At the Dungeon Entrance.
As the last Underground Magic Earthworm emerged,
a caravan composed of five hundred Grey Dwarves and over a thousand Lava Lizards appeared on the surface.
These Grey Dwarves came from the Black River Tribe beneath the earth.
It was a medium-sized tribe with tens of thousands of Grey Dwarves.
They lived beside the Black River underground, where they had built Black River City.
During the Glory Era, Black River City accepted the Golden Flower Family's invitation to open a commercial trade route leading to the northern frontier.
When the chieftain of the Black River Tribe was young, he had adventured underground alongside Duke Golden Flower, and the two had forged a deep friendship.
Moreover, when Black River City was first built, the young Duke Golden Flower had helped the Dwarf Race, who had just migrated to the Black River Tribe, slay a Mind Flayer, preventing the Grey Dwarves of the Black River Tribe from becoming the Mind Flayer's slaves.
Most importantly, the weapons forged by the Grey Dwarves of Black River City needed a market.
Black River City was a newly built Underground City, and it was located in the barbaric northern frontier.
Most of the surrounding forces were tribes of magical beasts and monsters.
The nearest were Beastmen tribes, but the Beastmen had always had a poor reputation.
As a caravan belonging to a new power, they would most likely be robbed the moment they appeared.
So when Duke Golden Flower's letter arrived, the two sides immediately reached an agreement.
To open this Trade Route, the Grey Dwarves had spent a fortune purchasing an Underground Magic Earthworm.
They had spent a full five years
opening a passage running directly from Black River City to the outskirts of the Golden Flower Family Frontier in the northern