With the sailing speed of the colossal floating Magic-guided Battleship, the journey lasted four to five hours, during which a distance enough to span multiple national territories was crossed.
This indirectly illustrates the vast distance between the dwarven stronghold and the Karedohart Empire’s stronghold, and further reflects the terrifying length of the Nanierga Giant Wall.
Though Reiger hadn’t always stood on the deck, each ti he gazed beyond the Magic-guided Battleship, other scenes were constantly changing, with only two sights remaining unchanged.
These two sights were the Nanierga Giant Wall and the Black Land isolated outside by the giant wall.
From this, it’s evident that the Nanierga Giant Wall is not just astonishingly tall, but its length and thickness are also unimaginable, at least in Reiger’s view, far surpassing the Great Wall of his previous life.
The journey continued until the sky was tinged with glowing clouds, and the sun slowly descended from the west, soon to dip below the horizon. At that mont, the colossal floating Magic-guided Battleship Sphinx finally reached its destination.
Yet, when lo, Naisa, Lilicia, and others inford Reiger that they had arrived at their destination, Reiger, who ca to the deck, appeared utterly bewildered.
"Is this the dwarven stronghold?"
Reiger’s tone was filled with doubt.
There was no choice.
While the Karedohart Empire’s stronghold was a fully functional military town, the dwarven stronghold appeared to be a mining mountain.
Yes, a mining mountain.
As Reiger looked down from his position, rather than a bustling town or a heavily guarded military base, what entered his view was a massive mountain seemingly undergoing excavation.
Signs of mining were everywhere on the mountain, along with various structures, resembling a construction site more than a military stronghold at first glance.
With his outstanding vision, Reiger noticed that while there were tools, mining equipnt, and even paved roads all over the mountain, not a single person was visible.
Was such a place really the stronghold of the dwarven race known as divine craftsman?
It seed impossible.
Nevertheless, even as much as Reiger was unwilling to believe it, this seed to be a fact.
"This mountain is known as the source gem among all mountains, with the highest specifications and scale. It not only borders the Nanierga Giant Wall but also produces abundant resources."
lo explained instantly upon seeing Reiger’s face filled with confusion.
"Every mineral and tal found herein can be found in approximately half of the types within this mountain, even if not entirely."
"The Mana Treasure Bead and Mana tal you possess, these too are frequently mined from this mountain."
"It’s said that the very depths of the mountain harbor geothermal fire, the dwarven craftsn have built an underground city there, utilizing geothermal fire for forging weapons and armor."
Upon hearing this, Reiger understood.
"In other words, the dwarven stronghold is actually underground, not outside?"
This statent elicited a confirming response.
"Indeed." lo pointed in one direction of the mineral site, saying, "Look there, that’s the entrance to the underground city of the dwarven stronghold."
Following lo’s slender finger, Reiger gazed toward the mountainside of the mineral site.
Sure enough, there was an entrance.
The entrance was large, about forty ters high and twenty ters wide, with deliberately paved ground, although appearing rocky, it was neither uneven nor rough but smooth and flat, resembling a tunnel.
"Through there, you can enter the interior of the mountain and proceed to the underground city of the dwarven stronghold."
lo smiled toward Reiger and said.
"Don’t be fooled by the lack of visible guards, internally, magic defense chanisms are set up all over. Once soone appears within several kiloters of the mountain entrance, the internal magic defense chanisms will activate, transmitting the outside scene to the underground city, informing the guards there."
"If an enemy arrives, the guards will activate the attack mode of the magic defense chanism, carrying out a comprehensive ambush on the invading enemies."
"If the arrivals are unknown strangers without any prior notification, they remain under secret observation, leading them astray in the mountain, forever unable to reach the underground city."
"But for visitors like us, having prior notification and arriving aboard such an identifiable and representative floating Magic-guided Battleship, after recognizing our identity, the guards deactivate the entire magic defense system, instead sending a guide."
"Follow the guide all the way down, and we can reach the underground city where the dwarven stronghold is located."
Upon hearing this, Reiger couldn’t help but be amazed.
True to being the fad divine craftsman race of the source gem, their thods indeed seed rather unique.
"It’s a sha that there’s no way to dock the Magic-guided Battleship here, no places available for a landing." lo took a glance at the terrain below, promptly assessing, saying: "Why not just have the Magic-guided Battleship awaiting mid-air, Your Excellency."
Reiger obviously had no objections, nodding affirmatively towards lo.
anwhile, lo also ntioned it would be best to control the number of accompanying personnel for this visit, as too many people rushing in at once might lead to misunderstandings.
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