Rise of the blood elves

603 [Loken and Yogg-Saron (2 in 1)]

in fact……

Tirisfal Forest is not called that.

In other words, only those flesh and blood Vrykul who remember Tyr's sacrifice would call this forest this way.

On the side of the Amani trolls, starting from this forest, northeast to the northeastern coast of the ancient Kalimdor continent where their magnificent capital Zul'Aman is located, and east to the northeastern coast of the ancient Kalimdor continent, which was famous for its abundant griffons in later generations, but at this time it was not yet known. The mountains called the Hinterlands, and the high mountain wilderness to the south that was still fertile at this time but was not widely known as the "Arathi Highlands", all belonged to their territory.

And this forest is the most remote borderland in their territory.

There is everything here but no trolls.

This is not because this forest is not rich in products. On the contrary, this forest is too rich, even richer than the core of the Amani tribe's territory. There are delicious big pumpkins in the wild, and there is hunting even if the lake is exhausted. There are deer that cannot be hunted down in any way, and there are sweet wild fruits that can be seen everywhere;

It's not because the trolls who came to settle here later than the flesh and blood Vrykul discovered that this place had already been owned, so they showed kindness and gave up such a beautiful forest to their strange neighbors...

In fact, as early as 6000 years ago, when the Zul Empire was formed at the critical moment, it united as one and made countless sacrifices to defeat the Aqirs, the remnants of the Dark Empire, and then migrated here from the Zandalari Mountains to hunt down Krasis. General, Kisix, who is on an equal footing with Zakaz, has already met the flesh and blood Vrykul.

At that time, the flesh and blood Vrykul were not that severely degraded. They had stronger physical strength, larger bodies, and their individual strength was extremely powerful. One of them could hold up a troll.

But there are only so many of them.

At first, the Amani tribe did not provoke their neighbor.

Because their mission was to hunt down Kithix, when they finally killed the extremely powerful Krasis Faceless Man, they established the extremely magnificent capital city of Zul'Aman in the place of his death and multiplied. After several decades, a war became inevitable.

Because the flesh and blood Vrykul occupy the richest piece of land in the territory promised to them by Zandalar, there is no reason not to fight.

On one side are the flesh-and-blood Vrykul people who have settled here for nearly ten thousand years and have long regarded this forestland as their home and pillar of faith. On the other side are the troll Amani tribe who came to expand. Both sides are notoriously good at fighting - in fact, Amani The Ni tribe is too good at fighting.They are legends, legends of the trolls, legends of the humanoid race!I wonder which race can kill such a powerful being as Jixix?Even though countless lives were sacrificed for this, they did it.Even the Zandalari tribe cannot deny their great achievements, because unless Kithix dies, the war sweeping the entire world will not end!

All in all, the two sides started fighting fiercely.

That war was the first ever fought between the flesh vrykul, the ancestors of mankind, and the trolls.At the beginning of the war, the flesh and blood Vrykul were defeated steadily by the Amani trolls who had a numerical advantage. However, it did not take long for the war to end in a dramatic way.

The trolls left the Tirisfal region, gave up the land they occupied, and retreated cleanly. They never set foot in this forest again for thousands of years.

Because they sensed the terrible evil under this land... Yes, it was the same reason as the high elves who were the first to settle here after their eastward migration. They lived here for 500 years but finally chose to leave and continue to migrate north.

The trolls at that time were afraid of snake bites for ten years.How did the war that almost led to the destruction of the trolls not long ago come about?

——Kisix was seriously injured by Tyr's self-explosion. He fled to the Zandalari Mountains and dug a hole, burying himself like an onion. He recovered while sleeping, leaving only a skull on the surface that looked like a rugged mountain. Son.

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and no matter how many natural spirits or loa emerged in the mountains during this period, they all warned the trolls that the "rugged mountainous area" was a forbidden land, and ancient evil slept beneath it, so do not wake it up.

As a result, no one thought that there was still a fifth ancient god, Sarata, who placed his soul on his claws and transformed into a strange weapon in this world, fearing that the world would not be in chaos so that he could profit from it. Sri Lanka.

During her absence, her three brothers, Yogg-Saron, C'Thun, and N'Zoth, were really powerful. They not only corrupted the guardians, dismantled Azeroth's defense system, but also regained their freedom.Seeing that the final victory was about to fall into his hands, she could not sit still.

The Blade of the Dark Empire bewitched a Loa priest and ordered the troll to insert himself directly into the head of Kithix.

Kisix was furious and woke up.

When I woke up, I saw that the world had become like this. My immediate boss, the ancient gods, had all been freed from the shackles of prison, but they had not yet recovered their strength. The guardian system had also collapsed. They were defeated at the hands of the army of creation in the past, so they were hidden in the world. The Aqirs in the corner of the world are waiting in the shadows for their master's return.Then I have to do something.

In short, whether this faceless man of Kraxis who is loyal to the Old God is controlled by Xalatath, the Blade of the Dark Empire, or out of loyalty to Yogg-Saron and his ilk, he has taken action. .

He awakened all the Aqirs, intending to once again give Azeroth a Lang Lang Dark Empire...

And then that war happened.The specific process does not need to be detailed. In short, the Zandalari tribe promised distant lands and united with the three major tribes of Dakari, Amani, and Gurubashi to form the Zul Empire. After making countless sacrifices, they finally gave the Aqir people to the Zul Empire. defeat.

The Aqirs also suffered heavy casualties and could never regain their former strength.

Xal'atath, who cut off the wings of his brothers with mortal hands, saw that the balance between good and evil was finally balanced, so he retired with success, waved his sleeves, and he didn't know whether he took any clouds with him, but he disappeared again. Hibernating in the long river of history, waiting for the next opportunity to come...

That's how that war came about.

The trolls didn't know that much, except that it was a foolish Loa priest who awakened Kithix, causing the war.So it’s not surprising that when the Amani Trolls, who had truly witnessed the horror of Githix, discovered that there was another ancient evil similar to Githix hiding under the Tirisfal Glades, they chose to avoid it as much as possible. .

Even if they are slow, the Loa gods they believe in, those powerful natural spirits, are not slow, so there is no reason to live here.

and so……

In the next 6000 years, even as the Amani tribe's population soared and its territory expanded, it gradually took the land around Tirisfal under its control, even if it eventually surrounded it, causing this forest to become the only one in the territory. The land occupied by foreigners has never paid any attention to this forest.

The era is approaching, with the rise of the night elves and the rapid expansion of the Kaldorei Empire, these two huge ethnic groups with the same blood finally inevitably collided more than ten years ago.

War once again swept across the ancient continent of Kalimdor, and the Zul Empire was defeated across the board - if this empire was destined to be just a flash in the pan in the history of Azeroth, the empire that would exist in name only a few years later could still be called an empire. if.Since the Amani, Gurubashi and Dakkari tribes moved to various parts of the world, they no longer respected the Zandalar tribe as rulers, but only regarded them as spiritual leaders, and instead called them the "Amani Empire". , the "Gurubashi Empire" and the "Dakkari Empire" call themselves, and they do have a size worthy of the name of the empire.

The war lasted for more than ten years. The Kaldorei Queen, who shines in the land where the stars shine forever, led the heroic night elf soldiers to defeat the trolls who were in full swing, an ethnic group whose territory covered most of the world, and reduced them to the edge. The poor guy standing in the corner and stubbornly resisting.

The decisive battle with the Amani tribe took place around Tirisfal Glades.In the end, the night elves even sent three elite legions to pursue them all the way to Zul'Aman, completely wiping out the living force of the Amani trolls...

Not long ago, those three elite legions were stationed in the southwest of Tirisfal Glades to guard the border, guarding against attacks from the northeast across the forest.

But now, with the arrival of the Burning Legion, those three legions have been transferred back.Not long ago, the trolls who noticed the movements of the night elves army just wanted to send troops to regain their lost territory. Then they discovered the corrupt army heading south and returned to Zul'Aman without saying a word.

……

Summer has arrived. At noon, the scorching sun in the sky is somewhat scorching, but there are no clouds in the sky. It is a rare good weather in the rainy summer.

It has to be said that the climate of this era was far more pleasant than that of later generations.The collapse of the earth directly "collapsed" the land where this forest was located into the ocean in the northeast, making it closer to the north and colder.

But the strange thing is that this forest has neither the chirping of cicadas nor the singing of birds. There is not even a single animal that usually hangs around in it. It seems...

It was extremely silent and eerie.

Tens of kilometers northwest of the peak where Tire's Tomb is located, a large army is marching in, and its direction is clearly towards Tire's Tomb.Rock giants, frost giants, corrupted earth elves, mechanical gnomes, and even vrykul... Most of the Titan creations that can be thought of, except for the mogu and tol'vir, are basically in this army.

These creations are the corrupted army from Ulduar...

The large creature in the front row regarded the towering tree hugged by a dozen people as if it was nothing. It showed infinite brute force, uprooted it one after another, threw it aside, and plowed a passage through the dense forest for the army to pass. .

High in the sky, several black dragons and red dragons were watching from a distance, as if they were conducting reconnaissance, but all the corrupted creations on the ground ignored them, as if they didn't take them seriously at all.

They do have this qualification.

Just before entering this forest, they had fought against the legions of the five-color dragon clan.The result, of course, ended in a great victory. More than a dozen giant dragons were shot down by anti-aircraft cannons controlled by mechanical dwarfs. More dragons who dared to rush into the army to fight were torn into pieces by large creations. Their leader Loken, and more It was Nefarian, the eldest son of Neltharion, the guardian of the earth, who almost killed him. If it weren't for the fact that he was sprayed by the red dragon Queen Alexstrasza's breath at the critical moment, causing the magic to lose its accuracy, it would be impossible to say that Nefarian would have died. Li An died on the spot.

At the forefront of this army, there are two rock giants tens of meters tall who are walking leisurely. Their behavior is very casual and can be described as walking forward. They seem to completely regard the upcoming battle as a sure thing.

"Testing?" Loken said to the rock giant next to him.

Walking next to him was one of his colleagues who was corrupted by Yogg-Saron - the guardian Thorim, who was created by the Titan Golgonneth and controlled the storm power of Azeroth.

"Yes, this battle is just to test the strength of that mortal." But at this time, Thorim's eyes were pure black, his voice was horribly low, and there was a strong shadow aura lingering around him, invading Dying all the vegetation in its path.

This was Yogg-Saron talking to his most "trusted" subordinate Loken through the medium of Thorim.

Loken sneered when he heard this, "You underestimated me and overestimated that mortal. How can a mortal control the power of the Titans and the void origin of the Heart of Y'Shaarj? That's why he had to build it For an artifact - I heard that that artifact is called "Salvation"?I have to admit that I was really surprised that he was able to bring these two energies together so that they were in perfect balance, but that was about it.In order to avoid energy imbalance, he must not be able to fully activate the power of the artifact, and this is the least efficient way to use it... Like I said, mortals will always be just mortals.What really puzzles me is the behavior of my 'brother', Lai actually willingly gave his power to him..."

As he spoke, Loken shook his head, "Too stupid."

"Thorim" looked at Loken and said softly, "You are underestimating the enemy. I'm afraid that mortal has the same strength as you, no less than the guardian, no less than the guardian dragon, and even... slightly better."

"Ha," Loken smiled sarcastically, "Yog-Saron, you have become more and more 'cautious' since you escaped from prison. You are not like me, and you are destined to be unable to understand the power of order. I said , a mortal can never control this kind of power like an arm. Even if the five guardian dragons come together in this battle, I can still resurrect Zakaz..."

This fallen guardian, a guardian who is being controlled by Yogg-Saron, is just talking to each other.

What is puzzling is that Loken is obviously a servant of Yogg-Saron, a guardian who has been driven crazy and controlled by design, but his tone is full of sarcasm and dissatisfaction, as if he has an uncontrollable hatred for Yogg-Saron. Hatred, and making no secret of it.The latter also clearly knew this, but did not take it seriously at all. He also left many crucial things involving the open and secret fights with the other ancient gods to Loken, which was very strange.

As he talked, some taboo in Loken's heart was touched, and he suddenly became furious and roared.

"This is my war! Ever since I was bewitched by you, killed Sif with my own hands, and pushed my brothers and sisters into the sea of ​​fire one by one, you have been controlling me!"

Hearing Loken's roar, "Thorim" was not impatient or angry, but asked softly, "So... do you regret it, 'King of Wisdom'?"

"I regret so much! I wish I could tear you to pieces, burn you to ashes with magic, scatter it all over the fertile wilderness of Azeroth, and let those ugly creatures have fun on your remains every day!" Loken gritted his teeth and spoke every word. He said suddenly, looking at "Thorim" with almost substantial anger pouring out of his eyes.

But soon he laughed self-deprecatingly and said to himself, "But is there a way back for me? No. I can only hope that you can really defeat your brothers and become the only one to combine with Azeroth." The ancient god. But now..."

After saying that, his facial expression suddenly became distorted, and the blue magic light flashing in his eyes suddenly changed, turning into a strange and dark shadow. It looked extremely terrifying, and was very different from the legendary King of Wisdom who was always rational and always gentle. , as if he had completely lost his mind.

"Now I just want to get rid of all the hesitations! Rai's disappearance makes me feel uneasy every day, not only him, but also Odin! And... Hela! After helping me trap him in the Hall of Valor, That inferior creature named Hela actually dares to offend my authority. Since she is unwilling to help me find the location of the Hall of Valor and help me kill Odin, then I have no choice but to destroy her too! That one! A smart witch will just wait and see. If the demons who are fighting with mortals take over, I wouldn't be surprised at all if she chooses to join forces with them. It's just a pity that her awakened talent, her half It’s nothing more than the vast undead kingdom and the countless vrykul undead souls in it!”

"Thorim" raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then his expression turned solemn, "The reason why I asked you not to underestimate the enemy is not because you are worried about that mortal. It's Neltharion, and..."

"Neltharion? That black dragon is indeed very strong, but..." Loken frowned, interrupted Yogg-Saron, and quickly thought of something, "Do you suspect that he has been corrupted?"

In just a few minutes of conversation, from strolling forward to boiling hatred and unstoppable anger, sometimes talking to himself, sometimes being arrogant and arrogant, the temperament of this former king of wisdom has obviously been distorted, as if he has long since It became a combination of madness and reason.

"The Guardian of the 'Earth'... the Guardian of the 'Earth' who sealed the four ancient gods... N'Zoth was the first to escape from the prison, but did nothing. Isn't it normal to secretly corrupt this Aspect Dragon? Something about...C'Thun is dormant now, and N'Zoth has been silent, so I suspect he has some other conspiracy."

Loken put on a serious expression and thought, "I will pay more attention. But...as soon as our army arrives in Uldaman, everything will end. No matter what your brothers are planning, it will be over." Doomed to fail!"

Thorim, who was controlled by Yogg-Saron, said, "What really worries me is Xal'atath."

"Ha," Loken sneered, "The weakest ancient god?"

“Don’t forget, 6000 years ago, she severely injured my slaves with the help of Kissix and the trolls,” “Thorim” said expressionlessly, “This time, she will not be content with being ordinary either. "

Loken was noncommittal.