The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

As for what to do with the clone, Maginus thought of going to the dwarf kingdom in the Ilandamia Mountains, which Bennia had mentioned, to see if he could get some stronger equipment.

The black greatsword that Nia gave her is no longer up to par with her strength. The broken Guardian Angel has been with her for a long time, and it's time to try to repair it. When the Guardian Angel retires in glory, it can be kept as a collectible, and seeing it can remind her of her past.

Two months later, in Ilandamia, Lake Crystal Territory.

New Nesery has completely calmed down and entered a phase of steady development. Taking advantage of this relatively uneventful period, Maginus announced to the outside world that he was entering a long-term period of seclusion, with his main body remaining in the palace while his avatar had arrived here.

A girl with fluffy red hair walked into Lake Crystal City with a smile. She was wearing animal skins, exuding a wild aura. Her strong and beautiful muscles made people realize that she was not someone to be trifled with.

This is Maginus's new incarnation, a barbarian named "Tirini," who also carries a low-level magical weapon on her back.

The life force spread out, and she felt that the familiar life force still existed, with Desna, the alchemist, and their new team together.

According to reports, Jim Regan, the Demon Hunter, as the new city lord, has finally withstood the pressure from the capital of Ilandamia over the past few years and maintained the status quo of Lake Crystal City.

Should we try causing trouble?

A wicked thought arose in Maginos's mind, and she tore off a piece of lamb leg, but ultimately abandoned the idea.

As long as we wait for Nesery to take advantage of the chaos to expand, we will inevitably clash with them sooner or later. We don't need to ruin our original plans because of them.

Having eaten and drunk his fill and replenished his supplies, Maginus set off alone toward the Ilandamia Mountains.

At first, she encountered many adventurers on the outskirts who were trying to obtain animal hides and materials by killing wild beasts and magical beasts. As she continued to walk in, a group of soldiers appeared inside the mountains.

Upon seeing Maginus, they immediately approached and questioned her, expertly producing their identification. Maginus asked, "Is there any situation in these mountains?"

"This is one of the mines that we in Ilandamia and the Dwarf Kingdom of Oranta jointly mine. Some adventurers try to steal gems or gold from time to time, so the guards are so tight."

After confirming that Tireni's identity was correct, the captain returned the certificate. The tall "Tireni" made a hint of apprehension flash in his eyes: "May I ask what you're here for?"

"I want to travel to the land of the dwarves to obtain more powerful weapons."

Upon learning that Tireni intended to venture deeper into the mountains, the captain relaxed somewhat, sheathed his weapons, and stepped aside: "Please, adventurer, we hope you will not interfere with our mining operations."

"of course not."

Maginus smiled, glanced at the ragged miners, and walked deeper into the mountains.

……

About three days later, barren and endless bald mountains appeared before Maginus. She stood on the mountaintop, admiring the rare scenery, and casually picked a blade of grass.

As you venture deeper into the mountains, the vegetation becomes increasingly scarce. Climate and water are not the problem; the problem lies with the land.

Even if Maginus picked up any exposed stone, he could feel that it was much heavier than the stones outside.

The soil has too high a metal content, some of which is even harmful to plants. Only plants that can adapt to metals can take root and reproduce here, which is why the entire mountain range is bare.

The animals here are more similar to those in the Gobi Desert, with skin and fur that are mostly grayish-white, brownish-black, or black, allowing them to blend into the soil and rocks.

They have also developed the ability to climb rocks. Not far from Maginot, there is a group of ibex. The ibex are eating wild grass with high metal content with their heads down, while their eyes are constantly observing their surroundings to prevent hunters from killing them.

However, they did not notice that a certain deep pit was actually the monster's mouth.

A ibex followed the tall grass into the deep pit, and Maginus watched as its mouth slowly, little by little, closed up without anyone noticing.

When the ibex realized something was wrong, the ground beneath its feet suddenly opened up, the outer edge of the pit rose abruptly, and it was swallowed whole.

Chapter 541 Dwarfs

"A giant sand lizard."

After swallowing the argali sheep whole, the four- or five-meter-long sand lizard showed no signs of satisfaction and charged at the remaining argali sheep with all its might.

The adult sheep nimbly climbed up or fell down the hillside, but the young ones were not so lucky. Being new to the world and not yet having learned many skills, they could only stay where they were and wait to die.

Unexpectedly, the sand lizard stuck out its tongue and grabbed a lamb, while the rest of the lambs remained still and charged straight at the fleeing adult sheep.

"So you even understand sustainable development, huh?"

Maginot looked down at the bottom of the cliff, about to leap off, when a panicked shout suddenly came from afar, attracting her attention, and then her eyes lit up.

A group of dwarves were on the run. The two fastest were dressed in fine clothes and adorned with jewelry. The rest were dressed in rags and carried iron pickaxes. They were clearly miners and mine owners.

They were being hunted by a giant sandworm with two or three right hands in its gaping maw, which had clearly already devoured at least three miners.

Their appearance saved Maginus the trouble of finding the dwarves' camp; he could simply ask them for directions to their settlement.

Crushing through the rocks, Magnis descended from the sky, drawing her greatsword and smashing it down on the sandworm's head, instantly killing it. Standing amidst the rain of blood, she looked at the terrified dwarves and laughed heartily:

"Finally, I see people! If I hadn't found anyone soon, I would have had to eat raw meat. Gentlemen of the dwarves, how do I get to your settlement?"

"By the Soul Forger! We have finally survived!"

The dwarves, who had almost pushed their physical limits, suddenly relaxed, their legs went weak and they collapsed, sitting on the ground panting heavily, some even nearly unable to breathe.

Seeing this, Maginus took out a large bucket of water and placed it on the ground. The dwarves rushed forward and drank it in large gulps. They stopped only when their bellies were a little bloated.

"Oh, dear adventurer, Borothopotak thanks you for your help. You will be my friend forever!"

About three or four minutes later, one of the dwarven mine owners, having recovered, stood up, bowed to Maginus with his short body, and took out some gems from his pocket and handed them over.

"I, Narcissus Podak, am the same!"

Another mine owner raised his hand; the two were either brothers or of the same clan. The other miners didn't say much, keeping their heads down and not daring to look at Maginus. Judging from their actions, they were not hired miners, but slaves.

Maginos casually picked up a gem and examined it against the sunlight, symbolically took one gem, and pushed the rest back:

"Alright, Mr. Potark, my name is Tyrene. Now tell me where the nearest dwarf city is. Oh, and I also need to find a master named Godsilver."

"Oh, the great legendary blacksmith!"

The rather unsteady Borothodak exclaimed in surprise, clearly indicating that the blacksmith recommended by Nya was quite famous.

His eyes immediately became much warmer, and he enthusiastically invited Maginus to their town: "Please be sure to rest in our Fountain Town before you set off, so that we can do our best to be your hosts."

Upon first entering a territory inhabited by dwarves, the two dwarves genuinely harbored goodwill towards Maginus, so she naturally wouldn't refuse, nodding and smiling as she agreed: "Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

On the way to Living Spring, Maginus also learned from them why the two dwarves and their slaves would go to the mountains without soldiers.

"Damn it, we don't have any strong wild beasts here. That sandworm shouldn't have been here before."

The talkative dwarf was furious when he talked about it. For nearly a hundred years, there had been no powerful monsters in their area of ​​the entire mountain range, so the two of them had become complacent and went to the mine with only a few slaves.

Unexpectedly, they were so unlucky that they encountered a powerful sandworm. If it weren't for Maginus's rescue, they would have really died here.

Conversing about their respective situations, Maginus walked along the steep mountain path, passing a path made of iron chains, and walking along the cliff for a distance before finally arriving at the place where the dwarves lived.

"Mayor, Deputy Mayor! You're finally back!"

"Damn it, quickly prepare fine wine and food for our guests, we almost didn't make it back this time!"

As soon as they returned, the dwarven guards in the town shouted with delight. The mayor, who was standing next to Maginus, casually patted the captain of the guards on the neck and urged him to go and get some food.

Maginos paid no attention to these things. She looked up at the rock face at the top, walked to the edge of the cliff surrounded by a fence, looked down, and marveled at the magnificent view.

"Mayor Borote, are you sure this place won't collapse?"

Without turning her head, she asked, when the dwarf mayor's proud voice came from behind: "Of course not, this is our dwarf's masterpiece!"

The town's entrance is built on a cliff, offering a panoramic view of vast mountains and wastelands. However, if something were to collapse from above or below, it would be a disaster.

Yes, they like to build wonders, which fits my stereotype of dwarves.

No, it's not that intelligent beings all like to build wonders; there are similar places in the human and elven kingdoms.

Marginus thought to herself as she turned and entered the city with the mayor who had called her.

After descending from the cliff into a man-made cave, a fully-equipped town appeared before her. However, this town was located inside a giant mountain, with an extremely treacherous entrance, making it virtually impossible for any normal army to breach its defenses.

Sunlight streamed into the enormous town, refracting through the crystal at the very top and covering the entire town. The crystal itself also emitted enough heat to simulate the feeling of the sun.

Some people have even planted crops behind their own yards, and the drought-resistant vegetables are growing well.

As for the buildings, they didn't use much wood; most were made of stone, with only a few mansions using wood, which is the opposite of the houses in the human kingdom.

Admiring the customs and culture of the dwarves, Maginus, though having learned some about the dwarf kingdom through the memories of some professionals, still found what she saw with her own eyes very novel.

Although Maginus is very strong, her horizons are mostly limited to what she has seen in books and her memories. She still needs to travel to more places.

"Ha, we've arrived!"

Upon arriving at Borotte and Narsie's residence, the two joyfully embraced their families standing before the fortress, while the miners were led away by their servants.

After the two survivors finished their reflections, Maginus followed them into the stone fortress built close to the rock wall.

Chapter 542 The Situation on the Mainland

While enjoying the dwarven cuisine in the fortress, Maginus declined their wine and got to know the dwarven family. Maginus then began to talk about things related to Godseefer.

Maginus knew very little about the blacksmith that Nia had introduced her to, and the snake-woman herself didn't know much either; according to her, the last time they met was more than two hundred years ago.

“Speaking of this legendary blacksmith,” Nalsi said, taking a bite of the meat of an unknown beast, “he should have handed over all his forging tasks to his apprentices long ago, and he hasn’t completed any works in recent years.”

"Really? You never said you'd stop manufacturing weapons, did you?"

"He didn't say that. I guess it's just that no one asks him to forge weapons. If you really want Lord Siever to forge a weapon, the price will be very high. But there is another way. He seems to always give people who want to forge weapons a very difficult request."

"He will only forge weapons for you if you meet his requirements. If you don't meet them, you'll have to ask him for money or an equivalent amount of rare metals."

Legends all have their quirks, more or less, and Maginus understood that; Nia had already told her this before she sent her to find someone.

What is the name of the dwarf kingdom on this side of the mountains?

"Mountain Kingdom, huh~, you've come to the right place. Our country's blacksmiths are among the strongest of all the dwarf kingdoms."

Boroth took a big gulp of ale, the liquor dripping down his beard. He stroked his beard without a care, proudly declaring that his country's forging technology was the best in the world.

Maginus remained skeptical about this, as all dwarven blacksmiths believed their forging skills were the best among their peers at the same level, and this argument extended to the national level as well.

In short, dwarves from different countries would develop severe regional discrimination over blacksmithing issues, and would also insult the forging techniques of different countries, saying that the opponent's forging skills were weak and ineffective.

"I almost got led astray by you two. Although I obtained a map of the Mountain Kingdom in the human kingdom, it's a bit blurry. Can you provide a new map here? Also, neither of you has told me where Master Severus is yet."

"Oh! We've been drinking so much that I almost forgot about your business. Dagna, go get the map from my study!"

Mayor Borotho, laughing as he drank heartily, nudged his daughter, Liu Ming'er, to fetch the map, and raised his hand to clink glasses with Maginos's juice.

“Master Severus is in Emerald City, which is also the capital of the Mountain Kingdom. It is said that more than a dozen legends live in the capital.”

More than ten legends...

Maginos was quite amazed. She had only ever seen the most legends in Red Sparrow City, and she never expected that there would be more than ten legends in Emerald City.

Unlike the human world, which has at least a hundred countries, the continent of Noir has only four or five kingdoms for dwarves and even just one kingdom for elves. The population is very concentrated, and the areas they occupy are among the best.

Because the Elf Kingdom has the smallest population, it has little interest in expanding its territory on the continent. The older spellcasters prefer to use magic to leave the continent of Knoil and travel to other planets to mine more resources.

The dwarf kingdom is mainly located in the barren mountains and underground. They outnumber elves but outnumber humans, and their main enemy is the orcs of the wildlands.

With hundreds of millions of humans, there are enough powerful beings to emerge, and most gods favor humanity. This is why humans occupy the largest territory on the continent of Kenoyel.

Humans are also more tolerant. Some countries may resist the existence of other races, but more countries have seen racial mixing. Dwarves, elves, halflings and other races can be seen from time to time, and orcs can also appear in human countries.

In those countries that resist other races, the higher-ups are actually just using this behavior to incite antagonism among the lower classes in order to prevent class-related problems from escalating.

After all, most dwarves, elves, and halflings are hard-working, unlike orcs who only know how to burn, kill, and plunder.

Furthermore, considering the issue of faith, the gods would certainly not allow significant friction between races, and the race gods even wanted to expand their faith.

The current situation of the various races on the continent of Noir is characterized by minor frictions between them, but overall it is not a race-to-race conflict, but rather a struggle between factions.

The chaotic and evil humans, orcs, goblins, gnolls, and kobolds will unite against the united humans, elves, dwarves, and halflings who uphold order and goodness...

Order confronts chaos, good confronts evil, and narrow-minded racial conflicts are relegated to the sidelines.

The orcs and elves fought for the same reason; it was simply because the orc god and the elf god had fought a battle that led to a full-scale war between them.

In short, because of their concentrated population and longer lifespan than humans, the legends of those long-lived races who are less active have also become concentrated.

While they generally don't get involved, the change of kingdoms only affects a small number of legendary figures; others are reluctant to get involved. They only take action when faced with a truly world-ending or continent-wide crisis.

With her thoughts wandering, Maginus struck up a conversation with the dwarves intermittently, and Boroth's youngest daughter soon brought out a map.

To her surprise, the map was three-dimensional, with both the ground and underground areas clearly marked.

"Jade City is right here..."

Borosite, the location of the city of King Min, and Maginos gave a detailed introduction.

Having learned the specific route from the mayor, Maginus declined his enthusiastic invitation to stay three or four times, intending instead to find a hotel to stay in.

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Strolling along the streets, waves of heat occasionally hit you. There are so many blacksmith shops here, though they are all quite small.

According to Boroth, there were no "blacksmiths" in the town. These blacksmith shops simply appeared because some wealthy dwarves with time and money liked to forge iron.