Bestar Continent.

Dragon Hammer Town.

This is a dwarf town located on the northwest side of the continent. It is said to be a dwarf town, but not all members within the town are dwarves, and dwarves account for only about twenty percent.

More are humans and beastmen.

However, this town was initially built by dwarves, and its special industry has always been controlled by dwarves.

Gradually, it became Dragon Hammer Town, under the jurisdiction of dwarf forces.

Currently controlling this town is a major merchant among dwarves, a Silver Dwarf—West Bruto.

At this moment, in the Dragon Hammer Commerce Association, the aged West Bruto is forcefully pounding the table in front of him, furiously roaring.

"Impossible, we absolutely cannot bow to them! They are blatantly breaking the contract, violating the agreement signed with their ancestors!"

With his roar, his snow-white long beard fluttered, as if venting the anger within his heart.

"But father, we simply can't withstand the sharp edge of the Unihorn Clan." His eldest daughter said, this female dwarf appeared not much different from male dwarves, just without a beard.

Upon hearing his daughter's words, West Bruto glared at her fiercely: "Even so, I will never compromise! Could he go against the contract agreed by ancestors?"

Beside him, another dwarf, his eldest son, spoke helplessly: "Of course he can, father, did you forget? The Broken Horn took the clan chieftain's position through a bloody duel."

Hearing this, West Bruto's expression froze instantly, only able to curse angrily: "Damn barbarian!"

The Unihorn Clan is part of the Beastman Empire, located only a few dozen kilometers from Dragon Hammer Town, closely connected to the town.

Members of this clan are mostly giant beastmen with a unihorn on their noses.

Their size is comparable to minotaurs, yet more agitated and easily angered, excellent in charging and fighting on the battlefield.

Although not many in number, each one is like a frenzied war chariot on the battlefield. This clan has a huge demand for dwarven full-body battle armor and various extravagant weapons.

Thus, they have maintained extremely close ties with Dragon Hammer Town for a long time, even signing a contract hundreds of years ago, promising to protect the town, never invade, and refrain from any unethical acts.

West Bruto sat back in his chair, leaning heavily against the backrest, murmuring with a face full of melancholy: "We cannot bow to any side, otherwise, it will invite catastrophic disaster."

The reason this town helped West Bruto become a well-known major merchant far and wide is inseparable from those Bronze Dwarves in the town.

Once, dwarves were divided into three large clans: gold, silver, and copper.

These three clans didn't essentially have distinctions in ranks, just different in what they excelled and were passionate about. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Golden Dwarves are few in number, mostly taking on leadership roles, and easily emerging strong individuals, obsessed with combat.

Of course, their forging skills are not to be underestimated, though not surpassing the Brass Dwarves internally, it is much superior to other races.

Next are Silver Dwarves, who are most likely to develop affinity for magic power and master operational skills within dwarf groups. However, this is by dwarf standards, after all, dwarves' overall ability to utilize magic isn't strong.

Due to personality reasons, Silver Dwarves are more inclined to engage in commerce, farming, and logistics, while possessing excellent enchantment skills.

Lastly are Brass Dwarves, their numbers similar to Silver Dwarves, each undoubtedly a master blacksmith, also experts in geology and mineralogy.

They are most passionate about mining carbon ores and forging works.

These three dwarf races don't have significant appearance differences, more distinguished by realistic division of labor.

They collaborate, complement each other's strengths, jointly forming a formidable race.

After the War of the Evil God.

The Dwarf Empire declared extinction, severe casualties among Golden Dwarves, leaving less than one in ten surviving.

Silver Dwarves and Brass Dwarves left Tariel Continent, scattered across various places but maintained their former friendly relations.

Dragon Hammer Town is such an example.

West Bruto's wife is a Brass Dwarf.

This town is centrally located, bordering three other forces, and has always maintained a neutral stance, providing needed supplies to three sides.

Furthermore, due to the town's limited scale and insufficient armed forces, it has always been peaceful with no conflicts.

However, the situation is different now.

Internal contradictions within the Beastman Empire have intensified, urgently needing to shift conflicts, thus once again sparking an invasion wave, attempting to completely control the narrative of this continent.

They took advantage of internal chaos among the elves, attempting to expel elven forces from this continent.

And the human forces on this continent naturally won't sit back and let the Beastman Empire monopolize.

They joined forces with several Elf Cities on the continent to collectively resist the expansion of the Beastman Empire.

Therefore, the other two forces bordering Dragon Hammer Town are self-evident.

It is precisely a human kingdom and an Elf City.

Currently, friction among the three forces has evolved into war.

Dragon Hammer Town can no longer maintain its previous neutrality.

"If the Unihorn Tribe truly wants to invade us, the Cuiye Kingdom and Wood Elves won't sit back and do nothing." His eldest daughter said.

West Bruto stared at her, then angrily scolded: "Fool, you're thinking too naïvely!"

"Our forging skill focuses mainly on large armor and heavy weapons, all because of the friendship established with the damn Unihorn Clan in the past.

The Beastman Empire has long struggled with poor forging skills, which is why we dwarves have been able to develop well here."

After all, the Beastman Empire is the most powerful force on this continent, with their protection, dwarves naturally won't be arbitrarily provoked by other forces.

"Wood Elves don't need our forging skills; they use magic forging and powerful enchantments, emphasizing elegant and lightweight equipment, entirely different from our dwarf style.

"The Cuiye Kingdom, although having some material demand, doesn't necessarily depend on us. They have their own blacksmiths, and what human blacksmiths produce, although not as good as ours, isn't far behind.

Plus, their prices are cheaper, do you understand!"

Upon hearing his father's roar, his eldest daughter felt ashamed, silently sat down, and said no more.

The eldest son said casually on the side: "Anyway, we have no strength to resist, what's there to be angry about, from start to finish we never had a choice."

Upon hearing the eldest son's words, West Bruto was livid with anger, yet had no response.

After all, it's exactly because of having no choice that he's throwing a fit here.

The youngest son sitting at the end sighed helplessly, shook his head, and got up heading outside.

"What are you doing? Where are you going?"