Chapter 506 5. Guests

"boom"

Later that night, Prince Arthas returned to the city of Lordaeron through the portal, but he did not immediately go to see his father, but instead came to the laboratory of the master engineer of Lordaeron's royal vassal.

He placed a heavy object on the table in front of the dwarf engineer. It was a black ax gun assembled from steel and special wood and a magazine filled with 7 bullets, but it didn't look like it. Not the one Rured used.

"Can this thing be imitated?"

The prince's face was somewhat gloomy, and facing his question, the short dwarf engineer picked up the heavy weapon and observed 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 principle of goblin engineering. It has two models from the dwarf musket developed by our gnomes, but in general, it does not go beyond our understanding.. .Do you need such a weapon? I can order one for you within 3 days."

"No, Master Chain, you don't understand me."

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 of Lordaeron with such weapons. How long will it take?"

"Well?"

The dwarf engineer was stunned. He looked at the ax gun in his hand. The parts of this thing had strong traces of assembly line production. The dwarf was no stranger to this. In some workshops in the Gnomeregan dungeon, they Such an assembly line will also be used, but the problem is that Lordaeron, no, there is no complete assembly line workshop 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 Royal Highness, the dwarf engineer said with some regret:

"If I have a complete manufacturing workshop, sufficient supply of raw materials, and enough apprentices and workers, then I can guarantee that 100,000 people will be reequipped within two months, but the problem is that 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 has 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 man realized the power of engineering to a collective, but unfortunately, in terms of assembly line production and business models, the undead in southern Xinjiang have been ahead of the human empire by at least 20 years, and in terms of the use of engineering ideas and In terms of development planning, they are even nearly a hundred years ahead of us at the level of thinking, Your Royal Highness, I heard some friends describe the operation mode of the Black Iron Business Federation, and I can only tell you a pessimistic fact."

"Even if we imitate Dark Blade's business model from now on to manufacture workshops and assembly lines to produce military supplies, we will not be able to catch up with them... Do you remember that last month, our spies stole The blueprint that came back? I can tell you with a pat on the chest, that thing is in the Black Iron District, any engineer can see the clue, but in the entire human empire, there are no more than 100 people who can understand it, you understand Do I mean?"

The dwarf engineer looked at the sluggish prince, he sighed, and put the ax in his hand back into the prince's hand:

"Dark Blade regards engineering as the basic power of rule, while the human empire regards the same power as a toy and an unreliable science. Whether it is basic industries, talent reserves, design ideas, or official attitudes, they are completely different. Different... I can imitate and even design a better ax gun within a few days, but it doesn't make sense... because within a few days, the factory in the Black Iron District can produce nearly ten Thousands of such weapons..."

"Maybe 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 District. Humans love magic because Magic is more mysterious and gorgeous, but the undead of Dark Blade worship another kind of magic, that is the magic of steel and fire, which is enough to help them conquer the world...It's a pity, but we have missed the best time to catch up .”

"I'm sorry to shock you, but this is already ... the advantage of technology crushing."

After saying these words, Alsace's face became extremely ugly, but he is not a person who would take anger at others after all, not to mention, when he was young, Master Steel Chain made many interesting gadgets for him. ..In the end, the prince took a deep breath, looked sincerely at the dwarf engineer in front of him, and said softly:

"Then, master, write what you just said into a report, I will sign my name, and then submit it directly to our emperor... We are already behind, we can no longer be blindfolded and beaten wantonly by the undead. "

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"Arthas...Terenas taught a true wise king."

One day later, in the lonely city in the mountains of Alterac, the human emperor, wearing glasses, read the report sent by Alsace repeatedly in the brightly lit office. The axes and guns equipped by the Dark Blade Legion for the undead infantry, these two things put together, let Emperor Lothar finally see the last mystery in front of him.

Questions about why the power of the Dark Blade Legion suddenly swelled to a level sufficient to confront the demons outside the domain... If it wasn't for the undead Rured rescued by Lieutenant Thassarian who pierced through this layer of window paper, who would have thought of it? , Will engineering, which has always been resisted by the upper echelons of human beings, become the magic weapon for the Dark Blade Legion to win?

At this moment, Emperor Lothar was shocked by the long-term strategic thinking of Tyrion. After so many years of fighting between the two sides, Lothar knew the development history of the undead in southern Xinjiang very well. The king and nobles existed in the Defias Federal District, which can be called "rebellious", but the emperor knew very well that the Black Iron Commercial Federal District was the real first stronghold of Dark Blade in Azeroth.

In other words, as early as the moment Tyrion led the Dark Blade Legion across the Portal of Darkness, he had already realized the importance of engineering, and perhaps he was already preparing for it before that.

"Magic...technology...is really annoying."

Lothar put down the report in his hand, took off his glasses tiredly, leaned back on the chair, and rubbed his forehead.

The report of Alsace and the master of the copper chain gave him a new path for the future of the empire, but Lothar did not think that simply following the model of the dark blade would allow humans to finally defeat the undead. He must formulate a future path for the empire. Road, a road better than Dark Blade.

But how easy is it?

From the recent situation, Lothar already had a premonition that the storm was coming. During his dreams at midnight, he even dreamed of his old friend who had passed away more than once... Medivh, he dreamed of their childhood scenes, and this The dream brought an ominous prophecy to the emperor, maybe...Lothar, who escaped from the mortal battlefield a few years ago, is about to usher in the real end of his life.

Lothar is not afraid of death. What he is really afraid of is that after his death, the human empire he rebuilt with painstaking efforts splits up again after crossing to the west. Judging from the current situation, even if they migrate 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 does not know whether he can take on this heavy responsibility. He knew that he couldn't take the risk of putting Alsace in this position, even though the prince's current aptitude was very suitable.

"swish"

Just when Emperor Lothar was thinking about the heavy event, the curtain behind the window of his office was suddenly blown by a gust of wind. This movement interrupted the emperor's thinking. When he looked up, the curtain was 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:

"Come out, friend...or, I use it to 'please' you to come out."

"After so many years, things have changed, but you still haven't changed much, Marshal Lothar..."

A deep and hoarse female voice sounded in the room, and her address 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 has a characteristic, it is a pale mask with no decorations on it, leaving only dark eye sockets, which looks somewhat weird.

"Garona?"

Although the assassin had put on enough disguise, Lothar still recognized her identity at a glance. Of course, he would not mistake her. It was the assassin in front of him who assassinated him when he was young a few years ago in front of his face. Best friend, Ryan Wrynn... It was also because of her assassination that Stormwind City fell during the orc invasion.

If there is someone Lothar hates the most in his life, then it is the assassin in front of him.

"You...how dare you appear in front of me?"

There was a tremor in Lothar's voice. The emperor hadn't been so angry for a long time. The ax and gun in his hand were wrapped in the luster of flames, and the blood belonging to the king of barbarians was beating. That kind of power, that This power of hatred and revenge made Lothar's body tremble.

On the other hand, Garona, facing the emperor who might pull the trigger at any time and kill her completely, she didn't feel too nervous. In fact, Garona's attention was not on Lothar at all at this time, otherwise With the stealth method of her top assassin, the emperor would never even think about sensing it.

"While you were wasting time, a person who has been secretly helping you is hanging by a thread..."

Garona said:

"I can't tell you who he is, but I can say that he has left a retreat for the precarious human empire and the capital for your counterattack. I don't know why he did this, and I don't think you guys are worth it. He is so risky, but you listen to me, Lothar!"

"I didn't come to play revenge games with you, and the irony 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 half-orc assassin took off a ring from her fingertips and threw it on Lothar's desk. She said with a hint of sarcasm:

"He thinks you can change everything, but I don't think so. You and your empire are already hopeless, but you still want to take his life, take the lives of... the people I care about, and I don't think so. What can I do?"

"You'd better escape, you'd better do what he wants you to do, if you can't..."

Garona's figure slowly disappeared before Lothar's eyes like flakes and quicksand in the wind. Her last sentence, which was full of deep-seated emotions, completely fell into Lothar's ears:

"If you can't do it, then your existence...is meaningless, I will stare at you, if you dare to waste the opportunity he gave you with everything, if you really dare to do this, I will Kill you all without hesitation...every one!"

The ax raised by Lothar failed to fire in the end. Even though there were ten thousand voices in Lothar's mind yelling for him to keep the assassin here when facing Garona, he still didn't shoot it in the end. Pull the trigger.

It's not because Lothar is kind, nor is it because Lothar has let go of it. In fact, this deep-rooted hatred has not been let go in the passage of time. The reason why he remains calm is because he learned from Garona. I realized in the voice and emotion that this half-orc assassin is playing for real... If he really can't do that, Garona will really go crazy, and will really use her dagger to kill the current high-level human beings, one after another. One kill.

This kind of terrorist threat at the practical level forced Lothar to focus on the ring that was thrown on the table. He was very curious as to what could trigger a top assassin like Garona to explode like this Confused emotions?

Is it really as she said...is this a great victim he doesn't know, fighting for the human empire, the last way?

Lured... Alas, it seems that there are really few people who play the alliance, even fewer people who have done the Thassarian quest line, and no one pointed out this meme...In the game, Thassarian summoned The loyal skeleton with a two-handed ax is called Lured~