At the foot of the Dark Portal, in the advanced base that has been initially built, the commanders of the Alliance Expeditionary Force are gathering together to discuss the next strategic arrangements.
On the table in front of General Danas, there is a rough map of Hellfire Peninsula that has just been drawn. It has valuable clues marked in detail. In fact, there are not many, only a few.
"According to the inspection by the Griffin Knights, there are not many valuable things on this land. We found more than 7 orc-style camps, but each one was empty. It is difficult to say that the orcs suffered here.
What, but what we can be sure of is...there are no active civilized groups on this land except us."
The general stroked his somewhat disheveled beard and tapped his fingers on the west and south sides of the map:
"If we want to find more information, we must leave this barren land and continue to the east. It is a black thorny forest. According to the reports of the griffin knights who ventured into it, it is an inland sea that is becoming swampy.
The good news is that the Griffin Knights saw buildings of different styles from a distance. The bad news is that we don’t have a boat, so it’s difficult to cross the inland sea. Even by land, it’s difficult for us to cross the muddy coast.”
"Swamping?"
Khadgar rubbed his red eyes and whispered:
"This world is very abnormal. It seems to be in some kind of disease. How could the ocean in the normal world suddenly turn into a swamp... I specially observed the soil of this land last night. I can only say that there is serious evil here.
There are traces of infection, but what is surprising is that... this infection seems to be blocked by another force, which should be the elemental power used by shamans, which is preventing the deterioration of the world's environment.
"
"What I'm more concerned about is, if the Griffin Knight is allowed to act alone, can he enter the building in the swamp and establish friendly contact with the natives?"
Wildhammer dwarf Kurdran pointed at the entrance to the east of the map with his thick fingers. He looked at the others:
"I want to give it a try."
"This is very dangerous! Kurdran, although those buildings are not in the orc style, it is difficult to say whether other indigenous people in this world will have any ill intentions towards us. The Griffin Knights act alone and lack sufficient support. I cannot agree with that.
Your adventure!"
General Danas rejected the dwarf's adventurous proposal and pointed his finger to the north of the map:
"Here! Compared to the unknown eastern coast, I prefer that we start from here. The knights saw the environment here from the sky. It is also a mountain road covered with thorns, but after browsing the mountains, there is an obvious forest on the other side.
Covering a very large forest, there is also a city hidden in the forest. Not to mention anything else, at least the environment there is definitely much better than this ghost place!"
"That direction!"
Turalyon's eyes narrowed: "That direction is the direction of the holy light creature that has been summoning us... I agree with this plan!"
"Don't worry, Turalyon!"
Danas frowned and clicked his finger on the center of the map again:
"It's not easy to get to that forest. This fortress is almost in the middle between us and the forest. This fortress is very strange. From the outside, it seems that the inside is the same as those orc camps. There are no traces of civilization, but to
I said, if there is an enemy that threatens us in this land, it must be in this fortress! There is no way we can bypass it."
"So, I decided to send a scout team with sufficient force to conduct reconnaissance and defense of this fortress! The assassins under Master Shaw have already entered the fortress. According to the news they sent back, the inside of the fortress is very quiet, which is very suitable for
It serves as our temporary base, but to completely search this fortress, we need support."
The general moved his fingers and said to the dwarf sitting on the chair:
"While we are investigating this fortress, the Griffin Knight can lead a group of scouts to the northern forest, build an outpost camp, and collect enough information for the army."
"Alleria!"
Danas's eyes were on the silent ranger, and he whispered:
"I'll leave the reconnaissance mission to the northern forest to you and your rangers, okay?"
"No problem!"
Alleria nodded. Although she wanted to look for Tyrion now, she was a member and commander of the expeditionary force after all, and she was also responsible for her comrades and companions.
Later in the evening, a 50-person reconnaissance team headed towards Hellfire Fortress. This is an all-round team composed of paladins, warriors, mages, rangers and priests, which can ensure a safe withdrawal to the greatest extent after being attacked.
Khadgar even made a short-range teleportation scroll specially for them. As long as it was torn open, it could be teleported back to the advance base.
"Paladins and warriors go to the front, rangers pay attention to reconnaissance, and mages are always ready to counterattack!"
As the reconnaissance captain, Paladin Myra Dawnblade stood in front of the entrance to Hellfire Fortress, assigning tasks to the companions behind him. This handsome Paladin has long golden hair, slender eyebrows and green eyes.
, with his slender figure and heavy armor, he has a special handsomeness that makes some young human priest girls always feel jealous, but it is said that Myra Knight is already engaged.
What a shame...
"I would like to emphasize one last time that this is a reconnaissance mission. Don't blindly respond to the attack after being attacked. The most important thing is to protect yourself and bring back the news!"
Myra carried a red Quel'Thalas heavy sword on his back. His eyes scanned everyone in front of him, and he did not see fear or panic in the eyes of his companions, which made Myra very satisfied.
"Then, let's set off! The assassins have entered the fortress and they are waiting for us inside!"
The paladins recited scriptures, and circles of shining halo enveloped their comrades. The priests called for the holy light and sprinkled various buff spells on the warriors. The strong human warriors held shields and swords, carrying
As the team stepped into the cold entrance of Hellfire Citadel.
This group of people pushed open the black door made of steel. In front of them was a dark passage. It looked like a road going straight into the abyss, and it also seemed like they had stepped into the open mouth of a giant beast. It seemed that they would be swallowed up in the next moment.
Eat it directly.
"Light the torch!"
"Wow"
The beating, warm firelight illuminated the darkness in front of them, but to the reconnaissance team's expectation, when they completed the first spiral staircase, Myra saw the traces left by the assassins. He looked left and right.
Looking around, he felt a little flustered by the darkness and silence around him, but after a while, he decided to move on.
When he stepped onto the second floor of the fortress, in the flickering firelight, Myra saw the dark shadows on both sides of the wall. He took a deep breath, approached the shadows, raised the torch, and realized that they were sculptures.
"Doesn't look like an orc!"
The ranger next to Myra looked at the entire row of sculptures. He stretched out his hand and wiped it on the sculptures. It was covered with flying dust, which was very choking. He took a step back and whispered:
"Look at these sculptures, with black armor, horns, tails, and curved legs... These are not images of orcs at all. Why do they appear in orcs' fortresses?"
"Compared to this, don't you think these sculptures are a bit too vivid?"
Paladin Myra pulled the ranger beside him back. He looked at the surrounding sculptures warily: "Don't touch them, I feel some bad auras."
"Captain! Come on, assassins, we found them!"
A shout made Myra turn around suddenly, and he quickly walked towards the hall in front of the passage. After he left, the "sculpture" that had been dusted off suddenly opened its eyes. It was a pair of faint blue, emotionless eyes.
's eyes.
Myra rushed into the hall. His team members were surrounding the edge of the hall. Two human priests were calling the Holy Light and were healing the seriously injured assassin. Myra squatted down and grabbed the assassin's hand. He could see
The assassin had hideous wounds on his chest and abdomen. He stretched out his fingers and applied holy light to the wounds, but when he made contact, Myra saw traces of ice sealing the edges of the wounds.
This made him raise his eyebrows... and reminded him of some not-so-good memories.
"Ahem"
Under the nourishment of the holy light, the seriously injured assassin opened his eyes with difficulty. At the moment he regained consciousness, he grabbed Myra's wrist with his backhand and said with difficulty:
"Go! Go quickly! This is... it's a trap!"
"Who is the enemy!"
Myra asked loudly, and the assassin looked back desperately at the passages extending in all directions around the hall behind him:
"It's...a dead person!"
"Bang, bang, bang"
As if a damn switch was turned on, in the passage behind everyone, the sound of three heavy objects falling to the ground one after another broke the dark tranquility. A human priest girl holding a torch turned around and immediately let out a scream.
Behind them, in the passage filled with "sculptures" just now, more than 20 tall figures slowly walked out of the darkness. Their bodies merged with the darkness, and only the beating light and the faint blue could be seen.
Dead light.
"Pa"
The Draenei death knights wearing heavy armor reached out and patted the dust accumulated on their bodies, and were awakened from a long dormancy. The movements of these death knights seemed a little slow, but when they drew out the rune weapons on their backs, accompanied by
Death energy rippled out, and the temperature of the entire hall dropped several degrees in an instant.
"Death Knight!"
Paladin Myra looked at the shining rune weapons in the hands of those knights. His expression turned extremely ugly. He stood up, drew out his sword, and stood in front of everyone. He shouted loudly:
"Use the scroll! Teleport back! Tell the commanders that this fortress has been occupied by death knights!"
"Shua"
A scroll was immediately torn into pieces, purple magic sparks were beating around everyone, a complicated magic circle belonging to the teleportation technique appeared under their feet, and the surrounding space became unstable.
This is a sign that the teleportation spell is about to be activated.
At the moment when the scout team was about to leave Hellfire Fortress, Paladin Myra raised her head and suddenly saw a figure wearing a dark dress slowly appearing on the terrace of the fifth-floor building above their heads.
I couldn't see her face clearly in the darkness, I could only see her reaching out and throwing something down.
"Danglang"
A delicate goblet filled with fine wine was smashed. At the moment the blood-like liquid splashed everywhere, the elemental power surging throughout the fortress stabilized the broken space, allowing the alliance scout team to escape.
It has become a luxury.
"Ah, welcome to my dark palace...I'm sorry to have come to entertain you just now."
With undisguised malice, Luminas snapped her fingers, and the dark hall was immediately illuminated by the light of the spar lamp. She looked condescendingly at the alliance scouts surrounded by undead in the hall below, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
A hint of indifferent smile:
"Anyway, please me with blood and fighting, clowns!"
The voice that sounded from high up was cold and hoarse enough, and was also full of a strange sense of hollowness. However, its tone did not change. It was still the same timbre when Luminas was alive. After hearing this voice
When that happened, Paladin Myra's body became stiff.
"Bang bang bang"
There was a sound of low footsteps in the dark passages surrounding this hall that extended in all directions. The alliance's scout team formed a defensive formation. After the teleportation spell failed, they had to fight to the death even if they were unwilling.
In the desperate eyes of Paladin Myra, the undead wearing black armor, holding swords and bucklers slowly walked out of the surrounding passages, like a silent legion, among which there were tall
The Draenei have the orcs they are familiar with, as well as some tigers and leopards with huge bodies and long tails, like tigers that walk upright.
These are all indigenous creatures in the world of Draenor. After dying and being resurrected, they have a common name, undead.
"The brave ones who prove themselves will join us, and the cowards will be mercilessly killed."
Luminas stood on the terrace like a queen. She reached out and took the wine from the death knight behind her. Another death knight sent a chair behind her. She sat on the chair and tilted her head.
Legs, a long black skirt covered her beautiful body. After taking a sip of wine, she waved her fingers in the air.
