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There must be something else beneath the rift outside of Aystone, if not a living weird, some kind of underground plant.
Not only that, judging from the current situation of these dark devil dwarves, they are no longer the original dwarves, and most of them will not have members who specialize in managing food. Therefore, not deep below the stone wall, there should be food for the dark devil dwarves.
Donnie walked cautiously towards the edge of the rift this time, and it seemed that it was relatively smooth so far, and he was not noticed by the Dark Dwarves.
Soon, Donnie was walking through the stone steps with black viscous blood. The corpses of the Dark Dwarves that once existed on the stone steps had been dragged to an unknown location by their kindred, and Downey didn't know where they ended up.
This time Donnie was cautious, trying not to make any noise, while carefully searching for clues around him.
Unlike the last time, this time Downey did discover something that he and the paper goblins had previously overlooked.
The stone wall was also hollowed out, and the Dark Dwarves had blocked the hole with broken rock, making it impossible to easily spot anomalies in the dark, and the Dark Dwarves themselves didn't seem to like coming to this height. So Donnie retreated with the paper elves to the top, and the dwarves returned to the depths of the earth through countless tunnels once more.
Speaking of which, this place is already jutting out of the ground, but those dark dwarves live much deeper than here.
Donnie hadn't discovered this before, but this time he was prepared, and the shallow arrangement of the Dark Dwarves would be difficult to hide from his eyes.
On the plus side, if it had been quieter, it probably wouldn't have lured those dark dwarves up. It's just that it's hard to cross the rift to get to the opposite side around here.
Moreover, Donnie had already extinguished the lantern this time, and in order to prevent the dwarves from being affected by the power contained in the lamp, they walked down directly.
Of course, Donnie will not experiment with himself, and the Dark Dwarves will definitely not be able to get by, and they have been completely rejected by Aystone, so only Pepper is left.
Paper Elf's paper man soldiers can replace him and Donnie, and may be stopped as well, but that won't affect Donnie and Pepper too much.
Pepper was somewhat unhappy with the proposal, but satisfying it was simple.
As long as there is a tome of stories, it is said that the paper goblin will make a move.
There is no way, Pepper was born in the library, and was deceived by Tucta before he could eat books in the real sense, and later he never got any benefits, nor was he carefully cultivated by Tucta.
A paper figure with a pair of wings on its back flew to the opposite side, finger-length paper figures flapping their wings, and soon reached the point where the Dark Dwarves had been shot down by Aystone's city defenses.
Sure enough, crimson flames erupted from the paper soldier, engulfing it in an instant, causing it to burn to ashes and fall into the rift.
Pepper's paper figure was shot down, and although the sound was not loud, it was not as loud as when the Dark Dwarves exploded before, but it was still discovered by those Dark Dwarves who didn't know where to hide.
In Downey's perception, in the cobweb-like intricate passages, multiple points of light representing life are rushing upwards.
The Dark Devil Dwarves have lost their ability to forge and the most important wisdom. However, they are physically stronger than the original dwarves, and they are also faster, and even have a certain degree of pollution.
This is the territory of the Dark Devil Dwarves, and as such, they quickly gently peel aside the rocks and peek out.
That's how Donnie was discovered before, and even the Dark Dwarves hid in the shadows, staring at him and the paper elves for a while.
At this time, Donnie did not hesitate to grab Pepper and returned to the stone wall again.
It was business as usual, and after a while, the enraged Dark Dwarves lost their temper again and quietly retreated, and the edge of the rift was silent again.
The target of this trip was on the opposite side, but it couldn't be crossed, and the short distance of twenty meters turned into an existence similar to a moat.
For a while, Donnie was also a little undecided, not knowing what to do next.
There is no information about this in the ancient mirror book taken from Ed, and it is not known whether the person who wrote the book did not know, or deliberately left some 'small test' for future generations.
But no matter what, they have already arrived here, and naturally there is no reason to retreat.
Besides, Donnie also wants to know where the people who disappeared in the mine have gone.
The Dark Dwarves have been completely rejected by Aystone, but there may be one in the tunnel where they live all day that leads to Aystone, but Downey doesn't know if he can find it.
Instead of trying again, Donnie put the paper elf down and took a book of stories from his airwing backpack and handed it to it.
Both the paper goblins and Donnie had to rest for a while, and as for what to do next, Downey had to think about it carefully.
The paper elf holds the book of tales about mysterious legends, and the size of the book soon begins to shrink, and finally disappears into Pepper's hands entirely.
The light of the lantern is like a light shield, holding Donnie and the paper goblin in place, and the inexplicable aura wandering outside is difficult to affect Donnie.
Downey and the paper goblins set off again after eating in different ways, still using the same method as before, quietly going down until they reached the bottom of the rift, and Downey wanted to see what was at the bottom of the rift.
The path was not easy to follow, although there was more than one stone staircase, only a small part remained, and more importantly, the dark dwarves were very sensitive to magic, as well as sounds and vibrations, and it was very difficult to pass around them safely.
But Donnie gradually walked down, and saw the iron locks hanging from the stone wall, the chains not cut off from the surface of the stone wall, but hanging down, and the rings were inscribed with the words of the dwarves.
Dwarves were once one of the more common weird races on this planet, so there is more information about them, and they should be second only to elves.
Compared to Pepper, who still doesn't know the elven script, Downey can basically see the dwarven language on the lock ring.
It's nothing more than runes like protection, discernment, and solidity, as well as a lot of intimidating words.
Originally, these chains might have had some effect when there was energy to provide them, but now they should be of little use, after all, too much time has passed, and all the energy has passed.
Donnie took a closer look at the opposite side, and soon found that there were some iron locks of different lengths on the other side.
Although the chains have been broken, they still hang from the edge of the stone wall and have not fallen to this day.
Looking at these chains, Donnie gradually had an idea in his mind.