As the bartender collected all the gold coins on the bar, the tavern's patrons cheered with excitement.
Isn't it great to have free drinks?
What else could they do?
Avenge the Iron Guard lieutenant?
Most of the patrons drinking in the hall were ordinary people from Blackrock Depths, low-level adventurers, or the city's garrison.
Those with real strength were invited to the VIP rooms.
This lieutenant was already considered strong in the hall, and he was defeated in one move.
Who else would stand up for him?
I didn't see anything just keep drinking!
The bar returned to its noisy atmosphere with the band playing music, and the Black Iron Bar owner quickly prepared six drinks and handed them over.
Galen had already keenly noticed a strange look in the bartender's eyes, and suspected that they were under suspicion.
After all, Blackrock Depths had a strict hierarchy.
King Thaurissan enforced a harsh management system on his people, and the nobles and slave owners exploited the commoners and slaves.
The three of them looked like common Blackrock farmers, yet possessed strength that didn't match their appearance.
With all the secrecy, there must be something fishy going on.
As the owner of the Black Iron Bar, a dark stronghold, if he didn't have some foresight, he would have been lying in some dark corner waiting to rot.
His plan was simple: find a moment when Galen and the others weren't paying attention, and pass the information to his superiors.
As for whether his superiors would contact the Iron Horde's general or personally investigate, it had nothing to do with him.
Galen gave Gandalf a look, and Gandalf understood, quietly casting a detection spell.
The drinks were all normal, no dark magic, no poison.
Galen received the all-clear signal and tasted the two different drinks.
Well, no wonder they're known for their fine wine among the dwarf tribes.
It's indeed much better than the ale I produce.
With a quick glance, the mischievous thoughts in Galen's belly were overflowing again.
"Boss, do you have any empty rooms here? We'd like some peace and quiet."
This suited the boss's plan perfectly.
He handed the bar over to the bartender and prepared to take the three to a private room, then go report to his superiors.
As soon as they entered the private room, Galen teleported behind the boss and knocked him unconscious.
Gandalf skillfully began casting spells to probe his memories.
After he copied the entire map of Blackrock Depths, Galen spoke up: "Check if his memory contains the brewing method for Black Iron Ale?"
Gandalf rolled his eyes.
Ever since he was summoned by the Altar of Kings, he didn't know how many dirty and tiring jobs he had been ordered to do by the prince. It was too infuriating.
Saying 'no' in his heart, the actions of his hands were quick.
Before long, all the delicious wine recipes known to the bartender belonged to Galen.
After tying up the boss, the three of them came out of the private room and left the Black Iron Bar through the back door.
With an accurate map, Galen felt much better.
This operation was too sudden and casual.
Although adventure was interesting, Galen preferred to plan before acting.
Plunging headfirst into an underground city larger than Ironforge and running around like a headless fly was really uncomfortable.
The three of them dispelled the transformation magic and recast invisibility, preparing to sneak into Blackrock Mountain.
The entire Blackrock Depths was built above a sea of magma, so there were many stone bridge passages along the way.
Whenever this happened, they would carefully avoid the patrolling Iron Horde.
Besides the Dark Iron dwarves, there were also many creatures from the Fire Elemental Plane in this city.
They were the servants of the Firelord, responsible for monitoring the entire Blackrock Depths in order to enslave the Dark Iron dwarves.
Including the Fire Warlocks, a Naga-like humanoid serpent species, unique to the Fire Elemental Plane, and the Firelord's confidants.
Lava giants, a kind of rock creature endowed with life by the fire element, without much intelligence.
Besides that, there were also fire elementals.
To liberate the Dark Iron dwarves, the first thing to do was to clear the entire city of Fire Warlocks and cut off the connection between Blackrock Depths and Molten Core.
Then, the Firelord's avatar in Molten Core had to be expelled to alleviate the elemental curse on the Dark Iron dwarves.
Long-term enslavement by the Firelord caused the power from the fire element to invade the Dark Iron dwarves' bodies.
The power of flame danced in the Dark Iron dwarves' blood, giving them the ability to manipulate flames, and also giving the Dark Iron dwarves the mage class.
Another side effect was that their original blue eyes turned into red eyes, sorry, not Sharingan.
In the future, after the Mountain King is summoned, he can find a way to have him join the Thorium Brotherhood.
H can gradually take control of this Dark Iron rebel army, and then Galen secretly supports them to overthrow the rule of Blackrock Depths and liberate the Dark Iron dwarves
As for the Firelord, in the future, to protect Azeroth, he will eventually face him, and the one in Molten Core is just an avatar.
Galen, who possesses the power to summon kings, is not afraid at all.
Poor Emperor Thaurissan, he doesn't know that he has been arranged clearly, and he is sitting on his Black Iron Throne.
In this ornately decorated palace, besides Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, there was also a Dark Iron dwarf before his throne, and the two were plotting something.
"Orfist, you've done well
I know the Thorium Brotherhood is developing well outside, but it's not enough.
The power in our hands is not enough to eliminate those lowly Fire Warlocks and lava stone men in the city!"
"Your Majesty, we have initially established contact with the Morgan's Vigil militia in Morgan's camp.
Although they hate the Dark Iron dwarves, they hate the Firelord who destroyed their homes even more!"
"You've done well.
Compared to the humiliation of being enslaved, the friction with the humans is not worth mentioning.
Further accelerate contact with them, I need more power, I can't wait any longer!"
"Your Majesty, some of our members have already reached the Western Continent.
There is a vast kingdom over there, perhaps we can find potential new allies there.
Thorium Point has a large number of craftsmen and forgers, as well as a large number of mines and materials, we can afford any reward."
Dagran Thaurissan nodded in satisfaction.
This secret operation was the most proud strategy he had in the more than two hundred years since he became king.
Under the surveillance of the Firelord's claws, he secretly sent a large number of Dark Iron dwarves who still possessed reason out of Blackrock Depths, including a large number of excellent craftsmen and forgers.
He was secretly manipulating this organization that opposed his rule behind the scenes.
No one can guess that I still have a branch base accumulating power!
No one knows that the Thorium Brotherhood is secretly manipulated by me, I am truly unmatched in wisdom!
"I heard that someone is going to use my property to make friends and request reinforcements?"
While Emperor Thaurissan was immersed in overthrowing the Firelord's enslavement and regaining freedom, he heard a third person's voice appearing above the hall!
Today was the day he secretly met with Orfist, the leader of the Thorium Brotherhood, and he had deliberately dismissed the guards of the palace to facilitate Orfist's infiltration.
Who was the person who came in at this time?
Galen and the others relied on the map they had obtained and sneaked into the Black Iron Palace with ease.
They left Gandalf guarding the entrance of the palace, as there might be a large number of guards rushing into the Black Iron Palace when the fight broke out, and Gandalf's crowd control ability could delay them.
Before, Galen was wondering why the defenses were so tight in the first half, but how come there wasn't a single guard after approaching the palace?
It turned out that Thaurissan was plotting with the leader of the Thorium Brotherhood.
When he was doing quests in Thorium Point in his previous life, he had seen this foreman Orfist, so he recognized him at a glance as the leader of the Thorium Brotherhood.
Both of the main characters in his plan were here, saving trouble.
It's really a case of searching high and low, only to find it effortlessly.