Path of Light.

Chapter 940 939. Orcs and Gray Dwarves
The drunken gray dwarf seemed to sober up at this moment. He touched his bearded and numb face, and angrily stretched out his big hand to grab the Aries female warrior.

The companions at the side also pounced at the same time. At this moment, several Aries warriors guarding the door of the store took out their spears and stabbed at the two red-bearded gray dwarves. The two red-bearded gray dwarves were furious and dizzy from drinking. Seeing five or six spears stabbing at them at the same time, they didn't know how to avoid them, so they immediately curled up their bodies, blocked their heads with their arms, and rushed towards the Aries female warriors.

The Aries female warrior was extremely agile. While dodging backwards, she jumped onto the high wall next to the stone house, reached behind her and pulled out a short flying spear, then threw it at the gray dwarf who was chasing out of the stone house door.

The short flying spear flew like lightning with a crackling sound, piercing directly through the left chest of the gray dwarf at the door and passing through his right lower back.

The two drunken red-bearded gray dwarves were also unable to escape the stabbing of several spears, and several bloody holes were pierced through their bodies. When the Aries warriors pulled the spears out of their bodies, blood spurted out from the wounds.

Two red-bearded gray dwarves fell in a pool of blood with painful expressions on their faces, wailing helplessly...

Several gray dwarves who ran out of the door of the gray dwarf shop were instantly pierced through the body by short flying spears and fell down one after another.

The gray dwarves who were about to rush out of the store saw their companions outside the door falling in a pool of blood. The gray dwarves in the store retreated one after another. When they rushed out of the door again, they were already wearing armor plates and holding chain shields in their hands.

These gray dwarves put on thick armor and immediately formed a human wall in the dwarf shop. They withstood the attacks of the Aries warriors and rescued their companions lying in a pool of blood back to the shop.

The Aries orc warriors did not pursue the victory. Instead, two Aries warriors standing on a high place whistled, and all the Aries warriors jumped into the alley. While running, they did not forget to pick up the short flying spears stuck in the ground and take them away.

As they ran, they felt as if they could move ten meters with every step. The other orcs in the trading market were clapping and cheering.

Only the orc warriors responsible for maintaining law and order in the trading market were chasing after them. Seeing that they were unwilling to run hard, they probably just pretended...

The battle lasted only a few minutes from the beginning to the end, and it indeed cost the gray dwarves a heavy price. It was different from the fierce battle between the lion-tiger and bear-men just now, where the lion-tiger and bear-men were like wild monkeys making trouble in the market just to prove their existence.

Old Luke withdrew his gaze from the Aries warriors and could only sigh softly and shake his head.

Judging from his expression, it seemed that Stone was used to this kind of fight.

"Has the security in this trading market always been so bad?" Roy couldn't help but ask.

Old Luke waved his hand helplessly and complained:

"Ever since the gray dwarves' shops started running out of stock, we orcs and those gray dwarves have had many conflicts. They can't provide more of the materials we need, but they want to occupy Luyun Port forever. Some of the promises we made in the past, they can't do now. For example, they promised to sell us more than 5,000 sets of investment weapons through the shops in the trading market every quarter, but the shops have been out of stock since this spring..."

"In the past, the Aries tribe was able to get the goods when they came here to receive them. When the gray dwarves made advances towards their female warriors, everyone could tolerate it because completing the transaction was more important. In recent times, they have not been able to get the goods. Now, if the gray dwarves want to take advantage of the Aries female warriors again, how can these Aries warriors tolerate it?"

"If you mess with me, I would have demolished the two stone shops long ago. All the goods are gone. What's the point of keeping the shops?"

At this point, he suddenly realized that Roy was also a foreign businessman.

Then he said in a more gentle tone:
"We are not against outsiders. We welcome normal commercial trade. There are actually quite a few good things on the Mensa Plains, such as animal skins, gems, etc. These things need merchants to take them away. We don't have many decent forging workshops here, and we lack various metal utensils. Not only those weapons, but all kinds of goods you bring from outside are very welcome here."

At this point, Old Luke seemed rather angry. He said angrily:
"The way those gray dwarves looked at us was just like how we looked at the animals in the jungle. They probably thought we were just a group of chimpanzees who only knew how to squat under a tree and poke ant nests."

"I admit that we are relatively backward in metallurgy and forging, but we orcs are also a race with an ancient heritage."

At this point, Old Luke obviously felt that he had said too much.

Those black iron thick-backed machetes have been inspected, and all the machetes are of excellent quality. Old Luke is very satisfied with this batch of goods.

He pulled Roy and said:
"In the future, if you come to the market in Lu Yun Fortress and bring any goods, just come to me directly. I can handle more black iron weapons of this quality. If you want other goods, I can also introduce you to other merchants."

Old Luke's words touched Roy's heart. He had always been worried about the sales of the ordinary metal ingots mined from the mines in the Partington plane. Many of the ordinary metal ingots were piled up in the mine warehouses and had not been sold.

The Silver Moon Elf Kingdom only likes gold and silver wares, and is quite averse to iron, tin, and copper wares...

The orcs of the Mensa Plains are not so picky.

Roy smiled and responded:
"Actually, I have a lot of goods, but I came here in a hurry this time, so I didn't bring so many categories."

"And if you want to purchase metal utensils, you can give me samples or drawings if you have any needs. I can ask the forging workshop to make them for you. After all, our living habits and physical fitness are different, and we have different needs for various tools and utensils."

“I am looking forward to future cooperation…”

Old Luke was a little hesitant. He asked Roy:

"It's quite difficult for you to come here, right? Even if we provide you with samples and drawings, when can you provide these goods... to me? We can't wait for several years for a certain product."

Roy took out a blank parchment book from his bosom, held a quill in his hand, licked it with the tip of his tongue, and said to Old Luke:

"It shouldn't take that long. You can try it first. It only takes some drawings, and it won't cost anything."

After listening to Sayer's translation, old Luke's eyes immediately lit up.

He immediately squatted on the ground and used a branch to draw the shape of a pot on the ground, and then there was a hanging ear on each side. Although it was a simple diagram, Roy immediately understood that these orcs probably needed an iron pot that could be hung up.

This iron pot looks quite deep, so it should be able to be used to cook soup and hold water. It can usually be hung on the wooden rack of the campfire.

Roy didn't say anything more. He quickly drew on the sheepskin notebook, then drew a circle on the ground with a branch and asked Old Luke if the diameter of the pot needed to be this big...

He communicated with Old Luke several times and quickly determined the size of the hanging pot.

Roy told Old Luke: Ten hanging pots like these can be exchanged for one gold coin.

Old Luke immediately bumped fists with Roy, indicating that the deal was settled. As for the number of iron pots, of course he would take as many as Roy could bring...

In addition to the cooking pot, Roy recommended to Old Luke a shield that could serve as a baking tray.

This flat round shield could be used as a grill pan when placed on the campfire. Old Luke didn't understand what Roy meant at first. But when Roy took out a shield and placed it in front of him, the old orc finally understood what Roy meant.

Later, some rivets and armor plates were ordered. Rivets can be used to fix leather armor, while the steel armor plates can be hung on the outside of leather armor through some rivets.

Most of the orc warriors on the Mensa Plains wear thick leather armor.

According to Roy, if they use rivets to connect the armor plates and the leather armor together, then their leather armor can also be transformed into metal armor...

The communication went very smoothly, and Roy was wholeheartedly helping them with ideas. He soon gained the recognition of Old Luke, who felt that Roy was a businessman who really wanted to do business in Fort Rowan.

The trading market here is very chaotic, but also very lively, and there are always some incidents happening in the market.

It is common to see several orcs chasing one orc in the market.

The conflict between the Aries warriors and the black dwarves just now ended in vain because the Aries warriors ran away secretly and the murderer could not be caught...

The gray dwarves suffered a great loss in the trading market, but they did not immediately turn against the orc managers of the trading market.

Roy discovered that there were always minor frictions between the orcs and the gray dwarves in the Louyun Fortress.

Both sides have been tolerating each other, so there has been no major conflict.

There are about 40,000 gray dwarf warriors stationed in the Luyun Naval Port, which is somewhat beyond Roy's expectations. According to Roy's idea, it would be great if the Luyun Fortress had 15,000 gray dwarf warriors. He didn't expect that they actually stationed 40,000 gray dwarves here.

There are thirty-seven three-masted sailing ships anchored in the military port under the cliff. These three-masted sailing ships are in good condition and it seems that they can be thrown onto the battlefield at any time.

Roy then realized that his fleet would face these three-masted ships of the Northern Army's gray dwarves directly.

These three-masted sailing ships were equipped with some cannons and crossbows, probably also modified to target Roy's fleet.

However, these gray dwarves never expected that in addition to the giant whaling crossbow, Roy also installed a magic cannon on the ship.

There are no Imperial merchant ships at the naval port. Perhaps the gray dwarves do not want Imperial merchants to contact the orcs on the Mensa Plain through the Rowan Fortress to avoid any transactions between them.

The only two military ports on the west coast of the Mensa Plain are also completely controlled by the gray dwarves.

The biggest gain from this visit to Fortress Luyun was getting to know the old orc stall owner Luke, which opened up a channel for trading with the orcs on the Mensa Plains.

Roy and his team just took a walk around the Rowan Fortress, inquired about the intelligence of the gray dwarf warriors of the Northern Army Fleet, and then hurriedly left the Rowan Fortress.

They did not see Miss Zeena, Miss Tiffany and Miss Olive at the harbor.

After leaving Lu Yun Fortress, Roy's team headed north along the coastline.

They planned to return to the Kangamor Forest after meeting up with Jiezena and her group, then find the three-masted sailboat hidden in the forest and leave the Mensa Plain by boat.

They had walked this road once, so they were very familiar with it when they returned...

At the agreed beach, I met up with Zeina, Miss Tiffany and Miss Olive.

The information that Jie Zena brought back was that these three-masted sailing ships docked at the port were only guarded by a small number of gray dwarf warriors, and the rest of the gray dwarves almost all lived in stone houses on the cliffs next to the port. This fortress was home to tens of thousands of gray dwarves.

They need to catch a lot of sea fish from the sea every day for food. The main reason is the insufficient logistical supply. The bread and baked wheat cakes they eat every day are already in limited supply. The gray dwarves in the Lu Yun Fortress need a lot of sea fish to fill their stomachs.

"In that case, there must be some problems at the Northern Army headquarters, or it is possible that their food reserves have run out, and now they can't grow food on the land of Durrag's Knee, so the Northern Army is experiencing a food crisis." Miss Tiffany speculated.

Roy thought about it and said:
"I guess it's not just food that's a problem. Other daily necessities may also be in short supply, otherwise the Stone House Store in Fort Luyun would not be out of stock."

Miss Tiffany said as she considered:

"I heard that there are at least two million gray dwarves on the frozen earth island. Such a large number of gray dwarves consume an astonishing amount of supplies every day. They cannot obtain these supplies on the frozen earth island, so they are likely to speed up their migration to the south."

"Our occupation of Kuei Island just blocked their way to the south. The Northern Army must be eager to take Kuei Island back from us."

"We have to make some preparations early to let these slave traders know that if they get involved in a crime, they will have to pay back some of their debts."

The group walked north along the coastline, but still could not see any signs of orc activities.

When passing through dense bushes beside a cliff, Roy, Jie Zena and Sabrina stopped almost at the same time, but they just looked at each other and did not make any move, and continued to move forward with the team.

The team had all come out of that cliff. Roy hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked along the rocky path back to the bushes.

He asked Sayil to come over and help him translate, and then Roy said to a dense bush:

"We are proficient in healing arts. If you need help, we can try to heal your injured companions..."

(End of this chapter)