Volume 5 The Return of the King 123 Orgrimmar
My face was a little wrinkled by the dry wind of the barren land, and the hot sun distorted the light and shadow in the air ahead. In the distance, there were several lions lying in the grass, one of the few places in the land where they could shelter from the midday sun.
The climate here is really not comparable to the warm and humid Mogaolei, but one good thing is that when the night comes, the coolness will come to the world again, and that kind of comfort cannot be experienced anywhere else.
Led by Golm Terror Totem, I am on my way to the Orc City, the capital of the Horde, to meet the Grand Chief. As the plenipotentiary of Kane Bloodhoof, he will be our most powerful assistant in this consultation.
Instead of going to Ratchet City to take a boat, we went north along the Golden Road, turning southeast after passing the crossroads, and after two days a very wide river appeared in front of us.
The orc garrison on the bridgehead bunker told me that crossing the river was Durotal.
It's called a river, but it's more like a tidal flat, a swamp. Walking on the wooden bridge erected over the water, the water under the bridge does not seem to be very deep, and the current is not turbulent at all. I even saw crocodiles lurking under the bridge.
The orcs must have taken this into account when they built this bridge, the bridge deck is still relatively high, and I see that the mud traces on the piers did not reach the bridge deck even when the water level was at its highest. The bridge should be longer than the one on Lake Keldalon, and it is not uncommon to see all sorts of water birds rising and falling on the water on both sides of the bridge.
After crossing this bridge, what gradually appeared in front of me was the brown-red land of my property, which was simply a barren land. Not to mention the sun overhead, this bare land makes my throat feel dry when I look at it. I asked the Orcs why they chose this place instead of a place with a slightly better environment for survival, and he told me that Orgrimmar wasn't as bad as he thought, at least there was a water source.
He was right, I really hadn't seen a river, a spring, not even an inch of slightly moist place along the way. If you want to attack the city of Orgrimmar, the problem of water alone will dissuade most enemy forces. Of course, there wasn't a single village on the way to Orgrimmar.
When I saw the walls of Orgrimmar from afar, I was honestly blown away!
It's really built by orcs, it can't be said that it has no beauty, it has nothing to do with beauty, and part of the city wall is made of stone, but it's even more of a clod of earth! I'm not talking nonsense, it's just a lump of dirt, and I can still tell the difference between stone and dirt. It's the same kind of brick in the countryside that is made of mud mixed with a little bran thatch and the like. They also have no concept of firing at all, which is to mix dirt with water, add bran and other things and make them into pieces, and then cut them to dry.
I think the walls are quite high...... It's just that from the outside it looks quite primitive and has no aesthetic appeal, and there is nothing remarkable about it except for its huge scale. But the city does surround itself with villages, farmland, farms, and bazaars, around which the orcs have built their own homes.
The orcs were shocked when they saw me, and there was still a minotaur with me, so the patrol quickly stopped us. Golm, as the ambassador, negotiated with them, and they led us into the capital.
As we got closer to Orgrimmar, the smell of the countryside began to fill the air because of the surrounding villages, the smell of the earth, the smell of rotten, the smell of feces and urine...... There is also the smell of burning wood.
When I walked into the city walls, I realized that my pattern was smaller. This city wall is not a simple city wall at all, and it takes three or four turns just to turn the aisle, which means that this city wall is very ...... Wide!
Since it is wide enough, then on the city walls you can run chariots, and even cavalry can run. If the city is sieged...... It is possible to climb the wall, but only if you can suppress the people on the wall, and if you don't have enough firepower to suppress it, you will suffer another harvest.
And the sight of me after passing through the walls made me laugh. That's right, it's this sight, that familiar feeling has a sudden suddenness, I've seen this scene, I've definitely seen it! It was exactly what I remembered. Whether it's the style of the building, the style of the house, or even the way the street scene looks like to me, I'm very familiar with it.
I pointed to a building and said to Golm is that place an exchange? He shook his head in disknowledgement. I pointed to another building and said it was supposed to be a bank. He asked me what a bank was.
We came to the less noisy alley area through an extremely lively neighborhood, and it was a bit of a difficult walk, not only because there were so many pedestrians on the street, but also because these people were not at all friendly to my presence, and if it weren't for the protection of the guards, I guess I would have been torn apart by them.
It is called the dark alley area, but it is actually a relatively narrow valley crack, and the crack on the top of the head is not wide, and it is also covered by their sheds, so the brazier torches on both sides are the main lighting tools when walking here.
And the buildings on both sides of the street remind me of goblins, some of the buildings are directly excavated into the rock wall or the houses are built directly on the rock wall, so this area is full of people on top of the head, and it leads in all directions. Countless vendors were shouting, and the people around me were talking, and the noise hurt my ears. Of course, a large part of the orcs are shirtless, and it is understandable in such a place, but the smell of their bodies is simply ...... It doesn't taste better than in a pigsty.
After the guards led us through the dark alley area, there was another wall in front of us, although there were also people entering and exiting from here, but after walking in, I instantly felt that my ears were clear, and this place was not noisy at all.
The minotaur named Golm didn't seem to have been to Orgrimmar a few times, and I saw that although he pretended to be calm, his eyes still betrayed his heart, and the shock, shock, bewilderment, and curiosity were vividly displayed.
This place was much bigger than I had imagined, and I was comparing it to King Lordaeron and Stormwind, and from the moment I walked into the city, I began to estimate how long it would take, and finally came to the conclusion that it was only bigger than Lordaeron, and definitely not smaller than Lordaeron!
When I walked into this area, I saw not only the neat buildings, but also the ditches, the living water, the potted plants, the green trees, the flowers, and even the birds chirping among the leaves. Although many of the orcs here are shirtless, many of them are clothed.
In the distance, I saw a relatively large fortress-like building, built under a cliff, and on top of that cliff you could see a tall tower. The guards brought us to the fortress and told us to wait for a while, and then he walked in. The guards at the door looked at me with their little eyes sunken under the high brow bones, and I could see their defiance in their eyes.
Soon the guards came out, and we were allowed to enter the huge fortress. Originally, I thought we would have to be searched and unarmoured, but no one cared, and we were taken straight into the hall. There were also guards in the hall, and there was an empty seat in the middle of the end of the hall, with seats on either side, and some seats around the hall, so it seemed that it was a council chamber.
Soon some orcs came out of the side room, and they all stared at us as they walked in. Then I also saw an orc sitting on the chair in the middle, and some of the people who walked in with me stood aside and others sat down.
I took a closer look at the orc in the middle, and although I thought he was Thrall, the great chief of the tribe, it didn't seem quite like what I had imagined. His skin was brownish-gray with a hint of greenish, and his hair was black and very dense, with two long braids hanging down his chest. He wears a soft leather brown chest protector on his upper body, black pants on his lower body, and long boots on his feet.
Seeing me look at him, he snorted, "You're Bill." ”
I nodded, "Chief Kane Bloodhoof has already delivered a letter of recommendation to you a few days ago, and I am the ambassador of the Forsaken he is talking about, Bill Max. ”
The man in the seat looked at the Golm Terror Totem standing next to me and asked, "Where are you from?" ”
I blinked, "What...... Meaning? ”
"Are you a Lordaeron, or a Stormgard?" He asked, "Or maybe it's the Alterac." ”
"Neither." I said, "I'm from the Stormwind Kingdom." ”
The orc in front of him snorted, "Storm Kingdom...... Why are there people from the Stormwind Kingdom here? ”
Before I could get a taste of that, he continued, "How did you die?" ”
"Huh?" I looked at his serious face in amazement. He didn't look disgusted, but his seriousness spoke for itself.
"We are the Forsaken." I say.
"That's dead too." He said nonchalantly.
"We are different from the dead you have fought." I say.
"In a sense, it's the same." He said, "It's all the dead." "After saying that, he looked at me, and he was waiting for me to pick it up.
"Yes, in a way, we are the same as the undead who fought you in Ashenvale, but the undead were soulless, we are different."
He glanced at the man next to him, and an old orc next to him said, "Tell us what you're here for, Forsaken." ”
"I'm here for two purposes, one is to ask for help and the other is to seek allies." I said, "Because now Lordaeron ...... The Undead Scourge is now about to make a comeback. ”
The orc sitting on it held his hand to his cheek, and he looked at the orcs around him, "Humanity is about to face an even greater defeat again. He looked at me, "Am I right?" ”
"Yes, not only humans, but all living beings." I say.
"That's an exaggeration, human." The old man snorted disdainfully.
"Not at all." I said, "Some time ago this ambassador went to our kingdom. ”
The Great Chief looked at the minotaur next to him, but didn't give him a chance to speak. "What did you want us to do to help you?"
Unexpectedly, the orcs were more direct than the minotaurs, "Our queen wants to join the tribe and provide us with some military assistance if we encounter major problems." ”
"Give a reason." The old man said for the Great Chief.
"We were all human beings, but now human beings can't tolerate us." I said, "We also want to survive, and we don't want to be wiped out by them." ”
"And ...... It's that the real undead scourge has now returned to this world, and now the eastern continent has been inseparable, and the undead scourge is not only against humans, those who are alive, but they also attack us indiscriminately. I said, "Now we are on the verge of crisis." ”
"Is there any benefit in helping you?" The old man's eyes were like knives.
"It looks like the tribe is helping us, but it's also helping yourselves."
"Why?"
"Back then, you escaped from the mountains of Alterac and fled all the way to the West Coast, and then came here with the help of goblins, and you were dead." I said, "Now that you are at peace and away from the dispute, it seems that everything that happens in the east has nothing to do with you, but you must not forget...... It's not that simple. The Undead Scourge will find you after cleaning up everyone in the east, and at that time...... A comeback is even less likely. ”
"It's just your assumption." The old man said.
"It's not a hypothesis." I said, "Preparing for a rainy day is the best thing a leader like you should do." ”
"Then what kind of favorable conditions can you offer us?" The Great Chief, who was sitting on it, spoke.
"There is still a large area of land in the Eastern Kingdom that we have in our hands, and you can use it as a foothold or military base if you need it." I said, "It's okay to garrison too." ”
"Second, we can provide you with military support should you expand in the Eastern Kingdom...... We can fully support as much military support as we can. ”
"Third, if you are in trouble here, it is incumbent upon us to provide military support."
"Fourth, the Forsaken are very combative."
The Great Chief listened to me quietly and grinned.