Chapter 89: The Siege of Falcon Forest
The town of Falcon is located in the southwest corner of Drusva, in the southern part of the Crimson Forest, where Sarean first landed.
Through the few days of free time interacting with Orfa's apprentices, Salian gained some basic information about the area.
The Crimson Forest is the most dangerous place in Drusva, and every year someone gets lost in the forest and never comes out again.
The town of Falcon is the largest human settlement near the Crimson Forest, and is managed by Vikreth, one of the four families of Kul Tiras.
In addition to keeping an eye on the Crimson Forest, Falcon Forest also took on the role of an outpost to keep out the trolls of Zandalar off the coast southwest of Drusva.
According to Orfa, the ancient Droucians were in constant conflict with their neighbors, the trolls of Zandarra, before the collapse of the heavens and the earth had even happened.
Although Zandalar claims to be the civilized people of the troll tribe and the heart of the ancient troll empire, they still possess the murderous and warlike nature of the trolls.
In terms of overall strength, the Drustrians are far from being the match for Zandalara.
However, thanks to their powerful runic skills inherited from the Viku and their unique system of Thornspeakers, Zandalar was unable to borrow Loa's power during the invasion of Drusva, making it difficult for them to achieve a dominant victory on the Druster home turf.
The Great War of Humanity and Drust more than 000 years ago completely changed the situation in the Kurtilas Islands.
The Zandalar trolls thought they would be able to easily capture Kurtilas when their troubled old rivals disappeared, but they were slapped in the face.
Despite the complete decline of the Drusters, their legacy of using runes and Thornwhisperer spells still guards the archipelago.
Without the help of the mighty Loa gods on Zandalar Island, there is no essential difference between the self-proclaimed noble Trolls of Zandalar and the Trolls of the Forest.
After winning the tragic war of trolls, the morale-boosting humans have long since learned how to deal with trolls effectively.
In the joking words of the barrage, the daily routine of the various races of Azeroth is to eat, sleep, and fight trolls, and every once in a while, trolls will jump out and die.
The invasion ended in a crushing defeat at Zandalara.
After suffering two big losses at the hands of humans in a row, the Zandalar troll finally learned to master, and for a long time after that, he did not dare to blatantly provoke Kurtilas.
Instead, they began to use their proud Golden Fleet to harass the coast from the sea, but this led to the creation of a powerful naval fleet of Kurtiras.
In modern times, Zandalar has not had a head-on confrontation with Kurtilas for a long time, but the small frictions and secret actions between each other have never stopped.
Taking advantage of the orc invasion and the long-term battle of the main naval force of Kurtilas, the undying Zandalar has started to use his crooked brain again, and the town of Hayabusa, as an outpost, is the nail they want to pull out first.
Before Sarjan's departure, the Zandalar trolls had already taken over the harbor of Falcon Town, and were holding their ground in preparation for further advances.
Although the Thorny Whisperers have been outside of mainstream Kul Tiras society for many years, they love their homeland no less than their fellow citizens.
Upon hearing of Zandalara's re-invasion, some of the Thornwhisperers immediately went to Falcon Forest to reinforce the local defenders.
Strangely, however, the Thornspeakers cut off contact with the lair without warning.
Three days ago, Orfa left the beast's den and entered the Crimson Forest in order to find clues from his apprentices, but he unexpectedly met Sarren who fell from the sky on the way back.
According to Orfa's investigation and confirmation, the town of Hayabusa is shrouded in a large voodoo barrier that slowly absorbs life force.
Orfa couldn't pinpoint the details of the situation inside from the outside, and the soldiers and Thornwhisperers in Hayabusa couldn't relay the news to the outside.
If it was Orfa in his heyday, he would have broken into the enchantment to save people a long time ago.
But now Olfa is old and decrepit, his combat effectiveness is not as good as before, and his vitality has also been greatly reduced due to the approaching lifespan.
Originally, Orfa had planned to return to the Thornwhisperer's Den to gather his men, and at the same time contact Berrals to send reinforcements.
The presence of Salian made him change his mind.
Following a pact he had made with someone, Orfa decided to let Sarlian deal with the crisis in Hayabusa.
Based on Orfa's knowledge of the origin of the Sarean bloodline, the negative effects of the voodoo enchantment absorbing life force were of no meaning to him at all.
Can you drain the sea water in a short time with a straw? Obviously unrealistic.
Sarren's mission is to enter the town of Falcon, find the town guards and Thornwhisperers who are still struggling to resist, heal their injuries, and escort everyone out of town.
Three days earlier, when Sarren had set off for Berares, Orfa had sent another Raven Demon to inform the Kul Tiras officials of the attack on Hayabusa.
As Salian returned from Bollarest, Daerin received a message from Orfa and began to assemble an army to retake the lost territory.
But having just experienced a major battle, Peláres was still in a state of revelry, and the pace of his forces was much slower than expected.
When Salian set off for the town of Falcon, the Third Fleet had just entered the waters north of Drusva through the Tilagade Strait.
After three days of not waiting for follow-up reinforcements from Kurtilas, the Zandalar trolls became more confident and moved more and more.
Surrounded by the Crimson Forest, Sareen came to the Voodoo Barrier and cautiously walked inside.
"Hmm~"
After passing through the barrier, the strange absorption sensation made Salian feel slightly uncomfortable, but he quickly readjusted.
The real scene inside Hayabusa Town was completely invisible from outside the translucent fog barrier, and it was only after entering the town that Salian saw the skyrocketing fire near the harbor.
To the south of the port town, the area near the harbor has completely fallen, and a number of small and medium-sized warships of Kurtilas have sunk outside the harbor, including a number of troll-style ships.
The shouts of slaughter from within the town were absorbed by the voodoo barrier, and the regular army of trolls was advancing against the attacks of the defenders of Hayabusa.
The Zandalar Troll has a different appearance than the Forest Trolls that Saljan used to see.
Due to the fact that the trolls are too tall to move in the Eternal Song Forest, most of the forest trolls are hunched up.
The Zandalar trolls in front of them were all proudly straight, looking taller and more burly than the forest trolls.
But this is only because of the visual contrast caused by different postures, in fact, there is no essential difference between the two in terms of physical fitness.
To put it differently, Zandalara's army was more disciplined than the forest trolls, and instead set off the defenders of Falcon Forest.
Due to the vadoo enchantment's life force drain that had a great impact on the human side, the counterattacks of the Hayabusa town defenders were repulsed again and again.
Three successive assaults failed, and the defending generals had no choice but to retreat their positions again.
The Zandalar trolls did not rush forward, and continued to advance the line unhurriedly, pressing the remaining defenders by boiling frogs in warm water.
"Intruder! Kill him! ”
Although Saljan has been as stealthy as he has been after entering the barrier, he is not a thief after all, and does not possess stealth abilities, and is soon spotted by two troll scouts who happen to patrol the area.
"Tsk~ If only Valeera were here."
Saljan whispered under the barrage's mockery, reacting quickly to charge at one of the troll scouts.
There was no need for Sarian to induce a feint, and at the moment when he was about to be **, the locked troll scout flexibly dodged sideways, but he was just slashed in the shoulder by a suppressed shot that was ready to be attacked.
Slicing half of his enemy's body with a single sword, Salajan ignored the blood splattered on his body and the troll's screams, turned around with the force of his forward lunge, and slashed sideways at another troll scout.
Scouts are mostly agile and can't compete with brave warriors in frontal combat.
Although the scout raised his spear to try to block Sarren's attack, the razor-sharp blade of the Demon Slayer's sword struck him with his weapon, half of the spear and his head rushing into the sky with a torrent of blood.
Quickly ending the battle, Sarian threw the bodies of the two men into an empty room and carefully surveyed their surroundings.
"It's good that it wasn't found...... Maybe next time it's time to ask Valilla for some stealth techniques. (To be continued)