Back to me, the next day we set sail for the island of Zalazane, but we were in vain. It seemed that they all fled, in a hurry, and the things didn't even have time to be destroyed. At this point, the scouts told me that they seemed to have seen some ships heading north, and that they didn't know exactly how much they had moved because of the fog. In this regard, I think they should all retreat to the main island of the Dark Spear to fight us in a decisive battle, or withdraw the main fleet to reserve their strength and avoid confrontation with us. But in either case, I am more convinced that they really have no sea power to compete with us.

We continued north, because it was raining and windy at sea, and it had been two full days when we got there, and here I saw the main island of Darkspear, and on the way Gianna felt that the rain was being summoned, but why their shaman summoned this thing, she didn't know, because it was just an ordinary heavy rain, at most it affected our progress, and interfered with our incineration and fire blast and vision, but it didn't affect our artillery. Two days later, we arrived at Darkspear Island, and by this time the rain had stopped.

It was just when the rain stopped, and it was just like this huge island suddenly appeared in front of us. As far as the eye can see, it is indeed a huge island, much larger than Theramore, and perhaps the second largest island in the world after Kurtiras.

I can't treat it the same way I did with Bloodclaw, that is, not in a hurry to land, but based on the location of the dock marked by the map of Kalimdor that Mavi gave us, I think the main force of their fleet is there, or we will completely destroy their ship line.

We continued north along the coastline while the griffin riders made their way near the beach. What surprised me during this period was that there were no traces of tribes on this island at all, I thought they would be on the island, preventing us from landing on the island, but the reality was nothing, if it were not for some traces of fishing villages, I suspected that this island was an uninhabited island. Even after arriving at the dock, something even more surprising happened, not only that there were no people, but even their warships were neatly lined up in the dock.

This is the main force of the tribe's navy, and there are more than 100 small destroyers in total, which is indeed very different from the huge navy I imagined, or maybe this is the number of them left. Even if they were all thrown, they would not be able to resist our huge navy at all. But I was surprised that these ships were sitting idle. Did they think that the naval battle could not be won? so they gathered their troops on the island, but we did not notice any trace of them, or they all moved their men and men inland, and abandoned the island altogether.

I was surprised that there would be such a thing, but for now, if the tribe didn't want these ships, I wouldn't have scarce them, and of course there was another reason why I didn't let the soldiers check the situation, and that was that I was worried that there were bombs inside, so I used the bombardment method to see if there were any bombs or other traps in them, and then I made plans.

I gave the order to open fire to the guns of the main ship, and when the first battleship was penetrated, there was no explosion, but something more terrible happened, and I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on my head. Because the smoke and fireworks made me aware of a terrible thing, and it also reminded me of those unbearable past... That's not the point, though, it's my anger and wonder why Sal did this!

"It's the plague, the plague of the scourge of the undead, the tribe used it. ”

Some well-informed veterans made such noises, and these words made more people realize that this thing was right.

"The tribe actually used this thing for a while, are they crazy? ”

Everyone couldn't help but curse the tribe in their hearts, yes, although we were fighting to the death with the tribe, but to be honest, we still respected the spirit of the tribe warriors on the battlefield, even if they were interspersed with the rear to slaughter our wounded during the defense of the northern fortress at that time, it was understandable, but after they used the witchcraft of the undead, they could never be forgiven. Of course, I'm even more glad that I didn't go directly to receive these ships, otherwise those people would never return.

To be honest, I really planned to reconcile, after all, confrontation with the tribe is not our long-term solution, and we and the tribe are both living people, some conflicts are inevitable, peace is still the result we want. But now it's different, and when I encounter a Scourge like this, I really don't have a reason to keep them. Because that thing can destroy an entire race. It can even be said that this is no different from the tribe.

"Purify here!"

I raised my sword in anger, and then used the Holy Light with the other Stormwind Paladins in my fleet to protect the warriors of my fleet from the effects of the plague. At the same time, the cannonballs were used by various ships to bombard all the ships here, and after using the force of the wind to dissipate the smoke that affected us, I decided to send the elite to the island to destroy the would-be necromancers and the people behind these tribes, and I really don't forgive for killing them as soon as possible.

Because the island is so big and it's raining, it's impossible to clean it up completely with incendiary bombs. That's why it's a good idea. The Paladins led the Knights to the island as the vanguard, and I took dragon form and scouted the vanguards, and then the brigade entered. Go and destroy the possible undead here. But even if I flew far away, I couldn't see a single undead hiding figure. I saw only a few scattered corpses of trolls, and in their pained expressions I recognized that they were all mutilated, either sharp weapons or poisoned.

Maybe I misunderstood, these plagues have nothing to do with the tribe, but one of the undead infiltrated here, killed all the people here, and then passed it on to the tribe to exacerbate the conflict between us and the tribe. I have some admiration for Naozu, and he still has this mind when he fights Illidan, but he also seems to be a little stupid. If he blames me, he will have to use the ordinary way, and use necromancy, which is really naïve to think of Sal. But just when I was about to laugh, something suddenly occurred to me. I thought about the past and felt something was wrong, but by the time I reacted, it was too late.

"Watch out for those corpses. "But all I can tell is the soldiers near me, and at this moment, the undead trolls on the ground stood up, and the soldiers near me took refuge because of my reminder, but the screams of our soldiers were heard in many places, yes, they were all attacked by this resurrected corpse...

Many of the undead were actually hidden among these corpses, and some were resurrected. Then there was a surprise attack on the soldiers we had let our guard down, and of course the corpses of the trolls that had suddenly popped up in the ground, and although these resurrected corpses were weaker than they were before they died, the effect of the surprise attack on us who were unsuspecting was quite impressive.

When our warriors fall, they become the objects of the undead's domination, and then they are slaughtered again against us. And, more importantly, there may be more of them than I thought. There are a lot of undead in the mountains, and they are all trolls. Faced with such a situation, I know that the best way to do that is to eliminate their leaders, if our soldiers can return, of course.

"Get back on board. "I ordered my troops, and under the cover of me and the ship, most of the personnel withdrew to the ship, but hundreds of fighters fell. Then the ships lifted anchor and left the island, and artillery fire was carried out at a long distance. Under our fire, these undead trolls vanished as if they had escaped into the ground. But I know that when my army reappears, these undead may still appear.

I returned to Gianna and came to Gianna as soon as I returned, and she was using magic to find the source of these necromantic magic, except for covering the return of our crew, but she didn't find a clue when I arrived.

"Can't pinpoint your bearings? Or is the necromancer not here? I asked eagerly, and my mind went back to the way I had been when I first fought against the Scourge, and that necromancer was Kel'thugad, and that technique was no different from his, so I decided that there must be a similar necromancer in the vicinity right now.

"I can't confirm the location, but I'm sure he should not be far from us. He must be on this island, maybe give me a little time. ”

Just when I was wondering, a voice suddenly appeared in front of me, and in the sword I held in my hand, a voice that I had not seen for a long time, once I thought it had been cut off, but now he reminded me. And this time, Gianna was aware of the voice, the one that was just as familiar to her.

He still appeared with me in the same state of soul as before, except that he now appeared in my sword.

"Leave this to me. "The soul of Kel'thugad appeared, and Gianna and I noticed it at the same time, and it was just the two of us, not even the closest to outsiders. However, Kel'thugad didn't care about these details, and instead used some of the psychic magic he could use to gain insight into its existence. "That's right, he's nearby, very close. ”

After realizing that Gianna could also see this soul, I chose to take Gianna with my sword and take her to a more secluded place and began to talk to him.

"Kel'thugad, I thought you would never show up again. I said excitedly, after all, once upon a time he had saved me from danger many times, and the last time I thought he had died so that I could restore my will when I was seriously injured, but now he is still alive in front of my eyes. "How did you come back to life?"

"While Alexstrasa repaired this weapon of yours, he resurrected and sealed my soul here. Kel'thugad replied simply, but it didn't seem convincing to me. After all, I can't think of a reason for Alexstaza to resurrect him, and it's even more puzzling

"But you're only showing up now, you should have been earlier. ”

"I only show up when I need to, right now..."

"Arthas, don't bother him, we must find the necromancer as soon as possible. Gianna said this and I kept my mouth shut, waiting for him to give us some good news, and after a few minutes he told me something that shocked me, or something I should have noticed.

"That man is on this ship, and the people he brought... He doesn't just want to infect all the fighters, he wants to kill you. ”

I felt pressured to hear this, yes, this is his real purpose, which is to go straight to me. If you don't. Infecting my soldiers step by step, the progress is too slow, and his plan has been detected by me, it is difficult to realize this plan in front of me and a group of Stormwind paladins, so he changed his method, that is, to capture the thief and capture the king, and directly rush at me.

I gripped my weapon and looked around, and soon I noticed something unusual, such as someone slowly approaching me as Gianna left. I immediately alerted some of the trusted guards around me to the situation, and they quickly recognized some murderous presences, so they also showed their readiness to fight at any time in order to control the situation.

So, in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, I showed great concern and went to check on the wounded who had boarded the ship under the pretext of checking on the wounded, while Gianna organized some of the surrounding cronies to keep an eye on the movements of these men.

At first, the soldier didn't understand the purpose of this, but when I cut down an undead disguised as a human soldier in front of me without saying a word, everyone understood the situation, because the soldier also took out his weapon and was ready to attack me... When the corpse turned into a puff of smoke, the rest of the soldiers disguised as undead also attacked and fought each other, because almost all of our soldiers didn't know what was going on, and the scene became chaotic.

Since I don't know how many enemies there are, I have to do another way, and that is to silence everyone.

"Everyone stops, and whoever fights with a weapon is a mole. ”

Fortunately, the soldiers were well trained, and they didn't make any extra moves when they saw this, and those who still did were killed by me and Gianna, Belva, and his team of paladins, and then they remained silent again and waited for me or Birva and some other paladins to find out the anomalies one by one.

Time passed slowly, and one by one the undead were also pulled out and killed by us.

Yes, they are a very small minority after all, and it is still difficult for them to compete with so many of us. Their leader realized that something was wrong, so he changed his approach, which was to use the warlock's spell to secretly escape, but Kel'thugad noticed a small gesture from him and alerted him, so Gianna hit the being directly with a beam of ice arrows. It's just that this leader is different from ordinary undead, he is a troll, a living being, but the overload of necromancy has caused his body to undergo drastic changes, almost no different from a corpse.

After being wounded, he fell to the ground in agony and could barely do anything. Still, his mouth was full of anger to show his displeasure:

"Damn, how could you possibly know I was here, you wouldn't have noticed that I was hiding here, unless you were also proficient in necromancy. ”

"How could I be that kind of thing for the paladin, but I know that if I were you, I would do the same, directly attacking the main target. ”

Not wanting to reveal Kel'thugad's identity, I chose to pretend that I was aware of the necromancer's existence, so I said this, which caused the troll to sigh

"Good, good. You've won the humans, you're stronger than I thought they were, but don't think that this will bring our tribe to its knees. ”

"Tribe?" I wondered, I thought it could be the undead or something, but I didn't expect it to be the tribe, but he didn't prove anything by saying that, so I decided to ask in a different way. "I want to ask your name, troll, although you did it in a dishonorable way, you did show your courage alone, and actually wanted to destroy our entire alliance navy by yourself, and even almost accomplished this feat. ”

"There is nothing dishonorable about winning or losing, but I'm glad you can say that about me, my name is..."At this time, he seemed to feel something strange in his body, and he began to be in pain, but it seemed that after someone told him something, he became very excited, and then this body continued to expand...

"Hurry up, he's going to blow himself up. Kel'thugad reminded me, but he didn't need to say that I knew that Gianna and I were trying to use our strength to protect the area from too many of the blasts, and I also reminded the soldiers around me.

"It's an explosion, run!"

I reminded everyone of the gravity of the situation, and they fled or fell down, and with a loud noise, the troll exploded violently, like a bombshell. And if it weren't for Gianna's spell protection, maybe our flagship might have been blown up, but because we were too close to him, the explosion still affected me, and Gianna and I were pushed back several meters by the huge impact.

This kind of damage is nothing for a paladin like me who often fights on the front line, but Gianna is different, she is a mage, she has always been rarely under the shadow of a sword, and a fragment of the explosion hit Gianna's head directly, and with such a wound, blood continued to flow out of Gianna's head.

Realizing this, I immediately went to Gianna's attention, and although she didn't seem to be too hurt, I was clearly furious. After the explosion, the center of our flagship was also shattered by a huge explosion, and although it did not cause serious damage to the ship, the image of the ship was seriously damaged.

I used the Light to heal Gianna's head injury, and of course I was more concerned about the impact on her, but Gianna was not out of the ordinary, and reminded me of something else.

"I'm fine... Arthas we must find out who this means, whether it is a horde or a natural disaster, or—" Gianna did not continue with some pain, perhaps she felt that she was overly worried, so she said. "We have to figure out who is doing witchcraft. ”

Gianna's reminder made me realize something immediately, and just as I was thinking about how to investigate, I suddenly realized that there was an undead spirit who was not dead. Use the power of the Light to question him who they really are, who the necromancer is, the tribe or the scourge.

Maybe I didn't grasp the scale of the Holy Light, maybe this undead is about to return to the West, and the undead is forced by my Holy Light, which shows that the necromancer is Zalazane, the chief witch doctor of the troll is second only to Zulkin's troll, and his use of the spell of the Scourgeon was instructed by Zulgin, and the most important thing is that the undead said a key message, that is, Zulkin is loyal to Thrall, and has been in frequent correspondence with him recently...

I wanted to ask more questions, but the undead didn't last until then, and there were no more undead spirits for me to ask for more details. I crouched on the ground in frustration, and then carefully remembered Thrall, I really didn't expect him to do this, although I don't have direct evidence that he instructed the trolls to do this, but I am more sure that the tribe is no longer offline for this war, as the one named Zarazane said: there is no disgrace in victory.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't help but angrily spit out two words to express my dissatisfaction, of course, this also means that I will make him pay the price he deserves.

"Horde!!"

"If it's a Horde, then we'll have to fight with them, but if it's a Scourge then the Scourge is free to deal with us, but does it make sense? So I think it's the tribes, and their necromancy should be just getting started, and we have to get rid of them as soon as possible. ”

Yes, as the representative of Stormwind, Berva does not belong to the military of any kind of Hawk, and almost all of his intentions are in line with mine, such as peace with the Horde, but after he realized this situation, even if he had not participated in the fight against the Undead and the Burning Legion, he had this understanding, then I have no reason not to think like this, if this is really the Horde's doing, it may be a good thing for us, and according to the current situation, this possibility is also the most likely, that is...

"It's supposed to be the tribe, Sal, you've become like this. ”

As I said this, Stormwind's representative, Berva, came up and tapped me on the shoulder, yes, they saw that, and they were just as determined, just as I was.

"There is no doubt that the orc used the witchcraft of the undead to win the war, so we will destroy Thrall's ambitions no matter what it takes. ”

I didn't say anything, just nodded in response. Yes, if the paladins of Stormwind insist on doing so, then I really have no reason to say no

"Then we'll prepare for a landing operation and destroy their yet-to-finish Orgrimmar, but first we'll clean up the island and summon the cavalry of Garethus. ”

"Arthas, we are still sending messengers to the Horde as originally planned?"

At this time, Gianna asked with concern, yes, our original plan was to occupy Dark Spear Island, and then advance the capital ship to the mainland, and then sign an alliance with the tribe under the city, but now...

"It doesn't make sense anymore because Sal has violated his bottom line as a living person, and without a bottom line, he will abandon everything for the sake of victory. "Now that I think about it, it was so unworthy that Taresa died for him... I sighed and patted Gianna on the shoulder. "We must first strengthen our determination and not hesitate any longer. ”

In order not to make her hesitate, I firmly told her the plan, to which she could only nod her head in agreement, and at the same time I turned to the commander who was close in, and I wanted to explain the task to them. "We're going to wipe out the tribes, and first we're going to purify this island, we're going to purify it completely. ”

After everyone got the information, they started to take action, that is, to prepare fire and other incendiary materials to burn the corpses of this island, yes, Dark Spear Island is very huge, we can't burn this island like burning Bloodclaw Island. Therefore, the corpses can only be cleaned up as they did before when they fought against the natural disasters in Lordaeron, to prevent them from relying on some strength to stand up. Then, after making sure that there was nothing unusual, he slowly approached the depths, destroying the corpses and contaminants. Of course, it also includes the houses and daily necessities here, who knows if there are traces of the dead in these things, if you go to picket one by one, it is not as convenient as a fire.

I've also led some of the best into the islands to find some warriors or something that the tribe might be hiding. However, the number is not in the order of thousands, but more than a hundred, all of whom are scouting the island under the leadership of my transformation into a dragon and some griffon knights.

When I was scouting, I expected this island to be empty, or that there were only those undead, but in fact it was not what I thought, but there were still many undead on this island. But they are all undead spirits who have no mind, attacking all living beings they can see in a disorderly manner. I know very well that as long as one more necromancer appears, these undead will become new puppets. So I can only kill as many undead as I can in sight.

However, during the reconnaissance, several surviving tribal warriors and civilians were also discovered. Wanting to understand the situation, I decided to rescue it anyway and took it back. I want to get more information about them.

In the questioning, I also used my own way, after all, I am not a civilian of the Alliance, and I don't need them to be comfortable or uncomfortable to directly question them with the Holy Light. From their mouths, I learned some new information, such as being more convinced that the necromancer who blew himself up was Zalazane, that the troll's second-in-command was ordered by Zulkin to defend this place, and that Zulkin knew that his lieutenant was going to use the undead to fight against the Alliance, and that Zulkin's whereabouts were that he went to the mainland and abandoned all these ships. But the surviving tribal soldiers and civilians also gave me an important message, and that was that Zarazane had killed the living trolls to fight us. Yes, it's a stain, and I think I'm going to have to get this message across to the tribe anyway. So, after asking for everyone's permission, I decided to give them a dinghy to return to Orgrimmar to spread the news among the tribe, and I am sure that after they have experienced an internal slaughter in this hell, these people will also want to let more people know about the terrible things they have been through.

So for the next few days, we waited for Garissus and continued to purify the island. All corpses are completely incinerated to eliminate any possibility of the existence of the undead.

On the other hand, at this moment, Thrall also returned to the Razor Ridge area by airship as the fastest means of transportation, although he had already named Durotan in the name of his father, but obviously no race would recognize it except for tribal accidents. He first came to Senjin Village to check on the transferred troll residents, yes, he knew that Darkspear Island was about to collapse, and in order to soothe the emotions of these trolls, it was best to do so and come here early.

However, just as Thrall arrived, he saw smoke drifting from the direction of Dark Spear Island to the east. Obviously, Darkspear Island is being burned, and based on the smoke and dust that can drift so far, there must be a large-scale burning campaign there, and the fact that Bloodclaw Island has been burned before everyone concludes that the Alliance is burning Bloodclaw Island. Thrall was furious at this, he didn't expect me to do this, and the same was true of the troll refugees, who all looked angry and helpless when they realized that their home had been destroyed by the Alliance. And Sal also made a silent decision in his heart when he comforted the refugees, and if he could express it, it was the words he comforted the refugees.

"We're going to make the alliance pay!!"

Thrall said this, and he also made the decision to immediately transport these refugees, including the civilians of Senkin Village, to Orgrimmar, knowing that the Coalition would come, and soon.

Sal commanded, and the refugees, though exhausted, understood the need for Sal to do so. But the immediate migration of hundreds of thousands of trolls is not too easy. The cries and shouts made Sal even more uncalm, maybe if he had the naval power of the Alliance War, he would definitely fight with us, but the reality is that it will be difficult for Zulkin to escape without an accident. But at this moment, he suddenly received a letter from Senkin, which made Sal's angry expression appear calm. It also strengthened his confidence in defeating the Alliance, so he immediately wrote a reply to him after thinking about it, that is, he refused to let him participate in the defense of Razor Ridge. Instead, let him lead the trolls and those powerful warships to suppress the Alliance's navy after the Alliance landed, and then completely surround the Alliance...

It was also after receiving this letter that Thrall swept away the gloom of the past and reaffirmed his confidence in defeating the Alliance, because the appearance of Zulkin and the fleet gave him a bigger stake in defeating the Alliance.

On the other side of the zulkin here.

Zurkin came to Exile Beach, the reason why it is called Exile Beach is because Gianna led the alliance to land here when he was fighting against Akmund, and Zulkin chose not to have other Senjin villages here for his purpose, because there are a large number of warships in stock, these are Lordaeron and Kurtilas, as well as the excellent ships that Lordaeron collected after conquering Gilneth. They had to be abandoned only as a last resort for landing, although many of them were transports with no offensive power. But there were also many predecessors that were formidable battleships, which were repurposed because of the need for transportation. So as long as you go back and reassemble the guns in the warehouse, they are a powerful existence. Zurkin had been secretly reffitting and maintaining these ships, and the news had not even alarmed Thrall for secrecy, and now it was clear that it was time for them to see the light of day again. So with these excellent warships, and also in order to convince the Alliance that the Horde does not have warships. He gave full authority to his lieutenant all the ships he had built.

In this regard, he sent this information that should have been reported to Sal a long time ago, and asked Senkin to pass it on, and also told Sal about everything that happened in the Dark Spear Islands, but when the letter was completed, Zulkin still erased Zarazane's plan for the undead, because he felt that although Thrall was a great chieftain, he was not Orgrim, and Orgrim could tolerate the existence of a death knight like the Blood Demon Talon, but Thrall was not, in order to prevent unhappiness from happening, he still decided to do so. And Senkin also understood Zurkin's helplessness, and did not say anything to complete his mission as a messenger.

At the same time the Black Dragon King is here.

Having completed the incorporation of the Burning Legion of the Scourge and the remnants of this world, he also knows the actions of this resurrected daughter. And he was very satisfied with what she had started to do, which was to teach Zarazane necromancy, because it would exacerbate the Alliance's hostility against the Horde, in fact, he had been thinking about how to expand the war between the Horde and the Alliance, and it was clear that his daughter had done a good job. And that Zarazane didn't kill me as he expected, but it did intensify my hatred of the Horde. However, just when Deathwing wanted to boast in her heart about this "daughter" that she had somehow resurrected, she still did something stupid, which was to make Zarazane blow herself up, which almost exposed herself. So he ordered her to come back...

The other side is also the place where the Black Dragon King observes.

That is, in the clouds, the figure of the black dragon was still observing everything, and when she realized that although Zalazane had carried out her intention to fight the alliance through the means of the undead, it had little effect, so she gave Zalazane a final message in a prop prepared in advance.

"The self-explosion and Alsace are doomed together. ”

Zarazane's body began to resist a little, but reason told him that he was going to die with the people here. He immediately chose to accept this method, so he chose to cooperate with his own power to achieve his own self-destruction. Huge energy was enough to destroy the flagship of the Union. But unfortunately, this explosion did not have any effect on me, nor did it sink the battleship, nor did it cause me any damage, but because of her actions, she almost exposed herself, yes, if it wasn't for this explosion that hurt Gianna, otherwise Gianna would have felt the power of the black dragon seeping into it.

Just as she was angry and saw that her plan had not succeeded, a voice angrily rebuked her and warned her not to continue to do so. Yes, the Black Dragon King didn't want any of their power to be exposed among the Alliance and the Horde, and apparently this Black Dragon almost cost Nesario.

"You're enough, come back quickly. ”

"I don't understand why you didn't let me take revenge on my father. ”

"Shut up. If you dare to do that again, I'll make you a corpse all over again. ”

This black dragon didn't say anything, she could only obey the orders of the black dragon king, yes, she couldn't imagine why her father did this, although the black dragon king did what he wanted to play, but this obviously couldn't convince this black dragon princess who had a deep hatred for me. But there was no way, he had no choice but to follow the arrangement and leave here. However, before leaving, she still decided to resurrect Zarazane, in the form of an undead, but unfortunately his physical body has disappeared, and he can only be resurrected with his relics, that is, the puppet doll of the witch doctor in Zarazane's item box, perhaps even the Black Dragon Princess does not know that in fact, he is not only resurrected by Zarazane, but also by the collection of those troll resentments killed by Zarazane. However, this did not affect his loyalty to the Black Dragon Princess, he obeyed the orders of the Black Dragon Princess to hide for the time being, and appeared at a suitable time...

On the way back, she suddenly spotted the dinghy, the one carrying the surviving trolls. She quickly thought of something, that is, if they saw Thrall tell him the news of the place, so that their intentions to exacerbate the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde might be greatly reduced, so they destroyed it completely in the night sky.