Just being a dark elf in Warhammer

Darkus changed his posture, he leaned out and picked up the wine glass on the coffee table, but instead of drinking, he raised the wine glass to his eyes and started to look at it. The wine liquid in the glass shimmers red under the dim light, like a deep orange-red sea, telling the story of the precipitation of history and the accumulation of time. Although this was a wine specially supplied to the royal family of Carcassonne, it looked the same to him. He didn’t like drinking red wine, and he couldn’t taste the difference between the various red wines.

While staring at the liquid in the cup, Darkus was still thinking, seeming to be recalling a past event or thinking about future plans. There was a depth and mystery in his eyes, and the wine in the glass seemed to be his reflection, reflecting the complex emotions and complicated thoughts deep in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, Darkus glanced at William III through the liquid, who seemed to be in a trance. Obviously, William III guessed something through his words, which put him in a state of shock. But he didn't continue to say anything, he didn't want to say anything, and he couldn't say anything. Spoiler for William III? Tell him that the Battle of Altdorf should take place twenty-three years later, and that William III will die with Vlad and become a so-called saint? As a result, the whole thing changed because he came to Altdorf. He not only changed the first vampire war, but also the second and third time?

What he changed about the vampire wars.

Darkus couldn't say that the Battle of Altdorf was the third duet arranged by the man after the destruction of Altdorf University and Stephen Franz Academy. There are some things that are not suitable to be said. One is that it would be boring to say them, and the other is that they cannot be said. He could only communicate with silence. The reason why he could become friends with William III was that in addition to their common needs and interests, they seemed to have a tacit understanding that transcended age, language, and time. , across races.

Although they had only known each other for less than a week, they had not seen each other several times during this week...

There was an indescribable meaning in Darkus's eyes, as if hinting at some deep information. As the high priest of the Sigmar Sect, William III was shocked and surprised by this information. His movements attracted William III. William III raised his head and looked at his eyes behind the liquid. William III felt a strong touch and shock, and his mood fluctuated with the eyes behind his wine glass, as if he had uncovered The secrets hidden layer by layer in the world allowed William III to re-recognize the world and himself.

"Actually... one of the main purposes of my coming to Altdorf is to visit Leonardo da Miragliano. Some of his things are what I need and are worth learning from. Unfortunately... I don't have them. After getting this opportunity, but... I still obtained something through some methods, such as the drawing that fell on the ground. Although it is a pity that I did not see him, I still learned a lot from this drawing. "

After a while, after William III had calmed down a little, Darkus stopped making that move. He took a sip of the liquid and said slowly while placing the cup on the coffee table. After doing all this, he resumed his previous posture, but with his legs crossed, he no longer looked at the ceiling, but at William III.

"I don't want this, but... now I can only do this, I can't find any other way."

William III, who recovered from the shock and confusion, poured the liquid from the wine bottle into the wine glass with trembling hands. Due to his trembling, some precious liquid spilled on the coffee table. After filling it, he faced Darkow Si raised his glass in greeting, then raised his head and drank it all. Then he repeated this action again, and after the second glass of wine entered his stomach, he leaned against the sofa, wiped his face with his trembling hands, and then tried to explain in a calm tone.

Darkus did not respond to William III with words, but nodded silently. He knew that William III needed some time to buffer now.

"To be honest, I can understand the words and pictures on this drawing, but I can't understand it. You know what I'm talking about. It's too unfamiliar to me. I'm curious... Leona What attracts you? Although he and I live in the same city, I have never communicated with him because... you know the name of that college. I don't know your past, but mine My friend, I can feel your potential and that strange charm, which is why I believe you can reunite the elves, so... I am very curious now, can you tell me the reason?"

After William III completely calmed down, he picked up the drawings that fell on the ground and turned them over carefully. Different from before, he was now at a deep loss. He knew the words and pictures above, and he could also see that these words and pictures ultimately pointed to a box, a magical iron box, and this iron box seemed to move. ? After another moment, he asked seriously.

"Of course, I am very willing to tell you the reason, which is why I gave you this drawing. That night, you saw the giant beast that was originally in Altdorf Zoo, right?" Darkus finally said It's nonsense. William III is not blind, so there is no reason why he can't see it. But as a foreshadowing, after William III nodded, he also nodded, and then continued, "Although you saw that giant beast, but... it's very... It’s a pity that you didn’t see the terrifying posture of this giant beast charging. Can you have that image in your mind?”

William III closed his eyes and began to imagine following Darkus's words. In his mind, a picture gradually began to become clear. He saw the terrifying beak that could tear people apart instantly and the piercing eyes. The huge and mighty Triceratops exuded a ferocious aura, like a moving mountain peak.

As the Triceratops charged, the ground began to tremble, earth and rocks flew, trees were uprooted, and everything turned into nothingness under the feet of the Triceratops. As a warrior, he can personally feel the unparalleled fear and shock, and feel the power and power of the Triceratops. His pupils suddenly widened, and his heart was filled with awe and wonder. He seemed to be able to hear the roar of the Triceratops,

"I can imagine it, I can imagine it very clearly, that scene..." William III sighed. At the end of the sentence, he thought of something. He probably guessed why Darkus gave him this drawing, and he continued Said, "My friend, I seem to understand."

"No, no, no. You don't understand, how come you understand? Do you want to listen to what you are saying?" Darkus denied. Seeing that William III was at a loss again, he shook his head and sighed, " This is a drawing, but it is just an appearance. Do you remember what I said when I handed the drawing to you just now?"

"Steel?"

"Yes, Steel. It seems that you have a good memory. Steel, in fact, I didn't tell you everything just now. Not only steel, but also gunpowder! After all, you also saw that there is a cannon on this iron box."

"I...I..." William III murmured and thought. After a moment, he showed an expression of enlightenment. He continued, "My friend, I really understand this time!"

"understood?"

"understood!"

"There is a reason why we are friends. I like to deal with smart people. In my opinion, you are a smart person, and you are not that pedantic. To be honest, you broke my stereotypes about faith, pastors, etc., I have seen a lot from you and learned a lot. I love telling the truth, and I tell the truth because I don’t seem to need to defer to you or cater to you.”

Darkus gently knocked on the coffee table as he spoke. After he finished speaking, the liquid in his wine glass was filled again. Then he raised his glass and clinked it with William III, but he did not drink it all this time. He couldn't taste the quality of the wine specially provided by the Royal Family of Carcassonne. However, he knew that he had drunk impatiently just now, and now he was a little more energetic. The following conversation was very important to him, to William III, and to the world. He didn't want to be confused. We must conduct this meeting in a forced state.

"My friend, although I understand, I still don't understand. You also know that I am the great priest of the Sigma Sect and I dedicate myself to Sigma. These..." William III, who also took a small bite, said cautiously. He knew this It was possible that he was talking to Darkus for the last time, and he knew the conversation was important. Thinking of this, he stood up, walked to the table not far away and started rummaging around. Soon he returned to the sofa with a piece of parchment, a quill and ink.

"Although my body is back to the shape of my youth, my head doesn't seem to be. My friends, forgive me for doing this, but I have to do it because I know the conversation that follows is important and I can feel... …This…this…will affect the development of the entire empire in the future?”

"When you decided to do this, this piece of parchment was given a special meaning, maybe? When I come down here again, I will see this piece of paper in the museum and sigh, thinking about us Days get along with each other, and you...time, years..." Darkus nodded and said with a smile. As he spoke, the smile on his face disappeared, and at the end of the sentence, his hand dangled in the air. , sighing heavily.

William III, who had pushed the wine bottle and cup aside and was leaning on the coffee table, also smiled and shook his head, and then sighed heavily.

"Since you have behaved like this, let me say more." After finishing speaking, Darkus picked up the wine glass and moistened his throat. After some thought, he started the mode of being a teacher, "First of all... in politics, this After the Battle of Altdorf, you gained great prestige. Ludwig couldn't get out of bed for half a year. I know how serious their attacks were. You can do many things during this period to consolidate your prestige. .

As for how to do it, that is your own business. It is the internal affairs of Reikland and Altdorf and has nothing to do with me. Even if I knew, I wouldn't do it, after all, you know, no one likes to be judged, especially people like us.

You have to withstand the pressure, the pressure from the church and the pressure from the Reichland nobles, to rebuild Stephen Franz College. Of course, the college is still the same college, and the operating model is still the same, but you can change the college The name, after all that has happened, Stephen Franz Academy no longer exists. Altdorf Imperial University? Imperial College of Mechanical Engineering? Please forgive me, I lack some talent in naming. I'll leave such a difficult thing to you. "

While William III nodded, he recorded on the parchment that although what Darkus said was very obscure, he understood what Darkus meant, to re-establish the academy, but in the name of the Sigmar Sect, or in his personal name. name.

"I have been to both Altdorf University and Stephen Franz College. In my opinion, the former is a comprehensive university. Its main purpose is to cultivate suitable talents for the empire and allow those noble children to receive higher education. However, the latter is different from the former. There are fundamental differences. The latter is more science and engineering and more practical.

To put it more bluntly, in my opinion, Altdorf University is the lower limit of the empire, including humanities, politics, thought, and philosophy, while the academy is the upper limit of the empire, including steel, gunpowder, machinery, bombs, muskets, artillery, and iron boxes. An important component of the imperial army. "

"I'm here to tell you the truth. The Triceratops you saw before is a lizard man, that is, a resident of that mysterious continent. The lizard man was studied as a beastman by your anthropologists. Sigma, I have to I admire the rich imagination of those scholars, if the Slann Demon Priests knew that humans regarded them as beastmen..." At the end of his sentence, Darkus made a nondescript Sigma Hammer towards William III.

William III, who was writing, smiled and shook his head in response to Darkus.

Just when Darkus was ready to say something, he suddenly froze. He felt that he was saying strange things, and the whole scene was also very strange. In the office of Sigma Cathedral, he was talking with the High Priest of Sigma about rebuilding the Polytechnic Institute. , all this and so on, this is something that is completely beyond the reach of eight poles, but now it actually happened.

In Darkus' view, because the current high priest of Sigmar is William III, a high priest who is not rigid at all and knows how to be flexible and adaptable, which high priest is willing to learn about the weaknesses of another vampire from the mouth of one vampire? Well, which high priest is willing to give his hope to the dark elf even though he knows that the other party is a dark elf?

William III is not the other stereotyped high priest. As the top of the belief system, the old-fashioned high priest who views physics is a complete heresy and a scourge, so the current absurd situation has occurred.

Maybe... it will be even more absurd in the future? Just like a certain orthodox church, give the iron box some holy water before the battle? Bless the whole mass?

The iron box is a revelation from Sigma and a manifestation of Sigma's power, just like when the empire was first established. The iron box is the crystallization of the friendship between humans and dwarves. The iron box is blessed, sacred, and has an organic soul!

Thinking about this, Darkus suddenly laughed, and then told William III what he thought.

William III smiled and shook his head again. Shaking his head, he suddenly laughed loudly. He had the picture painted by Darkus in his mind, and then raised his glass to clink glasses with Darkus.

"I'm not kidding. We can deduce logically. Now you enjoy great prestige in Altdorf and Reikland. I think you also have relative influence on the dwarves. You can completely use the dwarves' connections to let The dwarves participated. The first twelve models of this drawing were all designed by Leonardo, and the last one, the thirteenth, was integrated by the high-level spellcasters on the basis of the first twelve. and perfected.”

"Elf society is different from human society. Magic is a power we are proud of. Those mages, warlocks, and spell weavers are not only spellcasters, but also masters of knowledge. They have made achievements in all aspects. This is different from the fact that your empire is being hunted. The wizards hunted by witches are fundamentally different, of course, we can put this topic aside for the time being."

"Let us return to the inference for now. If the resistance is too great, my suggestion to you is that you don't need to directly rebuild the academy. The key to the matter lies in this iron box. You can use your influence to bring the dwarves and The unemployed scholars and craftsmen in the academy gathered together. As long as you can build the first prototype No. 13, and make this prototype shine and play an important role in the battle.

When the time comes, you can build the academy in turn, and then the resistance will be minimized. You know the reasons, there are many. As long as the prototype functions, the priests in the sect will not say anything. After all, it is powerful. The power, and it belongs to the sect. This is the revelation and blessing from Sigma! Those nobles would not refuse to fight side by side with the iron box in battle. Who would refuse such a powerful force? Soldiers facing the beastmen? "

"For the sake of the empire, I suggest that you better integrate the academy into the system of the Church of Sigmar, at least in this era. As a member of the empire and as the high priest of Sigmar, you know the current situation of the empire better than I do. I think... you You don’t want to see Iron Box crushing the armies of other provinces, do you? Is this still Sigma’s revelation and blessing?

The religions within your empire are very complex. As far as I know, those in the north believe in Ulric and those in the west believe in Tal. If these things really happen, it will only make the politics and beliefs of the empire more divided, and it will also happen. What do the mountain dwarves think of this kind of thing? What do the Imperial Dwarves think? Is this still a symbol of friendship between the Empire and the Dwarves? "

William III was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Dacus. He suddenly realized that Dacus was more important than he thought... He had never thought of so many things in such a short period of time, and they were so crucial. Things extend from the academy and the iron box to the entire empire.

"My friend, you reminded me that what you said is so correct. I didn't expect this. The iron box or the academy belong to the empire and are the cornerstone of the empire, just like you said , is the upper limit of the empire, and is what the empire uses to fight against beastmen, orcs and chaos, not to kill each other."

Darkus, who was talking a little dry, moistened his throat. When the liquid rolled in his throat, he suddenly thought of something, a joy, a great joy.

"We're friends? Right?"

"Yes! We are friends! Friends forever!"

"Then as a friend, it's not too much for you to do me a small favor, right?"

"Of course, as long as I can do it!"

"Okay! A long time ago, in this old world, of course we elves call this place Elsin Alvin. Four thousand years ago, due to some differences and contradictions, an ongoing war broke out between the elves and the dwarves. Hundreds of years of war, the final result... As you know, humans have appeared and taken root in this land. Although four thousand years have passed, our relationship with the dwarves has not been repaired. Before you The group of elves they saw were tasked with repairing relationships.

Of course, this is not important. The important thing is... when the dwarves are involved, don't mention that the elves designed the prototype No. 13. This drawing is the revelation from Sigma. As for how it was revealed, it is your problem. , this is your little favor to help me. "

"Although, I still don't quite understand, but my friend, since you have said so, I will do it."

"If the dwarves ask you for blueprints, you can also give them a copy of the blueprints." Darkus nodded and said with a smile.

To Darkus, this was a joy, a great joy. The Imperial Steam Tank was designed and built by Leonardo, with the result that the Leonardo and Stefan Franz Institutes are now gone. History was changed beyond recognition by the Chosen God who was not the Chosen God. The elves upgraded and transformed it based on Leonardo's design drawings. The drawings were controlled by the Sigmar Cult and asked the dwarves to help with the manufacturing.

The original imperial steam tank is now completed by three races, from design, finalization, project establishment to prototype, and finally expanded into production. In Darkus' view, the dwarves involved in the manufacture of steam tanks will definitely discover the potential of steam tanks. After all, steam tanks are very suitable for suppressing greenskins and Skaven, but they may not be suitable for mountain warfare. But it doesn't matter. Can it be changed? The wheels of the steam tank can be changed to tracks.

Isn't this just a surprise or an explosion? Perhaps a few hundred years later, when the elves and dwarves formally establish diplomatic relations again or have a quarrel, the elves can point to the dwarves' heads and say that the steam tanks currently used by the dwarves in large quantities were designed by the elves. of……

This... may be more lethal than calling dwarves short. After all, machinery and steel are the dwarves' most important skills... (End of Chapter)