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The pace of the war suddenly accelerated at a certain moment.
Well, it's not accurate to say that. From the time of the demon invasion to the present, Eastern Continent has almost been in a state of turmoil. The subsequent series of large and small wars have made it difficult for this land to be truly quiet.
After all, "war" doesn't become more elegant just because your reasons for initiating it are just.
But what can everyone do?
Already caught in the whirlpool of war, apart from gritting one's teeth and persisting until a victor emerges, there is no second option left for the residents of the Eastern Continent.
The good news is that the main body of the mainland has been pacified, and Church of the Holy Light has cooperated with the officials appointed by Lothar to resettle the refugees in various places in Northern Borderlands. Especially the good and cheap food and various fine wines from Pandaria, as well as the tax-free order issued by Emperor Lothar personally, have given those displaced people hope again.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the liberation of Kul Tiras is the last battle for the Strom'kar Empire.
After this battle is over, there will be no other hidden dangers that could cause war in the entire Human Empire territory, which means the arrival of long-term peace.
The bad news is that the cultists occupying Kul Tiras are apparently more powerful than people think.
Especially the harassment of Kul Tiran Navy made a series of coastal towns including Southshore seem to have returned to the bad war period.
And because these guys were all cultists and were commanded by a "Pirate Duke", Kul Tiran Navy changed from its previous strict military discipline and behaved quite cruelly in this battle.
When Southshore encountered the invasion of Void Nightmare for the third time, Lothar and his marshals and generals realized that they could not delay it any longer.
"Recently, there have been strange VanCleef curses spreading around nightmares everywhere. We hardly need to make too many guesses. This is the handiwork of Nightmare King Xavius!
In the Lordaeron battle a few months ago, that guy also used the same method, dragging most of Silverpine Forest and Gilneas, as well as Hillsbrad Foothills's Warrior into the nightmare at once.
Council of Six has studied the reports from wizards from various places and Priest, and we can conclude that this is some kind of large-scale nightmare weaving by Nightmare King. If it is not stopped, a nightmare infection that is difficult to eradicate may break out in the empire in the near future."
Menethil Harbor, on the ship heading to the Tol Barad military port, Archmage Antonidas, who came in disguise, handed a special map to Marshal Lothar, who was fully armed and ready to go to Kul Tiras.
The latter took it in his hand, opened it, took a look, frowned and said:
"These dense red dots are scattered all over the empire. Are there even cases of nightmare outbreaks in Quel'Thalas?"
"It seems to be just an individual incident, but don't forget, almost all the servants under N'Zoth can walk in dreams. This is due to Thousand Tentacle Demon's evil control of Dream of All Beings."
Antonidas said seriously:
"So in the most extreme case, every nightmare flashpoint you see may become a portal for Void Creature to directly invade the mainland of the empire.
They very cunningly did not adopt the strategy of marching in large numbers, but carried out small-scale scattered attacks. This is to consume our energy and create panic. I don't need to say more about Void Creature's talent in this area."
"So, what's your suggestion?"
Lothar respects the old mage in front of him very much. Let's not talk about Kirin Tor's overall image, but Lord Antonidas has indeed proven during the Northern Expedition that he is a good mage who cares about the people.
More importantly, as Saviors, Lothar has its own news channel.
He knew that Antonidas was a "Saviors reserve", a double recommendation from Khadgar and Rhonin. Perhaps this direct confrontation with N'Zoth was this Grand Magus's "promotion trial".
No wonder the old mage would take the initiative to explain the potential threats to Lothar.
The marshal originally thought that Antonidas would suggest him to mobilize the resources of the church to purify those nodes, but he did not expect that the old mage was more radical than he thought.
He said in a deep voice:
"My opinion is that while you are leading the warriors into Tiragarde Sound, Dalaran will deploy battle mages to cooperate with Cenarius Order's dreamwalkers to go deep into the nightmare land. We cannot let Xavius attack everywhere and then patch things up behind it.
That will only make us exhausted. Dealing with the source of nightmare corrosion at once is what we should do.
We will defeat Nightmare King once again in our dream, and at the same time, we will deliver a fatal blow to the Deep Sea Empire capital of Naga!
Xavius and its evil master are there.
After defeating Kul Tiras's cultist defenses, you and we are destined to go there.
As for how to get through, you don't have to worry. We spellcasters will naturally provide complete strategies and plans. Moreover, this is a raid. The number of Naga is too terrifying. It is impossible for us to fight a long-term numerical war with them under the deep sea.
As long as they are elite, and the sooner the raid ends, the better."
Lothar thought for a moment, nodded and said:
"Then, I leave this aspect to you. However, Dalaran floating island needs to participate in the frontal battlefield, just like the mode of liberating Stromgarde and Lordaeron City. It is our important weapon."
"Well, that's how it should be."
Antonidas twirled his beard and said seriously:
"I assure you that when your army enters Tiragarde Sound, Dalaran will definitely float above the battlefield, and the roar of Arcane Magic will also win victory for the empire.
Although spellcasters are devoted to pursuing the truth, we also have feelings for our family and country. When the people shrouded in darkness need us, Kirin Tor will never flinch, let alone Consecration's own blood."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood, Grand Magus."
Lothar waved his hand and explained:
"This time there is no need for Dalaran to risk breaking into the enemy's position on the frontal battlefield. After all, Void Energy's interference with the mind is particularly fatal to spellcasters. I don't need you to risk bombing the battlefield or Port of Boralus.
I just need your Floating City to serve as a vehicle for a "special force", as long as they can quickly enter the designated battlefield when ordered.
I have discussed with the commanders of Eredar, and I have participated in the raids of Light Weaver Warband several times. I believe that becoming a strategic transportation unit is the position that Dalaran and this Floating City should be positioned."
"Special Forces?"
Grand Magus blinked his eyes now. He had never heard of any "final battle units" under the empire.
Lothar didn't explain much and just motioned to Grand Magus to follow him to "see the world."
A few hours later, Lothar presided over the expedition ceremony in the imperial fleet's home port.
He gave an impassioned speech and watched as the fleet commanded by Derek left the port and headed towards the Kul Tiras waters. They would shoulder the heavy responsibility of seeking a decisive battle with the Kul Tiras fleet in enemy waters to ensure the orderly advancement of the subsequent land war.
But Lothar himself did not board the fleet. In Tol Barad's fleet home port, a portal maintained by the royal Grand Maguss had been prepared. The accompanying Antonidas Grand Magus doubtfully calculated the coordinates of the portal's landing point.
He found that it was an unfamiliar position that did not exist in the current spellcaster's spatial coordinate manual, but he could calculate that it was not far from Kul Tiras.
Under the escort of the Iron Horse Knights group, the marshal and Grand Magus crossed the portal. As soon as they landed, Antonidas sneezed hard several times, and Lothar next to him also covered his nose helplessly.
The smell of this damn place is so strong.
The air here exudes a weird smell that is caused by the mixture of waste gas from the "industrial age" and heavy metal pollutants. It is a bad smell that people in the magical world can hardly imagine.
Just like some kind of vicious "Stinking Cloud".
The haze on this island is extremely serious now. Although some forest cover can still be seen, the colors of the trees and leaves are obviously wrong.
What's more, the noise generated by the constant operation of the dwarf factories underground and on the ground, as well as the operation of the "clockwork giants", "flying fighter planes" and "mechanical tarantula tanks" are even more noisy to Grand Magus's head.
However, as a knowledgeable spellcaster, Antonidas also dabbled in engineering. He released a silence spell on himself and cast a special spell of pure air on the people around him. Then he carefully looked at the area where he was.
The area of the island in front of you is not large.
It is only about half the size of Tol Barad, but it is full of dwarf-style buildings everywhere, almost exactly the same as Gnomeregan·Mechanical City that Grand Magus has been to.
But the dwarfs here do not use coal but use underground oil as energy. Several oil refineries are placed on the edge of the island, and they discharge wastewater into ditches leading to the sea without caring about environmental damage.
Further away, Antonidas saw a huge engineering "transporter" lifting a blue "Imperial Mecha" and placing it into the "container" next to it.
"Isn't this the "Goblin mecha" that appeared in Battle for Lordaeron before?"
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Grand Magus raised his eyebrows and said:
"Why do Goblin's creations appear in the dwarf's territory? How did you convince the dwarves to use their own technology to transform Goblin's creations? The grudges between these two small races are not ordinary."
"Well, it's true that gnomes won't touch Goblin's creations, but Mechagnomes is very pragmatic."
Lothar showed a mysterious smile, made a "please" gesture, and boarded a mechanical spider vehicle with a local dwarf style together with Grand Magus.
This thing is made of exquisite steel parts from top to bottom, with six sharp mechanical spider legs supporting the ground, and four exhaust pipes at the rear that continuously discharge exhaust gas. It looks very unenvironmentally friendly at first glance.
And those exposed gears add a "punk" feel to this thing as it rotates.
This thing actually has a machine gun mount on its head. Of course, as a transport vehicle, it doesn't need to load those crazy gadgets like Mechagnomes.
This huge mechanical spider roared as it carried the two distinguished guests through the heavily polluted parts factory and scrap pile. Antonidas noticed that some shackled Mechagnomes "gangsters" were cursing and working under the supervision of human soldiers. The mechanical aircraft flying overhead from time to time also gave Grand Magus the feeling of "stuck into the mechanical world."
The painting style of this ghost place is really incompatible with the magical world of Azeroth.
But Lothar was obviously not here for the first time. He introduced Grand Magus in the tone of a tour guide:
"This is the home of the Mechagnomess. They call this place "Mechagon". Previously, the king here made a terrifying bomb to destroy Kul Tiras's void creatures, but was stopped by King of Gnomes Gelbin, Mekkatorque and Artificers' Council.
I sent Stonewall Brigade and SI:7 to assist them.
There is not much to say about the process of the raid.
Mechagnomes Although they like to transform themselves, they are still dwarfs and still not good at fighting.
With the help of the internal response, Gelbin and the others first cut off the island's energy and took most of the weapon systems offline. General Blackmoore personally led the team and broke into King Mechagon's mechanical palace with almost no effort and captured him alive.
After the crazy King Mechagnomes was forced to shut down and escorted to Gnomeregan for imprisonment, Mechagon Island was temporarily taken over by our ally Prince Erazmin.
It didn't take much effort for me to convince him and his outstanding craftsmen to modify this batch of Goblin mechas for us.
After all, Mechagnomes does not have the obsession of "Gnomish Engineering is the best in the world."
The marshal shrugged and complained:
"Mechagnomes" is not aimed at anyone. In their view, Gnomish Engineering and Goblin Engineering are garbage. Only "Titan Engineering" they master can represent the greatest technological direction.
In order to prove the wisdom and power of Mechagnomes to the world, and to thank the empire for its help in recovering Mechagon, Prince Erazmin personally redesigned these Goblin mechas for us.
They replaced the old energy core with Mechagon's unique high-density Energy Battery, which increased the mecha's combat effectiveness by 30%!
We also replaced these "Tiger Mech" with stronger Mechagon platinum shells. They even helped us rewrite the fire control program and optimize the operation process. They also agreed to open up Mechagon's mass-destructive weapons for us to use.
But you know what's the best part?"
He jumped off the mechanical spider, stepped forward and took a picture of the angular leg armor of a seven-meter-tall "Improved Tiger" mecha painted in blue and gold, and looked at Grand Magus and asked.
Antonidas landed on the ground with a graceful flash, and felt the regular vibrations on the ground with the staff inserted into the soil. He twirled his beard and said:
"Underground Factory of Mechagnomes is producing more mechas for you?"
"Yes! Your wisdom is indeed extraordinary."
Lothar clapped his hands and said to Grand Magus:
"Mechagnomes's automated factory has a production capacity that far exceeds that of Goblin's factory, and their processing precision is by no means comparable to that of Goblin Cartel's craftsmen.
In short, after paying some price, we obtained the production license from Steamwheedle Cartel. Now Mechagon Island's automated factory is producing such war mechas for the empire at a rate of thirty units per day.
There are currently two hundred modified war mechas accumulated in the island warehouse. It is expected that by the time of the raid on Boralus, we will have 350 mechas as real Charge breakers. This is also the maximum number that the current Mechagon resources can produce.
They are the "special troops" that Dalaran needs to transport.
I can't find a ship big enough to carry their weight.
Only Floating City like Dalaran can send them into the battlefield at once. As for how to participate in the battle, you may wish to refer to Light Weaver Warband's assault tactics.
Throw Teleportation Beacon, and let the mecha troops rush in."
This tactic that combined engineering weapons with some wild ideas made Grand Magus fall into silence. He was calculating the success rate and feasibility. After a while, Antonidas nodded and said:
"You can try, but I noticed some strange flashes on the surface of those mechas, like charms?"
"Oh, that's part of the "Machine Spirit Soothing" ritual developed by the Priests of Light Weaver. Don't worry, it will only be activated when facing special enemies."
Lothar winked and said:
"In addition, Mechagnomes is also very interested in your city that can float in the sky. If you are willing to open Dalaran's internal facilities for them to observe and learn, these powerful little guys are willing to rewire Dalaran's efficient underground energy supply system.
Don't underestimate their achievements in this area, Grand Magus.
The "big bomb" created by the crazy dwarf king even made Diakum the Saint exclaim that he was invincible. He confiscated the "Reorigination Bomb" and planned to use it for cough cough. You didn't hear anything!
Forget what I just said, otherwise Light Weaver will enter Dalaran to investigate "weapons of mass destruction."