Chapter 215: Great Harvest, Struck It Rich

Just as Su Lun got ready to chase after him and finish him off, a powerful surge of magic suddenly rippled through the air. The air suddenly grew cold, and white ice crystals quickly appeared and began to swirl.

“Ice Storm!”

“Counterspell!”

The forming Ice Storm was abruptly cut short. The ice crystals shattered. A Gray Dwarf dressed like a Wizard, hiding behind the Dwarf army formation, turned pale, with a trace of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. This was because his spell was interrupted, and he himself was severely injured. During the earlier mental clash, he had lost to Heatherway.

Immediately after, five fireballs flew out from behind and instantly struck that Gray Dwarf Wizard. An Energy Shield immediately lit up around the Gray Dwarf Wizard’s body. Under the consecutive impact of four fireballs, the Energy Shield shattered directly. Then, the final fireball hit his body squarely.

A burst of flame erupted. The Fireball Spell, capable of melting steel, exploded. Flames burned, and large chunks of skin and flesh were charred directly into coke. A piercing, desperate shriek, like the wail of an evil ghost from the Abyss, spread along with the stench of scorched fat.

Energy flowed within Su Lun’s body, and the lightning on the Purple Dragon Halberd suddenly surged. Without any hesitation, dazzling lightning instantly erupted from Su Lun, enveloping all the Gray Dwarves before him.

“Thunder Prison!”

The intense lightning glow brightly illuminated the Underworld. A powerful electric current swept through instantly. Lightning crisscrossed, and all the Dwarves were surrounded by the lightning glow, their bodies stiff and unable to move. If Su Lun hadn’t controlled the intensity, all these Dwarves would have been electrocuted into charcoal.

A moment later, the fierce light disappeared. All the Dwarves lay on the ground, unable to move any further.

After dealing with these Dwarves, Su Lun did not linger. He continued towards the palace. There was no one else left in the palace. Su Lun found an opened secret passage in one of the rooms. Without needing to guess, it was clear that the remaining people in the palace had likely escaped through here.

Su Lun sent the Drow Elves to pursue the escaping Gray Dwarves. While he constantly led his men to attack the Gray Dwarves who were still resisting, he also arranged for people to fully take over the city. As the last batch of resisters was eliminated, the Gray Dwarf city completely fell under Su Lun’s control.

After locking up all the Gray Dwarves in the Prison, Su Lun began to take stock of the gains from this venture.

“Congratulations, Host. You successfully stormed the Gray Dwarf city and defeated the Gray Dwarves. You achieved a glorious victory. Your fame began to spread throughout the Underworld.”

“Ambushing the Gray Dwarves: Late June, Year 1687 of the Moonlight Calendar. You led your army through the underground tunnels and ambushed the Gray Dwarf city. Caught off guard by your surprise attack, the Zhenbei City army easily secured this brilliant victory. [Prestige +5]”

“Congratulations, Host. You captured the Gray Dwarf city and defeated the Dwarf army. You gained 31,200 Experience Points.”

“Congratulations, Host. Victory in war. You occupied the Gray Dwarf city and defeated the Gray Dwarves. You obtained three Golden Treasure Chests. You obtained the item: Mount Pouch!”

As the System’s prompts rang in his ears, Su Lun began to examine the gains from this time: three Golden Treasure Chests and one Mount Pouch. It was far less than what he obtained from the previous great war with the Orcs. However, it was good that he had captured the Gray Dwarf city; otherwise, he probably would have gotten at most one Golden Treasure Chest.

Su Lun opened the three Golden Treasure Chests. Three golden lights flashed, and the System’s prompts sounded in his ears.

“Congratulations, Host. You obtained one Self-Created Hero Template!”

“Congratulations, Host. You obtained the skill [Reduce Enemy Defense]”

“Congratulations, Host. You obtained the talent [Lightning Reflexes]”

Seeing the light sphere belonging to the Self-Created Hero Template, Su Lun’s face lit up with great joy. He hadn’t obtained this item for a long time and didn’t expect to get it this time. The function of this Self-Created Hero Template was to directly turn an ordinary person into a Hero, greatly increasing their potential from then on. It could also be used to forcefully make someone maintain absolute loyalty towards him.

The two uses did not conflict. As long as one merged with this Self-Created Hero Template, it represented a Hero with legendary potential. It could be said to be of very high value. Su Lun put away the Self-Created Hero Template and then looked at the remaining two items.

[Reduce Enemy Defense: Battle spell, group effect. A magic that appeared after the System integrated with this world’s rules. After the spell is cast, it can weaken the enemy’s defense through the power of a curse, reducing the enemy army’s defense by ten percent.]

Seeing the effect of this magic, Su Lun directly chose to learn it. The Skill Points he had left from last time were just enough. A flash of inspiration passed, and Su Lun’s mind was immediately filled with a large amount of knowledge about the [Reduce Enemy Defense] magic. As long as his mental power and magic power kept up, this spell could be directly cast on the entire enemy army. Of course, the energy and magic consumed were also considerable.

The last chest yielded a [Lightning Reflexes] talent. Su Lun already had [Legendary Combat Reflex] before. The effects of these two talents were similar, although of course [Legendary Combat Reflex] was more powerful. But when it came to talent specialties, one could never have too many.

Even the most ordinary [Dodge] type talent, if you could stack over a dozen of them, probably hitting you in a fight would rely on luck. Many Legendary Warriors carried over a dozen various talent specialties, some even more. Because Su Lun advanced quickly, his talent specialties were still somewhat less compared to those veteran Legendary Powers. Now that he obtained Lightning Reflexes, he naturally wouldn’t refuse it.

[Lightning Reflexes: Your reaction ability becomes very fast. Increases reaction speed by ten percent in all reactive capacities.]

Originally, with the [Legendary Combat Reflex] talent specialty, Su Lun’s attack speed was already very fast. Now, with the addition of the [Lightning Reflexes] talent, Su Lun’s attack speed became even faster, and his dodge speed also improved. It could be said his overall reaction speed had increased.

Although he didn’t level up from this battle, Su Lun’s strength still increased by a notch.

After sorting out his personal gains, Su Lun began to take stock of the benefits obtained from the Gray Dwarves this time. There were 712 Gray Dwarf prisoners; the rest had died in the battle. These Gray Dwarf slaves were highly sought-after goods in the Human Kingdom. Selling one for one or two hundred gold coins was quite normal.

Those highly skilled master blacksmiths were especially priceless and hard to come by. Su Lun planned to send the Gray Dwarves with superior forging skills to the Blacksmith Shop, and have the rest mine. Of course, the Gray Dwarves’ combat strength was also decent. Despite being quickly defeated by Su Lun’s ambush earlier, if they had truly arrayed for battle, Zhenbei City could still win, but it would have to pay a heavy price.

Dwarf Defenders were famous heavy infantry in the main world. As for Dwarf Knights, well, just look at them.

It was said that during the First Era, the ancient Dwarf Kingdom once formed a Wrath of Thunder Legion, comprising over five hundred Dwarves with the bloodline of the Dwarf King and possessing the [Avatar of the Gods] ability. It was the most powerful force at the time, but such a mighty legion had long since vanished into the river of history.

Now, the ancient Dwarf Kingdom had long since fractured into several Dwarf Kingdoms like the Hill Dwarves, Durin Dwarves, and Ironforge Dwarves. There were only a handful of Dwarves with the Avatar of the Gods ability left, let alone recreating the Thunder Legion of the ancient era.

Apart from the over seven hundred Gray Dwarf slaves, the greatest wealth in this city was the accumulated treasures of the Gray Dwarves. Su Lun found a Treasure Vault in the palace. The moment he opened the Treasure Vault, he was nearly blinded by the glittering golden light.

The accumulation of the entire Gray Dwarf Kingdom over several hundred years filled this Treasure Vault before his eyes; it was practically a gold mountain. Dwarves loved mining. The Underworld was rich in minerals. If Dragons were said to love gold the most in this world, then Dwarves ranked second.

In their pursuit of gold, the former Dwarf Kingdom once hollowed out an entire mountain and continued digging deep underground, eventually even awakening a Balor Lord that had been slumbering since ancient times, leading to the destruction of the entire Dwarf Kingdom.

Gray Dwarves also belonged to the Dwarf race. These mining-loving Dwarves had amassed a staggering amount of gold. Besides gold, Su Lun also found a large quantity of gems in this Treasure Vault: Rubies, Yellow Gems, Sapphires, Multi-colored Gems, and so on, piled up into a small hill, numbering at least several hundred.

Moreover, all the gems placed in this Treasure Vault were high-purity, fine quality pieces. Any single one of these gems could be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of Gold Nars. Aside from gold and gems, this Treasure Vault also contained a large amount of rare metals. Su Lun even found some Abyssal Iron, Adamantine, Refined Fire Copper, Cold Iron, and so on. He even found a small piece of Mithril.

These items directly gave Su Lun an enormous fortune. Although he hadn’t counted it precisely, the gold in this Gray Dwarf palace amounted to at least tens of millions. This much gold was entirely sufficient for him to build more cities. Of course, releasing such a huge amount of gold onto the market in a short time would only cause an economic crisis in the Northern Provinces. Even if all the goods from the Northern Provinces were sold to Su Lun, it probably wouldn’t require this much gold.

Su Lun’s current worry was what to do with too much gold…

Of course, if Su Lun knew some spells that consumed gold, this gold would probably be used up quickly. For example, the Dragon Alliance Contract, making a Contract with an adult Dragon to summon it to join the battle, required paying the Dragon afterward. There were also spells like the Limited Wish Spell, which could essentially make wishes using gold.

Wizards always had ways to consume large amounts of gold. It was said that a Legendary Wizard consumed hundreds of tons of gold, or even more, in their lifetime.

After inspecting the Treasure Vault, Su Lun went to the city’s armory. Here, a large number of various equipment forged by the Dwarves were stored. There were hundreds of sets of armor alone, and the number of various weapons was even greater. However, these armors were made according to Dwarf physique and would need modification for Humans to use.