The three things dwarves are best at are: forging, drinking and digging.
Of course, their combat effectiveness is also very strong, but considering that the number of dwarves is at an absolute disadvantage compared to humans, so in this era, the dwarves are more accustomed to solving problems through negotiation instead of easily using weapons. The orcs
The ravages of Khaz Modan have taken a heavy toll on Ironforge, and like the human kingdom, the dwarves are also recuperating.
However, as an immortal species, the reproduction rate of dwarves is far slower than that of humans. It will probably take hundreds of years for them to completely recover to their numbers before the Orc War.
But fortunately, peace has finally arrived, and the dwarves can get away from the blood-stirring battles and do some things they like, such as...dig!
The speed at which the dwarves dig underground is unmatched by even the most skilled miners of mankind. They can dig out holes in one day that would take humans a week. Of course, this is also because of the special body structure of the dwarves, which allows them to adapt to long periods of time.
The hard work of time, and the ability to stay in the dark underground for a long time.
So in many jokes about dwarves, the word "earth mouse" often appears, even though dwarves don't like this name.
Brian Bronzebeard set out from Ironforge and arrived at the Uldaman excavation site in the deserted land. It took him a day, and when he arrived, the dwarf archaeologist in charge of the excavation work was already like a spider web.
In the tunnel, the path leading to three secret rooms was cleared.
"Well, you have done a very good job. You are worthy of being an elite member of the Explorers Association."
Old Brian was carrying a lantern and walking in the dark underground tunnel. He was protected by 20 dwarf royal guards. These dwarves who specialized in fighting wore fully armored armor, held warhammers and shields, and carried backpacks behind each of them.
Equipped with muskets and heavy weapons, these 20 royal guards can easily resist 50 humans or an equal number of orcs on the battlefield.
Don't underestimate the muscles of these short men, their strength is not inferior to that of orcs.
"We dug out the mountain in the middle overnight. I have to say that we did neglect a lot of things."
The dwarf following Brian chattered:
"In 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 which, how did you discover these three secret chambers? You
Did you find any clues?"
The dwarf archaeologist said with excitement:
"We found a lot of weird runes on the outside of the secret room, which we have never seen before. Even the history books left by those pointed ears do not have these runes. In other words, they are at least ancient elves.
It was buried before the empire emerged! At least 30,000 years ago. This is simply incredible. We will be recorded in history because of this great discovery."
Another archaeologist was even more exaggerated. He shouted:
"Compared with these three secret chambers, the cultural relics we discovered before are as different as dust and the sun. Brian, you are simply amazing! There were some bastards who wanted to depose you before we discovered this.
Reveal it and see who dares to underestimate you!"
These compliments made the old dwarf's face heat up, but he couldn't tell in the dim cave. He could only answer vaguely:
"I saw it in a book. It is said to be from Karazhan. Do you know? It is the mage tower of the guardian of mankind. It was destroyed a few months ago. It is said that it is now filled with people.
With dark energy, the dead were resurrected and kept there so that no one could get close. I guess the book was taken out by someone and then fell into my hands."
"Hmph, human!"
The dwarf following Brian said disdainfully: "They know nothing about archeology. They have to learn from us in this aspect. But speaking of which, the human disciple you accepted, that human boy named Jones, is not bad. He was recently in
Ironforge's skills in handling those cultural relics have been praised by many seniors."
"Of course, Jones will definitely do great things in the future."
Brian patted his chest and said proudly:
"He is a child who I taught step by step. Let's not talk about this...I will take people to the largest secret room first. You two will deal with the other two secret rooms separately. Be careful when opening them. The value of these cultural relics is simply incomparable.
measure."
"We know, Brian, be careful. The big secret room is at the deepest level."
The archaeologist handed over two things, which were a simple 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 have been thinking about how to open the secret compartment before, but we didn't expect that it would be used in this way."
"We haven't discovered yet that the icon placed on the ground is actually the topographic map of the entire ruins... We have been looking for the right road, but unfortunately the right road is right at our feet, but it has been ignored."
Brian shrugged:
"But it's not too late now, let's not waste any more time."
After saying that, the old dwarf led his guards and a group of skilled workers into the road leading to the deepest part of the ruins. On the way to the sealed chamber, Brian Bronzebeard suddenly felt a little palpitated. He couldn't help it.
Looking back at the darkness of the mine tunnel, it seemed that some strange creatures were watching him in the darkness.
As we get closer and closer to the secret room, this feeling of being spied on becomes more and more obvious.
"Well, maybe I shouldn't open it."
After combining the gems and staffs, Brian stood in front of the miniature underground palace at his feet. He hesitated:
"This feels a bit bad. I always feel that I will cause some trouble if I open it..."
The old dwarf hesitated for 3 seconds, and then decisively inserted the staff into the center of the underground palace map. The next second, a blue light extended downwards along the crystal on the top of the staff, like flowing through the map.
The blue tide quickly covered the entire miniature map of the underground palace. This blue wave of light made Brian take several steps back, and then he heard a huge noise.
Brian and the guards behind him raised their heads and saw the door of the darkroom slowly opening in front of them. The dust accumulated over tens of thousands of years was flying everywhere, slowly falling from the top of the open door like a waterfall.
, and behind the dark room, there was a moving darkness, and with the shaking of the ground, a giant stone statue more than 7 meters high slowly walked out of the dark room.
It was a female sculpture that looked like an enlarged version of a human being, but the sculptures on her body looked so lifelike. Outside of her stone body, she wore a yellow robe, and in her hand, she held
A stone warhammer.
The menacing giant shook his head, and his eyes shining with chaotic light quickly fell on the dwarves in front of him who raised their heads and looked up at her in shock.
"Earth spirit... no, the infected person of the curse of flesh and blood!"
The female giant was a little confused at first, but after seeing the flesh and blood dwarves, she became furious and swung the huge war hammer in her hand and smashed it at the dwarves in front of her.
"The remnants of the ancient gods! Don't even think about desecrating the Titan's sacred creation! Don't even think about disturbing Azadas!"
"Bang"
The huge, heavy stone hammer fell from the sky and hit the center of the dwarves hard. However, the skilled dwarf royal guards were not afraid, because judging from the power and angle of this blow, the strength of the female giant in front of them
, not as shocking as her body shape.
The giantess herself also discovered this problem. She looked at her hands in panic and screamed:
"No! Where did my power, my divine gift, go?"
"It's you! You stole the power given by the Titans, you deserve to die!"
"哐"
There was another fierce and unreasonable giant hammer sweep. A dwarf warrior who couldn't dodge was directly thrown into the wall, but he was only seriously injured.
Brian, a dwarf who was not good at fighting, could not help. While the royal guards were fighting with the weak female giant, Brian took a look at the thick, white, and engraved symbol in the back of the darkroom that was also slowly opened.
He gritted his teeth, grabbed his archaeological tools, and rushed towards the stone door.
"Hoo, ho, it's really hanging."
Brian rushed into the stone door, which seemed to be another road leading deeper underground. In this temple-like hall, there were statues cast from clay everywhere, most of them heavy.
The sturdy obsidian giant statues were responsible for fighting, but around those cold stone statues, Brian also discovered some lifelike dwarf stone statues.
This caused sweat to break out on his forehead.
Not because of fear, but because he has touched a trace of the truth. He is sure that the dwarves have never been here, so the dwarf stone statues placed here represent the memory of the dwarfs that have been collectively forgotten. They belong to the dwarves.
People's history, even their mission.
"Footman, you bad guy...you are right."
Brian moved forward all the way, and at the moment when he was about to discover the real secret, neither the darkness spreading before his eyes nor the increasingly ominous premonition in his heart could stop Brian from running forward.
"Our secrets, our mission, are all here! They are all here!"
Brian ran through three stairs at a crazy speed, and finally reached the underground. In front of him was another closed door, and this door did not look like the previous door of the giantess. This thing did not
There is no magic pattern shining, and there is a strange altar placed in front of the gate.
The old dwarf stepped forward and pushed the door hard, but found that the door blocking the way was almost motionless. 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. As the dwarf's most orthodox royal blood dripped into the altar bit by bit, a dark force rolled out from the ground.
Slowly open the door that has been sealed in dust for tens of thousands of years.
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On the other side, the other two dwarf archaeologists who followed Brian Bronzebeard into the excavation site also came to the two smaller secret rooms. The doors of these secret rooms were pure black and did not look like they were storing treasures.
The place is like a prison where some prisoners are held.
"Open it!"
The dwarf archaeologists were all daring people. After he gave the order, some dwarves brought small pieces of gunpowder. 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 relics and sculptures. On the contrary, what shone out in the gloomy darkness of the secret room were dense, blood-red, full of violence and crazy light.
...Eye.
"Ahhhhh!"
The screams of horror, accompanied by the cracking of bones being bombarded by heavy objects, resounded throughout the dim excavation site. The dwarves opened the door that should not have been opened, and they personally 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 home of the dwarves and gnomes. The darkness released by them will absorb everything they have bit by bit, and eventually
Bring fear and war into their lives and turn everything into chaos.
This is a "goodwill" from the cold death crawling in the abyss, and it is not so easy to accept!
