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Chapter 1271: Dark Gate Incident (Summer is a good season for watching horror movies)

It was not beyond Duanmu Huai's expectations that the Storm Kingdom would send people.

However, the scale of this delegation exceeded Duanmu Huai's expectations. It included not only humans, but also dwarves, gnomes, and night elves.

The other party’s appetite is also not small, and they want a thousand knight mechas right from the start!

Play so big?

Hearing the other party's request, not only was An shocked, but even Duanmu Huai, the instigator, was also confused. He had thought that the other party would buy knight mechas, but buying one thousand at a time?

Are you running from the Middle Ages into the age of mechanical civilization?

Duke Bolvar Fordragon, who was in charge of leading the delegation, was actually very depressed. At the beginning, he and King Varian planned to buy a cross first, and then slowly increase the number after it was used.

  As a result, the plan was not as fast as the changes. Just as Varian was organizing a delegation to go to Tirisfal Glades to negotiate with the Inquisition, an urgent message came from Nethergarde Fort in the Cursed Lands ahead—the Dark Portal had been activated! !

This is a big deal.

The disaster brought by the Dark Portal is an unimaginable nightmare for all civilized races in Azeroth, especially the human kingdom that was hit by the disaster. Now that the Dark Portal has been activated again, Varian's Dark Portal PTSD has directly erupted, and other races are not much better. They have sent representatives to Stormwind City to discuss how to deal with the Dark Portal. At the same time, front-line troops were sent to block the Dark Portal to prevent accidents from happening again.

But the accident still happened.

In fact, there is a history about the Dark Portal. After the Second Orc War, the Alliance sent an expedition through the Dark Portal, intending to completely eliminate the threat of the orcs. In the end, the expedition gave up the opportunity to return to Azeroth, closed the Dark Portal, and stayed on the broken continent, guarding the world from the other side as the gatekeeper of Azeroth.

It is precisely because of this that no one expected that the Dark Portal would open again!

  After the Dark Portal was opened, there were naturally invaders breaking in, but what no one expected was that this time, those who invaded from the Dark Portal were not the orcs they imagined, but the demons of the Burning Legion!

Now the night elves could no longer lie down. The Burning Legion's PTSD broke out, and they sat up in shock from their dying illness and hurried over to discuss the matter.

Although the first wave of demon attacks was defeated due to the timely response of all parties, the latter went back to the Dark Portal directly. But everyone knows that this is just a scout, and the Alliance also sent a scout team into the Dark Portal, which survived a narrow escape and desperately brought back intelligence. According to the survivors of this scout team, the demons of the Burning Legion are now madly exploding on the other side of the Dark Portal, waiting for the army to gather and invade Azeroth! Although the Azeroth Expeditionary Force still exists, it is also showing signs of not being able to hold on under the crazy attack of the demons.

Under such circumstances, the alliance naturally took action immediately and formulated its own battle plan.

The core of the plan is very simple. No matter what, the demon army cannot be allowed to enter Azeroth. Even if a battle is necessary, the battlefield must be confined to the other side of the Dark Portal.

Blowing up the Dark Portal is useless, they can just build another one, it's not a big deal. So they finally decided to organize an expedition, preferably to solve this problem once and for all.

Now that the decision has been made, combat power is naturally needed. So for the sake of the overall situation, Varian gritted his teeth and took out the "logging mech".

It has to be said that this mecha has indeed aroused the interest of other races.

Except for the night elves who did not pay much attention to this kind of steel creation, the dwarves and gnomes showed great interest in this powerful mecha weapon.

Especially for the dwarves, because of their weak size and lack of direct combat power like the dwarves, relying on machinery is almost their only choice. Therefore, in the eyes of the dwarves, the "logging mecha" of the Inquisition is simply tailor-made for them. With these mechas, even the fragile dwarves can go to the front line and fight the demons head-on!

So finally the parties discussed it and decided that everyone would pay for the group purchase together, with those who had money contributing money and those who had strength contributing strength.

The gnomes, in particular, are extremely eager for these mechanical creations. After all, they have a long-cherished wish, which is to recapture the gnome's main city, Gnomeregan.

This city occupied by the enemy has always been a pain in the hearts of the dwarves, but the strength of both sides is similar, and it is almost impossible to take back Gnomeregan in a short time. However, if these mechas are available, then liberating Gnomeregan is not a problem at all. The great craftsman Mekkatorque even said that with these mechas, he is confident that he can lead the dwarves to recapture Gnomeregan in the shortest time.

For the Inquisition, a mere 1,000 Knight Mechs were not a big problem, but the two sides had a long discussion on how to pay the bill. For the Inquisition, the gold coins of Azeroth were meaningless, and the idea of ​​selling land in exchange for mechs was also rejected by An. After all, the Inquisition has always stayed away from ruling. As for those ordinary minerals, the Inquisition has no demand for them.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement that the alliance could use some rare and precious herbs, minerals or magic items in exchange, and the specific quantity would be determined after the value of these herbs or minerals was determined.

However, one thousand mechas can be delivered ahead of schedule, and the alliance only needs to pay the remaining amount later.

What? You owe me money?

  You don't think the Inquisition is some kind of organization of good men and women, do you?

Just like what many villains cried and complained, if he didn't listen to the devil, the devil would kill his entire family, so he had to help the devil.

  Then on the other hand, the Devil will kill your entire family, so won’t the Inquisition do the same?

The Inquisition is not the idiots of the Church of Holy Light. If the Alliance really dares to owe you money and not pay it back, don't blame them for coming to take it themselves.

During the negotiation, Duke Fortagan met Duanmu Huai again, which did not surprise him at all. Duke Fortagan also tentatively proposed that the Tribunal join the alliance in the war. Duke Fortagan did not have much confidence in this at first, and just asked casually, but Duanmu Huai's attitude was beyond his expectations, and he agreed immediately.

"The goal of the Inquisition is to protect humanity and eliminate all threats to humanity. Demons are our common enemy, and the Inquisition will join us."

Not only that, Duanmu Huai also brought a new plan to Duke Fortagan. "So, in the final analysis, you want to completely destroy the demon base opposite the Dark Portal, right?"

"That's true."

"In that case, the Inquisition has a solution."

"Hey?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Duke Fortagen was stunned for a moment.

"What are you going to do?"

"Haha, you'll know when the time comes."

Duanmu Huai did not answer immediately, but kept it a secret.

Because of their positions, the Inquisition had good relations with the representatives of humans, dwarves, and gnomes, but the night elves ran into a snag with them. The night elf representatives even came up and directly questioned whether the Inquisition had anything to do with what happened in Silithus, and asked why they did it.

However, Duanmu Huai doesn't care about these long ears.

"It is not your turn as stupid idiots to comment on what we do in the Inquisition!"

With just one sentence, the night elf messenger turned pale and walked away immediately. The representatives of other races were also amazed. You know, the night elves have always regarded themselves as the guardians of Azeroth. In addition, they have a long lifespan, so other races will give the night elves some face.

It's rare to see someone like Duanmu Huai who directly confronts others and doesn't take the night elves seriously at all.

Of course, just watch the fun and stand by and watch. No one is stupid enough to step in to mediate.

Compared with these local races of Azeroth, another member of the delegation surprised Duanmu Huai.

The reason is simple, they still owe the maintenance fees for their warships.

"What are you draenei doing here?"

Duanmu Huai was confused when he saw the Draenei envoy in front of him. He knew that the unlucky Draenei race that had collided with the ship was starting a new life on a nearby island called Azuremyst Island. Given the distance, it was not surprising that the Draenei and the Alliance had a relationship, but what surprised Duanmu Huai was that they would actually join this expedition?

You Draenei just fell from the sky, and you haven't even warmed your butts yet, but you're already thinking about starting a war? Are you so full of martial virtue?

"Hello, Judge, things are a little different from what you think..."

The Draenei envoy had met Duanmu Huai before, and from his expression he knew that the other party had misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained.

  It turns out that the reason why the Draenei joined this expedition was very simple, that is, the world on the other side of the Dark Portal, called Outland, was the Draenei's second home!

Duanmu Huai had heard from the prophet Velen before that the Draenei were originally the natives of a planet. Later, that planet was attacked by a demon called the Burning Legion. Most of the people defected to the Burning Legion. Prophet Velen took the remaining people and fled on a starship, and then they came to Outland.

Then, the Burning Legion also chased to Outland and made the orcs their slaves, and then... well, then a disaster happened, and the entire Outland was torn to pieces. Velen was forced to take his followers and flee the shattered planet in a space fortress.

Then it was knocked down by Duanmu Huai's warship.

Knowing this relationship, the purpose of the Draenei joining this expedition becomes obvious.

If the Dark Portal wasn't their former home, the Draenei probably wouldn't care at all.

But who says that place is their second home? And there are still many Draenei people staying there!

For the sake of their people, the Draenei joined the expedition without hesitation. The Alliance also welcomed the Draenei's joining. After all, it was better to have a local snake leading the way than to be in the dark.

It was easy for the Inquisition to take out a thousand mechas, but it would take time for the Alliance to practice and configure these thousand mechas. So Duanmu Huai decisively stated that the Inquisition would first take a group of people into the Dark Portal to clear out the demon army blocking the door, and it would not be too late for the Alliance to come in after that.

As for what to do next, we’ll talk about it after we get in!