The Second Empire of Azeroth

Roger's actions in the Burning Steppes quickly attracted the attention of nearby forces.

At Morgan's Vigil, the Stormwind army was amazed by the combat power of Roger and the allied forces. They had never seen such a powerful army, except for the paladin's troops.

The Thorium Brotherhood, a group of Dark Iron dwarves, observed the changes in Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes.

After discovering what Roger was doing, they immediately gathered to discuss it. The Thorium Brotherhood were among the few righteous individuals among the Dark Iron dwarves, and they had been working hard to rescue the Dark Iron dwarves from Ragnaros.

They funded any adventurers who dared to explore Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes, as long as these adventurers could collect materials or investigate intelligence for them.

Therefore, they quickly received the news of Roger's defeat of the orcs.

The Thorium Brotherhood was curious about Roger's sudden rise, so they asked adventurers to collect information about Roger.

Soon, Roger's detailed information was placed in front of the Thorium Brotherhood.

After studying it, the Thorium Brotherhood was still puzzled. They couldn't quite understand the term 'timeline,' but they were certain that Roger was powerful and might have a chance to help them rescue the Dark Iron dwarves.

So, they sent an envoy to the Scorched Ridge Outpost to visit Roger.

Roger was a little surprised. He didn't know much about the Thorium Brotherhood, only that they were good people among the Dark Iron dwarves. It was just that after the formation of the Council of Three Hammers, they didn't seem special anymore. The deepest impression the Thorium Brotherhood gave Roger was that they could create Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros.

Of course, Roger didn't need them to make the legendary hammer, so he didn't have many thoughts about the Thorium Brotherhood.

Therefore, Roger was a little surprised that the Thorium Brotherhood took the initiative to come to him. Although these craftsmen were also very useful, it was not so easy to subdue them.

Roger received the envoy of the Thorium Brotherhood, and as expected, the other party came to ask him to rescue the Dark Iron dwarves.

"The Brotherhood can provide you with fire resistance equipment!"

After extorting them a few times, Roger shrugged helplessly, "Okay! Seeing that you are so sincere, it would seem stingy of me not to agree."

The Thorium Brotherhood envoy didn't take Roger's words to heart. After many contacts with adventurers, he knew that if you want someone to do something, you have to pay a price. Therefore, in order to make Roger wholeheartedly help him, the envoy said, "If you can obtain the essence of Ragnaros, we can help you forge a powerful artifact."

Roger raised his eyebrows and deliberately asked, "What artifact?"

"A hammer of flame!" The envoy tempted, "We used to live in Blackrock Depths, and we accidentally learned how to create weapons with the essence of flame. And the essence of Ragnaros's flame is the most powerful. As long as we can get its essence, the Brotherhood can use it to make an artifact."

"Okay!" Roger showed an interested expression, "If I get the essence of Ragnaros, I will definitely look for you."

He changed the subject, "But before that, we need a batch of sturdy armor with fire resistance. When my army is fully equipped, we will attack Blackrock Spire."

The Thorium Brotherhood envoy had obviously anticipated Roger's conditions, "We will send you the equipment you need as soon as possible."

Every half month, Roger received equipment. Roger was surprised by the generosity of the Thorium Brotherhood. How many materials did these Dark Iron dwarves collect to provide nearly a thousand sets of thorium equipment in such a short period of time? The Thorium Brotherhood even specially sent Roger a set of elementium equipment, allowing Roger to see their boldness.

Having received the equipment, Roger naturally had to work.

He drove the orcs to sneak into Blackrock Spire, and then cooperated from the inside out, occupying part of the Blackrock Spire area. If Rend Blackhand hadn't reacted quickly, Roger could have completely occupied Blackrock Spire.

Rend Blackhand did not completely succumb to Nefarian. Although he was bewitched by Nefarian's magic, he was still sober at times. After Nefarian was captured, Rend Blackhand regained control of Blackrock Spire. He was also recalling the days when he was controlled by Nefarian, and felt particularly ashamed.

As a man determined to become Warchief, being controlled by a black dragon was simply a black history. So Rend Blackhand worked hard to make Blackrock Spire heavily defended, so that he was not wiped out by Roger in one fell swoop.

But those rebellious orcs still made him unbelievable. When did so many traitors appear among the tough orcs?

After occupying a part of Blackrock Spire, Roger began to infiltrate Blackrock Spire and Blackrock Depths.

Every day, he would capture some prisoners. The orcs would be directly brainwashed with collars, and the Dark Iron dwarves would be sent to the Thorium Brotherhood.

The orcs and Dark Iron dwarves were also trying to cope with Roger's plan. However, they didn't have many options.

Roger had orc spies, but Rend Blackhand didn't. He could only shrink his defenses and screen his subordinates to avoid being captured.

Roger had a red dragon squad that could sneak into Blackrock Depths. Emperor Dagran Thaurissan was now completely immersed in the gentle embrace. A few years ago, Magni Bronzebeard's daughter, Moira, went to explore near Blackrock Mountain and accidentally met Emperor Dagran Thaurissan. The two fell in love at first sight. Moira broke with her father for this and insisted on marrying Emperor Dagran Thaurissan.

Emperor Dagran Thaurissan was also very good to Moira, and even gave up his ambitions, just wanting to live a small life with Moira. It was just that he still had Ragnaros above him, and many things were beyond his control.

Therefore, he had to send people to investigate the kidnapping of the Dark Iron dwarves, lest Ragnaros be angered by it.

The Dark Iron dwarves had nowhere else to go. If Ragnaros was angry and buried the Dark Iron Depths, they would only have a dead end.

He sent out many spies, wanting to find out Roger's details. But these spies would soon be sent to Roger. Roger did not send these spies to the Thorium Brotherhood, because they were different from ordinary Dark Iron dwarves. They were combat units and were very good sources of troops.

Roger put collars on them like he did with the orcs. After brainwashing, Roger sent them back to the Dark Iron Depths to kidnap more Dark Iron dwarves for him.

In this way, Blackrock Spire and Blackrock Depths gradually became places for Roger to shear wool. As the wool shearing progressed, Roger's troops became more and more numerous.