Chapter Ninety-Six: The End of the Main Quest (Part I)
On the main battlefield at the foot of Mount Hyjal, the warriors of the four clans once again started a new battle in order to compete for the hegemony of the Kalimdor continent.
This time, though, the fight is no longer aimed at a specific target.
The long-standing national hatred, the melee mode needed by the city, the contradictions and conflicts and mutual distrust in the past made it impossible for the three races of humans, immortals and elves to truly unite, and at this moment finally turned their faces in full swing and raised their butcher knives towards any life other than their own race.
The main battlefield was filled with blood, with the heavy cavalry units from the Terrans fighting with the abomination of the undead, the troglodyte demons and mage troops of the undead were also entangled with the elven dryads and sentinel troops, while the elven druid forces were engaged in a scuffle with human mages and dwarven musketeers.
While the three clans were fighting, they did not let go of the orcs on the high ground.
The griffin and dragon eagle troops of the Terrans, the undead gargoyles and destroyer troops, the fairy dragons of the elves and the horned eagle knights used their air superiority to attack the high ground of the Orcs at the same time, and the mechanized troops of the Terrans on the ground rumbled over, and steam tanks charged towards the hillside with gurgling white smoke.
Although the steam tanks were eventually dismantled into piles of scrap metal under the desperate resistance of the orc forces, their powerful defensive capabilities and unique ability to destroy buildings caused the arrow towers that stood in the orc positions to collapse and push directly out of a distance of hundreds of meters.
It wasn't until two teams of wolf cavalry warriors rushed out from the flanks and completely surrounded them in the hillside clearing that the men's progress was stopped.
But then, another mortar was pushed up from below, accompanied by the wild and powerful shouts of the dwarves, and the cannonballs rained upwards, interspersed with the sharp attacks of meat grinders and ballistas, patches of yellow mist rising from the position, and the whistling sound of sharp blades piercing through their bodies and tearing soldiers to pieces.
Whether it is in the sky or on the ground, there are shouts of killing everywhere, and blood and water fall from the sky, as if a blood rain has fallen.
Horned eagles, griffins, gargoyles, and bipedal wyverns fell from the sky.
A cavalry of horned eagle beasts landed directly on a large rock on the hillside.
The elven archer on the horned eagle beast was lucky not to die, and he was struggling to get up and fight again.
A big foot was already on her throat, and with a random kick, it trampled her neck off.
Carlos didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground, his eyes wandered forward, and he said in a calm and indifferent tone, "So, you've done what you want to do?"
Behind him, Shen Yi stood respectfully.
He had just come back twenty minutes ago, when the war had already begun, and Shen Yi had to pay nearly a hundred lives just to get back to the hillside.
But for Shen Yi, everything is worth it.
Seven of the eight neutral heroes have died, and there are no more independent forces threatening in the thousands of square kilometers of Kalimdor continent surrounding Mount Hyjal, except for Lexa.
After killing the panda, Shen Yi and the others received two rewards.
One is a spirit brewed by Panda Brewing Fairy, which restores 150 health points and 20 spirit power after use, and can be used five times.
The other is Panda Brewmaster's ultimate skill element separation. Unfortunately, this is not a skill learning scroll, but a consumable scroll, and the user who owns this scroll can use two elemental separations to separate themselves into three clones at the same time: earth, wind, and fire, and each has its own corresponding skill. As long as any of the clones survive, the user will not die.
Although it was only a consumable scroll, due to the powerful utility of elemental separation, there was a battle between the crowd and it was eventually bought by the deep-pocketed Broken Blades as their new hole card.
For this, Shen Yi paid a plasma gun and four thousand blood points as a price.
"Yes, Master Carlos, all those who should be purged have been purged out. At this moment, Shen Yi lowered his head and replied.
Carlos Huo Ran turned around and looked directly at Shen Yi: "Including Chen, is he also the one who should be eliminated?"
When Carlos said Chen, he naturally meant the panda wine fairy.
"Yes, Master Carlos. The battle of Hyjal is related to the life and death of the entire orc, as well as the final hegemony of the Kalimdor continent, and all the orc people should throw their heads and spill their blood for the future of the orc race. Although Chen is a friend of the orc clan, in this battle that is related to the survival and fate of the orc, he is independent, he stays in a corner, and sits back and watches my orc soldiers fight hard without making a move, and he has broken his promise, so he is no longer our friend!"
"But at least he's not against us!"
"Wait until he is the enemy of us before he strikes, I'm afraid it's too late. Now that the orcs are in a good situation, the last thing they need is an accident. Chan may or may not help us, and he may or may not help the enemy. Without Chen, we can still win. But if Chen helps the enemy, we are likely to lose the victory we have won. Weigh the pros and cons of gains and losses, eliminate all possible unfavorable factors, and be willing not to win a big victory, rather than a latent crisis!" Shen Yi replied without showing weakness.
Carlos didn't expect Shen Yi to say such a thing at all, he was slightly stunned for a moment before he said slowly: "No matter what, this matter should be decided with our consent." You do this...... Makes Lockhan and Baini very dissatisfied and angry!"
In the end, Lockhan is a plot character preserved in the city, a hero who participated in the Battle of Dolot, and a friend who has experienced the same life and death with the panda Brewmaster. Bai Ni, on the other hand, was the one who had been saved by the panda and was also quite angry about it.
It is conceivable that Shen Yi's killing of the panda wine fairy will inevitably make Lockhan furious. In fact, if it weren't for Carlos's efforts to maintain and stop it, these two people would only be afraid that they would have come over to trouble Shen Yi now.
Hearing Carlos say this at this moment, Shen Yi smiled slightly: "I can understand the feelings of those two adults, but if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different, I believe that what I did is right." ”
"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different?" Hearing this, Carlos was stunned at first, and then laughed loudly: "Well said! Chen is not from my beast clan after all, and even I don't trust him!"
At this moment, he finally revealed his true thoughts, and it was obvious that Carlos also thought the same as Shen Yi.
Perhaps because of this, when Carlos sent Batrider to inform Shen Yi, he emphasized Lexa in particular, but he didn't even mention the panda.
Obviously, he was hinting to Shen Yi who could and couldn't be killed, but Shen Yi understood this meaning and immediately launched a thunderbolt operation.
At this moment, Carlos said: "Chen's matter, I will help you take care of it, you don't have to worry about anything." It's a good thing you didn't kill Lexa, otherwise even I wouldn't have been able to come down to it. ”
"Thank you, sir!"
"So...... What do you think of this war now?" Carlos turned again, his gaze sweeping the battlefield ahead.
Shen Yi replied respectfully: "The key to victory is no longer here, and the key to ending the battle has been held in our hands as early as two days ago." ”
There was a hint of appreciation in Carlos' eyes.
Shen Yi was right, since the three energy generators of the Hyjal offensive and defensive battle were destroyed, the key to victory was no longer here, but the Hyjal Castle itself.
In fact, what the Orcs really want to do now is not to fight with the other three races, but to immediately go up the mountain and take Hyjal Castle. As long as the castle is taken and the Well of Eternity is occupied, then the dust of this war is settled.
As long as the main quest is completed, the other three clans will be forced to withdraw from this battle for supremacy, and the orcs will be able to avoid further depletion of troops due to the battle.
The reason why the orcs have not launched their actions for a long time now, to put it bluntly, is that they are afraid that when they march into Hyjal Castle, they will be outflanked by the three clans from behind.
"Then do you think we should attack Hyjal now?" asked Carlos.
Shen Yi hesitated.
Judging from the current situation, as long as the orcs are willing to give him two thousand-man teams, Shen Yi is still very sure to take Hyjal Castle.
The problem is that Shen Yi doesn't really want to do it yet.
You must know that once the main quest is completed, the three clans will withdraw from the battlefield under the compulsion of the city. But at this time, there are still many heroes in the three major races who have not been killed.
These heroes are all money, equipment, skills, items, faction honors, and a lot of blood points!
However, if you want to kill them, you must continue the battle.
The contradiction is here.
If the battle continues, it is possible to kill more heroes and get more rewards, but the attrition of orc soldiers will inevitably increase, which will inevitably be detrimental to the defense against the attack of the Burning Legion in the future.
Defeat Hyjal now, you can reduce the loss of the orcs, but you will also completely lose the opportunity to kill more heroes.
After thinking about it, Shen Yi replied: "Now that we are in a state of melee, considering that we have a geographical advantage, the situation is favorable to us." I suggest waiting for a while, depleting some of the opponent's forces for the time being, and confirming that the opponent is tired and unable to fight back against us, before launching an attack on the castle. ”
In the end, he chose to kill as many opposing heroes as he could, and then consider the castle defense.
Many times the immediate benefits are more important than the long-term benefits, not to mention that killing heroes to get rewards is also part of improving one's own strength.
Carlos frowned slightly, and honestly this answer was not what he wanted to hear.
Unlike Shen Yi, as the leader of the orc clan, in addition to victory, what they care about most is the lives of their soldiers.
If the battle can be ended earlier, the orc soldiers will be able to die less, and as for the rewards...... What's that?
So Carlos said: "You should know that while the enemy is being consumed, our soldiers are also dying. ”
He pointed to a battlefield where a dozen bipedal wyverns were wrestling with griffons and dragon eagles in the sky. A wyvern was locked in by a dragon eagle and motionless, screaming in grief under the combined attack of several griffins.
"Healing bullets!" Shen Yi raised his gun and fired a few bullets at the flying dragon, and at the same time, the muzzle of the gun turned, locking on the dragon eagle, and the bullets were fired continuously, causing the dragon eagle to give up the air shackles and fly backwards with a long hiss.
Carlos, however, said leisurely: "You can save one, but you can't save the others." ”
In the other direction of the battlefield, an orc infantryman roared loudly and slashed his battle axe into the chest of a human warrior, shattering the opponent's chest as he was caught in the air by three gargoyles, and their sharp claws pierced his body, tearing him alive and spilling him into a sky of flesh and blood.
As long as we can kill one or two more heroes from the enemy camp, we will win this war. Shen Yi replied.
Carlos let out a long breath.
"Since you're so persistent, then well, give you half a day, and you go to the battlefield right now and do whatever you want. But no matter what, when night comes, you must lead your troops to kill the castle of Haegal and put an end to this war once and for all!"
"Yes, my lord!" Shen Yi clenched his fists and walked towards his troops.
Seeing Shen Yi coming back, he stepped forward gently: "How is it?"
Shen Yi looked at the time prompt on the Blood Emblem and replied: "There are still five hours, strive to kill one or two more heroes, and then fully complete the main quest." ”
"Who are you going to kill?" Chu Sheng asked.
Shen Yi replied: "In the immortal and elf camps, there have already been heroes who have fallen, but only the human race, the four heroes are still alive." It just so happens that their heroes, most of whose skills are useful to adventurers, start with them. ”
"The Terran camp is currently the most intact, and it may not be so easy to deal with. ”
"It's not necessarily as hard as you think. ”
Saying that, Shen Yi looked back at the battlefield, his gaze passed through the boundless murderous aura and the ocean of blood, and fell in the center of the battlefield, where the killing was the most intense.
He smiled slightly and opened the team channel: "King Kong, Yiyu, start the fishing operation, find a way to lead the great/mage to the remote battlefield, and don't let him bring too many troops as much as possible." ”
"Understood, boss, do you need us to do it too?"
"No, all you have to do is bring me the next hero when the Great/Mage is about to die. Just choose ...... Blood mage. ”
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PS: Cervical spondylosis is not well yet, and I can't add it for the time being, sorry.