This is a cursed land.

It is also known as the "Cursed Land".

The blood-red earth has even dyed the sky the same red; A barren area, people don't feel any life.

A scattered ruin, located in the middle of the land.

This is the ruins of the Dark Gate, a portal that has been closed and where it all happens. One can still see the majestic robe-clad statues standing on the side of the portal, as well as the purple swirls of magical energy leading to an unknown land.

The magic leaking from the Dark Gate has distorted the Cursed Lands, leaving behind a barren desert landscape that makes it impossible for any life to survive in this area.

And the scars of decay on the west side of the Dark Gate were covered in a thick, filthy mist, enough to suffocate any stupid mortal who dared to approach.

This filthy desert was once a low-lying swamp called the Black Swamp, like the Sorrowful Swamp of the North.

When Medivan built the Dark Gate to connect Azeroth to the orc home of Draenor, the orcs passed through the portal and began the Great War. The occult magic of the orcs was so powerful that it destroyed the swamp, leaving only the dry red earth behind.

After Carlin took the Red Dragon Queen and destroyed the Dark Gate, the contamination stopped spreading, but the Cursed Lands could no longer recover.

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But there is a fortress that symbolizes hope that stands in this cursed land.

"Watchtower", is its name.

After winning the Second World War, the Confederate countries spent a lot of money to build this fortress to prevent the Horde from returning. It's also the only "hospitable" area in the entire Cursed Lands.

The Watchhold is faced not only with the bad weather of the Cursed Lands, but also with the remnants of the Ogre Clan, the Hammer Clan, which is here.

At that time, it seemed that the tribe was short of troops, so they had to integrate these giant mallet ogres into the army, and let them come here through the dark gate. Unlike the orcs, who were nearly wiped out, the ogre remained in the Cursed Lands.

They were cunning, taking advantage of the harsh weather and difficult terrain of the Cursed Lands to evade the siege of the Watch Fortress again and again.

At the same time, they also caused great trouble for the defenders.

……

Danas Tolbairn, militia captain from Fort Riptide and nephew of King Solas Tolbane.

In the Battle of Soladin's Wall of the Second World War, the young commander led the militia of Fort Rapids and part of the troops of the Thunderspear Dwarves to defend Dangaloch Fort for three days in the face of the attack of six tribal clans, until the arrival of Marshal Lothar's army.

He also fought because of this, and he temporarily emerged.

After the war, he volunteered for Danas and became the leader of Fort Watch.

Of course, only the leader of the Alliance warriors.

There was also a leader, a wizard from Dalaran.

In order to monitor the dynamics of the Dark Gate, Dalaran also sent a group of mages to the Guard Fort.

Their leader was a powerful young human mage, and Danas had to listen to his advice.

A very smart and reliable mage, at least that's what Danas thinks; Except for the heavy body on his body, which seemed a little out of place with his identity as a mage.

His name is "Khadgar"!

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Khadgar has been in this cursed land for almost a year.

The original immature face is now gradually sharp and angular, and it has begun to become mature.

At the ruins of the Dark Gate, with a few of Dalaran's mages, Khadgar carefully collected the magical energy data here; From the data in it, he can deduce whether there is an anomaly or not.

The thick plate armor on his body touched the ground heavily.

He wasn't the only one, but the rest of the mages were dressed like this.

This is not Khadgar's "personal hobby", but the survival experience he has summed up after spending almost a year in Fort Guard.

The terrain is complex and can be attacked by a giant mallet ogre at any time.

And the chaotic power that emanates from time to time from within the Dark Gate will always affect their spell casting, which is very deadly; It is obviously unreliable to completely hand over the lives of those warriors to protect them, and the mages also need to have certain means of self-protection.

After gathering enough information, Khadgar cautiously glanced around before setting out on the way back.

This time I was lucky not to be attacked by the Giant Hammer Ogre.

Beneath the helmet, a smile appeared on Khadgar's lips; In his hand was a stone that had fallen from the Dark Portal.

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The long and boring life of surveillance has long since worn out Khadgar's interest.

But he found something to be curious about, and that was research.

In the old days at Dalaran, Khadgar was quite disdainful of the wizards who spent their days immersed in the laboratory; But now in the Cursed Lands, he had to find something to pass the time.

Khadgar studied the working mechanism of the Dark Door.

Teleportation spells are very complex spells, and even more so when you build a stable portal, Dalaran only has two portals, one to Silvermoon City and the other to Lordaeron.

And every time these two portals start working, they consume a huge amount of energy; Except for major meetings and the need to show identity, both portals are closed and not allowed to be used.

But the dark door in front of him was clearly beyond Khadgar's knowledge...... You must know that tens of thousands of orcs poured into this world from another planet like a tidal wave through this portal, almost without any effort.

Khadgar was very curious about this kind of orc, or this kind of teleportation technique of Medivan.

For the past year, he has been collecting the remains of the Dark Gate and studying how it works.

Moreover, it seems that it has also achieved certain results; Khadgar has figured out the results of the inner workings of the Dark Gate...... However, some of the content could not be understood by him.

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Arriving at the Watch Fort, Khadgar greeted the sentinels and returned to his room.

After placing the stone that had fallen from the dark door on the table; Khadgar began to habitually test the data he had collected before.

On the magic instrument, the shining red light suddenly made Khadgar's whole person vibrate.

"The results of the data are ...... wrong"

Khadgar muttered to himself, "The arcane energy that overflows from the Dark Gate has actually tripled overnight!" ”

This result is clearly not normal......

The reasons for this...... Chances are, on the other side of the portal, something happens!