108. Chapter 108 Who Abandoned Who
Chapter 108: Who Abandoned Who
Heine motioned for the skeleton to return to his side and helped the tower, who had fallen to his knees, to its feet.
Tuba’s heart was dripping blood as he looked at the totem pictures that were scattered all over the place.
But his face was still forced to be calm.
After all, he was not just being unreasonable, but now he was also less skilled than others.
“I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.” He said.
Heine laughed inwardly, making it sound like you won the fight.
But once again he was sure of Wei’s assessment.
Dwarves really are all hard eaters.
Guardian Iris seemed to have realized this as well.
“Damn in the game should be done, should not be honestly take what delivery quests, directly and he fought with no matter what.”
…
Touba lit the wall lamps, returning the light in the room to normal.
He sat down at the table with a seriousness that made Heine a little uncomfortable.
“There’s something you want to ask.”
Heine: “Why don’t you have a book on elemental trials here?”
“Because Goldtooth didn’t allow it, otherwise Fire Copper Street would have been transformed into a commercial street, now what does he call our place? Oh yeah, ‘unique scenery’.”
Heine frowned, “Why?”
“Those old traditions will stunt the growth of the young dwarves, and once they’re addicted to hunting, practicing archery, and listening to the earth and the wind, who’s he going to sell his cannons to?
“Besides, the sound of the earth is getting lighter nowadays, and the wind lacks a clear message, and the dwarves who still hold on to the traditions are almost all starving to death, so it would be better to learn mechanics from a young age, and practice marksmanship.
“When you grow up, go work in a shipyard, save up enough money to buy a handy cannon to become a mercenary, earn money and then change to a better gun, you can also buy some kind of tactical goggles, propellant and fragmentation grenades, there are a lot of tricks.”
He looked to the skeleton behind Heine.
“Or even a mechanical golem, that thing is a lot more down to earth than any earth power.”
Tuba said this with a broken tone, a tone thick with self-deprecation.
None of this was a secret either, it was more like something that had been bottled up in his heart for a long time.
Heine: “But I personally feel that a cannon is more suitable for you than a bow and arrow.”
Tuba sneered, “That’s what the reformers said a thousand years ago, yet when the mountain winds still favored us, the dwarven bow and arrow were more intimidating than those pointy ears, but unfortunately it didn’t take long for the elemental trials to disappear. It was we who were abandoned by Eli.”
Hmmm ……
Heine is tempted to say it was actually Sabellia who messed up.
But on second thought.
If the Hawkwing Dwarves really cared that much about the Wind Harvester, they wouldn’t have gone on for so long afterward as if nothing had happened.
In the end, there was still no need for it at all.
So he said, “I can understand your resentment, but the fact that the sacred beast has been missing for so many years, and you haven’t raised your entire clan to find it, doesn’t that just mean that you don’t actually need it anymore?”
Tuba grunted and didn’t take his words.
Heine asked again, “How did you all choose a clan leader after that?”
Tuba grinned and sneered, “Whoever can give more gold coins to the voters gets the support, oh yeah, they call this stuff some kind of democratic vote, from the ancestors of Goldtooth’s democracy to today.
“The ‘rain of gold coins’ every ten years never stops, it’s just that the money given is getting smaller and smaller, last year the damn thing even fooled around with painted copper coins, too bad no one cares about that when those fools are just picking up the money.”
Sounds pretty democratic enough.
Heine couldn’t help but shake her head.
“You brought this boy here for the Elemental Trials, right?”
Tuba suddenly looked over at the tower, his eyes subtle.
“Yes.”
“You should know better than him, shouldn’t you?”
Heine continued to nod.
Tuba then gave him a contemptuous smile.
“Looks like you’re no slouch either.”
“Don’t you dare say that!”
Tower stepped forward angrily.
Although he couldn’t understand the riddles the two were speaking, this was a good one.
Tuba froze, but instead of getting angry, he narrowed his eyes at Tower.
There was actually a faint appreciation in his gaze.
Tuk Tuk.
Heine didn’t have time to discuss this, he tapped the desktop and grasped the time to continue asking:
“How did you guys know that the Elemental Trial was activated?”
“The screams, when the trial opens, Eli’s screams will resonate through the mountains.” His eyes were lost in thought, as if he was remembering.
Then murmured:
“If the horn of the hunt is blown, it will resound through the mountains.
“If the cowardly cover their ears, they will be in great trouble.”
After saying this he smiled to himself.
“It’s only the people on this street who will believe in such vain things, as for others, children may not believe in them.”
Heine was thoughtful.
It sounded like the people on this street were a bunch of nail biters and didn’t get along with Goldtooth.
Perhaps the reason why Goldtooth didn’t choose to make a rash move had something to do with their strength as well.
After all, they were rank four Totem Masters.
Despite their age, they were clearly not the kind of people who could be compared to the kind of people who bought a cannon and upgraded it immediately.
“What about Eli Monte? I’d like to hear what you think of the Child of the Wind.” He asked again.
This time Tuba, however, shook his head in a determined manner.
“That’s their Son of the Wind, not ours, and no one on this street will recognize him as Eli’s heir, and if anyone does, I’ll crack his skull with a rock!”
But he was very chagrined when he finished, as if he had said something he shouldn’t have.
He waved his hand impatiently.
“Go away; I have said enough to an outsider.”
“One last question – will you be there for the trial tomorrow?”
Tuba grunted.
“What’s there to see when you know the results.”
Heine was about to ask something else, but there was a slamming of the door behind him.
Tuba rapped on the wall, the stone door didn’t respond.
He then remembered that his totem was broken in three pieces.
He muttered a low expletive and held up the string of beads and shook them.
The stone door fell, and outside it was indeed Simon with the guards coming for him.
Simon was relieved to see Heine intact.
Ever since he had seen the strength of Heine’s skeleton, he had looked at this powerful bodyguard with great care.
What personal grudges …… he had left behind anyway.
But seeing the tower behind Heine, his expression became very ugly.
“Why did you bring him here?”
“What difference does it make?” Heine asked.
Simon was momentarily speechless.
Indeed it didn’t make any difference, they were both going to die.
But you can’t say these things in front of other people!
He turned to deal with the guards, and then dismissed those who were watching.
Business was really bad on Firecopper Street, and the slightest bit of activity had all thrown down their stores and gathered around to watch.
“Whatever else you have planned to arrange next will have to be canceled.”
Simon said seriously to him:
“Your behavior is a serious violation.”
Heine shrugged noncommittally.
He didn’t argue either.
From the beginning he knew the guards were right behind him, so he didn’t go to the shipyard first.
It was assumed that the other man had seen the door to the bookstore closed and had immediately gone to shake someone down.
He had the skeleton re-draped in his disguise and was about to leave.
“Wait.”
Tuba suddenly came out and shoved a stone the size of a small thumbnail into Tower’s hand.
“This is what you’re buying.”
Tower stared at him blankly for a moment.
“I almost screwed up and forgot that there are still a lot of good people among the dwarves!”
Heine tugged Tower away quickly, grinning at the old Dwarf.
“The local dwarves are so full of quality!”
(End of chapter)