From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 347 Peace Talks
In the Dark Iron Dwarf heritage, the status of Quenching Hold is second only to the Temple of the Aldmeri.

After the advent of the abyss, the Dark Iron Dwarves migrated many times to avoid the pollution of the abyss, and much of their heritage was lost.

The Temple of the Ancestors has become a holy place that the Dark Iron Dwarves can never return to and can only appear in their dreams.

Similarly, before Lu Heng mentioned Quenching Fort, for the Dark Iron Dwarves, Quenching Fort was already a legendary holy place that no longer existed.

Now, Quenching Fort has reappeared, and the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom has made contact with Quenching Fort.

This means that the Dark Iron Dwarves have regained the holy land of their dreams.

One can imagine how excited the Dark Iron Dwarves present were.

So much so that when Gollum spoke in a tone similar to that of command, the Dwarf King Sorivil Copperfurnace did not feel anything wrong at all.

Sorivir Copperforge hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with the highest etiquette of the Dark Iron Dwarves, saying, "I am the third king of the Copperforge Kingdom, Sorivir Copperforge."

Guru observed it and nodded, commenting: "It looks very strong. It is a good material for forging iron."

If this statement were made to a human being, it would probably be considered a mockery.

But for the Dark Iron Dwarves, forging is the most important skill, and to say that a Dark Iron Dwarf has a talent for forging is a high evaluation.

Guru continued, "Lu Heng is Quenching Castle's closest friend. He entered the Abyss World to help our tribe revive, so you must listen to Lu Heng's orders. This is also the will of Quenching Castle."

The Dark Iron Dwarves present immediately bowed their heads and saluted, and replied devoutly, "Yes, Master."

Seeing how devout this group of Dark Iron Dwarves were, Lu Heng discovered that the effect of moving out of the Quenching Fort was far better than expected, and much better.

This meeting spanned different worlds and consumed a huge amount of magical energy, so after such a long conversation, the connection began to fluctuate.

Upon seeing this, the great wizard Hogrey hurriedly said, "My clan's great forging master, may I ask if we can get in touch regularly in the future?"

"Sure." Gulu answered as a matter of course.

In fact, when Gollum was brought to Quenching Keep by his teacher, there were not many Dark Iron Dwarves in Quenching Keep.

Therefore, Gollum did not receive any systematic learning. He only mastered the skills of forging and quenching. As for the knowledge of witchcraft, magic, etc., he did not know much.

There are quite a few Dark Iron Dwarf inheritances left in Quenching Castle, and he has read some of them, but no one has taught him systematically, so he only has some understanding of them.

He had no idea how to communicate across the world.

Of course, this is not a problem.

Since the great wizard Hogre can connect once, he can connect a second time, and after writing down the world coordinates, the connection will be much easier.

With Gollum's permission, Hogre hurriedly said, "Then Master, please set a time for us to communicate regularly. The tribe needs the inheritance of the Quenching Castle."

"Sure. I have forging work on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I'm free on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can pick a day." Guru agreed readily.

There are now many human blacksmiths, temperers, and inscriptionists entering Quenching Castle, and the forging days are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of every week.

So Guru has to stay in the forge for the next three days.

Since the time in the two worlds is different, calculation is needed to determine the exact time.

Hogre will take care of the time calculation, we just need to agree on a time.

……

After meeting Gollum, Lu Heng and his group became the most distinguished guests of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

With this relationship, the subsequent conversation became easy.

After discussion, the dwarf king Sorivil Copperfurnace agreed to all of Lu Heng's requests.

The first demand was to reconcile with the Sirens and agree to stop dumping volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea.

Since the Sirens' demands were not excessive, peace talks between the two sides were not difficult.

At the same time, Sorivil Copperfurnace expressed his concern for the Firelord Gross.

The inability to dump the Embers of Gross into the Tidal Sea means that the Dark Iron Dwarves will have to face the crisis of the resurrection of the Firelord Gross alone.

Although the Sirens agreed to work together to find a solution to the crisis of the Firelord Gross, the resurrection of the Firelord Gross would not pose much of a threat to the Sirens.

Therefore, everyone knew that it was impossible to place hope on the Sirens.

If the Dark Iron Dwarves want to resolve the crisis posed by the Firelord Gross, they must take action themselves.

Lu Heng made a guarantee that if this conscription could not resolve the crisis of the Fire Demon Gross, after his return, he would announce the information of the Fire Demon Gross to the psychics in the human world and unite all the human psychics who would be conscripted in the future to jointly solve this problem.

The crisis of the Fire Demon Gross will not appear immediately, nor can it be resolved overnight.

This is a problem that will take time to resolve.

Sorewell Copperfurnace naturally understood this, and they had been dumping Gross Embers into the Tidal Sea for ten years.

During these ten years, the aura of the Fire Demon Gross's revival has become stronger and stronger, but it will take some time before he truly revives.

……

This trip to the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom went very smoothly. We negotiated a reconciliation and the main purpose of this trip was achieved.

Afterwards, the great wizard Hogrey of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom personally led a team to the west coast of the Tidal Sea to negotiate with the envoys sent by the Sirens.

Although both parties have agreed to a settlement, the specific terms of the settlement still need to be discussed.

Lu Heng would not get involved in what kind of reconciliation demands the two sides would put forward. As long as he could facilitate peace talks between the two sides, the matter would basically be a success.

Lu Heng still has some things to do in the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

The first thing to do is to visit the place where the Dark Iron dwarves are digging up the Embers of Gross.

If other recruits wanted to see the burial place of Gross's Embers, they would be driven away by the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Lu Heng has the backing of Quenching Fort, and in a sense, he is participating in the affairs of the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom on behalf of Gollum.

Therefore, the dwarf king Sorivil Copperfurnace personally led Lu Heng into the mine under the Lava Crown.

The four members of Lu Heng's team entered the mine, passed through a passage full of restrictions, and came to a spacious underground space.

As soon as you step into this space, you can immediately feel the heat wave coming towards you.

Even though Lu Heng's Tempering Master sub-profession provided a high level of fire resistance, he still felt hot.

Su Muyu and Xie Shien, who were standing by, did not have the fire resistance provided by their secondary professions, and their brows were immediately frowned.

Xie Shien quickly opened up his mental force field to help the four people block the heat wave.

The Dark Iron Dwarves didn't feel much about this heat wave. After all, high-level Dark Iron Dwarf warriors could roll in the lava.

Only after resisting the heat wave did Lu Heng have the energy to check the space here.

In this underground space, there are traces of knives and axes everywhere. It is obvious that the Dark Iron Dwarves have been digging here for many years.

The rocks here are very solid, and contain a small amount of dark red ash, as if they will burn at any time.

Sorivil Copperfurnace explained: "This is the area where the embers of Gross are most dense. If you light a fire here, it will ignite a raging flame and produce a fire spirit."

The Fire Demon can split into a large number of small Fire Demons.

A powerful demon king like the Fire Demon Gross, when split, will eventually form tens of thousands of fire demons.

The Balrog can be split, and naturally it can be reassembled. That is why the Dark Iron Dwarves transported the embers of Gros to the tidal sea to dump them. The purpose is to separate the embers of Gros and increase the difficulty of the Balrog's reassembly. At the same time, they also hope that the glaciers in the deep sea can suppress the Balrog's revival.

Lu Heng squatted down, reached out and grabbed a handful of Gross embers, felt the heat emanating from the soil, and began to ponder.

Before his rebirth, the Fire Demon Gross was revived two years after the abyss descended upon Blue Star.

Since the time flows at different speeds in the two worlds, it should be five years before the Fire Demon Gross is officially resurrected in this world.

Afterwards, the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom was forced to flee the Molten Crown and became displaced once again.

Until the time of rebirth, there was no news that the Fire Demon Gross was conquered by the Summoners.

The best way to save the Dark Iron Dwarves is to prevent the Firelord Gross from reviving.

If we wait until the fire demon Gros returns to the world, it will be difficult to deal with him then.

Sorewell Copper Furnace asked worriedly, "Mr. Lu Heng, have you thought of a way to solve the Fire Demon crisis?"

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and replied, "Not yet. However, I checked the embers of Gross here and estimated that the Fire Demon will revive in another four or five years, so we still have time."

The great wizard Hogre has also estimated the approximate time when the Fire Demon Gros will revive.

The estimated time will not be very accurate, but it is certain that there will not be a full recovery within three years.

Three years is neither a long time nor a short time.

The Dark Iron dwarves still have time, but time is running out.

Lu Heng continued, "I haven't found a solution yet, but I will try to find one. If I really can't find a solution, I will try to seek help from the ancient tree of knowledge of the elves, and I will definitely find a way to resolve the fire demon crisis."

When Sorivil Copper Furnace heard that he could seek help from the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, he felt more hopeful: "Then I'll leave it to Mr. Lu Heng."

After seeing the remains of Gros underground, the group came out of the mine.

As soon as we returned to the gate of the Lava Crown, we saw the great wizard Hogre returning with his messenger covered in blood.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Hogre reported angrily: "King, the Sirens cannot be trusted. We were attacked by Sirens at the seashore!"

"What?" Soriwell Tonglu showed a surprised expression on his face and turned to look at Lu Heng beside him.

Lu Heng also looked surprised.

The rulers of both sides had been persuaded before. The Dwarf King Sorivil Copperforge and the Sirens High Priestess Sona had both agreed to a reconciliation, so the matter should have been resolved.

Both sides also agreed to send envoys to negotiate, and the matter would be considered completed with a simple exchange of reconciliation demands.

Lu Heng didn't expect such a change to happen, and asked, "Are you sure it was the Sirens who attacked you?"

The great wizard Hogre was furious and replied, "Of course I am sure. We just arrived at the seashore and waited for a while before the siren came out of the water. We approached and were about to communicate with it, but it didn't say anything and just raised its harpoon and attacked.

"We managed to escape with great difficulty. The Sirens are so despicable. Mr. Lu Heng, you must have been deceived by the Sirens!"

If other recruits had taken the lead in mediating the conflict between the two races, they would have been captured by the Dark Iron Dwarves and thrown into the dungeon by now.

After all, the Dark Iron Dwarf envoy brought by the great wizard was attacked by the Sirens, which led to the failure of the peace talks.

According to normal logic, Lu Heng, the person who took the lead in mediation, would definitely be suspected.

Fortunately, Lu Heng has connections with the Quenching Fort, so the Dark Iron Dwarves would not suspect Lu Heng no matter who he was, and instinctively believed that Lu Heng was deceived by the Siren.

After hearing this, Sorewell Copperfurnace clenched his fists and shouted angrily, "Damn Siren!"

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that something was not right.

Normally, even if they do not intend to reconcile, the Sirens should not attack the envoys who are negotiating for peace.

Doing so will only intensify the conflict between the two ethnic groups.

This might happen if one of the parties was a barbaric race.

However, Lu Heng had come into contact with Sona, the high priestess of the Sirens, although it was only for a short two days, but it was enough.

The fact that Sona, the high priestess of the Siren tribe, was willing to release Friggs despite the doubts of her people was enough to show that she really wanted to resolve the conflict between the two tribes.

Besides, the Sirens would not gain anything by becoming enemies with the Dark Iron Dwarves.

The Dark Iron Dwarves have agreed to reconcile and will no longer dump volcanic ash into the Tidal Sea, which is what the Sirens need most.

Regardless of motivation or interests, the Sirens have no reason to disrupt the peace talks.

This is not logical.

Su Muyu and Xie Shien both considered this and reminded Lu Heng in his ear: "There may be something behind this."

Lu Heng nodded in agreement, then looked at the dwarf king Soriver Copperfurnace and said, "I think this matter needs to be investigated. Whether it is the action of the Sirens or not, we should make a decision after finding out the truth."

Sorivil Tonglu was very angry when he saw his injured tribesmen escaping back. If someone else had advised him in this way, he would definitely not have listened.

But thinking of the order from the Lord of Quenching Castle, he could only hold back his anger and asked, "How does Mr. Lu want to investigate?"

Lu Heng took the initiative to take on this task: "I'll go myself. I'm the one who took the lead in this matter. I'm also responsible for the sudden fallout of the Sirens. I'm responsible for finding out the cause of this incident and seeking justice for the Black Iron Tribe."

Seeing that Lu Heng did not shirk his responsibility, Sorewell Tonglue's anger subsided a little, and he agreed, "Okay, then let Mr. Lu investigate this matter. If it is really the Sirens who went back on their word, my Black Iron Tribe will fight the Sirens to the death."

……

That afternoon.

Lu Heng led his team to the beach, ready to see where the attack took place.

On the way, everyone gathered together to discuss the matter.

"This is a bit strange. Didn't the high priest of the Siren tribe agree to reconcile? Why did he suddenly attack the Dark Iron Dwarf's envoys for negotiations?"

"We don't know the reason yet. I feel that even if it was really done by the Sirens, it should not be the order of their high priest." Lu Heng recalled his contact with the high priest Sona. He could see that she was really considering the future of the Sirens.

"But Hogre clearly said they were the Siren Clan, so that shouldn't be wrong, right?"

Lu Heng nodded and said, "Indeed, most of the attackers were sea monsters. As for other races pretending to be sea monsters, it is possible, but not likely."

While saying this, Lu Heng opened the information interface of the Abyss Battlefield and confirmed the battlefield mode.

This time the battlefield mode is [Multi-camp melee mode].

This is a very complicated pattern. To sum it up in one sentence, the forces in this world are very chaotic, with at least three or more camps fighting each other.

Lu Heng knew from the beginning that this mode would be tricky, but he had never encountered a melee before, so he didn't mention it.

Now it appears that this model may have worked.

The multiple camps are easy to understand. The Dark Iron Dwarves are one camp, and the Sirens are another camp.

Human recruits also belong to a camp in this world.

The first challenge task requires killing 20 Abyss Summoners.

In other words, in this world, there are still abyss races recruited by the abyss.

There are already four camps. If there are disagreements within the Sirens and the Dark Iron Dwarves, it will be even more chaotic.

(End of this chapter)