Volume 5 The Return of the King 77 In the Black Rock Mountain

When I heard the news coming out of her mouth, I just felt my brain buzz! The first thing that comes to my mind is...... Throw the corpse!

I know the virtues of tomb robbers! I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it!

The armor is gone! Oh, my God! I looked at the woman in front of me angrily! "They...... Insulting his corpse? My voice trembled suddenly. How they treated his corpse! "I almost shouted.

"The corpse is okay......" She seemed frightened by my sudden anger, and she quickly said, "They...... There was no desecration of corpses. ”

When I heard her words, I felt my mind relax again, "Really? ”

The woman nodded, "When I saw Lothar's body still on the side...... I'm also angry, but...... The body is intact...... The shroud was not removed. It's just ......," she looked at me and sighed softly, "the armor is all gone, and it's ...... His weapons disappeared along with him. ”

"Weapons?" I looked at her in amazement: "How is this possible! The weapon is missing? Did you know his weapon was shattered! ”

"Broken?" The woman's look of surprise was clearly unaware of this.

"When he fought a decisive battle with an orc in Blackstone Mountain, his weapon was given to him by the orc who was fighting against him...... Shattered. I said, "I can't be mistaken." Speaking of this, the scenes of the year appeared in front of my eyes again! At that time, corpses were everywhere, rivers of blood flowed, all of them were red-eyed, and everyone was fighting to the death. Lothar's face to Ogrim Doomhammer......

But when I think about it, especially here, I feel very uncomfortable.

The woman was a little stunned and said, "If you lose your weapon...... I think this should be done by the dwarves. ”

"Why?"

"You don't know anything about dwarves." "I've been observing them here for years, and this group of diggers is not only interested in the gems, metals, and other inexplicable things buried in the ground," she said...... It is also a martial race. Of course, they have a common problem, which is ...... Collect enemy weapons. ”

"Whether it's whether they've beaten someone else or someone else has beaten them, they like to collect their opponent's weapons as a ...... Commemorate. ”

"Are you sure?" I looked her in the eye and said. "Not with the skulls of the enemy?"

"You're thinking too much!" The woman shook her head, "Alas! She sighed, "They are very fond of collecting, and this is also their national habit or tradition, especially if they respect their enemies, they will carefully collect their weapons." She looked at me and said, "They like to record history, and those things are the best witnesses." ”

"But we didn't have a big war with the Black Iron Dwarves at the time." I say.

"But you ...... Uh, it should be us, defeated the orcs! Orcs, ogres, these things are still relatively powerful in this land. She said. And for someone who can erect such a grand statue......" she snorted, "and they're not stupid. But when it came to this woman, her eyes were full of regret, and then turned into anger. You know how hateful dwarves can be by now. ”

"Didn't you say that the dwarves had gone underground?"

"Yes, mostly." "After all, they're not all moles. ”

"And where are their gathering places?" I asked.

"Would you like to meet them?" The woman seemed to look at me with interest.

"Yes. And I don't just want to meet them, I want to go around their underground kingdom. "I said." If you can...... I want to get all of Lothar's armor and weapons back. ”

The woman immediately shook her head after hearing my words, "You can meet them, but I don't recommend that you go underground." She said solemnly.

"Why?"

"I have wanted to go in and find out ......," she said, "and I am no less curious about their kingdom than you are." But...... I've never been able to do that. ”

"How?"

"Their villages on the surface are not very different from before." Morgan said, pointing to the Black Rock Mountain in the distance. "The alliance army simply cleared the dwarves on the surface, and the black iron dwarves on the ground ran away, and those who couldn't run away were all killed, you know, but the alliance did not carry out a larger-scale purge of this land, and even the copperbeard tribe that occupied the Black Rock Mountain did not garrison troops in the mountains."

The woman looked at me: "They were ...... soon after you left. Also retreated. ”

"Do you mean that these Stocky Black Fat have been living here since the Coalition forces left?" I asked, surprised.

"So to speak." She nodded, "I've heard that you've built a watchfort in the Cursed Lands, and you've built fortifications to keep an eye on that dark door, but ...... here," she snorted, "There are no troops stationed here except us, and we're the watchmen." ”

"I don't understand what you mean."

"They may have created a very large underground kingdom in the Black Rock Mountain." She said.

"Isn't that the custom of the dwarves? The same is true of the Copperbeard Dwarves, who built the Ironforge Fort in Danmorrow...... It's pretty much the same as this one. I said.

The woman shook her head, "I know, but this underground world is nothing like what we imagined. She said, "They don't just live in the Black Rock Mountains. ”

Looking at her face, I suddenly remembered something.

"There are some villages of Black Iron Dwarves on the ground, but these people do not make up the majority of their group, most of the Black Iron Dwarves live underground, although they seem to be fairly calm on the surface, but ...... As far as I know, they are now more thoroughly turned into slaves. ”

"What do you mean to become a slave?"

"I've heard about the inside of Blackstone Mountain...... It's not peaceful at all. She looked at the smoking Blackstone Mountain in the distance, "I just said that there are not only dwarves in the Blackstone Mountain now!" And the orcs, and ...... Lord of Flames. ”

I remembered a lot of things at once. "Orcs and Fire Kings!" The woman looked at me, and she thought I didn't understand.

"I ...... I remember seeing ...... when I sneaked in here before," I said. "Those...... Flame ......"

The woman nodded, "According to the captives I caught, the owner of Blackstone Mountain is no longer a dwarf. ”

"I know, I've seen those ...... Elemental creatures, right? ”

"Yes, but not quite." She said. "Orcs now occupy most of Blackstone Mountain."

"When?"

"Blackstone Mountain hasn't actually been cleared." She said.

"I know, I mean...... Why. ”

"Don't you know that?"

"I am the vanguard of the army, after the battle of Blackstone Mountain, our troops immediately went to Red Ridge Mountain, and then rushed to liberate Elwyn Forest and Stormwind City, I don't know much about this side of Blackstone Mountain."

"The human forces are sweeping the floor on the Burning Plains, but the hygiene inside the Blackstone Mountain has been severely hampered, and I heard that the Copperbeard and Brute Hammer tribes launched an attack on the interior of the Blackstone Mountain at the same time, but they all retreated soon after entering."

"Why?"

"Because the real owner of this mountain has come forward, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, and the owner is unwilling."

"Those elemental creatures?"

"Yes, as far as I know." The woman said as she looked at the smoking Black Stone Mountain in the distance, "That's what the Lord of Flames did." ”

"That'...... Do they know you exist? ”

"Do you mean Black Iron Dwarves? I don't think I know. Morgan said, "Otherwise, we would not have existed in terms of their numbers." ”

"But there aren't many dwarven villages I've found on the surface."

"That's because you don't have much room to go."

"How long have you been watching them?" I asked.

"Always observing." She looked at me and said, "I have only one enemy, and that is them." ”

I didn't expect to be able to enter the Black Rock Mountain again after so many years, and the mountain was still so hot and dark. Looking at the buildings in the mountains that were still in good condition, I said, "I built such a magnificent underground city, and finally gave it up." ”

"There's not a drop of water in here." She said. "These buildings are very good, but ......," she said, pointing to the lava flowing beneath her feet, "this place is full of flames, and the water is all dry, after all, dwarves are flesh and blood, and they are not thirsty for water." ”

"Now those dwarves live in the depths of the mountains, and there is water in the abyss?"

Morgan looked at me and said, "Or else?" They did survive. These guys can't drink lava! ”

"Years ago, it was the Black Iron Dwarves who awakened the elements underground." She leaned against the edge of the fence and looked at the churning magma below, and said, "The Ironforge Fort, built by the Copperbeard Dwarves, shouldn't it be that hot, right?" ”

I nodded.

"Do you know that the dwarven kingdom was divided back then?" She asked me.

"I know some."

"The Black Iron Dwarves settled here after they were expelled from their homes, and at first it was also a place of birds and flowers, not bad at all with the Red Ridge Mountain, and it is even said that the environment is much better than the Red Ridge Mountain, the temperature here is higher, and the humidity is greater, so it is a very good land. But then the Copperbeard tribe was going to be wiped out, and the Black Iron tribe who had just settled here also fought tenaciously for survival. But...... In the end, they were still defeated by the Copperbeard Clan, and in the end, the Black Iron Dwarves made a decision that was both right and wrong. ”

"What do you mean by being right and wrong?"

Morgan sighed, "It's the summoning of those elemental creatures, which keeps their tribe alive, but at the cost of generations of slavery." ”

"But the elemental creatures you spoke of seem to me...... Just creations that resemble magic, how do they harness the dwarves? ”

"Elements are not simple elements." She looked at the magma beneath his feet, the red of the magma reflected on his face, "They're all intelligent creatures. ”

"But none of the elemental IQs I met were high."

"You said you'd seen those flames, didn't you? Have you met anyone else? ”

"Further north on the Burning Plains, there are some stone men there." I say. "Stone is an element, right?"

She pointed to the tumbling magma and said, "According to the Black Iron captives, their king has awakened the Lord of Flames who is sleeping underground. ”

"Do the elements have kings?" I snorted.

"The King of the Elements." She said, "Although mages use natural spells such as fire and frost, I don't think the mages of the elemental world know more than I do. ”

She looked at me and continued, "The wind element, the fire element, the water element, or the earth element. These things have their own rulers, and it is these commanders who continue the material in this world to make this world balanced. ”

"You're saying there's a ...... hidden under this mountain? Lord of Flames. ”

"Yes, he has a name, his name is Ragnaros."

"That's a mouthful."

"After the Lord of Flames was summoned, he easily defeated the Copperbeard Clan who came to attack, and he was able to enslave them very easily."

"The Black Iron Dwarves have been enslaved by the Lord of Flame as you said for a long time, right?"

"As far as I know, so."

"What did you learn...... Did the Black Iron Dwarves resist? ”

"Resistance?" Morgan smiled, "Of course they think so. ”

"Fire elemental creatures are so powerful?"

"It's not amazing, it's too powerful." "It is said that the king of the Black Iron Dwarves, Thorrison, was killed by Ragnaros at that time. ”

"The king was killed? The dwarves must not all run away? ”

"No, I'm curious about it, the trees are scattered, and the dwarves can escape, but they still live in peace, so I think the news that Thorrison was killed by Ragnaros is fake."

"Does the Copperbeard Dwarf know about this?"

"Of course I do." "But what about knowing," she said. ”

"Yes......" I pouted. Have they resisted? ”

"As far as I know, some of them have wanted to resist, but the price is ...... The rebels were all dead, their blood drained, and they were transformed into the same elemental as them. Then they will suffer eternal torment! Morgan looked at me and said seriously.

"Fire elemental creatures can still be modified?"

"Of course not the flame elemental!" "It's the most ...... of the elemental creatures," Morgan said Races that are not valued. ”

"What?"

"Earth elemental."

"Really?" I looked at her in amazement.

"Of course it's true." "On the Burning Plains roam some warriors who have been cursed for their rebellion," she said. ”

"Have you seen it?"

"Right where you met my men, there has been one hovering around the lonely mountain, but you luckily didn't meet you." She said.

"What does it look like?"

"It was tall, at least three meters over, almost four meters tall, and his body was a mixture of stone, metal, and earth." Morgan pointed to the magma below, "but its core is boiling magma and scorching flames. ”

"What is this?"

"Dwarves have their own legends, the origin of their own birth. Legend has it that they were transformed from the spirits of the earth, that is, their ancestors were a group of stone people, or mud people. She said, "And the flames can scorch them, and the magma is their melting self." ”

"Sounds pretty good."

"No, that thing is pretty manic. According to the Black Iron captives, the creatures were cursed, and the reason they survived was made up of two aspects, one was the soul and blood of the dwarves, and the other was ...... Curse of the Fire King. The woman accentuated, "They are alive, but they will be scorched and burned by the flames for eternity." ”

"They can jump into the water and seek relief." I say.

"Humph! You want to be beautiful. "The Lord of Flames has countless ways to torment the unfaithful and the people it hates, and the cursed dwarves can only make the water boil even if they jump into the water." ”

"It doesn't look like there's enough water." I say.

"If it worked, those dwarves whose cores were burning and whose souls were burned would have been liberated long ago." "Besides, the Lord of Flames has almost turned the land upside down, and the water here can't extinguish the fire in them," she said. It is for this reason that after these huge monsters are cursed and exiled, they must find targets to vent their anger. "If you are found by it near the Lonely Mountain, you will most likely end up in a broken state that no one will recognize you," she said. ”

"So brutal?"

"The guy near the Lonely Mountain has a name, his name is Walcha, it is said that he is a general of the Black Iron Clan, and one of the people who is ready to participate in the rebellion, but he was caught by the Lord of Flames and tortured, so this guy ...... Now you know why the ogre on the lonely mountain is so stable. ”

"Ready to join the revolt?"

"That's what they said." The woman said, "Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys." ”

I shook my head in disbelief, "What about inside this mountain?" ”

"There are a lot of them in this mountain, but we don't know how many there are." She said: "This mountain is bottomless, and even if I caught the black iron dwarves and asked them to confess, they still haven't figured out whether the abyss of this mountain has a bottom or not. ”

"Have all the dwarves you interrogated ever seen the Fire King?"

"No, most of them are just legends." Morgan smiled, "Are you still going to go inside?" ”

"I've been there before, have you forgotten?"

"Have you been?" Morgan screamed. "When?"

"When we were still stationed in Lakeside Town."

"I haven't heard you talk about it." She said.

"Didn't I tell you? I was following them......" I pointed down, "see there?" That's where I got in. ”

"Do you want to go in and have a look now?" She asked.

"Humph!" I laughed in response. "Then there's no other way to get in?"

"Yes, but it's dangerous." She said.

I nodded, "I'd still like to go in and have a look." ”

She shook her head, "I can't persuade you." ”

"You don't need to be responsible for this, it's my own business." I said, "Thank you for telling me this, and I met Lothar too...... Statue, I'm glad I can meet you again. ”

"Come on, are you really going to go in?"

"You can't do it in vain." I say. "You can go back to camp, and if I can find something terrible and make it out alive, I think I'll go find you."

"I know you're powerful, but you're committing suicide on your own."

"You're underestimating me, woman. My Horse ...... Don't take me away, and feed me some water if you can. After smiling, I tapped her on the shoulder. To be honest, it would be better for me to go alone.

I didn't choose the path to the abyss when I first came, and to be honest, I have a little trepidation when I think about it now, and I remember that there were other paths.

It's actually quite big, and although there's a ring around the mountain that looks like a residential house, there's a side with a much more dense building, and I guess there's a lot of access to the depths of the mountain.

The gates were all destroyed, and I felt my way up the road in the dark, until I saw the light again and realized that my guess was right, and I came to the upper floor of the building, and when I overlooked the place, I suddenly felt a sense of pity.

When I reached the upper floor, the road was much easier, so I lit a torch and walked slowly through the silent and dark passage. There really isn't even a mouse in this place!

The passage is very long, but I have to admire that the dwarves are well repaired. Dwarves generally have a beginning and an end to things, this is one of the places I admire them more, as long as the walls and roads are paved, then there must be a saying along the way to the end, either it is a secret room, or there is a cave.

It's extremely quiet and extremely dry. Generally speaking, as long as it is a cave, there will be a certain amount of moisture in it, after all, it is inside the mountain, and low temperature is normal, but here is not only very dry, but also the temperature is very high, my torch is burning half-dead, and the faint light emitted makes me barely see the road ahead, although I used to be clothed in darkness, but this endless darkness will still make me feel some pressure.

I walked forward for a long time in the faint light, and suddenly I heard the sound of clanging iron. The sound is very slight...... But it's already a surprise in this kind of place! I stepped up, and finally I felt a faint red light in front of me! Found the exit!

After extinguishing the torch, I felt the wall and came to the exit of the passage, stuck to the wall, and looked inside!

This place is a different shape of Ironforge! The architectural style of this group of guys is really taught by a teacher, carved out of a mold! Forge a forge, except for a forge or a forge forge!

In this dark place, the dwarves were all shiny and shiny, the men were naked, and some of the women were the same, they were shirtless without fear! To be honest, the first time I've seen a dwarf woman topless, I'm really ...... Eyes opened! Not to mention the scale, this group of women should have a strong ability to breastfeed!

But I can understand them, this place can't be called hot anymore, it should be too hot! And it's muggy! Although I don't have to breathe to survive, the scorching air is definitely unbearable for ordinary people!