Becoming a wet nurse is not the end of the story.

Uh, I think I'm overthinking this. Lin Xueyin tapped her head and turned to look around at the muskets, cannons, steam locomotives, and helicopters. I have to admit, the dwarves here are really powerful.

Looking left and right at the scenery, Lin Xueyin and the others lost track of time and arrived at the edge of a large cave.

"From here on, you must stick close to me, or you'll get lost."

Seeing the group nod heavily, the dwarf general led Lin Xueyin and the others slowly into the brightly lit passage.

“This area is not illuminated by flames.”

As she walked, Lin Xueyin realized that the lights around her were not from open flames, but from something she didn't understand that was constantly illuminating everything around her.

"Of course not. Using open flames extensively in this kind of passage would cause breathing difficulties. We use crystal magic for lighting."

"Crystal magic?"

Lin Xueyin suddenly remembered that she had seen the unique magic of the dwarves when she was at school. They used various magic crystals as a medium to perform magic. Legend has it that these magic crystals would store a spell inside, and when needed, the spell could be cast directly from the magic crystal.

These magic crystals must have been engraved with illumination spells, which will continue as long as the magic power inside doesn't dissipate.

"Not bad, little girl, I didn't expect you to know so much. Very good. This is a lighting technique engraved with magic crystals, which has a history of over a thousand years."

After pausing briefly and noticing the surprised looks on their faces, he continued, "The magic within these magic crystals can continue for thousands of years. In any case, the illumination spell doesn't require much magic power, so it can last for several thousand years."

"What an incredible amount of time!" Lin Xueyin looked at these pure white magic crystals and had to admit that it was no easy feat to embed so many crystals into the wall.

As they ventured deeper into the passage, they finally found themselves in a bright and open space. Just as Lin Xueyin had suspected, the dwarves had indeed hollowed out the entire mountain range to create a massive underground city.

Continuing down the passage, they gradually reached the ground. Looking at the scenery around them, which resembled a giant city, Lin Xueyin couldn't help but marvel.

Shops, restaurants, military camps, hotels—all sorts of buildings were available. Lin Xueyin also saw many other races living peacefully with the dwarves inside.

Soon they arrived in front of a magnificent castle. Lin Xueyin looked at the tall gate and then at the dwarves on the side. She suddenly felt like laughing, but in order not to cause trouble for herself, she obediently held it back.

"Please wait a moment, gentlemen, while I go and inform them."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

After settling the three of them in, the dwarf general turned and walked into the castle. As he disappeared, Lin Xueyin and the others chatted idly.

Soon, a waiter hurriedly arrived at the door and, seeing the three girls waiting there, asked them a question.

"The three of you are Yu Liuli, Xueyin, and Ms. Olihils."

“Yes, that’s us.” Yu Liuli, as the leader, naturally answered first.

After receiving an affirmative answer, the attendant said, "Please follow me, the three of you. Our Supreme King and His Highness the Prince are already inside waiting to meet with you."

Yu Liuli straightened her clothes, and seeing that Lin Xueyin was thinking of going in directly, she pulled her back and helped her straighten her clothes a little before leading the two of them into the castle with the help of the servants.

As soon as Lin Xueyin entered the castle, looking at the entire interior, two words flashed through her mind: nouveau riche and tycoon.

That's right, those are the two words. If you're not a nouveau riche, how could you dare to build the entire ceiling, floor, and walls of the hall with gold? If you're not a nouveau riche, how could you dare to use such a vulgar thing as gold to decorate the hall?

However, Lin Xueyin really wanted to pry off a few of the gold bricks on the walls and the floor tiles under her feet and take them back with her.

With a series of clapping sounds, a man of average height, wearing a crimson flame cloak unique to the Supreme King that covered his bare, obviously hard muscles, and sporting a distinctive silver-white beard with a faint smile, slowly descended from the throne.

Behind him stood a man dressed in dwarven formal attire, whose distinctive dwarven beard made it impossible for the three to discern his age.

“Father, this is the representative of the Fire Phoenix Mercenary Group that I just mentioned to you.”

"Yes, it's you. Thank you so much. These supplies are a real lifesaver for us dwarves. I, Flamebringer, as the High King of the Dark Iron Clan, express my gratitude to you."

"Uh, no, no, this is what we mercenaries should do. Besides, you also sent warriors to help our empire repel the orcish invasion."

Upon hearing the Supreme King's words, Yu Liuli instantly felt a sense of impending doom. Her intuition told her that she had better leave this place immediately, or she would be in deep trouble.

However, he then heard the High King's request: "Our Black Iron Clan is currently facing some danger. We request that you return to the Empire and ask them to send reinforcements to support us."

"Huh? Is the situation that dangerous? But why haven't the Feathered Clan come to your aid?"

Lin Xueyin heard that the Black Iron Dwarves were facing such a great crisis, but why hadn't their staunch ally, the Winged Clan, appeared? Logically, the Winged Clan and the Dwarves should be united against a common enemy.

"The Feather Clan is also preoccupied with their own problems. They have encountered some strange enemies because the main army went to Sunset Pass, and the troops left behind can only be used for defense."

Flamebringer looked at the three girls in front of him with a wry smile. He really hoped to get help from the human army.

Volume 5: The Winged Ones and the Dwarves: Chapter 11: The Crypt Demon

They met the High King of the Dwarves, the general who had brought them here before—well, this time they should be called His Highness the Prince—and he led Lin Xueyin and the others back to the surface.

There is a camp for the Fire Phoenix Mercenary Group there. Of course, they can also live underground, but considering that Lin Xueyin and the others are human, they may not be used to living in the underground city of the dwarves. It would be better to take them back to the surface to rest.

Having met the Supreme King of the Dwarves, Lin Xueyin was quite excited, especially after receiving the Dwarf King's gift; the smile on her face never faded.

Knowing she was a priestess, the dwarf king specially selected a protective inner chainmail for her from his treasury. It was made entirely from a crystal called obsidian, which is said to be very light and strong, and even has a high resistance to magic.

However, this kind of crystal is extremely difficult to dissolve, and this kind of chainmail is rare even among dwarves. To give her one of these pieces shows how grateful the dwarf king is for the supplies and information brought by the humans.

As for Yu Liuli and Olihirs, needless to say, the two bags of magic-breaking arrows specially made by dwarven craftsmen are priceless treasures. Giving each of them a bag this time has greatly boosted their combat power.

Of course, this doesn't even include the reward for the mercenary group. It's said that they can now buy equipment at a 50% discount in the dwarven settlement of the Black Iron Clan, which is practically boosting the mercenary group's combat power. With this reward, it's foreseeable that the entire Fire Phoenix will see a significant improvement in the future.

Yu Liuli was extremely grateful to the Dwarf King. She had already made up her mind that once she returned, she would take the reward the Empire had given her and rush back to this place. She would then completely replace the equipment of everyone in her mercenary group with a 50% discount, making her team the best of the best, even comparable to those real war mercenary groups.

"Gentlemen, this is our area ahead..."

Pointing to a building not far away, the dwarf prince was about to say something when he saw Lin Xueyin frown slightly, as if she had some dissatisfaction.

He tapped the ground lightly with his staff a few times, his grim expression making one's heart tighten, yet no one knew what had happened.

Just as the prince was about to ask a question, he felt a violent shaking begin beneath his feet.

"Oh no, there are enemies."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the ground. However, this was not the only one. Orichils suddenly grabbed Lin Xueyin and the two leaped high into the air.

Before Lin Xueyin could react, a black figure darted out from where she had just been standing. In a panic, Lin Xueyin grabbed Olihils's collar tightly, not even having time to complain about the way he was being carried in a princess carry.

Yu Liuli didn't need to say much; she had already leaped out of the area she had just been in, and with a flick of her wrist, she pulled out two daggers that looked like short knives from the base of her thighs.

"Everyone be careful."

Before he could finish speaking, he leaped again to Lin Xueyin's side, protecting the girl who had already been put back on the ground by Orichalcos.

"What...what is this thing?"

Looking at the giant monster in front of her, which resembled a spider but was clearly not, Lin Xueyin felt a chill run down her spine. She felt as if this place was a dungeon she used to play games, and these were all elite monsters.

It has eight eyes on its head, and its chest and abdomen can be clearly distinguished. Unlike spiders, its eight legs are not evenly distributed on both sides of its chest and abdomen, but are all distributed on both sides of its huge abdomen. Its relatively slender chest stands upright on its abdomen.

Under the bright light, the head and thorax were clearly protected by a hard shell, which opened and closed repeatedly, making a clicking sound, like the fangs of a spider.

Lin Xueyin gripped her staff tightly, while the dwarf prince, though tense, showed no panic. Instead, he calmly blew the warning whistle.

The sharp whistle also gave the newly appeared spiders a target to attack. The eight eyes on their heads were fixed on the dwarf prince who whistled, and the clicking sound was like a spell to summon death.

The eight legs on its abdomen rushed towards the dwarf prince at lightning speed, its slender chest fully contracted, and the attack that followed was already imaginable to be as swift as lightning.

Unlike its slender chest, its two enormous fangs, when it was already close enough to be within attack range of the enemy, swiftly charged towards the dwarf prince with the force of thunder and lightning.

The dwarf prince, who was not fully armed, showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he gripped the fangs that were about to pierce his body tightly with both arms.

Watching the dwarf and the spider monster wrestle with horror, Lin Xueyin quickly pulled her attention back, raised her hand, and several magical shields appeared on their bodies.

Feeling protected, the dwarf prince let out a loud shout and slammed the giant spider to the ground.

It sounds slow, but it was actually over in just a few seconds. A spider was flipped to the ground. However, this action did not frighten the spiders; instead, it aroused their ferocity.

"Xueyin, be careful. These are cave demons. They live underground year-round and feed on all kinds of creatures. They can be considered the great enemy of our dwarf race."

"Well, be careful then." Hearing that these were enemies of the dwarves, Lin Xueyin naturally had no intention of backing down, but she was very worried about Orichalos and Yu Liuli.

They are all archers, and once they are engaged in close combat, they will probably find it difficult to exert their abilities. In fact, it can be said that their very existence is already in danger once they encounter close combat.

Lin Xueyin cast a healing spell on the dwarf prince and focused her attention on the battlefield. Of the four cave demons, one had already been knocked to the ground and was no longer a threat, leaving three remaining.

One of them kept staring at her, while the other two attacked Yu Liuli and Olihirs directly. This was what worried Lin Xueyin the most.

The moment the battle began, the two rushed toward the crypt demon that was attacking them. As a result, the dwarf prince was the closest to them, while the other two were quite far away. When they looked at the two of them again...

Uh, a cave demon had been stomped hard under Orichalcos's foot, and a dagger gleaming coldly was stuck in its head.

As for Yu Liuli, a dagger was plunged deep into the abdomen of the cave demon, and green blood was splattered all over the ground.

Volume 5: The Winged Ones and the Dwarves: Chapter 12: Discord Within the Elven Race

"These cave demons have been appearing frequently lately for some reason, and we don't know what's going on."

The dwarf prince took a long-handled battle axe from the dwarves who came to his aid, and forcefully cleaved the cave demon he had just overturned in two under Lin Xueyin's horrified gaze.

"Your Highness, are you saying that these demons have appeared more than once or twice?" Yu Liuli grasped the key point of this sentence and was shocked to find that the dwarves' current situation was really troublesome.

"Yes, the main army is outside and still on its way back, while most of our garrison troops are outside. These demons have essentially entered our weakest yet most important center."

Lin Xueyin nodded in agreement. Indeed, if the guards outside returned to defend, it would give the enemy an opportunity. If the main army entered the area, the dwarves would truly face the crisis of extinction.

"Gentlemen, since this has happened, let these warriors take you back. I need to go back first and report this matter to the Supreme King."

"Yes, Your Highness, please continue with your business. We'll head back." Yu Liuli knew that, as the first person to discover this incident and a prince of the dwarf race, he needed to report what he had seen to the Supreme King, so he didn't say anything more.

Watching the dwarf prince turn and leave, Lin Xueyin couldn't contain her confusion and asked, "Um, Sister Liuli, how did you kill those spiders, ah, those cave demons?"

Seeing the bewildered look on Yu Liuli's face when she heard about spiders, Lin Xueyin quickly corrected herself and voiced her doubts. Then, as if by magic, Yu Liuli and Orichalcos made a swipe on their legs, and two gleaming daggers appeared in their hands.

"Huh? This is..."

"What, is that so strange? As qualified archers, shouldn't we learn close combat?"

Hmmmm, Lin Xueyin suddenly had the feeling that she had asked a stupid question. Seriously, is melee archer really a reasonable concept?

"What are you still thinking about? Let me tell you, an archer who can't fight in melee is not a good archer."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xueyin suddenly had the thought, "You're right, and I have nothing to say." But that makes sense. For a guy who specializes in melee combat, this isn't something he can't accept.

Seeing Lin Xueyin shaking her head vigorously, Yu Liuli assumed she still couldn't accept it, but simply smiled gently, patted her head, took her hand, and followed the dwarf warriors outside. Let time take its course.

The Elven race, which had been peaceful just a few days earlier, was not so harmonious at this moment. Luo Yu nervously watched her mother, who was trying to communicate with the Tenth Elder, hoping to hear the answer she longed to hear.

After a moment, nothing unusual happened, causing Luo Yu's heart to sink once again. But then she saw her mother let out a long sigh of relief.

This feeling of relief made Luo Yu's heart leap again, as if there had been some special development regarding Lin Xueyin's situation.

"Mother, Xueyin, she..."