5. Forerunner in the storm

The North Sea, also known as the Frozen Sea. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Unlike the perennial frozen waters south of Northrend, the sea here is not completely frozen, and warships can sail freely, but the problem in this sea is not easy at all, compared to other seas in the world, the biggest problem in the North Sea is the perennial ice storm.

Even the most experienced navigators need to be vigilant in this unpredictable sea.

Well, it is said that there is also a powerful and mysterious North Sea Sea Monster, the Kvadir Pirates of Hela, and there is also frequent activity here, in short, this is not a land that welcomes outsiders, to be precise, it drives away all fools who dare to approach it with a rather harsh attitude.

But even in the most dangerous places, there is no shortage of brave explorers.

The dark sky, the heavy clouds, looking up, the clouds that constantly shine with thunder and lightning seem to stay above your head, and the icy freezing rain, the raindrops between liquid and solid crashing on the sailors, if you don't take precautions, within 10 minutes, you will get a slight frostbite.

The temperature here is very low, and the sea breeze is mixed with a knife-like sea breeze, and you can even feel pain on your face, but this is not the time when it is at its most furious, and there are several nicks on the main mast of the "Thundercut" that are nearly 30 centimeters deep into it, which is one of the scars left on the ship during the craziest storm.

Its steel shell is also scarred, but it's like a warrior roaming the sea, and although there are countless wounds, you can tear it apart, but you just can't defeat it.

Commodore Taylor dragged one leg around the deck, the veteran with a blue and white captain's hat on his head, the ornate tassels had been wet, but he couldn't hide his sword-like temperament, and the loyal kingdom navy kept scooping water from the deck, they rotated three shifts, and there was a warm fire and enough food in the cabin, and a small amount of spirits, which was an incentive to the warriors.

From time to time, the brigadier general, wrapped in a bearskin, looked at the dim sea, and in the midst of the wind and waves, on the sea near the Thundercut, the "Great Chief's Fist", that damned tribal ship had not yet sunk, which was really not good news.

As he looked at the blood-red Fist of the Great Chieftain, the orc Commodore Nazgorin was also looking at him, the orc general was not as neatly dressed as Taylor, he just wore an old fur hat on his head that sailors often wore to show his identity.

This orc is also not young, he is a rare navigator among the orcs, during the period of alternation between the old and new tribes, Nazgorin was separated from the clan in the war, worked as a guard on the merchant ship of the goblin consortium, and even went all the way to the captain's position, after Thrall issued a summons, this gold medal captain defected to Orgrimmar for the first time, he is considered the leader of the orc navy.

He didn't like humans, especially when he was on a mission with Kurtilas and the ships of the Stormwind Kingdom, he even thought about refusing, but in the end, the sense of mission that flowed in his veins made him take the boys out and go all the way into the most dangerous North Sea.

Taylor and Nazgorin's eyes collided on the dark tide, and after a few seconds, the two made a defiant gesture to each other, almost as colleagues, before turning away.

The scene fell into the eyes of Commodore Matthew in the stern of the battleship Enterprise leading the way, and the commodore general, who was younger than the other two, sneered, took his pipe from the table with his white-gloved hand, and then focused all his attention on the tattered chart spread out in front of him.

The first naval power, Kurtiras, has an automatic sweeping robot from Nomorigen on the deck of its ship, and their sailors do not need to do dangerous work in this weather, and in this special mission, the confidence of the first maritime power is fully displayed, not only the crushing of combat effectiveness, but also the direct suppression of higher-level naval warfare civilization.

But Rao was so, and when faced with this chart, which was handed over to him by Duke Mograini himself, Brigadier Matthew was still a little incredulous, so he used this extremely crude chart to enter the dangerous North Sea and explore two places that most likely did not exist at all?

He had serious doubts that the Duke of Mograini had sent them to their deaths, but on the first weekend they found the first harbor to dock at the edge of the North Sea, just west of Icecrown.

It was like a dream, but it was there, and in that dangerous area of crushed ice, Matthew and Taylor, Nazgorin personally landed on the island, which was the size of a city and could be used as the closest logistics base to the Icecrown Glacier for the Coalition, and it was only then that Matthew understood the true meaning of the chart.

Although Mograine did not say what the two landing sites would be used for, all of them were battle-hardened generals, and if you think about it, you can understand the meaning behind the fact that the coalition forces are preparing for the battle of the Grand Army in the Dragonbone Wilderness on the one hand, and quietly searching for a landing site in the North Sea on the other.

After truly understanding his mission, Matthew immediately ordered to pull anchor and set sail, leaving only a very small number of mages and craftsmen to build a temporary fortress here, the island named "Enterprising Island" is still some distance away from the Icecrown glacier itself, coupled with the harsh weather in the North Sea, there will be no large number of undead to investigate, it is simply a perfect surprise place.

The rest of the navy is thinking about the North Sea inland sea at a very fast speed, since the first island exists, then the second landing point must also exist, and this landing point is on the body of the Icecrown Glacier, if it can hold on to the first wave of attack of the undead, it must be equivalent to building an advance base next to the throne of the Lich King, whether it is strategic or tactical, it is of great significance.

"Bell!"

Matthew's thoughts were interrupted by the shrill sound of the bell, and he grabbed the binoculars, opened the window behind him and looked back, not far behind the Enterprise, a monster that had swooped out of the sea was slamming into the Great Chief's Fist, the alarm bell that had been ringing by the boatswain of the Enterprise.

It was a blue sea monster, at least 20 meters long in the rough sea, huge in size, covered in fish scales and twisted bone spurs, like a mountain of flesh floating on the surface of the sea, and the extremely cold ice that erupted from its mouth almost froze the hull of the Great Chief's Fist.

This is the North Sea Sea Monster, the creature that the fishermen say represents the god of death, but in fact it is just a huge creature that lives in the deepest part of the North Sea, and it is extremely aggressive.

But it is not facing an ordinary merchant ship, Nazgorin holds a blood-red heavy axe, and at the first time the sea monster attacked, he grabbed the cable and jumped on the sea monster's body, and the heavy axe in his hand slashed mercilessly at the eye of the sea monster, and the intense pain made the sea monster stop spraying, and kept struggling, trying to shake off the little bug on the top of his head.

And the orc sailors who reacted also fired at the first time, and the large-caliber naval cannons bought from the goblins kept roaring, smashing the red-hot cannonballs on the body of the sea monster, although each attack could only leave a small hole on the sea monster's body, but this burning pain was enough to make the sea monster, a creature that did not have much intelligence, feel threatened.

Its body is constantly rotating on the surface of the sea, with a powerful tail to evoke a whirlpool under the surface of the sea, the heavy axe in the hand of Nazgorin, who was caught off guard, fell into the sea, he struggled to grasp the sharp horns on the top of the sea monster's head, and used the chopping axe on his waist to continuously cut its head, this scene with lightning and thunder in the sky, and the roaring sea, it looks like a picture of "orcs and seas" that makes people's blood boil.

But no matter how beautiful this picture is, it can't change Nazgorin's state at this time, it is extremely dangerous, although the other party is also a powerful warrior, but in the face of the power of heaven and earth and the counterattack of giant beasts, it only takes one slip to make him completely buried in the sea, and in this weather, the probability of falling into the tumbling North Sea, the chance of falling is not even one percent!

However, at the moment when Kul Tiras's naval guns were ready, another golden figure swung out from the "Royal Mission", he grabbed the cable, and when the cable flew to the highest point, he jumped out towards the sea monster, holding a slender, sharp, and flaming giant harpoon in both hands.

That's Taylor! The veteran who had been tested by the wrath and single-handedly built the navy of the Stormwind Kingdom, at this time, only such a madman had the courage to jump on the sea monster that initiated the death spin, but Taylor was superior to Nazgorin in that he wore special boots covered with steel barbs, and when Taylor landed on top of the sea monster's head, a brilliant explosion thunder lit up behind him, and the old soldier stabbed the kraken head with both hands with a special fire oil and a burning harpoon。

"Poof!"

Under the entanglement of blood-red anger, the long harpoon in Taylor's hand sank into the head of the sea monster by the roots, like a red-hot iron needle piercing the brain of an adult, and a burst of fishy blood rushed up when it landed, and the sea monster also let out a crazy wail, and his whole body shook, Nazgorin could no longer hold on, and with a stroke of his hands, the whole person fell into the sea.

But the next moment, his hand was grabbed by another resolute hand, Nazgorin looked up, it was Taylor, the human veteran grabbed his hand, his eyes were still full of disdain, but the next moment, his hand flickered, Nazgorin jumped with the force of the jump, and the whole person pounced on the broken ice next to him.

As long as it wasn't a silent fall, the high-ranking warriors would not have died from the fall, and Taylor also fell on the body of the frenzied sea monster, unfastened his boots, and with the speed of the sea monster's rapid forward, the whole person crossed an arc of light in the air and fell into another piece of ice floe.

After the two generals got out of the trap, the sound of more than a dozen cannon shots appeared from the tail of the Enterprise at the same time, and the characteristic conical armor-piercing projectile effortlessly smashed into the body of the rapidly diving sea monster, knocking its body into a dozen bloody holes, and then another round of accurate artillery bombardment, completely ruining the sea monster's way of life.

In less than ten minutes, the corpse of the giant beast was on the surface.

Nazgorin and Taylor were also sent to their respective ships, and just a few hours later, as the sailors were tasting the unusually delicious roasted sea monster meat, the tall, cold, solemn figure of the Icecrown Glacier also appeared in the binoculars of several commanders.

There was also the staircase carved almost overhanging the glacier, the heavy natural ice cap at the top of the glacier and the crevasses that were everywhere, and the ruins of a pier that had long since decayed.

All of this suggests that there seems to have been traces of biological landings decades ago, but now, there is no doubt that the place has been abandoned.

The sudden appearance of the sea monster seemed to bring good luck, and the landing point, which was barely marked, appeared in front of me in an unbelievable way.