During the time that Sharlayan left Azeroth for the Shadowlands, Valeera, Stellagosa, and Onyxia all had their own tasks to complete.
Although Onyxia's tasks are tiring, they are relatively low-tech.
She is only responsible for delivering the message on behalf of the Black Dragon Royal Family, and she has the final say whether it succeeds or not.
The Backlight Blade led by Valeera needs to sneak into the heavily guarded Utgard Castle many times. Relatively speaking, the risk factor will be higher than Onyxia's mission, but it is not considered a risk to Valeera.
What a huge problem.
Among the three, Stellagosa's task is undoubtedly the most complicated. She needs to hide from the Bronzebeard dwarves and get in touch with the former Bronzebeard Princess and now the Dark Iron Queen Moira.
Among the three dwarf clans, the Bronzebeard clan is rich in warriors and blacksmiths, and the gryphon knights of the Wildhammer dwarves are unique in the world.
Compared with these two clans, the Dark Iron clan also has its own advantages. They have more spellcasters than the Wildhammers and Bronzebeard dwarves combined.
Sarlayan specifically learned about the information related to the Dark Iron Dwarves.
The spell casters of the Dark Iron Dwarves are rather strange, they are not simply shamans or mages.
To be honest, today's Black Iron spellcasters are a bit like summoners.
Perhaps due to the influence of Ragnaros, the Dark Iron dwarves have a strong affinity for the fire element and have unique advantages in learning fire spells.
At the same time, the Dark Iron Dwarf spellcaster can also summon his own fire elemental helper and use the fire element to assist in the battle.
These low-level fire elements have no self-awareness and will only mechanically obey the orders of the summoner.
Although they are much weaker than those advanced fire elements with intelligence, at least the Dark Iron Dwarves will not have any psychological burden when driving them.
After all...the Dark Iron Dwarf, who had already suffered a lot, didn't want to summon another father to provide for him.
Stellagosa's ultimate goal is to obtain the Dark Iron Dwarf's summoning spell to summon Ragnaros, but only a few high-ranking officials, led by the Dark Iron King, know this secret.
Stellagosa did not have any friendship with the Dark Iron dwarves, so she could only contact Moira through Sharlayan's personal channels, and then use Moira to convince the new Dark Iron King Dagran Thaurissan.
As a blue dragon who is proficient in magic, Stellagosa used the invisibility spell to sneak into the Blackstone Abyss smoothly.
When entering Blackstone Mountain, she also saw several young black dragons inside the hollowed-out mountain.
The interior of Blackrock Mountain was entirely excavated and built by Dark Iron dwarves.
Ever since Nefarian brought his black dragon army to settle here and recruited the "legitimate tribe" under Red Blackhand as slaves, the Dark Iron dwarves could only retreat in frustration.
They abandoned the upper level of the Blackstone Tower and retreated to the Dark Iron Capital deep in the Blackstone Abyss, Shadowforge City, to guard the Molten Core occupied by Ragnaros' clones.
After the Second Orc War, driven by the masters behind each other, the Black Iron Dwarves and the Blackstone Orcs had many small-scale conflicts in succession. No one could do anything to win over the other, and they could only ignore the conflict.
Stellagosa ignored Nefarian who was entrenched on the upper floor of the Blackstone Tower, and went all the way down to the core area of Shadowforge City. She transformed into a female Dark Iron Dwarf and sneaked into the Dark Iron Tavern in the city.
Using illusions as a cover, Stellagosa finally established contact with Moira who was out to increase her presence half a month ago.
As the princess of the Bronzebeard clan, even though she has become a queen, Moira's life in Shadowforge City is not that good.
There are still many people within the Dark Iron clan who oppose Thaurissan marrying the princess of the Bronzebeard clan.
In order to gain the support of the people, Moira had to frequently appear outside the palace and talk to those stubborn Dark Iron dwarves at close range. She hoped to persuade her people with a sincere attitude.
Moira's actions achieved certain results in the early stage, and those who were less firm in their stance were moved by her attitude and gradually changed their hostile stance.
But as time goes by, fewer and fewer people are willing to believe Moira, and the remaining ones are deep-rooted die-hards who will not change their minds easily.
Leaving the palace to preach among the people has become a part of Moira's life. Even though she knew it would be difficult to convert more people to support her, she still did not give up her intention to communicate closely with the people.
Just when Moira had a smile on her face and listened to the most real and simple demands of the common people, a strange female voice suddenly entered her ears.
"Queen Moira, I am Stellagosa, the envoy of Lord Sharlayan Darkshadow."
"The Marquis has an important cooperation project that he would like to discuss with the Dark Iron Dwarf. Can you take the time to meet with me alone?"
Moira, who received royal education from an early age, has long developed a demeanor that does not show emotion or anger.
On the surface, her movements and demeanor did not change at all, but Stellagosa could notice some changes in her eyes.
‘Marquis of Deep Shadow? Want to cooperate with the Dark Iron Dwarves? Why?’
As the princess of the Bronzebeard dwarves, Moira once had some exchanges with Sharlayan in Ironforge. She knows Sharlayan very well... or in other words, the high elves and the Bronzebeards have a relatively friendly relationship.
Compared with the Bronzebeard clan living in the sun, the Dark Iron dwarves who hide underground and serve as dogs for the fire element are like rats in the gutter. Moira cannot understand why Sharlayan would take the risk of sending his envoy deep underground.
Shadowforge City.
'What could be a major collaboration...? Is it worth taking such a big risk?'
Although she is the Dark Iron Queen, Moira's every move is under the surveillance of the Dark Iron dwarves' top brass, so she doesn't have much free time.
When Moira finally got rid of the monitor and came to the atrium garden of the Dark Iron Palace to rest alone, she once doubted that the messenger who transmitted messages to her remotely could sneak into the heavily guarded Dark Iron Palace.
"Shua~"
Just when Moira was rubbing her forehead in worry, a high elf woman wearing a light blue dress appeared in front of her without any warning.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Moira was very surprised and looked at Stellagosa with a smile on her face as he saluted her and said hello.
"You...how did you get in?"
Stellagosa smiled indifferently: "It's not important, is it? Let's talk about business."
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Stellagosa is not as smooth-talking as Valeela, but after being exposed to it for so long, she has learned a lot of negotiation skills.
Under the influence of Sharlayan, Stellagosa did not like to engage in useless pleasantries.
After briefly explaining her identity, she went straight to the point and stated her purpose.
When she heard that the Dark Shadow Marquis's bargaining chip was to help the Dark Iron Dwarves escape from the enslavement of the fire element, Moira's eyes visibly flickered.
As Dagran Thaurissan's bed partner, Moira knows her husband's long-cherished wishes better than anyone else.
Except for the scoundrels who were born with soft bones, no one wants to be a groveling dog, and the Dark Iron dwarves are no exception.
As a descendant of the Thaurissan family, Daglan could not comment on the merits and demerits of the king who summoned Ragnaros and found a father for the Dark Iron dwarves.
There is no need to mention the past. Dagran Thaurissan is focused on the future. He wants his people to be permanently freed from the slavery of the fire element, so that the Dark Iron dwarves can live under the sun without discrimination.
In the eyes of many Black Iron executives who are accustomed to being a dog to the fire element, their new king is young, energetic and very motivated.
Unfortunately, his ideal is just a foolish dream.
Not to mention other things, the powerful strength of Ragnaros' clone alone will greatly weaken the Dark Iron Dwarves' will to resist.
The Black Iron Kingdom in the past had not thought about resisting the fire element, but after weighing the pros and cons, they finally chose to swallow their anger.
Without it, the strength was just insufficient, and the ancient kings could not imagine how to defeat the powerful Fire Demon King.
Stellagosa was not surprised by the undisguised suspicion on Moira's face. For a mortal, even if it was just a clone, Ragnaros, who had the home advantage, would be difficult to defeat.
After understanding Sharlayan's plan, Stellagosa grasped several key points, the most important of which was the assistance of Hydraxia's water element.
As the saying goes, fire and water are incompatible.
The relationship between the two elemental lords Ragnaros and Neptulon has always been very bad, and naturally their younger brother cannot pee in the same pot.
Neptulon is still blocked in the Throat of the Abyss in the Water Elemental Realm, but his Duke Hydraxis has already infiltrated his men into Azeroth, that is, Haida, who has been cooperating with the night elves.
Shia water element.
In addition to the help provided by the water element, Sharlayan also told Stellagosa a secret.
The fire element has provoked many enemies in the elemental world, and Sunderland, the prince of the air element, once challenged Ragnaros.
Unfortunately, due to lack of strength, Sunderland was defeated, and his essence was imprisoned in a container by Ragnaros and given to the two fire elemental lords for safekeeping.
Coincidentally, these two fire element lords named Garr and Baron Geddon also came to the material world with Ragnaros' clone, and they happened to be carrying those two containers.