Chapter 54: Duke Hydaxis
Sad, exhausted, and frustrated, King Magni spent only one night in Stormwind and left in a hurry the next morning, as he said, he needed to return to Ironforge to calm down for a while.
After bidding farewell to Magni, Claudia began her next important mission, to verify the information provided to her by King Thorrison the Great, the existence of the Duke of the Water Elemental.
That afternoon, on an island in Azara, Claudia appeared on an island with a burst of spell fluctuations, wearing her iconic silver full-body armor.
Claudia looked around and saw that the entire island was densely packed with water elementals, at least thousands, and these water elements were very different from the water elementals summoned by ordinary mages, they were more powerful, and each arm also had a brass brass inlaid with aquamarine, which made their water bodies more stable.
At the very center of these water elementals was a huge water elemental more than seven meters high, his body exuded a power beyond mortals, there was no doubt that he was the master of this water elemental legion, Duke Hytaxis.
At this moment, the elemental duke had already noticed Claudia's presence, and a soft voice rang out.
"Hello, Lady Silver, welcome."
"Hello, Hydaxis, I didn't think you even knew this nickname of mine." Claudia was curious that her reputation should not be known to the elements.
"Thorrison has already sent me to inform me of your news, ma'am, and according to him, you are also interested in defeating the Fire Demon King."
Claudia nodded, "That's right, I do want to banish the Lord of the Fire Demon from the Material Realm, it doesn't belong to the Material Realm, just like you. ”
Duke Hydaxis understood the meaning of Claudia's words, neither the water element nor the fire elemental that was too powerful should stay in the material realm for a long time, but he did not get angry, and his soft voice sounded again.
"Don't worry, Silver Lady, my legion and I have only come to the Material Realm to extinguish the flames of Ragnaros by order of our King Neptulon, and once the mission is completed, we will naturally return to the Throat of the Abyss, where our people are truly paradise."
After receiving the promise of the Water Elemental Duke, Claudia was relieved, which meant that there was no fundamental conflict between the two sides.
"So we have a good start, and I think we can talk about Ragnaros."
"As you wish, Silver Lady."
Claudia and Duke Hydaxis communicated, and in the course of the exchange she learned more information.
The action of the Duke of the Water Elemental was personally explained by Nepturon, who had already promised that as long as the Duke of Hydaxis completed his mission, he would be promoted to the Prince of the Water Elemental, and in this case, Heydaxis was naturally full of fighting spirit to extinguish Ragnaros.
It's the same with Claudia.
Ragnaros has already caused great damage in this world, and its scorched Eastern Continent is comparable to half the size of the Storm Kingdom, even if there is no such thing as the Black Iron Dwarf, Claudia will sooner or later expel Ragnaros from the material realm out of consideration for the sake of fulfilling her guardian duties.
And now, there are clear additional benefits to expelling Ragnaros.
That is, you can use the power of the Black Iron Dwarves to attack the Black Stone Tower, which can greatly reduce the ordinary force mobilization and casualties of the Storm Wind Kingdom, and it is not easy to alarm the black dragon of the Black Stone Tower due to large-scale force transfers.
In the absence of a fundamental conflict and with a common goal, Duke Haydaxis and Claudia were no longer in doubt about their cooperation in attacking Ragnaros, and they talked about the next topic.
"As you can see, Silver Lady, I brought with me an entire Hydro Legion, which is enough to deal with most of Ragnaros's men, but my Legion also has obvious flaws, which is why I have not launched a general attack."
"You mean...... Location? Claudia remembered the terrain and scorching heat around the Molten Heart.
The Heart of Molten Fire is located at the foot of Blackstone Mountain, and the Burning Plains where Blackstone Mountain is located was originally surrounded by mountains, and after experiencing the curse of Ragnaros for three hundred years, the area around Blackstone Mountain is now full of magma and flames.
"That's right, ma'am, that's one of the reasons, although my water element has the ability to cross the mountains, there is no doubt that Blackstone Mountain is the enemy's home field, and there is not much water there, which will weaken part of our combat effectiveness,."
"What else?" Claudia asked.
"There's another more important reason, ma'am, we don't have a strong man who can withstand Ragnaros's attack, and I can't do that."
"That's it, since it's cooperation, I also need to contribute, and I'll take action to block Ragnaros's attack for you." Claudia replied, she could hear what Duke Hydaxis was saying.
But she also had to admit that Ragnaros was the king of the fire element, and he was at the same level as the master of Duke Hydaxis, the king of the water element, Neptulon, and naturally it was not something that Duke Hydaxis could stop.
"In that case, I'll leave it to you then, Silver Lady."
"Well, as for your first question--- Claudia replied after a moment's thought, "I think I have a solution for that too......." ”
Claudia told Duke Hydaxis her solution, and Hydaxis's tone was visibly excited: "Ma'am, your method is undoubtedly feasible, I have no doubt about the outcome of this war, please let us agree on a time for a general offensive now." ”
Claudia nodded, she and Duke Hydaxis agreed on a time to attack, in addition to that, she also asked Duke Hydaxis about the distribution of the spoils, and in this regard, Duke Hydaxis was generous and ruthless.
"Madam, you can take it all, the fire elemental things are of no use to us, as long as our water elemental can extinguish the ragnaros and extinguish the flames of the molten heart, we will naturally receive the supreme reward of our lord when we return to our lord."
So generous?
Claudia was even happier with the agreement, and while the water elemental didn't need the molten heart's loot, she needed it.
Regardless of anything else, the core of the fire element alone has a variety of functions, and the price remains high, and the reserves of the fire element core of the Molten Heart are enough to give the royal treasury a huge amount of income, so that Claudia can do more of what she wants to do, such as using investment to promote education reform and industrialization.
After agreeing on a time to attack Molten Heart, Claudia returned to Stormwind with this satisfaction, arranging for the men to attack Molten Heart.