I Transmigrated Into A Fantasy World To Farm And Build Houses!-Chapter 260: The Power of the Thunderbolt Fire Bomb
The Gray tribe was several hundred kilometers away.
Julia rolled up her sleeves, raised a large hammer, and smashed it hard onto a block of ore. In an instant, stone fragments flew everywhere, and the ore block, as big as a millstone, shattered into small pieces.
Only then did she pick up the fragments one by one and put them into the blast furnace for smelting. Her graying hair was neatly groomed at her temples, illuminated a warm orange by the firelight.
Chief Henry smiled and stroked his beard, directing the Dwarves pulling ore carts to transport various colored ores into the warehouse for separate storage.
Their youngest son, Ky, was also pulling a smaller wooden cart for ore. When he found a beautiful piece, he set it aside for his collection; the others were sorted and put into the ore pile.
"Ky! You insolent brat, I’ve told you so many times you can’t go down into the mine yet. Why don’t you listen!"
Julia, who was smelting Mithril, saw Ky’s face covered in dirt and couldn’t contain her anger. She grabbed a rough wooden stick next to her, rushed over to Ky, and whipped him hard on the butt.
Ky was focusing on sorting ore. The sudden blow made him grimace and scream miserably: "Mom, why did you hit me all of a sudden!"
"You tell me! Who let you go down the mine!" Julia roared with a dark face.
At the mention of going down the mine, Ky immediately fell silent. His mother had warned him repeatedly not to go down the mine; it was just that his hands itched so badly...
Seeing Julia raise the stick again, Ky darted like a rabbit behind Chief Henry: "Father save me, I won’t dare do it again next time!"
Chief Henry’s hand stroking his beard paused. After thinking carefully for a moment, he quietly moved sideways:
"Ky, you haven’t come of age yet. Going down the mine is not something you should do. Do you know how dangerous it is? Don’t worry, your mother loves you very much; she won’t bear to beat you to death."
Tears welled up in Ky’s eyes, looking like two sunny-side-up eggs hanging on his face, as he looked desperately at his human shield moving away. At this moment, Julia swung the stick and rushed over...
"Ah! Ouch! Ah!"
A chaotic scene ensued.
"Snow Wolves are coming!"
A shout saved Ky, who was being pinned down and beaten by Julia.
Julia looked up and followed the direction the tribesman pointed. Sure enough, in the distance, two giant wolves were running. The speed of the Snow Wolves was extremely fast; not long after, the silhouettes of the two Snow Wolves grew larger and larger.
Riley and Minh slowed down a short distance from the Gray tribe; otherwise, the wind caused by their running could easily knock the Dwarves over.
Julia and Henry guessed that these must be Eric’s tribesmen who promised to come help them rebuild their houses, and happily led the tribesmen who were already waiting at the edge of the tribe.
"Aunt Julia, Uncle Henry!"
Along with the shout, Joseph and the other Dwarves slid down from the Snow Wolves’ backs, running excitedly towards the Dwarves of the Gray tribe.
"This voice is..." Henry looked at the arrivals half-doubtingly. Sure enough, the person leading was Joseph, whom he hadn’t seen for many years, and the Dwarves behind him also looked very familiar.
Julia’s memory was a bit better than Henry’s. She opened her strong arms to embrace the rushing Joseph, saying happily: "It’s Joseph. I heard young Eric say you’ve become the patriarch."
She looked the Dwarves up and down, continuing: "It seems you guys are living well; everyone looks very spirited."
Luban said timidly: "The Snow Wolves treat us very well, and we don’t need to worry about magic beasts. Young Eric also came up with so many wonderful and strange things for us to make, so the Dwarves of the Du tribe live very well now."
Joseph wiped a tear from the corner of his eye: "Aunt Julia’s embrace is still as strong as ever. We are all living very well; on the contrary, we were very worried about everyone."
Henry and Julia smiled with relief. Seeing other Dwarves living well, they were happy from the bottom of their hearts. It was just that thinking about the situation of the Gray tribe, they felt a bit gloomy.
"Looking at your rosy complexions, I know you’re living well. Alright, come into the tribe quickly." Henry patted the Dwarves on the shoulder and said.
While everyone was talking, the two Snow Wolf warriors, Riley and Minh, had transformed into human form and put on clothes. Seeing them preparing to enter the tribe, the two picked up their bags and followed.
"You must be young Eric’s tribesmen. Come in quickly; the road must have been tiring. I’ll make pumpkin soup and toast bread for you later!"
Julia welcomed the two enthusiastically.
Riley took out a hairpin carved in the shape of a cloud to comb back her hair: " The patriarch asked us two to protect the Dwarves and help you rebuild the tribe."
Minh smiled amiably beside her and said: "Young Eric is very worried about the safety of the Gray tribe. It’s just early spring, and he was worried that a beast tide migration might pass through here, so he urged us to set off early."
Julia was moved: "Truly a good child."
"We prepared accommodation long ago. The Ox-Head tribe stayed in this tent when delivering food. I had people enlarge it a few days ago; I guarantee you won’t find it cramped." Henry led everyone to a tent.
The size of this tent looked extremely abrupt next to a cluster of small houses; one could tell at a glance it was prepared for beastmen.
It had been difficult for Joseph to meet tribesmen he hadn’t seen for many years, and the excitement in his heart couldn’t calm down for a long time. Only after a while did he remember the main purpose of this trip.
He turned his head to glance at Luban, then reached out and tugged at Julia’s sleeve.
Julia, who was chatting animatedly with other Dwarves, turned her head: "What is it?"
"We came here this time with an important item to give to you and Uncle Henry," Joseph said mysteriously.
Henry and Julia found his mysterious appearance amusing. Being older, they looked at these Dwarves with the mindset of elders looking at descendants.
"What is it? Did young Eric ask you to bring it?" Julia asked.
If Eric asked to bring it, it must be important. If Joseph brought it himself, it was probably some rare ore, Julia thought to herself.
"Young Eric asked us to make this. Not only to bring it to you, but also to other Dwarf tribes." Joseph said, unable to hide his excitement.
This time, the group of Dwarves from the Gray tribe all became curious. What on earth was so important?
Joseph made everyone incredibly curious. He asked Henry and Julia to lead them to an open space. Only then did he fish out a Thunderbolt Fire Bomb from his bosom. It was entirely black, with blue-purple patterns on the surface. He threw it into the distance with all his might.
"Cover the children’s ears!" Before throwing, Joseph shouted loudly.
Luban was quick-eyed and nimble-handed, covering the ears of Ky, who was standing closest. Although the others didn’t know why, seeing the solemn manner of the two, they all covered their children’s ears.
"Boom!"
A massive explosion rang in the Dwarves’ ears. Although everyone stood quite far away under Joseph’s reminder, inevitably some debris flew out, scaring the children into burrowing straight into the adults’ arms.
Riley jumped a few steps nimbly, picking up Joseph, who was standing at the very front, just before the explosion.
