Chapter 368 17. The Battle of Ironforge. The Fugitives

Tyrion didn't tell Thales what he needed a high-level assassin to get back for him.

But that must be a very important thing, and the high-ranking assassin himself knows this very well, but after drinking that bottle of "blood of the demigod", the bond of cooperation and trust between the two parties has been established, and it is very "solid", as long as Thales is still sane, so he won't do anything dangerous.

That's a smart guy, and smart people are rarely manipulated by their emotions, they always make choices that work in their favor.

But for those who are not so smart, after being enveloped by intense emotions, they often make very bad choices. end.

Ironforge is the most important city of the copperbeard dwarves. More than 70% of the copperbeard dwarves live here. Even if King Magni took away more than half of the army, there are still nearly 250,000 dwarves in this city. , and the undead who invaded the city along the large tunnel were only more than 20,000, plus a few undead Grons and some black iron undead, the numbers of the two sides were not at the same level at all.

If there is one person who can stabilize the situation when the disaster strikes, the dwarves will definitely not lose, but unfortunately, there is no, or this much-anticipated leader... came too late.

"boom"

Twenty minutes before the start of the attack, the gate of Ironforge's Throne Hall was violently pushed open. Brian Bronzebeard, who had rushed over, looked at the empty Throne Hall. shouted:

"Where is the king?"

"His Majesty Magni took his soldiers to fight the undead."

The guard chief who was caught was not angry either. He recognized Brian, the unkempt Prince of Ironforge. Seeing Brian's anxious expression, the guard thought he was worried about the king's safety, so he comforted him carelessly:

"Don't worry, Brian, the king is very confident and has brought the best and most capable soldiers, and they will be back soon."

"How much did he take?"

When Brian heard this, his expression became more anxious, and the guard also felt that the question was wrong, so he hurriedly replied:

"Two-thirds of the standing army has been taken by the king, and the rest are in the barracks, and the generals are on standby."

"Oops!"

Brian's expression became even more flustered. He turned around and ran towards the military area. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell the guard:

"Gather all the throne guards and go to the artisan area, there are spies of the undead! They want to destroy this place!"

"!!!"

When the captain of the guard heard the appalling news, he immediately cheered up, picked up the assembly whistle at hand, put it near his mouth, and blew it. The sharp whistle immediately alarmed the throne guards patrolling the entire throne room. He rushed over to the throne room.

No one doubted that Brian would lie. He was the king's younger brother. Lying would not do him any good at this time, and the sound of the whistle also woke up Princess Moira, who lived in the palace near the throne room. She was very at odds with her father, but after losing her husband, her father became her only support, so she finally returned to Ironforge.

Right now, hearing the whistle of the throne guards, the princess who grew up in the palace immediately realized that something big had happened. She rubbed her stomach with some fear. There was her only child with Thaurissan... Mo Ella gritted her teeth, and finally she walked out of her palace quickly and walked towards the throne room.

It was enough to escape once in Darkforge City. In the following days, this rebellious princess who also inherited the resolute character of the Bronzebeard family will no longer allow her and her child's fate to be controlled by others. in hand.

"Ka-Ka-Ka-Ka"

The sound of running dwarf soldiers in heavy armor rang out in the alleys of the artisan area. Seeing the first soldier rush to the deepest tunnel in the artisan area amidst the roar of the dwarf general, he stood beside the dwarf artisans and chatted with them. There was a flash of light in Keeshan's eyes. He glanced back at the white-haired dwarf he had been familiar with for the past two days, and said in a low voice:

"Hey, my friend Overspark, I'm going to do something next..."

"What?"

The master craftsman who was busy twisting the screws of an aircraft engine raised his head, and saw foreman John holding the silver steam cannon on the table with both hands, the dwarf felt something was wrong, and the next moment, he saw John The foreman picked up the big killer and pointed it at the dwarf soldiers running out ahead.

"You and your friends, you'd better lie under the table!"

Keeshan didn't need to hide himself anymore, he turned his head and said indifferently, seeing the cold light shining in the foreman's eyes, Master Craftsman Overspark's scalp was numb, he screamed, rushed under the table, and hid there Trembling, the next moment, the terrifying sound of machine gun firing sounded like thunder in the alleys of the artisan district.

Like a dazzling fiery snake, the dwarf soldiers who were caught off guard did not expect the bullets shot from behind. A dozen heavily armed soldiers were beaten into a ball of steel before they could even scream. Meat mud mixed with bone residue, this scene made Brian Bronzebeard, who rushed over following the dwarf general, subconsciously lie on the ground, and beside him, the dwarf general roared angrily, commanding the remaining soldiers to use muskets fight back.

For a time, the entire artisan district became a battlefield.

"Hey, Overspark, don't be afraid."

Keeshan put down the steel craftsman table, he leaned behind the table, comforted the shivering white-haired dwarf beside him, and said softly:

"I'm not your enemy, we are friends, we had a good chat these two days."

"You! You killed someone!"

The Master Tinker screamed amidst the gunfire of the dwarves:

"You killed someone with a weapon I made, and now I'm an accomplice, my God!"

"Don't be afraid, you're going to a good place."

Keeshan used his feet to pull the explosive packs scattered in front of him towards him. He held them in his hands and turned them upside down. These explosive packs handmade by dwarf masters are full of weight, but for a strengthened undead , this weight is nothing.

"There, you are free to study whatever you want, remember what we talked about?"

Keeshan said to the shivering cowardly dwarf:

"Steel spaceships flying in the sky, golems that can carry pilots, and super rifles powered by steam...those things that the dwarves forbid you to research because they are too dangerous, in our place, you can research as you like. ..man, you're a real genius, and my boss always says that real geniuses don't get buried."

"Really...really?"

Overspark touched his engineering goggles that were broken by bullets, and he asked with difficulty:

"John, who the hell do you work for?"

"We'll talk about that later! Give me your pistol!"

Keeshan yelled, and the dwarf subconsciously handed him the pistol he was protecting. Maybe to a dwarf, it was a big shiny gun, but to a human, it was a heavy gun. Keeshan smiled, blinking his eyes, the undead would not feel fear, the moment he heard footsteps slowly approaching, he stood up suddenly from his hiding place, threw the explosive pack in his hand to the approaching dwarves.

"boom"

The pistol made by the master craftsman of Gnomeregan, Overspark, made a low sound, and a bullet flew out of the gun chamber, hitting the explosive package in the sky with precision.

"boom"

The terrifying explosion completely engulfed several dwarf soldiers below, and this huge shock undoubtedly warned those who were still busy in the tunnel.

"Keeshan had a firefight with them, they've found out."

Necromancer Menathan glanced back at the shadowy tunnel, he gave some instructions to the other brothers, and then activated the communication circle.

"What's up?"

Grokush's deep voice came from the communication circle, and the necromancer said calmly:

"Being discovered, you can let go, but we can only give you a maximum of 10 minutes..."

"unnecessary!"

Glokush's voice came again:

"There are only the last 5 kilometers left, you guys are ready to evacuate, and leave the rest to us!"

A few minutes later, the ground in the artisan area of ​​Ironforge began to shake crazily. The dwarf soldiers who entered the large tunnel ran out in panic. Behind them was a huge, flesh-and-blood monster that the dwarves had never seen before. A giant monster made of steel and over 10 meters tall.

"boom"

Gruul waved his steel arm, and the huge armor-piercing cone attached to his fist slammed on the ground in the artisan area. The pure power surged underground like a cannon explosion, easily breaking down the defense line formed by the dwarf soldiers. destroy it.

The steam tank that drove to the craftsman's area was easily overturned by this giant beast, and it was held in its hand like a piece of iron, destroying the underground city frantically.

And behind them were 20,000 undead orcs. During the back-and-forth transportation of 30 black iron drilling machines, groups of undead infantry commanded by high-ranking knights appeared in Ironforge. In various urban areas, this further strengthened the urban order that was gradually crumbling due to continuous firefights and shaking.

"B Company, I'd like to think that Tyrion only values ​​you out of curiosity."

Glokush stood in front of Keeshan and his B Company, his green eyes full of admiration:

"But now, I know, you are worthy of this attention and the resources spent on you... Now, disband and go to rest, I know you don't want to have too much blood on your hands, so, next It will be done by me and my soldiers."

"swish"

Keeshan gave a military salute to Glokush, then pointed indifferently to the terrified dwarf craftsmen surrounded by the undead behind him, and he said calmly:

"These craftsmen are all excellent engineering talents. According to His Majesty's request, they should be properly placed!"

"Very well, then you will escort them to Darkforge City."

After finishing speaking, Glokush turned and left without hesitation. The communication between the undead is so direct, and there will not be too much personal emotion involved. Keeshan looked back at the master craftsman at the front of the terrified dwarves, He whispered:

"My friend Overspark, no one will hurt you now."

The dwarf craftsman who escaped with his life looked at his "friend" with complicated eyes, and then at the panicked compatriots behind him. After a while, he lowered his head and said in a voice almost muttering:

"Thanks."

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"Uncle! Uncle, Uncle Brian! Come!"

In Ironforge, which was in chaos due to the appearance of the undead, Brian Bronzebeard carried a bag of things furtively, mixed in the crowd, and wanted to escape from his city, but all the dwarves panicked in the undead raid. Confused, seeing the killed dwarf soldiers stand up and join the ranks of the undead, the resistance of the living completely collapsed.

The dwarven civilians are also very capable of fighting, but the civilians who can fight are still civilians. In the face of established military forces, their resistance is doomed to fail.

Everyone wanted to escape, which caused the only exit of Ironforge to be tightly blocked, and the sound of cursing and crying rang out. There was only one gate. This unique design can ensure that the city is difficult to break into when foreign enemies invade. , but once the city falls into chaos, this design will pull most of the city to be buried together.

Just when Brian was crowded in the crowd, two black iron drilling machines suddenly rushed out from the hillside in front of the entrance of the city. The door of the black iron machine opened, and the wolf-like orc undead waved The weapon rushed towards the screaming crowd.

It was chaotic, and the whole crowd became chaotic in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, Brian rushed into the center of the city biting the opposite direction, where it had become a battlefield, and when Brian was running out of breath, his The voice of his niece Moira suddenly sounded, Brian raised his head and saw Moira waving at him at the entrance of the throne room.

When Brian ran over, he found that the throne room was already full of people, and they were all forging masters, wounded generals, etc., all of whom were very famous or mastered unique skills. gathered here, while his niece, the rebellious Bronzebeard Moira, stood before her father's throne, calling out to all the dwarves:

"Ironforge can't hold it anymore, we can't wait for my father to come back, no one wants to die, so I hope you follow me and leave this city... Don't make noise! ​​I know the main entrance is impassable, so let's go The secret path...the secret path to the back mountain."

"You're crazy!"

When Brian heard this, he rushed to the throne with his scalp numb, took his niece by the hand and shouted:

"That is a forbidden place! The secret place left by the ancestors, where the most sacred and important secrets of the dwarves are hidden, only the king is qualified to enter! Moira, you are not qualified to open it!"

"I'm not crazy! Uncle, this is our only chance of survival!"

A stubborn light shone in Moira's eyes. With a wave of her hand, the head of the guard beside her stepped forward and forcibly pulled the noisy Brian aside. The head of the guard lowered his voice:

"Prince Brian...don't make trouble, the princess convinced the other guards that no one here wants to die, if you continue to stop, I'm afraid everyone will..."

Brian gritted his teeth and looked at the niece who was shouting on the stage. For a moment, he felt that he had never really seen this rebellious niece clearly. What kind of thoughts did she have?

"Open it! For the survival of Ironforge! I order you, open it!"

The princess yelled at the king's most trusted royal historian, Axenus: "Open it! Axenus, there is no time to waste!"

"Yes, open it!"

"Open it!"

Behind the princess, all the prominent figures in Ironforge were shouting at the royal historian. Finally, the pale female dwarf turned around and took out the key. After a heavy noise, the only secret passage in Ironforge, Appeared in front of everyone.

"Come on, let's leave!"

The copper-bearded princess Moira patted the royal historian's shoulder in a calm tone, and was the first to walk into the secret room. Her clenched fists were filled with sweat, but her eyes were filled with a strange light. .

"Father, I accept your throne!"