Satisfied, Nandus left, and the High Priest of the Dark Pine Trolls regathered the priests to announce the upcoming blood sacrifice ceremony, and the entire Dark Pine Clan was soon immersed in a frenzy.

Only Tusca crouched on a rock at the top of the mountain, watching coldly as the werewolf disappeared from his sight. This Shadowhunter is very different from other Dark Pine Trolls, not only in terms of strength, but also in belief in the gods. Perhaps because he was baptized by the power of darkness since childhood, Tusca did not worship the blood god Haka as much as his kind. He believed in the power of the shadows flowing within him more than the blessings from the gods.

Tusca felt that this werewolf had brought little hope to the Dark Pine Clan.

Follow Tusca's gaze all the way, through dense forests, across the ups and downs of the Alterac Mountains, and you can see a massive military camp standing at the foot of the mountain.

In the big tent in the middle of the barracks, Raphael was receiving the ambassador from the Hammer Dwarves.

"Thank you very much for the help provided by Your Majesty Furstas, the Holy See of Light will not forget the kindness of the Hammer Dwarves. Sir Kudran, if you have any needs, please let me know and I will arrange it immediately. ”

Kudran Wildhammer, the finest warrior of the Hammer Dwarves and the most powerful griffin knight, has long been regarded by the Hammer Dwarves as masters of the skies, and is said to have hunted a dragon. Although this dwarf, who has just become a hero-level powerhouse for a few years, is already 70 years old, among dwarves, this age is only just an adult.

After the end of the defense of Southsea Town, in order to complete the material reserve as soon as possible, Raphael persuaded Tibest to ask the Hammer Dwarves who occupied the Eagle's Nest Mountain in Hinterland to borrow a way to transport the supplies to Southsea Town through the mountain roads of Hinterland, which made the Hammer Dwarves who had been wandering outside the Order camp taste the sweetness.

With the transportation of supplies, commerce in Eagle's Nest began to flourish, and the leader of the Hammer Dwarves, Furstas Hammer, felt that he should express his gratitude to the humans for this. So it was up to Kudran Hammer to help the expeditionary force with thirty griffon knights.

The griffin is a third-order human species, and the kingdom of Raphinha is particularly adept at raising this ferocious aerial beast. The breeding of griffons can be traced back to the time when the griffon dynasty was not yet established, when the Gondo family, who were only a small lord, gradually began to expand their territory because they had mastered the method of domesticating griffins, and changed the name of the family to Griffin, and finally relied on griffons and the elite army in their hands to establish a powerful griffin dynasty, opening the first dynasty to rule the entire human race.

But even when the Griffon Dynasty was at its strongest, the number of soldiers who could ride griffons to fight was one in ten thousand, and the number was very rare.

The history of raising griffins by the Hammer dwarves is even earlier than that of humans, and it is said that the Gondo family obtained the method of domesticating griffins from the Hammer dwarves. However, the cultivation of griffin knights has always been a secret of the Hammer Dwarves, and so far, only the Hammer Dwarves have a sizable griffin cavalry force in their hands.

This is also the main reason why the Hammer Dwarves were able to occupy the Eagle's Nest Mountain and rule the whole of Hinterland. Although griffons are not as strong as dragons in terms of individual strength, a group of griffons can definitely make a small number of dragons retreat.

Although Kudran only brought thirty griffon knights this time, each of them had the strength of the sixth order, and coupled with the advantages brought by air combat, the actual combat power exerted by these thirty griffon knights was not inferior to the thirty hero-level combat power at all.

"Your Highness Raphael, His Majesty Furstas has asked me to bring you a beautiful little one as a gift, you can go and see it when you have time, it is a perfect work of art. If it weren't for the fact that I grew up with Snow Fury, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help but want to keep it to myself. "Kudran Brutehammer also has the boldness of a dwarf.

"I would love to accept this gift. I'll check it out when I'm done with the things at hand. ”

After Kudran left, Raphael's face once again had a worried look. She wasn't as easy as Kudran had seen, and as the expeditionary force began to advance towards Shadowfang Castle, the information that had been passed to her was all worrying.

Pierre lifted the curtain and walked in: "Today another thief has not returned, it seems that those werewolves are not as stupid as we thought." ”

As a legendary thief, Pierre has cultivated a good number of followers and apprentices under his command, and many of them have followed him to the Silver Pines Forest this time. The human assassin they had encountered before was one of them. But so far, not a single thief has been able to return alive from the hands of the trolls, so Pierre did not know that the trolls had entered the war, and he had always thought that those unfortunate missing men had died at the hands of the cunning Shadow Werewolves.

"Now we can only wait, and hopefully today's progress plan will not be affected. We are not far from Shadowfang Castle, and at the current rate of advancement, we will be able to surround Shadowfang Castle by around the 23rd. ”

With the continuous increase and replenishment of troops in the rear, especially a large number of players began to enter the battle, the number of the entire expeditionary force has exceeded 200,000, of which players account for more than half. In fact, this number would have increased if it weren't for the fact that the Jasper Cave's temporary docks could not provide more logistical support.

The abundant manpower allowed the expeditionary force to advance towards Shadowfang Castle at a relatively fast speed, and Nandus and the Shadowwerewolves chose to avoid the battle as much as possible, so it only took about four days for the players with the support of the expeditionary force to advance to the middle of the Silver Pine Forest, and there was not much distance from Shadowfang Castle.

Although it was strange that his thieves had often disappeared during this time, Pierre was pleased with the progress of the war. As long as the expeditionary force surrounds Shadowfang Castle, no matter what the werewolves have in mind, they will only end up in defeat.

"I've just come over from those Hammer Dwarves, and to be honest, they're better at domesticating griffons than we humans. The big ones looked stronger than Raphinia's. Especially the one called Snow Fury, I even suspect that it has a trace of dragon blood in it. Pierre smiled and said, "By the way, you must go and see that little guy that Furstas gave you, what a beautiful little thing." ”

Raphael froze and put down the information that embarrassed her, and when she thought that she was about to become the first player to have a flying mount, she couldn't help but smile on her face, which was an honor that even Yu Bin didn't have: "Hearing you say that, I also want to see it right away." ”

The two of them walked out of the tent and went to the place where the Hammer Dwarves were stationed, in order to provide enough breeding ground and flight space for the griffins of the Hammer Dwarves, Raphael deliberately sorted out the second half of the camp and temporarily built a few wooden sheds that could shelter from the wind and rain.

"Ah, dear Raphael, come and see your little cutie!" Compared to the Copperbeard Dwarves of Ironforge, the Hammer Dwarves are more liberal by nature, and they are even the only country among the Dwarves to have a parliamentary system. Kudran was no exception, as he was scrubbing Snow Fury's body, he immediately dropped the long-handled brush in his hand when he saw Pierre and Raphael appear, shook his water-stained hands, and shouted at the two of them.

Under Kudran's guidance, Raphael saw a gift from the Hammer Dwarves to her, a golden griffin that had just been exchanged for feathers.

"Look, this is a great guy! Parents are the most powerful pair of griffons on Eagle's Nest Mountain, this little one was born five years ago. I've always fed it myself, and I just changed the last feather a few days ago, and I will be able to install the riding gear in a few days. ”

Pierre smiled and kept nodding: "It's really good." At least an elite griffin when it comes to adulthood. ”

"Of course! This little guy is no worse than my Snowfury! When Furstas asked me to bring it over, the old men almost got into a fight! I don't know how many young men have their eyes on this little thing! Kudran said proudly, "Your Highness Raphael, do you want to ride with me on Snow Fury to the sky?" ”

"Good! I also learned how to manipulate griffins. ”

Kudran happily went to get his gear ready for the ride, while Raphael set his sights on the dwarven knights who were tending to the griffins. Pierre quickly guessed what she was thinking: "You want them to detect the movements of those werewolves from the air?" ”

"Yes! So far, information from the various legions has shown that almost all of the werewolves who attacked us in the forest have been converted, and almost none of the shadow werewolves from the shadow plane have been seen, which is very abnormal! I don't think those werewolves would be stupid enough to think they could defeat us in the castle's defenses. Putting aside the advantages that the forest has provided them, there must be some conspiracy behind this! ”

"That's a good idea, but I think you'd better not expect too much from these dwarves. This wasn't Hinterland, and for safety, it was impossible for the griffon knights to lower their height below the canopy, so the effectiveness of the reconnaissance would be greatly affected. ”

"Even so, it's a little better than our own reconnaissance, and the griffons in the Expeditionary Force can only perform simple patrol and guard missions, lacking the judgment skills of griffin knights."

Pierre nodded: "I don't think Kudran will refuse this request." ”

After riding around the sky on Kudran's Snow Fury, Raphael naturally asked him to conduct an aerial reconnaissance for the expeditionary force, and the Brute Hammer Dwarf from the Eagle's Nest did not hesitate to take over the task, and immediately began to arrange for men to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the entire Silver Pine Forest along the route planned by Raphael.

While the expeditionary force is approaching its destination step by step, a "rebellion" is going on in the Shadow Fang Castle!

Arugao, who had lost his ability to cast spells, was pinned to the ground by the giant shadow wolf, and the wolf king Nandus grinned and sat in his chair, looking at the archmage who had summoned him here, oh no, it should be called the original archmage.

"Poor little fellow! Do you really think you can control us? "I don't know what method was used, Nanduth has recovered the strength of the legendary level, and Fenruth the Devourer is even about to touch the legendary level, which means that the influence and suppression of the Entagri world on them has been minimal.

Arugao lay on the ground like a corpse without resistance, and said with a sneer, "Do you think that you alone can fight against the humans who are attacking the Silver Pine Forest?" ”

"Why not? The world's suppression of us is weakening, and in less than half a month, Fenruth will be able to return to the legendary level, and then those human armies will only become the prey of the Shadow Werewolves! ”

Arugao was shocked by the speed of the shadow wolf's recovery, according to his original calculation, it would take at least several years for these shadow wolves to be recognized by this world and return to their original strength, so he felt that he could control these powerful werewolves. But now it seems that the two guys in front of them have found a way to regain their strength.

"Okay, so what do you want to do with me? Kill me? ”

"No, no, no! I'm not going to kill you so easily! You're going to pay for your offense against me! Nandus played with the magic crystal ball in his hand, since Arugao became a werewolf and lost his ability to cast spells, he relied on this magic crystal ball to control the summoning circle in the Shadow Fang Castle, "Thanks to you, my people can leave the shadow plane and come to this rich world. But how dare you enslave the mighty Shadow Werewolves! I don't know what gave you this courage! ”

The Book of your, of course! Arugao couldn't help but think that if that ancient book hadn't been snatched in the first place, he wouldn't be like this today. Not only did he lose the ability to cast spells, but he was also humiliated by this filthy shadow werewolf.

Fenrus, the Devourer who had been suppressing Arugao with his claws, opened his mouth, and a cloud of dark purple blood with an extremely rich shadow power burrowed into Arugao's mouth and nose. The mass of blood traveled down Arugao's throat toward the abdomen where the source of the magic was located. The rich power of darkness continued to spread, quickly expelling the other magical elements in Arugao's body.

When the entire source of magic was completely occupied by the power of shadows, Arugao was surprised to find that he had regained the source of magic in his body. This is undoubtedly a gift for an archmage who has lost the ability to cast spells.

"Do you feel it? This is the power of Finus the Devourer! You are welcome to join us, Arugao! ”

It turns out that this is the origin of the Shadow Werewolves, the race of this shadow plane actually comes from the bloodline of Fenrus the Devourer!

Arugao knew that once he had received that blood, he would no longer be able to resist the shadow wolf. From then on, the archmage Arugo would become a subordinate of the wolf king Nandus, and a member of the Shadow Werewolves.