"To think there were so many..."
Several Warriors lay concealed behind a hill, their expressions grave as they watched the Dwarf demihumans pouring out of the valley, marveling inwardly.
"It was indeed our oversight. We only surveyed the surface of this world before, never imagining that the Underground World lay below, with an entirely different world within."
"Then what should we do now?" someone asked.
"What else can we do? Notify the Alliance immediately and report to the elders. Enemies like these are already beyond our ability to handle."
The Warrior Commander glanced back and spoke in a low voice.
He turned to observe them again. These Dwarf demihumans stood only about a foot tall and looked rather comical and clumsy, but they had clearly reached at least the Iron Age, possessing the social organization and advanced civilization of an intelligent race.
Among them were warriors in gleaming armor bearing blades and spears, elite troops riding war lizards and commanding vicious beasts, and special figures surrounded by crowds, riding enormous palanquins.
Those demihumans were clearly pampered members of the upper class. One in particular had strange, totem-like Dao Patterns painted all over his body. He held a staff carved from an exotic wood, wore a feathered cap on his head, and was draped in an exquisite, magnificent robe.
He resembled a shaman from a primitive tribe, yet the pressure he exerted on the Warriors was no weaker than that of an Earth Rank Spirit Tamer.
Before the other party discovered them, the Warrior Commander decisively beckoned and led everyone away in silence.
The news soon reached the Heavenly Realms Alliance.
In fact, before these Warriors returned, Fang Qianyuan had already detected an unusual aura. Using the Dao Marker to shift his viewpoint, he had witnessed the scene.
He ordered