Azeroth Trail of Light

Chapter 13 . Alterac’s Snow

The Alterac kingdom has disappeared in the dust of history.

This country, one of the seven kingdoms split from the human empire, Arathor, was originally a beautiful snow country. It is said that in its heyday, it can also have a good voice in the Alliance of Seven Nations, and its national position is relatively speaking. Easy to defend and hard to attack.

The Alterac Valley and one-third of the Hillsbrad Hills where they are located, although they occupy a small area, are better than the physical fitness of the Alterac people who are rich in resources and live in the ice and snow all year round. They are also stronger than people in other kingdoms.

But in the Second Orc War, facing the Orc coalition who fought all the way from the south, facing the Old Horde’s greatest and most strategic warchief Orgrim-Doomhammer, Alterac at the time King Aiden Perenold of the kingdom, because of fear of the future of being destroyed and his cowardly and vicious character, finally reached a secret agreement with the orcs.

He opened the road guarded by the Alterac Kingdom and let the orcs into the hinterland of Lordaeron, resulting in the siege of Lordaeron’s city. If it weren’t for Gul’dan’s betrayal, there would have been no Lordaean a dozen years ago The Kingdom of Lun has existed.

But the betrayed orcs finally retreated to the southern gathering place reluctantly, which led to the terrible suppression and secret revenge of the Perenolds after other northern kingdoms slowed down.

King Aiden died, the Alterac kingdom was destroyed, and all the citizens were forced to move to other kingdoms. After more than a decade, even the most loyal citizens had to accept a new identity.

Of course, the Perenold family has not yet extinct heirs. The Assassin organization “Syndicate”, which has moved its base camp to Stratholme and East Dallonemere, is actually formed by the remnants of Alterac Kingdom, its leader. Oliden Perenold is a direct heir of King Aiden, a super strong assassin.

However, judging from the original historical process, the syndicate, which was suppressed by the Assassin Alliance from beginning to end, failed to complete the great cause of rejuvenation. However, in the new history, Dick gave Oridon a chance to choose again. , He never promised to help Oridon regain the country, but smart people always know that there are some things that are not needed at all and cannot be said.

Dick transferred Sebochel’s defensive command to the old man Errigal and the representative of the Holy Light Abbey who hurriedly rushed from Hillsbrad Hills, the old man Miss Whitemane, and then took him With Liadrin, lightly driving, it took a day and a half to cross the silver pine forest and enter the Highland of Cowran’s Dagger in the Hillsbrad Hills.

This is the only way to enter Alterac Valley, and it is also the residence of the Stormpike dwarves who currently occupy a third of the Alterac Valley.

The Stormpike dwarves are a branch of the Bronzebeard dwarves, and the most capable dwarf tribe under the Ironforge. When the Perenolds did not rule the Alterac Valley, they were the natives of this snowy field. After the destruction of Alterac Kingdom, the Stormpike dwarves also expanded their sphere of influence.

Thanks to the very good relationship between the Knights of the Silver Hand and the Kingdom of Dwarves, Dick and Liadrin immediately received a warm welcome from the Stormpike garrison of Kaulan’s Dagger after identifying their identities.

Dwarves have a loud voice. Their height is generally only half that of adults. Most dwarves have beautiful long beards. In remote places, dwarves are called “beard monsters” or “beard spirits.”

But the strong body and blood from the ancient Titans gave them unimaginable power. When fighting frontally, a fully armed dwarf warrior can easily suppress more than 3 human soldiers, but as a lifespan Fantasy aliens over 1000 years old, the number of dwarves is a big disadvantage. 300 years ago, the Great Dwarf Kingdom had 140 people. After the split, the Bronzebeard Kingdom had the strongest strength, but it was only less than 60. dwarf.

The dwarves like wine and excitement, and worship heroes and power. In their bodies, there is always a flame burning, making their spirits always high. Dick’s deeds in Quel’Thalas and Lordaeron were praised by the dwarves, and even held a large banquet specially for his arrival.

After drinking 10 cups of blazing ale delivered by the enthusiastic Stormpike dwarves, Dick and Liadrin finally managed to get away. Under the personal guidance of the Air Force Commander Aikman of Cowlan’s Dagger, the two ride Mounted on the heavy griffin, and proceeded towards Alterac Valley.

The flame ale melts in the mouth, the sweet taste is very comfortable, the degree is actually not very high, but after drinking ten cups in a row, even Dick, who has been tested in the previous life, feels dizzy, but in the air The giant beast, the griffon in heavy armor, screamed, spreading its wings and flying thousands of meters in the sky, and the cold wind blowing on his face immediately caused Dick to fight a cold war and regain his consciousness.

Liadrin, who was in his arms, tightly wrapped the bear skin cloak on her body. For the Elf lady who has been living in the warm Quel’Thalas, the weather here, It’s terrible!

“Hahaha, feel the special welcome from Alterac, young man Dick, hurry up, we have to speed up!”

“Fly, Xunyu! Raise your wings and let the sky sing for you! Fly, hahaha!”

On the other side of the two-person Griffin, Thunderpike Air Force Commander Ekman laughed and shouted at the two people. This old dwarf with green flying goggles, a musket on his back, and a heavy axe on his waist. It was like a naughty child, but his precise jokes prevented both of them from having nasty thoughts.

In fact, compared to cold elves and extremely smart dwarves, humans prefer to deal with simple dwarves. It is very simple to be friends with these seemingly rude aliens. You only need to treat them with your heart, and they will treat them with your heart. you.

Under Aikman’s cry, the Griffins under Dick and Liadrin screamed loudly, and once again increased their flight speed. Now, the oncoming cold wind really looked like a knife. It’s on Dick’s face wearing flying goggles.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

“Hahahaha!”

Dick’s wailing and the dwarf’s laughter quickly disappeared above the kilometer high in the sky, in the icy snow that never stopped flying all the year round, under the inverted icy white snow, Alterac’s graceful and quiet veil, It was also revealed in front of Dick and Liadrin for the first time.

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In the middle of Alterac Valley is the Great Plain known as the Plains of Conquest. This is already the border of the Thunderpike dwarves.

It is often said that to see a person’s value, one only needs to observe the level of his enemy. This point is also common in the wizarding world.

Stormpike Expeditionary Marshal, Fandral Stormpike, the most famous victorious general in Ironforge rode on his goats, using sophisticated dwarf engineering telescopes, carefully observing the dense forests in the northern plains of the expedition.

In the 20 years of the Dark Portal, the human world has almost become a mess, and the heterogeneous world is not peaceful.

With the expansion of the Stormpike dwarves, they inevitably clashed with another tribe living in Alterac Valley.

Orcs! And it’s the Frostwolf Orcs who follow the Shaman’s Way!

This orc tribe was once one of the most powerful tribes in the orc world of Draenor, but in other orc tribes, they were all tempted by the fallen great shaman and later the great warlock Ner’zhul to drink the demon. At the time of the blood, only the Frostwolf clan rejected this “demon’s gift.”

They also changed from the strongest to the weak. Even the chief, the brave and fearless orc hero Durotan and his wife, were assassinated by the assassins of the Shadow Council, and the entire clan was finally treated as Ner’zhul and Gul’dan. Pathfinder, the abandoned son, was forced to enter northern Xinjiang first.

But under the leadership of the wise Frostwolf shaman Drektal, the Frostwolf clan hid in Alterac Valley. The Alterac Kingdom was completely unable to expel these brave orcs, and could only leave it alone. After the fall of the Rank Kingdom, the Frostwolf clan has officially become one of the masters of this valley…

The Frostwolf clan stayed peacefully at the northern end of Alterac Valley under the control of Drek’Thar, never attacked humans, and lived an incognito life. Maybe it was their attitude, maybe it was other reasons, in short. Although the other forces in Xinjiang all knew the existence of this orc, no one came to drive them away.

The conflict didn’t really happen until the Stormpike dwarves began to expand.

At first it was just a small friction, but no matter whether it was a dwarf or an orc, it was not a mild-tempered guy. After one or two frictions, a small-scale chaos began, which was like a fuse, and soon it evolved into A confrontation between the two forces.

The orcs who can destroy the human world will never lose their combat power. When they encounter the same dwarves, they will meet each other and will meet good talents. They have fought intermittently for a year. The two sides are still engaged in a tug of war on the plains.

It’s like a cricket placed in a box, just trying to kill the opponent, but can’t feel the flood outside the box.

Fandral touched his beautiful golden orange beard. He put down the telescope in his hand. He knew that when he was observing the other side, the orc cubs must be secretly observing him.

Marshal Stormpike is not a reckless guy. In fact, he himself is scornful of the war that has lasted for a year. Alterac Valley is large enough to allow two clans to live together, but it hasn’t been too late. Negotiations, and the war broke out.

As a soldier, even in a meaningless war, Fandral would never allow himself to fail, so after a few minutes, Fandral put on his helmet, raised his left hand, behind him, clothed The white cloak, the dwarf warriors who blended almost perfectly with the snow, the musketeers, and the mortars all stood up from their concealment.

Twenty dwarf warriors wearing white cloaks stood up from the falling snow behind the battle plain. This was a reconnaissance operation conducted by Marshal Stormpike himself.

During this period of time, Alterac Valley’s form is a bit nervous, and Fandral hopes to find the loopholes in the orcs from this investigation, so as to prepare for the upcoming large-scale war.

But just when the dwarf warriors lined up, the howling and noisy wolf howl also sounded in the dense forest, accompanied by a roar, more than a dozen strong orcs riding on the Frostwolf, carrying weapons in their hands, also murderous. Under the leadership of Warlord Garfan, he threw himself down from the hillside of the dense forest.

Obviously, the orcs have also discovered the anomaly here, and they are ready to preemptive as usual.

Seeing the orc wolf cavalry getting closer and closer, and the orc warrior behind the wolf cavalry, Fandral narrowed his eyes, damn, that cunning old orc had the same idea as him.

“Barinda! Let your cavalry attack! Destroy them!”

Fandral drew a heavy battle axe from behind and yelled at the female dwarf beside him. Captain Stoneforge, the rare female warrior Balinda, flung the double braid on his head and waist, and the horn hanging on his waist was just It was blown.

“Woohoo!”

The low horn sounded through the entire expedition plain. The elite dwarf goat cavalry who followed the marshal placed their long-handled weapons that could only be waved on their mounts by their sides, ready to countercharge.

Although there are also less than 15 cavalry, the elite of these dwarf cavalry still have a kind of awe-inspiring aura.

“Charge with me! Warriors of Thunder Spear, let the wolves see who is the master of this valley!”

Barinda Stonehurst, this is an excellent cavalry commander, an excellent warrior, and a grumpy woman. She is eager for victory more than any male dwarf, compared to the calm Marshal Fandral, Captain Stoneforge. He is the real warmonger on the dwarf side.

Under the leadership of her one horse first… one sheep first, the remaining dwarf goat cavalry rushed towards the orc wolf cavalry who was carrying a decapitated sword.

The advantage of wolf cavalry is flexibility, but the mountain goats that the dwarves have been domesticating since a thousand years ago, when used as mounts, their short-range charge is faster and more fierce than the famous human heavy cavalry!

It was like two sharp arrows flying at speed, no one wanted to retreat, just as the pinpoints collided with the wheat.

A deadly enemy on the battlefield, the brave are fearless, the loser retreats, and the winner is king!

When the tragic blood and death collided together, it was like a howling cold wind that spread over the entire plain.

A few unlucky orc wolf cavalry men and wolves were hit by mountain goats with bloodshot eyes, and they lost their lives before landing. The wolf cavalry’s net-throwing stunts also made almost the same number. The dwarf cavalry was pulled down from the high-speed charging goat.

It was only an unusually small-scale conflict, but their bodies and lives fell miserably to the ground, being trampled ruthlessly by the enemy and by their own people, until they became blood flowers blooming on the earth, so dazzling, so sad. .