Two days later in the afternoon, Fort Ironforge, Explorer's Hall.

Claudia was looking at the Explorers' Guild's collection of expedition logs, and after another day at Ironforge today, she was returning to Stormwind.

She had arrived at Ironforge in the morning, and Varian had already completed his original plan for Nomorigan to sign a trade deal with the gnomes, and Nomorigan's most important threat had been removed, so neither Varian nor Magni had stayed long.

Nomorigan's follow-up operations continued, and there were still a small number of stone palatins in the sewers and deeper underground tunnels, but the terrain was not suitable for large armies, and in addition to a small number of human dwarven soldiers, Nomorigen also planned to recruit a large number of adventurers to participate in the follow-up operations.

The Battle of Nomorigen was undoubtedly an unplanned battle, but it also yielded a number of unplanned gains, such as the gratitude of all the gnomes, the large amount of money that filled the Stormwind Kingdom's treasury, and the gnomes' promise to teach some of the basics of engineering to some of the human apprentices.

Claudia read a few more expedition logs, in addition to learning a lot of secrets, she once again discovered that the main purpose of dwarven exploration is to trace its own origins, such as the current dwarven explorer's notebook that died a few years ago, and at the end she lamented the short life and the great regret of not being able to find out the origin of the dwarves before her death.

When Claudia saw this, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and took a piece of paper and wrote down what she knew:

"The Creator took local materials in Azeroth and created Earth Spirits and other minions, the Earth Spirits look similar to the Dwarves, but the difference is that the Earth Spirits are made of rocks, a bit like King Magni after using the Petrified Sage."

"An unknown disease has infected the Earth Spirits, Mechanical Gnomes, and Iron Veku, who are servants of the Creator, turning their skin and muscles from rock or steel to flesh and blood, and finally the minions into the dwarves, gnomes, and human ...... of today."

"Although we have forgotten our mission and beliefs, the order, unity, and obedience in our blood have been preserved, and the alliance ...... it is today"

Writing this, Claudia was stunned, although today's human beings have lost their steel bodies and eternal life, but are flesh and blood really bad things?

Even if this disease can be cured, I'm afraid that not many humans will be willing to turn back into steel bodies and return to the absolute order under the leadership of the Titans, right? After all, that means losing too much of something.

"Claudia, it's time."

Segrina's words interrupted Claudia's thoughts, and she hurried away, leaving only the page she had written on the table, to be found by the dwarves who had come to collect the books a short time later.

However, in the short term, the members of the Explorers' Guild, including Brian and Harrison, did not pay much attention to this matter, and only occasionally talked about Claudia in private, and would mention the text she left behind, taking it as an interesting conjecture for girls, after all, in their opinion, Claudia was of a noble position and powerful power, but it was unlikely that she would have studied archaeology much in her age.

The entrance to a building in the military district.

An Ironforge guard was looking at Claudia curiously, the dwarf didn't have that much hierarchy, and his temperament was straightforward, and he asked directly, "You are the human girl who was favored by the Holy Light?" I heard that you were the one who saved our brother in the battle two days ago? ”

Claudia was a little embarrassed to listen to the dwarf's words, after all, she knew what the breakthrough was like that day, and finally she replied selectively: "I did participate in that battle, but the final victory is due to everyone. ”

"Hahaha, isn't that you!" The dwarven guard laughed, "What is there to be humble, my brother has said that if it weren't for you, he would have been eaten by the Stone Palate Monster for dinner that day." Come with me, King Wryon is here. ”

Claudia followed the dwarven guards inward, and most of the dwarven soldiers who knew her along the way greeted her warmly, and the dwarven soldiers who didn't know her could quickly understand who she was when they saw her weapons, and their eyes were full of friendliness and respect.

Dwarves were born with big mouths, and although it didn't take long, the dwarven soldiers almost knew what the battle had taken place.

Claudia is considered the greatest hero of the Battle of Nomorigan, having saved all the dwarven warriors and the dwarves' beloved King Magni, so the dwarven soldiers have identified with Claudia and regarded her as a good friend of the dwarves.

When Claudia saw Varian, Varian was sparring with Chen in the field, Varian took a wooden sword, and Lao Chen went into battle directly with his bare hands, and the two fought back and forth, but although Lao Chen did not hold a weapon, he was obviously good at punching and kicking, and he could use a special technique to take over Varian's brute strength, and on the whole, he had the upper hand.

"Don't fight," Varian noticed the girl's arrival, put away his sword to stop attacking, and said to Lao Chen: "Your fighting skills are very interesting, I admit that you are not your opponent in this kind of battle." ”

"Agreed, human king." Lao Chen stepped back, folded his hands in salute, and continued: "Although your body is much stronger than mine, your martial arts are too domineering and you don't control your strength enough, otherwise I will lose." ”

"Insufficient control of power?"

Varian was a little unimpressed with Lao Chen's evaluation, in his opinion, he would definitely be able to defeat Lao Chen after letting go of his hands and feet, what qualifications did Lao Chen have to evaluate him?

"Yes, in the eyes of our warrior monks, martial arts is the way of balance, and practicing martial arts is not only to strengthen the body and kill the enemy, but also to cultivate the mind to calm the heart and demons, and deep in your heart you can no longer balance, and you can't suppress your inner demons."

Demons? Who do you think you are? Dare you accuse me like that!

A hint of violence flashed in Varian's eyes, and at this time, Claudia had already heard Lao Chen's words, stepped forward, and asked curiously: "Inner balance? ”

When he heard the girl's voice, Varian reacted, and the violence in his eyes began to dissipate quickly, and he immediately felt that something was wrong, as if he had been extremely angry for the past two days since that battle, which was not a good sign.

"Yes, balance," Old Chen nodded to Claudia, and turned to Varian, "Although you are not a warrior monk, the truth is the same, you need to learn to suppress your anger, calm your heart, and harness your power with your mind in order to become a truly perfect warrior." ”

Varian thought for a moment, this was not the first time he had heard something like this, and he asked, "Chen, please tell me more about how to calm my mind, I think I need your help." ”

"Willing to serve, my friend, but this is not something I can finish in a short time, and it is not something you can do in a short time," Lao Chen touched his big belly, "It's dinner time, let's go to the restaurant and drink first." ”

"Yes, my friend." A smile appeared on the corner of Varian's mouth, after a few days of contact, he also learned about Lao Chen's character, he has no resistance to food and wine, and his first reaction when encountering strange animals and plants must be to be able to eat? Is it delicious? How to eat? The problem is three-in-a-row.

Three days later, Stormwind.

"Life."

Claudia spoke softly, and a small tree quickly took root, thrived, and finally hung full of fruits, Claudia turned to the stunned old Chen and said, "Okay, if these fruits are not enough, I can still help you get some." ”

"What kind of spell is this?" Lao Chen was a little envious, although he knew that he was unlikely to learn, but for him, this spell was the most practical, no matter where he was, he didn't worry about the ingredients and brewing materials, and he could also bring it back to the Lost Island after traveling for relatives and friends to taste.

"This is not a spell, it belongs to a kind of speech spirit, and you can influence the real world with words." Claudia saw that Lao Chen was more interested, and continued to explain: "Most priests can use the power of light through words, such as ---"

"Shield."

Claudia spoke softly, and a transparent but tough shield appeared on Lao Chen's body.

"Tenacity."

The girl's voice fell, and Lao Chen felt that his physical strength seemed to increase a little.

Lao Chen touched the shield and exclaimed, "It's amazing, the sacrifices in my clan won't use this." ”

"Words can also be used to injure enemies, such as the Dark Word and the Word of Chaos, which can subdue or drive enemies mad with words alone." Claudia remembered the language of chaos that Akmund had used, and the Secrets of the Void that she had been studying these days.

"Can you show me?" It was the first time Lao Chen had heard about the Lingshu and was extremely curious, on the other hand, he planned to travel the whole world, so he planned to learn about the enemies he might encounter in advance.

"I will never learn the words of chaos, but the Word of Darkness ......." Claudia hesitated, "Be careful, I'll use it for the first time, try to control the force." ”

"It hurts."

When the girl's voice fell, the severe pain began to spread throughout the body from the bottom of Lao Chen's heart, it was a synthesis of countless kinds of pain, and every inch of muscle seemed to be torn and crushed, but fortunately, the girl controlled the strength, and Lao Chen also had true qi in his body, so the severe pain only lasted for a short moment, and was suppressed by Lao Chen with true qi.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hurt you, did I?" Claudia asked, a little apprehensive.

"It's okay," Lao Chen waved his hand, "I probably know what's going on, I can resist it with true qi." ”

"That's good, what's going on Your Majesty's side?"

"Just rest assured, it may be difficult for others, but we pandas have been studying how to control the balance of their hearts for thousands of years, and with my method, he can perfectly control his negative emotions in as little as two or three months, or as long as half a year." Lao Chen patted his chest and said.

Claudia was immediately relieved after hearing this, Lao Chen returned to Stormwind City with the envoys of the Stormwind Kingdom, and was warmly welcomed by the king in the palace, such as the royal chef's skills that he had been looking forward to, and the dishes he had eaten at each meal in the past few days were not only varied, but also managed, which made Lao Chen very comfortable.

But in turn, he is also teaching Varian how to master the mind, and he often tells Claudia certain legends and stories about the Lost Island and Pandaria, which makes Claudia very interested in Pandaria and the Lost Island, where many things resemble the antiquity of her previous life.

In addition, some of Lao Chen's opinions are different from those around Claudia, and they can inspire Claudia, so Claudia likes to ask his opinion when she encounters problems, such as now:

"By the way, Chen, do you know how birds learn to fly?"

"I've really observed that there are two kinds of birds, one will be tempted to fly by themselves, and the other will be kicked off the tree by the big bird, and you can learn how to use your wings as you fall." Lao Chen replied casually.

"There is even this method!"

Claudia's eyes lit up.