Chapter 559: South of the Pine Forest
Ragnaros, the king of the fire elementals, has existed for a long time, and before the Titan gods have brought the power of order to the world of Azeroth, the elemental kings have ruled the elements, surrendered to the power of the ancient gods, and built a hellish and magnificent city cluster.
It is precisely because of such a history that the elemental spirits born in the four elements seem to be friends and foes with the creatures on the surface.
After all, from their point of view, the species that are active now are the beings that were born after they were defeated and banished to the inner plane, and the original home was completely transformed by the technology of the Titan series.
And the surface species don't like to see the elemental elves very much, once they appear, they are always like prisoners of the wind time, and make a mess of the surface environment.
When Kane heard that Nefarian was hooking up with Ragnaros, he didn't think it was a good thing.
When the Titans left, they left behind five guardian dragons, among whom the black dragon Nessario, the guardian of the earth and mountains.
In a way, it's closest to the inner plane where the Exiled Elementals are located, and the Abyssal Cage where the Elder Gods are imprisoned.
In the end, Nesario was indeed driven mad by the fragmented thoughts of the ancient gods for thousands of years. That's an afterword.
In terms of attributes, the black dragons have the characteristics of earth element and fire element affinity. This is inevitable, after all, the so-called protection of the earth is mainly a natural system that suppresses lava and prevents it from overturning the earth's surface.
It is precisely because of this that when Nesario went completely insane, there was that special stage of the original historical line - the fission of the earth. The surface of the earth has been profoundly changed. Again, Nesario's main focus wasn't on destroying nature, and it would be even worse if he focused on this kind of thing.
"Guardians, one or two, have all deteriorated because of time, and have gone from guardians to scourges. The plan to deal with these guys has to be put on the agenda as soon as possible......"
Kane thought silently, from Nefarion, to the black dragon, from the black dragon to the five-colored dragon, and to the existence of Lorken and others in the storm cliffs of the northern Northrend continent.
To put it simply, these are all servants left by the Creation Titans, each taking care of the elements, and then tens of thousands of years without any growth, a childish horse, and finally a childish play with a big knife, are all this routine, one can do more than the other, its consciousness is full of the rotten smell of losing the momentum of progress early on, holding on to the incomplete, in a distorted way, expressing their ridiculous foolishness, or the three views after sinking.
To deal with these demigod-level existences, the key point is the element.
Using Kane's own system to analyze it, it is a magical, mysterious, and spiritual substance. This world is called 'the essence' in general terms.
Drain the 'essence', these guys, if they want to be demons, they can't make a big move.
For a specific example, you can refer to the late stage of the Earth Fission of the original history line, where the guardian dragon worked together to create the dragon's soul in order to defeat Nesario, thus losing most of its magical power and losing its guardian qualification.
From another point of view, the 'essence' is equivalent to the medium of the basic laws that affect the composition and operation of the world, with it, it can achieve something similar to 'unreasonable' and distorting the rules to a certain extent.
Thinking of this, Kane couldn't help but touch the little thumb of his left hand.
Kane Sun, in the Abyssal World, used his arm as a sacrifice to build the Druid's underground temple. And as Kane Sun's gangster, he did not lose a similar tradition, and he sacrificed his left little finger as a container for strange substances.
Over the years, the paladins have been all over the world to eliminate violence and peace, not only to fight monsters, but also to collect a bunch of so-called holy weapons and mysterious things.
Kane strives to create a shared understanding that these mysterious things of unknown origin are likely to be harmful and even regretful for the rest of their lives.
The best way to deal with it is to hand it over to professionals, scrap the scrapped, seal the seal, and if you don't have the relevant expertise, don't think too much about it, just treat it as a high-priced collectible that can get a high reward.
In order to make people have this kind of understanding, he specially collected some information and records, and advised people that if they want to make a fortune and gain power, or are they down-to-earth and reliable, and get rich overnight?
In general, through tireless collection of antiques, Kane has also extracted some extraordinary materials over the years. After all, he is a divine soul, and this compulsion, coupled with the relevant technology, allows him to have a way to deal with these transcendent substances, rather than simply sealing them.
If there is a seal, it will be unsealed, and sooner or later there will be problems.
So Kane secretly didn't know how many artifacts he had destroyed over the years, and in the end, they were all concentrated in his left little finger.
From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as a kind of compromise for him, so as to establish a certain bond with the world, unlike the ontology, which is simply gone, and there is no future trouble.
The establishment of this bond relationship involves power and obligation. At the cost of helping to solve problems, gain the ability to wield some special powers.
And this has become an important support point for him to upgrade the system technology in a leapfrog mode. Otherwise, he, an outsider, will appear in the embarrassment of developing flame high-temperature metallurgy technology in the water world, and the environment will be targeted everywhere, and the result will be half the effort.
With a certain divine quality, he naturally pays close attention to existences like him. Guardian Dragon, primitive animal deity, guardian of the Titan's legacy...... In Azeroth, the existence of the demigod level can still be counted.
Kane's force, starting from Arashi, passed through the Hillsbrad Hills and entered the Silver Pines Forest.
Naturally, there is nothing to say about the hilly area, although there is still a part of the autonomous territory in name, but it more or less enjoys the protection of the Falken Kingdom, and it is nothing at all to borrow such a thing.
It's just that Kane pays more attention to stealth work this time, and the troops pass through the area at night, and even so, the shadow still catches a few prying 'eyes'.
Kane attaches great importance to intelligence, and counterintelligence work has always been in place, and the fate of the caught eyes is tragic, and being able to be a double agent is a good result.
The Hidden Front is an interesting area, full of true and false information, as well as scheming. Sometimes, it can also be a way to convey some information to your opponent.
Like this one, when the troops arrived in the Silverpine Forest, Kane sent an invitation to the Lich King.
The specific process is somewhat detouring.
The news was first known to Arugao.
This former Kenrito mage is an example of 'character determines fate'.
In the original historical line, after the death of Antonidas, Kenrito was leaderless and looked miserable as if he had fallen from the clouds to the dust. They have always been proud of the world, and they suddenly found that magic was not as perfect as they thought, not to mention that before the army broke through Dalaran, and then Akmund destroyed the magic city, the arrogance of the mages can be said to have been smashed into the mud and stepped on a few feet.
In this context, the mentality of some mages is unbalanced, and they become eager for quick success, or even unscrupulous.
Even if Arugao is one, this mage known as the 'poor magician', is usually looked down upon by his colleagues, but he is also a lonely and obedient character, like many degenerates, he also breaks taboos and looks for the strength to make up for his shortcomings. So he found Wolgan, the wolf of darkness.
Wolgan is the dark side of Godring, the wolf god of the early animal demigods of Azeroth.
At the same time, it is also the source of the werewolf curse.
Moreover, Wolgan is inextricably linked to the underworld, the Emerald Dream Realm, and the Blighted Realm.
And now, Antonidas and the Magic City are all fine, but Arugao is still in trouble. This guy made the same mistake as Kel'thugad, got a book of evil laws, and studied it on his own, thinking that it was very secretive and very clever, but he was discovered and expelled.
After leaving Darra, Arugao continued his forbidden research, but he was not like Kel'thugad, he had a rich family, he was basically a poor ghost, he used to have a small fortune, and because of the need for research, he smashed it all.
In order to get the resources, places, and money he needed, he directed and acted in a play.
The area of the Silver Pine Forest, near the famous Wall of Greyman, belonged to the Kingdom of Gilneis. Its king, Jean Greyman, was a shrewd and somewhat over-the-top monarch in Kane's eyes.
Originally, he wanted to eat the plastered land of the hills of Hillsbrad, but after Lordaeron King Terenus showed a stronger will, he shrunk, and there was a gap in national strength, and Terenus was the leader of the alliance against the orc invasion, and he had no chance of winning by wrestling his wrists.
Unable to eat fat, he refused to take responsibility, and when Tyrenus made a big deal about the orcs in prison, Jean took the opportunity to withdraw from the alliance.
During this period, Gilneth had already shown signs of living his own life behind closed doors, but he had not completely closed off the country, but built walled castles in the west of Burning Wood Village, Shadowfang Castle, and Boreonard in the east, just like a door god, guarding the wall of Greymane at the southern end, forming a triangular pattern that relies on each other.
This construction has indeed raised the safety factor of the Kingdom of Gilneys to a new level, and the people of Gilneys, who lack a sense of security, are supposedly able to interact with people from other countries normally.
However, the shrewd Gilneys soon discovered that their new neighbour, the Kingdom of Falken, was on the verge of bankruptcy in its own industry.
In order to prop up domestic industries, Gilneth has imposed extremely high tariffs on many products from abroad.
Kane just laughed it off. In his seriousness, the industrialization process of the Falken Kingdom has only just begun, and it is still some time before it is perfect and mature, sweeping the world.
But, it won't be long. At that time, Gilneth misses the best integration period, which will not only be painful, but fatal.
Of course, they can continue to encourage, even with a policy of implicit incarceration, even prohibiting citizens from interacting with outsiders.
That's nothing, in the 21st century of the origin world, isn't there still a primitive and backward indigenous non-chieftain in Africa?
Kane didn't specifically target it, and Gilneth didn't have the ability to suppress Kane's industry in turn, don't look at a country, but the population is not even a county in the 21st century of the Celestial Empire, or even a township in a prosperous area. Such a few people, and they are mainly farming, how can they fight with Kane?
And as the news of the Scourge Immortal's invasion of Lordaeron spread, Jean immediately issued an order to completely lock down the country. It seems that even Shadowtooth Castle and Bolun Castle have given up.
"Why did the door god who had worked so hard to build just throw it away and not destroy it, is this a nuisance to the enemy? Or is it a bandit? Or is there something wrong with Gilneth?"
Kane has no conclusive evidence to conclude these questions. He has only recently added more manpower.
Previously, the Hall of the Twelve Warships also had spy personnel in Gilnes, but Kane was still measured in his actions towards the Allies and did not spy too deeply.
On the surface, there are no major omissions or accidents in the operation of the Kingdom of Gilneys.
This time, the spy is very demanding, and the lives of the king and magnates are all within the scope of attention.
Not to mention Gilneth's anomaly, let's talk about two forts.
On Borenard's side, after Gilneth gave up, Dalaran took it over and became a relay station on Ambermere's way to the hills of Hillsbrad.
Shadowfang Castle and the castle village, Burning Wood Village, continue to be collected by the local lord Barron. As for what affiliation it is, few people know.
As a result, since two or three months ago, the villagers of Burning Wood Village have been living in fear every day.
They expected the local lords to protect them from the wild wolves of the forest.
This is the drama written and directed by Arugao.
The wolf murder incident, the lord has not shown up for a long time. But somehow, a Dalaran mage jumped out, gave them some magic bracers, and told them that after wearing them, they could not be harassed by wild beasts.
At first, people were skeptical, but they couldn't stand someone who showed up and said: encountered a wild wolf, huge, terrifying, eyes like lights, but did not attack, watched for a while, and then retreated
As a result, more and more people wore this burnt wood bracer.
But after a period of peace, a new situation has recently appeared, and it is also bad luck.
The hunter saw the werewolf deep in the forest, and people were constantly missing in the village, and at night, wolf howls could be heard outside the village......
That's the probability of the scouts bringing back the information.
The people of this world don't yet know about werewolves and werewolf curses, so they're a little confused about what happened in Burning Wood Village.
Kane was clear.
"It seems that before confronting the Scourge Legion, we must first solve the wolf plague. ”