Act III: Mystery III
The walls erected on the border of the kingdoms of Lordaeron and Riptide are older than the two ancient kingdoms themselves, having been built since Soladin the Great, initially assuming that they were a defense against the forest trolls in the north, but over the millennia, it has become a pile of great ruins.
Recently, the Wall of Soladin has been bustling with activity, with stone caravans transporting from the town of Southsea, as well as ogre craftsmen and orc slaves coming from the Arathi Heights, banging around the wall.
The sun hung in mid-air, and the golden sunlight vaporized every bit of moisture on the earth. Recently, there have been several major events in the Arathi Heights, and that is to issue several orders from Fort Riptide that have left everyone scratching their heads.
"Building the Wall of Soradin"
"Capture orcs and trolls as slaves."
"Locke led the soldiers of Fort Riptide to Lordaeron to help put down the rebellion in the kingdom."
"Buy a lot of food from the goblins."
If you want to capture slaves and follow Lordaeron's orders and buy food, everyone understands, but why did you build this dilapidated ruin?
You must know that this is not a small project, but a project that consumes a lot of financial and material resources.
This question was in the minds of all the people in the Arathi Heights, but no one asked Locke about it.
Under the sun, Locke and High Priest Ryan walked under the walls of Soladin's Wall, neither of them spoke, but their demeanors were obviously different.
Locke looked around at the ogres and orc workers on the ramparts, whistling in his mouth.
Behind Locke was High Priest Lane, who bowed his head and didn't say a word.
"Have you really decided? Build this ruined wall? High Priest Ryan asked suddenly.
Locke stopped, looked up at the wall of Soradin beside him, and said with a soft face, "Why not?" ”
In the invasion of the Scourge Legion soon after, if there are no strong fortifications, then it will soon be destroyed by the undead Scourge, although Riptide Castle has been ignored directly because of its weakness in history, but Locke cannot ignore the threat of the Scourge because of this.
Because time will tell everyone who is right.
Locke coughed and said, "Ryan, you don't need to worry about this matter, do your own thing." ”
"Okay." Ryan looked at Locke in front of him and said slowly, "But what about you capturing the trolls of the Evil Branch tribe to build the wall of Soladin as slaves. ”
Locke turned his head to look at Ryan behind him, only to see that the old forest troll's face was pink, obviously a little angry.
"They're our countrymen, and not so long ago, many forest trolls complained to me?" Ryan said slowly.
Locke scoffed, then said slowly, "Compatriots? ”
"If I'm not mistaken, not long ago, when the forest trolls of the Evil Branch tribe were sacrificing the forest trolls of the Deadwood Tribe."
"Is there a compatriot friendship?" Locke looked at Ryan, whose face changed a little: "I'm afraid not, why do you want to help the trolls who sacrificed you, and complain about the humans who give you a lot of food?" ”
"Just because of race?"
Ryan didn't speak, apparently convinced.
Locke sighed, and then said slowly: "There are too many people of the Evil Branch Trolls, we have to help them consume it, otherwise in the future, there will be very little living space for us in Neutran." ”
"You know, resources are limited, and those huge trolls of evil branches are obviously opponents of the future Deadwood Tribe, not friends."
Ryan nodded cautiously.
"Are you really leaving?" Ryan continued to walk to a shady spot and asked.
Locke nodded, walked under the shade of the big tree, looked at the blue sky and said, "It's only a short time, I have some things to do in Lordaeron. ”
"But the Arathi Heights can't do without you, if you leave, the humans will be unfavorable to us." Ryan asked hurriedly.
"It's impossible, trust me." Locke interrupted Ryan's words, "Didn't you talk to Laurena about building a kingdom that could accommodate most of Azeroth's races. ”
"Alright, Ryan, I'm going to Lordaeron." Locke spoke slowly, and then said, "Because I'm looking for my parents." ”
"You know, I'm an orphan, and finding my own background is what every orphan intends to do."
"Ryan, you're not going to stop me, are you?"
Ryan opened his mouth, but didn't say the next word.
"Boom"
A loud noise interrupted the conversation between the two.
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Ankara carefully pulled the stone in front of him, but he was frightened in the smoke, and a sudden stone element killed the two ogres directly, and then caused the collapse of the city wall.
The smoke was enough to draw the attention of the surrounding soldiers.
Ankara whispered: "Don't find me, don't find me." ”
He was a native of Riptide Castle, and he was the first to sign up when Locke initiated the restoration of Soladin's Wall, and as such, he was offered the job of overseer.
But he didn't want to die here.
The smoke cleared, and around the walls appeared a pitch-black stone elemental, its eyes scarlet and roaring.
"Oh my God, how could this monster be here?" Ankara kept his voice down, but the sound of his heart beating indisputably scared him.
The stone element frantically demolished the wall, and seemed to be very unhappy with the construction of this wall, pulling down the bricks and tiles on the city wall one by one, and not daring to be interested in Ankara hiding on the hillside.
"This is the city wall that I led the ogre to build for two weeks." Ankara kept complaining in his heart, he quietly wanted to get out of here, and at this moment, he saw a figure rushing out from not far away.
It seemed to be a black light and shadow, and it suddenly shot towards the stone element not far away.
Ankara shouted, "That stone element has elite-level strength!" ”
But soon, he closed his mouth, judging from the strength displayed by the young man not far away, he was afraid that it was far beyond the stone element.
"Oh my God, that's amazing." Ankara lamented.
Elemental creatures have 50% physical resistance at the same level, and with the addition of special elemental damage, the average person doesn't want to do anything with elemental creatures at all.
Sonorous, sonorous
Ankara only heard two crisp sounds from the skin of the stone elemental, and then two brilliant sparks slashed out of the skin of the stone elemental.
Immediately after, he saw Locke plunge the Destroyer of Worlds into the ground, clapped his hands, and said without looking back, "You are Ankara?" You've been drafted. ”
The stone elemental creatures crumbled into pieces in an instant.