Chapter 301 Finding the Black Lotus(1/2)
Author: Jiangshan Yunyu
The Dark Iron Dwarves are currently in a dire situation!
They were enslaved by the Fire Lord for hundreds of years.
Now, most of the territory has been taken away by the indiscriminate Black Dragon Prince.
But Harald had no sympathy for them.
These guys were enslaved by the Fire Demon King, and it was entirely their own fault.
They blindly pursue the power of revenge and summon powerful existences that they cannot control.
Then countless volcanoes appeared at the summoning point, creating burning plains and scorching canyons.
The aftermath of the destruction spread towards the surrounding areas.
This disaster resulted in the death of countless thousands of people in the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Let’s not talk about the huge earthquake that shattered the ground that day.
The hot volcanic ash alone can choke humans to death.
Although the Dark Iron Dwarves were resistant to fire, they also suffered heavy casualties.
A large number of uninhabitable areas have been completely abandoned by people and turned into desolate no man's land.
The Black Rock Mountains, which stretch for thousands of kilometers, completely cut off the traffic between the north and south of the mainland.
In the game, Stormwind City in the south and Ironforge in the north rely on a subway tunnel running from the bottom of the sea to connect the two places.
Or fly over the Blackrock Mountains in aerial vehicles such as gryphons and goblin airships.
Access in reality is even more difficult.
There is definitely no undersea tunnel. Instead, we will go around by boat from the sea.
And it's all the Dark Iron Dwarves' fault!
Who will help this race that deserves it?
Of course, if Ragnaros, the Firelord, could explode the materials for making orange weapons like in the game, Harad wouldn't mind helping him kill it.
It's a pity that monsters in reality can't explode equipment.
So who would be stupid enough to rush into the magma and kill the extremely powerful fire element lord?
Whoever does something without profit is a fool!
In a mine with a huge interior space, Herard led a team of rangers to visit the masterpieces of the Dark Iron dwarves.
It seems that this place has been regarded as a deserted land.
In fact, it has become a place where anyone can come.
As long as the Fire Lord is not killed, the Dark Iron Dwarves will have no chance to stand up.
The Black Dragon Prince suppressed the Dark Iron Dwarves to death.
Not to mention visiting their mines.
Even if we take their mines as our own, there will be no problem.
But Herard has no interest in dungeons.
Only weird dwarves and gnomes like dungeons.
He led the team around this huge, empty mine, just to look for the Black Lotus that might exist.
The pet sparrow hawk squatted on the shoulders of the rangers, its round eyes constantly scanning this extremely large mine.
In such a place with a little light source, their super vision can still be used.
The interior space of the mine is very large.
And the Dark Iron dwarves are a bit casual when digging.
Although it won't be dug like a maze.
Going around and around still gives me a headache.
Fortunately, Herad has the earth spell to detect terrain.
It is equivalent to opening a map of the entire mine.
Therefore, he quickly led the team to visit the upper levels.
No trace of Black Lotus was found in the upper area.
He found the passage to the lower area with familiarity.
This passage is dug out of the crack cliff and leads to the steps of the lower mine.
The bottom of the crack is naturally a river of hot lava bubbling "gulu gulu".
Once you lose your footing and fall, it’s a perfect step and you won’t even need to be cremated!
Since the lower area of the mine is closer to the magma, the temperature here can be imagined.
Ordinary people have no means of protection and can only hold on for ten minutes at most.
Dark iron dwarves are cheap creatures with high fire resistance.
They like this kind of hellish place where they can roast people.
Here you can see the huge cauldron used by the Dark Iron dwarves to smelt iron ore.
There is no steel-making furnace next to the crucible.
The lava river next to it is the best steel-making furnace.
A crane set up on the edge of the magma river will lift the crucible into the magma for heating.
This free steel-making furnace is the best!
Of course, this means that the steel-making skills of the Dark Iron Dwarves are not very good.
Because this can only produce steel of very average quality.
Steelmaking looks very simple, but there are so many tricks involved!
But in many ways, crude steel is sufficient.
For example, huge steel components used to reinforce mountains.
Being big and thick enough is the most important indicator.
Judging from the steel components that can be seen everywhere, the lower area of the mine is what the Dark Iron dwarves value most.
But when their hometown in Blackrock Spire was no longer safe, they had no choice but to abandon it and go back to join the war.
Some semi-finished puppets made of stone and steel were also abandoned here.
Looking at the lower area of the mine with a strong atmosphere of steel civilization, Herard did not think that black lotuses would grow here.
He headed towards the only possible area.
It was a huge primitive cave almost close to the lava river.
This primitive cave had existed underground for countless years before the Dark Iron dwarves dug the mine.
The Dark Iron dwarves dug here and discovered the original cave, but did not develop it further.
When Horad arrived near the entrance of the original cave, he discovered why the Dark Iron dwarves had not developed this place.
Because inside the primitive cave, there are a large number of strange dragon-shaped creatures that can breathe fire.
That kind of dragon has nothing to do with the five-color dragon.
They are variants of Diplosaurus among dinosaurs.
The relationship with the five-color dragon is equivalent to the difference between humans and monkeys.
Diplosaurus was a dinosaur that walked on all fours and had a huge sail-like dorsal fin on its back.
Overall, it's closer to a crocodile.
Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, there is no comparison between Amphora and Velociraptor.
The two-sail dragon in the original cave is no longer pure flesh and blood.
Their bodies have been slightly transformed into the element of fire.
Although it hasn't turned into a cool lava skin, the fiery red scales still look very cool.
These guys have super high fire resistance and can swim in lava.
Dark Iron dwarves are very cruel to their fellow dwarves, but not so cruel to other races.
They and the Flame Twin Sail Dragon in the primitive cave are in a state of incompatibility.
The high elf rangers were delighted to see these strange creatures.
Just because the level of civilization is very high does not mean that the way you deal with things will become Buddhist-like.
To be continued...