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Downey looked at the chains of varying lengths, and his mind seemed to have a picture of Ayllstone's prosperity.
Hundreds of iron locks bridged the Elstone to the entrance to the surface, crossing the rift, which was almost a moat, allowing the dwarves to pass.
Countless torches hung on both sides of the rift, and countless dark shadows were hammering and beating in the dim darkness.
But now the prosperous scene of Ayleston has completely dissipated, and all that remains are the dark dwarves who have been polluted by the power of the Dark Devil Mountain and have been distorted.
In Downey's opinion, since the chains can pass and act as a bridge, it may be possible to reconnect the iron locks that have been severed.
Of course, the corresponding iron lock can no longer be found, or it is difficult to find, but Donnie can use the chains that were not originally iron locks to connect them and create a path. I just don't know if it's useful.
Donnie had great hopes for this, but he still couldn't rush straight on his own, and still had to let Pepper's paper soldiers do it for him.
For paper elves, eating a book is equivalent to acquiring new knowledge, and although it can't be used flexibly right away, it is enough to make Pepper happy for a while.
Therefore, when Donnie made a request, Pepper agreed without hesitation, and the condition was naturally books, but this time it was a little picky about its appetite, as long as it was a new book.
As long as Pepper's appetite wasn't big enough to ask for a spellbook, Donnie immediately agreed, and chose a piece of chain.
The wind rolled up the chains under Donnie's feet, and pulled the opposite chain over, both of which were long when they broke, so that they became a loose chain bridge.
Since it had been discussed before, Pepper's paper soldier immediately ran to the opposite side, and rushed to the other side in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Donnie suddenly realized that his guess had come true.
Perhaps this mismatched chain would not have allowed people to pass through, but now the situation is different, and countless years of consumption have caused problems in the city's defenses, and it is only by Downey that Downey has taken advantage of it.
Either way, Downey found a way to get to the other side.
Donnie's figure instantly rushed towards the opposite side, and even if he didn't apply spells, he could quickly cross the rope bridge.
However, at this time, the Dark Dwarves who had been hiding reappeared and chased after Donnie.
Originally, the dwarves' obstruction three times and twice had already made Donnie's heart angry, and now when he saw that these dark devil dwarves still didn't plan to let him go, the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed.
In the blink of an eye, several cords wrapped around the Dark Dwarves who were rushing at the front, and flung them forward.
In the next second, the Dark Dwarf, including the one who was dragged by Donnie and left on the iron lock, exploded at the same time.
The scene that had already been seen last time was played out again, and even if the Dark Dwarves stepped on the rope bridge of Ayllstone, they would not be able to pass through it.
It seems that Aystone's hatred for the Dark Dwarves has only benefited Downey even more.
Downey was still thinking about whether to leave the rope bridge behind, after all, it was not so easy to find an iron lock to connect it when he returned.
Now that the problem of the Dark Dwarves has been solved, Donnie enters Ayllstone under the watchful eyes of all the Dark Dwarves.
The city was completely dilapidated, and it seemed to be supposed to be connected to somewhere else in the city, but now it was disconnected and completely isolated underground.
That is, the dark devil dwarves are really not good at brains, worse than the dwarves who are already straightforward and rude, and they are deeply afraid of the power to destroy them, so they did not find a way to destroy Elstone.
The city built by the dwarves has been largely destroyed, leaving nothing useful behind.
Downey and the Paper Elves walked quietly in this city that had long since decayed, most of the dwarven buildings had been almost destroyed, and the rest were in ruins, broken walls.
In other words, if you just stay and search randomly, it will be difficult to find something useful.
Of course, Downey and the others are still on the periphery of Aystone, so even if there is anything good, it is unlikely that they will be here.
The dwarven city has left a lot of metal artifacts and strange weapons, but they are now useless.
Downey wasn't interested in these things, and neither were the paper elves, and the chances of ordinary books being preserved were very low, especially since dwarves didn't like to use ordinary paper to keep track of things.
After searching for a while, Donnie found his current location through the map in his hand.
The man who left the ancient book in the mirror also left a route map, and although he didn't say anything about the dangers he would encounter along the way, he still left a general direction.
Judging from this map, it's no wonder that Ed refused to come over after getting the ancient book in the mirror.
Still maintaining the formation of the paper soldiers opening the way, Downey and the paper goblins looking behind, along the way Downey has been searching for useful things, but unfortunately they all failed.
The city seems to have suffered not only from the baptism of time, but also from other blows, and has taken away the essence of the strange and other things.
Otherwise, some strange things that look extraordinary should not be broken at the first touch.
Donnie didn't have many clues in his hands, so he could only lock his eyes on the body of the Black Magic Mountain.
After some more time, Donnie and the paper elf arrived at the partitioned building safe and sound.
The buildings within Ayllstone were built around the center, in the middle of the city, which was supposed to be connected to the top, where Downey and the others were going.
And now Donnie and Pepper have come to the area where the wealthy of the dwarves live.
Dwarves were more modest in their construction than humans, and preferred to build their houses out of large blocks of stone and metal, much of which were buried underground. Often the basement is larger than the space above ground.
The paper soldiers slipped into some basements and saw that most of the things had lost their original brilliance, and the strange things placed in the basement did not escape the disaster.
The dwarves seem to have left only a few wines, and almost every building has some fine wine in wooden barrels.
But the problem is, Donnie really doesn't want to drink these old wines in the true sense of the word. However, the Eye of Knowledge showed that some of the well-preserved wine was still drinkable, so Donnie filled a few bottles of wine made by the dwarves.
It's not that Donnie doesn't want to take more with him, it's that the space in the air-wing backpack is limited, and the paper goblins can't carry too much wine.
So Donnie had no choice but to give up, and besides, most of the wines in this area were not the best.