Chapter 767: Black Iron Will Never Be a Slave?
During the time that Salaen left Azeroth for the Shadow Realm, Valeera, Stellagosa, and Onexia all had their own tasks to complete.
Onexia's mission, while more tiring, is relatively low-tech.
She is only responsible for transmitting the message on behalf of the Black Dragon Royal Family, and it is not up to her to decide whether it can be done or not.
The Backlight Blade led by Valeera will need to infiltrate the heavily guarded Utgard Castle several times, which will be relatively more dangerous than Onexia's mission, but it is not a particularly big problem for Valeera.
Of the three, Stella Gossa is undoubtedly the most complicated, as she needs to hide from the Copperbeard Dwarves and get in touch with the former Copperbeard Princess, now Queen Moella of the Black Iron.
Among the three dwarven clans, the Copperbeard Clan is rich in warriors and blacksmiths, and the griffin knights of the Hammer Dwarves are the only ones in the world.
The Black Iron Clan also has its own advantages over these two clans, and they have more spellcasters than the Brute Hammer and Copperbeard Dwarves combined.
Salaen had learned about the Black Iron Dwarves.
The casters of the Black Iron Dwarves are strange, not just shamans or mages.
If anything, today's Black Iron Spellcasters are a bit like summoners.
Perhaps under the influence of Ragnaros, the Black Iron Dwarves possess a strong affinity for the fire element, and have a unique advantage in learning fire spells.
At the same time, the Black Iron Dwarf Spellcaster can also summon his own fire elemental helper to drive the fire elemental to assist in the battle.
These low-level fire elementals are not self-aware, and will only mechanically obey the summoner's orders.
Although it is much inferior to those high-level fire elemental strengths with intelligence, at least the Black Iron Dwarves will not have any psychological burden when driving them.
After all...... The Black Iron Dwarf, who had already suffered a lot, didn't want to summon another father for him.
Stellagosa's ultimate goal is to obtain the Black Iron Dwarf's summoning spell from Ragnaros, and only a few high-ranking people, led by the Black Iron King, know this secret.
Stella Gossa has no friendship with the Black Iron Dwarves, so she can only get in touch with Moira through Sarean's connections, and then use Moira to convince the new Black Iron King, Dagran Thorrison.
As a blue dragon who is proficient in spells, Stella Gossa used invisibility to infiltrate the abyss of the black stone without going well.
When she entered the Black Rock Mountain, she also saw several black dragon cubs inside the hollowed-out mountain.
The interior of Blackstone Mountain was built entirely by the Black Iron Dwarves.
Ever since Nefarian settled here with his legion of Black Dragons and recruited the "Orthodox Tribe" under the command of Red Black Hand as slaves, the Black Iron Dwarves have been reluctant to retreat.
They abandoned the Blackstone Tower on the upper level and retreated to the Darkforge City, the Black Iron Capital in the depths of the Blackstone Abyss, guarding the Molten Heart, which had been overrun by Ragnaros' clones.
After the end of the Second Orc War, driven by the masters behind each other, the Black Iron Dwarves and the Black Stone Orcs had many small-scale conflicts one after another, and no one could help anyone, so they could only do well water instead of river water.
Ignoring Nefarian, who was entrenched on the upper floors of the Blackstone Tower, Stellagosa descended all the way down to the core of Darkforg, transforming into a female Black Iron Dwarf and infiltrating the Black Iron Tavern in the city.
Using illusion as a cover-up, Stella Gosa finally established contact with Moella, who went out to brush her presence, half a month ago.
As the princess of the Copperbeard Clan, even if she is already a queen, Moira's life in Darkfurnace City is not so good.
There are still many people within the Black Iron Clan who oppose Thoresen marrying the princess of the Copperbeard Clan.
In order to gain the support of the people, Moira had to make frequent appearances outside the palace and talk to the stubborn Black Iron Dwarves up close, hoping to convince her people with sincerity.
Moira's actions were successful in the early days, and the less determined part of the population was impressed by her attitude and gradually changed their hostile stance.
But as time goes on, fewer and fewer people are willing to believe in Moira, and the rest are entrenched diehards who don't change their minds easily.
Leaving the palace to preach to the people has become a part of Moira's life, and even though she knows that it will be difficult to convert more people to support her, she still has no intention of giving up on communicating with the people in close proximity.
Just as Moira was smiling and listening to the most authentic and simple demands of the civilians, an unfamiliar female voice suddenly mixed in her ears.
"Queen Moira, I am the emissary of Marquis Serajan Deepshadow, Stellagosa."
"Lord Marquis has an important collaboration project that he would like to talk to the Black Iron Dwarves, can you find time to meet me alone?"
Moella, who has received royal education since she was a child, has long developed a temperament that is indescribable to joy and anger.
On the surface, her movements and demeanor did not change, but Stellagossa could notice a slight change in her eyes.
'Marquis of the Deep Shadow? Want to work with the Black Iron Dwarves? Why? ’
As the princess of the Copperbeard Dwarves, Moira had a conversation with Saljan at Ironforge, and she knew her well...... Or rather, the High Elves have a friendly relationship with the Copperbeards.
Compared to the Copperbeard Clan, who lived in the sun, the Black Iron Dwarves who hid underground as dogs for the fire elementals were like rats in the gutter, and Moira couldn't understand why Sarren would risk sending his messenger to the Dark Furnace City deep underground.
'Important Cooperation...... What will it be? Is it worth the risk? ’
Although she is the queen of the Black Iron Queen, Moira's every move is under the surveillance of the high-level of the Black Iron Dwarves, and there is really not much free time that can be squeezed out.
When Moira managed to escape the watchdog and go to the atrium garden of the Black Iron King Palace to rest alone, she doubted that the messenger who had transmitted to her remotely would be able to infiltrate the heavily guarded Black Iron Palace.
"Huh~"
Just as Moira rubbed her forehead in a frustrated manner, a High Elf woman in a blue dress appeared in front of her without warning.
Moira was taken aback, and looked at Stella Gossa, who was smiling and saluting her.
"You...... How did you get in? ”
Stella Gossa smiled disapprovingly, "It's not important, is it?" Let's get down to business. ”
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Stella Gossa is not as good as Valeera's, but after being exposed to it for so long, she has learned a lot of negotiation skills.
Under the influence of Sarjan, Stellagossa also does not like to engage in useless pleasantries.
After briefly explaining her identity, she told her intention straight to the point.
When she heard that Marquis of Deep Shadow's bargaining chip was to help the Black Iron Dwarves free themselves from the enslavement of the fire element, Moira's eyes flickered visibly.
As Dagran Thorrisson's bedside, Moira knows her husband's long-cherished wishes better than anyone else.
Except for the naturally soft-boned bastards, no one wants to grovel as a dog, and the Black Iron Dwarves are no exception.
As a descendant of the Thorison family, Dagran had a bad opinion of the king who summoned Ragnaros and found a big daddy for the Black Iron Dwarves.
Needless to say, Dargran Thorrison is focused on the future, and he wants to free his people from the enslavement of the fire elemental forever, so that the Black Iron Dwarves can live in the sun without discrimination.
In the eyes of many Black Iron executives who were accustomed to being dogs to the fire elemental, their new king was young and vigorous, and he was very energetic.
Unfortunately, his ideals are nothing more than foolish dreams.
Not to mention the rest, the sheer strength of Ragnaros' clone would be a great blow to the Black Iron Dwarf's will to resist.
The Black Iron Kingdoms of the past dynasties did not think of rebelling against the fire element, but after weighing the pros and cons, they all chose to swallow their anger in the end.
Without it, the strength was insufficient, and the ancestors couldn't think of how to defeat the powerful Fire Demon King.
Stellagossa was not surprised by the undisguised suspicion on Moira's face, and for mortals, even if they were just doppelgangers, Ragnaros with home advantage would be difficult to beat.
Knowing Serajan's plan, Stellagosa grasped several key points, the most important of which was the assistance of the water elemental of Hydahya.
As the saying goes, fire and water are incompatible.
The relationship between the two elemental lords, Ragnaros and Nepturon, has always been very bad, and the younger brother under their command naturally can't pee in a pot.
Neptulon is still locked in the Throat of the Abyssal in the Water Elemental Realm, but his subordinate Duke Hydaxis has long since infiltrated Azeroth, the Water Elemental of Hydahya, who maintains cooperation with the Night Elves.
In addition to the help provided by the water elemental, Sarena also told Stellagosa a secret.
The fire elemental has provoked many enemies in the elemental world, and Sunderland, the prince of the wind elemental, once challenged Ragnaros.
Unfortunately, due to his lack of strength, Sunderland was unfortunately defeated, and his essence was imprisoned in a container by Ragnaros and handed over to the two Fire Elemental Lords for safekeeping.
Coincidentally, the two Fire Elemental Lords named Gal and Baron Gatun also followed Ragnaros's clone to the material world, and they happened to be carrying those two containers.