Volume 6: The World of Rebellion Chapter 315: The Tribe's New Soldiers
Stormwind City
Orgrim was following Ner'zhul to inspect the new mage troops of the Horde when he suddenly heard a loud cry of surprise.
"Great Chief! Great Chief! Urgent information has been delivered."
Orgrim nodded to Ner'zhul beside him, then turned to look at the Burning Blade Master who was rushing towards him.
The Blademasters of the Burning Blade Clan were widely used by Orgrim to gather intelligence and conduct reconnaissance because of their Wind Walk, which allowed them to travel invisibly. They would then report directly to him. However, he recognized the orc swordmaster in front of him named Wanli Duxing, who had provided him with a lot of intelligence recently.
Orgrim (Warchief): "What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
Wanli Duxing (Swordmaster): "Great Chief, the Frostwolf Clan has been defeated."
Orgrimmar was not surprised by this result. The Frostwolf Clan went deep into the enemy's territory alone and wanted to develop independently in Alterac. It would be fine if they acted low-key and developed stealthily.
If they acted in a high-profile manner, they would inevitably be besieged by the countries in the Alliance. In fact, this was exactly why he had sent a large amount of support to the Frostwolf Clan. Without the heavy armored troops and siege troops he sent, perhaps the Frostwolf Clan would really sneak into the village and develop in a sneaky way. But in that case, for the tribe, it would be equivalent to losing the power of a clan in vain without any benefit.
As the chief of the tribe, this is an unacceptable result.
That's why he provided the Frostwolf Clan with a large number of siege troops and heavy troops, which made the Frostwolf Clan have the ambition to capture cities and territories, and attracted the attention of the Alliance in Alterac. In this way, the Frostwolf Clan bought time for the Horde to capture Stormwind City and truly played the role of a small force.
But he didn't expect to be defeated so quickly. "Where's Durotan?"
Wanli Duxing ( Swordmaster): "Chief Durotan—died in battle."
What! Orgrim was taken aback, feeling somewhat unhappy. He had a good relationship with Durotan, and it was true that he had betrayed the Frostwolf Clan, but he had not expected that Durotan would die in the battle. In his opinion, with Durotan's strength, even if he lost, he could retreat to the vast valley.
Wanli Duxing (Swordmaster): "Not only Durotan died, but also old Saurfang died. However, they also killed Aiden, the human king of Alterac."
Orgrim couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that two generals would die in a row. Fortunately, a human king was replaced, and time was bought for the capture of Stormwind City. This was not a loss.
"Who killed my brother?"
Wanli Duxing (Sword Master): "He is a human prince named Aidan. It is said that he has mastered the power of dragons and can transform into the Storm Dragon King Aidanderon..." Wanli Duxing briefly recounted the process of the battle to Orgrim with exaggeration. When Orgrim heard that the Storm Dragon King flew over the army line and directly "assassinated" Durotan, he was immediately annoyed.
Dragons again! These reptiles have brought too much trouble to the tribe. The flying troops have undoubtedly shown amazing power in this war. We must find a way to deal with them. The tribe must strengthen its air force and air defense force. Fortunately, I have already ordered the Blackrock Clan and the Dragonmaw Clan to prepare, and I think there will be results soon.
"Any other information?"
A Lone Journey (Swordmaster): "King Terenas of Lordaeron was assassinated by our assassins."
What! Orgrim was a little puzzled. He didn't order the assassination of King Terenas. It's not that he didn't want to, but he felt that the possibility of success was too slim. There was no need to waste precious assassins and sword masters.
"Who did it?"
Wanli Duxing (Sword Saint): "Looks like a group of orc adventurers."
Orgrim was shocked. A bunch of adventurers? Are adventurers so strong? He was always troubled by the orc adventurers in the tribe. They ran around all day long, doing nothing, and had no respect for him. A few days ago, two groups of adventurers fought and set the barracks on fire.
I didn't expect that such a remarkable feat could be accomplished without making any noise.
"If you have any other news, tell me together."
Wanli Duxing (Sword Master): "Lordaeron has formed a Knights of the Silver Hand. It is said that they are composed of human warriors who have mastered the power of the Holy Light. They want to wipe us out completely."
"Humph, these humans only know how to talk big. Let them come. The so-called Holy Light Draenei also knew how to use it, but we still killed them all."
Wanli Duxing added: "The human nations have already formed a large army and are gathering in Arathi Highlands, preparing to attack us from the south. According to information gathered from various places, the number of troops may exceed 500,000."
Orgrim (chief): "Five hundred thousand troops? No problem. Our tribe has a million troops. Besides, our orc warriors are brave and fearless. One can beat three humans. We will win this battle."
Originally when I was bragging, it was always one orc against ten humans, but recently there have been a lot of deaths in the attack on Stormwind, so it has become one against three.
In fact, orc infantry does have an advantage over human infantry. It is a bit difficult to fight three at once, but it is still very easy to fight two at once. Sometimes they can even fight five at once against human militia. However, when high-level troops fight high-level troops, the orcs have no advantage.
But Orgrim naturally would not tell these to his men.
At this time, Ner'zhul interrupted, "Great Chief, don't worry about those human paladins. We have already had the addition of new supernatural powers. My Flamewalker troops will burn those paladins to ashes.
Look, these are the Flamewalkers I trained for you."
Orgrim looked towards the square in front of him. Thousands of orc warriors in red robes were lined up in an orderly manner before him. The color was very festive.
Around them, there were hundreds of fire elements following.
[New army type/profession added to the tribe: Flame Walker.]
Due to the terrifying power displayed by Ragnaros, the Firelord, in the Battle of Stormwind, a large number of orcs began to pray to Ragnaros, including shamans and some warriors.
Therefore, Ner'zhul organized these orcs who fanatically worshipped the Fire Lord, helped them reach a pact with Ragnaros, infused them with the power of fire, and turned them into "Flamewalkers".
Flamewalkers can manipulate and cast flame spells, or use flames to strengthen their and their teammates' weapons, and can even summon fire elemental creatures from the Land of Fire to assist in combat. Unlike traditional shamans who follow the way of elemental balance, Flamewalkers fanatically worship the power of fire and swear to ignite the world with fire, becoming a destructive military force in the hands of orcs.
Thousands of Flame Walkers, wearing fiery red robes with flame symbols on their chests, holding shields and hammers, exuding a scorching aura and looking extremely imposing.
"For Ragnaros!"
"Let the flame essence be everything."
"The Fire Lord is with us!"
The Flamewalkers let out fanatical shouts, as if they were greeting Orgrim, or as if they were demonstrating.
Orgrim looked at these new troops, feeling somewhat surprised, but also somewhat worried.
He had witnessed the frenzy of the orcs under the influence of fel power, which eventually destroyed the entire Draenor. The army before him reminded him of the orc warriors who had just drunk the demon's blood. They had completely lost their minds and were obsessed with the pursuit of power. More importantly, they served the demons, not the tribe.
Now these Flame Walkers also made him feel the danger of losing control.
Ner'zhul said proudly, "Great Chief, you see, this is the result of my contribution to the tribe. With such a powerful force, I think those weak warlocks have no meaning to exist. It is better to order them to change their jobs to Flamewalkers, so that they can better serve the tribe."
Ever since Gul'dan left with his Stormrage Clan, a large number of high-level warlocks from the Shadow Council also left, resulting in the warlocks now having a very average presence in the Horde, and there are only a few high-level warlocks left.
The previous battle for Stormwind had almost no effect, and it was only with the spells of Ner'zhul that the city walls were destroyed.
Hearing Ner'zhul's suggestion, Orgrim shook his head and said, "No, warlocks still have their uses. At least they have a certain strategic significance in teleportation magic."
As a warchief, it is important to strike a good balance. Originally, Orgrim hated warlocks and even constantly suppressed the warlock group, using them while suppressing them. But now with the rise of Ner'zhul, the bond between the Horde and the Firelord has gradually deepened. Orgrim has to support the warlocks to a certain extent. At least, he cannot let all the spellcasters of the Horde join forces. The existence of warlocks can still check and balance Ner'zhul to some extent.
Ner'zhul knew that he shouldn't be too hasty about such things, so he bowed his head and said, "The great chief is wise."
Then Orgrim reviewed several other newly formed troops.
Although the orcs lack civilization, they have unique talents in war technology and gained a lot of experience in the war with the Storm Kingdom.
Not only have various siege technologies been developed, but new types of troops have also been developed to target the alliance's troops.
Now, under the supervision of Orgrim, it has finally been successfully put into service.
[Newly added troop type to the tribe: Scorpio Crossbow Chariot.
Developed by craftsmen of the Blackrock Clan, the Scorpion Crossbow is an ultra-long-range weapon specifically developed to counter the Alliance's air force. It fires giant crossbows with fangs and barbs. It has a range of over a kilometer and possesses passive effects such as armor-piercing, tearing, and poisonous weapons.
This powerful war weapon greatly compensates for the tribe's lack of air defense capabilities and enhances the tribe's long-range firepower. 】
An Xunsi (Blackrock Master Craftsman): "Great Chieftain, our Scorpio Crossbow has been successfully developed, with a maximum range of one thousand meters. If any dragons come again in the future, they will never return.
And this is just the Scorpio 1. We are developing the Scorpio II A with burst fire function, and the Scorpio II B that can fire explosive arrows. Once successfully developed, it will definitely greatly enhance the long-range firepower of our orcs. As long as you give me more resources, I believe there will be results soon. "
Orgrim (Chief): "Well, with this weapon of war, we can conquer the world."
Orgrim was in a good mood, not only because he had new military weapons, but the key point was that it could be seen from here that not all orcs were stupid and rough, there were also a few with high IQ.
After rewarding me for some thoughts, Orgrim then came to the base of the Dragonmaw Clan.
As soon as they arrived at the Dragonmaw Clan's headquarters, Dragonmaw Chief Zulud and Dragonmaw Warlock Nekros Skullcrusher hurried to greet them.
Zulud (Chief Dragonmaw): "Ah, Chief, you are here. Welcome, welcome. I have good news for you. Our dragon taming plan has finally succeeded. In the next war, the Dragonmaw Clan will send dragon riders to help the tribe fight."
Orgrim was immediately overjoyed. This was indeed good news.
Originally, the Dragonmaw Clan mainly tamed wyverns as mounts. However, when facing the attack of the black dragon before, the wyvern riders' shortcomings of insufficient damage were fully exposed, and their ground support was also not ideal. Wyverns are not real dragons and cannot breathe dragon breath. They can only rely on the riders on their backs to throw javelins to attack. They are okay for harassment, but they have no ability to lick the ground when fighting a positional battle. They can't even shoot out against the Alliance's archers, let alone suppress their firepower.
In order to obtain new war weapons, the Dragonmaw Clan issued a series of targeted quests to find dragon nests. As a result, the orc adventurers actually found several dragon nests. The largest one was in the Temple of Atal'Hakkar in the Swamp of Sorrows, where a large number of green dragons were found.
For this purpose, Orgrim specially dispatched the Thunderlord Clan and the Dragonmaw Clan, who were good at hunting. After a lot of effort and thousands of deaths, they finally captured the temple. Not only did they plunder a large number of dragon eggs, but they also captured a group of green dragons. However, dragons are not easy to tame, so the warlock Nekros Skullcrusher of the Dragonmaw Clan proposed to use fel energy to transform these green dragons. Unexpectedly, it was successful.
Nekros Skullcrusher (Dragonmaw): "All those young dragons have been transformed by fel energy. The dragon eggs have also been infected by the fel power and are about to be corrupted. Moreover, the fel power can accelerate the growth of living things. I think there will be more fel flame dragons ready to join the war soon."
“Show me the finished product.”
"Yes, Chief."
Soon an orc dragon rider riding a fel flame dragon descended from the sky.
[The tribe has added a new type of soldier: Fel Dragon Knight.]
The Dragonmaw Clan transformed the captured green dragons with fel energy and created a terrifying dragon race called Fel Flame Dragons. These green dragons corrupted by fel energy can spit deadly fel flames. Due to the erosion of fel energy, Fel Flame Dragons have low IQs and cannot grow into intelligent adults, let alone use dragon language magic.
However, the body strengthened by the evil energy has both dragon and demon bloodlines, making it stronger than other dragons and prone to going berserk in battle. 】
Zurud (Chief Dragonmaw): "Not only that, we have also successfully captured several adult green dragons. One of them is particularly large and is likely to be an ancient green dragon. My warlocks are using fel energy to transform it. Once the transformation is completed, it will surely become a powerful war weapon for my tribe."
As if to confirm his words, several earthquake-like roars were heard from the dragon's lair in the distance.
"Well done Zulud, your contribution to the tribe is just in time! A new war is about to begin, and your dragon riders will greatly enhance the strength of the tribe."
Orgrim thought that this warlock was indeed somewhat useful. At least in terms of biological transformation technology, fel energy was much more useful than elemental power.
Zurud (Chief Dragonmaw): "Hahaha, thank you for the compliment, Chief. I heard that Durotan died at the hands of the Storm Dragon King. When my fel dragon is transformed, I will have a good meeting with him."
