Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 1386 19. Wolf + human = werewolf, wolf + dwarf =? 【2020】

After Black and Lord Godfrey, the largest resistance force in Gilneas, negotiated a "joint action" plan, they planned to leave Gilneas and return to Tol Barad.

Friendly troops, internal agents, and cannon fodder are all in place. It's time for a hearty "Knife to the Luo".

But before leaving, the stinky pirate keenly discovered something very wrong.

In the camp that was supposed to be set up by the Gilnean nobles, unexpectedly there were many dwarves active. Blake could also see some strange little people howling at the top of their lungs in the forest nearby.

It's like a group of art students practicing voice in the dormitory of the university early in the morning.

Although the dwarf race has always been very neurotic, no matter what they do, it is not surprising, but Black has never seen a large number of dwarves being so neurotic at the same time.

It was like a mass hysteria.

"Forgive me for being curious, Your Lordship, but why are there so many dwarfs in your camp?"

Blake found Godfrey who was about to set off to contact the Gray Wolf Brigade. He asked in a strange tone:

"Are these guys specially hired by you to prepare ordnance for you? What method did you use to recruit so many dwarves at once? These neurotic little men rarely leave their mechanical city voluntarily."

"Well, I didn't recruit them."

Hearing Black's question, Lord Godfrey had a strange expression.

The indifferent Gilnean noble looked at the noisy little men walking around his camp with a hint of disgust, and he whispered:

"They came to Gilneas on their own initiative, and they came before Genn completely went crazy. If they hadn't been able to provide some weapons and armament maintenance services for our army, I would have driven them out long ago.

Mr. Messenger, please don't get too close to these crazy dwarves. Their motives for coming to Gilneas are impure! It can even be said to be contemptible.

When we regain power, I will exile them all from our country! "

"Um?"

Hearing what Lord Godfrey said, the pirate became more and more interested.

Based on his understanding of the style of the Gilnean nobles, most of these guys are human supremacists who hate foreign races very much, but stubbornly retain some of what they consider "noble manners".

For example, well-born nobles like Lord Godfrey are hypocritical, and they rarely show such direct hostility.

In addition, the relationship between humans and dwarfs is actually good. There is no need for ordinary people to show such disgust towards dwarfs who, although they are noisy, are generally cute and non-deterrent.

He asked further:

"So, what are these dwarfs here for? Stealing?"

"No, they are here to find the power of werewolves."

The Lord said with disgust:

"They are actively pursuing the dark forces that turned the once noble Gilneas into what it is now. What a bunch of depraved guys!

I don't know why they do this, but there is no doubt that these little men who have no faith in their hearts have fallen and they will get themselves into trouble sooner or later. "

After saying that, Lord Godfrey nodded to Black arrogantly and indifferently, got on the carriage and took his entourage to the direction of Burning Wood Village.

He had to contact all parties to prepare the army before Queen Mia returned to Gilneas, and there was not much time left for him. I have to say that although this guy is annoying in every aspect, his execution ability is off the charts.

Treating such a guy as cannon fodder always feels like overkill, but the stinky pirate who regards human life as nothing is curious about another thing now.

"Dwarfs actively pursue the power of werewolves? Why does this sound so funny?"

Blake grinned and said:

"Humans will become werewolves if they are infected with the curse. What will dwarfs become if they are infected with the curse? A wolf dwarf?"

"impossible!"

The Black Crow Archdruid snorted and said in Blake's ear:

“We druids have a deep understanding of the werewolf curse, which stems from the bestial drive shared by Goldrinn and indeed all beasts in the world.

Only the races that Goldrinn paid attention to could be infected with the power of werewolves, but the dwarf and arrogant Goldrinn could never pay attention to these naturally weak guys.

Plus the gnomes are so smart.

The rationality of this race will always suppress their pitiful animal nature. Even if Goldrinn is willing to give it, they will never be able to release the wildness in their hearts.

These dwarfs are just fantasizing. "

“I know they are having their own fantasy, but what I’m curious about is, what is the reason that drives them to come to Gilneas to seek this legendary power?

Aren't you curious? "

As Blake tiptoed into the shadows and approached the psychotic dwarfs who had learned howling wolves in the forest, he whispered:

"To be able to force a group of staunch atheists to seek help from superstitious forces, it seems that during the time I went to Draenor, something terrible might have happened among the dwarves.

Let's ask a smarter-looking guy. "

The pirate walked around in the forest and soon found an acquaintance among the snarling dwarfs.

He stepped forward and patted the little dwarf on the shoulder who had taken several deep breaths and was about to raise his head and imitate the howl of a wolf. This action frightened the latter so much that he jumped up on the spot. When he landed, he already had an extra handful in his hand. A very powerful coil pistol.

Just from this reaction speed, he knew that the little dwarf in front of him was no ordinary person.

"Now, my dear dwarf friend Kelsey Steelspark, why did you come to Gilneas with a group of insane compatriots instead of going to Gnomeregan's secret operatives to perform a mission?"

The pirate took off the disguise of the Orb of Deception, held the wine bottle in his hand, and tilted his head to look at the pink-haired dwarf agent commander Kelsey Steelshine, whom he had not seen for a long time.

He said in a long voice:

"You don't think you can attract werewolves by howling at the top of your lungs, do you? Also, please tell me which genius told you that dwarfs can gain great power by being infected with the werewolf curse?"

"Oh, Blake! You bad guy, how dare you show up in front of a real official law enforcement officer!"

The little dwarf agent Kelsey with beautiful pink hair had a straight face, waved the coil pistol in her hand, and said rudely to the playful Blake:

"You're still laughing! You bastard, do you know that what you did in the North County Monastery has been spread throughout the intelligence systems of the Eastern Continent? Even the harried Craftsmen Council took the time to issue a reward for you!

I have to catch you, the bad guy, and send him to MI7 to receive your reward! Put me down, you bastard! Don't pull my collar!

Believe it or not, I will pierce your knees! "

The pirate reached out and lifted the little dwarf from the ground into the air, watching her spread her teeth and claws like a pink cat.

She deliberately shook it twice in the air. Amidst Kelsey's screams, all kinds of weird engineering bits and pieces she had on her body were shaken off and fell to the ground with a thud.

He bullied people so maliciously until the little dwarf was about to cry before he put her back on the ground.

Blake sat down on the ground and looked at the little dwarf in front of him who was gritting his teeth and grabbing a self-exploding squirrel bomb, trying to rush up and die with the pirates.

He stretched out his hand and pressed Kelsey's forehead, causing the other party to run in place, screaming and throwing wild punches, as if the network was disconnected and reconnected.

"Okay, don't be angry. It's been a joke since we haven't seen our old friends for so long."

The smelly pirate picked up a dwarf mechanical dagger like a table knife from the debris at Kelsey's feet and admired it in his hand. While stroking the high-speed rotating saw blade gear on the blade, he asked:

"Tell me, why did you come to Gilneas to pursue this damn werewolf power? Did something happen to Gnomeregan?"

"No! We're fine."

While arranging her messed up hair, Cahir glared at Blake and turned her face away from him, but after a few seconds, she sighed helplessly and sat across from Blake.

This dwarf agent who was full of energy suddenly became very discouraged and depressed, as if he had lost his highlight.

Under the shocked gaze of the pirate, the little dwarf took out a mechanical-style pipe and held it in her mouth. It was obvious that she had been depressed a lot during this time and needed to use tobacco to relieve stress.

But when this cute little guy picked up his pipe and puffed away the smoke, he unexpectedly gave her a very "social" feeling.

This is probably the legendary "contrast cuteness"?

"Well, there is no point in hiding it from you. You can always find out if you want to. Although there is no evidence to prove it, I can be sure that the Uncrowned One also has undercover agents in the City of Machinery.

And there's more than one. "

The melancholy dwarf agent Kelsey blew out a raspberry-flavored smoke ring and whispered:

"I don't want to be embarrassed by coming here. I made a report to the Craftsmen Council when this nonsensical 'Wolf Gnome' plan was proposed.

This damn plan has no feasibility at all!

But that crazy Milhouse Manastorm said that he had already researched it, saying that dwarfs could be infected by the werewolf curse and gain powerful individual powers.

He also came up with a few damn papers and samples of wolverine blood he had obtained from who knows where to convince the Tinker Council to send these people towards Gilneas.

I came here because I was worried about the safety of my compatriots.

I know you must be curious as to why the Craftsmen Council, which is known for its rationality, would agree to such a plan because we are in big trouble now.

Really big, Blake. "

Kelsey raised her head, glanced at the smelly pirate, and whispered:

"Crazy troggs, unleashed from underground ruins by the hated dwarves, have been attacking our city, and now one-fifth of Gnomeregan has fallen.

Our soldiers also had to stay on the front line and suffered heavy casualties.

The people are very afraid of this precarious day. Under pressure, the Council of Craftsmen not only agreed to various serious plans, but also passed many unreliable plans like the Wolf Gnome.

We, who had rarely faced war before, already felt a little sick and rushed to seek medical treatment when faced with sudden disasters. "

"Trogjaw? A prehistoric monster from beneath the ruins of Uldaman?"

Blake blinked and said in a strange tone:

"I haven't paid attention to the news in this area. I thought the dwarf explorers didn't open the damn underground cave. It seems that they really did, and you dwarves are also destined to suffer such a disaster.

But I didn't expect that you could defend the city from the violent attack of the troggs who manipulated the earth tunnels and were good at underground raids. Tell me honestly, is there someone secretly helping you? "

"Uh, no!"

Kelsey insisted on this answer.

But when she saw Blake's "I believe you" expression, she knew she couldn't hide the truth from this man.

The dwarf agent moved her throat with great difficulty, and she whispered:

"Well, Mechagon has been secretly helping us. Coincidentally, the day the Troggs attacked Gnomeregan happened to be Prince Erazmin visiting us with a group of mechanical gnomes. city ​​of.

It was our powerful compatriots who urgently created a batch of defense robots to help us, who were panicking, stop the trogg's massacre.

After the 'Nakba Day', they have been providing us with scientific and technological assistance, and by the way, they have helped us relieve the pressure on the exiled people.

But I heard that Mechagon's mechanical gnomes are helping you build a very important project, so they can't find more people to come to the front line to help with the small number of people.

We dwarfs are on our own.

But we're grateful to our fellow Mechagnomes for stepping in to help when it mattered most. "

"I'll just say it!"

After hearing Kelsey's explanation, Blake slapped his thigh.

He sneered and said:

"According to the efficiency of the mechanical gnomes at full production capacity, how could it be possible that it took so long to complete the spaceship I ordered! It turns out that they secretly robbed me everywhere to collect the precious resources for them and send them to you gnomes Resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

OK!

This is the behavior of a mole!

Eat inside and outside!

Prince Erazmin with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually did this to me! Mechanognomes and gnomes are indeed ‘distant cousins’, and even though they have become mechanized, they still have ‘deep blood connections’. "

The stinky pirate pretended to pull out the menacing robbery knife and waved it several times in front of Kelsey. He lengthened his voice and said in a cruel tone:

"I guess the Mechagon gnomes must love you flesh gnomes so much that they have the courage to disobey me and dare to deceive me. I will go to Mechagon to teach my unruly allies a lesson!"

If you dare to mess with pirates, you will pay the price! "

"No! No, Blake! Listen to me!"

Seeing something bad, Kelsey rushed forward and grabbed Blake's trouser leg.

She tried her best to hold the stinky pirate, but the dwarfs were too weak in terms of strength. The pink-haired dwarf agent hugged the pirate's trouser legs like decorations on her calves, without any pressure. was dragged forward by Blake.

Kelsey Steelspark screamed:

"Prince Erazmin distinguishes between public and private affairs, Black! We dwarves don't use a dime of your resources! Those are parts and various mechanical materials saved by the mechanical dwarves themselves.

The resources you gave them are all well stored in their warehouse, and not a single screw has been used! "

"That's not OK!"

Blake said fiercely:

"They wasted my precious time!

You have no idea how much the boat I ordered from them means to my fleet. It was supposed to be launched a month ago, but it is still unfinished.

Doesn’t the cost of the time I wasted count as money? "

"We will pay!"

Kelsey was in a hurry and shouted:

"We are willing to pay for your losses! Don't bother the Mechagnomes, they are loyal to you.

Although they no longer have beating flesh and blood hearts, they do have very noble souls. They could have completely ignored us, but they still helped us.

Those delays are all our fault, and Gnomeregan will definitely compensate you.

We will give you as much as you want!

If you can pretend you don't know about it, we'll give you double! "

"Um?"

The pirate's initially murderous and pained expression instantly turned gentle. He sheathed his sword with a triumphant smile on his face, but soon returned to his indifferent expression.

He looked back at Kelsey with a pleading look, rubbed his chin, and said:

"Can you pay me double the loss?"

"Uh, okay!"

The little dwarf suddenly felt something was wrong, but she still gritted her teeth, raised a finger and said:

"The premise is that the Craftsmen Council is willing to approve this special-purpose fund for me. If the leader doesn't approve it, there is nothing I can do. You have to understand me."

"Hey, is this apology too insincere?"

The pirate instantly became unhappy.

He knelt down and said to Kelsey:

"But it's not non-negotiable. What you just said I want, you will give me, right?

All good dwarfs know that the words you have spoken are like the components stamped on electronic parts, you cannot go back on them. "

Come on, come on, sit down.

First, tell me what good stuff Brian, that cheap old dwarf, found in Uldaman? Then we will carefully calculate the amount of compensation and the compensation for my time and mental losses.

Hey, don't tremble, my dear friend, why are you so scared?

I won't openly propose an amount that you can't afford. You know me. I have always been the kindest and most caring person. "