The other side before.

Lexa left with great hatred, leaving the Dust Swamp and going to the Barrens to the west. He couldn't figure out why I killed his people. The only thing that can be explained is the warning of their people, that is, the prophecy: they must not let their race come into contact with foreign races, otherwise there will be a disaster of blood and light.

Lexa had always thought it was a ridiculous thing, but now it looks like the prophecy has come true. And the most important thing is that this is completely related to me, if I don't investigate the inconsequential things, I won't be discovered, and I won't be led to ...... They will not be exterminated, but they should move south as before.

In fact, it is not the first time that Lexa has suffered such a loss, in the second war, Lexa had already lost his first animal companion because of his birth. And he quit the tribe because of this. However, compared to his partner, the lives of his entire clan are more important, so he will not be indifferent this time

Revenge became his strongest thought. In order to fight against me and against the Alliance, he had to rejoin a tribe that was more powerful than the Alliance. Only by being there and waiting for the opportunity can you go to get revenge. According to his own reconnaissance, he had sensed that it was only a matter of time before the war between the Union and the Horde was in conflict. Even when the Alliance was slaughtering the goblins, he chose to lead the clan away and then ask me to borrow food...

After careful consideration, Lexa determined his goal, which was to go to the Mogaure region to find the Minotaurs, who in his opinion were the friendliest race, or directly had no hatred with him (Lexa Wolf died at the hands of orc warlocks), and the closest, of course, there were other reasons, that is, the Minotaurs were tribal loyalists and quite friendly to orcs and ogres.

On the way, it took Lexa a long time to avoid the gathering places of some Centaur tribes and make it to the Minotaur region of Mogore. The Minotaur was very friendly to Lexa and accepted him and his beast companions, and even the more ferocious Wild Totem and Terror Totem clans showed their friendliness towards Lexa. After all, the current situation is that the vast majority of Minotaur warriors, and even almost all of the male Minotaurs have participated in the tribal war, and they now urgently need a powerful warrior like Lexa to help them protect their homeland, as well as fight against some beast threats, of course, for the Terror Totem Clan, Lexa's addition is one of their plans, so no matter any Minotaur clan, they have welcomed Lexa.

On the other hand, Lexa also knows very well what to do now, that is, to improve his status as soon as possible. Grom, the old leader who once valued him, is dead, and most of the Warsong clans that he knew better have also returned to the West, so he can only choose to start over and use his abilities to improve his status. For example, leading his animal companions to destroy some of the abominable Hippogriffs and itinerant people that inhabit the area, and helping the inhabitants do tasks they dare not imagine, etc.

After some effort, Lexa single-handedly eliminated many of the various threats that had been entrenched here for many years in the vicinity. This couldn't help but impress the minotaurs here, after all, he did the unfinished task of their army alone, and Lexa had earned his place here.

At the same time, Thrall had already led the elite of the tribe to fight against the centaurs in the Nushui River Valley. And according to the war feedback, the leader of the alliance also joined the war to save the centaurs, and even took the initiative to cover the retreat of the centaurs. This made the vengeful Lexa very happy, of course, because he didn't expect the tribe and the alliance to be on the bar so soon. Moreover, the Horde hastened the siege of the Bleak Lands, and the Coalition accelerated the progress of the northern fortresses, which made him aware that war would soon take place.

At this moment, Lexa is already the sheriff of Bloodhoof Village and the surrounding minotaurs, of course, this is also because the minotaurs will not suspect this orc at all. Therefore, many reports, communication information, etc., will not be hidden from him.

In response to this, Lexa guessed that no matter whether the Horde won against Thrydes this time or not, the Alliance would attack the Horde, and Mogore's Bloodhoof Village would naturally bear the brunt. So he proposed to some of the village elders and rulers that they were going to prepare for the Alliance's attack.

"All of us have gone to support there, Mogore is empty now, and we must be on the lookout for some reinforcements from the Bloodhoof Chieftain to defend against the Alliance's attacks, just in case. ”

But for this statement, all the Minotaurs expressed their objections, because in their opinion, the alliance is now weak, the number of troops is only twenty or thirty thousand, even if the number of the alliance will increase after the joining of the centaur tribe, the number will not exceed sixty thousand, and it is okay to deal with goblins, but to deal with the tribe, it is self-defeating. And the tribes are now ten or even twenty times more numerous than ours.

They were confident that after Thrydes was killed, the Coalition would find a way to curry favor with them and seek peace. Of course, if the attack on Thrydes fails, then it is not too late for everyone to prepare for the defense alliance.

"The battle of Thrydes is very important, and we can't distract Chief Kane. ”

"The league doesn't have that guts. ”

"The Alliance still has to concentrate on building their fortresses, and it's impossible to stand up to us. ”

....

Almost everyone didn't agree with Lexa's words, and eventually the matter was settled. However, Lexa did not fail to live up to his duties as a sheriff, and he decided to go to the border area alone to investigate the situation. However, as far as the results are concerned, the alliance has not moved for several days, only a few sporadic alliance scouts, these alliance scouts are very rough reconnaissance, that is, they realize that the tribe is not gathered and go back.

The days went on like this. One day, the young minotaur Bane Bloodhoof, the son of Bloodhoof, returned to Bloodhoof from the northern region of Mogore, because he had heard about the story of Lexa, and he wanted to be a tribal warrior to make the orc his combat teacher. After receiving the notice, Lexa decided to put down the investigation in his hand and go to receive this VIP. As for the reconnaissance work he insisted on, Lexa was also lax, he realized that the tribe had never set foot here in the fight against Thrydes, and the tribe had completed the task of killing Thrydes, so the alliance could only shrink. If nothing else, the Horde's army will return here, and the Alliance will be even less likely to invade.

Maybe he was really suspicious, and Bane's appearance also made Lexa feel that this was an opportunity to improve his status in the tribe, so he immediately rushed back, along with all her animal companions.

After returning to Bloodhoof Village, Lexa saw Bane Bloodhoof, who had been waiting for him for a long time, and for the chief's only son, Lexa recognized at a glance that the young minotaur in front of him revealed some aura and firmness, which made Lexa feel very satisfied. But Bane is not. I thought that Lexa should be a very strong existence, but this kind of strength is not very outstanding compared to the Minotaur. At best, it's a little stronger than the average minotaur.

In fact, he began to think that this orc should be more like a clever ogre, rather than an orc, which is a thin existence compared to the minotaur. But it was also this that made Bane wonder more about how the orc managed to fight against the long-term threat on his own.

"You don't look stronger than an ogre, what is the power that will keep you up against those threats? ”

"The battle of material resources does not necessarily depend on innate strength, but also on combat experience. Lexa showed him some of his basic movements similar to slashing and slashing, which made Bane very disdainful, because in his opinion, these were basic movements, and he didn't have any actual combat experience, and even he didn't know the difference between these moves and ordinary moves after learning combat. Similarly, Lexa recognizes that the little minotaur doesn't approve of him, so he brings his animal companion in the beginning for Bane to touch.

"I can do all of them, but they won't help me overcome some enemies. ”

"I also need some help, such as my warhawk, who can scout the situation at high altitude, let me know how to destroy the enemy, and even help me sneak up on the enemy I am fighting when I am critical, the boar can help me attack the enemy's formation, and his mane can also help me to raid the enemy, and my Misha, she can attract my hatred and help me resist the threat of the enemy, I not only rely on myself, but also need my partner, without whom I cannot determine the enemy's position, Configuration and my best time to start, can not be on the battlefield with more than one enemy. As Lexa spoke, he also showed his animal companions what they were capable of, and Bane seemed to understand something. "Fighting the enemy on the battlefield not only requires your own bravery, but also needs some help, and how to coordinate a team and your own force is equally important, of course, to ensure that your team is trustworthy and powerful. ”

Lexa explained the situation to the young minotaur, and he nodded approvingly. Lexa also explained his fighting moves, and when the young minotaur learned the initial moves, he realized that these moves were not very easy.

So Lexa was teaching the minotaur here, but two days later, a piece of news broke the peace.

The first was that Lexa learned that the Horde's army had not returned after destroying Thrydes, but had instead concentrated on exterminating the Harpys, leaving only Margasa to continue to destroy the remnants of the Centaurs in the Bleak Lands.

This was nothing to the local minotaur civilians, but it was a little uneasy for Lexa, who vaguely felt as if he had overlooked something, and when he thought about it, his own warhawk had spotted a large group of Coalition cavalry and powerful dwarven centaur cavalry of centaurs and dwarves had stepped into the nearby area.

Lexa was shocked to hear the news from his warhawk. He didn't expect the alliance to really do this, so he quickly reported the situation to the elders here, but the elders didn't approve of such information as Lexa, but before they could question Lexa, the cavalry of the alliance was already in sight.

"Damn. The elders panicked instantly, especially when they saw the tens of thousands of cavalry, which made them realize that the alliance had dispatched their all. It is simply impossible to resist, and it is not known how to resist ... So they all turned their eyes back to this powerful orc, to see if he could help them save the day.

"The main forces of the alliance are pouring out and there are many of them, and we have no danger to defend, so there is no way at all, so the first way is to contact our main force and let the chiefs know about the movement of the alliance. Lexa saw Bane as he spoke, and the conversation shifted. "There is also a need to ensure Bane's safety, I suggest you go and negotiate with the Alliance, and I will cover His Highness Bane's escape. ”

The Minotaurs were hesitant to accept Lexa's suggestion, but eventually nodded in agreement. After all, they are both very loyal to Kane, so there is no reason not to guarantee Bane's safety in such a dangerous time.

Lexa didn't wait for anything, but grabbed Bane, although Bane was very reluctant to do so, but under Lexa's palm, Bane fainted, and was tied to Misha by Lexa and left. The others were not idle, and hurried to form a negotiating group to prepare to leave the city, and also scattered some messengers to various places to inform them of the situation here.

On the same side, Ronin had already sensed the abnormality of Lexa and a group of tribal messengers leaving the city, so he chose to let the griffon knights catch these possible leaks. However, for Lexa, a half-orc, neither Ronin, Manic nor any other commander knew the identity of this guy, so he didn't take special care of him, but treated him the same as other messengers, and sent two griffon knights to capture him. Negotiations were then held with representatives of the minotaurs, and in the end, under the threat of force from Manik, all the minotaurs were taken hostage...

Otherwise, all the griffon knights who captured the messenger had returned, except for the group that had gone after Lexa, only the griffons had returned. It was only then that Ronin realized that something might not be right, and only then did Falic learn about him and the fact that he had taken the Minotaur with him.

Unlike the others, Lexa did not choose to flee north, but instead went to find the nearest main force of the Minotaurs, which was Margasha, who was encircling and suppressing the men and horses in Lake Damont. Magassa was very surprised by Lexa's appearance, especially since he also brought Bane and the news he brought.

Lexa explained the cause and effect, and then suggested it to Magatha.

"We can't wait, we must drive out the cavalry of the alliance as soon as possible, or our men will have to..."

"Lexa, you're also the commander, do you think we should come to the rescue?" Magassa gestured to the group of centaur troops trapped on a hill by the lake, obviously, if they were allowed to form a formation, the tribe's side would face a great impact.

"But they're all minotaurs, your foundation. ”

"Now that Thrydes has just died, and the Centaurs are terrified, and now that we have driven them here, if we don't completely destroy them, then when we leave and fight back against the cavalry of the Alliance, we will definitely die without a place to be buried. ”

Magatha's words made Lexa speechless, yes, Lexa also clearly realized that it would take at least two days to support now, and at that time, these minotaur troops may not be the opponents of those human cavalry, and they may also be threatened by these besieged centaurs.

Bane, who also woke up early, was very disdainful when he heard these words, yes, he didn't expect his father's deputy to be so cold-blooded.

"Margasa, don't you sympathize with our people?"

"If we are all emotional, then our people will only die worse. Magassa said sternly about this junior, yes, although Bane is the son of the world, she is not polite at all, and it is somewhat instructive to outsiders, but only Magassa herself knows that she is purely disdainful of this young minotaur, and her angry appearance does not make people suspect that she is very ironclad and emotional, but Magassa herself knows that she is disgusted with him, she originally planned to let Bane die in this chaos, and then blame the alliance, but now I look at it, I didn't expect Lexa to be so positive.

"What do you think you should do?"

"I think their attack on Bloodhoof Village is nothing more than two purposes, either to bloodied our clan or to use them as hostages to negotiate terms with us. If it's the former, I think it's been almost a week since I went back to Bloodhoof Village, and there is no point at all; if it's the latter, then we'll just wait for the alliance to open conditions, I think they must be the latter, otherwise when the tribal army arrives, the alliance will also be bloodbathed. ”

Just as Bane was asking, a messenger from Bloodhoof arrived with a human emissary, apparently the griffon's speed was much faster than Lexa's walk.

The Minotaur messenger told him about the Alliance's intentions and the situation there, while the Human Emissary told the Magatha Alliance its terms and thoughts: the Alliance did not carry out any looting or massacre, they just wanted the Magatha to spare the centaurs in front of them, and the Alliance left the Mogaure region intact.

Magaza did not hesitate to respond to this suggestion, and immediately asked the messenger to reply.

"Tell the people of the alliance that we agree to this request, if the alliance keeps its promise. Magassa said without hesitation, much to Lexa and Bane's confusion, to which Magassa rebuked the two of them. "Aren't you worried about our people? Now that the Alliance has put forward this condition, you are not happy. ”

"This should be left to the chief. ”

"Then if it's up to the chief to decide, then why did you come to me, and if the messenger arrives over there, do you think the Alliance has such patience?" Magaza scolded Lexa as he spoke, making Lexa realize that he had made some mistakes. But Magaza quickly and calmly comforted the warrior. "Of course I'll tell Thrall and Chief Kane about this, but you can't wait for them to decide anything. ”

"You're right. Lexa nodded approvingly.

In this way, the situation is over, and for the sake of fairness, Magaza also recalled the army that had besieged the centaurs, and the human envoy also told the centaurs the information, so the centaurs also marched in the direction of the northern fortress according to the original route, and the envoy also promised to report the situation here to the human commander of Bloodhoof Village.

The matter seems to have been settled like this, and in this regard, Lexa also vaguely expressed her appreciation for this female minotaur, not only for her courage and decisiveness, but also for her integrity. Similarly, Magassa welcomed Lexa. So they put aside the old topic and got back on track. That's the matter of accepting Lexa, and that's what Magassa is all about. She knew that if she wanted to become the leader of the tribe, she had to have some competent subordinates, and Lexa was the best choice, but Bane's presence made her feel some pressure, because if Bane got too close to him, it would obviously be very detrimental to herself, so she resorted to some means, that is, to find some surviving friends.

"Welcome, Lexa, the warriors of the tribe welcome you back. ”

"How do you know my name?"

"Because I still have the Fireblade Clan under me, they have an old acquaintance of yours. Magassa said and pointed in the other direction. And soon a figure suddenly appeared, and Lexa recognized his identity, yes, an orc warrior as powerful as Orgrim, and like himself, he was tired of the tribe and left halfway, but he, like himself, has now rejoined the tribe.

"Musaro?!"

(To be continued)