Chapter 1261 Arriving at Stormwind City (I rolled off the bed)
A group of mere cultists were naturally no match for Duanmuhuai, but the ancient god they believed in interested Duanmuhuai. After helping the dwarves recover Dunmod, Duanmuhuai found Sargas and asked. A little bit about the Old Gods.
According to Sargas, Azeroth was ruled by the Old Gods a long time ago, which was called the Age of Dark Empire. Later, the Dark Empire era ended, and the ancient gods who ruled Azeroth were also sealed. There are currently three sealed ancient gods, namely N'Zoth, C'Thun and Yogg-Saron.
As for the locations of these three ancient gods, Sargas is not sure. He only knows that C'Thun is sealed in Ahn'Qiraj. These believers of the Twilight's Hammer hope that the ancient gods they believe in can one day break the seal and return to the world. As for why these madmen want to do this...that is unknown.
Although there is not much information, it is enough for Duanmu Huai. It happens that his old rulers also need to be upgraded, and devouring other old ones is the easiest way to upgrade. Since there are still three old rulers in this world who are still sealed weaklings, then don’t blame Duanmu Huai for being rude...
Now that he met the dwarves here, Duanmu Huai didn't bother to go to Ironforge again. Sargas also patted his chest and promised to Duanmu Huai that he would inform the dwarves about Dangarok. So Duanmuhuai directly gave this task to Sargas, and took the others by boat from Menethil Port to Stormwind City.
He didn't want to stay in this dirty and ugly quagmire for another minute.
"Huh..."
Standing on the deck and looking at the sea in the distance, the girls also breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the mosquito-infested swamp, this sea seems much more relaxed.
"It seems that the seas in other worlds are not much different from ours."
Xiao Meiyan curiously stood on the bow of the ship and looked around. Looking at the ship riding the wind and waves, she always felt an indescribable emotion.
"I've never been on a boat before."
Naruse Mio also seemed quite excited. After all, even if she had been living in Japan, it did not mean that she would have the opportunity to take a boat. At this moment, she was lying in front of the railing, looking at the surrounding scenery curiously.
But compared to them, the other two were miserable.
"Ugh...when will we arrive at our destination..."
"Mio-sama, I'm dying..."
It's strange to say that the two demons, Maria and Kisara, can fly, but they are seasick for some reason. They have been dizzy since they boarded the ship. In addition, the ships of this era are not like modern ships. It was so comfortable that the two unfortunates had been half-dead since they got on the boat.
"Hahaha, ladies, please be patient."
Looking at the miserable two people, the captain of the ship also smiled and comforted them. On the one hand, there are beautiful girls here, and as a man, of course he will take care of each other. On the other hand - well, Duanmu Huai has given too much.
"If everything goes well, we will arrive in Stormwind City at noon today. By then, you two can have a good rest."
"Captain, didn't you say you could arrive early in the morning?"
"Uh..."
Facing Wanria's complaint, the captain's expression stiffened slightly.
"The main reason is that we are carrying more goods this time, so the speed will be slower..."
"I knew it!"
At this moment, Maria also complained feebly.
"It's because Master Duanmu is too heavy, that's why... it hurts, it hurts!!"
"Say it again?"
However, before Wan Liya finished speaking, Duanmu Huai's big hand reached out from behind, grabbed Wan Liya's little head, and lifted her up directly.
"Who do you think is more important?"
"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything! I'm sorry, I was wrong, Master Duanmu, please let me go, my head, my head is going to split, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!"
"Hmph."
Duanmuhuai snorted coldly and threw Wanlia to the ground. The latter sat there with his head in his hands, looking aggrieved.
Duanmu Huai ignored her, but walked to the captain, took out the map and started discussing with him. The latter traveled north and south, and had a certain understanding of both Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Duanmu Huai also heard some things between the Alliance and the Horde from this captain.
According to the captain, the Alliance and the Horde have been fighting each other for many years. When there is a threat from a foreign enemy, they can occasionally put aside their past grievances and deal with the outside world in unison. For example, there was the Scourge before, but after the threat disappeared, the Alliance and the Horde began to fight each other again.
Of course, on the surface, the two sides barely maintained peace, but privately there was no shortage of fighting. This is basically the case every time between the Alliance and the Horde. In the beginning, both sides keep their distance and make small moves in private. Just like what the Forsaken did to Southsea Town before, dig the corner here, block the road there, and then cut all the sausages.
It just snowballed until it got bigger and bigger, so the two sides stopped hiding it and started a full-scale war. Then when both sides are exhausted from fighting, they will reach a tacit truce and go home to lick their wounds before fighting again.
Of course, due to the similar strength of both sides, they have been basically in a stalemate. Now that the Forsaken are being wiped out, it will naturally bring great turmoil and impact to the Alliance and the Horde. As for the impact - the captain said no That's right, he is just a businessman, who cares about so many political and military matters. To him, these bad things that happened on land were not worth mentioning at all. On the contrary, Zandalari's troll fleet made him even more upset.
Troll…………
Listening to the captain's complaints, Duanmuhuai silently made a note in the small notebook in his heart.
Let's clean it up later when we find an opportunity.
Although the captain assured Maria that they would arrive at Stormwind City at noon, it was already afternoon when they actually arrived at Stormwind City. As soon as Kisara and Maria arrived at the dock, they fell to the ground and could hardly get up.
"It's really useless."
Looking at the two half-dead people, Duanmu Huai, who had finished handing over the procedures with the guard, rolled his eyes helplessly, and then looked at Naruse Mio and Xiao Meiyan.
"You take them to the inn to rest first, and I'll go to Stormwind Fortress to hand in the mission."
Originally, Duanmuhuai thought that he could let others hand in the task just like he did with the dwarves before. However, after seeing Marshal Auslet's autographed letter, the guard captain said that Duanmuhuai should go to Storm Fortress in person to deliver the letter. Leave it to the current king Varian... It's really troublesome, but it's good to go and see what kind of person the current human king is. Maybe he will be the governor of Azeroth in the future.
So under the leadership of the guards, Duanmu Huai came to Stormwind Fortress and met Storm King Varian Wrynn. To be honest, Duanmu Huai's first impression of Varian was just average. In fact, he and the captain asked about the king on the way here, and the latter actually didn't have a very good impression of Varian. On the contrary, he highly praised the deeds of Varian's father Leanne. According to the captain, when the orcs came to the Eastern Kingdom through the Dark Portal to attack humans, King Leanne led the army to drive the orcs back, but in the end he He was killed by an orc assassin, and his end was quite disappointing.
As for King Varian, the captain was not impressed. According to the captain, the royal family had previously hired the Masons' Union to rebuild Stormwind City. However, after the work was completed, the royal family came forward and refused to pay them. This naturally made the workers very dissatisfied, and they began to resist and demand payment from the royal family. At that time, King Varian's queen tried to calm the workers, but was hit in the head by a flying rock and died during the riot.
The queen's death devastated Varian, and at the same time a brutal arrest and suppression of the Masons' union was carried out. The latter were either caught and killed or escaped.
Because of this, Varian's reputation among the people is not very good - after all, in the final analysis, it is not caused by your royal family's salary arrears, but you actually accused the Masons' union of maliciously asking for wages?
Although Duanmu Huai didn't care about this kind of thing, Varian was also greatly discouraged in his heart. What's the use of a governor who can't even handle the internal affairs of his own country?
Now when I met Varian, what should I say... Looking at the groggy and a bit Alzheimer's-like king in front of him, Duanmu Huai really didn't like him very much.
Forget it, this one is probably useless and useless.
Varian naturally didn't know what Duanmu Huai was thinking. Looking at the tall warrior in front of him, he was somewhat timid. However, after reading the letters from Mayor Mareb and Marshal Auslet, Varian also praised Duanmuhuai for his bravery and said that he would give Duanmuhuai some rewards - well, Duanmuhuai did not intend to fight with him. This seemingly useless king didn't have any in-depth exchanges. He just expressed his gratitude lightly, then waited for the reward money and left.
That's how it should be.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise from behind. Duanmuhuai turned around and saw a warrior wearing armor striding in. The guards standing on both sides of the corridor had no intention of blocking the warrior. On the contrary, they saluted him one after another, seeming to respect the warrior.
"Reginald?"
King Varian seemed a little surprised to see this warrior.
"Why are you here?"
"Your Majesty."
Facing King Varian, the warrior bowed respectfully to him, and then stared seriously at a female mage standing next to King Varian.
"I came here to stop this... The masquerade is over, Countess Presto, or should I call you your real name - Onyxia!"
"What?"
Hearing what the warrior said, King Varian widened his eyes in surprise and looked at the female mage standing next to him, who just chuckled.
"That's stupid, Reginald. Do you know what you're talking about? You're provoking a nobleman, and you think you're going to get away unscathed? Trust me, you'll be imprisoned, and I'll be happy to see them pronounce the sentence. Your crime, and send you to the gallows. Maybe as your limp body sways on the gallows, I'll be happy that a madman's life is finally over."
"Evidence?"
Faced with the Countess' taunt, the warrior stretched out his hand.
"You can't escape your fate, Onyxia. The prophecy has already doomed all this - the illusion emerging in the halls of Karazhan has foreshadowed your ending, now come to an end!"
As he spoke, the warrior suddenly took out a slate from his arms and pointed it at the woman.
"You dragon, let the truth be known to the world!"
As the warrior loudly chanted the mysterious incantation on the stone slab, the next moment everyone saw the young and beautiful countess suddenly flash and transform into a huge black dragon!
"What?"
"Oh my god, the dragon!!"
Seeing this giant dragon, everyone in the hall was immediately shocked.
"Guards, catch this monster and protect the king!"
Soon, amid the shouts, several heavily armed guards rushed over and stood in front of King Varian. However, the black dragon just stretched out its claws and beat all the guards. Fly out.
Then it narrowed its eyes and stared at the warrior.
"Is this destiny, Windsor? If you have come to die, then the prophecy has been fulfilled. Your thoughts will rot in the Twisting Nether, killing other meddlesome guys, my children!"
With the roar of the black dragon, the guard standing motionless suddenly flashed and turned into a four-legged dragon-man monster and rushed forward. At this moment, the guards outside also rushed forward. Come over and fight these dragon monsters.
"Heh...!"
Seeing the scene in front of him, the black dragon didn't care at all. It glanced contemptuously at the livid King Varian and chuckled.
"You are a good puppet, Bolvar, but that's all, then..."
However, before Heilong finished speaking, suddenly, a huge figure jumped up. Duanmuhuai raised his war hammer and smashed it hard towards Heilong's head! At the same time, the black dragon also felt that an unparalleled terrifying aura erupted from the body of this dark warrior, suppressing it like a mountain falling from the sky. It could not even move!
"How could it be?"
At this moment, the black dragon's originally confident expression suddenly changed. It widened its eyes in surprise and looked at Duanmu Huai's figure in horror.
"What on earth are you......"
"Bang!!"
However, before Black Dragon could finish his words, the thunder hammer in Duanmu Huai's hand drew an arc in the air and hit Black Dragon directly on the head. Then the head of the black dragon burst like a balloon. The broken head instantly lost its strength and fell heavily to the ground together with the huge body.
“……………………”
Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.
(End of chapter)