As a senior miner, Johnson is somewhat silent. He remembers Van Cleef as a sunny, cheerful, humorous, generous and compassionate person.
He is completely different from the current guy who only wants revenge.
However, he couldn't blame Van Cleef because they had lost too much.
Career, money, status, friends, and the possibility of advancement.
It cannot be said that everyone gave everything for the reconstruction of Stormwind City, but basically they gave everything they had as much as possible. They even did not go back during holidays such as Christmas, just to make Stormwind City appear in this world faster.
to allow this city to once again protect their people.
In order not to delay the construction period, they even paid for many materials themselves.
They built this city with light and hope, and every day they feel that they are heroes and heroes who are helping their country build a glorious history.
He is a hero dedicated to Stormwind City.
The citizens of Stormwind City also think so. They constantly cheer for them and applaud their craftsmanship. They build this city with more care.
They believe that their names will be sung along with Stormwind City forever.
So when they encountered wage arrears at the beginning, they could actually understand it. After all, Stormwind City did have financial problems, and they could indeed understand it.
But what did their tolerance and concession get in return?
Van Cleef, who could have become a noble by relying on this merit, and other brotherhood foremen were directly beaten to death as traitors.
They didn't get a penny from their wages.
Not only that, they all became rebellious and became a factor of instability in the kingdom.
But the mad king and the foolish king didn't even think about finding the real murderer and making others innocent. They just cared about their own sorrow and allowed everything to happen.
How stupid and disappointing is this?
At first they thought everything would be fine when they returned to their hometown, but unfortunately, they were all wrong.
Stormwind City did not let them go.
The nobility did not.
The MI7 agents did not.
Neither did King Varian Wrynn, the man they once trusted and had high hopes for.
All he gave them was despair.
Just because they might be dissatisfied, those agents come to kill them, arrest them, and then beat them into submission.
It's because they can't find who killed the princess.
Then they are all suspects.
How ridiculous.
What a despair.
Recalling the past experiences and the unwilling faces of the old guys, Johnson didn't say anything. After all, he knew nothing except working with Van Cleef and mining for a long time. No matter how good he was in this life, he would be nothing.
He's just a miner foreman.
It was only because those people around Van Cleef who could really help him died at the hands of MI7 that he, a little person, became an important subordinate of Van Cleef.
"I understand, I will let the miners who behave well go early."
Johnson also closed his eyes, as if he would not have to see the desperate faces of those women, the faces of those husbands and fathers who were about to be killed, and what would happen to those who were unwilling to cooperate.
However, some Defias thieves who were eavesdropping at the door cheered directly.
In this place where there is no fun, they have long been tired of gambling and other things. That is to say, Van Cleef has been restraining them before, not letting them go out with the cavalry to collect protection money, otherwise they would have gone out to do these things.
!
But now that Van Cleef is willing to let those useless miners find women, it means they can too!
It's just a matter of time.
As for letting miners go first?
They have no dissatisfaction, after all, these are people who have always followed Van Cleef, and they are also normal.
In order to make his team more effective, Van Cleef collected too many scum into their team. Although this improved their combat effectiveness, it also made their team impure.
"A bunch of scum..."
Van Cleef listened to the cheers outside, took a deep breath, and tried hard not to regret his previous decisions.
But he couldn't find any alternative.
The Brotherhood needs money, very, very much, and a lot of steel.
So the miners' loyalty and efforts are necessary.
Because it is impossible for him to get the support of the dwarves and obtain a large number of excellent armors at a very favorable price. It is also impossible for him to have the time and ability to train elite soldiers like Stormwind City.
He simply does not have the money or ability to train a force that can stand up to Stormwind City with the help of the Alliance.
So we can only attack Stormwind City by surprise and use things that neither Stormwind City nor other countries have to defeat Stormwind City.
He built Stormwind City, and he knew exactly what kind of military strength was needed to attack Stormwind City head-on - an army he would never be able to accumulate in his lifetime.
Especially the gate, because considering the reason for the opening of the Dark Gate again, he also specially designed the anti-dragon and catapults. He himself, the designer and builder, did not know how to defend the gate with soldiers.
Go down and destroy the gates of Stormwind City!
If there are any flaws or fragility in the gate of Stormwind City, it would only be those statues that were not made by him.
It wasn't him who designed or supervised the work, he wasn't familiar with it.
So another method must be used, a unique method.
He looked at his drawings, which showed a powerful ship. This was his only way to take revenge on Stormwind City.
This ship is made of steel, can easily carry a large amount of ammunition, and will not be overtaken by any existing fleet.
It would be the size of a small town, able to easily house the main force of the Defias Brotherhood, and be able to sail and fight on the sea for months on end.
Moreover, the deck and hull made of steel can also bear more and stronger cannons, allowing him to level Stormwind City directly on the sea!
The strong armor can resist any existing artillery. Even if the deck and hull are continuously bombarded with artillery, there is no way to really harm this giant!
The only problem is.
There were too many technologies and funds involved, and the construction period was so huge that it gave him a headache.
"More iron and gold...more craftsmen and artificers."
Van Cleef took a deep breath. The order he gave before was still burning in his heart, burning his conscience and heart.
But no matter how much he regretted it, he had no intention of withdrawing his order. Because as soon as he closed his eyes, he could see his old friends dying tragically, how they were framed from heroes to traitors, and he could see how they were framed from heroes to traitors.
to the amount of funds and steel needed for his own revenge plan.
He rubbed his drawings and made a sound like he was dreaming.
"Ours is just...no one can stop our just revenge!"