CHAPTER 162: CHAPTER 101: MAJESTIC GIANT DRAGON · DRAGON NEST SECRET TREASURE

Ashfield immediately said, "Of course, it’s not that simple. The Moon Crown Tree is a symbol of the territory’s strength. Once planted, it will immediately grow, representing the authority and prosperity of the territory and the nation. As long as the Moon Crown Tree exists, the territory will continue to thrive. If the Moon Crown Tree dies, the nation will also wither."

"Moreover, it is a symbol of human purity, untainted by corruption. Weapons quenched with water soaked in the flowers of the Moon Crown Tree gain a powerful enchantment. Whenever demons appear nearby, the weapon will emit a divine golden glow."

"At that time, the weapon will cut through iron like mud, effortlessly severing the swords and piercing the armor of demons."

"By that time, every weapon that has been quenched will become a knight’s heirloom. The demons slain by this weapon will be countless."

Dorglin’s fury finally dissipated, replaced by a beaming smile.

After returning from the Dragon’s Nest, they would wage war on the demons. With these enchanted Rune Swords, they were practically a specialized weapon against demons, greatly increasing their chances of victory.

However, upon seeing Hilude, Dorglin became anxious again and asked, "Hilude, at a time like this, why are you still flipping through a few tattered books? You should take the most valuable things!"

Hilude immediately packed "War Goddess Violet," "Goddess Strategy," and the "War Treasure Book" from the treasure vault into her bag.

She did not explain the value of these books; how could a dragon’s collection contain mortal items?

These were books from the Fiery Sun Goddess Sect, filled with divine brilliance. Just by skimming through the prologue and introduction, she felt as though she had received divine revelation, immediately breaking through to the Middle Tier Elite Knight.

She felt that these books were simply divine grace tools for cultivating a Divine Chosen Knight. If a knight could carefully read these books several times and fully absorb their contents, the divine grace power attached to the books could nurture a knight into a Divine Chosen Knight, a Divine Chosen Knight of the Fiery Sun Goddess!

Violet had a strong premonition in her heart that she might have a chance to surpass Commander-in-Chief Oerstein and become the first Divine Chosen Knight of the territory!

Then Hilude packed some treasures and weapons into her bag and said to the dwarves and half-elves, "Let’s stop collecting now. There are too many treasures here; we cannot take them all. I have already packed over a dozen items of perfect quality, and we should retreat in time. If we linger too long, we might never be able to leave."

This is precisely why Su Li chose Hilude to lead this squad; she is not only formidable and determined but also consistently wise and composed. Even when faced with such immense wealth, she can maintain her clarity of mind and make the most correct decisions.

However, the dwarves’ greed for gold made it impossible for Dorglin to suppress his overwhelming desire and anxiety. Upon hearing this, he didn’t even care about waking the giant dragon and immediately exclaimed excitedly, "This is just the beginning! How can we leave? No, no! I want to fill my bag to the brim before leaving! Moreover, we haven’t yet found the most valuable collection of the giant dragon; surely it has a priceless gemstone, doesn’t it?"

At that moment, let alone the greedy dwarves, even the half-elf Ashfield couldn’t control his greedy feelings and hurriedly said, "That’s right! That’s right! The wealth of the giant dragon is said to challenge that of a nation. Its most precious treasures might have been wrapped up by its tongue and hidden in its stomach. We must search carefully."

Hilude calmly said, "No! We must leave immediately. The Elemental Giant Bear could return at any moment and block our exit. By then, no matter how much wealth we take, we won’t be able to get out. Instead, we’ll have to leave our Vibranium Battle Armor and Rune Swords here forever, becoming part of the giant dragon’s hoard."

But her resolute attitude couldn’t change the stubbornness of the dwarves; Dorglin’s racial trait of dwarven stubbornness flared up, insisting, "Just a little longer, I’ll climb onto the giant dragon to take a look."

Greed had already made this dwarf disregard the dragon’s dignity, not even caring about the risk of waking the giant dragon.

He struggled through the piles of gold coins, step by step approaching the giant dragon, the clattering sound of gold coins echoing sharply in the empty lair.

Hilude immediately stopped him, "Are you crazy? Get down quickly. If you wake this giant dragon, we’ll all die, and the territory will face catastrophic disaster!"

As Hilude’s hushed voice fell, Dorglin’s body immediately froze.

Just when Hilude thought her persuasion had worked, Dorglin was trembling all over with excitement, pointing to a string of jewels gleaming atop the dragon’s head, and exclaimed, "Do you see it? The jewel atop the dragon’s head is one of the ancient relics all our dwarves have been searching for, one of the relics we lost during the Age of Mourning—Kadlin Redbeard’s Hairbrush!"

Hearing the dwarf’s excited voice, both Hilude and Ashfield widened their eyes and looked in the direction the dwarf indicated.

Sure enough, they saw a shining hairbrush hanging beneath a radiant necklace.

An ancient relic of the dwarves, what humans would consider a Holy Relic of Glory!

Since the dwarves worship their ancestral Divine Gronni, their divine spirit is also one of their own in the mortal world.

In the distant Golden Era of the dwarves, the ancestral Divine Gronni gathered a large number of talented craftsmen from the Dwarf Kingdom to create numerous holy treasures for the dwarves.

These powerful holy treasures endowed the dwarves with various magical and incredible abilities, making the dwarf kingdom prosperous and glorious during that era, with dwarven castles spread across the peaks of the continent.

But after the Battle of the Longbeards ended, the dwarves entered a long Age of Mourning, suffering heavy losses in millennia of wars, their population sharply reduced, and the various dwarf kingdoms were repeatedly invaded by Greenskins, Goblins, and Rat People. Many dwarf fortresses and peaks fell, and countless ancient relics vanished.

Thus, many legendary dwarves made it their mission to reclaim the fallen Dwarf Kingdom and recover the ancient relics of the dwarves.

This not only concerns the honor of the dwarves but also the future of their entire race! Because when their kingdom fell, the dwarves sealed and buried a vast amount of secret treasures deep underground. If they could recover the ancient relics and reclaim the dwarf kingdoms taken over by Greenskins and Rat People, with the enormous wealth preserved by the dwarves for thousands of years underground, the dwarves could very likely restore their former glory.