novelraw Chapter 305 Ironforge
Chapter 305 Ironforge
Chapter 305 Ironforge
The main city of the dwarves - Ironforge, an independent airport.
Li Yi walked off the airship slowly with a look of curiosity, followed by Gemini in a cloak.
As for a certain troubadour, he disappeared without a trace.
At this time, a week has passed since Li Yi killed Yuan Keji.
For Li Yi, Yuan Keji's incident was just a small episode, not even a "sub-plot".
On the contrary, the news brought by Zhang Leli is what he really cares about.
From Zhang Leli's mouth, Li Yi finally learned of the whereabouts of the little assistants, as well as the name of his organization:
SHIELD.
Well, Li Yi admitted that he was really confused for a while when he heard the name.
If he had known the name of Zhang Leli's organization, how could he not have guessed that it was an organization created by Su Peng and the others?
You know, this name was actually casually mentioned by him when chatting with them back then, and other people should not know it normally!
And in his mouth, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a mysterious organization that hides in secret to protect ordinary people.
The daily work of this organization is mainly responsible for managing the aliens living on the earth, blocking the news of their existence, and holding a "flash light" from time to time to modify the memories of those witnesses.
Of course, if necessary, they will also fight with the aliens who invaded the earth...
That's not the same thing as the original S.H.I.E.L.D., okay?
(Are you a little familiar with the organization Li Yi mentioned?
In fact, he said "the man in black"...
There is no way, a certain pit is habitually "running the train with his mouth full", and he just likes to make random changes like this. )
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Now that he knows the whereabouts of the old "subordinates", Li Yi naturally wants to see them.
In particular, the headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. is actually located in Osiris, the main city of the goblins, the "City of the Sky".
Li Yi had promised to visit that place "Qiwuhai".
This time it's on my way...
Originally, Zhang Leli was going to stay by Li Yi's side to be his guide, but Yuan Keji committed suicide before and wanted to sell biochemical weapons in Xinducheng, and he became a super wanted criminal in Xinducheng that day.
As soon as Li Yi arrived in the free trade zone, his ID card was checked by the police uncle, and he was implicated.
Now that the "unlucky" Yuan Keji has been dealt with by Li Yi, they should all say hello to the Xinducheng official.
Otherwise, it would be too deceitful to keep Xinducheng in a tense state.
Of course, according to Li Yi's habit, if he is cheated, he will be cheated. Anyway, he did not do this kind of thing less.
But the "SHIELD" where Zhang Leli works is a decent organization after all, so naturally he can't do such "irresponsible" behavior.
In the end, Zhang Leli stayed to deal with the mess left by Yuan Keji.
Because it involves biological and chemical weapons, it is estimated that this task cannot be dealt with in a day or two.
So Li Yi didn't wait for him, and took Gemini to Osiris first.
Anyway, it’s just going to the main city of the Goblin clan. Is Li Yi still afraid that he won’t be able to go?
Lao Tzu is their "king", okay?
……
However, going to Osiris is really not an easy task.
Osiris is called the "City of the Sky" because it is built on a floating continent.
And this continent has been wandering above the sky, and its position is not fixed.
At the same time, Osiris is not open to the public, so the teleportation array above is closed all year round.
So there is only one way to go to Osiris: first go to Ironforge, the main city of the dwarves, and then transfer to a special flight.
Moreover, this special flight does not sell tickets to the outside world, and only those who are invited can take it.
This is why Zhang Leli wanted to be Li Yi's guide before.
Of course, this is not a problem for Li Yi.
……
Flights from Ironforge to Osiris are not fixed.
The reason is that Osiris will stay in one place for a short time every once in a while, and then the two sides can locate each other, and then the goblin airship can set sail normally.
It can be seen from this that although the goblins and dwarves broke up because of their beliefs, the relationship between the two tribes is actually very good.
But this is normal. How can the two tribes who have been together since the advent fall out so easily?
……
The time when Li Yi and the others arrived in Iron Forge was not bad, and there was a flight to Osiris the day after tomorrow.
In other words, they have time to visit Ironforge, and they don't have to wait too long here.
For a "travel enthusiast", one word:
perfect!
……
The "Iron Forge" where they are now is naturally not the one that Li Yi watched it build in the underground space.
This was later rebuilt by the dwarves, but the previous name was used.
As for the old Iron Furnace Castle in the underground space, the origin of the two races, in the words of "Qiwuhai", it has been abandoned.
The reason is not complicated...
Although the resources in the underground space can barely sustain the two races to thrive, the conditions are a bit tough after all.
After the enchantment of the main brain disappears, it is normal for the two races to choose to live outside.
In the current underground space, there are only a few people from the two races going back occasionally, either as an ore producing area for mining, or as an empty experimental field for research.
Of course, the new Ironforge is actually built on an exit of the underground space, deep below it, there is a passage leading directly to the underground space.
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The new iron furnace castle was built on the middle of the mountain, built next to the mountain, and it was also divided into inner city and outer city.
However, the inner city is basically "embedded" in the mountain, but the outer city is quite different from ordinary cities.
Compared with the human race, the dwarves have a small population. There are no more than a million dwarves living here in Ironforge, mainly living in the inner city.
The people living in the outer city are mainly "foreigners" who come to Ironforge to do business and travel.
However, unlike human cities that generally have city defense circles that are activated all year round, Ironforge's defense circles, or war circles, are only activated during wartime.
Therefore, the inner city is okay, at most, dwarves who drank too much occasionally fight, and they also keep a sense of proportion.
But in the outer city, there are all kinds of chaos in daily life, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are battles happening all the time.
And as long as the fight is not too excessive, the city buildings are not destroyed, and there are no dead people, the patrol team on the dwarf side will not care.
The main reason is that I can't manage it.
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There is no way, the dwarves are good at forging, and half of the best weapons and armors in the mainland come from Ironforge.
At the same time, there are fine wines and delicacies second only to the human race on the mainland (everyone should know who gave this in the first place).
In addition, all kinds of magical (wonderful) alchemy creations made by the goblins are mainly sold here.
This has allowed people from all ethnic groups in the mainland to come to Ironforge for trade and travel all year round.
There are even alien foodies who are at odds with the human race, because it is not convenient to go to the human race to taste delicious food, and they come here to satisfy their greed...
As a result, the number of people who come here to do business, travel, cook...the number even exceeds the total population of dwarves living here.
These people come from all over the mainland, and there are not a few people who have conflicts with each other.
And walking on the mainland, their combat power will not be bad.
So if a fight broke out, Ironforge had to take care of it, it would be too troublesome.
(I can still manage it, but it is troublesome, and it will take up too much precious time of dwarves forging and drinking...)
In the end, Ironforge officials simply let the outer city herd sheep and let them resolve the conflict by themselves.
Anyway, the dwarves themselves are also short-tempered, and in their view, there is nothing wrong with saying nothing...
Of course, there is still basic order management, and the dwarves will also intervene when the situation gets out of control.
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"It's really a 'full of energy' place!"
Li Yi walked on the streets of the outer city of Ironforge, and in less than 10 minutes, he encountered three "fights" incidents, and couldn't help complaining.
However, he has no objection to this approach of the dwarves.
It's his style to be careless.
Suddenly, a tall figure blocked Li Yi's way.
With Li Yi's height of nearly 1.9 meters, the opponent can still be a head taller than him. It is definitely not an exaggeration to say that this figure is burly.
Li Yi frowned, and looked up slightly, but it was an orc who stopped him.
To be precise, he is an orc from the lion clan.
Orcs themselves are relatively tall, and lions, as "beasts", will naturally not be thin and small.
This also explains why the opponent's figure is so burly.
However, the relationship between the human race and the orcs is not very good. The other party is... to find trouble?
Taking a closer look, this lion man exudes a strong alcohol smell all over his body, his brown face is glowing red, and his originally fluffy hair is about to fly up.
Well, this is because I was drinking too much to find trouble...
Sure enough, the next moment Li Yi heard the other party yelling at him:
"Damn human race, I want you..."
"Bah!"
Li Yi was naturally too lazy to entangle with a "really drunk cat", so he slapped him unconscious and swept him aside.
Under the crushing force of combat skills, this legendary level lion man was probably so helpless when he was sober, let alone drunk.
"The most annoying thing is to look up and talk to people!"
Li Yi curled his lips, grunted, and then continued walking forward as if nothing happened.
The Gemini who was following behind him covered his mouth and smiled when he heard the sound, and followed quickly.
At this time, the lion's accomplice came to his senses and hurried over to help him up.
However, no one continued to trouble Li Yi.
Although it may seem chaotic here in Ironforge, there are rules.
It's no problem to get drunk and cause trouble like the lion man just now... If Li Yi is not as good as others and gets injured, no one will care...
(Of course, beating people to death won’t do.)
As for the matter that the lion man was looking for first, no one cared about pretending to be a prostitute but being prostituted.
(Similarly, if Li Yi directly kills, it will not work.)
However, if his accomplices continue to entangle, Li Yi can fight back at will, and he is not guilty of killing!
Considering that the legendary lion man was not even able to fight back in Li Yi's hands, his accomplices naturally did not dare to do it again.
Otherwise, death will be in vain!
Although this was a small episode, it made Li Yi truly appreciate the "unique atmosphere" of Ironforge.
At the same time, seeing the big from the small, the human race doesn't seem to be so open on the mainland...
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What Li Yi is going to now is the other courtyard of "Qiwuhai" here.
With his status as a "Shichibukai" and the relationship between the two clans, even if he didn't come once for hundreds of years, his villa would always have someone taking care of it and he could move in at any time.
Moreover, Li Yi is going to Osiris, and he can live in this other courtyard when he is in transit, which originally means "Qiwuhai".
Li Yi, who regards "doing more is worse than doing less" as his daily behavior norm, cannot refuse, so he naturally prefers to obey orders rather than to be respectful.
The location of the other courtyard is at the junction of the inner city and the outer city of Ironforge. The design is similar to that of a half-mountain villa, and the conditions are naturally quite ok.
It's just a bit far from the airport, and you have to go through half of the outer city to get there.
Of course, Li Yi can also teleport there directly, but he wants to visit Iron Forge by the way, so he chooses to walk.
The appearance of the lion man did not affect Li Yi's mood before. After all, who would care about a drunk cat...
Therefore, he still walked unhurriedly on the streets of Ironforge.
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As a city with prosperous commerce and catering industries, what Li Yi saw the most along the way was all kinds of shops and restaurants...
Most of the products sold in the store are weapons, armor, alchemy, creations, etc. There are also some stores selling tobacco, wine, tea, etc., but there are not many stores selling potions and the like...
Li Yi glanced at it casually. Many of the shops selling tobacco, wine and tea were opened by human races, and the business seemed to be pretty good.
As for the restaurants, apart from the ones under the banner of special delicacies of various ethnic groups, the hot pot restaurants have the largest number!
Fortunately, these hot pot restaurants don't specialize in spicy food. Otherwise, with the special style of Ironforge itself being built on the mountain, Li Yi almost thought he was in a mountain city.
Just when Li Yi was considering whether to find a restaurant to experience the "food culture" here, trouble came to him again.
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"Ah, be careful, get out of the way..."
I saw a sudden commotion on the street in front of Li Yi.
But it was a girl in sackcloth civilian clothes that caused the confusion.
This girl looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the combat power of Heitiejie was not worth mentioning, but her special temperament, which could not be concealed by her vulgar clothes, made Li Yi couldn't help but take a second look.
At this time, the girl was being chased by two strong men in plain clothes who couldn't see her identity. She shouted while running, causing pedestrians on the street to dodge one after another, and the scene was naturally a bit chaotic for a while.
However, Ironforge's business is often large-scale transactions. In order to facilitate the transportation of vehicles, the streets are built very wide.
Therefore, the surrounding pedestrians simply dispersed to make a clear space for her, and then pretended that nothing happened.
After all, this level of pursuit is nothing to do with Ironforge.
But as soon as the others dispersed, Li Yi and Gemini, who were walking in the center of the road, suddenly appeared.
Li Yi didn't mean that he couldn't react, but he felt that he didn't need to retreat:
You "play" your way, the road is so wide, just don't provoke me...
But Li Yi didn't evade, and the Gemini who followed him naturally wouldn't evade either.
As a result, the two of them immediately became the only existence in front of the girl being chased...
In the plot line of this book, there are not many alien races, and the protagonist has no real arrangements to fight against hostile alien races.
The reason is that the mainland has not yet developed to the stage where the races really want to go to war, and the evil disaster has not been resolved yet...
So I wrote a small episode to add some setting...
(End of this chapter)