A few months ago, the dwarves finally named the explorer and archaeologist Brian Brown. Copperbeard, for the first time in the ruins of Uldaman in the Badlands, has truly found evidence of the origins of the dwarves.

The platinum disc made of mysterious materials holds a huge amount of ancient knowledge, but the lack of a "key" makes it impossible to solve the true secret.

But long before the dwarves found this platinum disk, they thought that they had some kind of sacred mission, and this sense of mission was engraved in their bones, from the time of the king of the mountains, Anweimar, to the present, and this is not just the imagination of the dwarves, it has evidence of real existence.

The proof is that it is now being used by Muradin. The quaint necklace held in his hand by the bronze whisker is said to be a treasure that the first king of the mountains hung around his neck when he awoke from his eternal sleep, but other than that, the memories of the past of the first dwarves had disappeared the moment they woke up.

It is said that the first dwarves desperately recalled the memories of the past, and recorded those scattered symbols, which were also the original natural inheritance of the dwarven shamans, although those mysterious symbols can also call on the power of nature and the elements, but its form is completely different from the elemental magic used by orc shamans.

For the dwarves, the only link between those lost memories and the current race is this necklace, the symbol of the king.

This bronze necklace has a mysterious power, when you hold it, you can clearly feel the rhythm of the earth under your feet, as if you can clearly feel the breath of this world, but you can only feel it, you can't mobilize this power, the person who holds the necklace seems to only give the power to feel, and since the time of the king of the mountains, Anweimar, the Copperbeard clan who holds the necklace has been trying to unlock the secret of the necklace.

Although the dwarven shaman's lineage has long since withered, and the only remaining shaman has settled in the Eagle's Nest Mountain with the Brute Hammer Clan, there are still several shamans who adhere to the ancient lineage in the Copperbeard royal family, and the only purpose of their existence is to help each king establish his connection with the earth.

Through a mysterious ritual called "Earth Communication", and the necklace, this ritual is absolutely secret, and only each king knows what he sees when he communicates with the earth, but there is no doubt that it is a real force.

The dwarves were able to live and thrive in Kazmodan without that power, and it is said that the kings used this ritual to try to communicate with the world when they were in trouble, but that is already an ancient legend after all.

In the ancient basement of the Anweimar Fortress, a warm flame burned in the brazier, and in the beating of the flames, several old shamans dressed in simple robes and holding wooden totems slowly walked to the four corners of the basement with the support of their apprentices, and with their chanting, the ancient power from this land was awakened.

The power of the four elements, such as cold wind, fire, frozen water, and the stoic earth, intertwined on the ancient totems around the shaman, and the mysterious rhythm of energy was linked to the four corners, like an enchantment, re-enveloping the stone chamber that had been thousands of years old.

And Muradin, who was dressed only in a linen robe with a bandage on his head. The brass beard was unadorned, in the most rustic posture, with his eyes glared and his beard scattered, and the necklace in his hand, and walked step by step towards the stone chamber under the nervous gaze of Moira and Brian.

This is the king's ritual, and Muradin to perform this ritual almost means that he has become the next king of Ironforge, which makes Princess Moira a little angry, but considering Muradin's status in the hearts of the people, she can only choose to endure silently, and she also knows very well that her uncle is not a patient person, he prefers to gallop on the battlefield than the king.

So, Moira knew very well that she just had to be patient, and maybe soon, in this chaotic and bad era, she would become the first queen in the history of the dwarves.

"Muradin, take this!"

Right in Muradin. At the moment when Copperbeard was about to enter the stone chamber, Brian suddenly stepped forward, gritted his teeth, took out a disc made of white gold from the box at his feet, and carefully handed it to his brother.

"Maybe it's not very useful, but if it's really as magical as I thought it would be, it will definitely tell you a lot of things."

Brian clenched Muradin's wrist and said in a deep voice:

"We must come out alive, we can no longer bear the pain of losing our loved ones."

Muradin nodded, holding the necklace in one hand and the disc in the other, he glanced back at his niece, and then gestured to Brian with his eyes, the mighty warrior took a deep breath, and at the urging of the shamans, strode into the ancient underground stone chamber, behind him, the door engraved with runes slowly closed.

After a while, the fluctuations of natural forces became chaotic, and Moira also subconsciously clenched Brian's arm, her relationship with her father may not be good, but she unexpectedly had a relationship with Brian. Copperbeard had a very good relationship, and as far back as she could remember, when she was a little girl, her father was always busy with the affairs of the country or taking his soldiers to fight the infiltrated Black Iron Dwarves.

Only Brian would take her around in Ironforge, which was Moella's fondest childhood memory.

"He's going to be fine, he's going to be fine."

Brian clapped Moira's hand, staring at the closed stone door in front of him, muttering the same sentence over and over again.

The Earth Communication Ritual is generally not dangerous, even if the Earth does not respond to the request, it will not hurt the person holding the necklace, but this time the ritual preparation was too hasty, and Muradin is not a king after all, it is difficult to say whether those weird elements will agree with him.

At the same moment, inside the stone gate, in the midst of the elemental storm that had become chaotic and insane, Muradin was half-kneeling on the ground in pain, the golden disc was placed on the ground in front of him, and the simple necklace that had been passed down from generation to generation was held in the palm of his hand.

"Tell me, ancestor! Tell me what to do! ”

The elemental bombarded Muradin's badly wounded body mercilessly, and in just a moment, his linen robe was stained with blood, and the blood flowed on the ground little by little, and in Muradin's hand, the necklace was as silent as before, and it seemed unwilling to answer him and show him the way.

"Speak!"

Muradin's eyes widened, staring at the necklace in front of him, and he roared:

"You speak!"

Before his eyes, images of Magni's death came to mind, as well as the despair of his beloved country being destroyed by the undead, the embarrassment of fleeing from the battlefield like a coward, and the anger of the soldiers he led died at the hands of the undead.

There is a strange force mixed in with the elements that is affecting his sanity, maybe they are not deliberate, but for traditional shamanic teachings, anyone whose soul is in a fragile state, is not suitable to communicate with the elements, because the soul... Whether it is the shamanic teachings of the dwarves or the shamanic teachings of the orcs, the soul will be considered the "fifth element", and only with the life of the soul can the power of the elements be felt.

In other words, the power of the elements, whether positive or negative, affects the soul in turn.

"Bang"

In a fit of rage and frustration, the dwarven warrior roared and threw the necklace to the ground, the legacy of the artifact snapped open, and it was probably the first time it had been treated so roughly since it fell into the hands of the dwarves, and the delicate pendants and gems that were wrapped around the necklace were smashed open by the force of Muradin, and it bounced on the ground and finally landed on the platinum disc.

"Buzz"

The pure white light enveloped Muladin's entire person in an explosive manner, as if he had arrived in another dimension, and the crazy and chaotic elements around him also stopped.

The broken necklace hovered in front of Muradin's eyes, and in the white light, it slowly rotated, and the shell made by the dwarves peeled off little by little, revealing its original form, a fragment... An orange shard that glowed like a furnace.

"Fragments of the Guardian Wonder Valranel have been detected... Attribution Scan! ”

"Buzz"

A pale blue curtain of light stretched Muradin's entire body from top to bottom, and a moment later, the strange voice sounded again:

"Detected the Earth Spirit King Yurel. Stoneheart gene sample, 75% similarity, the visitor's identity is determined to be a descendant of the Titan Guardian affected by the Flesh Curse, and the second level of privilege is unlocked. ”

"Perform the Flesh Curse Stripping Procedure... The stripping begins..."

"Ahhh

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The sudden screams in the stone chamber undoubtedly belonged to Muradin, this was a desperate scream that Muradin had never made since he was a child, as if he was suffering from unimaginable terrible torture, which made Brian subconsciously pounce, he frantically slapped the closed stone door in front of him, and shouted to the four shamans who presided over the ceremony:

"Turn it on! Hurry up! ”

"No, the ritual is going on, it can't be interrupted..."

Moira also realized that the situation was wrong, if Muradin's death here, then the order that had been established with great difficulty in the fortress of Anvimar would only collapse suddenly, at this moment, the copper-bearded princess gritted her teeth and stepped forward, and shouted to the four shamans:

"Stop it! I command you! If Muradin dies, you will also bury him! Open it! Right now! ”

Moira's threat was obviously more powerful than Brian's plea, and after a few moments, the old shaman stopped the ritual with great reluctance, and the closed stone door slowly opened, and Brian grabbed Moella's hand, who wanted to rush in, and said to her:

"You stay here! If something happens, you're going to have to inherit your father's throne, you know? ”

"Hmm!"

Moira nodded obediently, and then watched her uncle rush into the basement filled with a strange white mist in front of her, she clasped her hands together, nervously looking at the tumbling fog in front of her, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.

And Brian, who rushed into the mist, waved his hands frantically, trying to break away the mist, and between the shadows and shadows, he saw the figure lying on the ground, and he hurriedly pounced.

"Muradin! What happened to you? You okay? ”

Brian knelt on the ground, trying to lift Muradin up, but at this moment...

"Don't touch me!"

Muradin's voice rang out, but it was no longer as mellow and heroic as before, but instead it was eerily dry, like... It's like a stone colliding.

This gave Brian a foreboding, he subconsciously took a step back, his foot guessed something, he looked down and saw a small stone that shone orange in the mist, he reached out to pick it up.

"Don't touch it!"

Mulardin's scolding sounded again, causing Brian to stop immediately, and he saw the low figure in the mist slowly get up, it seemed that Muradin was not missing arms and legs, which made Brian happy, but before he could say a word, he saw his brother's face revealed in the fog.

The one that is made up entirely of brilliant diamonds... Vivid dwarven faces.

And his body, crystal clear, all the flesh and bones are gone, replaced by crystal diamonds, like, as if the body has been reshaped, in addition to the shining light of those eyes, you can vaguely see the existence of Muradin, Brian is desperate to find that his brother has completely become a priceless ... Diamond Dwarf.

"The forge is on top!"

Brian sat on the ground in fright, he had fantasized about countless catastrophic endings, but only in front of him, he had never imagined.

Diamond-shaped Muradin stepped forward, he bent down to pick up the orange shards on the ground, and then carefully slung them around his neck, he moved his diamond-made body, and then turned to look at his brother, and smiled stiffly.

The smile almost scared Brian's soul out, and then he heard Muradine say:

"Thank you for the Nogannon Disk, Brian, I have seen the secrets of my ancestors, and I have learned of the mission of all the dwarves and the curse on our bodies... Of course, I also found a way to save the people, we can't stay in Kazmodan, we don't have time to waste..."

Muradin, moving his wrist, said to his brother:

"Don't alarm the others, bring my armor with you, and tell Moira to gather the people and we're out of here..."

"To Northrend!"

PS: My personal theory, I've always thought that Magni's diamondization is actually the stripping of the flesh curse, but this process is likely to have some weird changes because of Ai-chan's intervention, and she also needs a spokesperson.