Chapter 25: Bullets and Dentures
Despite their best efforts, the Thor Silver Brotherhood and the fugitives had to deal with a shortage of food - the food consumption of nearly 300 fugitives exacerbated the food crisis at the Thorium Watchtower, which was close to the total population of the Thorium Brotherhood. After several consultations, the fugitives decided to climb over the snowy mountains and head north to Ironforge.
This was their only way out, for the Orcs of Kargas had sealed the only passage between the Scorching Canyon and the Badlands, and if they hadn't, Diego didn't think they would be able to make a big circle through the four regions of Scorching Canyon, the Badlands, Rockmore, and Danmoro, and that long journey full of dangers would be a disaster for the fugitives.
Eventually, one early morning, the freed slaves left north, with Notarc Frosthammer leading them. The steep snow-capped mountains are difficult to climb, but they are not an insurmountable obstacle for the Copperbeard Dwarves, who can always find their way through the seemingly impassable cliffs like the great goats that live in the mountains.
Diego's mood was a little heavy as he watched the procession weave between the snowy mountains, the bitter cold weather, the rugged mountain roads and the ferocious beasts would be the enemies in front of these fugitives, he didn't know how many of them would make it to Ironforge, but thankfully, the weakest of the slaves were kept in the Thorsilver Tower, about twenty of them. Their fragile bodies were no longer able to withstand a long and bitter journey.
After sending them away, Diego couldn't wait to start the trial production of the iron-shelled bomb. The great blacksmith had set aside a small but well-equipped workshop for him, and Diego even found a small furnace in it. However, before starting to make iron shells, he did not forget to ask the great blacksmith Beaunet to make a metal tooth for the Kankai method.
To Diego's surprise, the blacksmith readily agreed, and in Bornknight's opinion, a tooth doesn't use much material, and if he can't play any tricks, then he's sorry for the title of the blacksmith. So, at Diego's request, Guan Haifa reluctantly followed the laughing black iron dwarf and left. Truth be told, even the sluggish Masrae Bearskin could see the resentment in the big cat's eyes.
While Diego would love to focus all his energy on the making of bullets, he must first complete another task given to him by the Thyrium Brotherhood. A stocky black iron dwarf - although the dwarves were all of this kind of stocky build, this dwarf was far fatter than his peers, his apron could not even cover his belly, and Diego saw that his waist was definitely over his height - was assigned to follow him as a culinary apprentice. Diego wondered how the dwarf managed to maintain such a strange stature under such difficult conditions—did the chef have to be this size in that plane?
To meet the needs of the Thorsilver Brotherhood, Diego had to spend a week in the kitchen teaching his apprentice how to cook lava crabs and lava spiders, until the dwarf was able to make the crustaceans less difficult to swallow.
So when Diego returned to the workshop to prototype the ammunition, he felt a sense of relief. However, the next work is not very difficult for him. To be honest, the Black Iron Dwarf's bullet manufacturing technology is already very mature, and he is only improving on this basis. This is simply not too simple for Diego, who once built a Adamantite bullet making machine. Although the people of Azeroth have not yet made an expedition to the Outlands through the reactivated Dark Gate, which is five years later, the 26th year of the Dark Gate calendar, he does not have any Adamantite ore that is a specialty of the Outlands. But that doesn't prevent him from finding some replacements.
Half a month later, an "ultra-small" bullet-making machine was freshly baked. How do we understand the word "super small", well, in fact, Diego can even put it whole in the demon cloth bag.
After the bullet making machine was completed, Diego began to roll bullets from it. However, he didn't have any Adamantite gold on hand now, which made him no longer hesitate to choose what materials to choose, so as not to have any psychological shadows.
This is not for nothing. As a consumable, using adamantite gold to make bullets is nothing short of frenzy in the eyes of adventurers of other professions, you know, this expensive rare metal is several times more expensive than gold, and it is still very priceless, and it is very in-demand. When Diego crossed over, there was a period of time when he heard the gunshot, he trembled in distress, and the money that was shot out was all money, the real "musket sounds, gold ten thousand taels"! A lot of the time, Diego just keeps dozens of rounds in his backpack and waits for them to fight with others, and the rest of the time, he still prefers to use cheaper ammo.
He ended up choosing ordinary metal as a substitute for adamantite gold, using ordinary steel for the warhead and brass for the cartridge case. As a common metal, Azeroth's technology for working with both metals is well established. It is almost impossible to make zuò warheads and shells from them.
The high gunpowder powder used as the base flame and the dense gunpowder powder as the filling propellant. The former is fierce, flammable, and almost a natural primer material, while the latter is surging but relatively stable, and there have been craftsmen who have dropped hammers onto iron plates, without detonating the dense gunpowder piled up next to it. In addition, the gunpowder residue left on the bullet can also add toxin damage to the ammunition.
In the jingle of forging and grinding, the time of the week passed quickly. Diego discovers that otaku are essential to a craftsman - an active person who can't stay in the workshop can't be a good craftsman anyway.
But even so, when the world's first iron-shelled bullet was made, Diego felt physically and mentally exhausted and emaciated. But after firing the bullet with a fixed iron pipe and a pointed hammer, he felt that all his hard work had paid off. Although Diego has not yet been able to judge the power of this bullet because he does not have a matching rifle, the fact that it can be used is already something to celebrate.
Diego decided to treat himself, but when he arrived at the tavern and saw his apprentice chef, he immediately lost any appetite. Although the things that the Black Iron Dwarf had put out were barely able to swallow and were well received by the members of the Thorsilver Brotherhood, Diego's discerning eyes showed that his apprentice really had no culinary talent. Sometimes, Diego wonders if all Black Iron Dwarves are not good at cooking - and he is not to blame, because in the history of Black Iron Dwarves, there really are no good cooks.
After getting his stomach together for a while, Diego left the tavern with the half-drunk Night Elf, and to be honest, if he hadn't come this time, Diego was skeptical that the guy would have died drunk in the jug.
Walking down the street, Diego suddenly remembered that he had commissioned the great blacksmith Born Knight to make dentures for Kanhaifa, and he didn't know what to do, so he decided to go to the great blacksmith to have a look.
Although the tower was in ruins, the dwarf was still accustomed to working until five o'clock in the afternoon, and then going to the tavern for a good drink, although there was no food to accompany the wine, but for the dwarves, as long as there was wine to drink, nothing else was a problem. If Diego doesn't hurry, I'm afraid he will only see a drunkard with a mouth full of firewood and only cares about pouring wine into his stomach.
The Great Blacksmith's workshop was not far away, no more than two hundred meters from Diego's workshop, and he found himself lucky, the Dwarven Master was putting the finishing touches on the day and had not yet left.
There weren't many people in the workshop, except for a few untrained apprentices who were packing up the mundane tools of freshly forged pickaxes and hoes, which were more needed than weapons for the Thorium Tower. The great blacksmith Born Knight was busy in a corner.
Seeing Diego's arrival, Born Knight took a box from the shelf against the wall and handed it over.
Masrae was quick and took it first. Inside the box was a sharp fang, with a faint glow of emerald green that was barely visible. In order to prevent Guan Haifa from feeling a foreign body, this tooth completely restores the canine teeth of the big cat, and the second half is hollow, which can be placed on its remaining second half of the residual tooth, which not only protects the residual tooth, but also facilitates its occlusion.
"It's forged from Seryin, and it might be a bit heavy, and it's going to take her a while to get used to, but it's strong enough that I don't think she'll need to replace it again in her life." The old dwarf proudly introduced that it seemed that he had put a lot of thought into it. With that, he lifted the leather curtain that led to the inner room and walked inside. Inside is the resting place of the old dwarves, for the dwarves, the workshop is their other home, in general, the dwarven craftsmen will only appear in three places - the workshop, the tavern, and the home, but some of them often rarely return home, the tavern and the workshop are the www.biquge.info and end of life.
Born Knight pulled out a piece of parchment from a delicate iron box. The parchment paper is thin and soft, and it has a strong fishy smell characteristic of ratweed juice.
Diego glanced curiously, it was covered in intricate patterns and arcane text, and he focused on trying to see what was drawn on it, but after a few seconds, a sudden feeling of vertigo hit him, and he retched a few times and gave up.
"The Enchanted Weapon, the Super Strike, can greatly increase the damage of this tooth, making it easy to bite bones and even pierce iron plates," Born Knight said proudly, "You're in luck, you just got it from one of my relatives, Roctus Dark, do you know him?" He lives in Dark Furnace City, so if you get a chance, say hello to me. ”
Diego wanted to say that he knew, but in this life, he had never been to Darkhearth. That place is not friendly to any race other than the Black Iron Dwarves. He knew very well that Roctus Dark Pact was the inner line of the Brotherhood of Thorsilver in the Dark Furnace, and that the Black Iron Dwarf had hundreds of recipes in his hands, ranging from enchantment formulas, tailor patterns, leather patterns, and forging blueprints. Before the crossing, more than one player tried to rob the dwarf, but no one ever succeeded.
"Where did he get it from? I remember dwarves weren't good at enchanting. Masrae Bearskin asked, a little drunk.
In fact, this question does not need to be asked to Bornnet, Diego can answer it, the dwarves in the eyes of the night elves are actually just a branch of the dwarven race - the copperbeard dwarves, this race is rich in hunters, paladins, priests, thieves and even warriors, but there are very few mages and warlocks, as if they are insulated from the power of magic. But their distant relatives, the Black Iron Dwarves, are different, they are born with a spell-friendly physique, and there is no shortage of powerful warlocks and mages. Thorrisson, one of the first three hammers, is even known as the Mage Prince.
"Who sued you? You skinny man! The offended blacksmith roared angrily, spitting the Night Elves in the face, he felt the need to correct the Night Elves' prejudices, "Dwarves have never lacked enchantment masters, and like blacksmithing, enchantment is also our master's skill, even if some enchantment formulas are not all invented by dwarves, we can still use them very well." ”
"This was supposed to be a trade secret, but I'm in a good mood today, I can tell you that this is an enchanted parchment that Roctus got from an ogre in the Blackstone Tower, you know, those ogres are not very easy to use, and they don't know the value of many things, you can get out of them for a small price, just a piece of meat, a bird's egg, maybe anything......" As if to prove the erudition of the Black Iron Dwarf, Bohnette chattered. But instead of stopping what he was doing, he carefully spread the parchment on the table, flattened it, and placed the metal tooth in the center of the drawing.
“adi-grav-mesta-ev!” The great blacksmith recited aloud the activation spell of the enchanted parchment, and the light emitted from the drawings instantly pierced the entire house, this light was stronger than the electric welding light that Diego had seen before he crossed, and the unsuspecting humans and night elf wolves bèi covered their eyes, whirling around the room and screaming, occasionally touching objects on the side, making a "ping-pong" sound.
Bernette laughed triumphantly, almost tearing off the roof.
"Damn, this old dwarf did it on purpose!" Diego thought, he never knew that the enchantment would have such a strong reaction, the movement of the enchantment in the game is nothing compared to this, "There is really a big gap between reality and the game, blindly believing in the experience before the time travel, it will really kill people!" He lamented inwardly.
"You're dead, you old liar!" The Night Elf cast a rejuvenation spell on himself, and then without hesitation, he transformed into a giant bear, as if the next moment he would pounce and tear the old dwarf to pieces. But at this time, he still couldn't see clearly, couldn't tell the direction, just swayed back and forth as if he was completely drunk.
"You deserve it, you thin man who has never seen the world, the mysteries of enchantment will never be as simple as you hillbilly think!" The dwarf sneered disdainfully, and the old face bloomed like a tranquil flower, filled with pride in every fold on it.
It took a long time for Diego to stop the tears that were pouring out, and through his still hazy teary eyes, he saw that the enchanted parchment had turned gray, looking like burnt ashes, but barely in the shape of the parchment. In the center of the parchment, the tooth had completely changed its appearance, its surface covered in fluid magical patterns, and a pale blue mist lingered around it, making it look full of psychedelic colors.
The old dwarf blew away the parchment ash on the table, then twisted the tooth and pressed it lightly on the table, and the sturdy oak top was pierced with ease, and it looked no more difficult than piercing into fresh cheese.
"Wow...... Oh......" One man and one bear exclaimed in unison, their wide open mouths really looking like two toads from the countryside at the moment.
"I really want to knock my canine teeth off and replace them with four of them!" The Druid Bear turned his head to look at Diego and said expectantly.
"If you can be sure that when you return to human form, this magical tooth will follow you back, I have no objection."
"Okay, forget it." The druid thought about it, but gave up, looking very depressed.
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Late at night, Diego was asleep in his bed. The red light scattered by the distant magma shone on the window, reflecting a hazy blood red. In one corner of the room, Guan Haifa was snoring from sleep, his pink tongue licking his freshly installed dentures from time to time, and he looked a little unaccustomed.
The great blacksmith Born Knight used some kind of magic adhesive when installing this denture, similar to the welding effect, so that no matter what object you bite through, you don't have to worry about it coming loose. The denture and residual teeth fit smoothly without any burrs, undertures, and if it weren't for the material, you wouldn't even be able to tell the line between dentures and residual teeth. To be honest, Diego didn't know how to express his gratitude at the time.
On one side of the room, the fireplace was still burning slowly, and the wood inside made a crackling sound from time to time - although the overall climate of the scorching canyon was unbearably hot, it was still shivering cold at night on the high mountain cliffs.
But the quiet night was suddenly awakened by a sudden burst of gunfire. Diego awoke from his sleep, sat up from his bed, put on his soft armor haphazardly, and walked out of the room with his bow and arrows.
The sound of gunfire actually came from a long distance, and he stood at the edge of the camp and looked southwest, where the flames of gunfire flashed from time to time, and the faint sound of gunfire and fighting drifted by. Diego knew that it was in the direction of the Fire Ridge, and that the only cave that the Thor Silver Brotherhood had just unearthed was there.
He was not the only one in the camp who was awakened, and some of the black iron dwarves were also looking over there in their clothes, their faces full of worry.
After about five minutes, more than two dozen heavily armed black iron dwarves hurried over there.
"The Twilight cultists have finally done it." Diego knows what's going on - Twilight's hammer, the doomsday cult has finally lost its patience and is starting to make waves in Azeroth!
Diego suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart. He knew that his plan to build a musket had to be hurried.