The war has not yet officially started, but both sides have already begun to test each other.
Sarlayan informed Koda of the hive network that was attracting the zerg.
As expected, the night elves have known this information for a long time, and they will not easily reveal their trump card when fighting the insect pioneer scouts.
For more than a month, Sarlayan and Valeela have been mopping up the low-level bugs that slipped out from behind the Quicksand Wall in the Silithus Desert, preparing for the upcoming war.
When Malfurion and Shandris led the main reinforcements from the north to Cenarion Fortress, the combined forces of the Eastern Kingdoms led by Quel'Thalas and Kul Tiras also passed through Un'Goro
Crater arrived at Silithus.
After more than a month of high-intensity killing, the levels of Sarlayan and Valeera have improved.
Sarlayan's warrior level has reached level 40, and his druid level has reached level 19.
The skill selections for warriors at level 40 are Execution (universal), Fury Recovery (Frenzy) and Shield Bash (Protection).
Furious recovery consumes rage to heal injuries, which is of little significance to Sharlayan.
Not to mention the shield slam. If he wasn't forced to do so, Sarlayan wouldn't want to use the shield at all.
After two options are eliminated, the remaining one becomes the only choice.
Execution is one of the signature skills of a warrior. When you use this skill to hit an existing wound on the enemy, you can consume a lot of anger and cause huge damage.
As long as it can hit the target, it can usually even cause a one-hit kill, which is why "Beheading" got its name.
However, the so-called one-hit kill also has its limits.
For example, if a beheading skill hits C'Thun's wound, unless it is already at the end of its strength, killing him with one strike is just a luxury.
In barrage terms, the effectiveness of a kill depends on the length of the opponent's health bar.
If you are facing only ordinary mortals, it is indeed possible to kill them with one strike.
But if you want to kill ancient gods and giant dragons, extraordinary creatures with extremely long health bars...
Go to sleep, everything is there in your dreams.
In any case, beheading is a very suitable and powerful output skill for Sarlayan whose anger grows at an extraordinary speed.
In the past few days, Sarlayan has been using insects as experimental subjects to adapt in advance how to make his killing skills more likely to hit the enemy's wounds.
While leveling up in Silithus, Sharlayan discovered an embarrassing fact.
Without using the draconian transformation, Valeera's efficiency in clearing debris was much higher than his.
At the end of this round of leveling sweeps, Valeera's rogue level had reached 39, only one level behind Sarlayan.
Being crushed by Valeera in terms of enemy-killing efficiency made Sarlayan somewhat depressed.
Danmaku understands this.
As long as the enemy's defense can be broken, thieves have a clear advantage over warriors, whether in terms of transition or enemy killing speed. Perhaps only the Beastmaster Hunter, who is dubbed the nanny-style leveling by barrages, can surpass thieves in this aspect.
Sarlayan has charge and heroic leap, and Valeera also has shadow step and hook lock, but in terms of footstep frequency, Sarlayan is obviously not as good as Valeera.
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As the armies from many countries rushed to join Silithus, Cenarion Fortress was no longer the frontline base.
Taking advantage of the opportunity given by Sarlayan and others to sweep away the insects, Keda built a frontline camp in front of the gate of the Wall of Quicksand in advance.
After the coalition forces from various countries arrived in Silithus, they were all guided by the druids to gather at the Steel Claw Vanguard Camp.
The night elves were led by Malfurion, who finally returned from the Emerald Dream, while Tyrande stayed behind to guard Mount Hyjal.
But the High Priest of the Moon sent his most trusted adopted daughter, Sentinel General Shandris Feathermoon, to assist Malfurion.
As for the Eastern Kingdom's coalition forces, Quel'Thalas sent out three legions, the Sunfury, the Fireblade, and the Firewing, under the personal command of Prince Kael'thas. Vereesa also led a part of the ranger troops to accompany them.
Sarlayan was slightly surprised when he saw Vereesa again.
The third sister of the Windrunner family did not know when she broke through the final threshold and officially advanced to the level 50 legendary ranger.
Halduron, who led the Farstriders to join the battle, was still embarrassingly stuck at level 49, and was overtaken by the diligent and enterprising juniors.
Halduron himself did not feel any shame about this, and remained as careless as ever.
[That’s right, if he didn’t have this kind of character, he wouldn’t have chosen to join the Far Travelers. 】
[Hadulun, you need to know your shame!]
[Lazy people are not to be feared. Whoever is a pick will be embarrassed. What if Halduron is still stuck outside the door when Lyras advances to legend... That would be interesting. 】
【Not to the extent, not to the extent.】
[How old is Lyras? He doesn’t have rich combat experience like Sarlayan and Valeela, and his improvement speed is not much faster. 】
[Are you sure? Lilas is now trained by Lireza himself. I don’t think that strict mother will relax her high standards for the only male in the family. 】
【Ah, this...should not be...right?】
After teasing Halduron with Barrage privately, Sarlayan turned his attention to other armies of the Eastern Kingdom.
Unsurprisingly, the Kul Tiras Marines were led by Daelin himself.
This meritorious king who fought on the battlefield has become accustomed to being active on the front line of war. He may want to gradually forget the pain of losing his son in this busy way.
The Kingdom of Stromgard was ultimately unable to reach an agreement with the coalition forces.
Originally, Danath Trollbane planned to follow the coalition army on the expedition to Kalimdor to earn this rich salary for his homeland.
But the scouts of Watchfort suddenly observed the abnormal movement of the Dark Door, and the door that had been closed was opened again from the other side.
When he heard the news, Sarlayan understood immediately.
As expected, the orcs invaded Azeroth again without giving up.
However, unlike the last war, the orcs who invaded for the second time acted very cowardly.
Except for the Warsong clan who were wild in the Blasted Land and faced the Alliance army led by Turalyon, most of the orcs broke into pieces and bypassed the Watch Keep and sneaked into the Swamp of Sorrows, and then disappeared without a trace.
Sarlayan: "It's not yet the 8th year of the Black Gate. The second invasion of the orcs seems to be a little earlier than the originally scheduled time?"
[Bird food, but it’s not a big problem. Anyway, they just want to grab a few artifacts and will not have any impact on Azeroth. 】
[I am more concerned about the movements of the black dragon. Deathwing hid in the maelstrom to recuperate in advance. Will Nefarian take over his job and take the last batch of black dragon eggs to the outer lands? 】
[Also, Sinestra seems to have taken this opportunity to sneak into the outer lands to hatch eggs, right? I wonder how the Black Dragon Royal Family will act this time. 】
In addition to Quel'Thalas and Kul Tiras, the Bronzebeard dwarves, Wildhammer dwarves, and gnomes sent a combined force.
Although the number is small, it at least represents their willingness to actively participate in Azeroth's international affairs. This alone is a much better person than Lordaeron who pretends to be stupid throughout the whole process.
Leading this combined force are the Bronzebeard Dwarf Prince Muradin and the Wildhammer Dwarf Champion Falstad.
Falstad was an old acquaintance with Sarlayan and Valeera. When they met, he reminisced about old times with the two of them in a loud voice as if no one was listening, and introduced Muradin Bronzebeard to them when they met for the first time.
This generation of the Bronzebeard Dwarf royal family has three close brothers, namely King Magni, Prince Muradin and Brian.
Speaking of Brian, Danmaku immediately became interested, and many people "affectionately" called him a monster-opening monster.
It is said that this bronze-bearded dwarf prince who loves archaeological exploration can never control his audacity and often gets into ridiculous troubles due to personal reasons.
Muradin is the second among the three Bronzebeard brothers. Like his eldest brother Magni, he likes blacksmithing, and like his third brother Brian, he is also interested in archaeological exploration. He acts as a lubricant between the three brothers and is extremely popular.
good.
It is said that Muradin was also the martial arts mentor to Prince Arthas of Lordaeron, but it is unknown whether this relationship was dominated by political factors.
Armies from all over the world suddenly come together, and cooperation between them will inevitably become very unfamiliar.
In view of this, the experienced Malfurion did not start the war immediately, but first used the insect troops to sneak out sporadically to build a tacit understanding of the alliance.
When the army crosses the border, it is no longer the turn of Sharlayan and Valeera to sweep them away. They can only gain experience by following the large army.
When the initial running-in was completed, Malfurion, as the host, summoned the leaders of various countries to the main camp tent to hold the last pre-war meeting before the start of the second Quicksand War.
Sarlayan was not qualified to participate in the meeting. He sat on the palm of an ancient war tree in the camp and looked at the scene behind the wall of quicksand from a distance.
The overwhelming Qiraji are also ready for war, and the massive insect army can't even be seen at a glance.
This is only the situation on the surface. The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj located below the ground is the top priority of the coalition's strategy.
"The ancient god C'Thun, how can the coalition solve this biggest problem?"