Chapter 58: Showdown
Shadow Three took out a fine parchment map from his hand again, and Brad took it and looked at it carefully, and the entire parchment drew a plan of Ratchet City, marked with red dots and lines.
Brad looked at it carefully for a moment before asking, "Why are the defenses of Ratchet City so lax?" โ
Without thinking about it, Shadow Three replied, "Back to the master, the goblins have secretly transferred their forces to besiege Lord Skakill's fleet. โ
"Tell me the details you know." Brad nodded and said.
"Master, that's what it looks like. Lord Skakiel landed in Kalimdor, north of Ratchet City, and Lord Rebellion led the army out of the fleet and into the Barren Lands to receive two oases. It's just that soon after Lord Liaoyuan took over the oasis, the goblins launched an offensive, on the one hand, they hired a large number of adventurers to make trouble in the oasis, and even attacked the oasis with a large number of bounty hunters and outlaws. On the other hand, the goblins sent the guards of Ratchet City to besiege Skakill, and in order to protect the fleet and prevent the goblins and Blackwater pirates from having a chance to encircle the fleet, Scarkill sailed the fleet into the bay of an island, and the goblin guards continued to pursue, but the expected Blackwater pirates did not appear, and their whereabouts are currently unknown. It's just that the specific battle situation is not yet clear, but a shadow has been sent to investigate, and there should be information coming soon. โ
Brad breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the fish-man troops led by Skakill are all elite divisions, and they are the first fourth-order legions led by Jasper, and their combat power may be weakened on land, but there should be no problem in protecting themselves in Shanghai. With the addition of a part of the musket corps, it is believed that it can cope with the siege of the goblins.
"What is the strength of the remaining guards in Ratchet City, if you are asked to arrange something in Ratchet City. Are you sure you won't be discovered? โ
The shadow was silent for a while and said: "The main forces of the goblins are all on the bright side, the dock cargo hold area, the bank and auction house area, and the rest are even the goblin merchant gathering area are very lax, as long as the things are not conspicuous, they will definitely not be discovered." โ
Brad said with satisfaction: "That's fine. With a wave of his hand, a bag of explosives wrapped in blocks appeared from his side, "It's not too late, you mobilize people to put these high explosives for me in various hidden corners, try to keep them as concealed as possible, and I will hold a bonfire party for Ratchet City." And also. Remember to mark where the gunpowder was hidden. โ
"Please rest assured that the task will be completed before dawn. Just ......"
Brad interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I know, Ratchet City is too big. You don't have enough manpower to detonate the explosives in the city, so you only need to focus on two locations, one is the Big Project District and the other is the Ratchet City Bank. You don't have to worry about the rest of the city, you just need to detonate the dynamite for the bank and the big project area when the whole city is in chaos. Then infiltrate the big project area and try to get the goblin blueprints. As for what the shadows near the bank are going to do, I don't need to say. โ
"Understood." Shadow Three saluted respectfully, although he didn't understand how Brad was going to detonate the explosives on the periphery, but the Shadow only needed to obey, and didn't need to know the reason, so he said, "Don't stay with the master, I'll gather the other Shadows." โ
Brad nodded and stopped talking nonsense, while Shadow Three summoned the other Shadows. In just a quarter of an hour, there will be shadows around Brad from time to time. After carrying a large amount of explosives, it disappeared into thin air.
Brad sits on a roof in the middle of the road, and has the opportunity to remobilize a batch of explosives when there are not enough explosives. Shadow Three, on the other hand, is responsible for drawing new red dots and simple markings on the map.
Brad's mind was calm, and after experiencing Lordaeron's trapping and goblins' dastardly methods, Brad deeply realized that there were no rules of the game in Azeroth. Brad's opponents regard Brad's play within the rules as cowardice and stupidity, and he has repeatedly used dirty tactics in the shadows. It was only after being attacked by the Blackwater pirates that he realized that as long as he could kill the enemy, no matter what means he used, as long as he was not exposed, the goblins were still a neutral merchant organization in the eyes of the world, and the old king of Lordaeron was still the good king who was generous and benevolent in the eyes of humans.
In their eyes, there is only victory and defeat, and there is no so-called innocence. Just as in order to bring Brad to the ground and destroy the Miรจ Jade Collar, the kingdoms of Lordaeron even gave up the Alliance's most elite army and hundreds of thousands of Storm Refugees. And the Blackwater pirates did not hesitate to use despicable means to divert the fleet and destroy it in order to kill themselves.
This matter is not Brad's malicious speculation, because Brad has confirmed that Diana's fleet is not docked in Ratchet City, their destination is clear, that is, Ratchet City returns, they don't know that the Blackwater Pirates are affiliated with the goblins, and they have experienced captains and crews. After Bled made many detours to Ratchet City, Diana's fleet was lost, and the result was self-evident, it was inevitable that they would be wiped out by the Blackwater pirates.
Every time he thinks of the talkative Diana and the silent old captain, and the people of the alliance who came to the sea to earn money for their lives, Brad's heart is full of anger, this time he also wants to let the goblins know what it is painful, they are greedy for money, they really love engineering, then he will deprive these things, from today he will no longer have any scruples, and use all means to fight the goblins. What's more, he is still regretting the oath he made at sea.
He was just indignant, but Azeroth didn't think so, and he wouldn't want to become a demigod if he didn't fulfill his oath. The demigod looks distant, but it's not impossible for him. As long as he goes to Tanaris to get the Heroic Spirit of the Wind Element, he can immediately advance to an epic powerhouse, and then look for the elemental energy of the legendary level to advance to the legendary, and the demigod is not far away.
But Brad, who was reborn in the first life, is really clear about the strength of the goblins, and the goblins are already in an extremely terrifying situation under the hypocritical neutrality, although Brad does not know how much resources and money they have, but in the previous life, the alliance and the tribe fell into a shortage of materials several times because of the war, and the goblins took the opportunity to make a fortune can be seen that the goblins are powerful. In the face of such a terrifying opponent, Brad really did not have the confidence to clear the goblins in a short time. And other races won't let themselves do it like this, after all, they can ruin the power of a race, and anyone will be jealous, which will not affect the Jasper Collar. So Brad is still struggling with how to deal with goblins.
It was only as it got dark that Brad stopped the shadow, and he took the map with a 3D map that marked the points that were not marked on the 3D map. During the day, Brad declined Woking's invitation on the grounds that Braumus was well, but Woking did not force anyone to contact the adventurer.
The city lord, who had paid an extra sixty percent, anxiously urged Woking to set off early, and the original plan to rest for a day was ruined, so in the afternoon, Woking took Brad to board the warship prepared for them by the goblins. The remaining part of the Dark Spear Hunters and some of the adventurers were transported to the Echo Islands with the goblin's underwater engineering equipment, that is, the goblin's deposit.
On the side of the ship, Woking said apologetically to Brad, "Brother, I'm really sorry. My brother and sister are injured and are about to leave before they are recuperated, and your plans to visit Ratchet City have been ruined. โ
Looking at Ratchet City in the distance, Brad patted the side of the ship, took a deep breath and said, "Brother Woking, I should say that I'm sorry that I was the ......"
Woking smiled heartily and interrupted Brad and said: "I know that my brother has concealed his true identity, but I can still distinguish the true from the false from the bad, the brother is hearty and generous, with an extraordinary temperament, and he must be a person with a head and a face in Lordaeron, which I have already seen." It is definitely true that my brother was attacked by pirates, and my interaction with my brother during this period of time has broadened my horizons a lot and clarified the path I want to take in the future, and I have gained a lot. There must be something unspeakable about the brother's concealment of identity, there is a sentence that the brother said is very right, friends are important in friendship, why should others care. โ
Brad smiled bitterly, Woking, this half-, how could this sentence be so useful, but he was a little moved in his heart. also thinks that Woking is a good person, and when he thinks about his friendship with Sal in his previous life, Brad feels that he is hypocritical.
"Brothers, don't stay there." Brad turned around and placed the heirloom mask into the ring, and Brad's appearance and figure suddenly returned to his own form.
Brad turned around, bowed to Woking, who was already stunned, and said, "Reintroduction, Brad. Tirisfa had seen Lord Woking. โ
Woking was indeed shocked, he had also guessed that the person who fell was Brad, but he had seen Brad's picture from the forums shared by adventurers, but the two were too different to have any similarities in age, size, and appearance, and the temperament of the leader alone did not mean anything.
"You're the marshal of the Alliance, that brother and sister?"
Brad smiled and said, "She's one of my wives, Braumux. Corona. โ
"Then why are you left with two people, and the younger siblings are obviously seriously injured." Woking asked curiously.
"It's true that we were attacked by Blackwater pirates, and I didn't lie to you, it's like this......" Brad briefly explained the ins and outs of the future, of course, some personal secrets and Naga or anything he didn't mention.
"So you and the goblins are mortal enemies, then you still follow me to Ratchet City, I really don't know whether to admire your courage or call your recklessness." Woking's eyes sparkled brightly.
"Without tracking, goblins can do anything to me." Brad waved his hand and said, "I won't be able to see Ratchet City soon, I'll talk about other things later, how about I let my brother watch a grand bonfire first?" (To be continued......)