Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 1387 20. You can click on the technology tree, but only a little bit

   Hearing that Black was about to demand compensation, the pink-haired little dwarf Kelsey Steelspark immediately started shaking in place.

  Gai because the so-called "dealing" of the stinky pirates has become a "meme" in the Azeroth intelligence circle, and there are even vicious guys who have compiled a series of **** "dealing jokes", such as:

   You are crying so sadly, did you just trade with Black? /You bastard, I wish you were dealt with by Black tonight/I'd rather deal with Black than take on this **** job.

   In short, the stinky pirate trade has become a curse word among some people.

   Black himself should have known this, but he was thick-skinned and didn't care, but he scared the little dwarf to death.

   She stared at the stinky pirate with a fascinated smile, for fear of saying something outrageous like "Gnomeregan is in trouble, everyone is not easy, so I only want half of the city's wealth".

   But Black is sincere this time.

   He really didn't say anything from the lion, he just gestured to Kelsey with his eyes to tell him about the cause and effect.

   "In fact, there is nothing to say. We all know that the dwarves have been excavating the ruins of Uldaman in the Badlands, and no one has thought that the opening of the ruins there can be related to Gnomeregan.

   We were even commissioned by the dwarves to design a new set of excavation equipment for them. "

  Kelsey Steelspark sat on the rock boredly playing with the coil gun in her hand, she threw a piece of gnome chewing gum into her mouth, chewed it, and said:

   "I heard that old Brian, after returning from Pandaria, plunged headlong into the ruins of Uldaman, where they found something related to the Titan, which made the dwarves very excited.

  I heard my colleagues in Ironforge brag that old Brian even brought them to an audience with the Titan Guardians or something, and everyone thought it was over.

   As a result, just as the dwarves were finishing up, a drunk **** accidentally opened a closed underground stone door, and then the ugly stone-jaw monsters rushed out of it.

   Those guys look like monsters, and their foreheads are especially hard.

   We couldn't get through their rocky heads with gnome hand cannons at close range, and those guys were brutal, they could burrow underground quickly and raid. "

   Kelsey waved his hands and used an exaggerated tone to describe the day the Stonejaw attacked Gnomeregan as much as possible.

she says:

   "Our agents deciphered the corpses of the Stonejaw monsters and found that these guys have severely degraded eyesight, but they have 'super hearing'!

  Especially when operating underground, you can hear noises coming from far, far away, and then Gnomeregan, who has many machines running at the same time, is unlucky to be targeted.

   On that day, we were still welcoming the compatriots of the mechanical gnomes to our city of machinery to visit and guide.

The    Artisan Council prepared a large-scale engineering exchange meeting, and all the engineering masters in the gnomes were summoned back.

Then the stone-jaw monsters dug up the mountain wall and rushed into the factory area of ​​Gnomeregan. Fortunately, the exchange meeting had already started, and the gnomes all went to listen to the lecture. There were very few people in the factory area, so there was no cause too many casualties.

   But we were all freaked out.

  The gnomes never expected that our always safe city would be attacked directly from the ground, something the orcs never did, and the Artisan Council panicked.

   Even the smartest Mekkatorque couldn't figure it out for a while.

   Fortunately, Prince Erazmin still has operations. "

   The little dwarf shrugged and glanced at Thesari Black Raven Grand Druid who walked out of the forest. She saw that Blake's face did not change, and she knew that this elf with strange long burning hair was her own.

   So she continued:

   "The mechanical gnomes said that there are also stonejaws and cavemen on Mechagon Island. They have rich experience in dealing with these guys, so under their command, we decisively abandoned the factory area.

   formed a defense line with defense robots, relying on bombs and high-energy lasers to repel those cruel bastards.

   But this is the best we can do. We originally said that we asked the dwarves for help. After all, they were the ones who released the sealed stone paw monster, and they should take responsibility.

   But the dwarves couldn't draw too many people. "

   Having said this, Kelsey made a pouting expression, and she whispered:

   "I don't know what the dwarves are crazy about. Their Prince Muradin and old Brian took many elite ships to Northrend. It is said that they were secretly transported by the ship of Kul Tiras.

   It is said that the good things they dug up in Uldaman were taken with the ship.

During this time, King Magni also met frequently with the high lord of the Wildhammer Dwarves. I heard some compatriots who were investigating in the Searing Canyon boast that they accidentally saw the royal messenger sent by King Magni near Blackrock Mountain. I heard they were secretly talking with the Dark Iron Dwarf.

   But I don't think that's possible. "

  The dwarf agent snorted, chewed gum, stretched out his fingers, and said to Black:

"The hatred between Bronzebeard and Black Iron has been going on for hundreds of years. We dwarfs have watched the whole process of their enmity and split civil war. When both sides meet, they have to beat each other's dog brains out. There is nothing to talk about. ."

   "Not necessarily."

  The smelly pirate rubbed his chin and quickly sorted out the context in his mind.

   He was thinking about something, then looked at Kelsey, who also stared at him with a pitiful expression and said:

   "Look, good friend Blake, we dwarfs are so miserable, even our city is about to be lost, so you don't want to oppress us any more, okay?

   You said that the human kingdom is hostile to you, but we dwarfs have never been hostile to you pirates. We have always loved peace. We also went to the mechanical legend of Mechagon together before.

I mean

   For the sake of the miserable dwarfs, can you make it less? "

   "What are you talking about, my dear dwarf friend."

  The pirate grinned and showed a "gentleman" expression. He winked at Kelsey and said:

   "You can rest assured, I don't want money! Now I'm detached, I no longer despise those vulgar things, and you are right, the interests of the dwarfs are not in conflict with mine.

  We are not enemies.

   For the sake of our good cooperation in the past, not only will I not take advantage of the situation, I will even help you!

Gone are the days when the mechanical gnomes secretly supported you. I will let go of this restriction when I go back to Tol Barad. Prince Erazmin can bring his people to support the war in Gnomeregan. I even Willing to pay a special sum of money to help you gnomes buy supplies and hire cannon fodder

  Cough, I mean mercenaries, do you understand?

  You dwarfs are just so few people, all of them are smart, and they are all high-tech talents. How can you use them as cannon fodder to fill up troops.

   I feel distressed looking at it.

   You should choose the 50 dollar centaur brothers, a well-known mercenary brand in Azeroth. They have just defeated the demons in Draenor.

  I have access to the Wind Chaser Royal Court in Desolace, and I can give you a discount or something.

Monsters like    Stonejaw monsters should be handed over to the same centaur monsters to deal with. This is much more reliable than your group of little babes who are screaming and chasing the power of werewolves in Gilneas. "

  Blake gave a thumbs up and blew the power of a wave of centaur mercenaries, and Kelsey was fascinated when he heard it.

She saw the pirate open the bag and took out a stack of gold goblin cards. There were originally a dozen or so, but the stinky pirate was obviously very distressed, so he took out a few more and put them back in the bag, and then stuffed the remaining gold cards into the bag. Kelsey's hand.

   He said with a "generous" face:

   "Here, this is my private sponsorship of your Gnomeregan secret operatives' rescue funds, representing my kindness as a peaceful person to the stricken gnomes.

   Although I am not in Gnomeregan, my heart is always with the gnomes.

   I'm from Gnomeregan tonight too!

   Again, what is the relationship between the two of us, right? Don't be polite to me, just accept it. "

   The little dwarf looked at the gold card in her hand like in a dream, and then at Black. After a few seconds, she shook her head violently, and put the goblin gold card back into Black's hand.

   Kelsey said with a little panic:

   "Blake, don't do this! Be normal, I'm scared of you."

   "What do you say!"

  The pirate shoved the gold card in his hand into Kelsey's pocket in dissatisfaction. He put his hands on his hips and said:

   "If you want to take it, you can take it. You can send someone back to Tol Barad with me later, and I will send you to Desolace to find the Centaur Royal Court to buy mercenaries.

   It is said that I sent it, and the prophets who chase the wind will give you a discount.

Just recently, because of Lothar's incident, the Uncrowned can't move freely in the Eastern Continent. After Gilneas is done, let my disciples and my commanders take the Uncrowned to yours. Cities help.

   By the way, avoid the limelight.

   no longer ask you for money, you just need to bear their meals and daily supplies. "

   "Don't do this, Blake!"

   As the pirates became more and more generous, the fear in Kelsey's heart grew.

  The frightened little dwarf covered his head and screamed:

   "Enough is enough! Your **** generosity has frightened me, you stinky pirate, hurry up and say your **** conditions, otherwise I will not dare to accept your 'kindness'."

   "But I really just want to help."

  Blake coughed hypocritically, then stretched his voice and said:

   "Don't look at me like this now, I occasionally show kindness, but since you've already offered conditions, I won't hide it.

   I do have one thing I need you smart gnomes to do for me. "

   "That's right! It's the taste of this transaction, it's very positive!"

  Kelsey was relieved when he heard this. If a guy like Blake, whose reputation is spread all over the world, really doesn't want anything, he wouldn't dare to take this hot aid Kelsey.

   The little dwarf whistled, "resurrected" full of energy, she stared at Blake, rubbed her hands and said:

   "Why do you want us to help you? Design weapons? Or make bombs? How about helping you undead pirates get a formation bomber for free? We just recently improved the blueprint.

   Admiral Daelin of Kul Tiras said yes with our new bomber! "

   "That's it! That's what I'm going to talk to you about!"

   Black snapped his fingers.

  The little dwarf nodded immediately, waving his four fingers and saying:

   "Carrier-based bombers, right? Okay, I'll go back and apply. Although the factory area was destroyed and occupied by the Stonejaw monsters, we still have the remaining production lines, and the production share for the next three months will be yours."

"Snapped"

  Kelsey's forehead was slapped hard by Black's finger, and the stinky pirate scolded:

   "Am I the one who plots a few broken planes in your eyes? It's a bit of a pattern, isn't it? You are the commander of the dwarf secret agent, so keep your eyesight!

Technology!

   Understand?

   I want to talk to you about technology.

   Have you seen the ship I'm building in Mechagon? "

   "I saw it!"

   Kelsey covered his head and looked at Blake, his eyes shining and said:

   "That boat is so powerful! I didn't blow it up, in my entire life, including my father's and my grandfather's three lifetimes, I never thought that a boat in this world could be built like that!

  The Council of Craftsmen also visited the shipyard in Mechagon. After they returned, they had an ambitious plan to design the same construction plan.

   But everyone tragically discovered that with the technology level of dwarfs and the productivity of Gnomeregan, we simply cannot build such an excellent ship, so everyone can only settle for the second best.

   Just before the Stonejaw monsters attacked us, the Craftsmen Council just came up with a 'propeller-driven air environment combat platform plan', uh, in layman's terms, it is a blueprint for the design of high-powered flying bombing gunships.

If nothing like that happens, we should have sent that plan to Kul Tiras by now, ready to cheat. Ahem, I mean, ask Admiral Dai Lin, who has been obsessed with developing naval technology, to apply for an R&D What about funds. "

   "Well, that's what I'm worried about!"

  Black took up his pipe, exhaled the ring, and said to Kelsey:

   "I can say without modesty that my ship in Mechagon was an epoch-making weapon that could revolutionize naval warfare.

   With your knowledge, you should be able to think that if that ship appears in any naval battle, it will bring a wave of warship upgrades throughout the endless sea. "

"Yes Yes!"

   The little dwarf nodded again and again and said:

   "The Craftsman Council also admitted after the discussion that your ship will trigger a new round of 'arms competition' between the forces of the sea and even the land.

   You will extend the concept of 'sea battle' to a mode that is not bound by the sea. "

   "But this world has the ability to build, or imitate that kind of air battleship, except for the goblins who want money, you are the only ones left.

   Goblins are easy to say.

   Destroying a few of their factories and throwing money at them along the way will always shut up those greedy bastards. "

  The pirate took a deep breath of smoke and blew it out from his nostrils. He stared at Kelsey with burning eyes and said:

   "But once the armament competition begins, you little dwarfs will immediately become a favorite in the eyes of others, especially Dai Lin, who will definitely take the initiative to contact you to design new warships.

  As for me, I am not asking you not to take up this kind of work, and I don't want to cut off your financial path.

  You can design, build, and even develop your own manufacturing process and theoretical reserves. But I have a request! "

  Black reached out and knocked on Kelsey's forehead. He said:

   "No matter who you build ships for in the future, you can only use the gnomes' own technology, do you understand what I mean?

  Those titan engineering learned from Mechagon, not even a high-energy capacitor or an ultra-precise screw, can't be used to make any weapons of war!

   Once I find out that my enemy's ship has any 'black technology' from you, I will think that Gnomeregan has declared war on me, and I will try to destroy your mechanical city at all costs!

  I will turn you into a bunch of poor exiles who have lost their homeland, and you should not doubt my ability to do this. "

  The pirate finally showed his fox tail.

   He looked at Kelsey Gangshuo with a "nuclear face", and put his hand on the weapon at his waist, making his words also carry a hint of implied threat, and the little dwarf shook.

   As smart as she immediately understood that Black was trying to "lock" the war technology tree on the Alliance side.

   Ah, it's such a joy that a human leader finally sees the true power of the gnomes. But looking at Black in front of him, the little dwarf was not happy at all.

  Why did this guy discover the value of Gnomeregan first?

   Sure enough, being an outstanding villain is harder than being a hero. Heroes only need specialization, and villains tend to be proficient in all aspects and always one step ahead of heroes.

   "So, dear Kelsey."

  Blake took out a pack of raspberry-flavored gummies from his suitcase and stuffed it into the little dwarf's hand. He said with a smile on his face:

   "Your silence means we have made a deal, right?"

   (end of this chapter)