"Woo——"
At the summit of the Dwarf Palace, the horn forged from the shinbones of giant beasts was blown once more, emitting a majestic and prolonged roar.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Dwarf messengers, riding goats, swiftly traversed the cliffs to deliver the news to dwarf warriors scattered across the land.
Suddenly, every dwarf who heard the sound of the horn was startled and immediately set out toward the Dwarf Palace.
——It has come at last, the army of the Ashen Empire.
The slumbering dwarf warriors clutching their hammers woke abruptly, spat fiercely, and then adeptly donned the carefully crafted armor they had forged.
Dwarves mining gold in the depths wiped the sweat from their brows, resolutely retracing their steps to join the fray.
The dwarf craftsmen at the forge, tirelessly hammering metal, plunged a red-hot blade into water, which instantly boiled, hissing with crackling sparks...
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