Under the deep night sky.
High above the Azerlisia Mountains, the cold wind blew fiercely.
Lyle was wrapped in a black robe, hovering in mid-air, wearing a monocle magic item with "Night Vision" capabilities, staring at a fortress located below.
That was the territory of the Dwarves!
Rustle. The chilling wind whipped his black robe, making it flap, but high in the sky, in the middle of the night, this slight disturbance would not be detected by the fortress below.
The purpose of his trip was to find those Rune Smiths among the Dwarves.
To borrow these craftsmen from the Dwarves, he naturally needed to make contact with them, and the best method would be the approach used by the Bone King.
Utilizing the threat of the Quagoa to make demands of the Dwarves, and after repelling the Quagoa, taking away the Rune Smiths in this manner, while also establishing diplomatic relations with the Dwarves.
But such a method was clearly unsuitable for Lyle.
The traces were too heavy! Too much information would be exposed!
When the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" descends in the future, if nothing goes wrong, the Bone King will still be interested in Rune Technology and will visit the Dwarves.
Then he, a mysterious human appearing among the Dwarves who also required Rune Smiths, would appear in the Bone King's field of vision, which was not something Lyle wanted to see.
Aside from the Rune Smiths, there was nothing else among the Dwarves that interested Lyle, so after considering it, he decided to use the simplest method.
Abduction!
Lyle slowly descended from the high altitude, and the things below gradually became clear under the vision of the "Night Vision" magic item.
The Great Rift.
It was a terrifying geographical location within the Azerlisia Mountains, with a length of over sixty kilometers and a width of about one hundred and twenty meters.
Its depth was impossible to fathom.
For the Dwarves' Eastern City of "Feo Jura", it was a natural fortress, and it was impossible for any land creature to cross the Great Rift.
However, for Lyle, who possessed the ability of "Flight", the difficulty of crossing the Great Rift clearly did not exist.
After Lyle descended to a position about two hundred meters from the ground, he could clearly see a somewhat conspicuous fortress located on the edge of the Great Rift.
"Have the Dwarves already relocated to the Eastern City at this time?" Lyle scanned the area below, thinking to himself.
At the current point in time, Lyle could not accurately determine whether the Dwarves were living in the Southern City or the Eastern City after the plot began.
Therefore, he first came to the Eastern City, which was the closest location, to check. And since a fortress had already been built below, it meant that the Dwarves were already living here.
"According to the timeline, the Dwarves should not have moved to the Eastern City so early." Lyle raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised.
When he dealt with the Lizardman tribe, the future Clan Chief of the "Dragon Fang" Tribe, Zenberu Gugu, was not in the Dragon Fang Tribe when the plot began.
Lyle speculated at the time that this Lizardman should still be training in the Dwarves' Southern City.
It had only been a little over a month since he dealt with the Lizardman tribe, yet the Dwarves had moved to the Eastern City so quickly?
Doubts arose in his heart. Lyle quickly observed the fortress below, which was built on the edge of the Great Rift.
It was called a "fortress", but it was actually just a station built by the Dwarves; the existence of the Great Rift was enough to block any land-based enemies.
The fundamental purpose of this station was to protect the suspension bridge that the Dwarves had painstakingly built over the Great Rift; as long as the suspension bridge was held, it could block the invasion of all land-based monsters.
"There are four Dwarves on night watch, the area of the station is not large, at most there are only 20 or so people."
After observing for a while, Lyle analyzed silently, and then, with a thought in his mind, his figure descended rapidly from the high altitude.
Swish! A sharp sound of breaking air came from above.
The four Dwarves who were yawning and standing on both sides of the suspension bridge subconsciously raised their heads to look up.
In their field of vision, they only saw a tall, black figure land in their midst, and before they could make any reaction, a cold, bright flash appeared.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Four Dwarf heads flew into the air and fell into the deep Great Rift not far away.
Lyle held a magic greatsword in his hand, looking expressionlessly at the somewhat low, square-shaped station building in front of him, which was only about two meters high.
Since the four Dwarves had not made a sound before they died, they naturally did not disturb the rest of the Dwarves sleeping inside.
His gaze briefly paused on the protrusion directly above the station, which looked like a cannon barrel and was aimed directly at the suspension bridge.
There was a faint fluctuation of magic power on it. It must be the "Thunderstrike" magic item that the Dwarves had specially prepared to deal with the Quagoa.
The Quagoa had excellent resistance to metal weapons, but thunder-attribute attacks were the race's weakness, in case they encountered an attack from the Quagoa.
In the situation where the suspension bridge was the only route across the entire Great Rift, if the Quagoa wanted to break through via the suspension bridge, they would face the "Thunderstrike" which had a piercing effect.
Bang. Lyle raised his foot and kicked the corpses of the four Dwarves into the abyss together, chanting in a low voice: "Camouflage."
A flowing ripple flashed across the surface of Lyle's body, and in the already deep night environment, his figure gradually merged into the darkness.
"Stealth!"
As the Rogue skill was activated, Lyle silently crossed the station and walked towards the mountain wall behind it.
There was a stone door three meters high and two meters wide. Lyle easily walked into the stone door, because there were no Dwarves stationed here.
"Aside from the station outside, the security here is really lax."
Lyle hid in the shadows, following the faint, hazy light emitted by the crystal Ore on the ceiling of the stone cave, and continued to walk deeper.
This was a spiral tunnel extending underground, and also an important route connecting the outside station with the underground Eastern City.
Lyle recalled the information in his mind while continuing to move deeper; soon, a giant, half-open stone door appeared before his eyes.
Even in the gloomy underground, this stone door still reflected a bright silver luster under the light of the crystal Ore overhead.
According to the information in his memory, this was a door made entirely of Mithril and Orichalcum, which could not be measured by money among humans.
Only the Dwarves, who were good at mining and refining metal, could be so extravagant as to build a door with these two precious metals.
"Only one person guarding here?"
Lyle looked at the Dwarf soldier guarding beside the half-open stone door, holding a long spear and exuding a smell of alcohol, and could not help but become increasingly surprised.
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