After the decisive battle in the Burning Steppes, the Alliance army has not fought a major battle. In fact, when Orgrim just defeated Blackstone Mountain, some tribes broke away from the large army and wanted to escape back to their own world.
From the Burning Plains to the Redridge Mountains, and then into Elwynn Forest and Sunshine Forest, there were basically no decent enemies encountered.
To be honest, Li De sometimes couldn't help but brainstorm. Although it was wrong from a standpoint, he really didn't understand what the orcs were thinking. If the orcs only occupied the Redridge Mountains and fought slowly, there was no chance of winning. Why bother?
The entire continent was disturbed and unsettled, and he ended up with a disastrous defeat?
Of course, Li De's thinking is a bit one-sided. It's not that Orgrim wants to fight, but that he has to fight. How crazy are the orcs affected by evil energy? They have an abnormal desire to fight. It is expected that such a group of people can sink
It is unrealistic to be determined to develop.
Walking in the Sunshine Forest, Lothar and Li De both felt a lot. It is obviously inappropriate to call the Sunshine Forest this name anymore. When Medivh was still alive, his mage Takarazhan broke out several terrifying attacks one after another.
Magic storms, those magics affect the surrounding land all the time.
Especially during the surprise attack on Karazhan, the magical energy that erupted before Medivh's death completely transformed the environment of the former Sunshine Forest. Now it is shrouded in thick fog all day long, so it is appropriately called the Twilight Forest.
Passing through the end of the Dusk Forest and crossing the Deadwind Pass where Karazhan is located, the army arrived at the Swamp of Sorrows. Here they encountered the last bit of resistance.
The swamp is very dangerous. Wherever you look, there is a lot of land, and if you step on it, it will be mud. If it were not for the gryphon troops conducting reconnaissance in the air, the army would not know how long it would have to walk in this large swamp. You know, at the beginning,
It took the orcs two years to actually cross this swamp.
Fortunately, there was a road previously laid by the orcs, so the army could pass through the Swamp of Sorrows without much effort and arrived at the place once called the Black Swamp.
Due to the influence of evil magic, the Black Swamp no longer looks like a swamp, but instead becomes a dry area with cracked land.
Here they saw the huge Dark Portal, which opened the disaster and destroyed the Kingdom of Stormwind. It took two years of the Second Orc War, but they finally arrived here.
Many people in the team couldn't help but shed tears. Lothar sighed and said to Khadgar beside him.
"Are you capable of closing this door?"
Khadgar's expression was serious and he nodded seriously.
"While sorting out Teacher Medivh's information, I learned about his magic that opened the Dark Portal."
After that, Khadgar took off his staff from behind. Although they had killed Medivh before, Medivh's Atiesh, the Staff of the Guardian, did not belong to Khadgar.
It was the staff of the Guardian, and Khadgar was not qualified to use it yet. This legendary staff was sent to Dalaran and handed over to the Council of Tirisfal for processing.
As Khadgar recited the incantation in a low voice, people standing next to him could clearly see beads of sweat rolling down Khadgar's forehead.
Khadgar clutched the staff tightly with both hands. The orb on the top of the staff emitted a warm white light. A white light shot out from the orb and plunged into the pale green vortex of evil energy in the Dark Portal.
An astonishing scene happened. The vortex of evil energy spun slower and slower until it stopped spinning, but Khadgar's spell did not end.
The green light curtain began to rotate in the opposite direction, and the energy on the door also began to transform. The energy vortex evolved from pale green to light blue. This light blue light infected the white light projected by the orb, until the staff
The orb at the top completely turned light blue, and the energy on the giant door completely dissipated!
The Dark Door has become an empty door frame. This giant door that has brought endless pain to mankind has finally closed!
The people cheered excitedly, and Khadgar, who closed the Dark Portal, gained the respect of the entire army. Lothar nodded with satisfaction, which he was happy to see.
"Now we can finally return to Lordaeron successfully."
Lothar said with relief that after the Dark Portal is closed, no new enemies will enter Azeroth in a short period of time, and they can also concentrate on current affairs.
Gavinrad Doom was left to guard here with some soldiers, while the rest of the army embarked on the road back to Lordaeron.
There was not much to talk about along the way. In order to shorten the journey, the army did not choose to take the overland route, but returned to the ruins of Stormwind City, which was ravaged by the orcs.
Although the city is dilapidated, fortunately the port has been preserved. It was also where Orgrim, with the help of goblins and ogres, built ships to attack northward.
Standing on the ruins, Lothar was filled with deep emotions. He felt both grief for the deceased in the past and confidence and hope in rebuilding this place in the future.
It’s just that no one thought that there would be an unexpected gain in the process of paying homage!
In the abandoned royal library, everyone caught a thief! And the thief was none other than the king of Alterac: Auriden Perenolde!
After the orcs captured Stormwind City, some places were not damaged. For example, the library was neglected. This was all due to the orcs' indifference in cultural awareness, so most of the royal library was preserved.
Lothar, who was pleasantly surprised by this, led everyone into the library. Because he was eager to evacuate two years ago, he did not take away the precious documents here. Now he must protect them quickly.
As a result, the great traitor of the human race, Perenold, was blocked in the library.
Facing the menacing Lothar and others, Perenold was completely dumbfounded. He only knew that the Alliance army was heading south to the Black Swamp. Who would have thought that they would pass by land and water?
Everyone found an important thing from Perenold, which was Medivh's magic notebook, a divine object called the Book of Medivh. This book contains mysterious magical power, but
Even an ordinary magician would have difficulty deciphering the mystery.
But Perenold must not be able to read such a magical object. Why would he steal this book?
After some interrogation, Lothar suddenly realized that it turned out that Perenold had learned that the orcs' plan to surprise Lordaeron was ruined, and he foresaw the inevitable defeat of the orcs.
This made Perenold panic all day long. Although theoretically the alliance countries were not qualified to depose a king, there were exceptions to everything. What he had committed was a grave crime of betraying the entire race.
Perenold, who was afraid of being judged, was so stupid that he escaped from the house where he was under house arrest and came to the ruins of Stormwind City to steal this famous artifact that was very important to the Kingdom of Stormwind. He wanted to use this to make other countries surrender.
in exchange for his personal peace.
Well now, Perenold's plan has failed, and he himself has fallen into Lothar's hands. It just so happens that Alterac is crucial to Li De and Lothar, and catching this guy will give him a lot of room for maneuver in the future.
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After taking Perenold and his men into custody, Lothar fearfully held the Book of Medivh in his arms. If they had not arrived in time today, the book would have been left outside, and the consequences would have been disastrous.
Not long after waiting in the ruins of Stormwind City, the Kul Tiras ship had already arrived. When boarding the ship, Li De happened to meet Dai Lin, who had a complicated expression.
Dai Lin felt better after seeing his safe son beside Li De.
Derek didn't know about the discord between his father and Li De, but he was excited to share this experience with Dai Lin. At the same time, he couldn't help complaining that Li De left him in Tula during the final battle because he was worried about his safety.
As a result, he did not see Orgrim being captured with his own eyes.
Dai Lin smiled helplessly and signaled that his son could return to his original post. After Derek left, Dai Lin asked Li De aside.
"You lied to me so hard. Your adjutant told me everything."
If it weren't for Faao's intercession and Li De having become a new star in the human race, Dai Lin would never have the same tone.
Li De realized that it was Brad who had exposed the secret, and felt a little embarrassed.
"Please forgive me. I really didn't mean to deceive you. Given my status at that time, if I fully confessed the truth, many things would not be possible."
To be honest, this matter is indeed a bit unreasonable. Letting Dai Lin act as a middleman means letting him bear huge risks.
"Forget it, there's no point in holding on to this now. But your Zandalari allies are not in a good situation recently."
Dai Lin's meaningful words made Li De's heart twitch, and then he heard what Dai Lin said.
"The negotiations in Quel'Thalas collapsed. The son of a high-ranking member of the Silver Moon Council was killed during the negotiations. Zandalari was suspected of murder. Now the high elves and forest trolls are at war again, and Zandalari
The mediation team was also placed under house arrest."
While talking, Dai Lin took out another letter.
"Your adjutant, please read the letter sent through the Grand Magister now."
What Brad wrote in the letter was almost the same as what Dai Lin said, but it was much more detailed, and almost everything that happened after they arrived at Nanyonge Forest was written in it.
While Li De read the letter, Dai Lin continued.
"This matter has caused Terenas to be very irritable recently. It was with his approval that Antonidas went to mediate with Zandalari. If this matter is not handled properly and the alliance is involved, then it will be difficult for Antonidas and Zandalar to mediate."
The matter of establishing diplomatic relations will definitely fall through."
After carefully reading the letter, Li De sighed. Just because of some irrational details, the hard work of all parties could be ruined due to the chain reaction!
Thinking of this, Li Dexia made a decision to cancel his trip to Lordaeron. After arriving at the port of Lordaeron, he would continue heading north! Take the sea route to Quel'Thalas!
Of course, it would be impossible for him to go alone. He would invite Lothar and the Zandalari fleet docked in the port of Lordaeron.