38. The End of Nqila (I)
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Due to its proximity to the mysterious Chasola Basin and the high altitude of the Dongyong Lake, the land is flooded with icebergs from various waterways every summer, so there is no shortage of water, and after many years of uninhabited water, it has become very primitive.
It is a plain area, there are no high hills in the interior, the whole plain is full of natural pastures, which is very suitable for grazing, and there is also fertile land to grow crops near the sea, and it is said that the first immigrants from Lordaeron and Theramore have already harvested three crops there, and it has only been a short year since they reclaimed the land.
It is enough to see how fertile the land here is.
Of course, what happened today is still far from Zhiyuan County, specifically, it happened in the northern part of the Borean Tundra, on the snowy fields beyond the frozen rivers of the Dragonbone Wilderness.
This is the edge of the borean tundra, there is an unnamed mountain range, from east to west, lying across the Chasola Basin and the edge of the Winter Embrace Lake, at a high altitude, so covered with snow and ice, and the temperature is also very low, so that on the plain below the mountain range, there is a white snowfield.
In the tundra there are very few aborigines in the tundra except for the walrus people who live in the port of Cascala and the yak people who live in this steppe, of course, there are many guys like crocodile people, there are also many by the pools of the tundra tundra tundra, but those guys do not have their own civilization, they are too far from the Chasora basin, the home of the crocodile people.
When the natural disaster struck, the intelligent creatures of the entire Borean tundra were slaughtered, and even the fishmen in the eastern strait of the plains died a lot, but there were still some walrus and yak people who survived, so when the Lordaeron coalition army was preparing to attack the undead of the Borean tundra, these survivors joined the coalition army with righteous indignation.
One of Thrall's new tribes had an army that was supposed to land in the Borean tundra, but after Dick wrote a secret letter to Thrall, the Great Chief changed his tactics on the fly, apparently interested in Dick's plan to divide Northrend after the war, so after picking left and right several times, the orcs circled and finally landed at the mouth of the Yong Ice River in the Dragonbone Wilderness, with the ultimate goal being Howling Bay.
The land is full of savage Viku tribes, but it is also fertile, and the orcs are not afraid of those Viku, and most importantly, once the human kingdom chooses the Borean tundra, then the Howling Gulf, located in the westernmost part of Northrend, is far away from their forces, and for a short time, there is no need to worry about the threat from the Alliance.
From this point of view, Thrall's vision is still quite long-term, after taking back the orcs of the Draenor world and some of the blackstone orcs, Thrall urgently needs a piece of fertile enough land to supply the growing number of orcs to recuperate, if he can use the weapons in the hands of the orcs to win enough benefits for them, it is simply great.
The bad news is that the Stormwind Kingdom seems to have chosen Grizzly Hill, which is separated from Howling Bay by a mountain range, but Thrall is not worried, as long as the humans of Lordaeron and Theramore are not involved, a mere Stormwind Kingdom will not be enough to shake the orcs that are about to unfold their rule there.
In addition, the Sindores of Quel'Thalas chose the Crystal Song Forest because there are strong magical energy nodes there, which is very suitable for them to live in, the Night Elves chose the Sauracha Basin, the dwarves chose the Storm Cliffs for unknown reasons, the navy of Kul Tiras did not need much land, but the entire island of Northrend that was enough to anchor fell into the hands of Darein, and the ice trolls and the undead scourge were currently fighting frantically in Zudak, and no one chose the war-torn land, but according to each other's spies, some of the Zandalar trolls went thereγ
The largest area of the dragon bone wilderness, because of the dragon involved, no one chose there, to be honest, that barren snow field, no force would go there if they lost their minds and went crazy.
Turning their gaze back to the snowy fields of the Borean tundra, Thassarian and Dalyan were leading two teams of soldiers to conduct reconnaissance operations against the undead city of Enqila at the end of the snowfield.
Enqila is the stronghold of the local undead, it is said that there is an envoy of the Lich King who lives in the city, so it gathers the essence of the undead of the entire Borean tundra here, three days ago, a whole squadron of cavalry, a total of 43 people disappeared here, and it is initially estimated that they encountered the undead from within Enqira, and completely destroyed.
This means that these undead are no longer satisfied with cowering in this city, and they are likely planning to fight back!
And according to the walrus fisherman whom Thassarian and Dalyan met on the road, wandering alone in the snowfields and hunting the undead, the holy city of Njira is not only home to spiders, but also to lichs and some human mages, those fallen cursed mages, and even local legends about the "vampires" of Enqira.
This city is definitely a group of demons dancing, and only by clearing this place can we ensure that the future capital of the Northland Province is peaceful.
The weather in the snowfield today is terrible, the cold ground here is covered with snowflakes falling from the sky, and the temperature has dropped to about minus ten degrees, which is almost impossible for ordinary soldiers to move normally, so the large phalanx of the coalition army stayed in the almost destroyed walrus camp in Karakas to rest, and only sent scouts to operate.
"It used to be the city of the Spiders! The Spider Demons from the Underground Kingdom of Eldraine Nibru have built the border here. β
The walrus fisherman, lying in the snow, said to Sasarian and Dalyan, "In my grandfather's story, the spiders were cruel, but not impossible, and occasionally sent messengers to exchange goods with us, but in the year my second child was born, it became terrible. β
Thassarian was already a death knight, the ice was not worth mentioning to him at all, his eyes were condensed hundreds of meters away, the tall walls of the holy city of Enqira were hung with ice, he didn't care about the story of this rambling walrus man, he only cared about how to destroy this majestic and abnormal city, and Dalyan on the other side was very interested in the story of the walrus, he asked,
"What's a bad law?"
The walrus fisherman shrugged his shoulders, although this guy looked chubby, and a white beard that was harmless to humans and animals, and there was some joy with the round eyes on that face, but Dalyan had seen him hunt the undead alone, as long as the harpoon with chains in his hand pierced out, it would inevitably pierce a tall undead, and under the smooth skin of this guy, there was absolutely violent blood and muscles, as dangerous as his broken tusks.
He was a good warrior and, of course, a good talkative fisherman.
"Oh, let old Icks think about it, it's terrible anyway, those spider demons are like crazy, they attacked our village, but the first time they were repulsed, and the second time they came, they brought with them the lich and the endless undead, and we were forced to move! β
The walrus fisherman couldn't help but touch the metal harpoon beside him, and said to Dalyan,
"They're more ferocious than the Kvadir pirates who appeared in the fog, and to be honest, if it weren't for the Dreadnought Fortress accepting us at the end, we might have had to find a way across the sea to the other side of Howling Bay. β
"Didn't you spy on Enqira, then?"
Thassarian turned his head and asked, the question was very direct, the fisherman Icks couldn't help but clench the harpoon when he saw the undead fire in Thassarian's eyes, but he immediately realized that this undead was his side, so the fisherman took a breath to calm down his mood, and pointed to the ruins of a psychic tower in the distance and said,
"Of course we scored, although we didn't get into that city, but we got a lot of information, for example, after those spider demons went crazy, five psychic towers were built here, called blood, blasphemy, pain, withering, and lamentation, three were built in the city, two were built outside the city, we destroyed the evil psychic tower at that time, and also killed a spider demon lord, according to our experience, the other four towers, there must be the same guardians. β
The walrus fisherman paused, and then pointed to the floating city in the sky above Nqira, which was almost identical to Naxxramas, and said in a hateful voice,
"It's that city, Naxxanar, it's the one that destroyed all our efforts, and the distinguished guest said to be from Icecrown is in that floating fortress, but I reckon I'll have to destroy a few other psychic towers to get into. β
Thassarian and Dalyan glanced at each other, and both saw that they were seriously attached to each other, right now, the Grand Knight of Fording was carrying out a sweep of the undead in the eastern part of the Borean tundra, and it is said that four days ago, with the help of the dwarf engineers from Nomorigan, they used artillery and bombs to shoot down a small scourge floating fortress Tarramas, and are currently busy clearing out the undead who escaped from the floating city, which is also the last battlefield in the eastern part of the northern tundra of the north wind.
And the Grand Knight of Mograini is presiding over the clearing of the last stronghold of Enqira in the west, but if things are really as Icks said, and Naxana can move freely, then this boiled duck is likely to fly.
Thassarian asked, "How many undead are there in Enqilali?"
Icks glanced at him and shook his head,
"Countless! It's no exaggeration, those damn bastards, slaughtered the entire north wind tundra, and even awakened the undead in the cemetery, I've seen your army, it's very powerful, it's the most powerful force I've ever seen, but if you rush in, it's still hard to win, it's a city of spiders!"
The old fisherman accentuated his tone, "It's full of traps and evil magic, and no number of people can go in, but it's not enough to fill it." β
The Death Knight nodded, and he silently retreated, followed by the others, quietly retreating hundreds of meters away before he stood up from the snow, and Dalyan took a jug of wine from his bosom and handed it to the Walrus Fisherman, who happily twisted it open, poured it into his mouth, and handed it to Dalyan.
He wiped his mouth, pointed to the direction of Enqira, and said to the two scout commanders,
"If you really want to get information about that city, I suggest you go and take a look around the Psychic Tower of Lamentation, I just came back from there the other day, there are still some undead stationed there, and if you're lucky, you might be able to find something. β
The fisherman took his harpoon and waved his hand at Dalyan and Thassarian,
"I'm leaving, I've sworn in front of my brother's tombstone to kill 100 undead in his honor, and that's going to be enough soon, and then I'll go back to my old ways, and I hope to see you again at the Broken Blade Tavern in Dreadnought, goodbye!"
But after Icks had taken a few steps, he seemed to remember something, and searched through the fishskin pocket behind his back, then pulled out a delicate, gem-encrusted small box, and threw it to Thassarian.
"This is something I found yesterday in the pool near here, I can feel the evil power on it, maybe you will be useful. β
The old fisherman soon disappeared into the snowstorm, and Thassarian pinched the jewel box in his hand, glanced at Dalyan, and whispered,
"This walrus man is smart and lucky that he didn't rush to open the box... He picked up a life. β
Dalyan looked curiously at the treasure box in Thassarian's hand, "What is this?"
The Death Knight looked west, he carefully placed the box in his backpack, glanced at Dalyan, and then beckoned the Death Knight behind him to prepare for action,
"It's a fatebox... We're lucky, Dalyan, if we can find the lich, the owner of this lifebox, we'll have a big catch, trust me!"