Rise of the blood elves

196【The Sorrow of Ash Valley】

After landing in Dustwallow Swamp to settle the civilians, and leaving orders to explore the swamp and build a base, Jaina began her journey to track down the crow prophet Medivh.

She traveled through the Barrens and searched for a long time in the rugged mountains called the Stonetalon Mountains. She met Thrall, the orc warchief who had a common goal. Finally, under the guidance of the prophet, she learned about a The "prophecy" that she couldn't believe:

The Burning Legion will eventually crush everything in its path, come to Kalimdor to complete their highest mission, uproot the World Tree Nordrassil, use the new Well of Eternity as an energy source, and summon Sargeras to destroy the entire world. .

If this prophecy would really come true, Jaina simply didn't dare to think about what the consequences would be.Because this means that the coalition of Dalaran tribes standing on the front line to resist the evil will be the first to be destroyed.

In the past half month, she had followed Medivh's guidance and formed an alliance with the orcs to head to Ashenvale together. With a dubious attitude, she was preparing to stand with the night elves to face the coming Burning Legion.

She instinctively didn't want to believe Medivh, but her reason told her that what Medivh said was true.At best, the coalition forces struggled to hold on under the attack of the Scourge Legion, but it was difficult to defeat them, let alone the Burning Legion that followed closely behind.

Being born into the royal family of Kul Tiras gave Jaina a high level of vision. Her experience of tracing the origin of the plague with her former lover Arthas also gave her an intuitive understanding of the undead.

Compared with the unified Scourge Legion, the coalition forces are like a piece of scattered sand. Not only do the member states fail to assess the severity of the disaster, but their strength is also slightly inferior.Emergency recruitment of troops, improvement of logistical supply routes, and reorganization were all time-consuming tasks. Faced with the undead army pressing down on the border, they simply did not have enough time.

Jaina believed in her mentor, and even more in Dalaran, where she had studied for more than ten years. It would definitely become a rock in the flood, but the cold prophecy said

The Scourge will still summon the Burning Legion into the world.

With an uneasy mood, she came to the Ashen Valley.

While on the road, many things happened that she didn't want to see, such as the conflict between humans and orcs.Due to the blood feud forged in the first and second wars, humans and orcs are destined to never live in peace. Even though the leaders of both sides intend to exercise restraint, conflicts still occur from time to time.

Jaina understood the source of this hatred.

She also has enough reasons to hate the orcs, just like those of her compatriots who have suffered greatly from them.

He even hates orcs more than most.

Because during the Second War, her brother, the prince of Kul Tiras, died at the hands of the orcs.

In that naval battle, he led a fleet alone in an escort formation near his father Daelin Proudmoore's flagship, facing the orcs' sturdy but clumsy ironclad fleet.

Kul Tiras's ace fleet is fast and full of firepower. The orcs, who have not grasped the essentials of naval warfare, are as weak as a three-year-old child learning to speak.When victory was in sight, the Dragonmaw clan's participation in the war only tipped the balance of victory to the other side.

The Wyrmroar orcs, commanding the red dragons, burned half of the Kul Tiran warships to ashes, including the one where Jaina's brother was aboard.

Her brother died with no body intact.

But she understood that the enemy needed to rely on the power of the orcs at this time, otherwise it would be difficult to defeat the Burning Legion's plan to destroy the world.Even after the war, when the orcs who had settled in Durotar became the neighbors of her people, both sides had to exercise restraint and work hard to lick their wounds and build their homes after successive wars.

No one can afford another war.

But when she arrived at the border of Ashenvale, she realized that it was too late.

A large army of demons appeared in Ashenvale.

An orc clan clashed with the night elves during the logging process, and ended up drinking the blood of demons, killing the demigods worshiped by the night elves.

This is a big deal.

Three days ago, Jaina led her tribe to fight in conjunction with Thrall. After all the hard work, she finally defeated the crazed Warsong clan and captured Grom Hellscream, who had lost his mind. With the help of the power of a soul stone, Saved it from the brink of degradation.

The venue used for the purification ceremony was not far behind her, and there were still runes of the magic circle on the ground.

In the days that followed, she was filled with worry.What's going on with Dalaran? Has the coalition been defeated? The most troublesome question for her is that the night elves, who are no longer strangers to humans because Dalaran warned the world and advocated the formation of a coalition to fight against evil, are no longer strangers to humans. Also because of the recent series of hostile actions by the Warsong Clan, Jaina, who is allied with the orcs, has become an enemy.

Just yesterday, the envoy she sent to contact the night elves was shot dead by the night elf sentries without explanation. The search team only found their bodies, which had been shot into hedgehogs.This shows that the night elves were angry at the orcs for killing the demigod Cenarius, and even turned their anger on Jaina's men.

This has put many undue obstacles in the plan to fight the demons with the night elves in the northern Mount Hayjal.

but

Earlier today, when she opened the magical letter sent from the Eastern Continent, all her worries about Dalaran's safety were answered.The content of the letter took away almost all her strength, leaving her alone in this woodland for a long time.

Jaina loosened her fingers, brought the crumpled letter to her eyes again, and began to look at it.

Your Royal Highness the Queen:

I'm about to leave for Kalimdor.I hope you can mark the safe end point of the teleportation for us, so that we will not accidentally enter the demon-occupied area or be led into a trap by fel spells during the teleportation process.

I think it is necessary for me to inform you of a regrettable fact in advance before my arrival.Your mentor, Antonidas, died heroically in the Battle of Dalaran a month ago. Please express your condolences.

Angmar Morningstar

Gianna even wanted to find clues that the letter was fake to prove that the contents of the letter were untrue.But no matter how she used her exquisite magic to check over and over again, the unique magic fluctuations in the letter and the significant personal characteristics of the magical seal proved that it was indeed from the Angmar Morning Star, the one who strengthened her belief in traveling westward. Blood Elf Advisor.

Angmar had no reason to lie to her.

Da da da

There were crisp footsteps behind her. Someone was stepping on the fallen leaves on the ground and came nearby. Jaina looked back and saw an orc veteran who impressed her deeply.

This white-haired orc's back was no longer straight, and he could tell that he was already in his twilight years.But there was no slowness in his movements. The thick arms stretched the leather armor to the point where it was about to explode. The exposed skin was covered with scars, showing that he had gone through countless battles.

A few days ago, when fighting the crazed orcs of the Warsong Clan, Jaina saw with her own eyes that this veteran orc could defeat ten enemies one against ten without losing. Her combat experience made her such a well-informed princess who was born in the royal family. They were all surprised.

She remembered that this old orc was the brother of an orc war commander, and his name seemed to be

Brooks

Thrall called him Broxshigar Saurfang.

"Are they leaving?" Jaina asked.

Brox nodded, put his thick arms on his chest, expressed his respect, and said in vague human common language: "The warchief has found traces of Mannoroth. We will dispatch all our troops, no matter the cost." Kill him. Before leaving, Chief Hellscream expresses his gratitude to you, leader of humanity."

"Okay, I'll be right here."

Jaina put the letter away and followed Brooks back.

Not far away, there is a continuous stretch of camps, with the human camp on the left and the orc camp on the right.

As she gradually entered the camp, the noise hit her face, and Jaina finally got rid of the depression of silence.