Volume 2: The Shadow of the Wailing Cave (Remastered) Chapter 32: After the War (1)
The explosion of magic that occurred on the plains of the velociraptor even alarmed the orc chief Thrall in Orgrimmar, as a legendary shaman, he could clearly feel that the flow of magic in the entire barren land had produced obvious chaos, and the huge death force even affected the elemental balance of this land.
He had the heart to find out the cause of this magical outburst, but the battle against the Flame Rift had reached its final stage, and a large number of orc soldiers had thrown themselves into the chasm of the mountain range where lava and flames flowed everywhere, and Thrall had to suppress his curiosity and focus on the battle in front of him for the benefit of the entire race.
At the same time, Thassarian was not so comfortable, after the search and subsequent excavation of those necromancers, they initially judged that it was because the two left-behind people in charge of channeling the circle abandoned their posts, which eventually caused the entire circle to overload and explode, and the explosion of magic turbulence not only destroyed the entire circle, but also destroyed all the materials they left next to the circle.
Although the situation on the scene made it impossible to trace why the two remaining necromancers had abandoned their duties, the terrible consequences still forced Thassarian to report to the great master, because he had lost more than seventy percent of his troops and almost all of his supplies, and it was impossible to complete his master's plan.
With the support of the necromancer's magic, the magic crystal ball used for communication gradually lit up, and a graceful and luxurious figure appeared in the crystal ball screen, which could be seen from the opponent's almost blinding equipment, which was a powerful existence.
"Thassarian, my servant, have you done the mission I have entrusted to you by contacting me now?" A sharp voice came out of the crystal ball, echoing like it sounded distorted.
"Great master, please forgive me! The plan failed, I lost more than half of my soldiers and almost all of my supplies! Thassarian put his sword on the ground, bowed his head and said respectfully.
The figure in the crystal ball stood up abruptly as if he had heard some joke, and his originally unclear face also appeared as the other party approached, if Yu Bin was here, he would recognize this face for the first time.
This face still owes him a debt! The face of the Martan Golden Coffin!
"Are you kidding? Or do you think that my kindness is enough for you to ignore my commands? As he spoke, Maltan clenched his palms, and with Maltan's movements, the soul fire in Thassarian's body seemed to be uncontrollable from all corners of his body, burning his body, causing the heroic undead knight to fall to the ground in pain.
After being tortured in this way for several minutes, Maltan let go of his hand: "Tell me, what happened!" ”
With the last remaining strength, Thassarian reunited the almost out-of-control soul fires, and then told everything that had happened.
"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! After Thassarian finished speaking, Martan on the other side of the crystal ball almost thundered, "A heroic undead knight, eight necromancers, and death crystals that can almost fill a tomb, even for a dog, can bring me two rabbits, and you!" ”
The two necromancers, who were maintaining the magic supply of the crystal ball, suddenly let out a wail, only to see their bodies hidden under the robes quickly vaporize and then dissipate into the air, and it was clear that Maltan had eliminated the soul fire of the two fools with his own hands through the crystal ball.
The sudden death made the other four necromancers tremble in fear, but they still managed to maintain the crystal ball's communication, and the images reflected in the crystal ball generated some clutter due to the reduction of one-third of the mana supply.
"If it weren't for the fact that I still need you idiots now, I wouldn't hesitate to let you disappear into this world like those two wastes just now, forever!" "Now, Thassarian, you have to find a way to make up for your failures, if those four fools still dare to disobey your orders, then you can be executed directly in my place, I don't need to fail twice in a row!" ”
"Yes, my master!"
"Go to the underground caverns in the Barrens, find the trunk of the water vein along the underground river, and corrupt it, and since the centaurs don't want to be my toys, let them be buried with the whole Barrenland! When all the creatures in the barren lands of Brother Zeng have become undead, I have time to slowly co-opt them! ”
"But master, our supplies were all lost in that burst of mana, and the remaining death crystals can't meet the needs of the corrupted water veins at all."
The crystal ball revealed a cold blue light in Maltan's eyes: "Death crystal? Who said to use that thing to corrupt the water veins! The depths of that cave complex are connected to the Emerald Dream Realm, and I can feel a powerful dark force that has enveloped the world protected by the green dragons, find a way to find the connection between reality and dreams, and then open it! The darkness will help you in your mission! ”
"Do as you will, my great master!"
After three days and three nights of arduous trekking, Yu Bin and the three of them finally returned to the goblin-controlled Ratchet City along the merchant coast with the loot, because of those undead, neither pirates nor smugglers have returned to this outlawless land, so Yu Bin and they did not encounter any favorite branch plots, which may be the only benefit brought by those undead.
By the way, Lei Guang, who was resurrected in Orgrimmar, also came to Ratchet City to join Yu Bin and the three. The self-explosion brought this guy's level back to square one overnight, and when Yu Bin saw him, this guy was fishing in the harbor of Ratchet City with a fishing rod he had just bought, for the current Lei Guang, leaving Ratchet City was simply going to die, and a random carnivorous animal could tear him down.
Goblins' Ratchet City is not a suitable place to sell death crystals, and these things are only in high demand by the undead throughout the Ntagri world, and for other races, this kind of thing condensed by the power of death is similar to poison, and no one likes to see this thing. Therefore, in order to sell these "loot" earned with his life at a good price, Yu Bin had no choice but to take Alan and them back to the undead clan in a goblin airship to find a way to sell them there for a good price.
After more than half a month, Yu Bin began to think about how to get a suitable flying mount for himself at this time, it is a waste of time to always rely on a goblin airship to travel, compared to the slow goblin airship, even a griffin can shorten the time of this journey by two-thirds!
This time, Yu Bin returned to Orgrimmar alone, Alan and Keldila finally reached the level of being able to advance because of a series of previous adventures, and they were perfect for advancement like Yu Bin, at this time they were doing some small tasks on Dia's side, buying equipment and props, and preparing for advanced challenges, while Lei Guang needed to start from scratch and just follow the other two to gain experience.
Yu Bin sold half of the death crystals he brought back, in exchange for nearly 300,000 gold coins, although there was a lot of difference from the millions of gold coins calculated at the beginning, but Ailan and the three of them did not feel any dissatisfaction, after experiencing the hardships and dangers themselves, they knew how hard these 300,000 gold coins were coming!
The remaining half of the death crystals were transported by Yu Bin to Naxxramas for storage, and these carefully selected and best quality death crystals were specially prepared by Yu Bin for the unexplored mausoleum under Naxxramas, presumably those heroic spirits would be happy to accept this "kindness". Correspondingly, Yu Bin also valued these death crystals for 300,000 gold coins and gave an IOU to the three of Ailan, although the three of them said that there was no need for this kind of thing between brothers, but after seeing more things in their previous lives that eventually turned friends into enemies because of the uneven distribution of spoils, Yu Bin still persuaded them to accept the IOU.
Naxxramas has been on the right track during this time, the civilians and soldiers produced by the territory itself have reached a fixed rate, and with the increase of manpower, the exploration and control of the surrounding resource points are also slowly expanding, for Yu Bin, what needs to be considered now is not how to increase the number, but how to obtain more advanced architectural drawings and talents.
In addition to private houses and shops, all kinds of functional buildings need drawings to build, for Yu Bin, who does not know architectural design at all, only when the corresponding architectural drawings are obtained, Naxxramas can continue to expand, and the territory can continue to improve.
The 300,000 gold coins from the sale of death crystals were distributed to each person, which was already a huge fortune for Ailan and them, but for Yu Bin, this money was not even enough to buy a complete set of town-level architectural drawings.
In the end, he only bought some non-important functional building blueprints, such as the Ghost Tower and the Haunted Cabin, which were secondary buildings that were used to increase the effect of a certain aspect of the territory, and few people knew that these seemingly ineffective buildings could increase the potential of a territory.
In fact, Yu Bin can also replace these secondary buildings with the first-order recruiting building of the cemetery, so that Naxxramas can produce zombies, but this class of troops is more important for the undead than offense, for Naxxramas in the deep Hengduan Mountain Range, zombies have little effect, and those beasts in the deep mountains can either be dealt with with skeletons, or even bone dragons can't deal with them, and multiple zombies have no effect, not to mention that Yu Bin himself doesn't like this sluggish and slow class very much.
The matter of obtaining architectural drawings can be postponed a little longer, because the gold coins and various resources in Yu Bin's hand are not abundant, in contrast, the matter on the barren land is what he needs to solve as soon as possible.
The first is the ore for the orc blacksmith Canos, this time Yu Bin not only commissioned the goblins to purchase several tons of ordinary ore, but also bought cold iron ore from Sinor again, presumably Canos will be very happy to see this gift.
"Cold Iron Mine! Oh my God, what a surprise to me! I didn't think you'd be able to get your hands on something like this! Canos rubbed the cold iron ore in his hand like a treasure, and a trace of cold breath was transmitted from the ore, causing the temperature of the entire forging room to drop a little, and the heroic strength made Canos not afraid of the death power contained in these ores at all, "Great, with these cold iron ores, I can definitely create better works!" ”
In exchange, Yu Bin got some equipment, and the equipment that could be left behind by Canos was undoubtedly high-quality, which was simply the best result for Yu Bin, who was short of armor: "Canos, my friend, I noticed that Orgrimmar looked much more deserted than the last time I came, did something happen?" ”
"What else could there be! Isn't it the of the Flame Rift! "Now that Orgrimmar is full of wounded soldiers, those angry lads don't care about the relationship between the undead and the orcs, you better be careful, my friend!" ”
"Did the attack on the Flame Rift fail? I've heard that Grand Chief Thrall is a wise leader, and that the orcs are known for their prowess across the continent, can't they destroy the scumbags who only hide in the shadows and sneak attack? ”
For violent orcs, belittling magic and spellcasters is generally a good way to get closer, just be careful not to do it in front of those orc warlocks.
"Failure? How could a brave and fearless orc fail! Canos clenched his fists and said loudly, but was quickly deflated, "We've only suffered a small loss!" ”
"Tiny? Loss? ”
"Well, maybe the loss is a bit big!" After all, Canos was still unwilling to deceive Yu Bin, a friend who could provide him with ores, "Those dastardly warlocks used the underground flames to summon a fire demon from the depths of hell, damn it, if the Great Chief and those shamans hadn't found out earlier, I'm afraid those brave young men would have been swallowed by that damn fire demon!" I regret I wasn't there, or I would have used my axe to cleave that firefiend's head off and make him go back to his hellish home! ”
"Sounds like a great fight! I saw a lot of red-skinned orcs with flame and blade marks on the streets of Orgrimmar, they didn't look like the inhabitants of Orgrimmar, they were also here to help the High Chief? ”
"You're talking about those Fireblade Clan guys! Of course, they are here to help, just like our Warsong Clan, the Fireblade Clan are also brave and good at fighting, and their Sword Masters are no worse than our Warsong Clan's! This time it is said that nearly 10,000 men were sent to help the Great Chief. ”
A glint flashed in Yu Bin's eyes: "Ten thousand people, it seems that the Fire Blade Clan's support for the Great Chief of Sal is very strong!" ”