Chapter 301: Finding the Black Lotus
The black iron dwarves are currently in a miserable 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 Herard 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 beings beyond their control.
Then countless volcanoes appeared at the summoning point, creating burning plains and searing 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 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 like gryphons and goblin airships.
Access is more difficult in reality.
There is definitely no undersea tunnel, so we have to go around by boat from the sea.
And this is 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 to 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 the mine with a huge interior space, Herard led the 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 Demon King is not killed, the Dark Iron Dwarves will have no chance to stand up.
The Black Dragon Prince suppressed the Dark Iron Dwarf to death.
Not to mention visiting their mines.
Even if you take their mines as your own, there will be no problem.
But Herard had 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 the super-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 were a bit casual when digging.
Although it is not dug like a maze.
It's still a headache to go around.
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 lowly 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 magma 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 adequate.
For example, the huge steel components used to strengthen the mountain. 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 Tower 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 primitive caves, but did not develop them further.
When Herald arrived near the entrance of the original cave, he discovered why the Dark Iron dwarves had not developed this place.
Because there are a large number of strange dragon-shaped creatures that can breathe fire in the original cave.
That kind of dragon has nothing to do with the five-color dragon.
They are variants of Dipsaurus 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 power, there is no comparison between the Double Sail Dragon and the Velociraptor.
The two-sail dragon in the original cave is no longer pure flesh and blood.
Their bodies have been slightly transformed into fire elements.
Although it hasn't turned into a cool lava skin, the fiery red scales 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 original 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.
Moreover, the original intention of the ranger profession is to hunt.
It’s just that the hunting range is a few hundred million points wide.
The desire to hunt has long been imprinted in the Ranger's bones.
The rangers discussed in hushed tones what the flaming twinsail's weakness might be.
Then they aimed their bows and arrows at the flaming twin-sailed dragon.
The steel arrow flashed with a cold light.
Death will come to those flame twin sail dragons in the next moment.
But Herard had no intention of stopping them.
Beasts are born to be hunted by intelligent beings.
This is an eternal law of nature.
Because in all the world, the strong are respected.
If they die, they can only blame them for not being strong enough!
The arrows infused with ice energy drew dozens of ice-blue streams of light, which were evenly distributed on several flame twin-sail dragons lying at the entrance of the cave.
The flaming twin-sail dragon, with several arrows in its body, its body surface covered with frost, walked tremblingly towards the attacker.
Before they could take two steps, another round of ice arrows hit them.
For the sake of the integrity of the scales, the rangers' attack positions are all on the head and neck.
The head of the flaming double-sailed dragon was shot into a hedgehog, and soon there was no sign of life.
The battle at the entrance of the cave was brief and did not disturb the Flame Twin Sail Dragon inside.
Several male rangers quickly approached the cave entrance, preparing to drag back the loot and dispose of it first.
During this period, they looked into the cave. Their faces were a little confused at first, but soon turned into surprise.
They happily reported the situation to Alleria.
"Captain, there are black lotuses in the cave!"
"Yes, I saw several of them!"
The sudden and abundant harvest made everyone very excited.
However, the Flame Twin Sail Dragon is not easy to mess with.
Hearing the sound at the entrance of the cave, they crawled out angrily.
When the rangers saw these violent reptiles, they shot ice arrows without hesitation.
In order to safely pick the black lotus, the Flame Twin Sail Dragon had no choice but to apologize.
And their scales are also what the rangers want.
The ice arrow filled with ice energy only penetrated a small part.
The hardness of the scales is quite satisfying.
So we can only ask these flame twin sail dragons to sacrifice!
(End of chapter)