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The core voice echoed in the empty craftsman's hall.

"Concentrate all the energy from the second and third lines of defense here, abandon the second and third lines of defense, and activate the 'Bump-Bump' defense device at the same time."

"Warning: Once the defensive line is abandoned, it cannot be rebuilt. Confirm?"

"confirm."

"Defense line closed... Bumper defense system online... Warning, insufficient energy... Bumper defense system maximum activation rate 60%..."

"Enable overload."

"Overload warning! The gate is under attack! Estimated time: 5 seconds. Destruction in 3 seconds!"

"boom!!!"

With a warning from the core, the doors to the Craftsmen's Hall were reduced to scattered fragments. Tannis, carrying a still-smoking anti-tank gun, entered the hall with Mekkatorque.

"Game over, Thermaprag!"

39. The Battle of Gnomeregan – Thermapulg

"Welcome to my royal court! Usurpers!!"

Sitting atop the enormous robot, Therma Pragna's voice, now as sharp as a knife scraping against glass, pierced Tennys's eardrums.

"This is the Craftsmen's Hall! You despicable traitor!"

Mekkatorque pulled out his Death Ray Gun and aimed it at Thermaprag's robot.

"Keep your pathetic toys safe, Mekkatorque. You have no idea what kind of scientific and technological advancements I have acquired. Your rash decision not only killed our people but also cost us a chance to completely abandon goblin engineering..."

As he spoke, Thermaprag controlled the robot to raise its arm, and four screens unfolded in the Craftsmen's Hall, displaying scenes of four power plants. The dwarves of the Suicide Squad lay sprawled on the ground, while some small robots busied themselves on the destroyed power plants.

“Look at your plan! You think it’s perfect? ​​Wrong! Your suicide squad paid the ultimate price to cut off the main power supply, but it can only buy you half an hour at most! Half an hour later, Gnomeregan will awaken again! My endless mechanical army will engulf you! Mekkatorque! At that time, you... will become my best second-in-command, and Tannis, you will become my first trophy!”

"Sorry, Thermaprag, but I think your robot would make a good trophy. It might even solve some problems that are giving me a headache..."

As Tennys spoke, she took out a badge and handed it to Mekkatorque. Mekkatorque took the badge, glanced at it, and immediately determined that it was a very sophisticated engineering creation.

"This is?"

"This is the Great Tinker's badge. Currently, the only people who possess this badge besides me are my father and me. Once you activate this badge, the Great Tinker's combat module will be equipped on you, and you will be able to command any type of weaponry—Mr. Mekkatorque. Although I don't know if you still resist using goblin engineering deep down, we only have half an hour."

"I understand."

Mekkatorque nodded slightly, hung the badge on his chest, and immediately, a portal of light unfolded behind him, and the Great Tinker's armor began to be put on Mekkatorque.

"Mekkatorque!! Are you insane?! You actually... chose to use goblin engineering?!"

Thermaprag screamed, and at the same time, the armor on the giant robot's right hand opened, and several heat rays shot towards Tannis and the other person. In an instant, the two were engulfed by fire and smoke.

"Because...I cannot let the warrior's blood be shed in vain...Thermapulg...the benevolent competition between goblin and gnome engineering...is nothing before what you have done..."

Mekkatorque's voice tore through the smoke and reached Thermaprag's ears. Clad in the Great Tinker's armor, he slowly emerged from the smoke, his pupils, hidden behind his goggles, gleaming with a terrifying light. Tanis, who had used a force field to block the attacks, stood beside him, the drones on the already deployed drone hive buzzing loudly.

"Is that so! Then... you've lost your right to be my assistant, Mekkatorque! I will grant you a slow and painful death! Shot! Explosion!!!"

Amidst Thermaprag's frantic shouts, a series of holes suddenly opened in the walls surrounding the Craftsmen's Hall, and large, round, two-legged bombs hopped and skipped toward the two men. Several machine guns also fell from the ceiling and began firing wildly.

"Rocket barrage".

Having a general idea of ​​the armor's performance and the effects of the weapons he could summon, Mekkatorque activated the missile pod on his left shoulder without hesitation. Several small missiles roared out of it, heading towards the surrounding large bombs. In the blink of an eye, wave after wave of explosions swept through the Craftsmen's Hall.

"G3, Hunting."

As Mekkatorque launched his counterattack, Tannis also controlled the G3 Predator to fly up to the ceiling and began to scorch the barrels of the machine guns. Under the effect of the high temperature, the metal of the barrels gradually softened and blocked their openings. At the same time, the swarm of drones that had finished loading also set off collectively, launching wave after wave of attacks around Thermaprag's body.

"You will not succeed! Usurpers!!"

Faced with Tannis and Mekkatorque's resistance, Thermaprag quickly retaliated. The shoulders of the giant robot he was sitting on opened, and he threw out one black sphere after another, crackling with electricity wherever they landed.

"Electromagnetic armor activated, laser sniper module online."

With a flick of his right hand, a massive, streamlined cannon unfolded on his shoulder. Noticing Mekkatorque's movement, Thermaprag's robot opened its right hand, preparing to unleash another heat ray attack.

"boom!"

The sound of artillery fire rang out, and Tannis's anti-tank shell sparked a burst of sparks on Thermaprag's body, forcing Thermaprag's attack to stop. In that one second, Mekkatorque had already completed the charging of its laser cannon.

The silver beam of light struck the shoulder of Thermaprag's giant robot silently, burning a large crater in it. Dense lines and strange runes were exposed to Tannis's eyes, surrounded by dazzling arcane light.

"That is?"

Before Mekkatorque could figure out what the runes represented, Tannis's warning rang in his earpiece.

"Mr. Mekkatorque! Deploy, and activate Arcane Defense Shield! Quickly!"

Although he didn't know why Tannis would give him such a strange reminder, Mekkatorque, believing that Tannis wouldn't harm him, decisively did as Tannis said. The moment he finished, a slightly blue arcane glow swept through the entire Artisan's Hall.

The arcane tide lasted for about three seconds. After three seconds, the entire Artisan Hall had changed drastically. A layer of the walls had been forcibly shaved off by the arcane energy, the ground had become pitted and uneven, and even the ceiling had several holes made, letting in cold air.

"Such power..."

Mekkatorque, who had been pressed to the ground by the arcane energy, stood up with lingering fear. He knew very well that if it weren't for Tannis's reminder, he would probably have been blown to dust by the arcane energy!

"Such power doesn't surprise me... because this is the work of the mastermind behind the tragedy of Gnomeregan..."

As she said this, Tennys looked at the giant robot that was emitting water vapor to dissipate heat.

"Do you want me to... bring you out? An ancient relic?"

40. The Battle of Gnomeregan – The End

The instant Tannis uttered her words, ripples spread out of Thermaprag's mechanical giant without warning, drawing mysterious patterns in the void. The metallic hues of the Craftsmen's Hall vanished rapidly, and even the faintest mechanical sounds fell silent. The boundless universe unfolded beneath their feet, as if... they had traversed tens of thousands of light-years in an instant.

"Miss Tannis, what's going on? Have we been teleported?"

Mekkatorque, witnessing such a scene for the first time, couldn't help but clench his weapon tightly, as if only in this way could he feel a little safe. Good heavens, although gnomes often come up with some unreliable things, Thermapulg must be the first to play such a big game!

"Our location hasn't changed; these are just projections."

Tanis calmly adjusted her glasses, scanning her surroundings. The feedback signals invariably told her that the changes in the surrounding environment were merely an illusion.

"Contamination detected."

An ancient and majestic voice echoed deep within the artisan's hall, now transformed into a starry sky. The light surrounding Thermaprag's colossal robot intensified, and arcane runes began to float above it. Under the combined effect of simulated starlight and arcane runes, the robot's appearance began to undergo a stunning transformation. Its face softened, revealing the most perfect human male features. Gleaming muscles began to rise on its arms, captivating all who beheld them. Its body tightened, becoming resolute, like that of the finest warrior.

"This transformation is completely unengineerable!!"

Seeing the robot before him transform from an engineering creation into a human statue that even the most perfect sculptor among the dwarves could not carve, Mekkatorque went completely mad. In his mind, engineering could never do such a thing!

"...That's right...this isn't engineering at all...but it's...ancient technology...ha...So...don't dig things up randomly in Azeroth! You might get into big trouble if you're not careful!"

Tanis covered her forehead, feeling the long-lost pain. Even with the relief from her internal energy, she still felt dizzy.

"Source of contamination locked... Race comparison in progress... Confirmed... Iron Vrykul... Descendant of contamination... Mecha-Dwarf... Descendant of contamination... Calculating the probability of reversal... Probability of reversal... Zero percent... Execute the final plan... Annihilation..."

The transformed statue looked at Tannis and Mekkatorque with shining eyes, then suddenly opened its arms. Instantly, a portion of the stars in the virtual universe shone brightly, and the temperature in the entire hall rose rapidly.

"What is this &*(&(*)&(?! ...

Although the Great Tinker's armor had an automatic temperature control system, the sudden increase in temperature by tens of degrees still caused Mekkatorque to start spewing foul breath.

"It's obvious! This is something from the magical system! Ancient technology was a miracle created by the combination of magic and engineering! You dwarves are just researching it from one perspective; it would be strange if nothing went wrong... But then again, researching it from two directions would probably also lead to trouble because of Thermaprag's ambition..."

Tannis quickly directed her mechanical assistant to deliver a large number of freezing bombs, and then ordered the drones to drop these bombs in all directions of the Artisan's Hall. The frozen gas, compressed into liquid, evaporated rapidly under the high temperature, engaging in a tug-of-war with the heating up Artisan's Hall.

"Under the scorching sun... reduced to ashes..."

Completely ignoring Tennys's actions, the statue clasped its hands together, and a sphere burning like a real star appeared in the center of the hall. Strings of solar prominences swept in all directions, and even with the temperature control system fully activated, Tennys could feel the scorching heat coming at her. In less than ten seconds, most of the hall was turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"Run that way!!!"

Tanya scanned an area that wasn't burned by the flames with her glasses and, without hesitation, activated her auxiliary propulsion system and flew there. Mekkatorque followed closely behind her, but then they discovered that flames were engulfing them.

"Move! Don't stop!"

Having vaguely recalled some strange things, Tannis did her best to move with the safe zone while drawing her dual pistols and firing continuously at the sculpture. The specially made bullets hit his bronze body, scattering sparks.

"Tch... completely impenetrable?"

"An eclipse...a sun occultation..."

The star suddenly went dark, and the raging flames receded like a tidal wave, leaving only a few still-erupting prominences. In the scan of Tennys' glasses, the temperature around her was dropping at an extremely rapid rate, and even a thin layer of ice appeared on her body.

"Get closer to the fire! Get closer to the fire!!"

After several attempts to heat the ice failed, Tannis realized that the ice was not natural ice, but rather an effect caused by some kind of arcane magic. With some fragmented memories, she rushed to the side of the churning solar prominences and was pleased to find that the frost on her body was gradually dissipating.

"Waaaaaaah!!"

Mekkatorque screamed as he accidentally stepped a little too far in and was burned by the overloaded security system of the Great Tinker Armor.

"Don't stay there too long! It's dangerous!"

Just as Tennys was preparing to switch to an anti-tank gun for another attack, the simulated star and its emitted solar prominences vanished as if by illusion, and the surrounding temperature returned to normal. In their place, a crescent moon rose slowly, casting a small shadow on the ground in its light. At the same time, the statue's voice rang out once more.

"Sunset...Moonrise..."

"I'm being attacked by something unseen!!!"

Mekkatorque sensed something grabbing his arm, the force of which reduced the outer energy shield of the Great Tinker armor by more than a quarter.

"Mr. Mekkatorque! Get away from those shadows, then attack them with a color developer or something!"

Tannis instantly came up with a solution. With a flick of her finger, a large group of pursuers leaped out of the void and launched a fearless attack on the shadowy area. In the firelight of the explosion, the figures of some things appeared and disappeared intermittently.

"I see!"

Mekkatorque followed suit, using the Great Tinker's authority to summon a large army of robots. These tiny creatures rampaged through the moonlight, crashing into the almost invisible enemies.

"call......"

Feeling that things were somewhat under control, Tannis breathed a sigh of relief and raised her anti-tank gun, ready to fire at the face of the sculpture playing with the moon. But before she could pull the trigger, the sculpture spoke again in a deep voice.

"Full Moon—Light—"

At the sculpture's command, the crescent moon, which had been waning, turned into a full moon in a matter of seconds. The shadows on the ground converged on a single point, and a huge arcane element, as bright as a large light bulb, took shape in the shadows. Then, it raised its hand and unleashed a barrage of arcane projectiles at Tannis and Mekkatorque.

"I&%&……%&!!!"