Chapter III: Confrontation

On the tenth day of the crossing, according to the captain, there were about three or four days left in the current voyage, and of course, it would be very helpful if the voyage after that could be as calm as it is now, without the harassment of the Naga.

Life on the sea was very boring, and the fifty-six ships belonging to the Anaheim Territory were all requisitioned by Edlan in one go, except for a batch of supplies sent to Theramore in advance, this time the fifty ships accommodated 5,000 soldiers and their war horses, and the remaining six special large ships dedicated to loading supplies were full of accompanying supplies to ensure the consumption of this army on the way.

With the help of ocean currents and monsoons, the fleet reached the port of Bullais at Kurtiras, where it was replenished with fresh water and necessary food and medicine, and then the fleet moved on.

Along the way, Edlan regularly patrolled each boat with the help of the short-distance gliding effect of the Holy Light Wings condensed by Vengeful Fury, and while maintaining morale and centripetal force, he also discovered an interesting thing

Whether it is a paladin or an ordinary human cavalry, or even an auxiliary soldier, or a young boy with lush hormones or a slightly reserved young girl, after they fade from the identity of soldiers and officers, they all have the same aesthetic and hobby as ordinary people, that is, the pursuit of beauty.

Edlan's team includes a total of 800 blood elf paladins, including Liadrin, and coincidentally, all of them are female priests who have been transferred from the priesthood and have been trained for a period of time, and are now brought out by Adelan as trainee paladins.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that the number of mobile troops is greatly insufficient due to various factors of the tripartite alliance, so it is not impossible to form a cavalry with a size of 5,000 people, and it is not impossible to use 1,000 rangers as archers. In order to gather the 5,000-strong cavalry troops, Edlan and the others also tried their best.

It just so happened that the priests of the blood elves, under the "instigation" of Liadline, and on the premise that they had seen Adelan's cheating use of holy light to attack, many of them were willing to turn into paladins, and they were willing to accept the punishment that Adelan taught.

Then, in order to ensure the integrity of these blood elf paladins, the coalition high-level decided to count all these trainee paladins of uneven levels, and then cooperate with the 200 apprentice paladins of the human race to form a total of 1,000 trainee paladin troops. The intention of the higher-ups was clear, they wanted the trainee unit to transform into a formidable force that could terrify its enemies.

That's why there is an interesting scene that Edlan found when he inspected each ship, and the ratio of men and women in each ship was almost the same when it was broken up and "reasonable", which led to those young men who were full of blood and strength always finding some excuses to give hospitality to those female blood elves who were so beautiful that they were bubbling, such as helping to fetch water and food, or helping to clean up, or even wanting to help each other tidy up housekeeping......

And those young girls who are pregnant with spring also saw those handsome, arrogant and full of tragic princely male blood elf rangers, all of them with their eyes shining, and the more reserved ones just appeared in the sight of others every time they were resting to do something trying to attract the attention of the other party, and the slightly more open ones went up to talk to each other without saying a word......

Looking at their enthusiasm one by one, it seems that they have endless energy, which is really simple and easy to understand......

Of course, thanks to such "activities", this originally boring journey was not as the soldiers thought before they set out, but in addition to the daily prayers and practices, they felt that it was better than when they were in the station, because when the troops on both sides were stationed separately, and there was not such a good opportunity as now......

At the end of the day's practice, a bored Chromie approached Adelan, who was a little curious about how a certain traveler had arranged the composition of the army, "Hey, hello, Adelan, you use this kind of ...... every day Looking at the other people on the ship with a smile of relief, is it a new type of ritual?"

Chromie, the name of the bronze dragon in her dwarf form, and her dragon form is named Kronom, who has been working to keep Azeroth's timeline safe, especially key events in history. Therefore, although the other party has repeatedly stated that he will not do superfluous things, Adelan is still a little frightened every time he sees this "cute" female dwarf.

But recently, after the daily interaction habits with this "female dwarf", Adelane has not seen her so much, after all, the changes he has made seem to be big enough, and the bronze dragon has only come to the door until now and has not been punished, which means that he should have something like a gold medal to avoid death, so the good attitude of the traverser returned to Adelan.

"No, it's not a ritual. Edlan quickly understood what Chromie was asking, and he replied, "On the contrary, this arrangement is very beneficial to the unity of an army, especially this kind of multi-racial army, where everyone's living habits, thinking patterns, etc., are different, and it would be better to have two weeks for everyone to communicate and get acquainted with each other." ”

"Since it is multiracial, are you not afraid that the accumulation of contradictions between the two sides will be detrimental to unity?"

"That's one of the reasons why I patrol every ship every day, and if I find something too out of the ordinary, I'll be impartial, but as far as I've observed, these guys are still more polite, and I'm sorry that I haven't seen anything that the people like to see. ”

"Huh, what's the nice thing to see?"

"Nothing...... Okay, if you're going to be out of company if you're okay, I'm going to have to take a look at my 'students'. ”

"Go ahead, I'll just follow you without talking. ”

Edlan shrugged at this, this bronze dragon who was like a curious baby has been like this more than once during this time, which makes Adelan curious, Chromie is also a dragon who is very close to mortals, although he is not like Crassus who lives in the mortal race all year round, but it shouldn't be like this now, and many mortals don't know much about their living conditions

Curious about the baby, right?

Leave aside what you don't understand, Liadline has already come up from the other side of the deck.

"Good day, Mentor. ”

"Hello, Liadrin. Edlan adjusted his mood a little and said straight to the point: "I have seen your current situation in the past few days...... I ask you, what do you want to learn about the aggressive Light, or do you remember the original purpose of learning the way of discipline from me? Justice, justice, light, what do these positive words mean to you?"

Liadline was clearly unprepared, and Edlan suddenly asked this ...... The very difficult question made her silent for a moment, and then when she raised her head, she replied without the slightest confusion in her eyes: "I just want to protect my motherland and my compatriots, this is what I can do." ”

"Well, that's pretty much the same as the answer you took from me before you became a paladin, and that's good. Edlan nodded in approval, usually he felt a little embarrassed by this Li Yajun's undisguised revenge and actively begging her to learn more deeply about the use of the offensive holy light, "That's right, no matter how noble the reason, people can only do what they can." The more critical it is, the more it is about one's own safety, the less people can clearly understand what the simple phrase 'what should be done now' represents. It is precisely because it is simple that it is not taken seriously, which leads to this sentence being easier said than done...... I think you should know that no matter how much strength you gain in the future and what kind of achievements you achieve, this is the motivation for people like you and me to move forward. I'm sure you can be a great paladin. ”

This was the end of the conversation, and when Adelan thought he could start answering Liadeline's questions about the path of punishment today, the female blood elf who had become a little stronger after becoming a paladin said, "No, mentor. It's not a question of whether you can do it or not, it's something that you must, you have to accomplish, you have to achieve! Your training process is indeed very hard, I have thought about giving up several times, maybe there are other ways to go, but I can't do it, I can't think that I can have other ways of survival for the suffering of the motherland and my compatriots, I want to be in the path of the Holy Light, this is my way! You should persuade me to give up now, right?"

Edlan saw the fire of revenge burning in Liadline's eyes, she couldn't forget what the Scourge had done in the land of Quel'Thalas, and sighed secretly, Adelan said, "No, it's not. The way of discipline requires passion and hatred to aim at, but if you lose your cool and cautiousness, it is easy to fail, remember not to be too fanatical, it will make you lose yourself. That's all I want to say. ”

“...... I know. ”

"Do you seem a little unconvinced?" Edlan looked at the beautiful Blood Elf lady in front of her, her sad face and her desire to make herself strong clash on a beautiful face, making people sigh, "Let me guess...... Do you think that I, as a human being, and you, as a blood elf, will not teach you the absolute knowledge of pressing the bottom of the box because of the racial barrier?"

Facing Edlan's eyes, Liadline's gaze wandered for a while, as if she had made up her mind, and met her before she could speak, "Yes, I have such thoughts, because I feel that I have met your requirements in all aspects, but the two most critical skills that can greatly increase my own strength I have applied to learn several times, but I still haven't been able to pass......"

"Before that, I want to think of your eagerness as a passion for learning. Since this is the case, then knowledge can be taught, but enthusiasm cannot be taught, and I think you already have the best partners and tools for learning, so you don't need to rush...... The Light is a kind of energy, it doesn't need to be held too high, it can be like a medicine to save people, or it can be like a sword that kills people. Aggressive Light is not the same as healing, the more you are saved, the more lives you can save, but the former is nice enough to use to protect things that are worth protecting, but in reality, it exists to kill, and its usefulness becomes more and more dangerous as you become more sophisticated...... Do you see what I mean? Impatience and a strong sense of vengeance may give you a quick grasp of how to use the Light to kill your enemies, but it can also make you lose your mind!Liadline, you tell me what's the difference between a paladin who has lost his mind and the undead who have been controlled by the Lich King?"

“......”

Seeing that Liadline wanted to speak and stopped, Adline felt that the path he taught her did not seem to have come to an end, because he had already seen a once noble young soul go to the point of no return, and now he didn't want Liadline to become like Arthas because of the changes he made to "history", and he didn't want her to follow the path of the Scarlet Crusade, so after seeing that she had such a tendency, Adline would always snort every time he taught her.

For now, his snort is working, although Liadline still has a somewhat unacceptable expression, but it is much better than her kind of revenge aura that exudes cold and hot revenge all the time during training, I am afraid that such a person who loves deeply and responsibly is the most likely to go astray......

......

While Adelan's forces were still floating in the Endless Sea, a plot had begun to emerge in the hidden depths of the Ash Valley Forest.

"Drink!" Grom slammed into a slash of rage, and the epic battle axe called Bloodroar broke some kind of magical armor of the druid-turned-massive brown bear he was fighting, along with its rock-hard fur! Bloodroar left a deep scar on the other's body.

And as a price, Grom was also very unfortunate to miss the best dodge time under the arrows of the two sentry shooters, and was scratched by the druid's counterattack and scratched the thigh of the pace that had no time to retreat.

"Ding, ding!" the blood roar knocked away the two arrows that were immediately pursued, and a very peculiar three-edged disc weapon. This brutal boomerang-like weapon, though knocked off, unexpectedly flew back into the forest as if something was in control, and this Night Elf huntress with the help of a nimble panther that was too nimble to catch was more troublesome than the weak archers against the Song Clan

Much larger.

"Coward!" Grom roared, gasping for breath, more and more arrows and three-edged discs coming at him, leaving him to concentrate on defense and dodging, unable to go up right away, and as a result, the druid who had fallen to the ground and had been disarmed by the bear form, lost the final blow of glory, and he was very unhappy! But he knew very well that these Night Elves, who had suddenly become insane, were enough to pose a great threat to him and his Warsong clan as their numbers and quality increased.

"Smack!" Bloodroar slashed a spear coated in an unknown toxin, which was thrown from the hands of a half-deer, half-human creature, and despite the large target, the opponent had already lost nearly twenty of Grom's excellent subordinates by sneaking in from the endless ranged attacks in the forest!

"Shaman, smash those trees for me!"

In the face of Grom's angry roar, the shamans of the Warsong clan began to quickly move to their positions under the cover of their infantry, and the elemental spirits appeared, and the angry fire elementals appeared, and they erupted with the shamans into the woods that kept firing cold arrows to cover the retreating Druid troops!

The raging fire soon ignited the outer edge of the forest, which made Grom finally feel a little relieved to watch the "prey" slip away, after all, after fighting these damn natives for so long, he finally got a little better, which made him full of enthusiasm for the next battle, and he was looking forward to rushing in and killing all the cowards who had lost the protection of the forest!

Grom was convinced that if the cowards dared to fight him and his clan in the clearing, they would conquer the cowards once and for all. In fact, he had this judgment because of the first encounter.

Shortly after the Warsong Clan's devastating felling of trees, a sentinel unit tentatively warned of these alien creatures that were disrespectful to the forest.

It was a female Night Elf who had come out of the forest with her sisters vigilantly, carrying a longbow that looked heavy enough to give her a very long range, "Stop your stupid behavior and get out of this forest right now! Get out of Kalimdor! This is Kadore's territory!

Kalimdor, the name given to the Titans after the Great War with the Elder Gods and the establishment of the Order of Azeroth, means "Land of Eternal Starlight", and Kadore means Child of the Stars.

Of course, as an orc, Grom couldn't understand the words of the incoming people, and the soft voice sounded torture to him, but he could guess a thing or two from the angry and disgruntled gestures on the other person's face, which made him understand that he and his people seemed to be violating some of the interests of these natives. But Grom thinks he's just cutting down trees, and doesn't do anything to encroach on the other party's ruins or sacred sites, and he thinks that the natives are completely vexatious.

So Grom sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the hard workers who cut down the trees began to work even harder.

Now, the dozen or so sentinel archers were completely enraged by these big guys, and without negotiating, the arrows rained down......

In Grom's opinion, how could these dozen or so skinny wives have any attack power, and their longbows are just shooting wild beasts and hunting, to deal with the Warsong Clan? He never thought that the other party would dare to "take the lead" to provoke such a person!

And then there is nothing else, this sentry of more than a dozen people is not the veterans left behind by the ancient war, they are the night elves born later, and they usually train and play more in the woods, plus the night elves are very powerful in Kalimdor, and there are basically no long-eyed people to brush their tiger whiskers, so these recruits basically have little actual combat experience.

So after they had shot a few of the drudgers and orc warriors in their first attack, they were carried away by the anger and the results of their success, unaware that the large infantry had cut off their retreat under the secret command of their patriarch......

The blood feud was concluded in this way, and similarly, because of this "easy" counterattack, it was a complete victory, which made Grom feel that these natives called the Night Elves were nothing more than that, and in the next few rounds of confrontation, those cowards were not enough to see at all, and every time they charged the Battle Song Clan, they could get some beautiful results, if it wasn't for the other party's fast escape, the orcs would have been able to wipe them all out! That's why Grom has his own infantry, as long as he can smoothly approach those women who can only shoot cold arrows, then the ownership of this forest belongs to his Warsong clan!

But now, Grom's enthusiasm did not last for a few seconds, and immediately the raging fire was extinguished by some kind of widespread rain, and the smoke was blown away by a gust of wind, except for some scorch marks on the bark of the tree, Grom did not even see that the broken place had been burned by fire! Looking at the shadowy enemy in the forest not far away, Grom could even see that some tree turned into a monster was "laughing" at him, and he could even feel the anger of the whole forest, all the creatures of the forest were making enemies of him!

First they were restrained by druids who came out to turn into bears, leopards, or fat birds, and then they were shot from all over the forest by enemy troops who far outnumbered them, and the other side simply stopped coming out of the damn forest, and they lacked effective long-range strikes, and now the other side seemed to have more troops, which made Grom very annoyed!

For the sake of the purity of the Warsong Clan, Grom did not let the Darkspear Troll Headhunters join his ranks, which made him passive......

Despite his annoyance, Grom's good fighting qualities led him to give the order to retreat, "Retreat!

Over the next few days, the Night Elves tried to drive them farther away, but after leaving the protection of the forest, the casualties of the inexperienced archers began to surge despite the heavy losses of the druids and huntresses, leaving the commander of the army helpless to hold on to the forest defenses. However, the Grom and Warsong clans became more and more agitated after they could not take the attack for a long time and paid a great price before they could advance an inch......

And here, no one knew that a conspiracy was quietly unfolding around the center of this struggle......