Chapter 45: Black Blood

In the chronicle, the course of the Three Hammers incident goes like this:

The dwarven king Magni Copperbeard accidentally touched an artifact sent back from Ulduar, and his whole body turned into crystal, and his fate is unknown. The sole legal heir, Princess Moira, defected to the Black Iron Clan a long time ago, and returned to Ironforge with her people;

Due to the tension caused by the fact that the Black Iron Dwarves had been expelled from Ironforge for many years, Anduin, the crown prince of Stormwind who was visiting here, was stranded. In order to save his son, Varian, the king of Stormwind, personally led his army into Ironforge through the subway, captured Princess Moira, and beheaded her in public.

At this time, Prince Anduin stood up and persuaded him, saying that he had not been imprisoned and that everything was a misunderstanding. In the end, Moira agreed to renounce the inheritance and established the Council of the Three Hammers, which was ruled by the dwarves of the three tribes. So the ironforge was at peace again, and everyone rejoiced.

In many ways, this account is full of fairy tale beauty suitable for young children;

The fantasy background of the incident is that Stormwind directly sent troops to raid the capital of a sovereign state simply because it suspected that the crown prince was imprisoned, without making magic phone calls, sending envoys to ask, and without informing the other party. And after the prince has confirmed his safety, the rightful heir to the throne will be executed in public. In the end, the misunderstanding was resolved, and instead of apologizing for his illegal actions, the army continued to be stranded without justification, and the crown prince was supervised to "voluntarily" renounce the right to inherit the throne and set up a condominium council.

This is Stormwind City, those who don't know think it's a fantasy U.S. military. No matter how you look at it, rescuing the prince is a not-so-clever excuse, similar to laundry detergent. The condominium council under the supervision of Stormwind City also has the implication that the dwarves of Ironforge have gained freedom even though they have lost a lot.

The real purpose of the Stormwind Kingdom's interference in Kazmodan's internal affairs was to maintain the security of the supply lines of mineral raw materials and to ensure that the country's power remained in its own hands, and it did. The fairy tales included in the chronicles are likely to be the events officially announced by mankind after the fact, which probably means "believe it or not, it's already like this anyway".

When he was borrowing the Collector's Edition of Skar's Eternal Stars, Oster left the latest volume after reading it, remembering the part about dwarves.

Turning it out, sure enough, this volume tells the true process and historical origin of the Kazmodan miners' uprising. At present, related events are still fermenting, such as:

King Magni Copperbeard still lies in a crystal coffin, using crystallization magic that costs hundreds of thousands of gold every day to survive; The Stormwind Intervention Force is stationed on the outskirts of Ironforge Fortress, and the Three Hammers Army is scuffling around the kingdom; Princess Moira has been illegally transferred to Stormwind Prison, and the miners' union is trying their best to rescue her.

Subsequent chapters have not yet been published, and the outcome is unknown. Because this event happened just over a year ago, in the 28th year of Stargate. The volume is called "Black Blood".

It opens with a chapter explaining the nouns, clarifying the origin of the title of the volume and the origin of events;

[Source ore, black viscous liquid, volatile, pungent smell, buried deep between the hardest rock layers, mining conditions are extremely harsh. Intensely radioactive and a lifelong curse, legend has it that it is the remains of an ancient god who died eons ago. Contains a large amount of source energy, known as the blood of the magic industry, also known as the black blood.

Unlike traditional minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and kerosene, Source Ore does not need to be smelted or purified, and is itself the basic ingredient for casting magic. After simple drying and crushing, it can be made into magic powder of various properties.

Every qualified mage is inseparable from magic powder from life to death, from waking up to sleeping; In other words, the source energy contained in it is also called magic. In this world, with an adequate supply of mana, magic can build anything, generate any energy, heal any injury, and do anything.

In the northern countries and in the industrial areas around Stormwind, mage workers work around the clock to cast spells, transforming source energy into various magical industrial products. Due to the emission of toxic exhaust gases and the high price of land around the magic net, the buildings stretch upwards until they reach the sky; As a result, these factory chimneys established by the Magister Guild were called "Mage Towers".

By the way, the so-called Magister is a profession that has emerged in the human world in the past two decades, which refers to the establishment and operation of magic guilds, and the employment and guidance of low-level mage apprentices to engage in magical labor. Magisters don't have to be high-level magicians, and they can't even use magic.

In the Kingdom of Stormwind, the mine tunnels and subways extend in all directions to transport the source ore mined in each mining area to the industrial area, where the Mage Tower casts spells and produces, and then ships and distributes the various commodities produced to various places and overseas. The operation of the whole country is supported by the labor of the miners who extract the source energy and the mage workers who process the source energy.

In short, the source energy contained in the source ore is the source of energy for all spellcasting actions in this era. Source ores are the most important commodities in the Union. Since Stormwind signed a decree announcing the decoupling of Kenrito's financial system, the country's gold and silver coins have since become a type of coin, and the banknotes are no longer freely convertible into Mithril but are bound to Source Ore.

Beneath Kazmodan and the Red Ridge Mountains to the east lies some of the richest and most exploitable black veins in the entire eastern continent. Without the source ore and magic powder supplied here, Elwyn's mage tower would not be able to open for even a day.

This story begins in this vast mountain range covered with snow all year round......]

Oster has always had a question: in a world where magic is real, everyone can learn it, and most industries can be replaced, as long as the human brain here is not problematic, how can such a convenient technology be used only for mages to come and go, or hide in the deep mountains and towers to isolate the world?

Now it seems that he was right, and the people of the other world have thought of it a long time ago; In the real World of Warcraft, magic has long entered the stage of comprehensive systematization and industrialization.

In fact, since the time travel, Oster has seen many of the world's magical artifacts. Such as all kinds of spell scrolls, runes, magic books, newspapers, magic pets, portable lighting, fire, accommodation, teleportation utensils, etc., as well as machines driven by magic power, harvesting puppets, trains, airships, steam tanks, etc.;

Most of these things have uniform models, characteristics and standards, and the price of civilian products is unimaginably low, and some are also labeled with trademarks and factory certificates. It is obviously not possible to come from a small handicraft workshop, it is the product of collectivized large industry.

In this way, the factory in this world has changed the workers to low-level mage apprentices, the assembly line has been changed to a rune array, the hammer wrench has been changed to a staff crystal, and the screws have been changed to chanting and casting.

Imagine a large group of mages with pointed hats, robes, and white beards, gathering together to be reprimanded by the goblin master after chanting incantations in front of the Flowing Water Circle all day; Saying who hasn't completed the performance this month, deducting this month's magic powder and the like - it should be a scene with a lot of feelings.

On the other hand, when it comes to source energy, the Titan's ass will definitely not be clean, after all, this technology is what they brought.

Previously, Oster had learned from multiple sources that it was completely different from what was recorded in the chronicles, and the so-called Titan creations, including humans, were all original races that had been biochemically transformed by the Titans, and their original races and histories had been completely erased. The purpose of the Titans is not so much to spread order and civilization as to create brainless obedient slaves to mine source energy resources instead of them;

And the Church's propaganda of steel and rock life made by the Titans, degenerated into the races of the Alliance by the curse of flesh and blood—this kind of forcible confession of father and self-surrender of identity is so far-fetched and ridiculous that the author of the star eternal scolded it without any ambiguity, and was deeply appreciated by Oster. Next, there is a large backstory that exposes the pseudo-history of Titans.