Azeroth’s Death Track

A few months ago, Brian Bronzebeard, the most famous dwarves explorer and archaeologist, found evidence related to the origin of the dwarves for the first time in the ruins of Uldaman in the Badlands.

The platinum disc made of mysterious materials stored a huge amount of ancient knowledge, but due to the lack of a key, the real secret still could not be solved.

But long before the dwarves found this platinum disc, they believed that they had a certain sacred mission. This sense of mission was engraved in their bones, from the time of Anvilmar, the king of the mountain, to the present, And this is not just the imagination of the dwarves, it has real evidence of existence.

The evidence is the quaint necklace that Muradin Bronzebeard is holding in his hand. It is said that it was the treasure that the first mountain king hung around his neck when he woke up from his long sleep. But other than that, the first dwarves The memories of the past had disappeared the moment they woke up.

It is said that the first generation of dwarves desperately recalled the memories of the past, and recorded those scattered symbols, which were also the original natural inheritance of dwarf shamans. Although those mysterious symbols can also call for the power of nature and elements, their form , but it is completely different from the elemental magic used by orc shamans.

For the dwarves, the only connection between those lost memories and the current race is this necklace that has been passed down forever, the symbol of the king.

This bronze-colored necklace has a mysterious power. When you hold it, you can clearly feel the rhythm of the ground under your feet, just like you can clearly feel the breath of this world, but you can only feel it. , You can't mobilize this power, the holder of the necklace seems to only give the power of feeling, and since the time of the mountain king Anvimar, the Bronzebeard clan who holds the necklace has been trying to unlock the secret of the necklace.

Although the inheritance of the dwarf shaman has long since withered, and the only remaining shaman has followed the Wildhammer clan to settle in Eagle's Nest Mountain, there are still a few shamans who insist on the ancient inheritance in the royal family of Bronzebeard. And the only meaning of their existence is to help every king establish his connection with the earth.

Through a mysterious ceremony called communication with the earth, and the necklace, this ceremony is absolutely confidential, only every king knows what he saw when he communicated with the earth, but there is no doubt that it is a real existence the power of.

The dwarves can live and multiply in Khaz Modan, and they cannot do without that kind of power. It is said that when the kings encountered difficulties, they often used this kind of ritual to try to communicate with the world, but that is an ancient legend after all. .

In the ancient basement of Anweimar Fortress, a warm flame was burning in the brazier. In the flames, a few old shamans wearing simple robes and holding wooden totems walked slowly to the four corners of the basement with the support of apprentices. In a corner, with their chanting, the ancient power from this land was awakened.

Cold wind, flame, frozen water, and the persevering earth, the power of the four elements intertwined on the ancient totem around the shaman, forming a mysterious energy rhythm in the four corners, like a barrier, will already have The stone chamber with a history of thousands of years was shrouded again.

As for Muradin Bronzebeard, who only wore a linen robe and a bandage on his head, without any decorations, with staring eyes and a loose beard, holding the necklace tightly in the most simple posture, standing between Moira and Bu Under Ryan's nervous gaze, he walked towards the stone room step by step.

This is the king's ceremony, and Muradin's performance of this ceremony almost means that he has become the next king of Ironforge, which somewhat makes Princess Moira a little upset, but considering that Muradin is in the hearts of the people She can only choose to endure in silence, and she is also very clear that her uncle is not a patient person, and he prefers to gallop on the battlefield than the king.

Therefore, Moira knew very well that she just had to wait patiently, and maybe soon, in this chaotic era, she would be able to become the first queen in the history of the dwarves.

Muradin, take this!

At the moment when Muradin Bronzebeard was about to enter the stone room, Brian stepped forward suddenly. He gritted his teeth, took out a platinum disk from the box at his feet, and handed it carefully to own brother.

Maybe it's useless, but if it's as magical as I imagined it to be, it's going to tell you a lot.

Brian held Muradin's wrist tightly, and said in a deep voice:

We must come out alive, we can no longer bear the pain of losing our loved ones.

Muradin nodded, holding the necklace in one hand and the disk in the other. He glanced back at his niece, then gestured to Brian with his eyes. With their urging, they strode into the ancient underground stone chamber. Behind him, the door engraved with runes was slowly closed.

After a while, the fluctuations of natural forces became chaotic, and Moira subconsciously clenched Brian's arm. Her relationship with her father might not be good, but she unexpectedly had a relationship with Brian Bronzebeard. Very well, in her memory, when she was a little girl, her father was always busy with the affairs of the country every day, or took soldiers to fight those infiltrating Dark Iron dwarves.

Only Brian would take her around in Ironforge, and that was Moira's fondest childhood memory.

He'll be fine, he'll be fine.

Brian patted Moira's hand, fixed his eyes on the closed stone door in front of him, and repeated the same sentence in his mouth.

Generally speaking, the earth communication ceremony is not dangerous. Even if the earth does not respond to the request, it will not hurt the person holding the necklace, but this time the preparation for the ceremony was too hasty, and Muradin is not a king after all, it is hard to say that those weird things Will the elements agree with him.

At the same moment, within the stone gate, in the chaotic and crazy elemental storm, Muradin half-kneeled on the ground in pain, the golden disc was placed on the ground in front of him, and the ancient necklace passed down from generation to generation, He held it tightly in his palm.

Ancestor, tell me! Tell me what to do!

The elements bombarded Muradin's seriously injured body mercilessly. In just a moment, the linen robe on his body was stained with blood, and the blood flowed on the ground little by little. In Muradin's hands, the necklace was as As silent as before, it seemed unwilling to answer him and show him the way.

say something!

Muradin's eyes widened, staring at the necklace in front of him, he roared:

Please speak!

Before his eyes, the image of Magni's death in battle came to mind, as well as the despair of his beloved country being destroyed by the undead, and the embarrassment of fleeing from the battlefield like a coward, and the soldiers he led died in the undead. Hands of anger.

There is a strange force mixed in the elements, affecting his sanity, maybe they are not intentional, but for the traditional shamanism, anyone whose soul is in a fragile state is not suitable to communicate with the elements, because the soul ...Whether it is the shamanism of the dwarves or the shamanism of the orcs, the soul is considered the fifth element. Only with the life of the soul can one feel the power of the element.

In other words, the power of the elements, whether positive or negative, will also affect the soul in turn.

boom

In the extreme anger and loss, the dwarf warrior roared, and threw the necklace in his hand fiercely on the ground. The inherited ancient object was broken open while jumping. It was the first time to be treated so roughly, and the exquisite pendants and gemstones wrapped around the necklace were smashed apart under Muradin's great force. It bounced on the ground and finally landed on the platinum disc.

hum

The pure white light enveloped Muradin in an explosive manner, as if he had come to another dimension, and the crazy and chaotic elements around him also stopped.

The necklace with its broken shell was suspended in front of Muradin's eyes. In the white light, it slowly rotated, and the shell made by the dwarves was peeled off bit by bit, revealing its original posture, which was a piece of fragment ...an orange shard that glowed like a furnace.

Shards of the Guardian Wonder Item Val'anyr detected...attribution scan!

hum

A light blue light curtain stretched Muradin's entire body from top to bottom. After a while, the strange voice sounded again:

The gene sample of Urel Stoneheart, the king of earth spirits, is detected, with a similarity of 75%. The identity of the visitor is determined to be a descendant of the guardian of the Titans affected by the curse of flesh and blood. The second level of authority is unlocked.

Executing the Flesh Curse Stripping Procedure... Stripping Begins...

Ahhh!

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The screams that suddenly sounded in the stone room undoubtedly belonged to Muradin. This was a desperate scream that Muradin had never uttered since he was a child. It was as if he was suffering unimaginable terrible torture. This made Brian subconsciously Leaping over, he frantically slapped the closed stone gate in front of him, and shouted loudly to the four shamans presiding over the ceremony:

Open it! Come on!

No, the ceremony is in progress and cannot be interrupted...

Moira also realized that something was wrong. If Muradin died here, the order that had been so hard to establish in Anweimar Fortress would suddenly collapse. At this moment, the bronze bearded princess gritted her teeth and took a step forward. Command the four shamans:

Stop it! I order you! If Muradin dies, you will be buried with him too! Open it! Now!

Moira's threat was obviously more powerful than Brian's entreaty. After a while, the old shamans stopped the ceremony with extreme reluctance, and the closed stone door slowly opened, and Brian grabbed Moira's hand who wanted to rush in. , and said to her:

You stay here! Once something happens, you must inherit your father's throne, you know?

Um!

Moira nodded obediently, and then watched her uncle rush into the basement filled with strange white mist. She clasped her hands together, nervously watching the tumbling mist in front of her, feeling an indescribable feeling in her heart. a feeling of.

Brian, who rushed into the mist, waved his hands frantically, trying to disperse the mist. Between the shadows, he saw a figure lying on the ground, and he rushed over in a hurry.

Muradin! What's wrong with you? Are you all right?

Brian knelt on the ground, trying to help Muradin up, but at this moment...

Do not touch me!

Muradin's voice sounded, but that voice was no longer the mellow and heroic voice it was before. Instead, it was a strange dryness, like... like the collision of stones.

This made Brian have an ominous premonition, he took a step back subconsciously, his feet guessed something, he lowered his head, and saw a small stone shining orange light in the mist, he stretched out his hand, Want to pick it up.

Don't touch it!

Muradin's yelling sounded again, causing Brian to stop immediately. He saw the low figure in the mist slowly getting up, and it seemed that Muradin did not lack any arms or legs, which made Brian very happy , but before he could say a word, he saw his brother's face revealed when the mist parted.

That dwarf's face, made entirely of brilliant diamonds...beautiful.

As well as his body, among the crystal clear, all flesh and bones disappeared, replaced by crystal diamonds, as if, as if his body had been reshaped, except for the shining light of those eyes, In addition to being able to vaguely see the existence of Muradin, Brian discovered in despair that his brother had completely turned into a priceless...diamond dwarf.

The forge is up!

Brian was so frightened that he sat on the ground. He had imagined countless catastrophic endings, but this was the only one he had ever imagined.

The diamond-shaped Muradin stepped forward, bent down to pick up the orange fragments on the ground, and carefully carried them around his neck. He moved his body made of diamonds, and then turned his head to look at his younger brother, revealing with difficulty A stiff smile.

This smile almost scared Brian's soul out, and then he heard Muradin say:

Thank you for the Norgannon disc, Brian, I have seen the secret of my ancestors, I have known the mission of all the dwarves and the curse on our bodies...Of course, I have also found a way to rescue the tribe , we cannot stay in Khaz Modan, we have no time to waste...

Muradin moved his wrist and said to his younger brother:

Don't disturb the others, bring me my armor, and tell Moira, gather the people, let's get out of here...

To Northrend!

PS: My personal theory, I have always believed that the diamondization of Magni is actually the peeling off of the curse of flesh and blood, but this process is likely to have some weird changes because of Ai Jiang's intervention, and she also needs a spokesperson.