What if the Terrans really are saving the world?

Chapter 33 The Dwarven Blacksmith Profiting from the War at the Trading Post 3

"Listen up, everyone. Don't attack the area where that dwarf is for now. No, let's stop firing first. Visibility is poor at night, and we're more likely to get friendly fire. Let's hold off the enemy mage's attacks for now."

"yes!"

"clear!"

The mages inside the trading post temporarily ceased their attack and retreated behind the wall to defend themselves.

Outside the trading post, the leaders, Ragon 1 and Nora 1, noticed that the enemy's attacks had suddenly weakened or even stopped, and they didn't understand what was going on.

Lagon thought this was a good opportunity and was about to rush forward when the mage inside the trading post responded with an attack.

"What are they doing over there?"

Tie Mei worked quickly and efficiently, polishing the staffs of several mages. After receiving payment, Balin 1 helped pack up the tools in preparation for returning to the trading post.

Before leaving, Tie Mei turned back to the mages and said, "I'm going back to the trading post now to polish the staffs for the mages on the other side. When you attack, don't aim at me, or I won't come back to your side. It's the middle of the night, and no one will come to serve you anymore. You can just wait to lose."

The mages were very unhappy with the dwarves' shameless behavior, but considering that repairs might be needed later, they had no choice but to agree.

Tie Mei added, "Also, don't tell that human woman or that lizardman about this, understand?"

The mages glanced at Ragon 1 and Nora 1 in the distance, and nodded again.

The two dwarfs, with their short legs, huffed and puffed their way back to the trading post.

"Anyone want their staff sharpened?"

"Damn it, you guys actually came back! Are you even human?"

"Do you want to sharpen your staff?" Iron Eyebrows shouted at the mage who was cursing him.

"……want."

Give me 20 silver coins.

"You... smooth it out a bit." The mage saw the dwarf glaring at him and backed down.

*

Seeing that the enemy mage's offensive was weakening, Lagon1 shouted to his own mages, "Quick! Brothers, now's the time to increase the firepower!"

The mages bombarded the area again for a while.

Then one of the adventurer mages squinted and saw a round head in a small window on the second floor of the trading house.

He quickly and quietly told everyone to stop attacking and not to hit the dwarf.

Seeing that their magical attacks were gradually stopping, Ragon1 asked, "What's wrong? Keep going!"

One of the mages said, "We need a little time to recover our magic."

Lagon believed it.

The mages in the trading post were probably recovering their magic power just now.

*

And so, Iron Eyebrow and Balin1 began running back and forth between the two teams of mages.

They ran to one side, and the mages on the other side tacitly stopped firing.

Once they ran to the other side, the same thing was done on this side.

The two sides reached a tacit agreement on a temporary truce.

Seeing that the siege had turned into a stalemate, Ragon1 felt that this was not a solution and decided to go and call Mana1 and Terra.

Bahrain 1, peering out of the window of the trading house, watched the familiar, burly figure disappear around the street corner and breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Bahrain 1 followed Tie Mei back and forth non-stop, and their money bags bulged at a visible speed. Both of them made a fortune.

This peculiar stalemate lasted until noon the following day.

Bahrain 1 and Iron Eyebrows saw the owner of the restaurant that mainly sells stews on Feeding Street pushing a cart, wearing an iron helmet on his head, delivering takeout to Nora 1 and her group outside the trading post.

While they were repairing the staff, they quickly planned to go downstairs and order several large portions of barbecue and several pitchers of beer.

"Hey, dwarves! Aren't you going to find that hotel owner and order us some food? What the hell is that old man giving us to drink?!"

Tie Mei: "Add more money."

"Damn it! You! Fine, fine! Barbecue, beer! Tell that boss to hurry up!"

After hearing what Tie Mei and the others said, the hotel owner also joined the ranks of those who wanted to make money from both sides.

*

It was afternoon.

While eating barbecue in the trading house, Balin 1 heard cheers outside. He leaned out the window and saw Ragon 1 returning, and not just him, but Mana 1 with him.

And Terra.

"Terra's here. Looks like this is going to be over." Balin1 jumped down and said to Ironbrow, who was polishing his staff, "Let's hurry up and get out of here."

He felt that if he didn't leave soon, his companions who barged in would discover his scheme.

Tie Mei recalled the extraordinary deeds of the Cube People that Bahrain 1 had told him yesterday, and looking at his bulging money bag, he felt it was time to quit while he was ahead.

After sharpening the last staff, the two collected the money, packed up their tools, and hurried out of the trading house.

"Hey, you two, hurry back!" a mage standing by the window yelled at the dwarf.

"I know, I know." Tie Mei waved his hand.

Balin1 figured that with the mages' firepower so concentrated here at the trading post, it would probably take them a while to get over, and that the two of them should have enough time to dash out.

However, just as Bahrain 1 and Iron Eyebrows were about to leave through the side door after taking their short legs through the corridor, they saw Terra dig open the main gate of the trading house as if digging through the vines of that ruin, and swagger in.

Light shone in from behind Terra, shrouding her entire face in shadow.

How did he get in so quickly?

Terra then placed blocks under her feet, dug a hole in the second-floor corridor, and jumped up.

Bahrain 1 saw that people had already rushed in, and fearing he would be discovered, he had no choice but to go back upstairs to find the back door.

Then they saw Terra constantly waving a piece of wood, throwing sparks. The mage Owen, who had come to find them earlier, was the first to be burned to death by Terra.

Tie Mei: "Luckily, he paid all the wages in advance."

Immediately afterwards, Bahrain 1 watched as Terra brandished a branch and charged down the corridor.

The mages in the trading post didn't even have time to put up an effective resistance before they were all taken down by him.

Terra then rushed straight down towards the basement.

Without a moment's sorrow for the mages, Ragon, Nora, and Mana rushed into the trading post.

Seeing that everyone was about to go up to the second floor and they were about to be discovered, Bahrain grabbed Tie Mei and quickly slipped out through the back door.

After leaving the trading post, Tie Mei grabbed his tools and ran straight back to his blacksmith shop.

Bahrain 1, after taking a long detour, pretended to have just arrived and was completely unaware of the situation, and swaggered back in through the main entrance.

Then Bahrain 1 shouted, "What's going on here? Why is there such a commotion?"

Hearing a voice behind him, Ragon 1 turned around, saw no one, then looked down and saw Balin 1. He breathed a sigh of relief: "What are you doing here? I was wondering why there were two dwarves running around in the building. I thought you had betrayed us!"

"I noticed you weren't at the union today, so I came looking for you, and then I saw what was going on here," Bahrain 1 fabricated.

Lagon believed it.

Subsequently, Bahrain 1 heard from Ragun 1 what had happened from their perspective.

Mana 1 was surprised to see Bahrain 1: "What are you doing here?"

Bahrain 1 repeated what he had just said to Ragon 1.

"Hmm... really?" Mana 1 narrowed her eyes. "Don't you never come to the black market? Why are you here today?"

"I couldn't find you anywhere else, so I had to come here."

"Hmm~~" Mana 1 still squinted, then turned her head, "Never mind, where's Terra? Did you see where he went?"

Bahrain 1 breathed a sigh of relief: "I saw him go into the basement."

"Oh~ yeah~" Mana smiled at Balin1 with her eyes narrowed.

Oh no, I've been tricked.

Balin1 had no way to explain himself, so he followed Mana down to the basement with the other adventurers who had come in.

*

In the basement, Terra saw the guide, who was barely clothed, bound, and hanging from the ceiling.

"Director, are you swinging on a swing?"