Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

The surrounding River Claw mystics were filled with despair after seeing Jango Spottedpelt die.

At this time, basically three cavalrymen surrounded a River Claw Secret Mage and attacked him. The River Claw Secret Mage had no way to resist at all. Many of them were cut and covered with scars.

At this time, in order to speed up the progress, Varian began to cast magic on the River Claw Mystic. After a while, magic arrows, fireballs, thunder and lightning, all kinds of magic took turns to hit the River Claw Mystic.

The River Claw Mystics were a type of ranged soldier with weak melee combat capabilities and low defense. They could hardly defend themselves against close-range attacks from the cavalry, not to mention that Varian was shooting arrows from the side. Soon, all 20 River Claw Mystics fell to the ground and died.

After the battle here was over, Varian looked back and saw that some infantry and spearmen had died in the battlefield ahead. He had no choice but to play the role of a priest healer and only let Gavinrad and the cavalry support the front line.

Without a leader and the support of the River Claw Mystic, the morale of the River Claw barbarians and River Claw laborers was very low. After the cavalry rushed into the battlefield, they crushed them with overwhelming force.

The River Claw laborers, who had been barely holding on thanks to their numerical advantage, were scattered by the cavalry coming from the rear, their formation was in chaos, and the situation on the battlefield turned into a one-sided massacre of humans.

Varian looked for opportunities on the side, constantly finishing off the enemies and harvested many wolf heads.

After a while, when the Riverpaw gnolls were all slaughtered, Varian noticed a half-grown gnoll child shivering behind a tree at the back of the battlefield.

Varian walked up to him and saw that he looked familiar. He asked, "What's your name?"

The little gnoll said in a panic, "My name is Hogg. It has nothing to do with me. I was captured by them. Don't kill me."

"It's you!" Varian was immediately furious when he saw Hogg. He had been killed by Hogg too many times when they were playing games before. He was so angry that he went up and gave Hogg two big dice.

Hogg was confused, but he didn't dare to resist.

"Tell me, why were you captured?" Varian asked puzzledly.

Hogg said nervously, "Chief Jango Spottedpelt wanted to unify the Riverpaw gnolls, but our tribe disagreed. My father and mother were killed by him, and the tribe was separated. I was captured."

Varian didn't know what to say for a moment. He was silent for a while and then said, "All your enemies are dead, and your father and mother are gone too. Come with me, and I will teach you to become stronger. Then you can go find your lost people. If you don't want to come, then go by yourself. I won't kill you."

Hogg hesitated for a moment, looked at the corpses on the ground, and didn't know what he was thinking. Finally, he made up his mind and quickly followed Varian's pace.

The battle was over at this time, and Gryan and Gavinrad were leading the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Varian shook his arms to ease the soreness from casting spells all the time, and then walked to the battlefield to watch them clean up.

Seeing Varian coming, Gryan and Gavinrad assigned the cleaning work to the soldiers, and the two stood next to Varian.

"It was a very beautiful battle, Your Highness."

Grian took one look at the corpses of the gnolls scattered all over the ground and concluded excitedly.

"Yes, our number of participants was less than that of the Riverpaw Gnolls, but we won a great victory and wiped out all the Gnolls." Ravengard nodded frequently, agreeing very much with what Grian said.

"Your Highness's magic played a very important role in the battle. No matter it was attack magic, quicksand trap, or healing magic, it not only directly hit the opposing gnolls, but more importantly, it gave great encouragement to the soldiers on the battlefield and greatly improved the morale on the battlefield." It was the first time that Grian participated in a war with the participation of mages, and the effect of magic left a deep impression on him.

Indeed, Varian himself was deeply aware of the impact of magic on the battlefield. When the number of opponents was similar, his magic played a big role.

It can be said that without magic, one's own soldiers would certainly suffer heavy casualties, and even whether one could win would be a question.

Seeing injured soldiers on the battlefield, Varian cast a healing spell on those who could be treated, and basically all of them were treated. Some of those with serious injuries, some with broken arms and legs, had to be taken back to Moonbrook Town for treatment.

At this time, Gavinrad went to count the casualties. After a while, he reported to Varian with a heavy face.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, a total of five soldiers were killed, including two infantrymen and three spearmen, and forty-two were injured, ten of whom were seriously injured."

Varian felt sad after hearing this, as this number of casualties was the number he had counted after continuous treatment.

"Gavinrad, cheer up, they are great warriors who sacrificed bravely for their homes and their loved ones. They are glorious."

After hearing Varian's words, Gavinrad nodded and a determined look appeared on his face.

Varian asked the soldiers with less severe injuries to take the dead soldiers back to the Moonbrook Cemetery for burial.

Varian summed up this war and said that if he had paid more attention, those soldiers would not have died. This also shows the importance of priests on the battlefield.

This made Varian determined to recruit a priest this time when he returned so that the treatment could be more focused and he could free up his hands to deal damage.

Moreover, after realizing the importance of magic on the battlefield, Varian also eager to improve his own strength.

While Varian was thinking about whether to stay in the magic guild for a while, Grian came to him and said, "Your Highness, the supplies of the gnolls have been counted. There is a lot of bloody boar meat, a lot of linen, a lot of wool, and the rest are some feathers, claws, and fangs of the corpse-crushing birds."

Varian thought about it and felt that the feathers and claws were worthless and difficult to sell, so he said to Grian: "Take back the boar meat, linen, and wool, and throw away the other broken bird items."

"What about these two weapons?" Grian raised Jangar Spotted's two-handed axe and two-handed sword, with a longing look in his eyes.

"You and Gavinrad should each have one. These two weapons are good. Use them well." Varian said.

Grian chose the two-handed axe and said excitedly, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

After clearing out this wave of gnolls, the Dust Plains has been liberated. There are still many scattered gnolls and small groups scattered throughout the western wilderness, but it should be difficult to organize a large-scale invasion.

As long as the gnolls are not allowed to form large-scale tribes, the farms can produce safely and the safety of Yuexi Town will be guaranteed.