Chapter 223: Fortress of Aehipis
Jiang Weihan stood on the towering Crow Feather Mountain, and he saw hundreds of thousands of demons coming all over the world. Wherever the Burning Legion passed, the Teroka Forest began to burn. From the sky, it looked like a line of fire was closing in on Sketis.
Intense pre-war mobilization is underway within Sketis, especially for the Air Force and Air Defense. The towering Raven Feather Mountain is a natural fortress, and the cliffs of hundreds of meters or thousands of meters are no different from those of the incapacitated troops. So Command expects that the first few days should only need to fight against a handful of flying demons, as well as Akmund, who may pounce on them.
Several generals also observed the enemy situation next to Jiang Weihan.
Kudran's eyes were about to pop out, and as far as he could see, the Burning Legion assembled was boundless, and even the flying demons were obscuring the sky, and he couldn't tell how many demons there were. Because there is no end in sight.
"It's the first time in my life I've seen such a number of enemies." Kudran swallowed and spoke.
"Who isn't?" Khadgar looked up at the sky, and without the red sun he had seen in Karazhan's vision, the scene before him did not look like the scene of his death in the vision.
He thought to himself that if the illusion would come true, then he would not die here, which also showed that this overwhelming group of demons would not destroy them.
This conjecture gave him a wonderful confidence - he believed them this? Some were able to escape this world in Naaru's spaceship. As for when the scene of death in the illusion will appear—not now, not now, anyway, not in this shattered outland. He still has time.
Then he thought to himself: Is it too stupid to extrapolate the outcome of the current battle from the scene of his own death?
Still, Khadgar said, "Don't worry, these demons won't succeed!" ”
"You seem to be full of inexplicable self-confidence." Kudran mocked knowingly.
"Of course. I'm not going to die here! Khadgar said half-jokingly. Everyone around them burst into laughter.
He felt that no one but himself knew the true meaning of the words. But it just so happened that Jiang Weihan knew.
When Khadgar raided Medivan that year. In Karazan's vision, he saw the scene of his own death.
Jiang Weihan was a little silent and a little confused at the same time. Shouldn't the future be fickle? Why is there a force that makes it destined to happen?
"See. The giant at the front is Akmund! ”
"That's right, it's him."
Velen also saw the Great Demon - they were close brothers more than 20,000 years ago.
"The battle is about to begin, let's go back and prepare!"
"Inform Gruul that it's time for him to play."
"A fierce battle."
Akmund led his army in a stride from the direction of Oakington towards Ravenfeather Mountain, his eyesight good enough to see the Native coalition troops on the top of the hill preparing for battle.
"If the Burning Legion is held back by such a small barrier, how can we conquer the universe?" His voice was mocking.
The stronger the civilization, the more omnipotent. If the attacker were to be replaced by the same indigenous coalition forces, it was possible that the terrain and internal defensive strength of Raven Feather Mountain would make it difficult for most commanders to retreat.
The power and civilization of the Burning Legion outweighed the natives of Azeroth and the Outlands by too much. Akmund has a way of breaking through such a defence.
He thought about it for a moment, and then decided to use the simplest and crudeest one.
Akmund said to Kazak, "Surround here. ”
"Yes, my master!" Kazak took the order and left. He commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to surround the Ravenfeather Mountains, and sent the Legion's air power into the air to roam Sketis in the sky.
Although all the demons are in action, the protagonist of this war is always their legion leader, Akmund!
He crouched down on the gray ground outside the ruins of Oakington, stretched out his finger to trace the shape of Ravenfeather Mountain, and added some esoteric symbols to it—arcs, stars, triangles, scrolls, books, scepters, and other mysterious things.
"Look at that big demon! What's he doing? Quinn, who had been in charge of monitoring the sky, exclaimed.
She transmitted the picture she saw to the command room through the projection equipment of the virtual spirit, and Jiang Weihan also saw this scene.
He gasped. And most people are confused.
Except for the prophet Veron and the garrison officer Marrad beside him. Both Draenei saw shock in each other's eyes—they had seen such a scene in their countless exiles, and although it was a long memory, it was impossible for any Draenei to see it.
"What's wrong?" Sylvanas' eyes were puzzled.
"I'm afraid ......," Jiang Weihan had a deep worry in his eyes, "we have to retreat to the Storm Fortress immediately!" ”
Danas was puzzled: "But we have set up the fortifications. There are also a large number of war supplies in Yayu Mountain! ”
Jiang Weihan interrupted: "There's no time!" ”
He explained as quickly as he could, "Akmund is casting a very powerful spell - he will create a model of Mount Crowfeather, and when he topples it, the mountain will collapse completely beneath our feet!" We will only be buried in the rubble if we stay here! ”
Jiang Weihan yelled: "Quick." Notify everyone on the hill and transfer to the ship as fast as possible! Don't want the ones on the ground! ”
No one can comprehend such a spell. Only Crassus, a member of the Kenrito Council, had heard of Dalaran before, and Dalaran in the alternate timeline was ruined by Akmund in this way.
And in the Battle of the Well of the Sun. The magical barrier that shrouded Quel'Thalas was also destroyed by such means.
The crowd began to retreat into the ship in a panic. Time was of the essence, and most of the supplies and heavy defensive weapons were abandoned on the mountain.
It didn't take long for Akmund's voice to reach everyone's ears:
"Despair, mortals—this mountain will not be your refuge. It will only be the grave where you are buried! ”
The spell model made by Akmund has been completed. With the sound of this voice, he grabbed a handful of gray mud and sand. Sprinkle on the spell model to create a virtual image of Raven Feather Mountain.
Akmund held out his finger and poked at one of the peaks in the model. The mud and sand that made it up spilled down. In a matter of seconds, a similarly shaped mountain on Raven Feather Mountain in the distance collapsed.
This was followed by the second and third towers.
The "polluters" quickly got tired of such games. He lost patience, stood up, raised his foot and stomped the model.
The earth shook violently under his feet. , the entire Ravenfeather Mountain Range began to collapse, and at the same time an earthquake occurred!
The survivors of the spaceship watched the towering Raven Feather Mountain continue to collapse, and everyone's hearts were filled with despair - how could they possibly fight such a formidable opponent?
I'm afraid none of the gods have such power!
In the distance, Akmund seemed to feel the fear of these mortals, and he laughed wildly, enjoying the pleasure of ruining miè uncontrollably.
Ishal the Ravental Priestess stared blankly as Sketis was buried in the crumbling earth. Their homeland, where they had lived for generations, was destroyed in this way.
Each of the crowmen was terrified, and they hissed and wept loudly.
The mud and rocks attached to the mountain rolled down, and in just half a minute, the mountain collapsed, which was impassable for creatures that could not fly.
Jiang Weihan's eyes were red, he could only watch this scene and could not do anything, he felt a deep sense of frustration, could this be the end of his journey to Azeroth?
As the rocks peeled away, his eyes were pierced by a ray of golden light reflected from the ruins of Sketis.
Golden light?
He endured the discomfort. Immediately reopened his eyes and looked at it, and the scene he saw in front of him once again shocked him inexplicably!
"Look! Take a look below! Jiang Weihan yelled.
"I ...... The Holy Light is above, I am not dazzled! ”
"Oh my God, what's that?"
"Miracles! This is a miracle! ”
The person who heard Jiang Weihan's voice looked at the ruins. They all saw the most amazing scene of their lives.
"The legend is true, it's true!" Ishal muttered in amazement.
As the dirt and rocks faded, Sketis was revealing its true form - the dust had cleared. The real Scitis showed a horn. Revealing beneath the dirt is the outer walls of a magnificent fortress. It is depicted with intricate and mysterious patterns. The material of this section of the wall looks like a perfect combination of crystal, metal and rock, reflecting a unique beauty.
"It's ...... A fortress! Marlad exclaimed.
After the soil is peeled. More parts are revealed. As Marrad said, from the looks. This is indeed a towering cylindrical fortress!
"The god of ravens is on ......" Ishal, the Ravental priestess, had tears in his eyes, and he knelt excitedly on the gangway of Essoda, "The legend is true! ”
"What legend?" The crowd is now desperate to know the truth.
Ishal shuddered, "Many years ago, the great Talon King Tyrok built Sketis on Ravenfare Mountain, building a vast Raven Empire to protect us children who are not favored by Rukma...... Legend has it that this empire was built on a fortress of the Aehipis civilization! ”
Ishal said this with an almost crazy excitement: "It's true! The legend is true! This fortress is a remnant of the Aecipis civilization! ”
The Ravental Priest's explanation left more people scratching their heads: Tyrok, the king of claws? Rukma? The Aeppis civilization?
These three key names are barely known to anyone in the field.
Quinn couldn't help but whisper, "Commander, what did he say?" ”
Jiang Weihan was also surprised by the scene in front of him, he recalled the plot about the Raven People in King Draenor, sorted out his own thoughts, and then slowly replied: "Legend has it that the sky of Draenor was once ruled by three gods: Rukma, Ansu and Seth. Later, Seth fell, and Rukma and Ansu killed him. Later, Lukma created the flying crow people, who created the glorious Aecipis civilization, which reached its peak during the reign of the talon king Tyroc. But then he was plotted, his political enemies killed him, and contaminated his followers with Seth's cursed blood, so that the Raven Men lost the ability to fly. Later, the Aehipis civilization gradually fell into decline for some reason, and the flying ravens became extinct when Draenor was shattered. That's why the crow people we see can't fly like they are now. ”
Ishal looked at Jiang Weihan in amazement, although they were Araka Raven people who had temporarily submitted to this human. and fight with them against the Burning Legion, but he didn't expect this human to know many secrets that the Raven People didn't know.
Dranosh couldn't help but whisper to his father, "Is this true?" ”
Varok. Sarufar shook his head: "I don't know...... The recorded history of our orcs is only a few hundred years old. What happened in ancient times is probably known only to ogre scholars. ”
He was right, the orc civilization had advanced greatly because of the arrival of the Draenei, or because of the sacred mountain of Washugu.
But there really happened to be one ogre here who knew something - they were a group of ogres from Ogrela, Blade Mountain. This group of ogres became a group of ogre scholars because of their research on the Aecipis Crystal, a remnant of the Aehipis civilization. Not willing to be ruled by the ignorant Goron, they got rid of Grull and continued to quietly study more about the Aehipis civilization.
After the Burning Legion attacked Blade Mountain, they had to join the Half-Ogre of Moknassa in receiving the aid of the Expeditionary Force and joining them in the fight against the Burning Legion. And then here we are.
This information has answered many of our previous doubts (yes, our research has a direction!). )。 "The representative of this group of Ogrela's ogres. The two heads of a two-headed ogre named Mogodog said together.
After opening this head, seeing that the topic was about to turn into the exploration of the ancient civilization of the Raven People, Jiang Weihan had to interrupt: "Now let's enter this fortress of Sketis immediately!" It can withstand Akmund's strongest spells, and now I'm confident in our defenses! ”
His confidence was contagious to the others, who had been in despair from the collapse of the Raven Feather Mountain a few minutes ago, and now they were more confident than they were before the battle.
This change of mentality is all due to the sturdy and magnificent fortress of Aehipis below.
They can't wait to get ready to get in on it!
Of course, the happiness of the coalition represents the anger of Akmund.
He had been immersed in the fear and despair of these mortals, but then an unknown fortress suddenly appeared under the hiding of Ravenfeather Mountain—and a fortress that had been preserved from his strongest spells—and Akmund was completely unable to comprehend what he was seeing. It was a challenge to him!
"Attack! Attack now! Akmund roared.
Not only did he do it for revenge, but also because now these natives are not familiar with this fortress, and most of them have not even landed, if his demon forces rush in first. It may be possible to take control of the Aecipis fortress from the natives. Just open the gates of the fortress and his land army will be able to rush in and fight the natives!
That will save you a lot of trouble.
At his command, the demons of the sky and the ground poured towards the fortress of Ehipis like a tidal wave.
But at this time. A tall, pale cyan elemental creature suddenly rushed out of Oakington's direction. No one knows where this thing came from or what it's called. Anyway, as soon as it came out, it frantically absorbed the energy around it and let out a scream of excitement.
A massive sonic boom spread along with the screams of the elemental creature. Everywhere the sound goes, everything turns to dust—whether it's rocks, trees, or demons.
Akmund was furious, he didn't expect these natives to secretly bury such an ambush!
Seeing that the elemental creature was still wreaking havoc, Akmund strode towards it. He couldn't leave it alone, and no one knew how many of his troops this elemental creature would kill with a sonic boom if he left it alone!
But Akmund didn't know that this Elemental Lord was not a reinforcement invited by Jiang Weihan - in fact, it was an Elemental Lord summoned from another world by the orc warlocks of the Shadow Council, named Momor.
As the Lord of the Sound Element, Momore possesses even more terrifying destructive power than the other elements - many of the intelligent beings of the previous worlds have sensed its existence, and some of them have tried to summon or enslave it, and all of these worlds have been destroyed in the whispers of Momore.
For it, destroying the miè world only requires it to make a sound.
The Shadow Council originally wanted to do the same, so they summoned Moor. However, it was not until this element came to Draenor that it was discovered that its power exceeded the control range of the warlocks. In order to prevent it from backlashing, the Warlocks had to find a way to temporarily limit its power and imprison it in the shadow labyrinth of Oakington.
And this limit is getting weaker and weaker because of the loss of time.
Originally, at a normal rate, it would take several years for Momore to break the ban, but today, when Akmund used his most powerful spell, strong earthquakes and energy fluctuations swept away the confinement on Momor's body.
Momore, who escaped from the shadow labyrinth, immediately launched its revenge - it was ready to destroy the world!
In fact, Akmund and Momore have the same purpose, if he doesn't treat the other party as a helper invited by Jiang Weihan and chooses to join forces with Momore, I'm afraid that even if the coalition forces hide in the fortress of Aehipis, it will be useless.
Because there are few means to block invisible sonic attacks in the real world.
But the misunderstanding is so wonderful, since Akmund used his most powerful spell, even the heavens have been helping Jiang Weihan and the foreign coalition forces around him. (To be continued......) R1292