Medivan and Lin Xuan did not give any explanation for the information they had obtained. After bidding farewell to King Lane, Medivan hurried back to the Tower of Karazhan. He didn't reveal much. Just said that he needed to go back to the Tower of Karazhan to check up some information. Only this time Khadgar was keenly aware of a difference.

In the past, after every time Medivan returned from an outing, he had to soak in the mana pool to restore his lost mana. Taking a person across a distance of hundreds of kilometers is nothing to Medivan. But according to his previous habit, he will still reply. This is a mage who is used to keeping himself at the top of his game. But this time he didn't, and he locked himself in a secret room in an extremely rare way, seemingly recovering his mana through meditation.

The mana pool of the Tower of Karazan contains almost endless magical power, and it is a coveted artifact for every mage. It is at the flashpoint of this kind of magic tide that is distorted in time and space that it will appear. But Medivan, who had always relied heavily on it, suddenly quit the magic pool.

Khadgar didn't know what that meant, but he kept it to heart. And in the days that followed, Khadgar gradually made some other 'abnormal' discoveries. For example, the number of times Medivan left the Tower of Karazhan was significantly less. And his mental condition is better than before. Although my consciousness is still confused at times, it has improved.

And all of these changes came after the trip to Stormwind. Khadgar sometimes wondered if something had happened in Stormwind that he didn't know was happening, and that it had changed Medivan in some way. Fortunately, at present, many of Medivan's changes are in a benign way, so Khadgar just took it to heart and didn't think deeply.

And in Stormwind, some big events are brewing as well. A large number of ordnance warehouses were opened, and countless gunpowder and arrows were transported to special locations. A large number of soldiers began to assemble, they were heavily armed and ready for some kind of war level.

"We have gathered an army of more than three thousand people. That's more than thirty percent of Stormwind's regular army. If, according to what you say, the camp is less than three hundred people, these armies are sufficient. "Lothar was extremely dissatisfied with Lin Xuan's constant request for Zeng Bing, thinking that he underestimated the army under his command.

"I don't mean to belittle your army, General Lothar. In fact, with the current size of the army, it is enough to completely annihilate the vanguard army of the other side. But I need to be reminded that the other side is not the usual enemy you have encountered before. They are a brand new species from another world. He has a personal force stronger than your strongest knights. So if you don't want to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, be as prepared as possible. ”

"Well, I'll send another thousand men. In addition, some monks of the Cathedral of the Holy Light will also accompany the army. They have good healing powers. ”

"That couldn't be better."

The Dark Gate of Azeroth is in the easternmost part of the Stormwind Kingdom. It's already close to the border, and it's in an undeveloped area of virgin dense forest. However, at this time, a large clearing has been cut down around the Dark Gate. Rough wooden houses have appeared here, and this is already a camp for orcs. More than two hundred orcs are expanding their camp here, ready to welcome the next army of orcs.

Orcs are born warriors, but as a nomadic race, they are more talented and experienced in the use of some war skills. And Azeroth gave birth to the current civilization on the basis of countless wars. It is still much better in some details.

Several orc soldiers on the periphery only felt a pain in their necks, and when they reached out and touched it, they only felt a very thin bamboo stick piercing their skin. He didn't even care what was going on, he just looked around suspiciously, and then continued to doze off there. But this drowsiness directly made him really fall asleep. The powerful anesthetic concocted by the alchemists of Stormwind City is still quite effective. It's just a pity that the cost is extremely high, and only those elite scouts are eligible to use it.

Thousands of human armies slowly approached the orc camp from all sides. Most of the orcs didn't notice it, but there were not only orcs in the camp, but also the giant wolves they had tamed. These beasts have a much stronger sense than orcs. A giant wolf suddenly raised its head and began to look around vigilantly. And the wolf cavalry who domesticated him immediately stood up. They were partners, and he knew very well what the giant wolf's movements meant.

A loud roar came from his mouth. This is also the usual way for orcs to transmit messages. The entire orc camp instantly entered a tense state. At the same time, the Terran soldiers, who were close enough, gave the order to attack.

In an instant, countless soldiers rushed out from the surrounding forest. The soldiers, with shields in their left hands and dwarven muskets in their right hands, fired a volley before they could engage in hand-to-hand combat. Regardless of whether he hits his opponent or not, he directly puts away his musket and draws his long sword to charge. In terms of overall style, it can be regarded as an extremely mature class.

The musket did not have the expected lethal effect. Because this time it was a real army, not the last time it was a lightly armed scout. The orc soldiers all had some improvised leather armor on their bodies, and at that distance, combined with the orc's strong bodies, the muskets were extremely limited. Of course, the special version of the musket in Anduinlosa's hand is not necessarily. Lin Xuan clearly saw that he had blown a hole in the chest of an orc wearing leather armor with a single shot.

Thousands of Terran soldiers in silver armor collided with hundreds of green-skinned orc soldiers. Viewed from a distance, it looks like a silver torrent crashing into a green torrent. Although the number of orcs was small, they were not weak at all, and they did not hesitate to charge at the enemy ten times as many.

There was a loud bang, mixed with screams, metal clashing, and the sound of limbs tearing. The two sides finally collided together. In an instant, flesh and blood flew sideways, and stumps and severed arms flew all over the sky. Since orcs mostly use heavy weapons. Mace, giant axe, no matter what, when they touch a Terran soldier, even if they are protected by armor, they lose part of their body. The severity of the war made Hermione, a little girl who thought she had experienced the battlefield, turn pale when she saw it.

She couldn't help but step forward to help. But he found that his magic was out of order. Because Lin Xuan on the side stopped her.

"I can protect myself, I can help."

"I know you can help. But I would like to ask, which side are you going to help? ”

"Of course it's on the human side." Hermione looked right.

"Why?"

"Why?" Hermione didn't expect Lin Xuan to ask like this, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Do you know why orcs are attacking this world?"

"Because their world is going to be destroyed." Hermione was stunned. Yes, according to this theory, orcs are actually the ones who should be sympathized, after all, they are just a group of exiles.

"But you've always been on the side of humanity. And we're human too. It seems that Lin Xuan's previous actions made Hermione have a wrong understanding.

"Do you think I'm on the side of humanity? Wrong, I'm just on the opposite side of something. In fact, I don't like to see humans and orcs fighting. Because you and I both know what the war between them is for? Finally, you have to remember that we are human beings, but we are also outsiders. ”

"Then we'll tell them. Let them join forces against the ......," Hermione didn't say the name. Because Lin Xuan had already told him not to say those relevant names under any circumstances.

"Why join forces? With the stories I tell them? It's a race war. Orcs must expand externally in order to survive. And human beings must fight to the death for their homeland. This in itself is an irreconcilable contradiction. In fact, once the war starts, neither side will sit down and listen to my story. The inertia of war will push the two sides to fight endlessly. This is a war of protection and survival. At least for each other now. ”

"But there are so many no-man's lands here, as long as you give up a piece of land. The Stormwind Kingdom had no idea of developing these lands at all. ”

"That's really the ideal solution. But you have to know that this is not an exchange between two people, not even two countries, but two races. Do you know what happens when two different races collide? There is only one answer, and that is that only one can survive. If you can't figure it out, think of examples from Earth. Lin Xuan paused for a moment and continued.

"I've been to many worlds, whether it's humans, orcs, or even gods, all intelligent life races have one thing in common. That is, they will completely destroy their competitors, and then monopolize all resources. At the beginning of human beings, more than one species of Homo sapiens appeared. But in the end, only one survived, and finally became a modern human. And all the rest were destroyed by this intelligent race. This is even a struggle that is only seen with the same race. ”

"But they have a common enemy, huh?"

"Who knows?"

"Teacher, you can tell King Ryan. He is a wise monarch and will surely understand you. ”

"Perhaps, but war is not something that can be stopped unilaterally. King Ryan could order an end to the attack, but the orcs wouldn't think so. Again, not everyone is bewitched. Someone among the orcs must have sensed something. But in this general situation, the sober one is the most dangerous. ”

"Then we're going to do nothing? Watching them fight each other? ”

"Yes, we're just standing here and watching them fight. You must know that war requires bloodshed. When there is enough blood flowing. There will always be people who can't bear it. At that point, maybe they'll be able to sit down and listen to my story. ”

Despite their bravery, the Orc Legion was unable to defeat the elite forces of Stormwind with one outw. The scales of war quickly tipped in favor of humanity.

With the continuous reduction of orc soldiers. The encirclement of the human race is also constantly compressing, and the remaining orcs know that their defeat is assured, and they begin to try to break through. You know, once the encirclement shrinks to a certain extent. They will lose even a chance to break through.

Lothar is a good commander, and it is impossible for him not to expect a breakthrough from his opponent. Wai San lacks a hand, and he is already proficient in light cars. It's just that on the side of the missing 'one', he also arranged a cavalry. In order to completely annihilate all orcs.

Dozens of orc warriors broke through to the breach. The human soldiers around them didn't chase after them, because they knew that the cavalry behind them would surround them. But this time the cavalry was a disappointment. Because the dozens of orc soldiers suddenly became extremely brave one by one, not at all like wounded soldiers who had gone through a fierce battle. And the most critical thing is that the entire cavalry regiment has all sorts of problems one after another. First of all, a cavalryman did not control his war horse well, causing the cry of the war horse to reveal his position in advance.

You know, this is a dense forest and mountainous area. Not friendly to cavalry. That's why they didn't go head-on, but only on the periphery. But because of the relationship exposed in advance, it failed to play the role of a surprise attack. In the process of pursuit, there were still several war horses that were injured in the legs of the rugged mountains, which greatly hindered the progress of the pursuit. In the end, I watched more than a dozen orcs run into the depths of the dense forest and disappear.

It's already a place where horses can't set foot. In fact, even infantry is very difficult to penetrate deep into that kind of primeval jungle. Stormwind's infantry is not yet proficient in jungle warfare. On the contrary, those orcs are all top hunters, and they are like fish in water in the jungle, and they will disappear after a while.

It's just that the human soldiers in the hurry didn't notice that the escaped orcs were all flesh-skinned, not green-skinned. And on the hides on their bodies, there is a simple mark. A white wolf head. This means that they belong to a special tribe, the Frostwolf Clan.

A skirmish was over. But then the follow-up problems really began to emerge in piles. The first is the Dark Gate. There's no good way to destroy the Dark Gate at this stage.

The entire Dark Gate contains an endless amount of that vast amount of green energy. All who try to destroy it will be eroded by it. And according to Medivan, if you use forbidden spell-level magic to forcibly destroy the Dark Gate, the evil energy in it will unstoppably explode completely. At that time, the entire kingdom of Stormwind will be in danger of being completely eroded.

It is impossible to destroy it, so the only way to control it is to garrison an army. But there is a rather complex problem with this. It's too far from Stormwind. It would take more than three days for the cavalry scouts to even return to Stormwind. That would be a huge logistical burden.

Know that to completely control the Dark Gate, you need at least thousands of soldiers to guard it. In fact, once the orcs invaded in full. Tens of thousands of people are not necessarily enough. And although Stormwind City is rich, it is impossible for thousands of elites drawn from all over the country to be stationed here in a state of imminent war.

This is not yet the time of the Union. Although the Kingdom of Stormwind is rich, this burden is still a bit too heavy. Unless the entire Stormwind Kingdom is put into a state of full combat readiness and wartime regulations are enforced. But in that case, you will not be able to account for your own people. Because you have absolutely no idea when the next appearance of your opponent will be. Wartime regulations cannot be enforced indefinitely.

The troubles of the Storm Kingdom, Lin Xuan did not continue to interfere. As an outsider, he's already done a little too much. Sometimes it's not your good intentions that you can get the same good intentions back. Because during this period, some political issues have already begun to be involved. Of course, Lin Xuan was hiding as far as he could in this regard. All the way to another famous city, Ironforge.