hotels and taverns are everywhere in this town, and they are open for business for 24 hours a day, and the business is extremely popular.

In the evening, the dwarf warrior walked into a tavern excitedly, threw his big hammer weighing more than 100 kilograms on the ground with a "bang", took out a silver coin and threw it into the bar: "One glass of ale, three kilograms of beef. Well, let's forget it, two glasses of ale, two kilograms of beef."

Dwarves love to drink, and the hammer is no exception.

The Iron Hammer's tribe dug a good-quality star gold ore in the mine yesterday. Today, he took it to the Qijia Town to sell it for money. Because it was too late, he planned to have a meal in the tavern and return to the Red River Valley early the next morning.

However, even the hammer couldn't explain clearly whether it was because the journey was too long, or because the smell of wine in the tavern made him feel that the journey was too long.

Anyway, no matter what, it is absolutely impossible to go back without a glass of wine.

The boss frowned and stood on tiptoe to look at the floor hit by the hammer. Fortunately, the floor did not break, but it just collapsed a little.

As humans, the owners of the tavern hate these dwarves, they hate them rudely, dirty, and like to be crazy about alcohol. They love their belly and their generous belly, they never care about the quality of the wine, nor do they take credit.

"Adolf, have you been very busy lately? Did you sneak out?" Adolf is the name of Iron Hammer.

"That's right, the craftsmen in our tribe have not rested for three days and three nights." Tie Hammer was full of resentment: "Humans want to fight, do what we do with dwarves. We have to pay 30,000 sabers within a month, and carve a cool badge, but the price is not long at all."

The boss pushed two large glasses of ale to the hammer, and while talking, he put beef into the plate: "What's the solution? The Church of Light is going to launch a holy war. The enemy is the evil demon king thunderstorm. It is said that it is a skeleton that can summon thousands of undead creatures to participate in the war. Carved with a cool badge, we human warriors are not afraid of skeletons."

"Coward, if I go to the battlefield, no matter what kind of human being or skeleton he is, he will smash it with one hammer and keep his bones broken." The hammer couldn't wait to pick up the wine glass, took a sip, and then said in a swishing mouthful: "You humans are timid, and you will be scared by a few rotten bones."

Tie Hammer grabbed two wine glasses with one hand and a meat plate with the other. His little eyes glanced around, walked to an uninhabited table and sat down, and started eating and drinking happily.

Soon, the hammer's belly bulged, and two glasses of wine and two kilograms of beef disappeared.

The hammer licked his mouth and touched his pocket of money. There were more than 40 gold coins he got from selling ore. These money were all public property of the tribe, and the fire was reluctant to spend it.

But the aroma of the wine is really tempting, and the hammer can no longer move.

Just as Tie Hammer was struggling with pain, a little human girl in white clothes and dress came over, sat opposite Tie Hammer, took out a gold coin and slapped it on the table and said, "Boss, give me ten glasses of ale and ten kilograms of beef!"

"Gudong." Tie Hammer swallowed a bite, then pointed to a small shredded pork on the plate and said, "Hey, I haven't finished it yet. This table is mine."

"I like to sit here, can't it?" the little girl smiled slightly: "Enjoy slowly, I won't compete with you."

Soon, ten glasses of ale and a large pot of beef were served.

Seeing so many good things, Tiehammer couldn't move: "Miss, can you eat alone? Don't waste it, it's so...it's a pity."

The little girl pushed the ale and beef toward the hammer: "Yes, it turns out that I really can't eat so much. Dwarf brother, can you help me?"

Tiehaw's eyes turned green and his breathing became heavy: "Miss, you... really invite me to drink?" Before the girl could speak, Tiehaw had already picked up a glass of ale and swallowed it in big mouthfuls.

"Eat, eat, eat, eat as much as you want, here." The little girl also picked up a glass of ale, took a sip, and immediately frowned: "Bah, why is it so bad!"

"This is the best ale, I used to drink it." Tie Hammer was already full of beef and couldn't speak clearly: "It's better than the wine made in our tribe. I can drink ten glasses at a time."

"Boss, come here!" The little girl slapped the table and said, "Did you add water to alcohol or add water to alcohol?"

The boss had been paying attention to the situation here for a long time. When he saw the little girl, he knew that this was an expert and that he could not hide the trick of mixing water into the wine. So when he came over, he held a big wine jar.

"I'm sorry, I'm too busy just now. This is the wine you want." The boss put down the wine jar and left: "The other ten glasses of ale are considered compensation from the shop, please don't be angry."

Actually, this is not considered compensation, because one gold coin is enough.

The little girl stood up, put her nose close to the wine jar and sniffed it. Then she picked up the wine glass on the table and poured all the wine inside to the ground one by one.

"Miss... this... this is a waste!" Tie Hammer's eyes were about to pop out. If he bought the wine, he would jump up and fight to the death.

In the saddle's regretful gaze, the little girl poured out all nine glasses of wine, then picked up the wine jar, and filled a glass of wine in front of the hammer: "Brother Dwarf, try this."

No need to taste it, the moment the lid of the wine jar was opened, the hammer's sensitive nose was already smelling. The wine contained there was many times better than the wine he had just drunk. The strong fragrance had already made him swallow his saliva.

But at this time, Tiehui had already had a question in his heart. He did not rush to drink the glass of wine, but asked: "Miss, don't you know me, right? Why did you invite me to drink?"

The little girl's smile was still sweet: "It's nothing, I think you are very honest and just want to invite you to have a drink and make friends."

"Although the dwarves are not smart, we are not stupid. No human lady is willing to make friends with dwarves." To resist the urge to drink, Tiehammer still shook his head: "Miss, if you have something to do, just speak. As long as I can do it, just ask me to drink, and I will do it for you."

"I just heard the conversation between you and the boss. I heard that you can carve the cool badge." Seeing the hammer insist, the little girl shrugged and said, "I just felt curious and wanted to ask what the cool badge is, what the cool badge has, and why do humans not be afraid of immortal creatures with the cool badge?"

"It's that simple?" Tie Hammer was still worried.

"It's that simple." The little girl nodded: "It doesn't matter whether you can answer or not."
Chapter completed!