Rise of the blood elves

There has been no supply of supplies for many days, drinking water is already on the verge of exhaustion, and the limited distribution of fresh water cannot meet the demand at all.The soldiers had not had a good drink of water for several days. Coupled with the continuous march, their thirst for water had reached an extreme level.

More and more soldiers ran down the hillside regardless of the officers' stops.But standing in front of the spring, their remaining sense told them that this water

Can't drink.

What is this place

An environment arranged by a demon, or somewhere else.But no matter where it is, it is not the Eastern Great Plains.The 5 of them have been lost in it for ten days. What if this is a trick of the devil, and the clear spring water flowing inside is actually poison, or the evil rot that kills people in an instant?

The spring is very small. It looks like the surface outlet of an underground river. The water flow is not small, but it only collects a small pool of spring water only one meter deep in the depression.The water was crystal clear, and the sound of the water was clear and moving. To the soldiers who had been thirsty for several days, it was simply the sound of Elune.

Guru

There was a sound of sliding in the throat, and many people immediately felt pain on their faces. There was no water in their mouths, and dry swallowing felt like swallowing a knife.

Seeing that more and more compatriots were about to be unable to restrain their inner desire, the senior officer who had been guarding the spring hurriedly stopped in front and dissuaded him: "How can such a clear spring water exist in such a dead place? It must be from the devil." It’s a blinding trick, don’t be fooled, maybe it’s all poison.”

"I accept even poison. It's better than dying of thirst."

"At least let the mages do the screening."

"Step aside"

After all, the army is a hierarchical place. Perhaps the lower-level soldiers did not dare to commit crimes at the beginning, but if someone took the lead, others would follow. Hunger and thirst finally defeated their reason. They pushed away the officers and crowded around the spring.

But at this moment, an official voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"Master Star Eyes is here, go back to your places"

Everyone looked back and saw that the crowd was splitting to both sides. The high-ranking elf nobles of the Kaldorei Empire, whose status in the eastern plains was second only to Lord Ravencrest's Star Eyes, were being praised by more than ten personal guards. Surrounded by others, they approached on a night saber.

Accompanying him were several military mages from Suramar City, senior officials of the No. 13 Legion, and a group of nobles.

Star Eyes wore spotless carved armor with hollow patterns all over it, and a slender sword hanging from his waist.Anyone with a bit of discernment would know that this piece of equipment is just a piece of equipment that looks useless.

This great nobleman and his bodyguards were brightly dressed and had rosy faces, which were in sharp contrast to the surrounding soldiers who were covered in dirt and had extremely chapped lips.At a glance, you can tell that there is neither food nor drink.

When looking at Star Eyes, most of the newly recruited soldiers and soldiers from the No. 13 Legion had undisguised disdain in their eyes.

"This is the news you reported." After looking around for a week, his starry eyes fell on the officer who had been discouraging everyone, "There is water here."

"It's me, Lord Star Eyes," the officer straightened his armor robes that had been messed up during the pushing, and replied seriously, "Ten minutes ago, one of my scouts discovered this place. I led the people here. A blockade was set up and the matter was reported to several commanders. I believe that there cannot be a natural spring here, and this is probably a trick of the devil."

"You are very good."

Star Eyes did not hesitate to express his appreciation.This officer did a good job indeed. Few people can remain rational in the face of the temptation of rain after a long drought.Even he couldn't deny that the officers of the No. 13 Legion were more useful than his own private army.

He waved his hand to the mage beside him arrogantly, "Go and see if there is anything wrong with the water."

The mage wearing Suramar's standard magister robe looked displeased when he heard this, but he didn't show much emotion. He just walked quickly to the spring, used magic to explore for a while, and then used magic to absorb some fresh water and float it in front of his eyes to observe carefully. stand up.

Except for a limited number of the accompanying mages in this army, they are under the command of Star Eyes and a few remaining wealthy nobles. They embark on the path of arcane magic with their funding, and after completing their studies, they sign an agreement with them for a certain number of years. Most of the remaining mages who serve are from Suramar City.

They were led by several magisters and were going to the Edori Pass to join the great magister Lloyd. They were just providing necessary assistance to the army along the way.Strictly speaking, they do not belong to Star Eyes.But in the past ten days, Xingyan has always treated them with a superior attitude, and everyone has some dissatisfaction in their hearts.

After all, mages are always proud.

Especially the mages from the magic city of Suramar.

Especially when facing a noble like Xingyan who perfectly interprets "meat-eaters despicable".

A few minutes later, the magister completed the test and turned back to Star Eyes and said, "The water source is clean, non-toxic, and gushes from the ground."

The soldiers immediately cheered, and the Magister's subsequent exhortations were quickly drowned out by the roaring cheers.

"But I still feel something is wrong. How could a spring suddenly appear in such a dead place?"

Xingyan nodded, glanced at the spring surrounded by soldiers, waved his hands to his bodyguards, then turned the direction of his mount and led a group of nobles back to the way they came from.When passing by a wounded soldier covered in blood-stained bandages, he took out his handkerchief and gently covered his mouth and nose.

"It's not poisonous, and it's not some evil rot. We can be saved."

The soldiers were in high spirits. If there were not many veterans in the crowd who had participated in the war and knew the importance of order, some of them would have taken off their armor and plunged into the small puddle just over one meter deep.

The officer who established the blockade here also looked happy. Since the magician said that the water was not poisonous, it was correct.Regardless of whether this was a trick by the devil or not, at least he had water to drink now. He immediately climbed onto the boulder next to the puddle and shouted to maintain order.

"The spring is so small that it is not enough for us to share. I see that the water flow is not small, and a pool of spring water should be refilled in an hour or two. In this way, this pool will be given priority to the wounded, and the next pool will be distributed equally to each of our teams tonight. There is water for all of us.”

The pool is not big, but it is definitely not small either.One pool of water is not enough for tens of thousands of people anyway, but one pool of water for one hour and one night, everyone can get at least one glass of water, and at least they will not be thirsty anymore.

The appearance of water gave everyone hope of getting out of this dead land, and they quickly became excited. No one opposed this proposal.

"Step aside"

But soon after the words were spoken, Star Eye's bodyguards left and returned. Along with them, there were hundreds of cronies of the eastern nobles. The leader was a nobleman, all holding bottles and jars, as if they were Came to fetch water.

"The first pool of water should be given priority to middle- and high-level officers and military mages. Get out of the way."

These people pushed aside the soldiers blocking them rudely and fetched water without explanation.Everyone glared at them, but there was nothing they could do.After a while, the pool bottomed out, and only the gurgling stream at the spring remained the same.

On the hillside, Maiev looked gloomy and gritted her teeth and said, "It's too much. These noble private armies will only bring chaos to the army. If this continues, sooner or later the soldiers will mutiny."

Jarod frowned and said, "Sister, don't you think they are weird? Not everyone is weird. No matter how stupid Star Eye is, he will never think of the possible consequences of his actions."

Maiev was puzzled.

Jarod pointed to the green vortex above his head.

Maiev was suddenly enlightened and said with a solemn expression, "Indeed, this illusion seems to make people become irritable. These days, there are often some thoughts that surprise even me."

"Perhaps the illusion is arousing the negative thoughts in each of our hearts," Jarod sighed, holding his sword and walking down the hillside, "Don't think about it, I will probably be stationed here tonight, you go back and find a place first Rest, I will bring you some water."