Chapter 69 - Cut off
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One day later, the Alliance army arrived not far from the Dark Portal. Nathanos went to detect the enemy situation and came back. He spoke to many Alliance leaders surrounding the campfire: "I think we are in trouble." Everyone else looked at it.
Looking at the young human. "This land is corrupting, and that portal is the culprit." He explained. "I feel that there is an evil energy coming from the other side of the Dark Portal, affecting our world.
Starting with the land around it, the impact is extending."
"Why did it cause such a change?" Uther asked.
Khadgar shook his head. "The Dark Portal connects two worlds, Azeroth and the homeland of the orcs. I have been worried before, but now Nathanos's words make me convinced that the Dark Portal may be more than just a bridge.
Simple. If bad factors over there are eroding here, it can only mean that this huge portal is merging the two worlds together."
"Is their world made of red rocks like this?" Brian still cared about the topic he cared about and asked.
"No, at least not before." Khadgar replied. He looked a little anxious, but he finally chose to explain clearly: "A long time ago...actually not long ago, when Lothar and I came to Lordaeron,
I saw some visions. What I saw was a desperate and maddening place. There was almost no life there, and the vitality of the earth was completely drained. A terrible magic polluted the earth, causing the people who originally lived there to
Man steps towards the abyss, which is the home of the orcs, the world called Draenor."
Khadgar remained silent after explaining. Nathanos was surprised and even a little angry. Why didn't he tell such an important thing earlier? Alleria and Uther also showed some displeasure, but Khadgar's expression told that
He didn't want to mention the past with others.
"If what you say is true, I'm afraid that pollution is spreading here through this portal." Nathanos said to Khadgar, and the archmage nodded in agreement with his inference.
"Another reason to destroy it," Turalyon declared. "The sooner the better."
Uther also nodded in agreement. "Yes, the sooner the better."
Khadgar, Turalyon, Uther, the Bronzebeard brothers and Kurdran exchanged glances.
"Tell the warriors." Turalyon said gently, picking up Lothar's broken sword and his own war hammer. "We attack immediately." Khadgar once again felt the changes that had happened to Turalyon in the past few months.
Surprise. Turalyon has become more serious and confident. He has transformed from an untrained young man into a seasoned warrior and experienced commander.
The soldiers were ready, and they all committed themselves to moving forward, trying to be as quiet as possible on the red rocks. After passing a small slope, a deep rift valley appeared in front of them, and the walls of the valley were even higher. In the center of the valley, stood
A huge door. It was not built on a wall or building, but stood out of thin air. When she saw the full view of the Dark Door, Alleria gasped in surprise. There were hundreds of doors in this door.
Meters high and hundreds of meters wide, it is built of brown stone. Rough swirling patterns are carved on both sides. A circle of skulls surrounds the cornerstone, and there are arc-shaped spikes on the outside. There are some rough decorations on the middle part, which is even more surprising.
Yes, the portal seemed to have a leaning dragon carved on it. Alleria was very dissatisfied with this. The portal itself glowed green and black, full of energy.
The orcs gathered in front of the door, seemingly not knowing what to do. There were more orcs here than deserters. It was obvious that Turalyon guessed correctly, and Doomhammer left some guards. But the number of Alliance troops still overwhelmed them.
, and the orcs are divided into small groups, which is enough to show that they no longer trust each other, but return to their families or hunting parties. This is not an army, but a large number of small groups.
"Now!" Turalyon shouted, leaping from the edge of the cliff, rushing down the slope, and almost falling on the heads of several orcs. The broken sword pierced one of the orcs, and the warhammer hit another opponent on the head.
At the same time, two orcs fell to the ground. Uther and other paladins also rushed up to protect Turalyon's flanks, and other alliance troops also launched a charge at the same time.
Nathanos followed Uther's orders and shot from a distance. Although he was very reluctant, and he also thought about sneaking into the battlefield to kill a few orc officers, the Paladin specifically asked Aurelie before leaving.
Ya, told her to be optimistic about Nathanos, and the female elf fully accepted it, returned Lorngoru to him, and stayed by his side. So he stayed on the cliff with the elf ranger to provide long-range firepower.
The battle was fast and one-sided. The orcs were too unorganized and fought alone. This made it easy for Turalyon to send his soldiers to surround a small group at a time and kill or capture them. He led
The troops systematically moved through the valley, knocking down one orc after another. Many orcs and death knights in the Horde had fled back from the Dark Portal to avoid being killed or captured. Only a handful of orcs remained here to hold on.
position to cover the retreat of other orcs.
Finally Turalyon arrived at the base of the Dark Portal. Two thick and muscular orcs stood on the steps, both holding huge rough battle axes. Medals and bone ornaments hung on their hair, foreheads, and armor.
Their hair was tied into short black spikes. One of them had blood-stained bandages on his left shoulder and left leg. However, they all looked confident and arrogant, as if Orgrim's failure had not affected them at all.
"You face Red Blackhand and Maim Blackhand, from the Black Tusk clan." One of them shouted as he walked towards Turalyon with heavy steps. Turalyon was surprised that every orc he met seemed to speak human.
language. "Our father was Blackhand Blackhand, who led the Horde until Doomhammer killed him. Now that Doomhammer has failed, we will rebuild the Horde until it is stronger than before.
Be powerful, and we will crush you then!"
"No more." Turalyon replied. His voice echoed in the valley. Contrary to the light emitted by the Dark Portal, his body glowed with a faint, sharp white light. "Your warchief has become our prisoner.
The army was torn apart in Blackstone Mountain. Your tribe is now completely defeated. What's left of you is all in front of this gate and has been surrounded by us." He raised the broken sword. "Come and defeat me, or go back to you.
My own world, never come back again."
This taunt had an effect. The Blackhand brothers angrily rushed down the steps, let out a savage battle roar, and leaped towards Turalyon. But the newly appointed commander did not flinch. He quickly took a step back, allowing the two orcs' attacks to fail.
It only hit the ground. Then he advanced again and retaliated with his own weapon, hitting them in the jaw. Maimu on the left took a step back, dazed, but his brother was wounded, blood flowing from his jaw.
Drainage from the wound.
The two orcs glanced at each other and launched a fierce attack, but their attacks seemed to become more clumsy and brutal due to the injuries that had not yet healed. Turalyon knelt on his knees and quickly slid forward between them.
He dodged the attack, and the broken Quel'Zaram attacked Maim's abdomen, and the warhammer hit Red's chest. Then Turalyon kicked the two orcs from behind, causing them to roll on the ground.
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"Brothers of the clan, come here quickly!" Maim knew that he was no match for Turalyon, so he roared: "Kill this human...!"
Two more orcs joined the battle. They attacked on both sides of Turalyon. The Paladin was preparing to defend against the enemy. Suddenly, from above his back, two sharp arrows shot directly through their throats. Turalyon looked back,
He happened to see Nathanos put down his bow and arrow. He raised his warhammer to thank him for his help.
"How did you do it?" Alleria asked this question that she had asked once a long time ago. Also wanting to ask were Lor'themar and Verena, who are even far away from Turalyon's location.
It was beyond three hundred meters. Although Alleria knew that Nathanos could shoot from further away, even she couldn't grasp this distance.
"Concentrate on the battlefield." The human only said four words and did not tell her, but the female elf had already decided that she must let this human tell her how to increase the shooting distance.
The Blackhand brothers took advantage of Turalyon's turn and retreated. They waved their weapons at some Alliance soldiers and broke out a crack in the Alliance formation. They took advantage of this opportunity to escape. Some orcs also fled back. However,
Turalyon had no time to care about them. Many orcs were still fighting, and some even spurned the Blackhand brothers who fled.
Turalyon looked down at the two corpses on the ground, then watched the Blackhand brothers disappear at the other end of the valley. Then he looked up at Khadgar. "Now!", the paladin yelled, using Lothar's sword.
Pointing at the Dark Portal. "Destroy it!"
"Get everyone back!" Khadgar shouted back. "I can't guarantee this will be safe!"
Turalyon nodded and ordered everyone to leave the huge stone door. Khadgar and the other mages focused their attention on that building. He could feel the connection between the Dark Portal and the two worlds - connecting the two worlds.
The bridge. Khadgar tried to attack the Dark Portal several times before, trying to disrupt the green energy, but his magic was swallowed up. Then only this physical door was left. Regardless of its magic power
No matter how strong it is, a stone is still a stone and can be broken into pieces.
Khadgar began to concentrate and let magic fill his body. There was not much energy left in this land, but the Dark Portal itself contained a lot of energy, and there were no measures to stop people like mages.
Take it for their own use. Khadgar and the other mages are doing just that now - draining the energy from the Dark Portal and directing it towards Khadgar. As the energy grows, his eyes glow with white light, lightning.
It danced on his fingertips, the wind roared around him, and the sky gradually began to rumble. Khadgar only hoped that this would be enough.
He closed his eyes, faced the door of darkness, opened his arms, and released all the energy, gathering into a mysterious and pulsing luminous spherical object in front of his eyes. He could feel this energy ball.
, felt its beating, felt its condensation. Very good. He focused his consciousness on the crack, on the energy it contained, and confirmed its position again.
Finally he opened his eyes.
Khadgar suddenly closed his hands, made his palms face each other, and pushed the energy ball forward. The ball was stretched into a long and slender shape, like a flashing and slender giant sword.
"Get down!" When Nathanos saw this situation, he immediately grabbed Alleria's hand and pushed backwards, causing the two of them to fall to the ground.
At this moment, energy spurted out, pouring into the Dark Portal and penetrating the stone slabs on which it was built. The next second, strong fluctuations occurred around the Dark Portal, making many Alliance soldiers and orc warriors unable to stand stably.
Degas himself was also knocked back more than ten meters by the impact. However, the Dark Portal had been blown to pieces, and then the surging colors disappeared and were replaced by a blank. At this time, the connection between Azeroth and Draenor was
Chapter completed!