Shadow Trails in Azeroth

After learning that Brian accidentally activated the dangerous star communication system, Blake didn't feel surprised at all. It can only be said that this old dwarf's ability to cause trouble has indeed been fully recognized by Blake.

Even after he caused such a world-destroying event, Blake didn't even bother to scold him.

After beating him up and picking him up on the Nag'Fal, the ghost ship continued to sneak all the way around Stormheim to the north, passing through the Grizzly Hills and the gloomy coast of Zul'Drak all the way into the Storm Cliffs.

But from here it is impassable to ships.

The Nag'far can float on the water and swim in the sea, but it cannot fly, and the Storm Peaks is the most peculiar place in the entire Azeroth.

This towering mountain range is the highest place in the world, and the best thing is that its mountain range forms an irregular ring, completely isolating the entire area from the outside world.

The Storm Peaks cannot be entered without a flying mount.

And it cannot be an ordinary flying mount, because this place is not only high in altitude, but also has a very harsh climate.

The violent blizzards are just the appetizer, and the occasional thunderstorms and ice storms will completely bury any reckless adventurer who is not familiar with this place.

Not to mention that the most violent creatures in Azeroth live here. The mammoths who dominate the outside world are just the bottom of the food chain here.

Whether it is the Archosaur tamed by the Vrykul, or the Frost Giants and mysterious steel and frost giants living here, they can easily defeat them.

The most numerous residents here are several vrykul clans.

But the Vrykul here are different from the Vrykul in other places. To put it simply, they do not believe in Odin or Hela, they believe in the gods of Ulduar.

There is also the most peculiar group of matriarchal Vrykul here. They call themselves "Brynhilda". They can be regarded as an upgraded version of the Skod Ahir tribe.

They have survived in this harsh climate for tens of thousands of years, and the entire clan has prospered and is the dominant force in the Storm Cliffs. They tamed the terrifying Frost War Bear as a war beast, and beat and kicked the Ancestral Dragon as a mount.

Their biggest festival of the year is when all the female warriors of the entire clan fly together on the proto-dragon around the tower of Thorim, the Thunder King.

Only the last person who survives can be qualified to meet the gods, and all this is to reproduce the myth of their tribe's legend that Ms. Sif was favored by the gods and became his wife.

This pack of female wolves fought against the ferocious giants for living space, and they had the upper hand for a long time.

They also have horrible customs, which are even worse than the breeding customs of the shield maidens. The shield maidens will leave the men alive after a one-night stand, but Brunhilda's female vrykul are not so "gentle".

They will leave the Storm Peaks before breeding, and plunder nearby men to bring back to the clan to satisfy their breeding needs.

But don't think this is a good thing.

In addition to meeting the physiological needs of the female vrykul, the captured men also had to work in their mines for a long time. There was rarely a precedent for the captured men to survive more than five years.

In short, the Storm Peaks is a real "bad place" in all aspects, and no gentle life can be born in such a place.

To be exaggerated, even a single tree that can survive here has the ability to easily kill stupid outsiders.

It is precisely because of such a harsh environment that the Storm Cliffs have always been an absolute no-go zone for explorers of all races. This is why the secrets of this land have been hidden for a long time, as if they have been forgotten by the world.

Dwarf explorers have spread throughout Northrend a long time ago, but their exploration of the Storm Peaks only started a few months ago.

"How did you get involved with the Frost Dwarves of Frost Castle?"

In a mechanical dwarf aircraft whizzing by in the violent snowstorm, Blake put his feet on the console in a very relaxed posture and asked questions to the old dwarf beside him.

This aircraft was specially made by the mechanical gnomes. It has an egg-shaped glass cabin to observe the surroundings, and a high-energy battery as the thruster energy source. It is also simple and easy to operate.

This will be flying in the storm, controlled by Sephiel.

Faced with Blake's inquiry, the old dwarf did not hide anything and said frankly:

"This is all thanks to my warrior brother. A few days before we entered the Storm Peaks, we sent out an expedition team to explore the surroundings. As a result, one expedition team was ambushed by weird iron dwarves near Frost Castle.

The frost dwarves rescued them, but the iron dwarves launched a siege.

It was Muradin who led the soldiers to the battlefield in time on the Dark Iron Dwarf's drilling machine. He defeated the Iron Dwarves with great bravery, rescued our explorers and injured Frost Warriors, and then we won the favor of these ancient compatriots. Good impression.

They warned us about last month's storm and graciously allowed our expedition to stay in Frostkeep.

That storm was terrible.

It is simply more terrifying than the hurricane in the South China Sea. I have never seen ice and snow mixed with thunderstorms and ice storms sweeping across the entire world. Even mammoths will freeze to death on the snowfields.

If it weren't for the reminder and protection of the frost dwarves, our expeditionary force would not have been able to survive even one night.

But how to say it?

We may also be grateful to the heavy snowstorm. After seven days of snowstorms sweeping across the land, the road to Ulduar miraculously appeared in front of us.

The snowstorm forced the Frost Giants and Iron Dwarves into hiding. The dangerous Vrykul also returned to their villages. The entire Storm Cliffs were safe. We took the opportunity to cross this dangerous terrain under the leadership of the Frost Dwarf brothers. mountains, and finally reach the place of creation. "

To this day, old Brian's eyes still light up when he talks about their previous adventure. Obviously, it was an adventure that the old dwarf will never forget.

The danger of this journey can be felt from the words, but the harvest they gained made everyone feel satisfied.

"We got into the outskirts of the city and everything went incredibly smoothly."

Brian shook his head and said:

"We found the permission disk to enter Ulduar in the information desk guarded by some crazy mecha gnomes, but before we can enter the city, we have to crack those complex defenses first.

As a result, we encountered trouble somewhere. A giant who called himself Loken released the powerful Iron Legion. The Iron Vrykors and Iron Dwarves blocked the way forward.

We were unable to break through and we suffered heavy casualties.

If it weren't for the unexpected support from the earth spirits, we might have been completely wiped out.

Later we learned that the earth spirits were our ancestors, but our 'degradation' made them suspicious of us, and we spent a lot of time convincing them to help.

Finally, under the guidance of the earth spirit elders, we passed through the steel defense line of the bad guy Loken and slipped into Ulduar."

"Then you activated the observatory very cheaply, right?"

Blake yawned and said:

"There are so many places to go in that city, why do you have to go to the observatory? Also, you went alone?"

"Uh, no."

Brian scratched his beard in embarrassment and said:

"My brother, the generals of the Dark Iron, the heroes of the Wildhammer, and several high-level explorers from the Explorers Association set out with me. We are all carefully selected members, and we also brought two Dark Iron drills with us. The machine is ready to run away at any time.

But unfortunately, we underestimated the danger of Ulduar. The iron dwarf army guarding the front hall and the terrible destroyer chariot alone were not something we could deal with.

We were separated and had to run for our lives separately.

I was caught in mid-air by a damn crazy mechanical giant and thrown into the city. I accidentally landed near the observatory. There were many iron dwarves chasing me at the time, so I slipped in out of desperation.

As for what happened next

You know, when people are desperate, they will always do a lot of crazy things that they can’t control.”

"I understand the desperate struggle, but I seriously doubt that your push of that damn button had anything to do with your will to live."

The pirate said to the old dwarf very rudely:

"You dwarves are very well prepared for your exploration, and you are extremely lucky. Your only problem is that you brought this guy with you.

and after?

Aren't you trapped in Ulduar? How did you escape? "

"To be honest, I don't know either."

Brian blinked and said with a puzzled look:

"I thought I was dead, but after I activated that damn planetary communication system, the sound spread throughout Titan City.

I had no idea what was happening, but the iron dwarves who were chasing me seemed frightened and ran away screaming.

Even the Destroyer Chariot, which blocked the way at the gate, retreated to its workshop.

that feeling

I can't describe it, but the Titan City, which was so alive just now, seems to have suddenly become silent, as if there is a voice commanding them.

We left without any hindrance. Except for me, everyone was injured and the exploration could not continue.

After we went back and told the news to the earth spirits, they scolded us for making a big mistake, but they mysteriously said that this might also be an opportunity.

They asked us to send information to all parties, so we sent envoys to Wyrmrest Temple, and then the dragons came and they drove us out of our base.

What a shame”

The old dwarf said with a sigh on his face:

"I have truly stepped into the land of creation. I am only one step away from the truest secret of the world. I am standing in front of the peerless treasure house that all explorers long to enter, but I returned empty-handed in that treasure house."

"Don't say that, my dear Brian, didn't you also get the honor of being the 'Destroyer of Worlds'?"

Blake said angrily:

"I believe that not everyone in this world can step on mines so accurately after entering Ulduar. From this aspect, you are indeed a talented destroyer.

Maybe I should airdrop you into the demon-filled world of Argus and let you explore freely there.

Maybe we don't need to fight a landing battle that may wipe out the entire army. We can blow up that demonic world just by relying on your outstanding troublemaking ability.

Although I have no idea how you can do this, given enough time, you will be able to do it. I have no doubt about the result.

What about the opening disc you got?

Don't tell me, you gave that thing to the dragon too? "

"Well, that's not true."

Brian was ashamed and said:

"The dragons didn't ask for that thing from us at all. They didn't seem to intend to enter Ulduar at all. When the Red Dragon Queen said goodbye to us, she said worriedly that the dark power of that place of creation was no longer restrained.

I don't know what they plan to do, and I saw the blue dragons got a very strange arcane crystal ball."

"Focusing Iris?"

Blake blinked, blew out a smoke ring and said:

"Are the blue dragons planning to blow up Ulduar? When did the Spellweaver become so courageous? Why does this feel wrong?"

The pirates smelled a conspiracy.

He stood up in his seat and said to Sephiel:

“Send a message to Mechagon and ask Little Star to take all her dragons to Cordala to see what’s going on.

The actions of the blue dragons reveal something strange, and I don't think that relying on the Focusing Iris can kill Yogg-Saron or the Astral Observer.

Rather than planning to bury the ancient god, this looks like he is helping Yogg-Saron explode the cage.

Well.

My dear blue dragon prince Aregos, are you not going to pretend? "

"OK."

Sephiel nodded and responded. Brian also pointed to an iceberg in front of the frost storm and shouted:

"That's Frostburg, where we landed."

"It won't work there. The place is too small to be used."

The pirate shook his head, took the operating lever from Seifer's hand, and pushed the accelerator to the bottom.

The mechanical dwarf's aircraft made a mind-numbing clicking sound, and turned into a sharp arrow that roared apart the ice storm, like tearing open a door to the frozen fog.

It flew down the ridge of Frost Castle and fell all the way to the vast ice field of a frozen glacier below. It was covered with thick snow that lasted ten thousand years. This was probably because the big storm that Brian said swept across the entire mountain range had just passed. , this place is like an extremely flat landing field.

"Perfect!"

The pirate piloted the aircraft and landed smoothly on the ice field. He jumped out of the cockpit, and his hair, eyebrows and beard were immediately covered with a layer of white frost.

The sky on the pirate's shoulder chirped a few times, sending itself away from this damn place amid flying flames.

As a fire elemental creature, it hates this cold land, which is why Blake had to take an aircraft to reach the Storm Cliffs.

"Is it almost time?"

The pirate glanced at the gloomy sky that was brewing with a storm. He took out his Heroic Spirit Commander emblem from his bag and rubbed it in his hand a few times.

The next moment, the shining rainbow bridge penetrated the sky and earth and struck on this cold snowfield. This strange scene caused the frost dwarves on the cliff not far away to scream loudly.

They felt almost the same majestic aura as Ulduar from this light.

God!

Have the gods recorded in ancient myths returned to this place of creation again?

"哐"

Amidst the low crashing sound, the golden giant strode out of the Rainbow Bridge.

Lord Odin, the Lord of War, looked a little haggard, but when he set foot on the land of Storm Cliffs after hundreds of thousands of years, the Lord of War still regained the passion that shaped the world.

He placed the lightning spear in his hand on the ground and looked at Ulduar in the distance, his one eye full of regret.

Behind him, Heimdall and Al each commanded the Stormcast Heroes and Valkyries and strode out of the Rainbow Bridge. They looked at the majestic army, but Black frowned.

He shouted:

"Hey, Lord of War, are you going to bring this few people home? There's no way you can surprise your family with such a small number of people."

"Rai is gathering more warriors."

Odin responded in a low voice:

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow at the latest, the entire Heroic Spirit Legion and the Titan Familia army will gather here. We will step into the dim Ulduar with the glory of bringing order to order, and we will liberate the land of creation.

But I'm curious.

What are those weak dragons planning to do in this sacred place?

Why did they take out the Focusing Iris?

Is that thing still charging?

What are these weak dragons planning to do to the holy Ulduar! "