Volume 5 The Return of the King 268 is in hot pursuit
The griffon knights of Kurand, who fly faster and more unfettered in the sky than their horses, can see everything in the sky with mountains, rivers and ravines beneath their feet.
It was also thanks to this group of griffon knights that they were able to discover and track down the location of the orc command center in such a timely manner, while the accompanying griffon knights were desperately looking for a more suitable route along the way.
After taking the Hellfire Citadel by surprise and obtaining information about the Orc Advance, Tulayan immediately arranged various tasks for Danas to defend the Hellfire Citadel and lead the defense of the Dark Gate, as well as the construction of the Glory Fortress. The rest formed a commando team to pursue the tribe, and inexplicably transferred the core force.
Kurland's griffin forces managed to hinder the Horde's march on the way, burning and destroying some of the tribe's supplies to slow down the orcs as much as possible. The alliance army that was chasing after them chased all the way until the two groups of people chased after the difference of half a day, and the alliance army was discovered by the orcs.
Originally, they wanted to take a little rest, not to chase so much, and find a chance to give the tribe a moment after taking a breath, but they didn't care about rest after they found that the orc scouts appeared around them, and now they had to catch up here, so they chose to speed up and catch up with the orcs to give them a heavy blow when they were not ready.
Maybe it's really the favor of the gods, although it's only half a day, but trying to catch up with them has also experienced some twists and turns, the heavy rain from the sky makes the land in the shortest time become extremely difficult to walk, both sides are actually struggling, but the griffin knights flying in the sky have exerted unprecedented power at this time, the hammer in their hands itself is with magical attributes, and at this time they turned the hammer thrown out into a thunderbolt artifact, and the thunder that fell from the sky instantly made a large number of orcs fall to the ground, It was later reported that at least one-sixth of the orcs were wiped out in one fell swoop.
If it weren't for the orc warlocks going all out to block the griffin knights in the sky, they might have suffered even more losses, and the heavy rain that poured down prevented the knights from being exposed for a long time, so the dwarves who took it when they saw it chose to retreat. It was also because of the fact that the attack seemed to have terrified the orcs, and their team began to be uncommanded, fleeing further southwest into a ruin.
The situation was really helpless, if it was terrible for them to be exposed to the empty wilderness for a long time, this rain was unexpected, and if the gloomy sky could not clear and it rained again, their army would face losses that they could not afford. So they had no choice but to flee further southwest, as it seemed that they wanted to fight the Coalition forces in pursuit in the ruins.
At this time, the Alliance forces were greatly encouraged, and everyone believed that this might be their last battle, and that the remaining threat would be completely ended once the orc force was completely wiped out.
But when the Alliance pursued the routed orcs into the vast ruins, nightmares ensued.
The first thing is that this is not just a ruin, it is more like a tomb, not one but the whole place is a tomb, and a cursed tomb!
The wilderness in front of them was dry and warm, but after entering this ruin, they felt cool, and the further they went inside, they felt not cool but cold, the stones here seemed to speak, and there seemed to be some figure hovering between the ruins of every collapsed house, but when they really looked at it, there was nothing there.
There were at least bald eagles and other birds in the wilderness outside, but here there was only dead silence. The sounds they made seemed so out of place in this place. Coupled with the sudden drop in temperature, the morale of the Alliance soldiers changed in an instant.
The second bad thing was that Kurland was wounded and captured.
The griffon knights lingered around the orc forces until they chased the orcs into the ruins, but Kurander was in a hurry, they could clearly see what the orcs were trying to do in the wilderness, but here they could not avoid the hidden arrows of the orcs hiding in the ruins.
Kurander's outfit is different from that of ordinary dwarven knights, although he is highly skilled in piloting griffins and is indeed very resistant to beatings, but orcs are not stupid, this is the eyes and brains of the Alliance Air Force, as long as he is knocked down, the pressure in the air can be half reduced.
So it is said that when Kurland was shot down, the orcs were almost boiling. Seeing Kurand fall into the ruins, all the griffon knights tried to save him, but this concentrated dive and gathering allowed the orcs to seize the opportunity to eliminate some of the knights, but despite this, Kurand was still not rescued.
Upon hearing the news of Kurander's capture, Tulayan immediately demanded that all efforts be made to find and rescue him, but in the ruins of the ghostly forest, they suddenly became headless flies, and even the unsacrificed griffin knights seemed to lose their spirits at once.
Just when they were about to lose hope, a black, furry creature appeared in front of Tulayan, this guy didn't know the human language, but he could speak the orc language, and this guy turned out to be a birdman with feathers on his body and a beak on his face.
Khadgar, who had mastered some orc language, communicated with the raven, and the raven showed through magic who they were, what their relationship with the orcs was, and why they were here.
The Raven Man's name was Gryzk, and their hometown was not in this place, but now their home has not only been destroyed, but many Raven have been killed, enslaved, exiled, or made into raw materials to open the Dark Door.
They knew about the orcs invading another world, but they didn't know that people from the other world could defeat orcs and appear here. The Raven people see these humans as avengers for themselves, and they are eager to see the orcs chased and slaughtered by humans. Although everyone did feel a little pimple in their hearts after learning about the crowman's outspokenness, it was great to be able to help themselves.
So, under the leadership of Raven Gryzk, they evaded the orc's sentry and entered a passage that could penetrate directly behind the orcs. But this matter is also quite risky, calling the lives of all the troops, this guy believes his words in his hands, it must be the most mentally retarded person in the world, Tulayan is also very entangled, don't believe it, there is no way now, believe it, it's still very risky.
And Raven Grezk actually saw the hesitation of humans, so he suggested leading an advance commando team to reconnoiter first. Tulayan agreed to this suggestion, Khadgar and Aurelia and others led this team of dozens of people to set off, Tulayan did not let Aurelia go, but this elf resolutely chose to go, at this time Aurelia was actually pregnant and showed her body! But Aurelia insisted on going, and Tulayan couldn't resist her, so he entrusted Khadgar to take care of her.
They followed the Raven Men deep into the center of the city, which was largely ruins above ground but almost well preserved. The orcs obviously knew about this place, and they hid here, but the ravens had already penetrated this place, and they not only went around the back of the orcs, but also found the captured Kurland.
At this time, Kurander was beaten covered in blood, and when he was rescued from the torture equipment, his head was swollen like a pig's head. And Kurander was quite conscious, he told everyone that he didn't tell the orcs anything, of course, it is estimated that the orcs can't understand the language of the dwarves, this is purely venting.
The news that Kurland had been successful and returned had reinvigorated the morale of the Confederate army, and it had given them a certain level of trust in the Raven Men on this trip. However, despite this, Tulayan was still not at ease, and he only let part of his army follow the Raven Man through the underground tunnel to fight the enemy, but he still did not dare to attack the whole army.
After learning that most of the orcs had fled the area and turned to the southeast for a rapid march, Tulayan allowed the army to pass through the underground tunnels. Tulayan also gambled, but he won, and the crowmen did not harm them, but this hesitation did give the orcs a certain degree of respite.
In the process of passing, the ravens did not want to harm them, but the cunning orcs kept a hand, and wanted to wait for the alliance army to pass and stab them in the back, but the orcs not only took a large part of the soldiers, but it is said that a leader died.
The fleeing orc troops didn't know why they did this, although they were no longer numerically advantageous, but it was not impossible to really fight, and strangely enough, there were not enough orcs to come to their aid, which made everyone happy but also very puzzled.
After chasing through this bleak wilderness to a large lush forest, they discover the final destination of the orcs. Khadgar said that the forest was filled with chaotic energy, that the land itself was magical, and that the Orcs had finally found the Horde's backup after burrowing into another massive ruin. It's just that the reinforcements of these hundreds of people really exceeded everyone's expectations.
That's right, it was a few hundred people, the situation at that time made everyone confused but did not dare to attack rashly, they immediately launched a fierce attack there, the orcs were very brave, but Khadgar was like a god possessed, this land made him very easy to increase the power of his spells by more than ten times.
The orc reinforcements who had been waiting here for so long were easily destroyed by them, and they re-entered the ruins of the unusually large city.
There was a huge castle in the center of the city, and there was an extremely high tower on it, and the goal of all the soldiers was clear, that was the tower, because the scene that appeared on that tower at this time was already very clear.
They encountered no resistance along the way, and even when they re-entered the castle, the resistance they encountered was instantly broken by Khadgar's action. But when they were about to enter the tower through the courtyard, the earth suddenly began to tremble violently, this tremor made everyone a little unsteady, but when they saw a loud noise in the sky, the sky seemed to be torn apart, and the sky of unknown but normal color was disturbed by cracks.
Those cracks are like paintings, and they look so unreal, and the impenetrable black between the cracks in some places makes people feel bad.
Khadgar knew better than anyone else that this was what he told later, because the energy revealed in the rift not only turned into lightning, but also directly made the earth unstable, and although the huge fireball that crossed the sky did not know what it was, the green flame was not a good thing at first glance.
They all knew that something terrible had happened, but now they had only one thought in their hearts to rush up to the tower to put an end to the situation above, or at least rush up to see what was going on there.