Chapter 8: The Exorcism Hour I
The alliance and the Horde are not far from the Warsong Tribe, and two days have passed, and in the past two days, Gianna and Thrall have met every day, and as a sign of respect for the Alliance, Thrall also brought Brooks and Wallock to the Alliance's camp yesterday.
The Alliance side is all highly disciplined elite, so although they are curious about the young Great Chief, no one offends Thrall.
Having approached their target, the coalition forces had already set up camp at noon, and in the evening, while Gianna was discussing a history book with Claudia, Thrall himself came to Gianna's tent, bringing a few extra guests in addition to a few guards.
A blood-red-eyed, bruised, tied orc warrior was thrown to the ground by Brooks, and Thrall explained, "This afternoon I took Brooks and Varlock to scout near one of Warsong Stations, and accidentally caught a big fish, Grom's personal guard captain Garza. ”
Garza on the ground roared angrily: "Sal, you weak fellow, you have really become a human lackey again!" ”
Thrall's face flashed with anger, but he didn't bother with the demon-controlled clansmen after all, and shouted to Brooks, "Shut him up." ”
Brooks slapped Garza, who was scolding Sal, before tearing off a large piece of Garza's clothes and stuffing it into his mouth.
Thrall said to Gianna: "Madam, please let him come to his senses, he will have important information on him, and there are several clansmen outside the door, and you will have to treat them together." ”
Gianna nodded: "No problem, this is what we should have done." I'm looking for someone to prepare the circle now. ”
"Don't bother, I've already observed him." The voice of the Silver Hand suddenly sounded in Claudia's head.
"The purest power of order is the natural enemy of this deceptive power of chaos, as long as the power of order is strong enough, the influence of demons on him will be eliminated"
"The Silver Hand is an artifact forged from the left hand of the King of Order, far more effective than any magic circle, you can just press the Silver Hand on his head and inject the power of Order."
Claudia immediately interrupted Gianna, who was about to shout, and said softly: "Your Highness, you don't need a magic circle, I can do it myself." ”
Gianna trusted Claudia very much, and said with a smile: "That's great, the spell casting materials used in the exorcism ritual are not only expensive, but also we don't carry many of them. ”
Claudia stepped forward and raised the silver hand, and Garza struggled violently the moment she saw the silver hand, and finally was held down by the two guards at Claudia's signal and turned face up, and then the girl pressed the silver hand on his forehead.
A milky white light flashed, the blood red in Garsa's eyes had faded, his face was covered with cold sweat, and he gasped violently, Claudia comforted him with a calming technique, and finally the girl began to use the holy light to treat the injuries on the surface of the orc, the golden holy light lit up, and the injuries on the surface of the orc's body quickly improved.
Thrall had been watching the movements of the knight girl, after capturing Garza and the other controlled orcs, he had also tried to bring them back to their senses, but in vain, he did not expect this human girl to accomplish what he could not do so easily, and the effect was far better than he imagined, which could not help but make him a little admired, and he was even more convinced that it was a wise decision to cooperate with humans.
Garsa's eyes regained their brightness, but the first words she said surprised everyone: "Who are you?" Have I seen you somewhere? ”
Claudia was about to reply a little inexplicably, but Sal had already interrupted Garza and asked the question he was most concerned about: "Garza, what's going on these days, where is Grom?" ”
Garsa's face immediately changed, and he remembered what had happened before, and told everything except Grom's whereabouts.
In the process of logging the Warsong Tribe, they were attacked by an ancient demigod-level being, and Grom fell into a disadvantage during the battle and was temporarily repulsed, and then they found a pool of blood with demonic power, and the defeated Grom took the lead in drinking the demon's blood in order to defeat the demigod, and killed the demigod, only to find themselves in the hands of Manolos again.
Garza pleaded: "Great chief, the patriarch has no choice, that demigod is too powerful, one stronghold after another has fallen, in order to protect the safety of the clan, the patriarch can only desperately strengthen his strength. ”
Thrall's originally grim face softened slightly: "Tell me where Grom is now, we have to save him like we saved you now, the later you say, the more our people will be killed and wounded." ”
Garza no longer dared to hide it and explained Grom's whereabouts: "The patriarch is resting today in the stronghold near where you captured me, and there are not many people left in the stronghold at this time. ”
Thrall stood up and said to one of the guards, "Untie him, and bring the others in." ”
Thrall then lost his mind and called Garza to ask for details of the second battle between Grom and Cenarius, as it was an internal matter of the tribe, so Gianna never interrupted him.
One by one, the orcs who had been eroded by evil energy were treated by Claudia and regained their senses, and were easily treated by the maiden, although the orcs felt a little uncomfortable being saved by the maiden, but then Bloxs explained the situation to them, and told them that the girl was a human shaman, and that he was obviously very authoritative among the tribal warriors, and the orcs immediately believed his words.
They looked at Claudia with respect, the shaman was an elder of wisdom and soul in the tribe, and the strength and hope that had just been healed proved the girl's abilities. Garsa, who was questioned by Sal, kept looking at the girl, and after he regained his senses, he naturally did not continue to think that he had a relationship with a human woman, but where had this face been seen, and why was it so familiar?
Thrall had already finished thinking about it, so he first walked up to Claudia and thanked him sincerely: "I really thank you for saving my people, and I have to continue to trouble you for the past two days." ”
Claudia stood up: "You're welcome, this is what a paladin should do." ”
Sal turned to Gianna and said what he had decided after thinking about it:
"The situation is very favorable to our side, we can directly carry out decapitation tactics and avoid the death and injury of ordinary soldiers."
"Garza's disappearance will soon alarm Grom, and without further ado, we'll go and arrest Grom tonight."
Gianna admired the orc leader's decisiveness and asked, "What assistance is needed from our side?" ”
Thrall said very directly: "This operation does not need too many people, we can produce six heroes in this operation, can you provide this paladin and an archmage?" ”
Gianna didn't immediately agree, and her face became a little serious: "We need Grom's detailed information to decide." ”
Thrall understood Gianna's concerns and explained, "According to Garza's description, although the demon's blood has increased his strength, Grom has not stepped into the realm of demigods now. ”
"But he's always been the most powerful of our warriors, and his martial arts are so integrated that I can't fight him without the Hammer of Destruction."
"We can beat him ourselves, but it's very difficult to capture him alive, the stakes are high, and we have to do everything to make sure everything goes wrong."
"The archmage's frost spell can effectively limit his movements, and I have seen the healing power of this paladin, which can quickly heal the injuries of others. You just need to support you from afar, and our warriors will protect you. ”
Gianna agreed: "Then it's up to me and Claudia to go." ”
After Thrall left, Gianna summoned Archmage Twash and Captain Halver and explained that she was going to participate in the Horde's actions, and asked Halver to select a few high-ranking warriors to prepare and accompany him, Twash preferred to go in place of Gianna, but Gianna refused him:
"What you're good at isn't a frost spell, you can't effectively protect yourself, and you don't have an artifact, I'll prepare a teleportation spell for myself in advance."
Twash then agreed and stepped down.
Gianna then took out a blue ring from her bosom and handed it to Claudia: "This ring was made when I first became an archmage, and it can release a frost nova, in case you really get close to Grom, use this to protect yourself." ”
"No, Your Highness, it's too precious." Claudia hurriedly refused, even if Gianna was already the top archmage at this time, it would be very difficult to make such a ring, and it was infused with such a practical frost spell.
"This should be the reward for your trip to Camlido, and don't continue to refuse, it's rude." Gianna pressed the ring into the knight girl's palm and smiled brightly.
Claudia could only accept Gianna's kindness and take it with her.
Gianna continued: "This trip will not be too dangerous, because you can purify the demonic orcs, the tribe will definitely not allow Grom to hurt you, you need to be in charge of healing, but you must also remember to protect yourself." ”
Claudia nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I'm not a priest, even if I am close to a heroic warrior, I have the strength to fight." ”
Soon, it was time to assemble, and when Gianna, Claudia, and Halver arrived with a few of their men, Thrall on the tribe side was already waiting with heroes such as Kane, Blox, Wallock, Itreig, and Woking, as well as a small number of other warriors.
With such an unprecedentedly powerful lineup, eight heroes, three artifacts, and a perfect combination of melee ranged healing, there is no shortage of them, even if Grom is really a demigod, I'm afraid he can't fight against it, right?
In the dark of night, the group was silent and quickly rushed to Grom's sentry post.