"Hey!" When Van Dahl's voice came out of the back room, I could hear how happy he was.

Standing in the not-so-spacious living room of his house, I waited for this old friend to come out. And when he appeared in front of me, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at me carefully for a while, and finally stood in front of me with his head shaken in surprise. "Is it really you?"

"You say this so hatefully that I want to pull your beard." I pouted.

"Haha!" He suddenly opened his mouth and laughed out loud. Then he hugged me tightly! "Brother! I've been looking forward to seeing you again! ”

"Me too!" I smiled and patted him on the back.

"Ahh Why are you so cold! He patted me too, "It's cold like a frozen boar." He smiled and asked me to take off my outer burqa.

"Come on, brother! Don't be inhibited, it's like your own home! He took my robe and threw it on a chair to the side. Come, come, come here, I'll pour you a drink! He was as happy as a child.

"Your mother's doesn't look old." I sat in a chair by the fireplace and looked at his thick waist.

"Really?" He laughed: "This is the benefit of Danmoro weather, which can keep your youth for a long time!" After bringing me a glass of wine, he said, "Taste, this is the best wild wine from Roquemordan." So saying, he sat down across from me with the flask on the ground, his beard was blonde, his hair was bronzed, and his thick beard was beautifully braided. I learned divination from others some time ago, and the divination said that I was going to have a distinguished guest coming these days. ”

"You're still learning fortune telling?"

"It turns out it's not a lie." He said, "Hahaha! So I informed my townspeople in advance, and if I found out that outsiders, especially foreigners, were coming, I would definitely invite them in. ”

"No wonder your people are so welcoming." I laughed, "They don't like to go to Ironforge." ”

"Hah!" Vandal said, "I didn't expect it to be you!" I thought you had forgotten about my old friend. ”

"Of course not." I said, "By the way, I have a good gift for you." ”

"Really? Did you give me a gift? He smiled and rubbed his hands.

"I can't bring half a fan of pork to see you." As I spoke, I pulled out the hammer from the pile of weapons beside me.

"Ah...... It's ......" Vandal could see at a glance what it was. "Do you want me to be a carpenter or a stonemason? I'm not old enough to retire. ”

I handed him the hammer, "Take a good look at it." ”

"That's pretty ...... Take advantage of it! He grabbed it in his hand and shook it. This is...... Where did you get it? ”

"Black Iron Dwarf." I said, "You know there's a deep, wide canyon north of Blackstone Mountain?" ”

"Yes."

"Right from there." I say.

"What are you doing there?"

"As I passed by, I found a large number of black iron dwarves, and I stopped by ...... Picked up a handful. I said.

"It's a tool hammer." He said.

I reached for the hammer and slammed it into his ground, and the slab cracked!

Vandal exclaimed, "My floor! ”

I handed him the hammer, "You try." ”

"You ......," he looked at me in surprise, "this ......"

"You try the feel." I say.

"Try what?"

"Is this thing any good?" I said and crouched next to the floor that had just been smashed, "You don't have a thin floor, right?" ”

He also crouched down, then raised his hammer and slammed it down. As the floor cracked, the expression on his face shifted dramatically. "What's this?" He asked me in surprise.

"I don't know what they're made of, but ......," I pointed, "this thing isn't the same metal as our other weapons." As I spoke, I took my usual hammer and handed it to him, "You try again." ”

"My floor is broken in two!"

"It's not bad to break two pieces, and one more piece to break." I say.

As a result, when he smashed it on the ground with my hammer, the hammer almost came off.

"What the hell is this!" He cried out in surprise.

"I don't know, brother!" I shook my head and said, "But I know it's good stuff and it's invincible!" ”

"That will beat him into a war hammer...... Well! His eyes lit up and he grinned, "Either I'll think I'll have a noble person coming!" In a moment he said, "Do you still have this thing?" ”

I rolled my eyes, "I almost got myself in this one!" ”

He smiled and placed the hammer on the edge of his chair, "Cheers to friendship!" ”

He filled my cup with wine, "I have heard that your king has been lost. He asked me as he leaned back in his chair.

"You know all about this?"

"The whole world knows." He said, "Huh...... How could such a thing not know that the king was lost! And isn't the place where the king lost it in Minahir Harbour? It's also not far from Danmorro. He looked at me, "How can this happen?" ”

"Then how do I know, now that I have returned to the field, the king's affairs have nothing to do with me." I said, "I'm a common man." ”

"No news from Dao so far?"

"That's for sure, if there was any news, you would have known it a long time ago." I say.

"Do you know who did it?"

"It was done by a group of people who had served the king, contributed their efforts, and sold their lives, but in the end they did not get the rewards they deserved." I say.

Vandal frowned, "So what are you going to do now?" ”

"Do nothing."

"You didn't have a family?"

I squinted at him, "You have a lot of children!" ”

He snorted and laughed twice, "This thing is actually not difficult. ”

"Also, you are such a big lord, such a large territory, so many people, it is better for your own family to take care of this business than to hire someone else." I said, "I remember there's a road in the southernmost part of your territory that leads to the Scorching Canyon to the south, right?" ”

"Path." He said: "It's not a direct pass, you have to take a detour." He said.

"The Black Iron Dwarves in the south are growing a little fast now." I say.

"Hmm." He groaned.

"Don't you know this?"

"Yes." He said. "But I haven't been in charge of it for the past few years."

"Why?"

"They're too weak." Vandal said.

"Huh?" I thought I misheard.

"You heard me right." He said, "The Black Iron Dwarves are too weak now. ”

"Their equipment...... It's still good. "I said." And they now have tens of thousands of people. ”

Vandal waved his hand, "Don't worry. ”

"Really? You're all so arrogant now? ”

"Not hubris, brother!" He said: "You may not know, many years ago you came here to help liberate Kazmodan, and then something went wrong inside the gnomes, but with the help of King Magni, the gnomes not only survived the disaster safely, but also really stood up. ”

"What's that?"

"Airplanes, tanks."

"And muskets!" I added.

"Hah! Don't you know? ”

As I spoke, I pulled my gun out of my chest, "Well, look at what I do." ”

He took the musket I handed him and his eyes lit up again, and the look on his face was really ...... when I handed him the three-barreled musket Oh, how to put it, it's like a playful child seeing a novel toy.

"That's too ...... Advanced! He took it in his hand and looked at it.

"There's a big world out there, too." I say.

"Where did you get this?"

"It was made by the orcs who funded the invasion of you and us."

Vandal's brows furrowed as he looked at me: "Sounds tongue-twisting, is this true or false?" ”

"Are you asking this question to show surprise?"

"I can't believe they've made such an advanced weapon." As he spoke, he raised his gun and aimed it at the fire, "Can you give this to me?" ”

"Can't!" I glared and said solemnly!

"So stingy?" He grinned and tried to cheat.

"Don't fool you!" I said, "That's what I'm trying to do." ”

"I'll have my craftsman make you one too!" He said.

"I can lend it to you for two days, but I'm not going to give it to you, I'll give you one when I get it later." I snorted. "And I'll have to leave in a few days."

"In a few days? In such a hurry? He said dissatisfiedly: "We haven't seen each other for more than 20 years!" Why are you walking around in such a hurry? ”

"I'm going north." I say.

"North? Is it the Northern Kingdom? His face drooped as he spoke, and then he said solemnly, "I advise you that it is better not to go." ”

"How?"

"Don't you know there's something big going on in the north?"

"What's the big deal?"

"It's bigger than you losing the king!" He raised his voice exaggeratedly, "The kingdom of Lordaeron is gone, you know! ”

"I know!"

"Lordaeron is gone! That country should be about the size of our dwarves! Say no, it's gone! But do you know why? ”

"The plague." I say.

"No, no, no!" He grabbed my gun and swung it, "When the northerners die, they all become ...... Corpse! He said, "Zombies! Dead! ”

"I know......"

"Hah! You know that! He laughed, "But you must not know what's going on now." ”

"Storm Gaard has sent someone to ask for reinforcements recently." I say.

"Hah! You know a lot about this. He pouted, "How long have you been here?" ”

"I've only been here for a few days." I say.

"Then do you know why you came to ask for reinforcements?" He squinted at me.

"I don't know."

"Then you still want to go north?" He snorted.

"But I found that the people there seemed to be very interested in this matter, and they were enthusiastic, enthusiastic, and eager to try!"

Vandal shook his head, "This thing was done by a group of Ironforge people who were well fed and had nothing to do, what's the good thing about fighting?" ”

"Huh?" I looked at him in amazement: "I thought you ...... ...... with them too."

"No, no, no, no!" He shook his head, "What about me...... Good at fighting, but I'm not a belligerent! He said with a little pride: "I don't want to take my people so far away to die." ”

"But your king seems to have agreed." I say.

"He agrees that it's his business, and it's better to let someone else do this kind of thing."

"But I've heard them say they have a very high demand for you in Ironforge!"

Vandal frowned and squinted at me, "You don't have to listen to their civilians. He snorted, "They don't represent the king." ”

"But the king of public opinion will still think about it." I say.

He snorted and didn't speak again.

"What's going on in the north now?" I asked.

"The king sent for me the other day." He said: "The marshal who heard it was called, the man who came to Stormgar to ask for help, said that there was now internal and external troubles in Stormgard. ”

"What...... How can there be internal worries. ”

"I don't know about this, anyway, there are rebel forces in the country, and they are sabotaging internally."

"Are you also undead?"

"What?"

"Did I say it's the dead who did the destruction?"

"How can a dead man wreak havoc? It's a living person! Vandal said: "Outsiders are dead." ”

"Where did the dead man go?"

"It is said that they have broken through their Great Wall." He snorted, "Humans like to engage in such useless things. ”

"That's the Wall of Soladin!" I say. "When did this happen?"

"It's been a month." He said, "The wall of Soladin is really a wall, and it doesn't work." ”

"They're badly defeated?"

"I guess I wouldn't have traveled all the way here to ask for help, and the marshal himself came."

"What's going on in their kingdom now?"

"It feels like half of the country is almost gone!" Vandal said. "It's fucking non-stop."

"What about the Hammer Dwarves?" I asked, "Aren't they closer to the Hammer Dwarves and easier to get reinforcements?" ”

"Hammer dwarves......," he snorted, "if the Hammer dwarves' help had helped, they wouldn't have come." ”

"That's why you have to send troops, right?"

He breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes! ”

The few days I spent at Vandall's house were really comfortable, and one of the few I actually fell asleep and had a good dream. I was not interested in eating and drinking, and he took me to the distant mountains, even to the place where we first met, and fished there. He always had something to say, he was happy in his words, and he didn't feel old at all.

In fact, he was already over a hundred years old at this time.

One morning when he woke up and saw no one else, he did not appear until noon, dressed in a craftsman's clothes, with a leather apron and glasses, and standing in front of me with a long-handled two-handed war hammer, and he handed it to me, "Look at it! ”

The hammer was a meter long, and I didn't recognize the wood of the handle, but it felt sturdy, and it was painted black. The hammer head is black, and it looks like a boar's head. I looked at the hammer in amazement, "You smelted that hammer and recreated it?" ”

"That's right!" Vandal took off his glasses, "Try the feel!" ”

One end of the hammer of this pig's head hammer is the pig's arch of a wild boar, but it is not so big, about the size of a large walnut. At the other end of the hammer was a silver spike, and above the hammer there were three long, sharp-looking spikes.

"It's a bit ...... Peculiar! "I said." Very distinctive. ”

"I just tried." He said. "Come on, you try it too!"

Then he went to his family's foundry, which had not only casting and smelting tools, but also various test equipment, including dummies wearing and not wearing various armors, and dead pigs wearing various armors.

"Try it, this weapon is amazing!" His eyes lit up.

When I picked up the hammer and smashed it on the objects, the whining sound of the hammer tearing through the air signaled the death of the enemy on the other side, and ordinary weapons would not have made a sound. But after this hammer went down, the plate armor was directly smashed into a big hole, and even some of them only had one layer of plate armor and no second layer of chain mail protection, and they were directly smashed through! Plate armor can't stop this hammer at all!

And those chain mail, scale armor, and leather armor can't protect the flesh below, and after a hammer goes down, all the bones are directly shattered, and none of them are spared. And when it was smashed against those shields, the situation was even more terrible, and the wooden shields were directly hammered.

I looked at Vandal in amazement, and he looked proud, "This is the magic weapon I created!" ”

"It's amazing." I exclaimed, "It's the best warhammer I've ever seen." ”

"Guess what I gave it a name!" I've never seen such a proud smile on his face.

"You can get something like this! I can't take it. ”

Then he swung the black hammer and smashed all the dummies standing there, before he cried out in satisfaction, "I have given it the loudest name that perfectly matches...... It's called invincible! ”

Well...... I love the name!

After a few days I told him I had to go, but Vandal was adamant against me going on the road, saying that my musket had not yet been studied and that I would leave in a few days. I had to stay for a few more days. Though I am happy, I ...... I wasn't as happy as I was the other day.

I didn't want to spoil him, so I went hunting with him and patrolling the mountains together, and I got to know his generals.

Hmph, I said I knew each other, but I still couldn't tell who they were at night or when.

Actually, you can't blame me for this, they look too similar. The size is about the same, the beard is basically the same color, and even the hair color and even the hairstyle are very consistent! If it weren't for the different clothes they were wearing, they might have changed seats after being introduced on the spot, and I wouldn't have known them.

Vandal could see my feelings, too, and he didn't stop me too much when I asked to leave again.

"Musket research understood?" I smiled.

"The basic research is understood." He laughed.

"The basic research is understood, but it is not yet understood." As I spoke, I handed him the two muskets, "Keep them, good brother." This is also left to you...... Commemorate it! ”

"Humph! I feel so sad when I say this. He snorted, but I could see his reluctance.

"I don't know when we can see each other this time." I say. Originally, I had the second half of the sentence, but when it came to my mouth, I swallowed it back.

"Then I can't ask for it!" He didn't take it, but shook his head, "I hope you'll give it to me the next time I see you, or...... You can send me two more better handfuls! He smiled hard.

"Humph! Next time......" I sighed softly.

"And you're signing up for it! You said last time that you would give me a better one if you meet a good one in the future! He said.

I embraced this hundred-year-old dwarf, round, thick and strong guy with open arms!

"Wait, I have a gift for you." As he spoke, he went to his room, and after a while, he came out, with a piece of ...... in his hand. It's the same as a turtle shell...... Shield.

"I've got you!" His face was full of sincerity and his eyes were full of love.

This shield is really not very good-looking, the surface of the shield is unusually smooth, and the smooth one is not like the real thing. I took the shield and looked at it, the smooth surface glowing green.

"What is this?" I asked him.

"This is a shield made from a craft unique to our Thunderspear family, and my shield is much better than theirs, and it can be regarded as an ancestral heirloom. I gave him to you. He said.

"I can't afford such a valuable gift." I quickly pushed it back.

"You are my brother, Bill, you have saved my life, you have helped my people, you have saved my country." He said: "I have very few friends like you in my life, and I also cherish the friendship between us very much, and I hope you can live well, it ...... I can protect you like I am by your side! ”

Looking at his sparkling eyes, I took it, "Thank you, brother! "Honestly, even without this shield, his words are enough to move me!

"The name of the hammer you gave me is Indestructible!" "And it has an even louder name," he smiled...... It's called something that can't be shaken! ”

The dwarves are already short, and this shield is actually more than thirty centimeters and less than forty centimeters in their hands, but this thing is really just right hidden behind my cloak! He patted the shield on my back, "Your back will be best protected from now on!" ”

Truth be told, the whereabouts of the shield that Lothar gave me since I was captured in Stormwind are unknown. That shield has saved my life countless times! I haven't felt much security since then, really...... And I'm always on my own. Without a brother in my back, I was always alone in the face of all kinds of dangers.

When this green round shield is placed on my back, I can feel not only the warmth of the relationship between the brothers, but also the most sincere care and love from the brothers.

"There will be a date later! Brothers! "Vandal Thunderspear sent me out of town.

The sun shone on my face, and the crisp wind that blew through the Danmoro forest made me feel extremely happy!

"There will be a date later! My brother! ”