The morning mist of Dalaran was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and burning. A mage apprentice stepped heavily on the ruins of Summoning Grounds, and from time to time the crisp sound of broken bones could be heard from the soles of his boots.
"This is impossible." He held up the Detection Crystal tremblingly, and the crazy numbers beating on the surface of the crystal made him take a breath, "The explosion yield is equivalent to one hundred standard Arcane bombs!"
An old mage next to him squatted down and touched the charred earth lightly with his fingertips. After several hours, there was still residual warmth. "The temperature is higher than the dragon's breath flame," he hissed, "But there is no Arcane left here."
"Some lucky guy must have accidentally thrown Nitroglycerin over!" Another Battle Mage kicked away a twisted piece of metal, "Detonated Summoning Rune Array! Then with a bang, the damned Undead mage exploded into the sky."
Not far away, Antonidas silently stared at the explosive heart with a diameter of 100 meters. The old mage's beard swayed gently in the morning breeze, and his eyes shone with an elusive light.
"Mentor?" Jaina walked out from Portal and came to Antonidas, "Congratulations! You have achieved this great victory."
"I'm thinking" Antonidas slowly stroked the crack on the staff, "If this is really an accident, it must be the luckiest mistake in Azeroth's history."
Jaina smiled dryly and said, "There is no accident, it is Azeroth who cares about Dalaran." She snickered in her heart, and she promoted this victory behind her back.
"Yes, Azeroth needs Dalaran," the old mage agreed, "Otherwise it would be impossible to explain that at the most desperate moment, a bomb inadvertently dropped miraculously passed through numerous obstacles and directly destroyed the evil ritual."
Several young mages were arguing beside the pit:
"It must be the throwing team transferred from the East City Wall!"
"Fart! Our team's accuracy has always been the best!"
"Then what do you mean this is? Justice from heaven?"
Jaina quietly took a few steps back, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.
It's great that Dalaran has been preserved. Although it suffered heavy casualties, it has withstood the test and most of its strength is still there.
In the distant rotunda of Northrend and Dragonblight Temple, the Dragon King people were sitting around Pool of Time. The smoke of the Dalaran battlefield that had not yet dissipated was reflected in the pool water.
"Archimonde did not come." Blue Dragon Malygos's voice echoed in the stone hall, "The whole destiny has ripples."
Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza tapped his fingertips on the water, and the screen switched to the huge crater. "This explosion changed established history. But the strange thing is that I can't feel any Arcane's power in it. Malygos, you didn't interfere with the operation of Dalaran's magic network at that time?"
At this time, Blue Dragon King Malygos was not crazy at all, and said with a grimace, "I quietly weakened Dalaran's magic through Netherweave, but they still fought hard."
"It's Nitroglycerin." Krasus, who was just watching in the back row, suddenly said. Red Dragon Master's human form looked exhausted, and his robe was still stained with dust. "Antonidas, that old madman has hoarded hundreds of tons of these dangerous goods."
As he said that, he took out a bundle of Nitroglycerin Bomb from Space Bag and showed it to everyone Dragon King.
Alexstrasza felt the bomb from a distance, with a complicated look in her eyes. "It contains violent energy. Although it can't hurt us, it is also a terrifying force for mortals." She paused, and suddenly asked Krasus with sharp eyes, "When did this thing appear?"
Master Red Dragon thought for a while and said, "About five months ago, the recipe passed down from Theramore was finally finalized after repeated debugging by Antonidas. It was then mass-produced and hundreds of tons were reserved."
Alexstrasza breathed a sigh of relief, "Then it wasn't them who did it!"
Krasus asked strangely, "What is your Majesty suspecting?"
Red Dragon Queen thought for a while and said, "About a year ago, Neltharion (Deathwing) was seriously injured. Although I did not ask him in person, seeing the big explosion in the summoning ceremony, I suspected that he was injured by a mortal bomb."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. He is Deathwing, how could he be injured by a mere mortal creation?" Malygos objected in panic.
Alexstrasza Turn around Bronze Dragon King"Nozdormu, what do you have to say?"
Bronze Dragon King squinted. "What I saw on Timeline was that Deathwing was injured by her daughter."
"Let me tell you, the only one who can hurt Black Dragon is Black Dragon." Malygos said happily, "The old guy must have been too careless and was seriously injured by a junior sneak attack."
"So what's the reason for preventing the big explosion from summoning Archimonde this time?" Alexstrasza stared at Nozdormu trying to find something wrong.
Nozdormu still didn't open his eyes and said calmly, "Timeline told me that it was an accidental bomb that exploded Summoning Rune Array."
"Well, there have been so many accidents, and destiny has completely deviated from the established trajectory. The orders above have not changed, let's continue to observe." Alexstrasza said helplessly. After saying this, everyone Dragon King dispersed.
In the silent Dragon Lair, Alexstrasza said to his partner Krasus: "Did you find anything wrong in Dalaran?"
Krasus blinked his eyes and said in confusion, "It's all normal! It's just two little things that are strange."
"What kind of strange thing?" Queen asked nervously.
"It's not a big deal. One of my students, Rhonin, who went to Grim Batol to rescue you, applied to go to Northrend to observe Netherweave, and then disappeared as soon as he landed. Witnesses said that he was snatched away by monsters. I went to track it myself, but failed." Krasus recalled the incident.
Alexstrasza took a moment to recall Rhonin's appearance, and nodded. "Oh, that little red-haired human mage, that's a pity. There are many monsters here at Northrend. It wouldn't be surprising if you accidentally encounter something. Is there anything else strange?"
Krasus continued, "High Elf fled to Dalaran after Quel'Thalas was destroyed. Then Mana Addiction broke out and caused a lot of trouble inside Dalaran. For Arcane Crystal, they stole, robbed, and even went shopping."
"As a result, for a period of time, the goblins secretly sold some "ridiculous Arcane Gas" in Dalaran, which could actually relieve Mana Addiction's pain. But the side effects were very serious It was so big that it would cause uncontrollable laughter after inhaling it. Their prince Kael'thas thought this was detrimental to High Elf's dignity, so he took action and dealt with the goblins severely, and the gas never appeared again."
"But I heard that some elves who are planning to immigrate to Theramore came back and said that the elves who have settled there can get this gas relief Mana Addiction for free."
Red Dragon Queen said dismissively, "This is just a little trick of alchemy. The gas that makes people laugh uncontrollably looks like some kind of drug made by goblin engineers."
Krasus also nodded below. "Yes, although it sounds a bit strange, if you think about it carefully, it is a ridiculous potion accidentally produced by the alchemy of goblins or somewhere else."
"Then there's no need to worry about their mortal affairs. That's the order from above anyway." Alexstrasza said quietly. Then there was no more dialogue in Dragon Lair.
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