From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 402: Annexing Homeland
At the gate of their home, relatively respectable and elite dwarf guards, wearing armor, calmly stood guard at their posts.

Although they were all on duty, the dwarf guards were not being careless.

The main reason is very simple. As the underground layer below the silver forge, the metallization degree of this underground layer is extremely high. The entire ground is covered with an unknown metal floor. Therefore, the surrounding area of ​​this town called Home is flat.

In the range of the faint light, they can easily spot anyone approaching. As for the darkness where the light cannot reach, they cannot see it even if they try hard.

In this terrain, when Miller, the old dwarf and nine other dwarves approached, the dwarf guards on the city wall quickly discovered their presence.

Looking at Miller and his group, who were clean, tidy, decent and confident, and who seemed out of place in the entire underground world, the dwarf guards did not hesitate at all and decisively sounded the town alarm.

As the sharp alarm sounded, soon, in less than five minutes, a dwarf guard climbed up the city wall and watched Miller and his group vigilantly as they slowly walked to the city gate.

Finally, several distinctive figures also jumped onto the city wall, wearing armor that exuded a supernatural aura but was obviously damaged and old, and they also exuded an obvious supernatural aura.

Miller looked up and stared at the figures. As a member of the War Committee, Miller had seen too many extraordinary people in recent years. Therefore, his eyesight had naturally become better.

Therefore, Miller saw everything after a simple glance. There were no mid-level extraordinary people, and the few dwarf extraordinary people on the city wall were just ordinary low-level extraordinary people.

As for what level it is, it’s hard to say, as his eyesight is not that strong yet.

After thinking about it, Miller also revealed the breath he had been hiding.

Several low-level extraordinary people also looked at Miller and his group. They whispered something to each other, and then one of the extraordinary people turned around and went back into the city.

After he left, a transcendent on the city wall also met Miller's gaze. After whispering a few words to the people beside him, he took the initiative to climb down from the city wall using a rope.

He walked up to Miller alone, looked at Miller and his group, and spoke.

"How many are there?"

Miller didn't beat around the bush and stated his identity directly.

"War Council, Silver Clan, Miller, we have discovered traces of your activities in the Silver Forge. We are here to investigate under the order of the Chairman."

Hearing words that Miller couldn't understand but somehow understood the meaning, he was stunned and spoke hesitantly.

"Silver Forge"

He spoke this in the ancient dwarven language, but he was not very fluent in it and had a distinctly strange accent.

Although he had a strange accent, Miller still understood what he said under the effect of the spell. He nodded and spoke in an affirmative tone.

"Yes, the Silver Forge."

Suddenly, the dwarf extraordinary person in front of Miller burst into tears. He opened his mouth without saying a word, clenched his right fist, shook his head, and his body trembled slightly.

He stretched out his hands and waved them, then retracted his left hand and pointed upwards with his right hand tremblingly. He spoke in a choked and trembling voice.

"You. Above, from, from time to time, to."

His words were a little confusing, but Miller still understood what he meant, nodded, and said.

"Yes, we are from the ground."

Hearing Miller's answer, he was a little panicked. He turned his head to look at the other dwarf extraordinary people on the city wall, then turned back to look at Miller. After taking a deep breath, he spoke with a trembling voice.

"Please wait a moment, the leader will be here soon."

Miller nodded slightly.

Miller didn't have to wait long. In less than a minute, he sensed a powerful aura flying quickly from the town.

Intermediate transcendent?
Miller was a little surprised. Could such a small settlement give birth to a mid-level extraordinary person? However, this aura was a little strange.
Miller looked up and saw a figure flying towards him quickly. Less than a minute after appearing in his sight, he landed in front of Miller.

"You are from the surface?! Did you reopen the passage connecting the surface and the underground?"

As soon as the figure landed, he rushed directly in front of Miller, stretched out his hand and tried to grab Miller's shoulder, and spoke in an excited tone.

However, just as he stretched out his hand, the shield machine on Miller's body was automatically activated, forming a layer of shield to block his hands.

Although this shield is very fragile for a mid-level transcendent, after the shield was formed, the figure realized that he was a little too excited. Therefore, he did not break the shield, but suppressed his impulse and withdrew his hand.

Miller looked at the figure in front of him. The dwarf was wearing a set of metal armor that covered his entire body, so he couldn't see his true appearance.

The aura around him was also a little strange, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and he didn't look like he was in his prime.

Although it doesn't matter in his heyday, Miller is not afraid. Behind him stands the War Council. They are just mid-level transcendents, and the War Council has plenty of them.

While taking a quick look, Miller also answered his questions.

"We did come from the ground, but we did not reopen the passage. Instead, we built a passage between the ground and the Silver Forge through other means."

"I see, I see, distinguished guest, please come into the city and chat."

The dwarf leader said yes repeatedly and spoke invitingly.

Miller nodded in agreement.

At the invitation of the dwarf leader, Miller and his party easily entered the town called Home.

Soon, Miller and his group followed the dwarf leader to a standard house in the center of the town.

At the invitation of the dwarf leader, Miller went into a secret room alone with the dwarf leader.

After entering the secret room, Miller glanced at the empty secret room and turned his gaze back to the dwarf leader in front of him.

As Miller watched, the dwarf leader took off his armor.

After taking off the armor, what appeared in front of Miller was an old, thin, and unstable silver dwarf. What caught Miller's attention most was that in his chest, a bright metal core was deeply embedded in his body, connected to his flesh and blood.

The dwarf leader spoke directly to Miller without beating around the bush.

"What are you going to do with us?"

"So direct?"

Miller raised his eyebrows slightly and said in surprise.

The dwarf leader smiled bitterly, sighed, and said.

"Since you were able to come back here from the ground, no matter what means you used, you have proven your strength. What choice do we have?"

"To be honest, the energy tower has been experiencing more and more problems over the years. It may not be long before it is completely scrapped. By then, we will have no choice but to perish."

"For the sake of being a fellow dwarf, please lend us a hand."

Miller did not waver at all at his words, but spoke calmly.

"We came here this time to recruit you into the committee, but..."

"But what?" the dwarf leader asked hurriedly.

Seeing that the dwarf leader was quite active, Miller also drew out a condition that he had prepared in advance and began to read out the requirements of the war council.

The requirements of the War Council were simple: the Council would not recognize any privileges, and all members would be treated equally and join the War Council as ordinary citizens.

The War Council is a multi-racial unified political entity, and membership requires compliance with the Council's laws and regulations.

The committee will only provide basic food and clothing and free education for three years. After three years, the supply will end and citizens will need to fend for themselves.

If you do not wish to join the War Council, you must leave the territory of the War Council within five years or obtain a temporary residence permit.

"So we've talked about the good things? What about the bad things?"

The dwarf leader looked at Miller who put the paper away and said seriously.

Miller looked at the paper in his hand, then looked at him and replied.

"These are all the conditions that the chairman personally approved."

“We’d love to be a part of it.”

The dwarf leader made a decision immediately, then he paused and spoke.

"We might need a little military support here, though."

"Elaborate."

Miller put away the paper and said.

“It’s like this.”

The dwarf leader told Miller about the current situation in his homeland.

Although the population of the home is not large, only a few thousand people, the home is currently divided into three political forces, the Leader Faction, the Graystone Faction and the Order Faction.

As the name implies, the Chieftain faction is led by the Dwarf Chieftain. It is the faction that currently holds the highest power in the homeland. Its politics tends to maintain stability, focusing on maintaining the political balance and smooth operation of the homeland.

The Greystone Faction is a religious faction dominated by the Greystone Dwarves. They revere and worship darkness, tend to change and evolve, and believe that the energy tower will collapse sooner or later, and they need to learn to adapt to the darkness.

Graystone dwarves are one of the results of their evolution. Compared with silver dwarves, graystone dwarves are more adaptable to dark environments and have a certain degree of dark vision.

The Order Faction is a faction that pursues order and technological progress. They are more inclined to explore the Silver Forge and other areas of the underground layer, analyze the energy towers, and use them to build new energy towers to expand their living space.

The research of the Order Faction was effective. They were responsible for the maintenance of the Home Energy Tower. Moreover, they also found energy towers in other places in the underground and carried out simple repairs.

However, due to the long distance and some historical issues, these rebuilt energy towers have become independent and out of control of their home.

Although the dwarf leader is willing to accept the committee's suggestions, the same cannot be said for the Greystone and Order factions.

If they object, conflict or even civil war may break out in their homeland.

Although the leader faction is the strongest, the strength of the dwarf leader is heavily dependent on the metal core in his chest, and his strength is not stable. If he is not in good condition, he will not be able to suppress the other two factions immediately.

Therefore, the dwarf leader hopes that the committee will send military support to control their homeland in advance to avoid possible casualties.

In response, Miller nodded and said.

"This requires authorization. Let me ask."

After saying that, Miller turned on the communication device in his hand and began to contact the Silver Forge.

With the help of the data network, Miller quickly got in touch with the other side.

After receiving Miller's message, Silver Forge quickly contacted Roland. Roland, who was handling government affairs, took a quick look and approved the authorization.

After obtaining Roland's authorization, one of the two thousand-man teams stationed at the Silver Forge also started moving. Based on the information provided by Miller, they began to move towards their homeland in an orderly manner.

After receiving the news that the thousand-man team was mobilized, Miller looked up at the curious dwarf leader beside him and spoke.

"We have obtained authorization. A team of 1,000 people is on its way here and is expected to arrive in three hours."

"So fast?"

The dwarf leader looked at the communication device in Miller's hand and said with some surprise.

Miller shrugged and said.

"A communication device, you can think of it as a cheap means of long-distance communication."

"It's really amazing."

Although he didn't quite understand what was said, the dwarf leader still said with a sigh.

Three hours later, Miller reconnected with the other ten dwarves who had sneaked into the home. He exchanged information with them and confirmed that there was no problem with the information provided by the dwarf leader.

Afterwards, the thousand-man team that arrived at their home on time officially appeared in front of the dwarf leader.

After witnessing the danger posed to him by the thousand-man team, the dwarf leader decisively overturned his plan.

Originally, the dwarf leader thought that the thousand-man team was just an ordinary dwarf force, but he didn't expect it to be a team composed of more than a thousand extraordinary people.

If that's the case, then if there's any lurking, wouldn't it be better to just go for it head-on?
Without hesitation, the dwarf chief immediately summoned all the extraordinary people in his home to the council hall on the pretext of emergency matters. Afterwards, after all the extraordinary people were in place, Miller, who was sitting next to the dwarf chief, passed the message through a communication device as if nothing had happened.

After receiving the news, the dwarves of the ambassadorial delegation on the city wall looked at the dwarf leader's confidant and said.

"Okay."

"Open the door!"

The confidant nodded and directed the dwarf guards to open the city gate.

It was not only because of his trust in the dwarf leader, but also because he knew very well that one city gate could not stop the more than a thousand extraordinary people outside.

Even if it is not opened, the opponent will charge and force it open.

After the city gate was opened, a team of a thousand men hiding in the darkness outside the city quickly rushed over and entered the city in an orderly manner.

Afterwards, under the leadership of the dwarf leader's confidants and soldiers, a team of a thousand people quickly took over key buildings and traffic arteries in the homeland and surrounded the residences of dangerous elements on the dwarf leader's list.

Thanks to the cooperation of the dwarf leader, the team of a thousand people did not encounter any obstacles.

While the dwarf leader was making excuses to delay time in the council hall, the entire home was taken over by a team of a thousand men without any hindrance.

Finally, the door of the parliament hall suddenly opened, and nearly a hundred dwarf legion soldiers filed in and quickly surrounded all the extraordinary people in the hall.

(End of this chapter)