"Rune Technology" is a special type of runic craft, an enchanting method completely different from the magic-infusing technology currently used by humans.
Among the dwarves living in the Angelic Mountain Range, very few still master this technology; it has nearly reached the point of being lost.
The reason Lyle cared was that this technology was completely different from the enchantment techniques for magic items in the game "YGGDRASIL."
This kind of craft simply did not exist in the game.
To be precise, rune characters also existed in the game "YGGDRASIL," but they were only used as decorations, carved purely for aesthetics as patterns.
However, the rune characters of the New World were special characters that possessed true power.
Lyle naturally placed great importance on this power.
To stand against the Bone King and his group, besides mastering even greater power, he also needed to utilize technical means that existed in this world but not in the game.
"Rune Technology" was one of the methods Lyle was interested in.
For example.
In the game "YGGDRASIL," there were skills and methods that could destroy magic items, and even abilities specifically designed to negate their effects.
If magic equipment manufactured using "Rune Technology" was used, could it withstand those skills specifically designed to destroy magic items made with enchantment technology?
Of course!
This was only a possibility.
But the Law of victory is inherently composed of many possibilities coming together.
Lyle withdrew his gaze from the armor and met Hilde's bright silver eyes.
Hilde quickly lowered her head, fidgeting with her fingers.
"I have no use for these two magic items; you can use them yourselves," Lyle said, briefly explaining the abilities of the two magic items.
"Heroic Lo—cough, Your Excellency Tang, are you a traveler?" Clan Chief Dielon asked softly.
Clan Chief Dielon was also somewhat curious about humans from outside the Valley of Despair, but he was more concerned about another matter.
He had no Talent; his greatest wish was simply for his clansmen to live peacefully in the valley.
If it were his father, he would certainly have been very curious about the outside world.
"That's right, I also suddenly arrived in this region due to unknown reasons," Lyle nodded.
As expected.
Clan Chief Dielon was not surprised; in this Valley of Despair, there were no other humans besides them.
And a Lord Hero with such powerful strength must surely come from the outside world.
Naturally, he would also leave.
The "Valley of Despair" was ultimately too small for a figure who had stepped into the Hero Realm.
"Um—"
Clan Chief Dielon's scarred cheeks flushed slightly; a man in his fifties had suddenly become bashful.
"What's wrong with you, Father?" Hilde looked at Clan Chief Dielon with surprise in her bright silver eyes.
Interrupted by his daughter.
The words Clan Chief Dielon was about to say faltered, his tone carrying a hint of imperceptible panic: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about..."
...the matter regarding the Gray Dwarves."
Really?
Hilde looked at her father doubtfully; she hadn't realized her father's personality could have bashful moments.
"Among your clansmen, how many are still able to fight?"
Lyle glanced at Clan Chief Dielon; he could tell the chief had something difficult to say, but since the man didn't speak up, Lyle had no intention of asking.
"There are 300 who can be deployed into battle immediately. The healing potions provided by the Lord Hero are very effective; in just another day or two..."
Hearing Lyle's question, Hilde immediately turned around and spoke to him with an excited expression:
"After our companions' injuries have recovered, another 500 can be deployed. If Your Excellency needs more manpower, we can scrape together 1,500 combat members."
Hearing what his daughter said, Clan Chief Dielon nodded imperceptibly. He didn't know why Lyle was asking this, but he followed up as well.
"With the weapons seized from the Gray Dwarves, the situation where people couldn't fight due to a lack of weapons has greatly improved. We can mobilize another 500..."
...people, making a total of 2,000," Clan Chief Dielon said.
2,000 people?
Lyle's eyelid twitched.
At this moment, the entire human tribe only had over 3,000 people in total. Clan Chief Dielon and Hilde had offered him 2,000 just like that.
This was basically every single person capable of fighting.
Lyle could clearly feel the complete trust Clan Chief Dielon and his daughter had in him.
If this were in the game.
He would probably have needed to grind the human tribe's reputation to the maximum level for such a situation to occur.
"Then we'll wait another day or two."
Lyle's expression was serious as he looked at the two of them: "Then we will set out for the Gray Dwarf clan's Oasis and deal with them once and for all."
"I don't like leaving a hidden threat behind."
"Ah?"
Clan Chief Dielon's eyes widened in shock as he looked at Lyle.
Hilde also revealed an expression of disbelief, her tender red lips parted, but no sound came out.
Wiping out the entire Gray Dwarf tribe was something they had never even considered, or dared to imagine. Their human population was too small.
They certainly didn't have the strength.
The destruction of an entire race.
It seemed to have been decided by a single sentence.
Neither Clan Chief Dielon nor Hilde felt that Lyle was boasting.
Lyle didn't think there was anything to be surprised about.
He was gathering two thousand human soldiers not to go head-to-head with the Gray Dwarves, but to prevent them from fleeing.
After all, the Gray Dwarf clan still had about 15,000 people.
Late at night.