Azeroth’s Death Track

Three things dwarves are best at: forging, drinking and digging.

Of course, their combat power is also very strong, but considering that the number of dwarves is absolutely at a disadvantage compared with humans, so in this era, dwarves are more accustomed to solving problems through negotiation instead of using weapons easily. The ravages of Khaz Modan have taken a heavy toll on Ironforge, and the dwarves, like the human kingdoms, are recuperating.

But as a long-lived species, the reproduction speed of dwarves is far slower than that of humans. It may take a hundred years for them to fully recover to the number before the orc war.

Fortunately, peace has finally come, and the dwarves can escape the blood-pumping battles to do something they like, like... digging!

The speed of dwarves digging underground is unmatched by the most skilled human miners. They can dig out a hole in a day that takes a week for humans. Of course, this is also because of the special body structure of dwarves, which allows them to adapt to long The toil of time, and the long stay in the dark underground.

So in many jokes about dwarves, the word dirt mouse is often used, although dwarves don't like this title.

Brian Bronzebeard set off from Ironforge to the Uldaman excavation site in the Badlands. It took him a day, and when he arrived, the dwarf archaeologist who presided over the excavation work was already in a spider web. In the tunnel, the way to the three chambers was cleared.

Well, you have done a very good job, and you are worthy of being elite members of the Explorers' Association.

Old Bryan carried a lantern and walked in the dark underground tunnel. He was protected by 20 dwarf royal guards. These dwarves dedicated to combat wore full armor, held a hammer and a shield, and carried a sword behind each of them. With muskets and heavy weapons, on the battlefield, these 20 royal guards can easily resist 50 humans, or the same number of orcs.

Don't underestimate the muscle bumps of these short people, their strength is no less than that of orcs.

We hollowed out the mountain in the middle overnight. I have to say that we really overlooked a lot of things.

The dwarf behind Brian chattered:

At the place closest to the tunnel we dug, the soil layer was not even 3 yards thick from the secret chamber, but we just didn't find it...Brian, speaking of it, how did you discover these three secret chambers? You Did you find any clues?

The dwarf archaeologist said excitedly:

We found a lot of weird runes on the outer layer of the secret chamber, which we have never seen before, and there are no such runes in the annals left by those pointed ears. In other words, they are at least ancient elves. It was buried before the empire appeared! At least 30,000 years ago, this is simply incredible, and we will be recorded in history because of this great discovery.

Another archaeologist was even more exaggerated, shouting:

Compared with these three secret chambers, the cultural relics we discovered before are like the gap between dust and the sun. Brian, you are simply amazing! There were some bastards who wanted to dismiss you before, wait until we discover this Reveal it and see who dares to underestimate you!

These praises made the old dwarf's face feel hot, but he couldn't see it in the dark cave, so he could only answer vaguely:

I saw it in a book. It is said that it is a book from Karazhan. Do you know? It is the mage tower of the human guardian, which was destroyed a few months ago. It is said that it is full of people now. Dark energy, the dead are resurrected, guarded there, no one can approach, I guess the book was brought out by someone, and then fell into my hands.

Hmph, human!

The dwarf who followed Brian said disdainfully: They know shit about archaeology, and they have to learn from us in this regard, but speaking of it, the human apprentice you accepted, the human boy named Jones, is not bad. Ironforge's skill in handling those cultural relics has been praised by many seniors.

Of course, Jones will definitely do something great in the future.

Brian patted his chest and said complacently:

He is the child I taught by hand, let's not talk about it...I will take people to the largest secret room first, and the two of you will deal with the other two secret rooms separately. Be careful when opening it. The value of these cultural relics cannot be surpassed. measure.

We know, Brian, be careful yourself, the big secret room is in the deepest part.

The archaeologist handed over two things, an ancient staff and a dim gem:

This is the key that we found after searching the entire excavation site. It's strange to say that we've been thinking about how to open the secret compartment before, but we didn't expect this thing to be used in this way.

We haven't discovered that the icon placed on the ground is actually a topographic map of the entire ruins... We have been looking for the right way, but unfortunately the right way is right under our feet, but it has been ignored.

Brian shrugged:

But it's not too late, let's not waste any more time.

After finishing speaking, the old dwarf led his guards and a group of skilled workers into the deepest path of the ruins. On the way to the closed chamber, Brian Bronzebeard suddenly felt palpitations, and he couldn't help it. Looking back at the darkness of the mine tunnel, it seemed that in the darkness, some strange creatures were watching him.

And as he got closer and closer to the deep secret room, the feeling of being spied on became more and more obvious.

Uh, maybe I shouldn't have opened it.

After combining the gem and the staff, Brian stood in front of the miniature underground palace under his feet, he hesitated:

It's kind of a bad feeling, I always feel like I'm going to cause some trouble when I open it...

The old dwarf hesitated for 3 seconds, and then decisively inserted the staff into the very center of the map of the dungeon. In the next second, a blue light extended down the crystal on the top of the staff, like water flowing through the map. The blue tide quickly covered the miniature map of the entire underground palace. This blue light tide made Brian take several steps back, and then he heard a loud noise.

Brian and the guards behind him raised their heads in unison, and saw the door of the dark room in front of them slowly opening, and the dust accumulated over tens of thousands of years was splashing everywhere, falling slowly from the top of the open door like a waterfall , and behind the darkroom, there was a moving darkness. Along with the vibration of the ground, a stone giant over 7 meters tall slowly walked out of the darkroom.

It was a female sculpture, which looked like an enlarged version of a human being, but the sculpture on her body was so vivid, she was wearing a yellow robe outside the stone body, and in her hand, she was holding a A stone war hammer.

The menacing giant shook her head, and her chaotic eyes quickly fell on the dwarves in front of her who looked up at her in amazement.

Earth spirit... no, the infected of the flesh and blood curse!

The giantess was a little puzzled at first, but when she saw the flesh and blood dwarves, she became furious, swung the huge war hammer in her hand, and smashed it down at the dwarves in front of her.

The remnants of the ancient gods! Don't even think about desecrating the sacred creations of the Titans! Don't even think about disturbing Azadas!

boom

The huge, heavy stone hammer fell from the sky and slammed into the center of the dwarves, but the skilled dwarf royal guards were not afraid, because judging from the strength and angle of this blow, the strength of the giantess in front of him , not as shocking as her figure.

And the giantess herself discovered this problem, she looked at her hands in panic, and screamed:

No! My power, divine gift, where is my power?

It's you! You stole the power bestowed by the Titans, you deserve to die!

kuang

It was another fierce and unreasonable sweep of the giant hammer. A dwarf warrior who couldn't dodge was directly smashed into the wall, but he was only seriously injured.

Brian, a dwarf who is not good at fighting, can't help. When the royal guards were fighting with the weak giantess, Brian glanced at the thick, white, engraved with runes that was also slowly opening at the back of the darkroom. Wen's stone door, he gritted his teeth, grabbed his archaeological tools and rushed towards that door.

Huh, huh, it's really hanging.

Bryan rushed into the stone gate, which seemed to be another road leading more underground, and in this temple-like hall, statues made of clay were everywhere, most of which were heavy The sturdy obsidian statues are responsible for combat, but around those cold stone statues, Brian also found some lifelike dwarf stone statues.

This made his brow ooze with sweat.

It's not because of fear, but because he has already touched a trace of the truth. He can be sure that the dwarves have never been here, so the dwarf stone statues placed here represent the memory that was collectively forgotten by the dwarves, belonging to the dwarves. People's histories, even their missions.

Footman, you bad guy... you're right.

Brian moved forward all the way, and at the moment when he was about to discover the real secret, neither the darkness in front of his eyes nor the increasingly ominous premonition in his heart could no longer stop Brian from running forward.

Our secret, our mission, are all here! All here!

Brian ran through the three stairs at a wild speed, and finally reached the ground. In front of his eyes was another closed door, and this door didn't look like the door of the giantess before. There are no magic patterns shining, and in front of the gate, there is a weird altar.

The old dwarf stepped forward and pushed the door hard, but found that the door blocking the way was hardly moving. He glanced at the altar at hand again, then took out a small knife from his pocket and put it on his fingertips.

I always feel that if I open this door, it will cause a lot of trouble...

Brian told himself this, but the next moment, the knife in his hand cut his finger, and as the most orthodox royal blood of the dwarves dripped into the altar, a dark force rushed out from the ground, Slowly push open the door that has been covered in dust for tens of thousands of years.

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On the other side, the other two dwarven archaeologists who followed Brian Bronzebeard into the excavation site also came to two smaller secret rooms. The door of this secret room is pure black, and it does not look like a treasure store. The place is like a cage for some prisoners.

Open it!

The dwarven archaeologists are daring men, and at his word some dwarves brought small pieces of gunpowder, and amidst the roar and shaking of the cave, the black door was blown to pieces, but when the first When the dwarf walked into the secret room, what he saw was not those gorgeous and great cultural relic sculptures. On the contrary, in the dark darkness of the secret room, what shone out was dense, blood-red, full of violence and madness. ...Eye.

Ahhhh!

Horrified screams, accompanied by the cracking sound of bones being bombarded by heavy objects, resounded throughout the dark excavation site. The dwarves opened the door that should not be opened, and they released the prisoners who should not have been released...

There is no doubt that they will pay the price for this. From now on, Khaz Modan will no longer be the peaceful and beautiful hometown of dwarves and gnomes. The darkness unleashed by them will consume everything they have little by little. Introduce fear and war into their lives, and then completely mess everything up.

This is the goodwill from the cold death crawling in the abyss, it is not so easy to accept!