Prelude 2
Here in the Horde, Sal was surprised when Malfurion and Tyrande were pulled into battle by Ronin, because being with Ronin might mean that the Night Elves were also on the side of the Alliance. Fortunately, however, he had only come to mediate and did not want to attack them, so in order not to make trouble, he signaled his troops to stop first and wait and see what happened.
Of course, there are still some reckless orcs who did not listen to the chief's orders in time, perhaps they did not experience the confrontation with Akmund, and did not understand that this night elf has the power to kill gods. After being instantly subdued by Malfurion's force of nature, no one has ever violated such a rule again. Of course, for Thrall, he is still more afraid of the power of the Night Elves than his strength. Especially the commander of the Alliance, after Mavi instantly supported his proposal for a truce, Thrall had to accept the request for a truce and handed over the unconscious me to the Night Elves as requested.
Then, after a brief treatment, Tyrande handed me over to Mavi, who had just arrived and was waiting. For the appearance of Malfurion and Tyrande and her behavior, Mavi felt guilty or ashamed in her heart, plus her original identity was a subordinate of Tyrande, she should show some etiquette, but Mavi's current identity is the commander-in-chief of the Alliance's operations, and with my coma, she can be said to be the temporary supreme leader of the Alliance, for which she does not have any Night Elf etiquette, and pretends to be determined.
Tyrande, on the other hand, was full of seriousness and glare, and seemed to be very angry at Mavi's intervention in this war, while Mavi was going about her own thing under Tyrande's angry eyes, that is, taking me unconscious, and taking it to her Nightblade Leopard, and bringing me back. It was only at this time that he bowed slightly and thanked Tyrande, but this was only to show that he had some indomitable spirit, after all, he had been exiled by Tyrande.
"Thank you for healing the Night Elf Queen, let's get back to business. ”
Yes, Mavi had never called herself that, and almost no one had called her that, although she deserved it, but apparently she was disgusted by being called like this, or Mavi, and it was obviously an act in human etiquette, which was to indicate an identity, an identity that seemed very strange to each other, and Tyrande tried to say it.
"Of course, Lord Princess of the Alliance. Tyrande said calmly, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear her anger, after all, they have a friendship of tens of thousands of years anyway, and no one can stand this way.
Seeing this, Sal couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because when he saw this scene, he took it for granted that it meant that Mavi's support for the alliance was not Tyrande's intention, and even seriously violated her will. In other words, the Night Elves would not favor the Alliance, so Thrall would have no reason to refuse the peace talks. Especially since he detected a large number of Night Elves pouring into here through the power of peeping, and after such peace talks in the Alliance, he did not fight against this force, after all, he now knew very well that it would be very difficult to eat the entire Alliance. And at this time, something unexpected happened to him, which made Sal even more convinced that Mavi and Tyrande were not on the same mind. That's that Tyrande doesn't approve of Mavi's appearance...
"Thank you, for your fulfillment. ”
Mavi said equally calmly, but then, Tyrande snorted and slapped Mavi in the face in a different way.
"But the one who can really represent the alliance should be Queen Gianna of the alliance behind, not you, the princess. ”
As for Tyrande's statement, Gianna, who had just been teleported, happened to hear this scene, and Gianna didn't think much of Tyrande's statement, she obviously didn't want to see outsiders attack Mavi in any way.
"Mavi can represent me at any time, and she can represent our king as well. Maybe you should get used to who she is as an Alliance, rather than clinging to who she once was. Gianna held Mavi's hand tightly, and it was then that she realized how nervous the former Second Priestess was when she saw the High Priestess. She held it even tighter.
"Of course, Gianna. It's been a long time, and you're stronger than before, and you must have adapted to having Mavi like that. ”
'I feel good and she's here to prove everything. Gianna said this, also realizing that Mavi was a little unable to hold on to Tyrande, and Gianna decided to let her withdraw as soon as possible. "Thank you for your treatment of the King of Arthas, I think we will discuss the truce when everything is in order. ”
"That's right, wait until the morning after tomorrow, and discuss it here. The alliance is on the east coast of the sea, the tribe is back to the west inland, the navy, the tribe is in the north, and the alliance is in the south. The former captives and the enemy's material were returned separately. Malfurion said this, and they stopped bickering and got back to business.
After Thrall agreed with this opinion, the Alliance and the Horde soldiers retreated separately, for such a situation, although Thrall understood that the Alliance and the Night Elves had nothing to do with each other, but what they could think of was not so simple, perhaps especially their performance, which vaguely made him feel a little tired, but he couldn't say it at all.
With this decision, Malfurion turned into a giant crow and carried Tyrande to Zulkin at sea to stop this last war, and it happened that when he arrived, he rescued the comatose Lotharma, who was desperate not long ago, crashed his flagship into Zulkin's flagship, and Zulkin also fought for tat, but unfortunately, Zulkin's flagship was given to us by Kurtiras when I was waiting for me to marry Gianna, and it can be said that it is a luxury main warship built with the strength of the whole country. In the face of such powerful armor, any existing warship is vulnerable...
When Zulkin saw Tyrande appear on his ship on Malfurion's birdmen, he immediately stopped firing the cannon as he instructed, he knew that he didn't need to offend the powerful Night Elf leader and his wife, and that the High Elves were almost wiped out by their own beatings, and with their demonic symptoms, it was perhaps even better to watch them die in despair in the madness of losing their loved ones, than to kill them.
That night, after following Malfurion's instructions, Zulkin and his troll warriors traveled through the Alliance's maritime zone to pick up the captives and ships, and then swaggered through the Alliance's land zone to meet Thrall, much to the disgust of the Alliance warriors. However, the more this happened, the more satisfied Zurkin felt, but not only in the alliance, but Thrall was also full of guilt when he saw Zurkin, which also comforted the troll leader a lot. Zurkin, who accepted it when he saw it, also expressed his mistake to Sal guiltily.
Yes. The reason why he is like this is entirely because he knows that this war, Thrall did his best, after all, he is a so-called main force that has been improvised in the local and reserve teams, and on the side of the alliance, it is Mavi, who is five thousand years older than himself, and he deeply understands that the current alliance cannot be swallowed by the power of the tribe at all, but the alliance must be a tribe, so he still wants revenge, he still has to stay here.
However, this does not mean that this Zurkin has no problem with the others, that is, Kukaron. Because he had the impression that Kukaron's troops were not like this at all, especially during the Grom period, they had only two possibilities in the war, either they would defeat or die, and there was no possibility of defeating and fleeing. But now Kukaron, led by Sarufar himself, has failed, and he has been defeated by the remnants of the defeated army led by a woman, and then the whole army has been transferred... And he happened to be watching with Sal as the army came from behind his ass.
Thrall was also very dissatisfied with the performance of the most elite troops in this tribe, but after seeing that Sarufar and the others were safe and sound, and the whole army was retained, he did not complain too much.
Sarufar, on the other hand, explained the situation.
"The Alliance has used the power of the dead... The fallen soldiers of the Alliance were resurrected with the help of Mavi, and their strong will made me feel that this war was pointless, and we wanted to kill Mavi, but we failed..."
Zurkin was obviously not satisfied with such a statement, not only because they failed, but also because they were still praising their enemies, which was completely unacceptable to Zurkin. In response, he even grabbed Salul by the neck.
"Then our sacrifice is meaningful, I was expecting your arrival, but I told you that I had failed and prevented me from attacking. Also, necromancy is necromancy, and you, as a glorious orc, praise them like that!"
Thrall wanted to prevent them from having a further confrontation, but at this time, Thrall also understood something, yes, why did he call the enemy that. And at this moment, Sarufar didn't think so, he angrily rebuked Zurgin, because he seemed to understand one thing, that is, what Mavi said was true, someone from the tribe used this power, and that person was Zurgin, otherwise he would not have questioned his necromancy like this, which can only show that Zulkin is likely to have been tinkering with this thing recently, and this is exactly what Mavi said. He broke free and grabbed Zulkin by the collar.
"Then tell me, who used the power of the undead, Zurkin, why did the Alliance stay on Darkspear Island for ten days, what were they doing on Darkspear Island during these ten days, and why didn't they attack us at that time. Or send an emissary to talk to us? Is it really as he says he is there to cleanse the undead, so where do those undead come from?"
"You know, ten days of detention, and if I didn't use that kind of strength, they would have been stranded for so long. Zulkin also scolded Sarufar. But it was his own admission that he seemed to feel everyone's dissatisfaction with him. Especially Saar, when Sarufar said this, he suddenly thought of something, that is, he had the same suspicion at that time, what was the alliance trying to do during that time? Now everything is clear, that is, Zulkin unleashed necromancy, otherwise the alliance would not be so desperate with himself. In this regard, realizing that his actions were dishonoring, he immediately thought of something to save himself from this situation.
"But don't forget, it was the demonic sorcery they used first, Death Finger, and if we didn't use some undead stuff, we'd be finished. ”
Yes, if Gianna didn't use this skill to kill Taressa, everything would still be Zurkin's strong words, but this pain made Sal realize that the mistake made by the alliance was no less than summoning the undead, and aside from the top magic of warlocks like Death Finger, the current great disadvantage of the tribe to the alliance is not because of the difference in military strength, but also because of the lack of some strategic spells, otherwise, this decisive battle with the alliance will definitely not be so embarrassing.
Thrall was well aware of this serious inadequacy, and if he had asked Zurkin and his powerful navy before mastering the magic, it would be a self-defeating blow for the tribe. Of course, this is all for later, the first thing to do is to unite the tribe from the new, especially now, the silent Lexa is acting a little strangely, he seems to be aware of something hungry at Zurkin's hands, such as the death of his war eagle from this troll.
Zurkin, who is also experienced in a hundred battles, also realized that Lexa was murderous to himself, yes, this murderous aura was completely different from Sarufar's anger towards himself, and he didn't want an accident or let go of the questioning with Sarufar, but this obviously did not change Lexa's hatred for himself, Zurkin was careful about this, and tentatively asked the reason, of course, when he asked, he had already thought of why.
"Lexa, I think your murderous aura should have been left to the alliance the day before yesterday, not me!"
"But you killed my warhawk!"
"Your other wild boars and war eagles are also much less, they all died at the hands of Mavi, so why don't you let her be responsible. ”
"Is dying on the battlefield the same as dying at the hands of your allies?"
Thrall saw that they were both becoming more and more aggressive, and immediately told them to stop.
"Shut up!" Thrall was also angry, yes, he could feel some centrifugal forces between Zulkin and the trolls at this time, and compared to Lexa, Zulkin's ability and the power behind him made him realize that he could not give up, so he scolded Lexa.
"You should be considerate of Zulkin, who was alone at that time. But we didn't make it to the battlefield as we were supposed to do, and we lost so much to our navy and trolls, and maybe that tribal general would have been so angry, so please forgive Zulkin for his excesses. ”
In the face of Saar's reproach, Lexa was obviously not convinced, especially Zurkin's next statement, which made him even more angry:
"I'll consider it if you apologize, orc, after all, you didn't arrive at the battlefield as requested, and that's where all the arguments began. ”
Zurkin said when he saw that it was good, yes, if Lexa apologized to himself or stopped there, then his use of the power of the undead could naturally be said to be put down, but what was unexpected was that Lexa actually wanted to leave angrily. It's like the last time I left the tribe.
"I'm not going to stay in this place without glory. See you then!"
Everyone was overwhelmed by Lexa's answer, but Zulkin seemed to know more than the others. And he reacted the fastest, he knew that he couldn't let this half-orc go, although the Kukaron he led was defeated, but his fellow beasts, plus his partnership with the wild boar, were also priceless to the tribe, and no matter what, the tribe could not be easily lost.
"Coward, but do you think the tribe is where you want to be? ”
In the face of Zulkin's doubts and threats, Lexa was unimpressed.
"I came here only to avenge the Coalition's massacre of my people, and now I realize that it wasn't the Alliance's work at all, it's you!"
"You're saying we're slaughtering you Moknassa clan? "Sal is a critic, yes, although he also guesses that these things may not be done by the Alliance, but when it comes to the tribe, he certainly doesn't believe it, because in the village of Fern Wall, only relatively peaceful Minotaur troops are deployed there, and it is impossible for them to do it in glory. The only relatively low-glory trolls are the ones who might be in Zulkin, but there aren't any trolls out there, as they've been tinkering with the navy here on Dark Spear Island and Exile Beach. But at this time, Lexa said the evidence:
"Because what burns the village is the Horde's incendiary bomb, not the Red Dragon's flames, and Arthas chose to release me when I questioned him, but you have murderous intent. When Lexa spoke, Zulkin and some radical orcs did have killing intent, of course, when Thrall was observing the people around him, what Lexa said next made him feel stunned, because as Lexa said, maybe he understood a little bit why the alliance would treat him like this. "And I also know that Dalin died at your hands, and he will not be able to see it. And you don't admit it!So the alliance fought from the bottom of its heart to fight against the tribe, and seeing the centaurs and harpies being wiped out by you one by one, they had to choose to start a war with the tribe when they were alone, you know, at that time, it was unknown whether Stormwind and Ironforge supported Arthas, but he still dared to fight you is nothing more than realizing that they are next... Originally, I was a glorious warrior, but now I see that I am wrong, you are all careerists, and now you have tasted setbacks. ”
Lexa angrily scolded all the tribes, apparently he was not going to leave alive, and Thrall was very angry about this, yes, including Thrall, their tribes considered themselves to be warriors of the glory of the tribe, and in this way they were obviously questioning their actions and justice and honor. Enraged by this, Sal even grabbed his weapon suddenly, and it looked like he was going to explode at any moment.
But Sarufar spoke first, knowing that if he didn't say anything more, maybe Lexa would die after all.
"So you're saying that these baseless things are preparing to join the Alliance. ”
Sarufar asked with concern, of course, if he got an answer that he didn't want to get, then of course he would not hesitate to kill Lexa, otherwise, maybe he could find some steps to free the orc. And his answer was good enough to put him at ease.
"I have too much human blood on my hands, and I will return to myself alone, as before. ”
Lexa said this, maybe Sal should really let him go in this situation, but some people still objected
"Then ask me if I say yes to my axe! Grom has commented that you are a warrior as strong as him, why don't you let me prove my strength, just you and me, don't you want to avenge your warhawk?"
For such an answer, Zurkin is unacceptable, if Lexa can continue to be loyal to the tribe, but he wants to leave, and after the ridicule, if he is not severely punished, the face of the tribal leader will not be able to hang out, of course, if Lexa refuses his challenge, cowardly leaving is also a good way to save the face of the tribe, but Lexa is obviously not cowardly, and he chose to confront him with a serious appearance. This may have played into Zulkin's hands, because Zulkin knew that if he didn't kill him, then maybe there would be a second Lexa and more, and he had already damaged his image, so he had to be eliminated by honor, which was the most glorious and easiest way: heads-up.
Zurkin is very confident in himself, it is true that this troll who has survived for thousands of years has seen many powerful fighters like Lexa, and when they tried to threaten their lives and status, they were all solved by themselves, and there is a key point, that is, many battles Lexa is completed with his animal companions, so there is a certain degree of dependence, and pure heads-up, usually individual fighting Zurkin will have the advantage.
But just as Zulkin was hesitating to kill him, Thrall, who had been hesitating, stopped the impending duel. Because he seems to have other arrangements.
"If you think the Horde is not honorable, you can leave, but our gates are ready to open to you. ”
Lexa didn't say anything, but took his weapon and left before Sal could turn back. Blax and Sarufar could only stare dryly. They were also counting on Zulkin to wound him and wait for him to calm down. However, at this time, Thrall stopped the two brothers, and then gathered the other commanders to discuss the content of the peace talks, and no tribal commander except Blox and Sarufar watched the departure of the orc warrior and his animal companions.
After the episode of Lexa, Thrall discussed his bottom line in the negotiations, that is, to punish the behavior of the High Elves first, he believed that the Night Elves as the host would agree, of course, not only that, he hoped that the territorial side would try to keep the same interests that he had maintained during the negotiations in Ashen Valley, that is, try to only leave the dust swamp to the Alliance, and the area that originally belonged to the tribe should be kept as much as possible. But this seems to be difficult, after all, nearly half of the Bleak Lands are robbed, and a considerable half of them are robbed of the Night Elves in Stonetalon Mountain. For example, the territory of the Harpy. In this regard, and the whole desolate place is almost half of the people who rob it. So everything can only be fought for as much as possible.
However, compared to these, the economic crisis raised by some elders is more of a headache for Sal, the tribe's economy itself is very poor, coupled with the continuous expansion of the operation and this winter war has almost exhausted its reserves, and the economy of Dark Spear Island, Senjin Village, and the entire Durotan region has collapsed in all the infrastructure except for the capital, so if the next year is a disaster year for the tribe, maybe the tribe will face a deeper existential crisis.
In this regard, Saar is deeply aware of the necessity of an armistice, and it is necessary to resume production and life as soon as possible. So he persuaded some radicals, such as Zurgin and others, fortunately, they were also general knowledgeable people, and they also clearly agreed with Sal's actions, and some of Zurkin and Saar's visions were the same, then during the period of resumption of production, it was necessary to strategically compensate for the disadvantages of the tribe, that is, it was necessary to train their own powerful mages, and to select talents in Kukaron and shamans to specialize in training all-round soldiers and commanders like the priestess brought by Mavi.
....
On the other hand, after handing over Lothmar to the High Elf Navy, Tyrande and Malfurion also flew back to the Night Elf army they had rushed to in this way, and they passed by the sea and land on the way, looking at the various sunken warships on the sea and the corpses being collected on the land, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Maybe if we're like them, we'll be able to take the Alliance and the Horde in one fell swoop. ”
Malfurion joked, and Tyrande apparently didn't recognize it as a joke, but sighed a little more dead than they thought.
"But we're Night Elves, how can we be like them mortals, and Nesario has already acted..."
"Yes, Deathwing has acted. It was so different from what he expected, didn't he say that Illidan would be able to wreak havoc on Deathwing?"
Malfurion was firm, but this time Tyrande still didn't think of it. Then their topic turned into a debate.
"But Illidan didn't fail, did he?"
"Losing those Burning Legion demons, Illidan is alone, how can he do that?"
"So we can only believe what he says, don't we?If not, what hope do you think we can have to defeat him? Deathwing is now beyond the guardian dragon, and his soldiers are beyond the demons brought by Akmund."
"You're right. We can only trust him. "Malfurion flew to his camp, and here tens of thousands of Night Elf troops were arriving, far fewer than the Horde or Alliance armies, but for the Alliance and the Horde who were all looking forward to peace, these were more than enough.
...
On the other side, Lexa left here alone with his animal companions, he didn't expect Thrall to release himself, once upon a time he could feel his murderous aura, and what puzzled him was that the tribe never confessed that it was his own people who killed his own people, which made Lexa still a little doubtful that his guess was accurate, you must know that he also understands that the tribe is a race that advocates honor, how could they do such a thing, maybe someone else's doing, such as a goblin?
A day later, Lexa, who had been heading west to the continent, found a man who had been waiting for him for a long time. He couldn't help but get nervous about this, but to his surprise, it wasn't someone else, it was the troll. The only troll friend of his own.
"I think you're running away from the tribe now, aren't you?"
Lockhan asked, to which Lexa was unceremonious.
"So you're here to assassinate me, but I want to know whose order? Thrall or Zulkin. ”
"I wasn't ordered to kill you, and I alone don't have the ability to kill you, I just guessed that you questioned whether the Alliance was your enemy or not, did I?"
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
Lexa once again questioned Rock Khan, who had guessed what he was thinking, to which Rock Khan continued to explain why.
"I would say that there is a push for hatred between us and the Union ... Daelin was killed by them, and so were your people, but I'm not sure who they were, and it could be the Alliance, the Horde, the Night Elves, or others, but I can be sure that their purpose is to create a conflict between us and the Alliance."
"Why are you telling me this, don't you think I'm going to take revenge on you?"
In the face of Lexa's questioning, Lockhan did not answer directly, but was very tactful...
"But you're wondering who did it, aren't you?"
"Aren't you afraid of finding out that Zurkin did it?
"I am a member of the tribe, the troll is only my identity, I am only loyal to Thrall and the tribe, as for Zurkin, he is only the leader of the troll, my nominal chief. ”
"No wonder you quit in the middle of the march, so surely you found something south of Senjin Village?"
"I found out that one of my kindred, Zaradun, had used necromancy, but there was a voice that instigated him to do so. ”
"Zurkin?"
"To be honest, I wish it was him who was worried about me. ”
"Who else?"
"Come, follow me to the truth. You don't have anywhere to go anyway, do you?"
"Looks like I'm underestimating you... I'll follow you in search of the truth, but I won't necessarily continue to work for your tribe. ”
"All you need to do is help me find the truth..."