Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Hearing that Black was about to demand compensation, the pink-haired dwarf Kelsey Steelspark immediately started shaking in place.

The so-called "deal" of Ge because of the stinking pirate has become a "meme" in the Azeroth intelligence circle, and some vicious guys have even compiled a series of damn "deal jokes", such as:

You are crying so sadly, did you just trade with Black? /You bastard, I hope you will be approached by Black to make a deal tonight/Rather than take over this job of going to hell, I would rather go to Black to make a deal, etc.

In short, the trade of stinky pirates has become a curse word among some people.

Blake himself should have known this, but he was so thick-skinned that he didn't care, but he scared the little dwarf half to death.

She stared at the stinky pirate with a bewildered smile, fearing that he would say something outrageous like "Gnomeregan was hit by a disaster and it's not easy for everyone, so I only want half of the city's wealth."

But Blake was sincere this time.

He really didn't speak as loudly as a lion, he just used his eyes to signal Kelsey to tell him the cause and effect.

"Actually, there is nothing to say. We all know that the dwarves have been excavating the ruins of Uldaman in the barren land, and no one thought that the opening of the ruins there would have anything to do with Gnomeregan.

We were even commissioned by the dwarves to help them design a new set of digging equipment. "

Kelsey Steelspark was sitting on the stone, playing with the coil gun in her hand boredly. She threw a piece of dwarf chewing gum into her mouth, chewing it, and said:

“I heard that after that bad guy Old Brian returned from Pandaria, he plunged into the ruins of Uldaman, where they found something related to the Titans, which made the dwarves very excited.

I heard my colleagues in Ironforge bragging that Old Brian even took them to meet with the Titan Guardians and so on. Everyone thought that the matter would just go away.

As a result, just when the dwarves were finishing, a drunken bastard accidentally opened a closed underground stone door, and then the ugly troggs rushed out of it.

Those guys look like monsters, with particularly hard foreheads.

We can't even penetrate their stone heads with our dwarf hand cannons at close range, and those guys are extremely cruel. They can quickly dig holes underground and raid. "

Kelsey waved her hands and used an exaggerated tone to describe as much as possible the scene on the day when the troggs attacked Gnomeregan.

she says:

“Our agents dissected the corpses of the troggs and found that these guys’ vision had been severely degraded, but they had ‘super hearing’!

Especially when operating underground, you can hear noises coming from far away, and Gnomeregan, which has many machines running at the same time, was unlucky enough to be targeted.

That day we were still welcoming fellow mechanical gnomes to visit our mechanical city for guidance.

The Council of Craftsmen prepared a large-scale engineering exchange meeting, and all the engineering masters in the dwarfs were summoned back.

Then the troggs dug up the mountain wall and rushed into the factory area of ​​Gnomeregan howling. Fortunately, the exchange meeting had already begun. The dwarfs had all gone to listen to the lecture. There were very few people in the factory area, so there were no Cause too many casualties.

But we were all terrified.

The dwarves never expected that our always safe city would be attacked directly from underground. That was something that the orcs did not do, and the Council of Craftsmen also panicked.

Even the wisest Mekkatorque couldn't figure out a solution for a while.

Fortunately, Prince Erazmin still has some control. "

The little dwarf shrugged and glanced at the Great Druid of Hisari Black Crow who came out of the forest. When she saw Black's expression unchanged, she knew that this elf with strange burning long hair was one of her own.

So she continued:

"The mechanical gnomes said that there are troggs and cavemen on Mechagon Island. They have rich experience in dealing with these guys, so under their command, we decisively abandoned the factory area.

Defense robots were used to form a defense line, and bombs and high-energy lasers were used to repel those cruel bastards.

But this is the best we can do. We originally said we would ask the dwarves for help. After all, it was their manpower that released the sealed troggs, and they should take responsibility.

But the dwarves really couldn't send too many people over. "

At this point, Kelsey curled her lips and complained softly:

"I don't know why the dwarves are so crazy. Their Prince Muradin and Old Brian took many elites to Northrend by ship. It is said that they were secretly transported to Kul Tiras' ship.

It is said that the good things they dug up in Uldaman were taken away with the ship.

King Magni also held frequent meetings with the great lords of the Wildhammer dwarves during this time. I heard some compatriots who were inspecting the Searing Gorge bragging that they accidentally saw the royal envoy sent by King Magni near Blackstone Mountain. I heard that he was having a secret conversation with the Dark Iron Dwarves or something.

But I think this is impossible. "

The dwarf agent snorted, chewed gum, stretched out his fingers, and said to Blake:

"The hatred between Bronzebeard and Dark Iron has lasted for hundreds of years. We dwarves have watched the whole process of their feuding and splitting civil war. When both sides meet, they will beat each other's brains out. There is nothing to talk about. .”

"That's not necessarily the case."

The smelly pirate rubbed his chin and quickly sorted out the context in his mind.

He was thinking about something and then looked at Kelsey, who also stared at him with a pitiful expression and said:

"Look, my good friend Blake, we dwarves have become so miserable that we have almost lost our own city, so please stop exploiting us, okay?

You said that the human kingdom is at war with you, but we dwarves have never been hostile to you pirates. We have always been peace-loving, and we went together to find Mechagon's mechanical legend before.

I mean

Seeing how miserable the dwarfs are, can you order less? "

"What nonsense are you talking about, my dear dwarf friend?"

The pirate grinned with a "gentleman" expression on his face, winked at Kelsey and said:

"You can rest assured, I don't want money! Now I have transcended, and I can no longer look down on those vulgar things. You are right, there is no conflict between the interests of the dwarf and mine.

We are not enemies.

Seeing as we have cooperated so well in the past, not only will I not take advantage of you, I will even help you!

The time when the mechanical gnomes secretly supported you has passed. When I return to Tol Barad, this restriction will be relaxed. Prince Erazmin can take his people to support Gnomeregan's war at will. I even I am willing to spend a special amount of money to help you dwarves buy supplies and hire cannon fodder.

Ahem, I mean mercenaries, do you understand?

You dwarfs only have a few people, all of them are smart and highly skilled, so how can they be used as cannon fodder to fill the army line?

It hurts me to see it.

You should choose Centaur Brothers for 50 yuan, a well-known mercenary brand in Azeroth. They just defeated the demons in Draenor. They are extremely brave and everyone who has used them says they are good!

I have connections in the Wind-Chasing Court in Desolate Land, and I can give you a discount or something.

Monsters like troggs should be left to the same centaur monsters to deal with. This is much more reliable than you little fools howling in Gilneas in pursuit of the power of werewolves. "

Blake gave a thumbs up and boasted about the power of the Centaur mercenaries. Kelsi was fascinated by what he heard.

She then saw the pirate opening his bag and taking out a stack of goblin gold cards. There were originally as many as a dozen, but the stinky pirate was obviously very distressed, so he took out a few more and put them back into the bag, then stuffed the remaining gold cards into the bag. In Kelsey's hands.

He said with a "generous" look:

"Now, this is my private sponsorship of the rescue activities of your Gnomeregan secret agent force. It represents my kindness as a peaceful person to the disaster-stricken dwarves.

Although I'm not in Gnomeregan, my heart is always with the gnomes.

Tonight I am also a Gnomeregan!

Besides, what’s the relationship between the two of us, right? Don't be polite to me, just take it. "

The little dwarf looked at the gold cards in her hand as if in a dream, and then at Black. After a few seconds, she shook her head violently, and stuffed the goblin gold cards back into Black's hand.

Kelsey said with a little panic:

"Blake, don't be like this! Just be normal. I'm so scared when you act like this."

"What are you talking about!"

The pirate unhappily put the gold card in his hand into Kelsey's pocket. He put his hands on his hips and said:

"Just take it if you are told to. Send someone back to Tol Barad with me later, and I will send you to the Desolate Land to find mercenaries from the Centaur King's Court.

Just say that I sent you, and those wind-chasing prophets will give you a discount.

It just so happens that because of Lothar's incident recently, the Uncrowned Ones are no longer able to move freely in the Eastern Continent. After Gilneas's affairs are finished, I will ask my disciples and my commanders to take the Uncrowned Ones to your territory. Cities help.

Just take a break from the limelight.

I won’t ask you for money anymore, you just need to bear their food and daily supplies. "

"Don't do this, Blake!"

As the pirates became more and more generous, Kelsey's fear grew stronger.

The frightened little dwarf covered his head and screamed:

"Enough is enough! Your damn generosity has scared me. You stinking pirate, tell me your damn conditions quickly, otherwise I won't dare accept these 'good intentions' from you."

"But I really just want to help."

Blake coughed a few times hypocritically and said in a long voice:

"Don't look at me like this now. I occasionally show kindness, but since you have taken the initiative to put forward the conditions, I won't hide it.

I do have something I need you smart gnomes to do for me. "

"That's right! This is the flavor of this deal, it's so right!"

Kelsey was relieved when she heard this. If a guy like Blake, whose reputation spread all over the world, really didn't want anything, Kelsey would not dare to take his hot aid.

The little dwarf whistled and "resurrected" full of energy. She stared at Blake, rubbed her hands and said:

"What do you want us to help you with? Design weapons? Or make bombs? Or help you undead pirates get a formation of bombers for free? We happened to have improved the drawings recently.

Admiral Dailin of Kul Tiras has used our new bomber and said yes! "

"This is it! This is what I want to talk to you about!"

Blake snapped his fingers.

The little dwarf immediately nodded, waved his four fingers and said:

"Ship-based bomber, right? Okay, I'll go back and apply right away. Although the factory area was destroyed and occupied by the Troggs, we still have the remaining production lines. The production share for the next three months will be yours."

"Snapped"

Kelsey's head was hit hard by Blake with his finger, and the stinky pirate scolded:

"In your eyes, am I just the person who plans to fly a few broken planes? Is there a certain pattern, okay? You are the commander of the dwarf secret agent after all, so take a long-term view!

science and technology!

Do you understand?

What I want to talk to you about is technology.

Have you seen the ship I'm building in Mechagon? "

"I've seen it before!"

Kelsey covered her head and looked at Blake, her eyes shining as she said:

"That ship is so awesome! I'm not bragging. In my three lifetimes, including my father and my grandfather, I never thought that ships in this world could be built like that!

The Council of Craftsmen also went to Mechagon to visit the shipyard. After they came back, they ambitiously planned to design the same construction plan.

But everyone tragically discovered that with the technological level of the gnomes and the productivity of Gnomeregan, we simply cannot build such an excellent ship, so everyone can only settle for the next best thing.

Just before the Troggs attacked us, the Council of Craftsmen had just come up with a 'Propeller Driven Air Environmental Combat Platform Plan'. Well, in layman's terms, it was a design blueprint for high-power flying bombardment gunships.

If nothing like that happened, we should have sent the plan to Kul Tiras by now, ready to cheat... Ahem, I mean, we should go to Admiral Dai Lin, who has always been obsessed with developing naval technology, to apply for a research and development grant. Where's the funds? "

"Well, that's what I'm worried about!"

Blake picked up his pipe, blew out a smoke ring, and said to Kelsey:

“I can say without any humility that the ship I had in Mechagon was an epoch-making weapon that could completely change the mode of naval warfare.

Based on your knowledge, you should be able to imagine that as long as that ship appears in any naval battle, it will cause a wave of warship upgrades throughout the Endless Sea. "

"Yes Yes!"

The little dwarf nodded repeatedly and said:

"After discussion in the Council of Craftsmen, they also admitted that your ship will trigger a new round of 'arms competition' between all forces in the sea and even on land.

You would extend the concept of ‘naval combat’ to a mode that is not restricted by the sea. "

"But the only people in this world who are capable of building or imitating that kind of aerial battleship, apart from the goblins who are desperate for money, are the only ones left.

Goblins are easy to talk about.

Destroying a few of their factories and throwing money at them will always shut up those greedy bastards. "

The pirate took a deep breath of smoke and blew it out from his nostrils. He stared at Kelsey with burning eyes and said:

"But once the arms competition begins, you little dwarfs will immediately become the favorites in the eyes of others, especially Dai Lin. He will definitely contact you to design new warships.

As for me, I’m not asking you not to take this kind of job, and I don’t want to cut off your money.

You can design, you can build, and you can even develop your own manufacturing techniques and theoretical reserves. But I have a request! "

Blake reached out and knocked on Kelsey's forehead, and he said:

"No matter who you build ships for in the future, you can only use the dwarf's own technology. Do you understand what I mean?

The Titan engineering learned from Mechagon, even a high-energy capacitor or an ultra-precision screw, cannot be used to manufacture any war weapons!

Once I discover that my enemy's ship has any 'black technology' from you, I will think that Gnomeregan has declared war on me, and I will try to destroy your mechanical city at all costs!

I will turn you into a bunch of pathetic exiles who have lost their homeland, and you should have no doubts about my ability to do it. "

The pirate finally revealed his fox tail.

He looked at Kelsey Steelshine with a "kind face" and put his hand on the weapon at his waist, which gave his words a hint of hidden threat. The little dwarf trembled.

As smart as she was, she immediately understood that Black was trying to "lock" the alliance's war technology tree.

Ah, what a joy it is to finally have a human leader see the true power of the gnomes. But looking at Blake in front of him, the little dwarf was not happy at all.

Why was this guy the first to discover the value of Gnomeregan?

Sure enough, it is more difficult to be an outstanding villain than to be a hero. Heroes only need to specialize in one thing, while villains often have to be proficient in everything and are always one step ahead of heroes.

"So, dear Kelsey."

Blake took out a pack of raspberry-flavored gummies from his bag and put it into the little dwarf's hand. He said with a smile on his face:

"Your silence means we have a deal, right?"