Azeroth’s Death Track

Chapter 168 6. ​​Dark Court. Regional Fire Fortress [39100]

At the foot of the Dark Portal, in the preliminarily established forward base, the commanders of the Alliance Expeditionary Force are gathering together to discuss the next strategic arrangement.

On the table in front of General Danas was a rough map of the Hellfire Peninsula that had just been drawn, with valuable clues marked in detail on it. Actually, there were not many, only a few places.

According to the inspection of the Griffin Knights, there are not many valuable things on this land. We found more than 7 orc-style camps, but each of them was empty. It is said that the orcs suffered here. What, but what we can be sure of is... there is no active civilization on this land other than 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 thorn forest. According to the report of the Griffin Knight who ventured into it, it is an inland sea that is swamping. The good news is that the Griffon Knight saw buildings of different styles from a distance, but the bad news is that we don’t have a boat, so it’s hard to cross the inland sea, and even by land, it’s hard 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 can the ocean in the normal world suddenly become swamped...I observed the soil of this land last night. I can only say that there is a serious evil here. There are traces of infection, but what is surprising is that this infection seems to be prevented by another force, which should be the elemental power used by shamans, which is preventing the deterioration of the world's environment.

I'm more concerned about whether the Griffon Knight can enter the building in the swamp and make friendly contact with the natives if the Griffin Knight is allowed to act alone?

The Wildhammer dwarf Kurdran pointed to the east entrance of the map with his thick fingers, and he looked at the others:

I want to try it.

It's very dangerous! Kurdran, although those buildings are not orc-style, it's hard to say whether other natives in this world will hold ill will towards us. The Griffon Knight's actions alone lack sufficient support. I cannot agree. Your adventure!

General Danas rejected the dwarf's adventure proposal, and he pointed his finger to the north of the map:

Here! Compared to the eastern coast where the situation is unknown, I prefer that we proceed from here. The knights saw the environment here from the sky. It is also a mountain road full of thorns, but after browsing the mountains, there is an obvious forest on the other side. Covering, a very large-scale forest, and a city hidden in the forest, among other things, at least the environment there must be much better than this ghost place!

That direction!

Turalyon's eyes narrowed: That direction is the direction where the holy light creature that has been calling us...I agree with this plan!

Hold on, Turalyon!

Danas frowned, and tapped his finger on the center of the map again:

It's not easy to go to that forest. This fortress is almost in the middle of us and the forest. This fortress is very weird. From the outside, it seems that there is no trace of civilization inside like those orc camps, but to I said, if there is an enemy in this land that threatens us, it must be in this fortress! Nor can we circumvent it.

So, I decided to send a scout team with sufficient force to investigate and deploy the fortress! The assassins under Master Shaw's command have already entered the fortress. According to the news they sent back, the inside of the fortress is very quiet and suitable for As our temporary garrison, but a full search of the fort will require support.

The general stretched his fingers, and said to the dwarf sitting on the chair:

During the time we are investigating this fort, the Griffin Knight can lead a group of scouts to the northern forest, build an outpost camp, and collect enough information for the army.

Aurelia!

Danas put his eyes on the silent ranger, and he whispered:

The task of reconnaissance of the northern forest is entrusted to you and your ranger, is it okay?

no problem!

Alleria nodded. Although she wished to find 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, a 50-member scouting team headed towards Hellfire Citadel. This is an all-round team composed of paladins, warriors, mages, rangers and priests, which can guarantee a safe withdrawal after being attacked to the greatest extent. Khadgar even specially made scrolls of short-distance teleportation for them, as long as they were torn apart, they could be teleported back to the advancing base.

Paladins and warriors go to the front, rangers pay attention to scouting, mages are always ready to fight back!

The paladin Meera Dawnblade, the scout leader, stood in front of the entrance of Hellfire Citadel, assigning tasks to his companions behind him. This handsome paladin has long golden hair, slender eyebrows and green eyes , with a slender figure and heavy armor, there is a special handsomeness that makes some young human priest girls always jealous, but it is said that the Myra Knight has already got a marriage contract.

it's a pity...

I'll stress it one last time. This is a reconnaissance mission. Don't fight blindly after being attacked. The most important thing is to protect yourself and bring back news!

Myra was carrying a red Quel'Thalas epee. His eyes scanned everyone in front of him, and he didn't see fear or panic in the eyes of his companions, which made Myra very satisfied.

Then, let's go! The assassins have already entered the fort, and they are waiting for us inside!

The paladins recited the scriptures, and circles of shining halos shrouded their comrades in arms. The priests called out the holy light and cast various buff spells on the soldiers. The strong human warriors held shields and long swords, brought The team stepped into the cold entrance of Hellfire Citadel.

This group of people pushed open the black gate made of steel, and there was a dark passage in front of them. It looked like a road leading straight into the abyss, and it seemed that they had stepped into the opened mouth of a giant beast. It seemed that they would be killed in the next moment. Eat it straight away.

Fire the torches!

wow

The beating, warm light of the fire illuminated the darkness in front of them, but beyond the expectations of the scouting team, when they finished the first spiral staircase, Myra saw the traces left by the assassins, and he looked around After a while, he was a little flustered by the darkness and silence around him, but after a while, he still decided to move on.

When stepping into the second floor of the fort, Myra saw the dark shadows erected on both sides of the wall in the beating of the firelight. He took a deep breath, approached those shadows, and raised the torch, only to realize that they were some sculptures.

It doesn't look like an orc!

The ranger beside Myra looked at the entire row of sculptures. He stretched out his hand and wiped the sculptures. It was full of flying dust, which was very choking. He took a step back and said in a low voice:

Look at these sculptures, black armor, horns, tails, and recurved legs... These are not the images of orcs at all. Why do they appear in the fortress of orcs?

Compared to this, don't you think these sculptures are a bit too vivid?

Paladin Myra pulled the ranger around him back. He looked at the sculptures around him vigilantly: Don't touch them, I feel something bad.

Captain! Come on, assassins, we found them!

A cry made Myra turn around abruptly, 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 blue, emotionless eyes. eyes.

Myra rushed into the hall, and his team members were surrounding the edge of the hall. Two human priests were calling for the Holy Light, and were healing the seriously injured assassin. Myra knelt down and grabbed the assassin's hand. He could see The hideous wound on the assassin's chest and abdomen, he stretched out his fingers and applied holy light to the wound, but when he touched it, Myra saw the traces of the wound's edge being frozen.

It made him frown...bringing back some not-so-good memories.

cough cough

Under the nourishment of the holy light, the seriously injured assassin opened his eyes with difficulty. At the moment of waking up, he grabbed Myra's wrist with his backhand and said with difficulty:

Go! Go! This is... 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:

Yes...the dead!

Bang, bang, bang

It was as if a certain damn switch had been turned on. In the passage behind everyone, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground one after another broke the silence of the darkness. A human priest girl with a torch turned her head 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. Dead light.

Snapped

The draenei death knights in heavy armor stretched out their hands 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 pulled out the rune weapons behind them, accompanied by The death energy rippled, and the temperature of the entire hall dropped several degrees in an instant.

Death knight!

Holy Knight Myra looked at the shining rune weapons in the hands of the knights, his face was extremely ugly, he stood up, drew out his long sword, and stood in front of everyone, he shouted loudly:

Use the scroll! Teleport back! Tell the commanders that this fortress has been taken by death knights!

swish

A scroll was torn to pieces immediately, purple magic sparks danced around everyone, a cumbersome magic circle belonging to the teleportation technique appeared under their feet, and the surrounding space became unstable.

This is a sign that the teleportation technique is about to start.

And at the moment when the scout team was about to break away from Hellfire Citadel, Paladin Myra raised his head, and suddenly saw a figure in a dark long skirt slowly appearing on the terrace of the fifth-floor building above their heads. Her face could not be seen clearly in the darkness, only she reached out and dropped something.

dang lang

An exquisite goblet full of fine wine was smashed, and at the moment when the blood-like liquid splashed everywhere, the power of the elements surging through the entire fortress stabilized the broken space, allowing the Alliance scout team to escape. became a luxury.

Ah, welcome to my dark court... I am sorry to entertain you only now.

With undisguised malice, Luminas snapped her fingers, and the dark hall was immediately illuminated by the light of the spar lamp. She looked down at the alliance scouts surrounded by undead in the hall below, and the corner of her mouth curled up. A cold smile:

In short, please please me with blood and fighting, clowns!

The voice that sounded from a high place was indifferent and hoarse enough, and it was full of a strange sense of emptiness, but its own tone did not change, it was still the same tone as when Luminas was alive, when hearing this voice At that time, the body of the Holy Knight Myra stiffened.

bang bang bang

Around this well-connected hall, in the dark passages, there was a sound of low footsteps. The alliance's scouting team formed a defensive formation. After the teleportation technique failed, even if they didn't want to, they had to fight to the death.

And under the despairing eyes of the holy knight Myra, the undead wearing black iron armor, holding knives and round shields walked slowly from the surrounding passages, like a silent army, among them were tall The Draenei have the orcs they are familiar with, and there are some tigers and leopards with huge bodies and long tails, like tigers walking upright.

These are the native creatures of the Draenor world. After dying and being resurrected, they have a common name, Necrons.

Warriors who have proven themselves will join us, and cowards will be mercilessly killed.

Luminas standing on the terrace was like a queen. She reached out to take the wine handed by the death knight behind her, and another death knight sent a chair behind her. She sat on the chair and tilted her head. Legs, and a long black dress covered her beautiful body. After taking a sip of fine wine, she flicked her fingers in the air.

Let the gladiatorial...begin!