Later that night, Prince Arthas returned to the city of Lordaeron through the portal, but he did not go to see his father immediately. Instead, he came to the laboratory of a master engineer who was a vassal of the Lordaeron royal family.
He placed a heavy object on the table in front of the dwarf engineer. It was a black ax gun made of steel and special wood and a magazine filled with 7 bullets, but it didn't look like it.
Not the one used by Rurid.
"Can this thing be copied?"
The prince's face was somewhat gloomy. Faced with his question, the short dwarf engineer picked up the heavy weapon and inspected it repeatedly. After a few minutes, he nodded and said in a sharp voice:
"Of course it can be imitated, Your Highness. This thing uses the principles of goblin engineering. It is two different models from the dwarf musket developed by us dwarves, but in general, it is not beyond the scope of our understanding.
.Do you need such a weapon? I can order one for you within 3 days."
"No, Master Steel Chain, you don't understand what I mean."
The prince shook his head, looked at the dwarf engineer in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"It's not that I need it. I want to equip all the soldiers in Lordaeron with such weapons. How long will it take?"
"Well?"
The dwarf engineer was stunned. He looked at the ax gun in his hand. Each component of this thing had strong traces of assembly line production. The dwarf was no stranger to this. In some workshops in the underground city of Gnomeregan, they
Such assembly lines will also be used, but the problem is that there is no complete assembly line workshop in Lordaeron, no, in the entire human empire, and the upper class of humans, to be honest, they seem to trust magic more than engineering
The power of learning.
Therefore, facing the question from His Highness the Prince, the dwarf engineer said with some regret:
"If I have a complete manufacturing workshop, sufficient raw material supply, and enough apprentices and workers, then I can guarantee that the military equipment replacement of 100,000 people will be completed within 2 months, but the problem is, I
Without that, Your Highness, I actually know what you mean, and I also know what you want me to do..."
The dwarf engineer, who had been in the human kingdom for more than ten years, smiled sadly. He pushed the engineering eyes on his face and said to the prince:
"Finally, a big shot realizes the power of engineering on a collective. But unfortunately, in terms of assembly line production and business models, the undead in southern Xinjiang are already at least 20 years ahead of the human empire. In terms of ideas and ideas for the use of engineering,
In terms of development planning, at the level of thinking, they are even nearly a hundred years ahead of us. Your Highness, I have heard some friends describe the operating model of the Black Iron Commercial Federation, and I can only tell you a pessimistic fact."
"Even if we start to imitate Dark Blade's business model of manufacturing workshops and assembly lines to produce military supplies from now on, we will never be able to catch up with them... Do you remember that last month, our spies stole from Black Solo's laboratory?
The blueprints that came back? I can tell you, patting my chest, that any engineer in the Black Iron District can see the clues about that thing, but in the entire human empire, there are not more than 100 people who can understand it. You understand
What do I mean?"
The dwarf engineer looked at the dull prince. He sighed and put the ax gun back in the prince's hand:
"Dark Blade regards engineering as the basic force of rule, while the Human Empire regards the same force as toys and unreliable science. Whether it is basic industries, talent reserves, design ideas, and official attitudes, they are completely different.
Different... I can imitate and even design a better ax gun in a few days, but this is meaningless... because in a few days, the factory in the Black Iron District can produce nearly ten weapons.
Thousands of such weapons..."
"Perhaps I shouldn't say this, but Your Highness... In the eyes of those of us who study engineering, the fall of the empire was actually doomed as early as the establishment of the Black Iron Zone. Human beings like magic because
Magic is more mysterious and more gorgeous, but the undead of the Dark Blade worship another kind of magic, that is the magic of steel and fire, which is enough magic to help them conquer the world... It is a pity, but we have missed the best period of catching up.
.”
"I'm sorry to offend you, but this is already... an advantage that technology overwhelms."
After saying this, Alsace's expression turned extremely ugly, but after all, he was not a person who would offend others. What's more, when he was young, the Steel Chain Master made many interesting gadgets for him.
..Finally, the prince took a deep breath, looked at the dwarf engineer in front of him sincerely, and said softly:
"Then, Master, write what you just said into a report. I will sign my name and submit it directly to our emperor... We are already behind, and we can no longer be blindfolded and beaten wantonly by the undead.
"
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"Arthas... Terenas taught a truly wise king."
One day later, in the isolated city in the Alterac Mountains, the human emperor wore glasses and repeatedly read the report sent by Alsace in the brightly lit office. In the wooden box at his hand, there was the
The axes and guns equipped by the Dark Blade Legion for the undead infantry. Putting these two things together, Emperor Lothar finally saw clearly the last mystery before him.
Questions about why the power of the Dark Blade Legion suddenly expanded to a level that was enough to confront the demons outside the territory... If the undead Rurid saved by Lieutenant Thassarian hadn't pierced this layer of window paper, who would have thought of it?
, will engineering, which has always been resisted by high-level human beings, become the magic weapon for the Dark Blade Legion to win?
At this moment, Emperor Lothar was shocked by Tyrion's long-term strategic thinking. The two sides had been fighting for so many years. Lothar was very aware of the development history of the undead in southern Xinjiang. Although the most well-known forces in northern Xinjiang were not
The presence of kings and nobles in the Defias Federal District can be called "rebellious", but the emperor knows very well that the Black Iron Commercial Federal District is the Dark Blade's real first stronghold in Azeroth.
In other words, Tyrion had already realized the importance of engineering as early as the moment he led the Dark Blade Legion through the Dark Portal, and perhaps he had been making preparations before that.
"Magic...technology...is really distressing."
Lothar put down the report in her hand, took off her glasses tiredly, leaned on the chair, and rubbed her forehead.
The reports from Arthas and Master Bronze Chain opened up a new path for the future of the empire. However, Lothar did not feel that simply imitating the model of the Dark Blade would allow mankind to finally defeat the undead. He must formulate a future plan for the empire.
A road, a road better than the Dark Blade.
But is this easier said than done?
From the recent situation, Lothar had a premonition of the coming storm. During his midnight dreams, he even dreamed of his deceased old friend more than once... Medivh, he dreamed of the scene when they were children, and this
The dream brought an ominous prophecy to the emperor. Maybe... Lothar, a man who narrowly escaped from a fatal battlefield a few years ago, was about to usher in the true end of his life.
Lothar is not afraid of death. What he is really afraid of is that after his death, the human empire that he worked so hard to rebuild will be divided again after crossing to the west. Judging from the current situation, even if they move to Kalimdor,
Tyrion will not let them go so easily, and once the human empire is divided again, it means... this civilization will completely lose hope.
Therefore, he must prepare in advance for his possible end... But Alsace, this wise prince is too young. Although he has experienced a lot, Lothar has no idea whether he can shoulder this important responsibility.
He knew that he couldn't risk putting Alsace in this position, even though the prince's current qualifications were very suitable.
"Shua"
Just as Emperor Lothar was thinking about the heavy incident, the curtains behind the window of his office were suddenly blown up by a gust of wind. This movement interrupted the emperor's thinking. He raised his head and looked, and the curtains were still beating, as if everything
normal.
"Click"
The emperor picked up the black ax gun at hand, and after loading it, he pointed the black and cold muzzle at the corner of the room:
"Friend, come out...or, I'll use it to "ask" you to come out."
"After so many years, things have changed and people have changed, but you still haven't changed much, Marshal Lothar..."
A low and hoarse female voice sounded in the room, and her name made Lothar stunned. The next moment, a woman wearing a white mask and black leather armor appeared in front of Lothar. Her mask was very...
It was distinctive, it was a pale mask with no decorations on it, leaving only the dark eye sockets, which looked somewhat strange.
"Garona?"
Even though the assassin was well disguised, Lothar still recognized her identity at a glance. Of course, he would not mistake her. She was the assassin in front of him who assassinated him when he was young a few years ago.
Best friend, Llane Wrynn... It was also because of her assassination that Stormwind City was captured during the orc invasion.
If there is anyone whom Lothar hates the most in his life, it is the assassin in front of him.
"You... actually dare to appear in front of me?"
There was a tremor in Lothar's voice. The emperor had not been so angry for a long time. The ax and gun in his hand were wrapped with the luster of flames, and the blood of the barbarian king was beating. That kind of power, that
This power of hatred and revenge made Lothar's body begin to tremble.
On the other hand, Garona didn't feel too nervous when facing the emperor who might pull the trigger at any time and kill her completely. In fact, Garona's attention at this time was not on Lothar at all, otherwise
With her top assassin's stealth skills, the emperor had no chance of even noticing her.
"While you are wasting time, the life of a person who has been secretly helping you is hanging by a thread..."
Garona spoke:
"I can't tell you who he is, but I can say that he has left a way out for the precarious Human Empire and the capital for you to fight back. I don't know why he did this, and I don't think you guys are worth it.
He takes such a risk, but listen to me, Lothar!"
"I'm not here to play revenge games with you, and the most ironic thing is that even if you have two eyes, you can't see the whole thing... You can't see the truth... What a waste..."
The orc assassin took off a ring from her fingertips and threw it on Lothar's desk. She said with a hint of ridicule:
"He thinks you can change everything, but I don't think so. You and your empire are already hopeless, but you still have to take his life, take the lives of... the people I care about, and I
What can be done?”
"You'd better be able to escape, you'd better be able to do what he wants you to do, if you can't..."
Garona's figure slowly disappeared in front of Lothar's eyes like catkins and quicksand in the wind. Her last words, full of deep emotions, completely fell into Lothar's ears:
"If you can't do it, then your existence... is meaningless. I will keep an eye on you. If you dare to waste the opportunity that he has given you everything to fight for, if you really dare to do this, I will
I will kill you...every one of you without any hesitation!"
Lothar's raised ax gun failed to fire in the end. Even though there were ten thousand voices in Lothar's mind yelling at him to keep the assassin here when facing Garona, he still didn't take the button in the end.
Move the trigger.
It's not because Lothar is kind, nor is it because Lothar has let go. In fact, this deep-seated hatred has not been relieved at all in the passage of time. The reason why he remains calm is because he has learned from Garona's deep-seated hatred.
She realized in her voice and emotion that this half-orc assassin was serious... If he really couldn't do that, Garona would really go crazy, and really would use her dagger to kill the current high-level human beings one after another.
Kill one.
This kind of actual terrorist threat forced Lothar to focus on the ring that was thrown on the table. He was curious about what could trigger a top assassin like Garona to explode like this.
Confusing emotions?
Is it really as she said... is this the last way for some great sacrifice that he doesn't know to fight for the human empire?
Rurid... Alas, it seems that there are very few people playing Alliance, and even fewer people have done the Thassarian quest line. No one has pointed out this joke... In the game, Thassarian is summoned
That loyal skeleton holding a two-handed ax is called Rurid~
