The Death Knell

Back then, when Su Ming and Khadgar arrived in the Cursed Land on griffins, the place was full of orc armies, and there was no place like a watch fortress, unlike now.

The land is as red as if soaked in blood, and the Watch Castle, made of white stone, is located in the northeast corner. There used to be a forest here, and many happy ogres lived there.

The main purpose of the Keep is to monitor whether the Dark Portal is lit, and at critical moments to guard the road from the Cursed Land to the Swamp of Sorrows.

More than ten years ago, although Deathstroke and Medivh closed the Dark Portal in time, hundreds of thousands of orcs still came over. These remaining orcs in Azeroth split into two groups and went to land to attack Storm. The Kingdom, on the other hand, cut down timber to build ships, and slipped away in batches from the southeastern beach without humans noticing.

The orc fleet sailed to the Arathi Highlands, landed there and attacked the Arathi Kingdom and Lordaeron, but was ultimately defeated because the food and fodder could not keep up.

In addition to those of the Frostwolf clan who hid in Alterac Valley, more orcs were either killed or captured and imprisoned in prison camps.

Now in the rebuilt Stormwind City, the young King Varian, who is only three years older than Arthas, has not yet taken charge. Regent Bolvar is in charge of internal and external work. The general has deployed a lot of troops in the Cursed Land.

Khadgar originally asked Deathstroke if he wanted to meet Turalyon who was stationed at Watchfort. Lothar died in the battle with the orcs in the Burning Plains. Turalyon was also considered a rising star among the generals of the Alliance.

But Su Ming said no, this time the target is opposite the Dark Portal, which is the Outland. At this point in time, maybe it should be called Draenor?

"You don't want to reopen the Dark Portal, do you?" Khadgar looked panicked. If the orc army had surged over, he wouldn't have been able to stop it.

"No, I just want to check the house number over there." Su Ming shook his head on the flying carpet and looked at the ground below.

The ground was burning in many places, and the charred traces of the battle are still there to this day.

The demon blood of the orcs seeped into this land, not only causing not a single blade of grass to grow, but even the wild boars, vultures and other creatures here mutated and turned into red-skinned demons.

There are also a small number of evil orcs living near the Dark Portal and near the southeastern coast. These red-skinned orcs are nothing like the green-skinned orcs Jaina has seen.

Landing on the stone steps in front of the Dark Door, this tall building always makes people feel small. The snake heads carved on the door frame seem to be overlooking everyone, and the two tall sculptures holding sharp swords beside the door You can't even see the face, only the glowing eyes under the hood.

"It seems like it's still powered on." Looking at the statue's commanding eyes, Su Ming touched his chin and nodded: "Adjutant, can you analyze the spatial coordinates on the opposite side of this portal?"

"Sergeant, please contact the target object." The deputy's voice came from the helmet.

Deathstroke pressed his hand on the door, and the small strangulating tentacles flowed out like a spider web and began to spread on the stone. A progress bar also popped up in the eyepiece, which was the time estimated by the adjutant.

In this moment, there were already red-skinned orcs surrounding them. Although these demon-like creatures were filled with bloodthirsty desires, they also had good equipment. At least they were all wearing heavy armor and had strong bodies.

"Khadgar, stop them and buy me some time." Su Ming told his eldest apprentice, and then looked at Jaina: "Jaina, what do you think when you see these demonic orcs?"

She had never faced an orc warrior at close range, and her face looked a little ugly now. The red-skinned orcs who were surrounding them were holding giant axes that were taller than her, and they were frothing at the mouth, grinning ferociously, and could still What do you think?

"Is this what the orcs originally looked like?" The princess raised the gun in her hand. She originally thought the orcs in the shelter looked pitiful, but she seemed to be wrong.

Is it because the problem is not looked at comprehensively enough, leading to misjudgment?

These orcs are full of murderous intent and are not a pitiful race at all.

"At this time, the orcs can be roughly divided into three types, the red-skinned evil orcs, the green-skinned demon-blood orcs, and the brown-skinned Mag'har orcs." Su Ming did not say that all orcs are like this; Fact: "Habits and customs vary from clan to clan."

"Then teacher, do you want to take me to their world to see those kinds of orcs?"

Jaina watched Khadgar flash into the crowd again and fired a few shots in that direction.

Su Ming nodded and looked at the progress bar in the eyepiece: "Yes, I won't tell you what kind of race the orcs are. You have to see everything with your own eyes. After seeing each kind of orc, you will Let’s judge whether the orcs are worthy of pity. But my point is that the orcs are invaders of Azeroth anyway. Maybe the torture in the concentration camp is a bit cruel, but the key is not the human kingdom, but the The orc leaders did not redeem the prisoners of war."

Jaina blinked and suddenly felt that it made sense.

Just like human kingdoms, they are not always harmonious. There have been many disputes in history.

But after nobles or soldiers are captured, the lord can redeem them with money. This is the essence of war. A war started for profit will naturally end after reaping the benefits.

If the orc leaders are willing to pay money or goods to redeem the prisoners of war, King Terenas certainly doesn't want to spend money to support those losers and will definitely agree to the deal.

So all the tragedies that happened in the orc shelters were actually caused by themselves?

This is the first time the little princess has heard this statement, and according to the rules of human society, it is completely reasonable.

She frowned immediately.

"Why are the orc leaders unwilling to redeem their own people?"

Her train of thought completely went astray, influenced by what Deathstroke said.

"Then I don't know. After all, I'm a human." Su Ming shrugged and said he didn't know what the orc was thinking: "By the way, I also have a beam rifle. Do you want to try it? Point it at the orc's head. beat."

While talking, Deathstroke took out a smaller and lighter rifle. He forgot where he got it from and it had always been in his bag.

"Oh." The gun was pushed over. Jaina subconsciously put away the plasma pistol and took the new weapon. Then she stupidly followed Deathstroke's instructions and raised the gun to aim at those who were fighting with Khadgar at the foot of the steps. of orcs.

Although she had never killed anyone before, which made her hands tremble a little, the terrifying appearance of these evil beasts that no longer looked like humans greatly weakened the resistance in her heart.

Pulling the trigger, there was almost no recoil, and an orange beam shot out like a flashlight, and one of the orcs in the crowd lost an arm.

"Hermione, teach her how to aim and adjust her breathing." Su Ming ordered the apprentice who was standing aside with a playful look in his eyes. Looking at her little expression, he knew that she must have remembered what happened to him.

Indeed, this is what Hermione thought. She also started by killing monsters, and gradually evolved to kill people under the "education" of Deathstroke.

It still tastes the same, but Jaina is more decisive.

"Okay, Professor, energy weapons are actually much easier to learn than live ammunition weapons. Princess, she will master them quickly."