Chapter 228: Greed for Power
At the time of his arrival in this world, the orc tribe was ruled by Blackhan, the puppet of the evil sorcerer Gul'dan, but at the time of the first war, Orgrim realized that the chief was just a puppet.
Orgrim didn't want the tribe to be controlled by those dark creatures, so he killed Blackhan, seized control of the tribe, and quickly destroyed the Shadow Council, which Gul'dan used to control the tribe, while Gul'dan was in trouble.
He killed most of the warlocks loyal to Gul'dan, making it impossible for Gul'dan to rebel against his rule. In order to save his life, Gul'dan promised to use his power in the service of Orgrim.
Orgrim agreed.
Gul'dan first found the corpses of the knights of the Stormwind Kingdom who had been killed in the First War, and by killing some of the warlocks who sacrificed him, he infused the souls of the Shadow Council into the corpses of the knights, creating the Death Knights.
These Death Knights possess very great power and are also the first generation of Death Knights. Ogrim was very satisfied, but he didn't know that the knights looked like they were playing for him, and in fact they were loyal to Gul'dan.
In order to keep their hole cards, these Death Knights are now still hidden and not sent to the battlefield.
Darkan chased the rune stone to the rear of the tribe, and was surprised to find these lifeless humanoid monsters, which he had never seen before, so he gave up his plan to take the rune stone back and hid in the shadows of the tribe.
He quickly used his great power to confuse some orcs, and then got some information from Gul'dan.
That orc warlock, Gul'dan's strength is no weaker than Darkan's. At the same time, he has magic that Darkan is completely unaware of.
[Maybe I can really get something here.] 】
Darkan stayed with this in mind, and then passed the news back to Quel'Thalas, delaying the time outside with some deliberate lies.
When Anastarian, the king of the High Elves, received his news, he sneered in his heart, agreed with his reason, and casually added a few words, asking Darkan to provide some help to Kael'thas.
This reply with a little material didn't make Darkan suspicious, and he stayed at ease.
While carefully hiding himself so that Gul'dan is unaware of the presence of the intruders, Darkan slowly gathers information and frantically ingests a completely different kind of knowledge - the knowledge of demons.
As a High Elf, Darkan also has a bit of an aversion to demons, but he is more obsessed with greater power than this disgust.
However, time passed quickly, and in the space of a month, Gul'dan moved the rune stone in his hand.
Darkan, who was peeking in the shadows, sensed trouble, and whatever Gul'dan was going to do, if he didn't stop it, then the runestone would be destroyed.
If the runestone is destroyed, Darkan will not be able to return to Quel'Thalas to give an account.
He was torn in his heart, and just then, he stopped a thief loyal to Gul'dan.
"What did you investigate?"
In the forest, Darkan sat on the trunk of a tree, looking down at the glazed-eyed orc thief and asked casually.
He didn't have much expectation for himself, and during this time, Darkan intercepted many thieves, but no good information appeared.
"Investigate the location of the tomb of Sargeras."
However, the orc thief's answer caused Darkan to nearly fall off the tree.
"What did you say!? Tomb of Sargeras!? ”
Darkan's entire mouth and eyes were wide open, and he couldn't believe his ears.
Who Sargeras is, no one does not know.
Sargeras is the leader of all demons, the most powerful king of all demons in the world. Ten thousand years ago, it was this demon who invaded this world and destroyed the Well of Eternity.
Darkan had certainly heard that many years ago, Egwene, the human guardian of Tirisfa, had gathered the magic of some of the strongest mages in the world, and had destroyed Sargeras.
However, he didn't believe it, Sargeras was the most powerful demon, it came to this world for the first time, and it was almost the power of all races in the world to stop it, a guardian of humanity, it was ridiculous to be able to defeat it.
Darkan was more inclined to think that it was a conspiracy by Sargeras.
The death of several guardians, and now the invasion of these orcs, with the shadow of a demon standing behind them, also fully proves this suspicion.
However, now this orc thief actually said that he was looking for the tomb of Sargeras?
"Are you sure this is Gul'dan's order?"
Darkan asked, frowning.
"Yes."
The orc thieves may seem delirious, but they are still able to answer questions without any problems.
Darkan thought about it, although he had not been in direct contact with Guldan, but from the observation during this time, he almost knew Guldan.
This is an orc who shares his ambitions and is bent on great power, and he will not do meaningless things.
And Gul'dan knows a lot about demons, so to speak
The Tomb of Sargeras is supposed to be a real place, and there may not be any corpse of Sargeras in it, but it must have a great power or artifact
Darkan's heart raced faster and his eyes lit up at the thought of this.
He carefully inquired about the details of the orc thief, but unfortunately, the thief did not know anything and did not investigate the exact location.
After Darkan let him go, a new decision was made.
"Runestone will leave it alone for now."
Under the temptation of powerful power, the thing of runestone is completely dispensable.
"I'm going to get the contents of the Tomb of Sargeras."
Darkan was determined that he would remain in the shadows to spy and observe Gul'dan and then snatch his power.
With this power, perhaps no one can stop Darkan from seizing the Well of the Sun.
The Well of the Sun, the source of magic, is something that Darkan has always dreamed of mastering.
Then, after more than half a month, Gul'dan successfully built an altar full of shadow energy using runestones.
"It's successful, and with this, the lost warlocks are replenished!"
He laughed, and in the next few hours, he used the power of the altar to transform many ogres into two-headed ogres.
These two-headed ogres have been baptized by the Shadows, becoming more intelligent and have mastered the skills of many warlocks.
The new weapons of the Horde were born.
-- After serving the alliance for a month and a half.
"Ironforge still can't be defeated?"
Dan Morrow, Orgrim with Zukin, is questioning his intelligence officer.
"Yes, chieftain, no progress."
The orc intelligence officer replied respectfully.
During this time, Orgrim had wanted to destroy Ironforge, but now it seems that this idea is still too naïve.
"Call back most of the troops to rest, and leave a group of men to block the dwarven resistance."
Although there are some regrets, Ogrim is not pessimistic:
"Let's deal with those guys later, now, it's time to get ready for a big attack."
Zujin chuckled lowly from the side.
"Death Knights, Black Dragons, Ogres"
The troll leader's face was slightly red, and he even trembled with excitement:
"After waiting so long, it's finally all gathered."
Orgrim also raised his mouth, he waved his hand to let the intelligence officer go down, then looked at the endless snowfield in front of him, and smiled:
"You say, will they be able to withstand our attack?"
"Of course not"
Zu Jin immediately shook his head, and his smile became even better:
"Even if there are several times more of them, even if the dragons participate, they will definitely not be able to resist us."
There was no doubt that Zujin knew those races very well, and after seeing the new combat power of the tribe, those guys had no means of resistance.
This is a match between an adult and a baby, without a trace of suspense.
"Great Chief, you should think."
Zu Jin raised his head and looked at the extremely strong orc leader:
"Those alliance guys, how far will they retreat all at once."
"After seeing our new powers, if I were them, I might just go back to Lordaeron with urine, hiding under the covers and shivering."
Orgrim didn't know if it was a joke, but he was happy to hear it.
"Haha, then let's look forward to using some of them!"
He showed his fangs and laughed:
"I'm so bored that I can't wait to fight!"
In the months before this, Orgrim and Zujin had not officially entered the battlefield to fight the Alliance, and they couldn't wait for the next battle.
"Me too."
Zu Jin squinted his eyes:
"Can't wait to meet the elven prince"
However, even if the two men wanted to attack now, the team was not yet complete.
Death knights and ogres are coming north from the lands of the south.
The tribe quietly gathered a team, silently waiting for time, and at this time, on the side of the alliance, Lothar and the others had not yet obtained enough evidence.
"Perrynold, you're cautious."
Lothar sighed at the camp, Perinold, the king of Alterac, and it took more than a month that the league did not find enough evidence.
"It's not good to put it off any longer."
Uther spoke up at Lothar's side and said that they didn't have much time and that the sooner they dealt with Alterac, the better.
"Otherwise, let the mages from Dalaran help."
The young paladin, Tulayan, opened his mouth and proposed:
"Those mages may be a little better at gathering information than we are."
Powerful mages are very versatile, they can confuse others and get information directly from people, which is much easier than collecting them in the dark.
Lothar thought about it and realized that the situation could not be dragged on any longer.
"Alright, send a letter right away, asking Lord Antonidas in Dalaran to send some mages to help investigate."
Lothar immediately commanded:
"Let them speed up a bit, there's definitely something wrong with Alterac."
"And, for some reason, I felt uneasy, as if something was about to happen."
(To be continued)