Chapter 68: Convergence (Part II)
But the reality is very regrettable, when a beam of teleportation came to my room at night, I found that a mage who had no sense of disobedience with ordinary female goblins appeared in front of me, and a thick and shrill goblin accent filled the nerves of my brain that I still had some intentions for her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Your Highness Arthas, I heard Lord Cleostraz say that you want to talk to me about a business. ā
"Yes, I think you can transform into a human form before that, and it's not good for you to be discovered in your goblin form. ā
I calmly suggested to her, yes, she actually called me 'you', which means that she should also listen to some of my 'reasonable' requests. But to my surprise, the red dragon in the form of a goblin giggled, as if to laugh at some of the filthiness in my heart. Indeed, I was embarrassed by the feeling of being ridiculed and acting as a hooligan.
"Wouldn't it be better if I had been discovered in the form of a female human?" he asked me rhetorically, and I couldn't help but feel a little shy. However, the red dragon did not continue to trouble me, but seriously explained a reason for not changing his human form. "I don't often morph into humans, so if I become like that, you'll see my horns. ā
"Forget it. I shook my head regretfully, and now that I think I seem to understand a little bit of the smile that Crassus had as he left, yes, he must have recognized what a youth of my age would think. But this is not the point, in order to divert the embarrassment just now, I immediately explained to her my main topic, which is to cross the Black Rock Mountain in the dark night.
"Well, it's easy, but I'd like you to help me with something. ā
"Of course, I'll do my best. I replied to her, of course, but I was surprised that she was actually a very high-risk activity.
"I hope you can help me get some black dragon eggs. ā
"What? you're telling me to find Deathwing! I'd rather give up the deal and travel alone through the dwarven land of death. ā
"There may not be any dragon eggs in Deathwing, and even if there were, there's no way I'm going to let you go there looking for them. ā
"Where's the look, aren't all the Black Dragon Eggs the heirs of Deathwing?"
"Not necessarily, and it may even be that I don't have a deep blood relationship, for example, I have no blood relationship with the queen. The female red dragon shook her head and did not continue to explain. "You can stop by the Lessero Canyon, there is a group of surviving black dragons active there, you can kill them and help me bring back a few dragon eggs. I want to purify them and create a new black dragon like the one 10,000 years ago. ā
"Not bad, I'll help you, but I want you to say hello to your queen beforehand, and once Deathwing happens to be there, she's the only one who can fight that guy. ā
"Of course, our queen and the other dragonlords have always wanted to find out where Deathwing is. The red dragon nodded happily, yes, she was as happy as a goblin to make the deal, "I'll go back and prepare first, and I'll be waiting for you at the door on the fifth watch." ā
She said so and quickly disappeared. And I lay on the bed with a little regret and waited for that moment to come.
As planned, we gathered before the fifth watch, and then two huge red dragons appeared in front of us as promised. One was the familiar Clyostraz, and the other, much smaller than him, was the she-dragon, and I think she must have been the goblin woman.
While my companion and I understood the purpose of the two red dragons and looked at them in a friendly manner, it was a different story for my men. It is true that they are against the Horde, and they know very well what the Red Dragon means for the rest of their lives, especially a dragon of the level of Crassus, I don't think even Kudran has the most experience in the war with the Red Dragon.
Of course, the reason why I didn't inform them in advance that they would have Red Dragon visitors was because I wanted to see how resilient my guards were, and I was really pleased that they didn't feel too timid to flinch because of his presence, but managed to cover me and let me leave first.
I'm still happy with that. Except, of course, for a certain person, Thassarian couldn't help but laugh when he saw the somewhat flustered crowd. Yes, if it were someone else, they would have thought he was crazy. This will undoubtedly make my guards realize that my classmate is a wine bag and a rice bag....
"Don't worry, these two red dragons are friends of Ronin and Winlessa, and they will help us cross the Blackstone Mountains to reach the camp of the great army!" I shouted to my men, but even my explanation, coupled with the fact that the red dragon's tail wagging could not make them feel trusted, so my companion and I led the way to the red dragon and jumped on his massive body, then turned to them. "I think you can come up too. ā
The guards were skeptical, but they still knew something about Ronin and Winlessa saving the Red Dragon, so they hesitated for a moment and followed. After a few brave men tried to make it work, they jumped on the two dragons separately.
At this moment, only Marshal Windsor was left below, staring blankly at our and the Red Dragon's every move. Even now, he couldn't believe it. Yes, he may know this very well, if the Red Dragon and Lordaeron form an alliance, Stormwind will probably never return to the time when they were our equals.
"Marshal, I hope you will take care of our horses before doing so. I signaled to him, and before he could come to his senses, I motioned for Cleostraz to advance, and he cautiously took off and headed north....
It was a very special experience for me as a first-time dragon flyer, as well as my companions and guards. Even more nervous than I am, because their acquired fear of the red dragon is self-evident, and they are still sitting on his back. But this kind of high concentration of nerves also brings them some benefits, which is that I don't have to worry about them and some of them will fall.
Everyone was trembling and flying in the night, and because of the low visibility, I didn't know if I had crossed the Black Rock Mountain. But Crassus recognized something through his piercing eyes, and shouted to the she-dragon beside him. He swooped down.
I could understand what he meant based on the ring Khadgar gave me, but I was still puzzled by the murderous look in his eyes. I didn't understand why, but when I got a wider view, I immediately realized why, and my adrenaline began to secrete unconsciously.
Yes, a horde of fallen orcs and ogres are walking in front of us, just in time.
"I see!" I said to myself excitedly, apparently we both knew what it meant, and I immediately raised my hammer, and the same guards gripped their weapons tightly, and swung them a little impatiently, as if celebrating victory in advance.
On the other hand, they stopped and stared at us blankly, maybe they were fantasizing that we were the remnants of the Dragon's Throat Clan? I wonder if they thought that when they saw the two-headed dragon coming from the direction of Blackstone Mountain. In short, after two huge fireballs exploded in their midst, their faces turned to despair. And then we charged down on the dragon's back.
Although the number of enemies visually is dozens of times that of ours, the number of them in such a raid can no longer determine anything. The opponent was originally a wounded army defeated with low morale after a fierce battle, and under the oppression of the red dragon, they immediately showed that they were overwhelmed. And our personal guards, each of them are loyal elites selected in the local fight against the orc tribe, coupled with the protection of red dragon magic and holy light, the orcs and ogres whose endurance has reached the limit have no power to fight back at all, and the only orc warlock who can play an effect is also completely neutralized in the face of Cleoztra's mana.
As a result, the war was one-sided from the beginning. And while I wielded the hammer, I was also observing the form, making my own strategic deployment to maximize victory. And I know that such a number of orcs must have a relatively senior leader.
But unfortunately they look too alike, I found him at the beginning, and then he disappeared in a blink of an eye. And after they chose to surrender with a safe weapon, it also greatly affected my plan to chase that guy.
We accepted the encounter with five times as many enemies as we had captured, but I was glad that ogres and orcs didn't flee in one direction, which meant that they would also follow in the footsteps of the trolls and break away from the tribe controlled by the Black Hand brothers, which meant that the war might have been easier than I had originally planned.
I put away my hammer and thought as Manik's voice interrupted my thoughts
"Your Highness, what should they do, we can't fly north with them. "Falik still hasn't put down his dragon sword, I know that he has already thought of a plan to deal with them, yes, the mana who has been through the baptism of war knows that once the orcs fight back and join these captives, the consequences will be unimaginable.
But I can't do that. It was not because I believed in the Light and spared their lives, but I knew that such an act could not be carried out in such an act of captivity in front of the servants of the Queen of Life.
"Don't bother, they must have fled here after being defeated, which means that Master Uther's troops should not be far away, so they won't come back, we just need to escort them back." ā
"Right! They're not far to the north. Cleoztra came over and nodded to me, and the she-dragon leaned over to say goodbye to me.
"I think the deal on my side is complete, and it's time for you to make the appointment, Your Highness. ā
"I know. But I'd like you to join in then, because you're the only one who knows how to protect those eggs. ā
"I understand that I will be waiting for you in the Le Thera Canyon. With that, the she-dragon followed Cleoztra towards the east, and quickly disappeared from view. But unlike the she-dragon, when they vanished, Crassus's human form immediately appeared in front of us.
"I'll just say you're not going to say goodbye. "I can't help but be glad that Crassus is not leaving, because I know that this will fully compensate for the impact of Caregos's departure. But the reality is not like this.
"Of course, I feel I need to help you escort them back safely, there are some orc warlocks inside, and I may be able to protect them before Ronin shows up. As he spoke, Crassus unleashed a burst of spells on a creature who was trying to hurt someone in secret, and soon the weak creature was about to launch the shadow spell when he was immediately devoured and fell to the ground.
"Yes, you are very necessary here. I bowed to him instead, and the two guards, who had almost been murderous, seemed to recognize something, and walked into Crassus, like an acquaintance they had just met, and offered him respect, but when they tried to call him honorific, they both realized that they did not know the name of the mage, and even reason made them realize that they had never even seen this mage, which made them feel embarrassed.
Crassus, on the other hand, did not say anything, but motioned for them to continue their work. I couldn't help but laugh at this, yes, maybe they wouldn't have known that they had just arrived here in him. But when it comes to the name, I am also curious about one thing: "By the way, what is the name of that she-dragon, and why is he not related to the queen?"
"Rhea, the widow of the flying beast demigod Evenna, was turned into a dragon egg by the queen when she was still an egg. ā
"Oh! I see. I nodded silently, indeed I didn't have this name in my memory. "Kid of the demigods...."Hearing this, I felt as if some clues could be found in antiquity. "I think you could tell me more about the Burning Legion's first invasion. ā
When I asked, Crassus couldn't help but be surprised, and perhaps he was very surprised that I would ask such a question.
I could see the embarrassment on his face, yes, he didn't seem to be reluctant to say anything about this forbidden history, or he had a very vague memory of this at all, but he couldn't refuse my question anyway.
But just as he was in such a quandary, he suddenly motioned for me to look behind me, and there a figure large enough to make me forget all my problems appeared not far behind me. It was Sylvanas and Ronin who had teleported her here.
Yes, at this moment I had forgotten the question to Crassus, and instead ran briskly towards her, not even noticing that the Red Dragon Mage behind me had left.