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　The dwarven chief Godreve leads you to the dwarves' shelter.

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　The path is made full use of hidden doors, hidden rock doors, vertical and horizontal holes, and so on.

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　On the way, we saw many demons trapped in pitfalls and traps, and many of them died.

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This is the garden of the dwarves. I don't think we will be defeated by any demon king here.

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　Godreve boasted, touching his magnificent beard, but continued.

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"But even the strongest camp is a house of sand without food. Eligos' men, the necromancer who attacked the village, have noticed this and have switched from force to blockade.

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"A necromancer?"

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"Shalltal, the necromancer and second-in-command of the Witch King Eligos. He's the one who raided our village.

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　He says bitterly.

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"That man first came here to negotiate. He offered to buy the ore from our village for twice the price of the humans. So we went out to the place where they were negotiating, and they brought out their swords.

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"What a coward."

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　I may be an insane man, but I am neither cruel nor shameless.

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　Sometimes I deceive, but never in such a despicable way.

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　I will not long deceive the simple Dwarves and seize their villages.

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　One day they will revolt, or gradually flee and leave.

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　Or perhaps Shalltal, the man, will kill all the Dwarves, but such an act of violence will surely be passed on to others.

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　If word gets out that the demon king Eligos is cruel and shameless, then the other races will not come.

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　Food, iron ore, and weapons are often purchased from humans.

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　If there is a demon king who thinks he can fight without supplies, he is a fool.

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　Eligos is a fool if he breaks the prohibition.

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　In the long run, Elygos is a demon king not to be feared.

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　But what about the short term?

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　He attacked a dwarven village and turned its inhabitants into zombies. He must have taken the ore as well.

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　It is safe to say that his forces have been considerably strengthened.

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　How should we defeat such a demon king?

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　What should we do in this predicament under siege before that?

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　We are about to lose our way, but as we are lost, we arrive at a place of refuge.

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　The place was quite spacious.

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　And it looked more like a town than I had imagined.

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This is an underground city where our ancestors used to live. Now it is inhabited by miners.

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"I see, it's still dimly lit.

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"We Dwarves have good night vision."

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　Godreve says.

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　He went to the town square and turned on the streetlights.

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　The streetlight in the central square glowed brightly.

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　It was not magic, but a flame.

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　What kind of a mechanism is this?

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　Saint Jeanne wonders.

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　I answer for Godreve.

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"Perhaps it was ignited by the gas coming up from underground. It's called a gas lamp.

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　Isn't that right, Chief?

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　He looked surprised and said, "Yes.

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"The demon king knows things. He's not just strong.

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"In my previous life, I did a lot of research."

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　In many cases, gas is accumulated underground, and gas lamps are often installed instead of venting like this. Humans would have laid pipes to the city and used them as streetlights, but it was very Dwarf-like to install streetlights in an underground city.

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"The gas is unlimited, but we turned it off just in case. You never know when Elygos' army might discover it.

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"It's all right now, Grandpa. The Witch King and I are here."

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　Jeanne smiles fearlessly.

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　I knew I couldn't win by a straightforward attack, so I proposed a strange plan to the chief.

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"Chief, I'm going to propose a strange plan. It is quite contrary to the usual way of the Art of War, and one wrong move could result in serious trouble.

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"If we don't do something, we will starve to death. It is better than starving to death."

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　All the dwarves who had gathered around by the light were weak.

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　Their beer-barrel bellies are hollowed and their muscles look weak.

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　Above all, there was a new life that seemed to have been born recently. A dwarf baby was in need.

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　The mother is not getting enough nourishment and is unable to produce milk.

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"If this continues, our village will soon be destroyed.

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　I assure you.

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　Gottlieb's voice is sad.

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　Saint Jeanne must have felt sorry for him. She gave him a piece of dried meat she was carrying.

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　Eve is a demon, but she has a human heart.

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　She gave the children cookies she had planned to feed me later.

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　Eve said she would be back,

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"I'm sorry. I gave the master tea cakes."

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　He hung his head.

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"No, I don't want you to serve it to me here. We're not starving yet, and I don't mind seeing a smile on a child's face."

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　The Dwarf child had a slight beard, but his face was still adorable as he received and ate the cookie.

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　It reminds me that children are precious, no matter what race they are.

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　And the Dwarf children, despite their hunger, divided the little cookies into exactly equal portions and shared them with everyone without a fight.

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　Some of the older brothers even shared all the cookies with their younger sisters.

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　Such a scene makes me want to get out of this difficult situation as soon as possible.

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　So I have Godreve gather the young Dwarves.

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　He tells them about the general plan of action.

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　When the young Dwarves gather, they naturally start drinking.

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　Dwarves drink alcohol at any time of the day.

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　Even if they are going to die tomorrow, or even if they are going to die tomorrow, they enjoy drinking.

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　That was their way.

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　I could never imitate their style, but I only half imitate it.

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　The maid who was pouring tea for Jeanne, who could not drink, made this order.

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"Please put spirits in my tea, not sugar".

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　Eve responds well to this urgent order.

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"Yes, I understand. "Yes, Master."

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　He asked the dwarves to share their rum with him and poured it out.

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　The aroma of tea and rum mingled together, creating an indescribable aroma.

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　It was the most delicious drink after the fierce battles and wanderings through the underground labyrinth.

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　Hopefully, I would be able to drink such a delicious drink again after the extermination of Elygos' army, I thought.

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