Chapter 45: General Angover
One of the eight generals under the command of the King of the Mountains, Mordimus Anwemar, General Angover commanded the most elite army of the dwarves, the Mountain King's Guard. He was a man of great feats in battle, and he was a leader in battle, which even the Prince of Mage could not match. He made his soldiers feel that our general was by our side in every battle, so his men affectionately called him "The Rock General Angover". The weapon he wields is a two-handed axe called the Black Roar.
After the Battle of the Three Hammers, Black Iron has lost its former glory, and General Angover, who has chosen to serve his race, silently guards the only way to get to the throne hall of Darkheart: the Eastern Barracks.
However, out of a sense of duty as a loyal Black Iron Dwarf, General Angover was not content to sit in the eastern barracks. His keen gaze was always like a falcon watching the wind and grass of the entire Dark Furnace City.
It was the evening of this day - in fact, the time of the Underworld is difficult for outsiders to judge, but the Black Iron Dwarves always have their own way - a Black Iron soldier entered the General's office from the outside. He was one of the few people who could enter without notice.
"Something is not normal, Your Excellency General, there have been two anomalies today, one in the mine and one in the hub hall," the guard said with some suspicion, "Although these incidents seem ordinary and have not caused any serious consequences, I suspect that someone has infiltrated our territory." ”
"Gather the Guard! We need to do a big cleaning of the Dark Furnace City! General Angover said eagerly, he seemed to have put up with it for a long time - as a dwarf, Angover was quite dissatisfied with the Twilight cultists who filled the streets of Darkforge, and there was quite a lot of evidence that Twilight's hammer was not without covetousness for Darkforge, and they did a lot of small things in private.
The general lifted the black roar from the weapon rack in the doorway and walked out the door, not noticing that the shadow in the corner of the wall was a little too large from the perspective of the torches on the wall.
Outside, there was a loud shout characteristic of dwarves. Then there was the sound of the Black Iron soldiers stepping away with neat steps. I don't know how the Twilight Cultists are doing today, but in the coming time, General Angover, who is bent on finding faults, will not make them happy anymore.
Silence returned to the office, and after about five minutes, the shadows in the corner squirmed a few times, and a black beast emerged from the shadows. The beautiful black fur provides the perfect camouflage for it, and even if you stare at it, it's hard to notice that there's a creature hidden there.
The panther squatted on the ground and then raised his front legs. Its fur began to fade, its body grew longer, its face began to change from animal to human, and a few seconds later, a Night Elf appeared in the center of the office.
He shook his shoulders and walked to the shelf behind his desk.
"Intelligence......" he muttered to himself, the fingers of his right hand sliding over the stacks of parchment on the shelves, opening a few pages from time to time to flip through them. But it was clear that none of that was what he wanted.
As time passed, the Night Elves began to get a little anxious. He knew that his time was not infinite, and he had to speed up.
"Angover wouldn't have put information in such a conspicuous place, he must have other places to hide." He secretly wondered in his heart, secret rooms, secret doors, aren't the good things in adventure novels always hidden in these places? He tried not to make a sound as he tapped on the walls, looking for something that sounded different, but the dwarf's office was so simple that it didn't take him much time.
After a few minutes, he finally found it, on the wall next to the shelf, and with the knock, a stone brick made a dull echo, and there was a cavity underneath!
The Night Elf took a closer look, and in his dark vision, he saw that the corner of the stone brick looked very smooth, as if it had been rubbed too much and became shiny. He happily pressed down in that place - he wasn't worried about the trap down there, as few people had this in their office, especially in Darkforg, which seemed impregnable to the Black Iron Dwarves.
With a muffled rolling sound, the stone brick moved to the side, and a small dark grid appeared in front of the Night Elf.
"Wow, I think I have a talent for thieves......" Druid muttered to himself delightfully, carefully looking inside the compartment before reaching in and pulling out a palm-sized slab from it.
He pressed the slab close to the torch on the wall, making a careful scan. By the time he arrived, Diego had already told him what was the characteristic of what he was looking for.
The writing on the slate is not dwarven cuneiform, but some kind of simple three- or four-stroke writing, which looks somewhat similar to the paw prints left by lizards, and some can even distinguish the short dots left by the vivid hanging toes. According to Diego, this is some kind of ancient dragon script, which contains mysterious and powerful powers.
Those were the words used by the dragons in ancient times, and they are rarely used by dragons today. After all, for them, human language is more concise and more accurate in description, unlike dragon language, which has many vague and ethereal places. But for mages, this is precisely where the dragon language is strong, because there are some of these dragon words mixed in with many spells that have been handed down from ancient times. For dragons, few spells can work on them, and the resistance to these creatures born in Azeroth is simply too high. Dragon grammar is one of the few methods that can threaten them. The spear of the son and the shield of the attack are all good ways to solve the opponent in that plane.
"This is it!" He clenched his fist hard and swung it in the air. He glanced around like a thief—in fact, he was—and stuffed the slate into the bag around his waist. A few seconds later, he disappeared into the shadows again.
The door shaft made a low grinding sound and slowly opened. In the shadows, Masrae looked out. There was no one in the corridor outside the door, and he tiptoed towards the corridor outside the door. The place looked like the rest, except for two black iron cannons wrapped in cannon jackets and a few piles of shells, and a few wooden boxes stacked on top of each other by the wall, reflecting a shadow.
Masrae sneaked over and knocked a few times on the outermost wooden box, two long and one short, with a clear rhythm.
"How's it going, have you got it?" In the darkness behind the box, a human suddenly appeared and asked eagerly.
"Hands on it!" The Night Elves emerge from their stealth state and return to their human form. He proudly waved the slate to show off, and then handed it over.
By the light of the magma, Diego took a closer look, "That's right, this is it, Masrae, well done!" He sincerely admired, he never thought that such a simple solution could be solved, to be honest, the Night Elves had not come out for a long time, and he was ready to fight.
"Where's next?" Masrae, who was affirmed, said excitedly, he couldn't wait to show his skills again.
They walked down the hallway above the great stone door, and they didn't run into any guards along the way. General Angover's actions provided them with some convenience in some way. The corridor opened a large long window - or firing hole - through which some black iron artillery was aimed out. But there was no glass or anything like that in the windows, and there was no need to do it - the underground world never had to worry about rain, the wind was very small, and the occasional hot air flow from the magma heating was almost negligible. From these windows, you can look down on most of the inner city of the Dark Furnace City.
Another wonder of Frank Ron's cast iron design of the Dark Furnace is the construction of two floors, which is the peculiarity of the underground building, which makes full use of every inch of the mountain, which you will never see in other cities - above the surface, can you imagine building a fortress above the main road of the city? Do you dare to build a residential area on top of a factory?
Through the winding and long corridors, they came to a huge room. Truth be told, long hours of stealth are a test for adventurers, including Sekihafa, and the nervous moments of fear of revealing their tracks at any time torments their nerves. This huge barracks denied entry to any civilians, not even the most famous gladiators.
This is a huge puppet assembly workshop. Standing in the shadows of the doorway, they looked into the room. In the center of the hall are four large square stone columns, all carved and angular at the top, supporting the swarthy rock roof. The pillars are black and have a smooth surface with metallic reflections.
This is the production and assembly workshop for heavy combat golems, and there are many huge hooks hanging from the roof of the hall, and some of the golem parts are hoisted by these hooks to where they need to go. Underneath them, nearly a hundred dwarven technicians were busy nervously. In fact, there are not only dwarven craftsmen here, but also some dwarven mages are also arranged here, and they are needed for the enchantment and charging of some important parts. From time to time, assembled battle golems are manipulated to leave, and underground passages are sent to the melting pots or the burning plains of the south.
Looking through the huge stone pillars, one could see a smaller room on the other side, and Diego knew that the target of their trip was the puppet commander Agmanch.
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Note: Druids in Rogue or Panther form can hide their bodies while sneaking, but they can't make their shadows disappear completely, they can at best make them look lighter and blurrier.
Therefore, they usually choose to move at night or in the shadow of other objects.
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