Chapter 397: Corruption
As a flying insect beast, the hunter Ayamis has a completely different body structure from the ground insect beast. The ground worm is strong and sturdy, like a mobile fortress, but the flying worm sacrifices a sturdy carapace to reduce the weight of its body for the sake of its ability to maneuver in the air.
As a result, the carapace of Ayamis the Hunter is much thinner than that of Blue the Swallower, which also causes him to be shot through his body by crossbow arrows.
Now, Malenia has jumped on the back of Ayamis, the hunter, and normally, Ayamis only needs to roll over in mid-air to throw Malenia off, but the problem is that he has been shot with a crossbow arrow, which makes it impossible for him to turn over, otherwise the chains wrapped around the crossbow bolts will entangle him.
What to do?
Malenia didn't give Ayamis any chance to react, and immediately swung her sword and slashed at the latter's right wing.
Bugs are amplified versions of insects that can't fly as long as they cut off their wings.
Hunter Ayamis also realized that the situation was not good, and immediately lowered his height to reduce the fall damage, and at this moment, Maleia's sword fell and severed the hunter's wings.
"Bang!"
Both fell to the ground at the same time, but Malenia was unlucky, and happened to be chained around her right leg as she fell.
Just as Malenia got up to undo the chains, Ayamis, the Hunter, pounced on her!
That's right, the chain that wrapped around Malenia's right leg was the one on Ayamis, and because of the traction of this chain, Ayamis had no choice but to attack Maleia, who was also entangled in the chain.
The scythe-like twin claws were fully open, swinging at Malenia in front of her......
At this moment, a battle axe smashed into the chest of the hunter Ayamis, slashing through the carapace and cutting into the flesh and blood on the spot!
"Slam!"
Glade-Steelaxe's timely support allowed Malenia to avoid the crisis, and not only that, Cynthia Shatterblade also appeared beside her, waved the dagger in her hand to cut off the chains, and stretched out her hand to Maleia:
"Get up."
Marlenia wiped her right hand before reaching out, and Cynthia ignored the blood stains on the former's body and pulled it up from the ground.
"Thank you."
Malenia nodded.
Cynthia simply said, "Welcome to the glorious battle!" ”
After glancing at the orc in front of her, Malenia grabbed her sword and rushed towards the hunter Ayamis, who was at the end of the crossbow, stabbing her in the mouth.
Cynthia turned into a cloud of shadows and teleported to the top of the hunter Ayamis's head, stabbing the heavenly spirit with daggers in both hands.
"Hmm!"
The wounded hunter Ayamis let out a cry of pain, blood splattering from the wound.
Glade-Steelaxe also made up for the final blow at this point, raising his battle axe and slamming it into the beast's chest.
Ayamis the Hunter fell.
Glade Steelaxe did not celebrate, but walked over to Malenia's side: "This glory is yours. ”
If it weren't for Malenia cutting off the wings of the hunter Ayamis, the flying insect beast would not have been able to be slain here, and Glade Steelaxe was absolutely right, he had always been a glorious orc.
"Thank you."
A smile appeared on Maleia's face.
"No thanks."
Cynthia also walked up and said to Malenia, "You once defeated me in a duel, which shows that you are also a warrior full of glory, and you deserve it. ”
For orcs who value glory, dueling is also part of their culture, but judging from the results of the two still alive, the duel between Malenia and Cynthia should be a matter of victory and death.
At this time, there was also good news from the front line.
"Die, you big man!"
Mariana's Firehammer smashed Moam's head and defeated the leader of the Obsidian Destroyer, marking the end of the battle with the Coalition victory. All that's left is to clean up the battlefield.
"King Sarufar, we have won!"
Receiving the report from the front, Lieutenant General Andorov told the good news to King Sarufar, who nodded in satisfaction and then turned to look at the map on his desk.
"Now, the Qila Insect troops in the ruins of Angela have been severely damaged by us, so this is the end of it!"
King Sarufar pointed to the center of the map of the ruins: "We are going to defeat the remaining army of General Rajax and clear the ruins of Angela in this place, called the General's Platform. ”
Chase after victory, a very simple tactic, but also extremely practical.
Lieutenant General Andorov also agreed with King Sarufar's judgment, so the key now is the situation of Angela Temple on the Western Front.
If the Alliance's forces are able to defeat the Zerg forces in the Temple, then the Coalition will be able to fight General Rajax on the General's Platform with confidence.
However, if the alliance loses and fails to repel the Zerg forces in the temple, then the coalition forces on the ruins side may be pinned down and will have to turn around to support the Western Front, and they will not be able to sweep the ruins in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, the battle on the Western Front did not disappoint, and just a few hours later, a magical communication came from the Alliance's side, and the Western Front won a complete victory, the Zermen troops were defeated and retreated to the inside of the temple, and more importantly, the dragons came to support.
Upon receiving this news, King Sarufar smiled with satisfaction, the coalition forces on the Eastern Front could let go of the assault on the Zerg troops, and with the help of the dragon, the scale of victory had tilted towards his side, and victory was only a matter of time.
Let's turn our perspective back to Malenia.
As an adventurer fighting on the front lines, Maleia did not know the overall war situation, she only knew:
"Oh, Malenia, you're ......"
Looking at Maleia's bloodied appearance, Mariana frowned: "Aren't you going to wash it?" ”
Malenia also knew that when she came out of Blue the Swallower, she was covered in blood and filth, and thanks to Glade-Steelaxe, they didn't dislike herself at all, otherwise no one would want to approach her.
"Sister Mariana, there's no water here."
Maleia bowed her head like a young girl who had made a mistake.
Only then did Mariana realize that Maleia could not cleanse!
Cleansing, a simple life spell, is the best helper in places where there is a lack of water to bathe and wash clothes.
However, Mariana also had a question. If it were other races with low magical talents, it would be fine if they couldn't live spells, but Malenia was a blood elf, and her brother Michaela was already a good spellcaster.
Under such conditions, Malenia actually doesn't know how to cleanse?
How can it be!
No wonder Mariana asks, "Malenia, is it because your bastard brother didn't teach you how to clean?"
"My brother is fine."
Maleia pointed to herself and said, "I didn't learn it myself." ”
"Forget it."
Mariana stretched out her right hand to Malenia: "I'll help you." ”
As she spoke, Mariana's palms flashed with magical light, and in an instant, all the blood stains around Maleia's body were separated and thrown on the ground beside her.
This is the benefit of cleansing, it can directly separate the dirt, but the disadvantages are also obvious, without the moisture of water, Marlenia feels like she has been pulled by someone, but her body is clean anyway.
"Thank you."
Maleia was polite, and Mariana raised her right thumb and pointed to herself, saying, "We are good sisters, just look for me in trouble in the future." ”
But as soon as Mariana finished speaking, she noticed that the dirt on the ground seemed to be ......
Corrupt?
Even if the ghost weather of the desert can easily cause corpses to decompose, but it has only been a few hours, and the speed of decay is too fast, and those blood stains are bubbling scarlet!
"Strange."
Noticing the strange appearance of the blood, Mariana muttered, "Could it be the venom of the insect beast?" No, their venom shouldn't be like that......"
"What's the matter, Sister Mariana."
Maleia also leaned in to see the bubbling blood on the ground: "What's the matter with that blood stain?" Was it from me? ”
Perhaps because of the relationship between Marlenia and Mariana, Mariana noticed her good sister:
"Are you sweating?"
Mariana stretched out her right hand and wiped it on Malenia's right sideburns, and sure enough, a lump of sweat stuck to her fingers.
Of course, blood elves also sweat, but unlike humans, blood elves have very conservative sweat glands and must sweat when they are physically active, relatively speaking, sweating is much less than humans.
"Any questions?"
Marlenia also touched her sideburns with her left hand, feeling the sweat as well.
"No, nothing."
Mariana didn't feel the abnormality in the sweat, but said, "We blood elves rarely sweat, Malenia, your degree of sweating is relatively high in our clan. ”
Since there was nothing wrong with Malenia, Mariana could only attribute the problem of blood corruption to the poison of the insects:
"Looks like this stuff has to be disposed of."
Mariana turned her head and called out a name: "Frem! ”
The orc shaman Frym walked up and complained to Mariana, "Mariana, why do you always call me at times like this? ”
"Alright Frem, stop complaining."
Mariana pointed to the rotten blood that was still bubbling on the ground and said, "You don't want this disgusting thing to continue to exist, so burn it quickly!" ”
"Okay."
Fram raised his right hand slightly, summoning the power of the fire elemental, and soon the elemental flames consumed the blood stain.
"Oh, that's amazing." Maleia clapped her hands along.
After this episode, the coalition forces had a three-day rest. There is no way, cold weapon combat is like this, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, after a bloody battle, if you can't rest in time, there is no way to fight continuously.
This rule applies not only to the coalition forces, but also to General Rajax of the Zerg, so during this time, General Rajax, who had just experienced defeat, did not attack, but was gathering the remaining troops at hand with all his strength to prepare for the decisive battle of the general's platform.
Don't look at the previous Zermen lost again, but carefully calculating the number of troops, General Rajax still has at least 50,000 Zermen troops in his hands, but the loss of high-end combat power is a bit serious, and the insects and beasts are only left with the sandworm Kulinax.
On the other hand, on the side of the coalition army, because the alliance forces were transferred to fight on the western front, on the battlefield of the ruins of Angela on the eastern front, only the troops composed of the tribe and the Cenarion Council, as well as the adventurers, added up to only 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and did not have an absolute superiority in troops.
To sum up, the battle of the general's platform is still a bitter and bloody battle.
Soon, three days passed, and the coalition troops set foot on the land of the General's Platform, and General Rajax had already set up in formation.
The Great War Begins!