A small pebble slipped from the hillside to the ground, causing the demon guard patrolling the valley to look back warily, only to see a big raven staring at him with its head tilted. Perhaps sensing the evil look in the demon guard's eyes, it slapped it twice.
He lowered his wings and flew away with a huffing sound.
"Hanraun, what's going on?" the terrifying guard captain in front asked in a deep voice.
"Nothing, just a black bird," the demon guard replied gruffly, "I've been really unlucky these days. There are always blind things sneaking around here. Could they be too?
I know Master Kazak..."
"Shut up, you idiot!" The terrifying guard captain interrupted him rudely, "How many times have I told you, this is an emergency moment, and no one can escape if something goes wrong! If you really can't control your own stinking
Mouth, I will be happy to take off the thing from your neck!"
The demon guard bared his teeth and closed his mouth reluctantly: Although the guy in front of him is not of a high class, he is Lord Kazzak's confidant and has always been entrusted with important tasks. As a middle-level demon, he should not touch him.
It’s better to have bad luck…
Soon, the two demons left the valley one after another and continued their patrol mission.
Just after their figures disappeared, a graceful lilac outline appeared faintly on the rock wall where the raven was just now - although Sophie's skin color was different from that of most elves, with a healthy wheat color, but in the night
Under the cover of , he can also cover his whereabouts very well
"It seems Leoric is right. These guys really have some ulterior conspiracy!" Sophie stood up from behind the stone wall and looked towards the Dark Door in the distance with burning eyes.
In this morning's meeting at Watchforge, Leoric not only detailed the recent situation of the Dark Portal, but also added a series of abnormal movements of the Burning Legion.
According to reports from spies, the defense force inside the Scar of Rot, the demon's stronghold in the Cursed Land, has been greatly weakened. It is difficult to see a single defender within a radius of more than ten miles. However, a large number of high-level defenders have gathered outside the Dark Gate.
Devil, even a fly can hardly fly under the heavy blockade!
Ruling out the possibility of Kazak's pretentiousness, this guy obviously has some unknown intention towards the Dark Portal.
As a sorcerer, although Jaina expressed doubts about the ability of the Doom Lord, she was cautious in everything. She still agreed to Leoric's suggestion: to nip the Burning Legion's attempt in the cradle, regardless of whether he could or not.
success
So the Nethergarde troops and Jaina's mage guards immediately gathered together and rushed towards the Dark Portal. But by chance, they happened to encounter a group of Stonemaul Ogres on the way. Both sides have always been relentless enemies.
, so without saying a word, they started playing ping pong.
These fat men were also unlucky. When they fought against the Seventh Legion, they usually won less and lost more, but this time they also added a group of powerful mages! In less than a while, the few surviving ogres were left and frozen into ice.
Companions who were lumped together or burned to cokes fled.
Although he won a less fierce battle, Leoric's originally planned time was also disrupted: in his plan, the army would gather in the morning and arrive at noon, and the battle would be over by evening at the latest.
But after being delayed by the ogre, it was a bit uncertain to arrive at the Dark Portal at night.
As a veteran soldier who has participated in three wars, Leoric has always been extremely rigorous. No matter whether he is marching or fighting, he follows the steps and never takes risks. This is in sharp contrast to Havers' bold style, but the two old men with very different personalities have known each other for many years.
A good friend, one good and one strange helped the Seventh Legion to achieve countless feats, which can be said to be an anomaly.
Seeing that it was getting late, Leoric said that he would give up his plan to reach the Dark Portal today and march early tomorrow morning. However, Jaina believed that the enemy's vigilance would also weaken at night, which did not necessarily mean that there would be no more.
With certainty of victory, he and Leoric started arguing like this
Fortunately, both of them came from noble families and had rigorous family backgrounds, so even when they argued, they remained graceful. In the end, Leoric showed his gentlemanly spirit and gave the lady a hand, agreeing that Jaina would lead a team of people to conduct reconnaissance first. If any burning was found,
The army is unprepared, so we can send a message back to the main force to take advantage of the opportunity to attack.
The two hit it off immediately, so Jaina took Sophie and a team of scouts and rushed towards the Dark Portal.
But what they never expected was that the Burning Legion's warning circle had doubled tonight! Patrolling demons had already appeared three miles away.
Although the scouts of the 7th Legion are all excellent, they dare not rush in easily under such tight defense, and Jaina's teleportation spell will not work in the Cursed Land. There is overflowing arcane energy everywhere.
If you are not careful, you will be transported to an unpredictable location: it may be a country road filled with birds and flowers, or it may be a plague land surrounded by zombies. In any case, Jaina will never take this risk.
But compared to the female mage's hesitation, Sophie seemed a little disapproving. After all, the meaning of so-called reconnaissance can only be realized under strict defense. Otherwise, why would we need scouts?
The elf's words made the scouts of the Seventh Legion blush a little, and they all asked Jaina to continue the mission. However, the female mage herself was also a commander who had led soldiers. How could she be less knowledgeable than an elf girl? At present, the other party made it clear that they were on guard.
Your reconnaissance will be a waste of time if you continue to struggle with it.
But now that Kazzak's power is on the table, the only thing unclear is his intention. Compared with this negligible factor, it is better to wait until tomorrow morning to directly attack with the whole army, as Leoric said.
, have a real fight with them!
After thinking for a moment, Jaina made a decision: the scout troops immediately retreated and reported the matter to Leoric.
However, Sophie couldn't help but feel a little confused in her heart.
Regardless of their feelings for Regan or their mutual fate, the two women can be said to be sisters. However, this time the female mage behaved like a completely independent figure, without even a trace of room for negotiation with others.
One sentence determines whether the troops will stay or go, which makes the elf who is used to Jaina's gentleness completely unable to adapt.
But of course this is no wonder for Jaina. Maybe the female mage is gentle and gentle in daily life, just like her own sister, but on the battlefield she has always been decisive and decisive, more like a female war goddess.
If not, how could she have defied all opinions and led the human remnants of Azeroth to Kalimdor to reclaim a new home, and also joined forces with the tribe to defeat the invincible Burning Legion? So she subconsciously "*
*"It's not arrogance, it's just a habit that has been formed for a long time.
However, Sophie didn't know much about this. She just felt that Sister Gianna was a little unhuman. The elves who had just passed their coming-of-age ceremony were no different from adolescent humans, full of questioning of authority and rebellious spirit: You won't let me go?
Okay, then I will definitely go!
So on the way back to the main army, Sophie suddenly "remembered" that the longbow passed down from her family was forgotten in the camp just now, and she insisted on going back to get it.
Of course, Jaina didn't know what the plan was. Although she was a little worried about letting Sophie act alone, considering that elves have always valued tradition, maybe this bow meant as much to her as Regan, so the female mage did not stop her and gave Sophie instructions.
With a few words, she told her to be careful of the patrolling demons on the road, and then ordered two scouts to accompany her to fetch them.
Sophie did not refuse, and happily went on the road with the two scouts. Jaina was not suspicious of him, and continued to rush towards the main force with the rest of the scouts.
Sophie and the two scouts arrived at the previous camp. They turned around but found no longbow. Just when the elf was "at a loss", one of the more experienced scouts guessed: "Sir Sophie, maybe you haven't seen it before.
I left my bow and arrow but lost it on the way back, maybe we can find it if we go back and look for it?"
"Yes!" Sophie's eyes lit up. She was just thinking about what words to use to deceive these two guys, but unexpectedly they kindly gave them an excuse. What a coincidence.
"How about this, I'll continue to look here, and you guys go back to look for it on the road. If you find it, how about you come back and join me?"
The two scouts looked at each other, a little confused: "But, Lady Jaina has told us that we must..."
"Oh, okay, okay, I'm a regular officer of the alliance, not some pretty noble lady! Why do I need you to follow me around?" Sophie rolled her eyes at them and chased them away like a chicken.
Seeing the two unlucky guys walking away, the elf grinned and gently rubbed an inconspicuous ring on his finger: If Jaina had paid attention before, she would have discovered that this was the space ring given to Regen by the goblin Granzo, but instead
Somehow it got into Sophie's hands
The elf took out the long bow from the ring and carried it behind his back, tied his long hair into a ponytail, and walked cautiously towards the dark door towering in the night. The first scene happened exactly a few minutes later.
Although Leoric's guess was confirmed, Sophie did not want to stop there. She walked slowly along the shadow of the rock wall where the moonlight could not reach. Whenever a demon patrol approached, she quickly used Shadow Escape to hide.
The purple skin blended perfectly with the darkness. When she walked less than a hundred meters to the Dark Door, no demon could find her yet.
Just as Sophie took a breath quietly and was about to look for traces of Kazak, a low roar almost shattered her eardrums.
Sophie looked towards the source of the sound in great horror, and saw a glimmer of light suddenly coming from the long-abandoned Dark Door, and several huge figures slowly walked out of it!