Chapter 1271: Mutation at the Dark Door (Summer is a good season for watching horror movies)
The Storm Kingdom sending people did not exceed Duanmu Huai's expectations.
But the scale of this mission exceeded Duanmu Huai's expectations. It included not only humans, but also dwarves, gnomes, and night elves.
And the other party's appetite is not small, and they want a thousand knight mechas at first!
Playing so big?
Hearing the request from the other side, not only An was shocked, but even Duanmu Huai, the instigator, was confused. Did he ever think that the other party would buy a knight mecha, but buy a thousand of them at once?
Are you running from the Middle Ages to the age of mechanical civilization?
Duke Bolvar Fordragon, who was in charge of leading the mission, was actually very depressed. From the beginning, he and King Varian planned to buy a cross first, and then slowly increase the number after they were used.
As a result, the plan did not change as quickly as it did. Just when Varian was forming an envoy to go to Tirisfal Glades to negotiate with the Inquisition, an urgent message came from the Watchfort in the Cursed Land ahead - the Dark Portal had been activated! !
This is a big deal.
The disaster caused by the Dark Portal is an unimaginable nightmare for all civilized races in Azeroth, especially the human kingdom that was originally affected by the disaster. Now that the Dark Portal is activated again, Varian's Dark Portal PTSD will explode, and other races will not fare much better. Representatives were sent to Stormwind City to discuss how to deal with the Dark Portal. At the same time, frontline troops were dispatched to surround the Dark Door to avoid another accident.
But the surprise still came.
In fact, there is a history about the Dark Portal - after the Second Orc War, the Alliance sent an expedition team through the Dark Portal, intending to completely eliminate the orc threat. In the end, the expedition team gave up the opportunity to return to the continent of Azeroth, closed the Dark Portal, and stayed on the broken continent. As the gatekeepers of Azeroth, they guarded the world from the other side. .
Because of this, no one expected that the Dark Door would open again!
After the Dark Portal opened, invaders naturally broke in, but what no one expected was that this time the invaders from the Dark Portal were not the orcs they imagined, but the demons of the Burning Legion!
Now the night elves couldn't lie still. The Burning Legion had a PTSD attack, and they sat up in a state of death and hurried over to discuss the matter.
Although due to the timely response of all parties, the first wave of the demon's attack was defeated, and the latter directly went back to the Dark Portal. But everyone knows that this is just a scout, and the alliance also sent a team of scouts into the Dark Portal. The latter desperately brought back the information after a narrow escape. According to the survivors of this scout team, the demons of the Burning Legion are currently on the other side of the Dark Portal and are furiously blasting troops. They are waiting for the army to be assembled and are about to invade Azeroth! Although the Azeroth Expeditionary Force over there still exists, there are signs of being unable to hold on under the crazy attack of the demons.
In this case, the alliance naturally took action immediately and formulated its own battle plan.
The core of the plan is very simple. No matter what, the demon army cannot be allowed to enter Azeroth. Even if it wants to fight, the battlefield must be limited to the other side of the Dark Portal.
It's useless to blow up the Dark Portal. People can build another one, and it's not a big deal. Therefore, it was finally decided to organize an expeditionary force to solve this problem once and for all.
Now that a decision has been made, fighting power is naturally needed. So for the sake of the overall situation, Varian gritted his teeth and took out the "logging mecha."
I have to say that this mecha has indeed aroused the interest of other races.
Except for the night elves who are not too concerned about this steel creation, both dwarves and gnomes have expressed a strong interest in this powerful mecha weapon.
Especially the dwarves, because they are weak in size and do not have the same frontal combat effectiveness as the dwarves, relying on machinery is almost their only option. Therefore, from the perspective of the dwarf clan, the "logging mecha" of the Tribunal was tailor-made for them. With these mechas, even fragile dwarfs can go to the front line and fight the devil head-on!
So in the end, several parties discussed it and decided that everyone would spend money together for a group purchase. If you have money, you can contribute and if you have the ability, you can contribute.
The dwarf clan, in particular, is even more eager for these mechanical creations. After all, they still have a long-cherished wish, which is to regain Gnomeregan, the main city of the dwarf clan.
This main city occupied by the enemy has always been a pain in the hearts of the dwarf clan, but the two sides are similar in strength, and it is almost impossible to take back Gnomeregan in a short time. However, if we have these mechas, liberating Gnomeregan will not be a problem at all. Great Craftsman Mekkatorque even said that with these mechas, he is sure to lead the dwarves to regain Gnomeregan in the shortest possible time.
For the Tribunal, a mere thousand knight mechas was not a big problem, but the two sides had a rather lengthy communication on how to pay the bill. To the Inquisition, Azeroth's gold coins were meaningless, and the idea of selling land in exchange for mechas was dismissed by An. After all, the Inquisition had always stayed away from such things as domination. As for those ordinary minerals, the Inquisition has no need.
In the end, the two parties reached an agreement. The alliance could use some rare herbs, minerals or magic props in exchange. The specific quantity would need to be determined after the value of these herbs or minerals was determined.
However, one thousand mechas can be delivered in advance, and the alliance only needs to go back and make up the payment.
What? Not paying back the money you owe?
Do you think that the Inquisition is some kind of organization of benevolent men and women?
Just like many villains cry, if he doesn't listen to the devil, the devil will kill his whole family, so he has to help the devil.
On the other hand, if the Demon King will kill your whole family, won’t the Inquisition do the same?
The Inquisition is not a bunch of retarded people like the Holy Light Church. If the Alliance really dares to refuse to repay the money they owe, then don't blame them for coming and taking it yourself.
During the negotiations, Duke Fordagon met Duanmuhuai again, which did not surprise him. Duke Fordragon also tentatively made a request for the Inquisition to join the alliance's campaign. Originally, Duke Fordragon did not have much confidence in this and just asked casually, but Duanmuhuai's attitude was unexpected. Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately.
"The goal of the Tribunal is to protect mankind and eliminate all existence that threatens mankind. Demons are our common enemy, and the Tribunal will join us."
Not only that, Duanmuhuai also brought a new plan to Duke Fordagon. "So, in the final analysis, you want to completely eliminate the demon base opposite the Dark Portal, right."
"That's true."
"In that case, the Tribunal has a solution."
"Huh?"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Duke Fordagon was stunned for a moment.
"What are you going to do?"
"Haha, we will know when the time comes."
Duanmuhuai didn't answer immediately, he just gave it a try.
Because of their stance, the Inquisition had good relations with representatives of humans, dwarves and gnomes, but it was the night elves who ran into trouble with them. Representatives of the night elves even came up and directly questioned whether the Inquisition was related to what happened in Silithus, and asked why they would do this.
However, Duanmu Sophora japonica does not have these long ears.
"It's not the turn of stupid idiots like you to make irresponsible remarks when we are doing things in the Tribunal!"
With one direct sentence, the night elf messenger turned blue and walked away on the spot. Representatives of other races who saw this were also amazed. You must know that the night elves have always regarded themselves as the guardians of Azeroth. In addition, they have a long lifespan, and other races will give the night elves some face.
It's really rare for people like Duanmu Huai to come up and directly attack people, not taking the night elves seriously at all.
Of course, if you want to watch the excitement, just stand aside and watch. No one is stupid enough to mediate.
Compared to these native races of Azeroth, Duanmuhuai was quite surprised by another member of the mission.
The reason is simple, they still owe maintenance fees for their battleships.
"What are you Delaney doing here?"
Looking at the Draenei envoy in front of him, Duanmu Huai looked confused. He knew that the unlucky Draenei race that had collided with the ship was starting a new life on a nearby island called Secret Blue Island. Judging from the distance, it is not surprising that Delaney has established a relationship with the Alliance, but what surprises Duanmu Huai is that they will also join this expedition?
You Delaney just fell from the sky, and you haven't even covered your butts yet, and you're thinking about starting a war? So rich in martial virtue?
"Hello, Lord Inquisitor, things are a little different from what you think..."
The Delaney envoy had met Duanmu Huai, and looking at his expression, he knew that the other party was confused, so he hurriedly explained.
It turns out that the reason why the Delaney clan joined this expedition is very simple, that is, the world on the other side of the Dark Portal called Outland is the Delaney's second home!
Duanmu Huai had heard from the Prophet Velen before that the Draenei were originally the aborigines of a planet. Later, the planet was attacked by demons called the Burning Legion. Most of the people switched to the Burning Legion. The Prophet Velen took the The remaining people fled all the way in starships, and then they came to Outland.
Then the Burning Legion also chased the Outland and took the orcs as their slaves. Then...well, then a disaster happened and the entire Outland was torn to pieces. Velen was forced to take his followers on the space fortress. Escape from this torn apart planet.
Then he was knocked down by Duanmu Huai's battleship.
Knowing this relationship, the purpose of the Draenei joining this expedition is obvious.
If the Dark Portal wasn't their former hometown, the Draenei probably wouldn't care.
But who said it was their second hometown? And there are still many Draenei people left there!
For the sake of his people, Delaney joined the expedition without hesitation. The alliance also welcomes the draenei to join. After all, it is better to have a local snake to lead the way than to be blind to others.
It is easy for the Tribunal to bring out a thousand mechas, but it will take time for the alliance to practice and deploy these thousand mechas, so Duanmuhuai decisively stated that the Tribunal will first lead a group of people into the Dark Door and clear out the people blocking the door. The army of demons, it won’t be too late for the Alliance to come in after this.
As for what to do next, let’s wait until we get in!