Chapter 019: The Great Gathering

“Something’s wrong! Something terrible!”
At that moment, a dwarf rushed toward Du Fan and the others. Although he stumbled more than once along the way, he still sped up.
“What’s the matter?” Du Fan grabbed the dwarf and steadied him before asking puzzledly, “Shouldn’t you be inventing things up there? Why are you here?”
“The elders asked me to deliver this to the Regent,” the dwarf said. He then took out a token of his race from his pocket and knelt down, gasping for breath.
“I’ve become the Regent?” Du Fan looked at the dwarf in confusion and said angrily, “Kid, what’s wrong with me becoming the Regent? Why are you shouting?”
“Regent, please listen to me,” the dwarf said, his breathing finally calming down. He spoke urgently, “The Night Elves and Spidermen have already entered Hell’s Gorge. They’ll reach us in another day. The situation is extremely urgent, which is why the clan leader sent me to give you the Regent’s token.”
“I see.” Du Fan put the token in his pocket with a sense of satisfaction before asking, “When I became the Regent, didn’t those three old fools object?”
“No,” the dwarf replied, shaking his head sharply. “It was the three elders who proposed this. But, Your Regency, we should hurry back. I’ve already wasted half a day on the way here. I think the Night Elves and Spidermen will be here soon.”
“Alright,” Du Fan agreed. He turned to the powerful warrior beside him and said, “Let’s go!”
……
“Clan leader, what should we do now?” Orna asked anxiously, turning to Lumba beside her. “If I’m not mistaken, half of the restrictions above us have already been lifted. If nothing goes wrong, they’ll attack in another half day.”

“What should we do? You’re asking me what to do?” At this moment, Lumba looked at Orna in front of him with anger and said harshly, “If I knew what to do, we wouldn’t be sitting here anxiously. The Creator gave us the most advanced minds on this continent, but our physical strength is the weakest. If the enemy can’t use any energy with bare hands, it’s okay for us to have magic cannons. But the problem is their physical strength is far superior to ours. Even if we have magic cannons, I think we can only hold out for a day at most.”
“Elder,” Haina stepped in at this time and said to the people in front of her, “All the clan members are currently making magic core rifles. By the time the enemy arrives, we should be able to produce a thousand of them.”
“A thousand?” Lumba scratched his head in pain and said to the four of them, “This is really bad. A thousand? Even ten thousand wouldn’t be useful to us now. How many magic cores are left in the clan?”
“Elder, not many,” Dubai also stood up, looking somewhat depressed. He shook his head helplessly at Lumba and said, “I’ve already calculated it. All the magic cores in our clan combined amount to just over three thousand. Each magic core rifle consumes one-third of a third-grade crystal core and one-half of a second-grade crystal core. So even if we use all our magic cores, it will likely be a waste this time.”
“No.” Hearing Dubai’s words, Lumba’s eyes lit up. He said to the four of them, “Now, each of you go gather your subordinates. Those who are accurate will be given magic core rifles, those who are average will be given magic spears, and those who can’t even aim will be given large magic cannons. Gather in the square in five minutes. As long as we can hold off that long, when Du Fan returns, we’ll be saved!”
As soon as Lumba finished speaking, the ground began to shake violently. The four people there quickly hid under the tables. Although the shaking lasted less than ten seconds, it created an extremely deep crack in the conference room.
“What’s going on?!” Lumba shouted in fury. After all, such an incident had never happened to the dwarf clan over the years. Even before Du Fan came and lifted the restrictions, there had been no such intense shaking.

“Report to the clan leader.” At that moment, a dwarf rushed in in a hurry. Seeing Lumba before him, he said in shock, “The restrictions above us have been forcibly broken. The self-protection barriers of our stronghold have been lifted—it seems the enemy has taken action!”
“What?” Hearing what his subordinates said, Lumba really tried hard and shouted loudly at the four people beside him, “I give you three minutes to give each clan member a magic robe, then gather in the square immediately!”
“Understood!”
…
Thousands of dwarfs stood neatly in front of their clan’s gathering place, waiting quietly. Nearly 30% of them were holding magic spears or magic core rifles.
Such a ratio was extremely terrifying among the dwarves. Basically, all the magic core rifles and magic spears were hastily made by many dwarfs within two days. Although some of them were poorly crafted, on the battlefield, as long as the enemy’s level wasn’t too high, these weapons could easily be used to kill lower-level magical beasts.
At that moment, over a thousand night elves and spidermen marched neatly in front of the restrictions, while four men were slowly rising into the sky.
Indeed, those four were Count Wadeber, Huamusi, Randy, and Ulbas.
Watching the steps of Count Wadeber and the others, Lumba couldn’t help but shout, “Where do you humans come from? Why do you want to destroy our dwarven restrictions? Aren’t you afraid of death?”
“Afraid of death?” Count Wadeber looked at Lumba as if joking, “We’re not afraid of death at all. But your restrictions are simply too weak. Each of us just attacked your stone monolith once, and it shattered. I really don’t understand what you were thinking—using such shoddy stone monoliths as the core of restrictions? You must be joking.”
“Is that so?” Lumba, his face pale, stared at Count Wadeber and demanded fiercely, “Who exactly are you? What are you doing in our dwarven clan? If you don’t give us a satisfactory answer, you’ll never be able to leave here.”

“We also didn’t intend to leave.” At that moment, Count Wade glanced at Lumba in front of him and smiled slightly. “As long as you bring Du Fan out, I’ll definitely leave right away with my men. You know, you too live in the underground world. I am now your envoy there, so it’s best for you to obey.”
“Envoy? Tch.” Hearing Count Wade’s words, Lumba spat in utter disdain before saying, “I don’t care what kind of envoy you are. Right now, Du Fan is the regent of our dwarf race. If you want us to hand him over, you’d better ask whether the magic robe in my hands agrees.”
“It refuses!” At that moment, all the dwarf leaders shouted in unison.
Looking at the dwarves before him, Count Wade was so angry he wanted to bite each one to death. But he was also well aware that the curse in front of him wasn’t easy to break, so he didn’t act. Instead, he gave a signal to Ulbas and Huamusi behind him.
Seeing Count Wade’s signal, Ulbas and Huamusi immediately stepped in front of him. At the same time, they took out scrolls from their storage rings and began chanting loudly.
“I’m asking you one last time,” Count Wade said impatiently, staring at Lumba. “I don’t care what role your regent plays in your race. But if you don’t hand over Du Fan, I’ll immediately enter your tribe and start killing your people.”
“Hmph.” Hearing Count Wade’s words, before Lumba could speak, Orna spoke disdainfully, “You unethical human! Don’t you know that the interests of the regent come first? I bet you’re just like this in the human empire. Save your effort. Even if you kill every dwarf today, we still won’t yield.”
“Hmph! Very well.” Count Wade’s expression darkened, and he stopped wasting words. He shouted at Huamusi and Ulbas beside him, “Blow up this curse and go in and kill these fools!”
Hearing Count Wade’s words, Ulbas and Huamusi stopped chanting. Their scrolls emitted bright light as they were thrown at the curse.

“Boom!” A loud explosion resounded above the barrier; the dwarven enchantment was actually torn open, creating a huge gap. At the same time, the ground within the barrier began to shake violently, with several extremely deep fissures appearing before everyone’s eyes.
“Kill them!” Count Wade didn’t hesitate at all and immediately gave orders to the distant night elves and spidermen.
Just as all the night elves and nature elves were about to take action, the dwarves intervened first, unleashing a barrage of low-level and high-level magic spells in their direction, effectively halting the movements of the night elves and spidermen.
“Hmph!” Count Wade snorted disdainfully, looking at Lumba not far away and saying, “Do you really think these trivial tricks can match my army?”
“Can’t you even see these tricks?”
At that moment, five men and two women floated in the air, slowly moving toward Count Wade. Seeing these seven people, Count Wade’s face turned ashen.
“Chieftain, sorry I’m late,” Du Fan said with a slight smile to Lumba on the ground, then raised his head and addressed Count Wade, “Wade, I’ve been searching for you in the underground world for so long. I never expected you to come to me today. It seems we owe each other an explanation.”
“That’s right,” Count Wade said, staring at Du Fan. He couldn’t help but take out a weapon from his storage ring and point it at Du Fan, declaring, “I should have died long ago! And everyone around you deserves to die too!”
“Who do you say deserves to die?”
A deep, powerful male voice echoed within the barrier. Du Fan couldn’t help but smirk at Count Wade—standing before him was the chieftain of the Earth Tiger clan, Lambowan!