Generally speaking, only non-human races would refer to humans as "humans".

Jiang Yan scrutinized the old man. He hadn't thought much of it before, but now, looking at him again, the old man was short and stocky, with bulging muscles, and skilled in forging. He was clearly a dwarf!

"That's right, I am a dwarf!" The old man seemed to realize his identity had been discovered and said in a deep voice, "My name is Gerry, and I am an elder of the white dwarf race!"

"White dwarfs?" Jiang Yan looked at him in confusion. "Are there also black dwarfs?"

Gerry scoffed, "White dwarves just mean people who live in the sun. Those who don't like the sun are cave dwarves! Alright, let's get back to Frey!"

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Jiang Taigong."

"I'm not interested in knowing your name, I just want to know about Frey!" Gerry shouted, slamming his fist on the table.

Everyone says dwarves are short-tempered, and this one really is... If it weren't for the elven mage, Jiang Yan would have left already.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yan blatantly lied, "Chief Frey is having a terrible time! After her line of elves got separated from the others, they went to a secluded paradise, but alas..."

"What's a pity?" Gerry jumped up and down in frustration.

"Unfortunately, that paradise is inhabited by natives who see the elves as enemies and besiege it day and night. Left with no other choice, Chief Frey had to lead her people to live on a giant tree." Jiang Yan sighed, "But even so, the natives still frequently harass them, trying to drive them out of the paradise."

"Damn natives!" Gerry was furious, wishing he could rush into the paradise Jiang Yan had described and slaughter those natives.

"And then? Keep going!" Gerry snapped.

Jiang Yan wasn't angry and continued, half-truthfully, "During my adventure, I unintentionally entered that paradise and helped Chief Frey defeat those natives, forging a deep friendship with them!"

"Wait a minute!" Gerry suddenly shouted, then pulled a necklace from his chest, rushed forward, and held the necklace close to Jiang Yan.

In an instant, the necklace suddenly emitted a pale green light.

"This is..." Jiang Yan had a guess, but pretended to be clueless.

"This is the Elven Chain; only those who gain the friendship of the elves can light it," Gri said dejectedly.

Why didn't it light up in your hand?

Oh~ So you didn't gain the friendship of the elves.

Jiang Yan's gaze was strange.

Gri jumped up and down in anger: "Human, what kind of look is that? Do you think elven friendship is so easily obtained?"

"Stop, stop, stop." Jiang Yan wasn't there to argue with him about this, so he quickly steered the conversation back on track, saying, "Let me finish! After I gained the friendship of the elves, Chief Frey asked me to find the elven mages, partly to find out how they were doing, and partly to repay my life-saving grace!"

repay?

Gerry looked at Jiang Yan suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yan said casually, "I closed a gate to the abyss some time ago, and my soul was corrupted by the abyss's aura, so I need to find an elven mage to heal me."

"You... closed the gates of the Abyss?" Gerry's expression changed, then he sneered, "You? The gates of the Abyss connect the Abyss to the human world, and every gatekeeper..."

Before the dwarf could finish speaking, Jiang Yan revealed his title: Abyss Punisher!

"What is this?" Gerry fell silent upon seeing the title.

To earn the title of "Abyss Punisher," even without closing the gates of the abyss, one must have killed at least tens of thousands of abyssal creatures!

Such a person would be a hero even a thousand years ago!

"Elder Gri, now you can tell me about the elven mage's whereabouts, right?" Jiang Yan said with a smile.

After a long silence, Gerry said, "I'll give you my answer later."

Jiang Yan's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself: So the elven mage really lives here!

He suppressed the pounding in his heart and said, "Then I'll leave it to Elder Geri."

"Hmph, you wait here!" Gerry got up and strode out.

"I hope everything goes well!" Jiang Yan sat quietly waiting.

About an hour later, Gerry returned to his room, followed by two guards!

"That's him, the fraudster, arrest him!" Gerry pointed at Jiang Yan and sneered.

"Elder Geri, what do you mean by this!" Jiang Yan's face darkened.

But before he could make a move, two guards rushed to Jiang Yan and subdued him.

Jiang Yan wanted to resist, but found that Ge Li was winking at him.

Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately gave up resisting and obediently followed the guard away.

As they left the blacksmith shop, Ge Li followed them the whole way, cursing and swearing that Jiang Yan was selling inferior goods as superior ones, swindling and cheating, and was not a human being. His curses were quite vulgar.

A large number of players nearby saw this and immediately gathered around to whisper among themselves. Fortunately, Jiang Yan was still wearing a bamboo hat, so he didn't get killed.

Soon, Jiang Yan was arrested and imprisoned in Suzaku City Prison.

The prison in Suzaku City is located in the south of the city. The entrance is small, and once inside, there is a tightly constructed bluestone passage.

Torches lined both sides of the passage, and guards stood watch every three meters, making the protection very tight.

At the end of the passage was a large hall, with six rooms on either side, which could be either the guards' rest room or the torture chamber.

At the far end of the hall was a narrow passageway, which led to the prison where prisoners were held.

Before Jiang Yan could even observe, he was pushed and shoved by the guards into a narrow passage and imprisoned in the seventh cell!

"Swindling and cheating, three hours in jail!" The guard roughly pushed Jiang Yan inside and then closed the iron gate!

The heavy iron gate not only blocked the view from inside and outside, but also completely blocked the sound!

"So the elven mage lives here?" Jiang Yan looked around the cell with suspicion. "Or is the white dwarf Grinna lying to me?"

Just then, the inner wall of the cell suddenly trembled slightly, and then moved to both sides, revealing a dark passage that sloped downwards.

Jiang Yan's heart stirred, and he immediately took out the [Water-Repelling Bead] from his backpack and stepped into the passage.

The Water-Repelling Pearl emitted a hazy glow, dispelling the darkness. Jiang Yan descended the steps, and soon a green light appeared ahead. Jiang Yan put away the Water-Repelling Pearl, quickened his pace, and soon arrived at the end of the passage.

"This is..." Jiang Yan looked at the surrounding scene and felt as if he had returned to the underground root space where the Ape Demon King lived!

Indeed, this space was formed by countless tree roots, emitting a faint green light, and flowers and plants were growing on the roots, full of vitality!

"Hello, human." Just then, an elegant voice came from the end of the root space.

Jiang Yan turned his head and saw that the roots at the end seemed to be moving quickly to both sides as if they were alive, revealing a wide root channel.

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