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Rhodes did not drive these people away, but instead let them join. Even within a faction, there are different situations. Dalaran is not a one-man show by humans; it is even divided into several factions.
The high elves held considerable sway, and Kael'thas's words were crucial in enabling Rhodes and the others to escape safely.
It's worth noting that even after the High Elves were renamed Blood Elves and joined the Horde, a large portion of them chose to remain in the Alliance, staying in Dalaran, a neutral organization.
“Rhodes, I think we should establish a base in Southshore. If the goblins are willing, they can help us transport large numbers of refugees to Kalimdor and connect the two continents,” Princess Calia said.
After this period of training, the princess has grown a lot, and at least now she can be considered a slightly more qualified leader.
She's no longer the delicate princess she used to be.
"This is necessary, but we cannot completely rely on other people's technology and put our lifeline in their hands."
"We also need to prepare ships to travel between the two continents, and we even need to find a way to obtain the airship technology from the Earth Gold." Rhodes said, looking at Princess Galiya.
“Technology transfer? But the technology of the Rhodes Airship is the lifeblood of the goblins; they can’t possibly give it up,” Princess Galiya said.
"Airship technology and airship services on the mainland are indeed the lifeblood of the goblins, but as long as the profits are enough, the goblins will sell anything."
"We need to acquire the complete production and operation technology for airships, then install my magic ship on them, and directly create a flying magic ship," Rhodes said.
Goblin airship technology is indeed very impressive. In the early days of World of Warcraft, only the goblins mastered flight technology, but later the Alliance and Horde also gradually mastered non-flying technology and even developed more advanced devices.
For example, in version 7.0, when King Varian led the Alliance fleet to the Broken Isles, he used airships built by gnome engineers, which were equipped with extremely advanced devices.
After the goblins joined, the Horde also gained access to airships, or rather, the Horde had already mastered the relevant technology during the Earth version in the 60s.
At that time, they only needed some services from the goblins. Their own magic ship was a huge temptation for the goblins, and there were even more good things to come in the future.
To be honest, with the advent of flying units, sailboats should theoretically be phased out, and at the very least, they should be replaced by powered steel behemoths.
Azeroth's technological level is actually quite bizarre. In version 7.0, the class hall that Demon Hunters obtain is practically an interstellar warship.
However, in version 8.0, when fighting N'Zoth, the Alliance and Horde were still traveling by sailboat, and they still needed to win over two powerful maritime nations, Zandalar and Kul Tiras.
This is a very strange situation. If you had any ironclad warships from before World War I, you wouldn't need to do this, right?
Putting aside everything else, they could use all the ironclad ships from the Beiyang Fleet. Rhodes plans to straighten out the Alliance and Horde's misguided tech trees in the future.
Dwarfs can create humanoid mechs, and all sorts of magical industrial hybrids, so it shouldn't be too difficult for you to build a pre-World War I ironclad warship.
Even Kul Tiras currently uses only wooden ships from the 17th and 18th centuries; they need to evolve to 19th-century ironclad warships.
Ironclad warships completely overwhelm wooden sailing ships in combat, and in terms of main gun technology, gnomes are far more advanced than goblins.
If it weren't for the time constraints, Rhodes would have even wanted to help Monoregan. However, in the future, he could help the gnomes build a main city in Kalimdor.
“You’re right. Rhodes, we’ll have to rely on you to communicate with the goblins,” Princess Calia said.
The two chatted for a while longer before Rod took his leave.
Princess Rhodesia sighed helplessly as she watched Rhodes depart. In fact, after being appointed regent, Rhodes needed to establish a close relationship with the royal family in a sense.
The position of regent is, to some extent, only the queen's husband can hold, but Rhodes doesn't seem to care about him at all right now!
This matter can only be dealt with slowly. The only good news is that Rhodes has not yet made a move against Jaina.
Rhodes was perfectly aware of the princess's thoughts. He wasn't stupid; he understood what the position of regent represented in Western society.
However, Rhodes had no intention of becoming a queen's regent. A true man should never live under the thumb of others, not even his own wife.
Princess Jaina and Rhodes are both now targets, it's just not the right time yet. Only children make choices, I want them all.
After all, he had boasted to Arthas that he would stab Arthas's sister and Jaina as well.
After leaving the princess's tent, Rhodes returned to his own tent and met with the adjutant advisor sent by Kael'thas.
Grand Magister of Fire, Carponia, appeared in Tempest Keep and served as an advisor during the Kael'thas boss fight.
Extremely skilled in fireball, arcane blast, fire spear, and ignite, the mage Caponia was the leader of the group of high elves sent to provide support this time.
Back in the Kael'thas boss fight, there was a famous warlock tank who tanked a fireball.
"Lord Rhodes, I have come on Prince Kael'thas's orders to teach you fire magic," the elven mage said, bowing to Rhodes.
"Then I'll trouble you, Lady Caponia. You just need to explain the specific principles of magic to me." Rhodes smiled, prepared his magic book in the system space, and began the copying work.
"Then, Lord Rhodes, let's begin the lesson. First, I will tell you the principles of magic, how to inscribe fire runes, and how to guide magical power." The female elven mage began to teach Rhodes very seriously.
“No need for that. I know the basics, so just tell me how to use the spells,” Rhodes said.
Not long ago, when he was fighting Arthas, he had already leveled up to level 8 and gained a professional mage skill called Wisdom. This skill allows him to learn level 3 magic among heroes. In reality, Rhodes could also learn some advanced spells.
“But you won’t learn it if you skip the basics,” Caponia said.
Please, I'm teaching very seriously!
"Do as I say, madam."
Seeing Rhodes' confidence, the high elf mage didn't say much and directly explained the principle behind the fireball spell.
Rhodes' system notification also appeared, and a strange witch taught you advanced fire magic. With her guidance, you successfully mastered the knack and copied the spell into your magic book.
Ten minutes later, Rhodes learned the Fireball spell and successfully launched a scorching fireball the size of a giant washbasin.
This scene astonished the female elf who was teaching Rhodes. "Are you kidding me? You learned it already? You bastard, you didn't know that before, did you?"
Moreover, the power it unleashed was no less than that of an ordinary mage, and even slightly greater, only slightly less than that of a mage like myself who was proficient in fire magic.
Next, Rhode learned Flame Lance and Flame Storm. It's worth mentioning that Flame Storm is actually a group spell with a very wide coverage area, but it also consumes a lot of mana, a full 5 mana points. It can be said to be the most mana-intensive spell that Rhode learned in Azeroth.
With the next Dragon Breath, Fireball, Flame Impact, Lava Armor, and Living Bomb, Rhodes spent two days completely draining the high-elite female mage in front of him.
It even made the high elf mage question her existence.
It must be said that fire spells are far more powerful than ice spells, especially when dealing with undead creatures, where their effectiveness is not much worse than that of holy light spells.
"Lord Rhodes, your understanding of fire magic is simply, simply a blessing from the holy sun."
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Blessed by the eternal sun, Caponia couldn't think of any other adjective besides this.
Mr. Rhodes's learning ability was so abnormal that it had completely terrified her.
A slight smile appeared on Rhodes's lips, and he said, "Haha, perhaps what favors me is not the eternal sun, but the great Titan."
Isn't that right? If anyone should be blessed, it should be a Titan, not some eternal sun.
Although it seems that a certain sun god will appear in the latest plot, he is still a character who has not yet appeared.
"This is the only explanation, Lord Rhodes. I have taught you all the spells I know. How to proceed and how to use these spells in the future is up to you."
But please remember, Lord Rhodes, even though they all learn the same spells, the power of the spells cast by different mages is still different.
"The spells you've cast are completely beyond my imagination. This is not the magic of a beginner. You should focus on developing it," Caponia said.
Take himself for example. An ordinary mage could blow up a large tree or knock down an ordinary mortal soldier with a single fireball.
But one of his fireballs could kill a human paladin, or even a druid in bear form.
“I’ve learned a lot, Ms. Caponia,” Rhodes said, nodding respectfully.
Kaponia returned the greeting to Rhodes, then rose and left. He would lead the high elves on Rhodes' side to the continent of Kalimdor.
The next morning, in the distance, the distinctive, noisy steam roar of the goblin airship could be faintly heard; the goblin airship had arrived.
The agreed-upon five days had passed, and the Hot Sands Group clearly took this transaction very seriously, delivering the first batch of supplies to Rhodes on time.
The airship landed, carrying a large amount of supplies that had been prepared for Rhodes.
"Hello, Mr. Rhodes, we meet again. As agreed, I have delivered the first batch of supplies, enough for you to eat for 20 days, including food, fresh water, and some medical supplies." This time, the person trading with Rhodes was the same old goblin, Grizzby.
It has to be said that the goblins are quite fast; even when food is scarce everywhere in Azeroth, these little guys managed to get some.
“Welcome, Mr. Grisby.” Rhodes stepped forward and exchanged a friendly greeting with the old goblin.
Then he ordered the paladins in the camp and the ordinary Lordaeron militia to begin moving the goods and transferring all the supplies to the ships.
“We went to great lengths to find these resources, some of them even transported from Stranglethorn Vale. They mainly consist of dried fish and some flavorful marinated seafood. We hope you like them. We don’t know what we’re trading.” Grizby smiled at Rhodes, then rubbed his fingers together, the meaning of which couldn’t be clearer.
“You’re a straightforward person, so am I.” Rhodes smiled and took out about two tons of the remains of the golden man and some cut pieces of the diamond man, handing these items to the old goblin. Grizzby nodded readily and then immediately stepped forward to inspect the goods.
“This is one-third of the shipment. I will deliver the rest to you after we arrive in Kalimdor,” Rhodes said with a smile to the old goblin in front of him.
If others are straightforward, I'll be straightforward too; honesty is the key to doing business.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate with you, my friend. Our airships are also ready. Since there are only 20, we just need to allocate resources from here."
"Actually, besides delivering the goods to you, there's something else we need to discuss with you, such as purchasing a space magic ship," Grizby said with a smile to Rhodes.
During this time, he also learned about Rhodes's intelligence and, through some channel, about this magical ship. This thing was far too important for goblins who were in the transportation business; its value even far exceeded that of the two special metals.
Therefore, the Prince of Trade has given a firm order: they must acquire a space magic ship no matter what, starting with a trade. If that fails, then they will have to resort to other means.
"Oh, it seems you all have quite the information. That's right, the Titan Guardians did indeed build this special space magic ship for me, and one ship can carry 2 people."
"Of course, if we modify the interior space, we might be able to fit even more, and if we're storing cargo, the quantity will be even greater," Rod said with a smile, squinting his eyes.
And that's how business comes in, isn't it?
“What do you need? Tell me, Your Excellency Rhodes. Our Prince of Trade is determined to acquire this space magic ship.”
"He gave a firm order: we must get two ships no matter what, and if possible, we should try to make it a long-term deal," Griezby said.
The trade prince's plan was to buy two ships first to see if they could be copied. If they could be copied, then there would be no need to buy more.
Anyway, Azeroth doesn't have the concept of intellectual property protection. If you can crack it, it's yours.
But this was Titan technology after all, and even though the goblins were very confident that no one in Azeroth could match them in engineering.
But this thing involves magic, which is a weakness of the goblins, so if they can't replicate it, they'll have to buy it from Rhodes in the future.
"Haha, of course, I can trade you two ships. What I need is very simple."
"After we arrive in Kalimdor, you goblins must help us build a main city and provide us with some initial supplies, since we'll be penniless when we arrive," Rhodes said.
"This is a bit difficult. As you know, two magic ships are not worth that much. Building a main city is no joke. You will have to pay extra. The magical metal from the remains of the golden man will cost at least 200 tons. As for the space magic ships, there will be 20."
"And we're only responsible for the outer buildings; we don't concern ourselves with anything inside the city," Grizby said with a smile.
No one can get anything out of the goblins. Building a main city is no joke. There are at least 10 refugees here, making this a top-tier city.
"No, no, no, Your Excellency, I think you have misunderstood."
If we're talking about architecture, we humans don't really lack houses; we can build them ourselves.