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Chapter 1268 Hope of revival (it’s still bright at ten o’clock, summer is so long)

 After getting two magic mounts, Duanmuhuai left with satisfaction. On the other side, the open space behind the Stormwind City Auction House is now tightly sealed.

“Is this the mecha that the adventurer took out?”

Varian stared at the four-meter-tall mecha in front of him with a serious expression, while the dwarf businessman stood beside him, not daring to take a breath.

Duanmu Huai didn’t know that the royal family was actually behind the deal. In fact, as early as when they came to the auction house, MI7 had been sending people to keep an eye on them. After the transaction between Duanmu Huai and the dwarf businessman failed, the agents of MI7 immediately found the dwarf businessman and asked about the situation.

After learning that the other party was willing to barter because he had no money, MI7 immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to investigate the other party's net worth. So they asked the dwarf businessman to negotiate with Duanmuhuai again to see what they could get in exchange.

Of course, melta bombs won’t work. They are too powerful and it would be a problem to take them back and put them anywhere. In the end, the agent still put forward the restriction that they have no military use.

As for the money for the two magic mounts, it was naturally through the royal family.

 So on the surface Duanmu Huai is trading with dwarf merchants, but in fact he is doing business with the royal family.

Well, of course Duanmuhuai himself doesn't care. Anyway, he just needs to get these two magic mounts.

 But Varian had more to think about.

 “How to use this thing?”

It’s not that Varian has never seen mechas before. After all, the dwarfs are the best at engineering and have made similar things. It's just that this kind of mecha is completely different from what Varian has seen before, which makes him a little curious. Fortunately, Duanmu Huai's mecha contained an instruction manual, and most dwarves were proficient in engineering. Even if they couldn't understand the text, they could still guess something about the patterns on it.

Hearing Varian's inquiry, the dwarf businessman also hurriedly stepped forward and pressed the button. Then he saw the hatch behind the mecha opened, revealing a space large enough for one person to stand.

The original Knight Mecha was not set like this. During the Human Empire, the Knight Mecha needed to be controlled through the Mechanical Throne. In order to control the mechanical throne, the connecting cable of the mechanical throne must be surgically inserted into the neural interface of the driver's brain and cerebellum.

Just thinking about it, you will know how troublesome this method of control is, which is why Duanmu Huai has never been very interested in Knight mechas and Titans.

 It wasn’t until Duanmuhuai obtained Gunbasta’s sound and light control system in the world of machine combat that this changed.

The control method of Gunbasta is very simple and clear. To put it bluntly, it is a cylindrical control platform, and the driver can synchronize with the mecha as long as he stands inside. In other words, whatever the driver does inside, the mecha outside will do the same.

 Isn’t this better than the Mechanical Throne?

After that, Duanmuhuai replaced all the mechas in the Tribunal, including the knight mechas and Titans, with Gangbasta's sound and light synchronized control platform. In this way, he only needs to place a puppet in the control platform to activate the mecha to launch an attack.

And because the dolls are soul cards from Duanmuhuai, there is no need to worry about being contaminated and invaded by electronic demons like intelligent AI.

 In fact, in order to guard against treacherous deceit and electronic demons, all the mechanical devices of the Inquisition are strictly artificial. It's just that Duanmu Huai doesn't have that many imperial soldiers, so he can only use puppets instead. Of course, most of the time the puppet only needs to do some basic work.

It is precisely because of this that Duanmu Huai took out this knight mecha for trade. Anyway, almost all the equipment of the Tribunal under his magic modification are manually operated. As long as the Kingdom of Storm can find enough manpower, even the destroyer can Can fly.

Of course, the destroyer Duanmuhuai will not give it. During the human empire, knight mechas were often used to "maintain law and order" on many medieval civilization planets. There were even scenes of medieval cavalry appearing on some planets, with a few knight mechas in front of them to keep things under control.

If any college student traveled to the knight planet in the era of the human empire and saw that he was surrounded by unscrupulous medieval aristocrats oppressing the poor, he would rise up and rely on his lifelong learning to lead the rebel army to the lord's gate, ready to give the opponent a little The little modern civilization was shocked, and finally saw a knight mecha coming out of the opponent's castle gate...

Tsk, tsk, tsk, it’s such a beautiful painting.

So Duanmuhuai doesn't care if this thing is placed in Azeroth.

 Okay, back to the topic.

 After the dwarf businessman briefly introduced the manipulation methods, a knight loyal to the royal family took the initiative to serve as the manipulator. Varian and others took a few steps back and watched the knight walk into the cockpit, and then the door slowly closed. After a while, everyone saw the mecha's eyes suddenly light up, and then it stood up.

The mecha then turned around and looked at Varian.

 “Your Majesty.”

"How does it feel?"

 “Very convenient, Your Majesty.”

 The knight controlling the mecha sounded very surprised.

“As long as I make a move inside, it can be completely synchronized with the mecha outside.”

"Oh, is it so?"

 Hearing the knight's report, Varian's eyes lit up.

"Let's try it." Naturally, the next experiment cannot be done behind the auction house in Stormwind City. Fortunately, MI7 is not a vegetarian, and soon the group of people took the mecha to a nearby secret location. Then the knight controlled the mecha and began a series of experiments under Varian's gaze.

Of course, because Duanmuhuai was lazy and did not install long-range weapons on the knight mecha, the knight mecha now only has a chain sword and a flamethrower available.

 But even so, the combat effectiveness displayed by this knight mecha still shocked Varian.

　　Its chain sword can easily split through the thick walls of Stormwind City. The flames it sprays are not only large-scale, but even the stone is completely melted. Varian even ordered someone to take a heavy armor and a large shield, but the latter was directly melted into a pool of molten iron by the jet of flames.

 “He said it was used for logging?”

Looking at the red molten iron and broken stone walls in front of him, Varian's expression was quite exciting, while Mathias, Reginald and others standing beside him were also speechless.

Strictly speaking, this thing can indeed be used for logging, and it is more efficient than ordinary lumberyards.

“Does the Inquisition have this kind of mecha?”

Varian turned to look at Mathias, who shook his head.

“I saw some tall warriors wearing heavy armor, but I didn’t see this kind of mecha.”

Since this thing can only be controlled by a puppet, and the puppet cannot perform too complex tasks, Duanmuhuai's Inquisition generally does not use knight mechas to assist Titans. After all, the puppet's reaction ability is limited, so it's fine for controlling a heavy fortress with heavy firepower like the Titan. For individual soldiers, it's more cost-effective to use the Night Guard.

 “But their signs are the same.”

  Needless to say, Mathias said that everyone saw the skull pattern on this mecha - well, if they didn't know about the Tribunal, they would have thought it was the symbol of some undead.

  After all, who in the right mind would use a skull as a symbol?

 But after reading the Inquisition Manual, everyone can understand this approach.

“So the adventurer is indeed a member of the Tribunal. Are they here to collect information?”

 “I can’t see it at all.”

Mathias shook his head helplessly. The MI7 agents had been watching them for a long time, and found that these people mainly just eat, drink, have fun and visit the market. They were no different from tourists. He also suspected that the other party was deliberately paralyzing him, so he ordered his men to tighten their nerves and investigate clearly.

As a result, I was so nervous that I finally realized...well, I am just here to have fun.

 “In any case, this is an opportunity for us.”

Varian stared at the mecha in front of him with an excited expression. Although most of this mecha is not understood yet, at least judging from its performance, a knight mecha can almost compare to an elite army!

The Kingdom of Stormwind is not peaceful at the moment, especially because threats such as ogres and trolls in the south still exist. In addition, the civil strife caused by Onyxia's previous troubles, and the eager eyes of the Horde army, make Varian very nervous. He is now eager to increase the fighting power of Stormwind Kingdom.

 Let alone the Dark Portal...

 The appearance of the Knight Mecha gave Varian a glimmer of hope.

After the court mage determined that this was not a magical creation, but a purely mechanical product, Varian immediately took action.

Since Duanmu Huai can take out such things at will, does that mean...the Tribunal still has more of these mechas to deal with?

 Not to mention anything else, as long as you can buy a hundred or so knight mechas, the combat effectiveness of the Kingdom of Storm will be greatly improved!

　　After all, real war is not a game. In the game, with one click of the mouse, soldiers can fight to the death without retreating to the last man.

But in reality, when you witness your companions being burned to death by blazing flames, or being torn to pieces by a huge chain sword, and facing a steel mecha that is difficult to break through, the blow to morale is devastating. .

 “Madias.”

Thinking of this, Varian made a decision and looked at the head of MI7 again.

"It seems we are going to send a delegation to the Tribunal to talk with them in detail."

 “This is not a problem, but here...”

 “Let them go.”

Varian thought for a while and finally made a decision.

“Let the court mage directly open the portal and send them to Silithus. No matter what they want to do, at least it has nothing to do with us.”

From Varian's point of view, at this stage, establishing a good relationship with the mysterious force of the Inquisition is a good choice. In this case, he will naturally not provoke Duanmuhuai. Besides, Silithus is far away in Kalimdor. Even if Duanmuhuai provokes something there, it will not affect Stormwind City across the sea. ?

Not to mention, Varian now has a new goal in mind.

 Make the Kingdom of Stormwind great again!