Chapter 167: The Maelstrom
As the saying goes: the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.
The orcs were defeated after all, not at the hands of humans, but at the hands of food.
Hunting and picking wild fruits alone will not be able to support an army where everyone is pot-bellied, especially since the human army is still constantly harassing on the sidelines, so that the orcs cannot rest and have too many troops to collect food.
Countless examples have proved such a truth: no matter how elite and brave the army is, if it cannot fill the stomachs of the soldiers, it will still suffer defeat.
Orcs will not be an exception.
When the Black Hand disappeared outside Stormwind with a group of hungry orc warriors on their chests and backs, there was a loud cheer from the walls, which quickly spread throughout Stormwind.
However, Ainan hadn't paid attention to it for a long time, and the war was already doomed and the level of power was so low, he really couldn't be interested.
At this moment, he was already in the vast sea.
The Endless Sea can be seen from the word endless, and the sea is too big and unfamiliar to humans who are still in the stage of land exploration. Some people may want to go to the depths of the ocean to see, but no one has the ability to put it into practice. Even the fleet of Kurtiras, who had the strongest seafaring skills in the human kingdom at this time, had little problem sailing in the offshore waters, and it was not a field that they could reach at this time, because no one who had been there could come back.
Among the various races of the world of Azeroth, humans, High Elves, Night Elves, and Minotaurs...... Wait, so many races don't even have the germ of the Great Voyage at the moment, and when they really start to explore the world, the only people who build ships and go to sea are goblins who dare to do anything to chase money.
Well, Aynan admitted: history is always strikingly similar, and the arrival of the Age of Sail on that little blue star he knows also originated from the pursuit of money.
It is really not too easy to find a desert island with no one in such an era. Of course, this is for a person like Ainan, and going to sea is still an extremely dangerous gamble for ordinary people.
It was a full day before Ainan left. From the outside of the island, you won't see even the slightest change, but if you actually set foot on SH Island, you will find that this island is very different from the previous one. The most obvious thing is that no matter how you go, you will only be able to circle the outermost part of the island, and you will not be able to reach into its interior at all.
It is also said that this island can make a demigod mage spend an entire day in the hands of Ainan, and it cannot be said that it will not change at all.
In fact, the island is difficult to penetrate, but to a particular object it is no different from a normal desert island. This particular object was none other than the orc warlock Gul'dan, who was unconscious at the moment.
For example, if the Buddha suppressed the Monkey King at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, the mantra on the Five Elements Mountain is an unshakable existence for others, but for a specific existence, Tang Seng is as easy as removing a piece of paper. This island is the Five Finger Mountain, the prohibition on the island is the mantra of suppression, and Guldan is the Tang monk. Tang Seng unveiled the mantra and got Wukong, who protected him on his westward journey, what will Guldan get by revealing the ban on the island?
"I'm surprised when I open the door."
Ainan smiled unscrupulously.
I don't know if it's a lot of surprises or a lot of joy, but I hope Gul'dan can bear it.
After arranging everything, Ainan did not return to Karazhan, but came to the Endless Sea, and it would be a pity not to see a place.
Unlike the sea of the world where he was born, the Endless Sea has an obvious central point, and it is the maelstrom. The vortex was born from the first invasion of the Burning Legion, originating from the Well of Eternity, the sacred land of the Elves, in the former Elven King's City, which at the time was the center of the world of Azeroth, which at that time was still an entire continent.
In the Great War, in order to prevent the Burning Legion from descending, Grand Druid Malfurion Fury detonated the Well of Eternity, causing an earth-shattering explosion. The explosion tore the continent apart, transforming the world of Azeroth from a single continent into two continents today separated by the Endless Sea, the Eastern Continent and Kalimdor, as well as countless islands.
Not only that, but the effects of the explosion have not dissipated to this day, and the participating energy of the Well of Eternity has formed an endless giant vortex in the sea, which is constantly spinning, and its power radiates throughout the ocean. The reason why the human ship can't come back after going a little farther is all due to the maelstrom.
With the imagination of human beings at this time, they could not have imagined that there would be such a terrifying thing in the center of the ocean, let alone that the entire ocean was under the power of the maelstrom, and the ships sailing in the endless sea would be pulled towards its center by the power of the maelstrom if they were not careful, and when they found that something was wrong, they could not stop it.
The large whirlpool in the center of which can be seen with the naked eye alone is measured in hundreds of miles, and the tearing force inside it is enough to make the hardest metal turn into slag finer than a grain of sand in an instant.
"It's spectacular!"
This is Ainan's assessment of the maelstrom.
It's one thing to know, it's another thing to see it with your own eyes, and even Ainan's city government can't help but be amazed by it.
The maelstrom that radiates the entire ocean, that is, in Azeroth, where there are dragons, elves, and even the ancient gods, if it is put on the earth, what is this thing on the sea, the great voyage? You're kidding me. You sail one for me to try, and see how many lives you have to die.
No matter how many lives there are, it's not enough to die.
Then again, how did the goblins develop navigation in the presence of the Maelstrom?
Don't look at how short and ugly these green-skinned dwarfs look like, and their own strength is not much weaker than a chicken, but they can do things that humans can't do, which shows how great the power of money is.
Maybe it's time to find a chance to explore the bottom of the goblins, the treasure bay of the Valley of Thorns is empty, and the goblins there have already opened a route to Kalimdor, and I can use them to lay out in Kalimdor in advance.
Ainan's eyes were on the magnificence of the maelstrom, and his mind was still thinking about his plan.
Since he decided to do it, he will do his best.
It didn't make any difference in his eyes, whether it was orcs or goblins, and he didn't mind dealing with them as long as it was useful.
As far as the world of Azeroth is concerned, I have brought about an extremely dark age, but it is uncertain what the future holds.
"I've seen the matrolpool too, let's go back."
Ainan was about to leave with a space spell when a sudden change appeared in the maelstrom, which stopped him in his tracks.