Shadow Trails in Azeroth

"The Soul Cage is under attack. Alarm Destruction Witch Coven life signal disappears. Distress Alarm Trickster Beacon No Response. Call again, command request.

No response."

A low and weird buzzing accompanied by heavy forging sounds echoed in a huge furnace in the middle of the Burning Throne. The very rhythmic knocking sound seemed to be the craftsmen making excellent works, and the furnace's fire was burning very brightly. .

These evil flames drawn from the center of the earth in the doomsday world are very, very hot. They can easily melt magic steel ore and other strange materials, and then be forged into shapes through a variety of ingenious and dark and evil modules. , and finally assembled together according to the designed program during the movement of the robotic arm at the edge of the furnace.

In the several-story showroom at the edge of the dark large forge, you can see not only several magic mechas that have just come off the forging assembly line, but also an unfinished starship engine.

As for the weapons used by the demons, there are all kinds of weapons.

From the magic steel halberds used by low-level demons to the magic shock guns used by demon generals, to the fel missile nests installed on magic mechas, and even the main guns of legion starships.

These things with destructive power are arranged together according to a very strange logic, making this extremely high-temperature large furnace filled with an aura of both chilling and destructive power.

But the owner of this place is quite strange.

It had clearly heard the killing cries that resounded around the Burning Throne, and the sensors placed around the fortress also sent back information that the war had begun, but the giant giant moving in the flames had no intention of participating in the war.

It didn't even activate its own Garothian Destroyer Legion, putting these weapons of mass destruction into the battlefield to help its fellow demons win.

Even when the invaders had already entered the Antorus Fortress, it was still continuing its forging.

Still repeating some unclear words:

"Third call, command request. Kil'jaeden, no response. Information transfer, level 2 war order, Antoran Command Council. No response to command request."

"Level 3 War Order, Adjutant Balnazzar's order request has not been responded to."

"boom"

Another hammer hit the burning hot magic energy forge, forging the stacked magic steel ingots until they were scorching hot. With sparks flying from behind, this huge twisted guy conveyed a message to the outside world for the last time.

"External intrusion information confirms that the level of danger is extremely high. Analysis of our own action pattern concludes: rebellion. List of traitors: Deceiver, Commander-in-Chief Council, Nasrezim.

Operation mode change: Stop the Titan Soul from escaping!

Destroy your enemies! "

"boom"

The Lord of the Forge finally stopped the forging he had been doing day and night for tens of thousands of years.

It turned around in the hot furnace. Under the magic steel battle helmet with the dark green sun crown emblem, which was as large as an arc, an angry light appeared in the eyes that had long been transformed into electronic eyes.

During the clicking movements of its left hand, which had been transformed into a ferocious mechanical pliers many times, its right hand lifted up the magic steel forging hammer filled with evil energy and smashed it hard on the edge of the big furnace where it was. .

Like the core of the earth exploding, evil magma spewed out, adding another layer of heat to the apocalyptic furnace.

"Galosi World Destroyer, let's go!"

It gives orders to its creation.

The next moment, the ferocious-looking improved magic mechas that had just been produced were activated, and the huge robots with different colors began to move forward outside the Apocalypse Forge with heavy and neat steps.

These war machines that have just come off the assembly line have undisputed destructive power.

Starting from the furnace, they can quickly enter various battlefields where invaders are located through teleporters, and then use the destructive force they assemble to expel those invaders.

As for the master of demon forging and engineering, he did not move.

Well, it's not that it doesn't want to move.

It just can't move.

A long time ago, in order to make it easier to forge and make various killing weapons, Apocalypse Engineer Jingaros permanently abandoned his lower body.

It completely merges itself with its beloved Forge of Apocalypse.

This allows it to more conveniently control the temperature in the furnace and the engineering machinery scattered here. It can be said that the entire huge furnace full of deadly weapons is the body of Kingaros.

This huge, over 20-meter-tall leader of the Gangerg Molten Demon alone is the Burning Legion's most important weapon designer. From magic mechas to demonic starships, he has designed almost all of the legion's war machines. The ideas all come from Kingaros' evil and fiery mind.

Before it was conscripted into the Legion, Sargeras's minions were decimating world after world, and after King'garoth joined, the entire Burning Legion began to reap brutal results across galaxies and star fields.

Demons no longer fight enemies in the stars with their fists and magic. They are blessed by demonic engineering creations, becoming more brutal and deadly.

The existence of King'garoth has suddenly accelerated the progress of the entire Burning Crusade, so it has also been praised by Lord Sargeras. Its current huge size and inexhaustible power, which far exceeds those of its kind, come from the Dark Titan. reward.

But Engineer Apocalypse did not change his living habits.

It is still being forged day after day in its own furnace, never intervening in the internal command of the Burning Legion, and has no interest in fighting for power.

Until today.

After analyzing the situation from all aspects and concluding the news of high-level rebellion, Apocalypse Engineers took the initiative to prepare for war for the first time without receiving orders.

Unfortunately, its self-decision speed seems a bit slow.

Just when the Apocalypse Engineer ordered his mecha army to set off to the battlefield to defend against the invaders, the door of the Apocalypse Furnace was completely blown open with a loud noise that shook the earth.

The amount of explosion used this time was very precise. While it shattered the giant magic steel door, it did not destroy any frame of the furnace.

The aftermath of the explosion not only did not create more smoke and dust, but instead released all the force of the impact into the interior of the furnace in a very delicate arrangement.

This made Apocalypse Engineer look in the direction of the intruder in surprise, and then he saw a round, short mechanical dwarf striding into his forge carrying an oversized Titan Engineering high-tech precision wrench. in the furnace.

The noisy little man didn't seem to see the army of magic mechas lining up in front of him towards the teleporter. He just waved the big wrench in his hand nervously and shouted to the Apocalypse Engineer:

"Hey! Who is Kingaros? Come out and get beaten! That stinky pirate said he was good friends with a demon named Kingaros, and they drank together in the Devil's Tavern."

ha?

This question confused the serious engineer Tianqi.

When did I have a stinky pirate friend? Go out drinking together? Can I get out in my current state of being a melting pot? And I haven’t been interested in any enjoyment since I was born, okay?

Forging and studying the mysteries of engineering are the moments of existence that I enjoy most.

If it hadn't been ordered by the Lord of Demons to research, develop and manufacture killing weapons for the Legion, it would have spent every minute and every second of its life climbing to the pinnacle of engineering.

"You are full of traces of Titan engineering. Highly intelligent, minimalist design, almost perfect energy efficiency, negligible energy loss, and a total of 218 fully adaptive interfaces hidden everywhere!

What a rare creation.

worthy of study. "

Kingaros saw Mimiron's small, rough and strange body, and he clearly felt that Titan energy, which was completely different from magic energy, was flowing in this small body.

It expresses its opinions based on its own observations.

This made Mimiron stunned for a moment, and then the crazy guardian of wisdom laughed and said with a hand on his high-precision big wrench:

"Ha, as expected of the chief designer of the Burning Legion, he is a discerning bastard! He could see at a glance the real advantages of the body I made for myself.

Not like some chip pirate who calls himself your friend and spends all day complaining that my body is like a ball.

I begin to feel that today's discussion in the field of engineering can benefit me a lot, but before we can truly start to exchange the secrets of engineering, I must clean up your creations for destruction.

Oh, right.

I brought you a 'gift'! My peers among the stars who serve the evil side. "

Mimiron blew a weird whistle, and behind the magic steel door he blasted open, a huge figure raised his arms, one on the left and the other on the entrance wall of the Apocalypse Furnace.

With the bombardment of evil energy missiles and the forceful tearing of the steel arms, the entire furnace wall was forcibly torn open at this moment.

The broken steel beam fell down in the earthquake and rocked the mountains, hitting the bodies of the several magic mechas at the front, causing them to stop while the "big guy" brought by Mimiron grabbed hold of them. He lifted up a torn steel beam and swung it like a war spear, sweeping it across and hitting the two magic mechas and exploding them on the spot.

The enhanced version of the Garothian Destroyer, sent by Kingaros to guard the front line of the Throne of Antorus, still maintains its previous ferocious, violent, and everything-crushing attitude, but its head that was shaped like a demon has been replaced. The head of a golden Thundercast Heroic Spirit that was very inconsistent with the overall painting was obtained.

Mimiron also spent some time carving the head into a face that closely resembled Odin's.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

The neurotic guardian of wisdom made the sound of giving a gift, made a "please" gesture, and shouted in his own sharp and harsh voice:

"This was originally an enhanced version of the Doombot that you made. It's awesome, and it's the best design I've ever seen in every way.

But, it's mine now!

It only took me less than thirty minutes to transform it and give it as a temporary body to my violent and ruthless brother, now called Odin!

Also, Jingaros, I checked the database of this mecha giant, and you didn’t even give it a name or code name. Is this your attitude towards your creation?

I'm starting to doubt your professionalism.

A good engineering technician should treat his creations as his own children. "

“Those are just consumables!

Do you claim to be an excellent engineer, but you can only pick up other people's creations as your weapons? I'm also starting to doubt your professionalism. "

When the Apocalypse Engineer saw the enhanced version of the Destroyer carrying Odin's thinking core, anger burst out from its eyes under the magic steel helmet.

It was the anger of his carefully crafted creation being treated casually like a toy by other engineers. It was the anger of having his beloved thing taken away.

For an engineer, Mimiron's behavior of "occupying the magpie's nest" is simply a form of self-indulgence!

But even so angry, Apocalypse Engineer still maintained its basic "demeanor". Faced with Mimiron's scolding, it replied:

"Lord Sargeras needed a creation that could replace the weak demons in killing and destroying. I designed a magic mecha for it, and Lord Sargeras was very satisfied.

But that is already a backward creation that represents the past.

The design of the ‘Apocalypse Engine’ is almost complete.

The Dark Titan will possess a super weapon that can kill all rebels in an instant. Whether they are living creatures, holy light, or the void, everything will turn to ashes under the impact of the evil energy inspired by the engine!

Haha, you will be honored to be the first spectator of its power.

Apocalypse Protocol

start up! "

Following Kingaros' deep laughter, a thick barrier of evil energy rose up around its furnace, completely isolating it from the outside world.

Mimiron saw the Apocalypse Engineer performing the final assembly of some kind of creation in the barrier.

This made the wisdom guardian feel a great crisis.

He screamed and shouted to Odin behind him:

"Go ahead, my cruel brother, tear this place down completely! Ha, don't glare at me, I know you can't speak now, yes, I deliberately didn't install a sound module for you.

I've had enough of your rude scolding and endless orders, this time it's up to me to take command!

let's go.

Destroy this place! That arrogant Apocalypse engineer was given to me to watch me humiliate its pathetic engineering prowess before crushing it with my own hands.

What the hell is the Apocalypse Engine? I'm not going to be fooled by it. "

As he spoke, Mimiron opened his space folding backpack. Amidst the completely unscientific roar of the engine, he released a huge golden mechanical giant and completed the assembly on the spot.

They are an eight-wheeled Titan Iron chariot that appeared in Ulduar as a mobile chassis, a cylindrical body equipped with two ten-unit Titan energy rapid-fire guns and several rocket nests, and can also carry out melee attacks. and an air command unit with propellers and rapid-fire cannon.

This mechanical creation is full of flaws.

Especially the head command unit that serves as Mimiron's operating console. It is completely made according to the enlarged version of Mimiron's current head.

As soon as the mouth of that thing opens and closes, a Gatling-style rotating machine gun that shoots out blue fire can come out. It is even equipped with several unknown car lights and some strange shining lights. bring.

Compared with the powerful mechas of Kingaros that are full of destructive majesty, Mimiron's "personal" mechas are almost like a children's rocking car covered with animal graffiti.

This fully represents the "ideational differences" between the two engineering masters.

If Black were here, he would definitely complain about this strange style of painting, and he would absolutely refuse to pilot Mimiron's secret weapon into battle.

Whether it is strong or not is another matter.

The main reason is that everyone is strong and wants to save face. The pirates really can't afford to lose that person.

But the Guardian of Wisdom didn't care about the peculiar style of his secret weapon. He jumped into the air command unit, activated his "Fire King Kong", and pushed forward while shouting.

Don't tell me yet.

Although this thing is full of all kinds of flaws, it is on the same level when faced with the burning of the earth's core magma brought about by the Apocalypse Protocol activated by Kingaros. It is not harmed at all by the magma full of evil energy. Just a little bit Proving Mimiron's super prowess in engineering.

As for Odin

After waking up, the Lord of War found himself packed into an extremely violent, oversized magic mecha. He hated the evil energy corrosion that filled his temporary body.

But this time he had no better choice.

While Mimiron screamed and rushed to break King'garoth's apocalypse agreement, Odin controlled the violent machine and began to destroy King'garoth's magic mecha army.

He has felt the aura of his creator, Lord Aman'Thul, and it must be the mortal warriors led by Black on the other side of the battlefield who have rescued the Titan Soul.

Very good!

The King of War used the power of evil to frantically destroy the violent machines in front of him. Although he could not speak because of Mimiron's secret mischief, his spirit was very high.

Although he didn't understand why he could escape from Lord Aggramar's sword, he would not waste this second life! For the glory of the Pantheon!

Die!

Demons!