Chapter 258: Enter the City
Half an hour, the sunlight turned into the last cicada wings and disappeared, and darkness came to this continent.
The elves stood on a steep wall hundreds of meters away from Grimbaatar, leaning on the hidden vines and overlooking the battle below.
The flames of the red dragon illuminated the area around the gates of Grimbaatar, so that even at night, the elves could clearly see what was going on.
"Your Highness, are you going to help them?"
Solan Liane turned her head and asked Kael'thas .
"Forget it."
Kael'thas shook his head, his eyes shining in the darkness:
"We can't do that much."
Not only can't they manage so much, but they don't have much ability to manage it.
Kael'thas took a closer look at the battle and noticed that Grimbaatar's door had been opened by the red dragons.
This gap is useless for the red dragons, but it is more than enough for the elves.
"We rushed in."
Kael'thas thought for a moment and said suddenly.
Now that the battle below was chaotic and the sky was already dark, it was the best chance to attack.
Either way, the orcs will surely be spotted when they enter the gates of Grimbaatar. But that doesn't matter much, Grimbaatar is huge, and the elves have plenty of options to hide them.
Kael'thas performed a slow-fall spell on each elf, and then took the lead in choosing a hidden spot to jump down.
They descended lightly from the steep wall, as light as leaves, perhaps because the orcs had been drawn to the attention of the red dragons, and no one had noticed the elves' arrival.
"Get on the bird."
Kael'thas had the elves summon chocobos, and then rushed straight towards Grimbaatar's gate.
They hadn't taken a few steps before they were seen by a number of orcs.
"High Elves, stop them!!"
They shouted as if they wanted to assemble, but the elves were too fast and rushed to Grimbaatar's door in an instant.
The gate was guarded by a group of orcs, and Kael'thas was about to prepare for battle when dozens of arrows whizzed over his head with a crisp popping sound that blew all the orcs guarding the gate to both sides at once.
"Sylvanas!?"
Kael'thas couldn't help but look back, and then noticed the smile of the legendary ranger.
Many people mistake a ranger for a hunter, but it's clearly not. The group of arrows that Sylvanas had just fired were not real arrows, but arrows made of magical elements with other special effects.
Through magic, the mighty Ranger can shoot a variety of elemental arrows and is not limited to one target.
"Boom", "Boom", "Wow"
The sound of fierce battle sounded behind and around the elves, but they didn't stop moving forward as if they didn't notice anything.
Grimbaatar had opened a five-meter-wide gap, and the elves had reached it in the shortest amount of time.
The cities of this world are not much different from the Western-style buildings of the previous life, whether they are elves or humans, solemnity and elegance are the theme of architecture, even when building grandeur, they will also bring elegance and some romantic carved decorations, but this Grimbaatar built by the Brute Hammer Dwarf is not like this at all.
Judging from the gate alone, the gate hundreds of meters high is made of black boulders, and there are no superfluous beautiful carvings on it, only hammers and dwarven warriors that represent strength. It is a city that has completely abandoned elegance and beauty, and was built purely to show power and culture.
"Get in."
The opposite side of the gate was pitch black, with no lights.
Kael'thas knows why, it's not really a city after the gates of Grimabato. Because it is built in a mountain range, if the city is built too shallow, the mountain can easily collapse.
Thus, behind the gate of Grimbaatar was an avenue that had turned several times, and on the avenue there were no houses except for the small base of the defense.
It may be the reason for the battle outside, there are not many orcs guarding this road now, and the elves are cheap for nothing.
Kael'thas and Solanlian unleashed spells to advance, Sylvanas fired non-stop and wide, and Onexia was on a rampant rampage - the orcs didn't even have time to defend against her rapid violent output.
It only took a few minutes, and before the orc reinforcements arrived, the elves managed to break through the distance and reach the interior of the city of Grimbaatar.
The black tone, full of rough mine buildings made of huge stone inlays, the interior of Grimbaatar is built along the gorge wall. The houses of the inhabitants were built not far from the gorge wall, and the wide avenues were laid in front of them.
Kael'thas didn't see a plaza in front of them, a large red ravine separated the buildings from one side and the other, and if you looked down from the ravine, you could see tumbling lava.
If you want to cross the other side, except for flying, you can only follow this road to the bridge and pass through the bridge.
However, this is all too obvious.
"It's just the outer ring."
Kael'thas sighed as he looked at the building opposite, if you look at Grimbaatar as a whole, it's a circular city. However, due to the topography and other reasons, it is necessary to take a detour from the outer ring to the inner ring, and it is a long road.
Maybe it was the Brute Hammer Dwarves who built it like this for the sake of defense.
"Your Highness, new orcs are coming."
Solan Liane reminded Kael'thas who was observing the environment.
Kael'thas looked around, and sure enough, he saw a large group of orcs riding wolves running down the street.
"Hide in the back."
Kael'thas immediately took the reins of the white chocobo, left the main path, and ran into the shadows with the elves.
The orcs who came to their aid should not pose a threat to the elves, but they could delay the elves for a long time. The city is the territory of the orcs, and the longer the elves are delayed, the greater the danger they face.
Instead of this, it is better to choose the secret way to move forward, and the agility of the elves should be able to play a big role.
However, Kael'thas soon realizes that something is wrong.
Behind these dwellings, not far from each other were cliffs where many humans and ogre slaves worked, and there were no fewer orc guards there than on the streets.
What's even worse is that these residential houses are built very simply, from the street to the cliff wall, it is generally the width of four or five houses, and the secret passage can almost be said to be non-existent, and the elves want to use such a simple structure to take it for granted.
However, fortunately, the people of the Dragonthroat Clan did not move to this Grimbaatar, but used it as a military fortress. As a result, the rooms were largely unoccupied, and the elves were not in danger when they shuttled directly through these simple rooms.
This allowed the elves to move beyond the main road, and with their strong firepower, they soon reached a bridge paved with stones.
On the bridge, hundreds of orc men were already hurrying to block there, and they were bold enough to block the way of the elves.
The elves rushed straight over.
As soon as they stepped onto the bridge, they felt the heat rising from below.
There's lava down there, and if you fall down, you'll die.
All the elves understand this, so they can only remove the obstacles with maximum firepower.
"Weightless position!"
This time it was Kael'thas who took the lead, and his weightless stance was a miracle here, not only opening the way, but also throwing the orcs out of the way.
However, halfway to the bridge, a dragon's roar rang out.
Kael'thas then saw several black dragons flying rapidly towards them, as well as the orcs riding on them.
"Can't let them come!"
His face changed when he noticed what the orc was holding in his hand.
That's a bomb.
Neither the elves nor the bridge could let these bombs drop.
Sylvanas understood this, turned around, took his bow, and began to attack the flying black dragon.
Kael'thas took the opportunity to pick up the pace.
But then he found that it was not only the orcs in the sky, but also some orcs running from the opposite side with some bombs in their arms.
"Onexia, you go and stop them!"
Kael'thas had no choice but to ask the Black Dragon Princess for help.
Onexia nodded, then ran from behind, jumping to her feet.
She jumped high, about 4 or 5 meters high, and flew directly over Kael'thas head, holding her thighs and buttocks, and landed on the other side of the bridge.
[Fortunately, I reacted in time.] 】
In order not to hinder Onexia's movements, Kael'thas just canceled his weightlessness stance for a moment, and then re-exerted it.
He was relieved to see that the Black Dragon Princess had already run to the orcs facing the support.
"Flash."
Of course, Kael'thas himself didn't want to be lazy at all, and a flashing technique spanned a long distance, allowing the dense orcs to be captured by the weightlessness position again.
"Get out."
He waved his hand, and the orcs screamed and were catapulted and landed deep into the lava below.
Kael'thas could hear the screams and groans of their rapid demise beneath the lava, and he couldn't help but pout, but he couldn't see the struggling orcs.
Magma devoured these lives.
Moreover, Kael'thas was surprised to discover that there were some buildings hidden in the cliff face above the lava, and he could see strange creatures moving inside.
[What's that?] 】
Kael'thas was a little surprised.
He had the impression that Grimbato was only one layer, but now it doesn't seem like that's the case.
It's a pity that Lord Vorstad wasn't with Kael'thas or he would have been able to tell Kael'thas why.
When Grimbaatar lived as the Hammer Dwarves, it was the same structure as Ironforge and the Blackstone Tower, divided into several levels. But the powerful war that followed caused the city's underground to shake and change, and the layers below were damaged. After the Hammer Dwarves left, no one tried to repair those places again.
And the figures that Kael'thas saw were just a group of later creatures, not a notable race or power.
Of course, this premise is that Deathwing has not yet had the idea of fighting this place.
(To be continued)