Roy discovered that the native Gray Dwarves of Durag's Knee were not hostile toward elves. Though they bore the label of northern bandits, Roy had not found as many bad traits among these Gray Dwarves after arriving in Durag.
When they saw the orcs among the crowd, there was even a hint of curiosity in their eyes.
These Gray Dwarf warriors lay in sheltered spots atop the City Wall, taking advantage of brief lulls in the battle to recover as much strength as possible. They remained remarkably calm in the face of the Meteor Fire Rain raining down overhead, not even bothering to glance up at it.
When Roy and his Half-Elves climbed onto the wall, the Gray Dwarves were immediately wary. Once several Gray Dwarf Officials stepped forward to explain the situation, they returned to normal.
As for the laziness displayed by these Gray Dwarf warriors, Roy felt it was a survival method veteran soldiers had learned through trial and error on the battlefield. It could also be called a rather unconventional kind of combat discipline...
They wore heavy armor. Ordinary Gray Dwarf warriors liked to wear a layer of leather armor underneath, then put on a suit of Dwarf Chain Mail over it.
But the Gray Dwarf warriors guarding the City Wall were different. They wore Dwarf Chain Mail on the inside and thick Plate Armor on the outside, wrapping themselves up like metal cans...
Avoiding the scattered weapons and equipment atop the wall, Roy reached the battlements and looked out through a breach in the City Wall. The wall, several hundred meters high, was actually made up of two parts. The lower two-thirds consisted of a steep mountain cliff. The cliff face here was extremely sheer, and the bottom was piled high with Demon Servant corpses. The