The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 164 - 98 Victory and Return/Gray Rock Fortress

"Boom!"

A thunderous sound of collapsing stone.

Outside the ruins.

The stone creatures that crawled up from the scorched earth collapsed with a crash, kicking up a huge plume of smoke and sparks.

"Is it over? Have they fallen?" asked a centaur covered in burns, kneeling weakly on the ground, voice frail.

Clearly, he had been fighting these stone monsters before.

The surrounding centaurs were all injured.

Andrew came over, clutching his shoulder, scraped the ground with a hoof where the enemy lay shattered into a heap of stones.

The stones scattered on the ground didn’t make any response, and if not for the recent battle, he would have thought they were just a heap of ordinary black stones.

Only after confirming everything had collapsed did he breathe a sigh of relief and nodded: "They’ve fallen, the battle under the ruins should have ended."

As he said this, he spread his hands, feeling the surrounding environment: "The temperature in the air has dropped."

Andrew looked up at the sky.

"A heavy rain is coming."

Inside the ruins.

Abis was resting against her sister, while reaching out to gently place a hand on Raelia’s swollen cheek.

This was basically the only injury on Raelia. She hadn’t been hurt in the fight against the enemy, but Kana accidentally punched her in the face, causing it to swell.

The others wandered around as if they hadn’t just been through a prolonged intense battle.

Still full of physical strength.

"There’s something among these corpse bones," a dwarf said while rummaging.

He pulled out a pitch-black bone filled with cracks and emanating a scorching heat.

"I’ve got one here too," another dwarf said, pulling out a similar bone, though from a different part.

"Everyone, let’s search. These are our spoils," Kana said nearby.

Everyone immediately got interested, and started searching in the pile of bones and the ashes left by charred corpses.

Pitch-black bones, filled with cracks and emitting scorching heat.

Black stones, wrapped like molten lava.

Brown-black wood and branches, with a wooden texture but also flame cracks—coming from flame tree creatures.

Round eyes like flame treasure beads, from fire beings.

"These are special forging materials. Adding them to weapons will surely create weapons with special effects," Kana said nearby.

The dwarves instantly got excited, especially the five professional blacksmiths.

Looking at these materials seemed like looking at treasures.

With these materials, they might be able to forge magic equipment, as these materials clearly could be enchanted with a layer resembling flame.

Everyone packed up, after searching thoroughly.

Black stones were the most abundant, coming from those corpses.

Next were those bones.

As for the wood and eyes, only a little bit.

While others searched, Kana checked throughout the alchemy ruins, after multiple battles and the peculiar flame’s burning.

This relic was basically left with nothing but charred remnants.

After tidying up, supporting Abis.

Everyone walked out.

Upon exiting, they saw Andrew and others resting around.

Andrew looked at them as they emerged from the ruins, quickly counted, realizing no one was missing, even though Kana and others appeared quite ragged.

Of course, this raggedness was only superficial; Kana and the others were hardly injured below.

However, everyone’s blood volume more or less decreased, a dwarf who charged the fiercest was only left with half his blood volume.

But this didn’t hinder him from being lively and energetic now.

Though the flames caused them pain, the dwarves clearly had a higher tolerance for pain than most.

On the surface, the flames merely coated their equipment with a layer of battle damage from the fire.

"Let’s go, back to the tribe. Some need healing."

Everyone hurried back to the tribe, reaching it by night.

The chieftain had already arranged for people to wait, and as soon as they arrived, the injured were immediately settled.

The dwarves carried bags into the tents to rest, already planning what equipment to make from these materials.

A night’s rest.

The next day.

The chieftain expressed gratitude.

Raelia brought Abis over.

"Once Abis is rested, we’ll come to fulfill our promise."

Kana nodded: "Rest well before you come, no need to rush."

After speaking, he bid them farewell, heading back to Lake Shore Village with the eager dwarves.

Watching them leave.

The chieftain turned to Raelia and her sister.

"Did you make a promise?"

Reilia nodded casually: "Yes, once Abis is rested, we plan to join Kana’s organization.

Even if you oppose, it doesn’t matter, I won’t..."

Before Reilia finished her sentence, the chieftain thought briefly and then nodded: "It’s indeed a good channel."

"Wait, what did you say?" Reilia thought she heard wrong.

"Why? Did you think I wouldn’t agree?" The chieftain looked at Reilia with a mocking glance as if watching a child.

"Even though you’re the next chieftain appointed by me, you need to go out and gain experience, to see the vast world.