Two days later in the afternoon, Ironforge, Explorer's Hall.
Claudia was looking at the exploration log collected by the Explorers' League. After staying in Ironforge for another day, she would return to Stormwind City.
She arrived at Ironforge in the morning. Varian had already completed his original plan in Gnomeregan: signing a trade agreement with the dwarves, and the most important threat to Gnomeregan had been eliminated, so Varian and Magni did not stay long.
The subsequent battles in Gnomeregan are still going on. There are still a small number of stone palates in the sewers and deeper underground tunnels, but the terrain is not suitable for large-scale military operations. In addition to a small number of human and dwarf soldiers, Gnomeregan also plans to recruit a large number of adventurers to participate in the subsequent battles.
The Battle of Gnomeregan was undoubtedly an unplanned battle, but it also brought many unexpected things, such as the gratitude of all the dwarves, a large amount of money that enriched the treasury of Stormwind Kingdom, and the dwarves' promise to teach some basic knowledge of engineering to some human apprentices.
Claudia read several more exploration logs. In addition to learning many secrets, she also discovered that the main purpose of dwarf exploration was to trace their own origins. For example, the diary of a dwarf explorer who died a few years ago, at the end of which he lamented the short life and the great regret of not being able to explore the origin of the dwarves before his death.
Claudia couldn't help but sigh at this. She took a piece of paper and wrote down what she knew:
"The Creator used local materials in Azeroth to create servants such as the Earthen. The Earthen look similar to dwarves, but the difference is that the Earthen are made entirely of rock, somewhat similar to what they look like after King Magni used the Petrified Saint."
"An unknown disease infected the earthen, mechanical gnomes, and iron vrykul, servants of the Creator, transforming their skin and muscles from rock and steel into flesh and blood. Eventually, the servants became the dwarves, gnomes, and humans of today..."
"Although we have forgotten our former mission and beliefs, the order, unity, and obedience deep in our blood have been preserved, creating the alliance we have today..."
Having written this, Claudia was stunned. Although humans today have lost their iron bodies and eternal life, is it really a bad thing to have flesh and blood bodies?
Even if this disease could be cured, I'm afraid not many humans would be willing to transform back into steel bodies and return to the absolute order led by the Titans? After all, it means losing too much.
"Claudia, it's time."
Segrina's words interrupted Claudia's thoughts, and she left in a hurry, leaving only the page she had written on the table, which was soon discovered by the dwarves who came to collect the books.
However, in the short term, members of the Explorers' Association, including Brian and Harrison, did not take this matter seriously. They only mentioned the text left by Claudia when they occasionally talked about her in private, and regarded this text as an interesting guess of the girl. After all, in their opinion, although Claudia had a noble status and strong strength, it was unlikely that she would have much research in archaeology given her age.
At the entrance of a building in the military zone.
An Ironforge guard was looking at Claudia curiously. Dwarves, not being so stratified by hierarchy, were straightforward and asked directly, "Are you the human girl blessed by the Holy Light? I heard you saved our brothers in the battle two days ago?"
Claudia felt a little embarrassed after hearing the dwarf's words. After all, she knew exactly what had happened during that day's breakthrough. Finally, she chose to reply, "I did participate in that battle, but the final victory was the result of everyone's efforts."
"Hahaha, isn't that you!" The dwarf guard laughed. "Why should you be so modest? My brother said it all. If it weren't for you that day, he would have been eaten by the stone palate monsters for dinner. Come with me, King Wrynn is here."
Claudia followed the dwarf guards inside. Along the way, most of the dwarf soldiers who knew her greeted her warmly. The dwarf soldiers who didn't know her could quickly understand who she was after seeing her weapon, and their eyes were full of friendliness and respect.
Dwarves are born with big mouths. Although it didn't take long, almost all the dwarf soldiers knew what happened in that battle.
Claudia is considered the greatest hero in the Battle of Gnomeregan. She saved all the dwarf warriors who participated in the battle and King Magni, who was loved by the dwarves. Therefore, these dwarf soldiers have identified with Claudia and regarded her as a good friend of the dwarves.
When Claudia saw Varian, Varian was sparring with Chen in the field. Varian was holding a wooden sword, while Chen went into battle with his bare hands. The two fought back and forth, but although Chen did not hold any weapons, he was obviously proficient in boxing and kicking, and could use a special technique to withstand Varian's brute force. Overall, he had the upper hand.
"No more fighting," Varian noticed the girl's arrival, sheathed his sword, and stopped attacking. He said to Lao Chen, "Your fighting skills are very interesting. I admit that I am no match for you in this kind of fight."
"Thank you, Human King." Old Chen stepped back, clasped his hands together in a salute, and continued, "Although you are much stronger than me, your martial arts are too overbearing and your control over your strength is insufficient. Otherwise, I would have lost."
"Not enough control over the power?"
Varian was somewhat disapproving of Lao Chen's evaluation. In his opinion, he would definitely be able to defeat Lao Chen if he let go. So what qualifications did Lao Chen have to evaluate him?
"Yes, in the eyes of us monks, martial arts is the way of balance. Practicing martial arts is not just for strengthening the body and killing the enemy, but also for cultivating the mind and calming the inner demons. And deep down, you are no longer balanced and can hardly suppress your inner demons."
Inner demon? Who do you think you are? How dare you accuse me like that!
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