The moment the gnomes' sticky bomb exploded, the loaded bomb made the whole city tremble. However, thanks to the steel frame structure of the dwarf city Gnomeregan, the explosion under the ground only caused
The city at the center of the explosion collapsed, while other places, although crumbling, were still strong, protecting the little men hiding below.
This disaster came too suddenly, leaving the little people defenseless. Moreover, after witnessing the merciless massacre of their compatriots by the troggs, many dwarves who had never left Gnomeregan were even more shattered.
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These little people are timid by nature. They gathered in the steam hall and watched worriedly as their hometown was shrouded in dark green mist. This scene made many dwarfs cry loudly. They were really frightened.
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But that doesn't include Ella.
Ella has seen too many big scenes. She has seen with her own eyes how the tens of thousands of undead awakened in Auchindoun silently walked to the battlefield. She has also seen how those violent tiger-men were under the ruthless siege of the undead.
No matter how hard she struggled, it was no exaggeration to say that the lives that died in front of her were more than the number of dwarfs hiding here.
At this time, the dwarf warlock stood on the platform of the steam hall, looking at the city that fell in the explosion in the distance with an indifferent gaze. As an engineer, she keenly felt that something was not right about the explosion.
"The scope of the explosion is too large, and the radiation fallout will directly cover two-thirds of the city, and even the compatriots hiding in the mechanical trails will not be spared. Is Mekkatorque crazy? Or... some of this...
Unclear plan?”
Ella frowned tightly. She had already made up her mind to leave Gnomeregan after everything was over, but everything that happened at this time gave her some bad premonitions deep in her heart.
It gave her a very familiar smell.
The smell of conspiracy... After serving the King of Outland for several years, Ella has a very keen sense of conspiracy. After realizing that things have changed, the warlock wearing a black hood looked around and looked for
A dark green eyeball appeared in front of Ella's eyes. Then, under the control of the warlock, it quickly entered a hidden state and was sealed towards the front.
The road flies all the way.
The Eye of Kilrogg, the detection spell of the warlocks, is a magic created by the Bleeding Ring orc warlocks, and it is also the first spell Ayla learned in the Black Temple.
She manipulated the magic eyeball, connected her senses with this magic eye, and moved forward silently in the darkness. The shared senses were introduced into Ella's vision, and as the Eye of Kilrogg continued to advance,
Ella's expression became increasingly ugly.
In the empty city, there are signs of radioactive dust pollution everywhere, those exuding dark green mist and filth, and the corpses of dwarfs lying in the filth. Those twisted bodies represent the terrible torture they suffered before death, and
After entering the radiation zone, Ella also discovered something even worse, those troggs!
It is true that many troggs were killed in the first wave of explosions and radiation, but there are still monsters that tenaciously survived in this hell-like environment, and were infected by the radiation and changed their shapes. They were already ugly.
His body became even larger, and his whole body was covered in radiation dust, reflecting a strange fluorescence under the light.
They were transformed in the radiation! Hell...
Ayla removed the Eye of Kilrogg, quickly walked down the stairs, and found the temporary head of the Steam Hall, a member of the Dwarf Artisans Council. He was sweating profusely at this time, because no matter if it was Mekar
Tok and McNeil lost contact with each other after the explosion just now, and even their compatriots hiding in the mechanical path can no longer be contacted.
"The monsters are coming!"
Ella was not polite and said straight to the point:
"The radiation failed to kill them, and they rushed towards the steam hall."
"How is this possible?"
The dwarf councilor let out a scream. He looked at Ella suspiciously, looked around, and then whispered:
"I don't doubt you, Major Ella, but the calculations of the Grand Artisan and Advisors indicate..."
"Now is not the time to talk about data!"
Ella rudely interrupted the congressman's explanation, and her voice became even colder:
"Let me tell you, there are 70,000 people in the Steam Hall. If the warning I told you is true, if those monsters with radiation rush in here, more people will die. You can shoulder this responsibility.
?”
"I...I..."
The dwarf councilor was at a loss by this scolding. The dwarf society is a very democratic society. They have no nominal king, and the Craftsman Council is more of a management body than a ruling body. The great craftsman is only a nominal representative of the dwarfs.
Many decisions about race are made by everyone's vote, just like the support for the Alliance to fight the orcs, which was also the result of a referendum.
There are no problems with this system in normal times, but once it encounters a large-scale disaster like now, a civilization that lacks authoritative leadership will become extremely fragile.
Just like now, the dwarf councilor couldn't make up his mind at all, although he also knew what was right.
"waste!"
Ella cursed very rudely and snatched the communicator from the congressman's hand. The next moment, her cold voice sounded over the hall through the speakers installed around the hall:
"Gnomes! We have very unfortunate news. Our radiation bombs failed to kill all the monsters. They were driven by the radiation and rushed towards the steam hall. They may arrive here in ten minutes!"
This news made all the dwarfs stunned, and some timid ones even began to tremble. The sounds of screaming and crying surged through the entire hall, like boiling water, rolling endlessly.
"Shut up! Shut up your mouth! Crying and screaming won't solve the problem! Now you can either wait to die like an ostrich or take up arms to protect yourself!"
Ella's scolding sounded, and the cold aura exuding from her body made the dwarf councilors around her subconsciously take a few steps away from her.
"All male dwarves over 150 years old gathered in front of the hall. The weapons officer opened the warehouse of the steam hall and distributed weapons and armor to every dwarf! All the craftsmen began to set up defense lines. The gates of the steam hall can temporarily resist the monsters.
Attack, but it can't protect us forever! Women who are still mobile and volunteered to participate in self-rescue operations, I need you to collect corpses around the hall! Don't ask why! Just do it."
"Remember, men! Behind you are your wives and loved ones, fight like a man and die like a hero!"
Speaking of this, Ella was a little at a loss for words. She couldn't copy everything Tyrion said to inspire the death knights. In fact, those undead souls didn't need encouragement. Ella desperately hoped that she could have even 100 subordinates in her hands.
Regardless of whether they are knights or undead spirits who are not cowardly or fearful, they are definitely the best and most trustworthy soldiers in this situation.
So at the end, Ella ended with a sentence that Tyrion often used to tease her:
"We are dwarfs, yes! We are short in stature, weak in strength, and timid like mice... This is all true, but remember, small people can also have souls like giants, and no one can help us.
...Abandon all unnecessary hopes, now it’s time for us to save ourselves!”
"Pa"
The communication ended. The dwarfs in the hall looked at each other. They didn't know whether to follow the orders of the strange voice. But in the end, some old dwarfs separated from the crowd and stood at the front of the hall. This move inspired chaos.
Among the dwarves, a basic order was soon established. The latest muskets, the weapons that were supposed to be sent to Ironforge, were distributed to every dwarf, as well as the heavy armor used by the dwarves.
The dwarfs could not afford such weight, but they imaginatively added these armors to the bodies of some cleaning robots, turning these mechanical creations into the best mobile defense lines.
Women and children watched with fear and reluctance as their husbands and fathers embarked on the battlefield as warriors for the first time. Although the actions of the little men trying to muster up their courage were somewhat funny, at least at this moment, in the hall,
There is still a sense of tragedy.
"Then you!"
Ella grabbed her sister's staff. The Dalaran-style staff was not suitable for use by warlocks, but at least it could give Ella more magic power. She pulled her black hood and said to the dwarf councilor next to her.
They said:
"I want you to take the craftsman to deal with the steam elevator. Don't tell me it's locked! Let me put it this way, fighting here is just a temporary measure. We can't defeat those monsters relying on untrained civilians, so
We must send all our compatriots to the ground before the battle line collapses! I am not asking you to do this, do you understand?"
"We'll find a way."
The dwarf councilors looked at each other for a few times, then gritted their teeth and said to Ella:
"Then Major Ella, the battle here is..."
"Buzz buzz"
While speaking, a whistling and strange sound sounded above the steam hall. Ella raised her head and saw an out-of-control aircraft spinning towards the gate of the hall. Amidst the screams of the members, that
An out-of-control aircraft slammed into a solid metal gate, causing an explosion.
As the flames and metal parts scattered, a big hole was blown out of the solid gate. The huge vibration also allowed the running troggs to find a new direction. The worst thing was that in the ruins of the aircraft, the trembling
A strange guy crawled out tremblingly.
That guy looked like a dwarf, but the skin all over his body was a disgusting dark green color, and it was covered with blisters and thick sores. He looked sensible, and he wore a pair of eye-catching metal goggles.
, and from the robe he wore, the dwarves recognized his identity.
"It's Counselor McNeil!"
Screams sounded on the front line, and the weird dwarf was also attracted. He staggered over from the flames, and as he got closer and closer to the nervous gun-wielding dwarfs, the smile on his face also changed.
Getting more and more weird.
"Oh~ my lovely compatriot, let me... let me hug you!"
With a shrill scream, the monster dwarf, which had been transformed by radioactive dust, rushed towards the helpless dwarf warriors at the front, and the moment he was about to approach the battle line, a scorching sulfur fire hit him hard.
on his body and threw him back into the flames.
"Kill him!"
Ella's cold voice sounded from behind the battle line. The dwarf who was closest to McNeil and holding a musket swallowed his saliva. He looked at Ella with some difficulty:
"But, but that's Consultant McNeil..."
"He's already a monster!"
Ella narrowed her eyes, staring at the cowardly dwarf, and said in a deep voice:
"I said, kill him!"
This strong force made the male dwarf very entangled. He hesitated for several seconds until Ella shook his head in disappointment. The dwarf warlock took the musket in his hand, stepped forward, and pressed the muzzle of the gun into the flames.
On the forehead of the struggling and screaming leper dwarf, she looked back at the dwarf recruits who were staring at her, and she said softly:
"What you need is not weapons... what you need is courage. Let me give you courage."
"Bang"
The rebel McNeil Thermaplugg's deformed head transformed by radiation was like a watermelon. Between the bullet holes, red and white liquids scattered everywhere along with the twisted bones.
And just after the shot fell, the radiant troggs running towards them also appeared in the passage at the front of the steam hall. Under the flashing warning lights, the fluorescent monsters looked even more...
ferocious.
"Here they come!"
Ella walked back to the formation and stood at the front of the formation. At this moment, she looked very much like the Death Lord Luminas who commanded the death knights to charge towards the demons at that time. The experience she had had would undoubtedly change a person.
..until it turns you into something powerful that you don’t even recognize.
The dwarf warlock, who was already strong enough, raised her left hand. The moment those ferocious troggs rushed into shooting distance, her arm suddenly swung down.
