Chapter 4: Unexpected Reinforcements?
"Rubbish! You can't even beat those Night Elf dregs!"
In a canyon in the Ashen Valley, there were several corpses of Night Elf sentries and dryads lying in all directions, and the Abyss Lord Manolos waved in annoyance, and the ferocious heavy spear of nearly ten meters long easily cut off several lush trees around it, but this was obviously not enough for it to fully release its anger, and it could be seen from the surging evil flames above its head that this Abyss Lord was in a very bad mood.
"Your tools don't seem to work well, Manolos. I warn you that we don't have much time, and the host can't wait that long. Tikdios looked at his colleague with pride and deplution.
"Hmph" Hearing the cynicism of the guy who played the conspiracy, Manolos snorted coldly and reined in his temper, after all, the master's career is the most important, if the Burning Legion wants to take down the World Tree at the lowest cost, then no matter how bad those maggots behave, it must also be used, "It's just a little earlier than expected, don't worry, as long as they drink my blood, they will remember how sweet it is to have power!" Those weak Night Elves have nothing to worry about, their demigods will soon be buried with his forest!"
"It's better to be like this...... So what are you going to do with those humans who are getting closer and closer?"
"Humans, just rely on those ants, let your undead crush them, and even replenish new troops, right?"
"Well, you're right, leave it to the prisoner's men, and I'll continue to watch your performance in the grand seats. With that, Tikdios turned into a swarm of bats and quickly left.
"Hmph, wait, Tikdios, as long as I complete my mission well this time, the master will definitely not hold me accountable for the mistakes I made during the last invasion......, and when the time comes, I will resume my status as an adjutant, what do you compare with me?"
Soon after, Manolos came to a spring upstream of the Warsong Clan's camp and sprinkled his own blood into it, and soon the sweet spring became filthy and then returned to its original form as if nothing had happened, except that the sweet poison that was like a sweet poison to some creatures began to dissipate downstream with the current, attracting creatures who were willing to be attracted to it......
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On the other side, Tyrande rode her beloved mount with her elite Sentinel troops on the once thriving lands of the Night Elf Empire, and had been a little distracted since she had arrived in Valsara through the occult art from Mount Hyjal, and with the help of the Moon Temple guards in Valsara, she and her troops sailed to Asuna.
Along the way, Tyrande was somewhat absent-minded, and the conversation in her mind about Marfurion, who had taken over the Grand Druid from Vandal Deerhelm since she was awakened, had retaken power over all Druid Institutions......
“...... Are you really going? Malfurion was a little dissatisfied when he said this, because at this time, the Night Elves had only just discovered that some low-level demons had suddenly appeared on Kalimdor, and they had not really confirmed whether it was really the demons that had attacked Azeroth again, so Malfurion was a little unhappy with Tyrande's decision, after all, as far as he had just put down his affairs and started to deal with the demon invasion, at least now the demons are far less powerful than they were in the Ancient War, so there is no need to use the power of that forbidden existence.
But Tyrande believed in her senses, she had prayed to Elune, she could sense that a deeper evil was approaching, and that the letters sent back by Santis reminded her that the enemy was menacing and that the demon was on his heels. "Yes, although he has committed many evil deeds in order to deal with demons, his strength is absolutely indispensable when it comes to dealing with demons. ”
"My dear, you know, I can inform the Green Dragons through the Emerald Dream that there is no one better suited to deal with demons than the Dragons, and we can even summon the other Dragons with us through His Majesty Ysera, after all, the Demon Invasion is the Dragons' top priority for Azeroth. ”
"No, it's not enough, the demon army is very secretive, I fear that the guardian dragons are too busy with their own tasks to help us, or that if the demon army suddenly appears, we can't resist it alone, and it is possible to achieve their evil goals before the dragons arrive! I can't wait any longer, Santis has written that the Sentinels have had serious friction with some greenskinned creatures from across the sea in Ashenvale, and even Cenarius has been alarmed! I suspect those greenskins are the demons' pawns. ”
"What?!" It was clear that the Great Druid was busy with the druid's treatment of the traumatized Azeroth, and was almost deaf to the events that were happening in the outside world, and if it weren't for Tyrande telling him these things, he would still be discussing with his disciple Vandal about a study called the Morning Glow, according to Vandall, this plant can effectively absorb and decompose toxins, and then achieve some kind of purifying effect, of course, all this is still in the hypothetical and theoretical stage.
But just as Malfurion and his disciple, who had relinquished his power and devoted himself to research, were about to discuss this possibility in depth, Tyrande approached him and offered to bring back the Warden troops, and by the way, release his own brother Illidan Fury, whom he had ordered to be imprisoned for 10,000 years......
"You'll have to wait until I've discussed it with Her Majesty Ysera, my dear. Having said that, Malfurion, who had only woken up from his slumber for a few years, was apparently overwhelmed by the news, and decided to immediately go back to sleep and seek the help of the Green Dragon's allies in an attempt to get Tyrande to give up her crazy idea.
But after Malfurion fell asleep, Tyrande still felt that relying on the help of the dragon alone was not enough, and she had already learned the horror of demons during the Battle of the Ancients, so she decided to take this opportunity to set off, she temporarily handed over the defense and political affairs of Mount Hyjal to Vandal Deerhelm, and ordered Santis Hazuki to mobilize and lead the main army of the Night Elves into Ashenvale to strengthen the defense.
In fact, if there is a choice, Tyrande would prefer to be commanded and commanded by Garrod Shadow Song rather than her adopted daughter Santis, but the commander of the War of the Ancients had been lost 10,000 years ago with his lover Sarah Hill, she knew that this commander did not like war and politics, and after the War of the Ancients, he divided the power to himself little by little, and after he created the Sentinel Force, he completely went into the background and no longer appeared in front of people, so that when the news of his disappearance came, even Mavi Shadow Song and his sister could not find his whereabouts。
It's a pity......
Now, Tyrande herself, along with her friend Vilind Starsong, rated
Led an elite sentry unit here......
This is the Southernmost Island of the Watchers in Assuna, a forgotten place where the nascent Night Elf regime can only be known once they have reached a certain level.
The lack of pedestrians for a long time had overgrown the paths between the woodlands, and from the time they landed on the seemingly unmistakable island, Tyrande and her veterans of the Hundred Wars who had survived the Battle of the Ancients could feel shadowy phantoms shuttling back and forth in the woods.
In fact, they all knew that it was their own call that broke the magical illusion originally used to hide and warn, and the other party took the initiative to deliberately show his body to warn after discovering that it was a member of the same clan. If the Phantoms didn't want anyone to spot them, few would notice their presence before they attacked.
These phantoms are a legendary force that has been deliberately downplayed by the nascent Night Elf regime, the Guardians. Only the best members of this army were given the title of Watcher by their leader, Mavi Shadowsong, but over time, the priestesses, who were once the Sisters of Elune, passed the rigorous test of their leader and received the title of Watcher, so the word Warden gradually replaced the Warden as the symbol of their troops.
The watchmen's duties began to expand to include capturing, imprisoning, and guarding all criminals who threatened the Night Elf society, and the increasing number of prisoners led them to build a fortress-like cave prison under the cover of the mountains of Asuna to stuff all the felons there.
Not only is the Keeper's Crypt hidden by the mountains of Asuna, but it is also sealed with a special spell, both to prevent intruders and lost travelers from entering and to warn the Watchers of outsiders, and to lock the disgusting monsters in the cave.
It was also from that time that the new society of the Night Elves began to stabilize, and in order to calm people's hearts, these watchmen began to slowly fade out of people's sight, and Tyrande was also very cooperative in covering up a lot of information about their whereabouts, and even stopped sending them new recruits, so that now, this army is like losing everyone's attention, guarding the "frontier" of the Night Elves in the dark.
A transparent emerald owl suddenly appeared, and in an instant it rushed into the forest, deftly shuttling through the forest, and in a short time it passed through the other side of the forest and disappeared at the end of the forest. This is Tyrande's owl companion Dolly Sur, who often uses her animal companion for reconnaissance, and in Dolly Sur's eyes, Tyrande clearly sees the former sisters.
But this did not make the new leader of the Night Elves feel relieved, because the other party was completely guarded, and did not welcome his party at all.
At the same time that Tyrande tentatively sent out a reconnaissance, the watchmen were naturally familiar with the high-ranking priestess's tricks, and after being snooped, they immediately changed each other's positions, and one of them threw out a three-edged moon blade and stuck it in the path of Tyrande's troops.
"That's it, High Priestess, this is not the place you should be. A cold, erratic sound could be heard in the woods, making it impossible for the elite sentinels on the sidelines to locate each other.
"Whew!"
"It's alright, Ashala. Tyrande gently stroked his mount's head, a black-spotted frostblade panther.
4,000 years ago, Tyrande rescued the Frostblade Panther Queen Helotam from the rampaging Frosthammer Giant. Since then, the Frostbladed Panther has been a loyal ally of the Night Elves, and Ashalla has been raised by her as Tyrande's mount ever since, and with Tyrande's blessing, it has not only gained an equally long lifespan, but has also long been spiritual.
Tyrande lightly jumped off his mount, took a few steps forward, and shouted, "Sisters, I am the Tyrandian wind, the demons have re-invaded Azeroth, the Night Elves need your help, and I need your help!"
Tyrande's words were like a spell bomb that would silence them, and after she said them, all that was left was the rustle of the wind.
I don't know how long it took, maybe it was the sincerity of Tyrande's words that moved the other party, or maybe the other party felt that Tyrande, the ruler of the Night Elves, had only brought ten guards, which did not look like a conflict, but really wanted to negotiate, and those guards were all his old acquaintances, all of whom were members of the Elune Sisterhood!
Soon, ten watchmen leapt out of the woods and lined up in a neat line, wearing owl-like helmets, and special armor that was thick but lightweight, and wrapped around their bodies with a cloak made of some kind of suspected tyrannosaurus skin, and only those who knew the secret knew that the cloak of a skilled watchman would not hinder his movement because of its leniency, but could hide the blade hidden under the cloak and the cruel ring moon blade, two deadly weapons that would be used in the instant of the preyThe only people who are lucky enough to see these two weapons are the dead and the prisoners in prison, except for people like Tyrande, who know the inside story......
"My sisters and I would love to return to the front line against demons, but ...... You know, Lady Tyrande, we must have Lord Mavi's orders before we can act. As he spoke, one of the watchmen at the head took off his helmet, revealing the youth and beauty of the Night Elves under the blessing of eternal life.
Tyrande was sincerely happy to see the members of the Elune Sisterhood again, 10,000 years is nothing to the immortal Night Elves, but due to the past, Tyrande still feels a little indebted to these Watchers who have quietly contributed to the stability of the Night Elf society, so she also wants to take this opportunity to reopen their existence to the public, so that these forgotten heroes can be treated as they deserve.
"I'm glad to see you, Serra! Where is Mavi now? I need to talk to her. ”
Sierra Moonguard, one of Mavi Shadowsong's most trusted lieutenants, has always been the head of the Watcher's Crypt when Mavi herself went on a mission.
"Lord Mavi is out on a mission, I'm afraid it will be a few days before I come back......"
Tyrande had a disappointed expression, but she immediately said calmly to Serra, "Then tell Mavi about this when she returns, the second thing I came here to do was to release a prisoner, whose strength is essential for us to deal with demons." ”
Serra was stunned,
Thinking she had misheard, she asked, "Prisoner?"
"That's right. I will unleash the wrath of Illidan. ”
"Tyrande, you're crazy!" Serra took a step back in disbelief, the ring moon blade in his hand involuntarily tightened, "You—you don't have the power to release him!, he's killed many mages of the Moon Guard during the War of the Ancients, and he's stained with the blood of many of his compatriots after the War of the Ancients, you can't let this villain out!"
"But he also slain countless demons, Serra. The situation in the Ashen Valley is very dangerous, demons may appear on Mount Hyjal at any time, I can feel it, Akmund, the powerful demon of the Ancient War is here again, I must unite all the forces that can be united, for this we have formed an alliance with the human expeditionary force of the Eastern Continent, they will involve some demonic power for us, but I am still skeptical about their combat effectiveness, you may not know, those humans only have a short history of 3000 years, and their lifespan is only less than 100 years, I really can't imagine how much combat power they can have...... So, Serra, the fate of the Night Elves is ultimately up to us, Malfurion has already gone to ask for the help of the Green Dragon, and Cenarius is also trying his best to stop the demon's pawns in the Ashenvale, but to be honest, the demon has also engulfed millions of undead this time, and our situation is very bad! So, Illidan is my last choice. ”
After listening to Tyrande's very sincere words, and sharing the information of the outside world with these watchmen who have been ignoring the world all year round, the Sierra Moon Guard suddenly felt that the situation was very critical, the demon army was coming, the new allies of the Night Elves were not reliable at all, and the old allies were already fighting, as for those dragons, Serra never thought that those dragons could do anything, if they were really powerful enough, then the Night Elves would not have suffered such a huge loss in the Ancient War.
Therefore, Tyrande's words are very pertinent, and the other party's attitude has been put very low. A duty to the watchman on the one hand, and an oath to protect his fellow citizens on the other, left Sierra in a dilemma. Reason told her that there was no need for Tyrande to lie to them, and if the other party wanted to use force, then it would be good to send an army to capture this place, instead of reasoning with her here in a good voice. The Watchmen are very powerful special forces, but the scarcity of numbers is always their weakness, so even an elite sentinel unit of 1,000 people can completely wipe out less than 100 Watchmen, including Mavi, after all, frontal combat is never the strong point of the Watchmen. Besides, demons are indeed too powerful beings, and the situation of the Night Elves is very dangerous now, and it is simply a fool's choice to fight among themselves at this time......
But on the other hand, feelings tell Sierra that she must wait for Mavi-sama to return, and she has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Mavi and cannot live up to her trust in this way......
Tyrande saw that Serra's face was full of struggle, and she sighed softly, "Okay, Serra. As the Priestess of the Moon and leader of the Night Elves, I command you, Sierra Moonguard, to unleash Illidan's Fury at once, and lead the remaining Warden forces with me, it is the responsibility of all of us to resist the demonic invasion!"
"The Watcher Sierra Guardian and 30 of his men are at your disposal, Lady Tyrande...... As for the others, I don't have the authority to decide whether they want to stay or not, you have to convince them personally. Serra was relieved to hear Tyrande's words, but she was also ashamed of her hesitation and evasion of responsibility, "Merlene, give me the key, I'll release ......"
Behind him, a smaller watchman stepped forward.
"I'll do it myself, Serra, I'll do it myself......" Tyrande stepped up and took the heavy set of magic keys......
The huge disc elevator didn't know how many floors it had descended, Tyrande was a little distracted, and even the Sierra Moon Guard and Merlin Blade who were accompanying him could clearly feel that since entering the cave, the Moon Priestess had been a little absent-minded, as if she had been thinking about something unrelated, which made the latter two involuntarily glance at each other, but they both saw puzzlement in each other's eyes.
I don't know how long it has been, but when the elevator finally stopped, the dark and narrow passage in front of the road was automatically lit up with bright lights......
Tyrande's footsteps were clearly stumbling, and although she was well disguised, Serra and Merlin noticed it, which made them even more curious, what the hell was going on, and if the two watchers saw the face of Tyrande walking in front, they would definitely be even more surprised, because the leader of the Night Elves had no majesty at all now, she just silently let the tears roll in her eyes like a normal girl......
Because after stopping from the elevator, Tyrande's proud eyesight made it easy for her to see a figure sitting in a dark cage on the other side, even if it was 10,000 years apart, she would never forget......
The man sat as listless and unruly as he had remembered in the past, his extremely rare amber eyes had been sacrificed after he had been infected with demonic power, but it had given him great strength, as evidenced by the irregular war-like patterns on his body.
Now, the man was imprisoned in special shackles, leaving only enough strength for him to stay alive, and he sat lazily in the corner, holding a small withered yellow flower in his hand, which was much better than his body, which had become old from the overuse of magic......
Serra and Merlin didn't know why an ordinary little yellow flower could exist for 10,000 years, after all, 10,000 years was enough time for any flower to completely disappear at the end of time, and they didn't know why the man used the little magic he had to maintain his life to protect the little yellow flower, and the smile on the man's face was full of happiness and contentment, which was not at all the same as the description they had heard about this person committing a heinous crime......
Only Tyrande knew that the little yellow flower was a gift from her......
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A few days later, the unbelievable startling sound of a heroic human paladin was heard from the sea near Kalimdor......
Far away, Edlan saw Tyrande and Illidan standing on the bow of the Night Elf-style ocean ship, and the latter seemed to be intent on approaching and walking with this strange combination of upper elves and humans, so Edlan also saw the Night Elves dressed as watchers who were supposed to fall in love and kill each other and cause a huge misunderstanding on the other ship, and ordinary Night Elf soldiers were chatting cordially......
Hell yes!
Only Chromie looked at Edlan, who was very expressionless, covering his face and snickering, as if he had discovered something interesting......