4. Tanaris. New battlefields
"Bang"
With a strange crisp sound, the head of Shalatul, the second-level war lord of Qila, was torn off from the mutilated body, and the head was thrown at the feet of the Great Chief, and the venom-paralyzed body was easily cut into 4 pieces by the giant claws of the huge, ferocious, nightmare scorpion that exuded wild power, and was easily cut into 4 pieces in Moyana's vicious attack.
The Nightmare Scorpion, which is the most terrifying of all the large and small scorpions in Kalimdor, contains enough venom to poison a strong Kodomon in 1 second, and this scorpion is very small, very good at hiding itself between mountains and rocks, and is very good at hunting, with a fierce and violent personality, which is a nightmare that all hunters can't hide.
Druids who use the power of nature can theoretically transform into all beasts, but few people will spend energy to transform into creatures similar to scorpions or spiders, on the one hand, these vicious predator forms do not conform to the teachings of the druids, and on the other hand, this kind of transformation without the support of the power of the wilderness demigods is more difficult than the traditional cheetah and giant bear.
The relationship between the Wilderness Demigods and the Druids is complex, they live in the Emerald Dreamland, the sacred land of the Druids, they give the Druids wild knowledge, and use their power to help the Druids realize the transformation of the beast form.
But the Blightcasters don't need this, or rather, the "Seed of Life" that this sect believes in is itself wild, the embodiment of the rampaging of the forces of nature, and after accepting the natural power of the Seed of Life, the powerful enough druids can learn and explore and conjure up more powerful forms.
For example, Moyana's poisonous scorpion form at this time, or the werewolf predator form that Wolfwalker Toothfire is studying, and the wild knowledge that the wilderness demigod Agamagan took the initiative to give in order to thank the witherbolts for their efforts, can make the druids transform into a wild boar form with brute strength and impact... In short, the Druids of the Blightcasters have more possibilities than the old-fashioned Druids of the Council of Cenarion.
"Buzz"
In the midst of the green force of nature, Moyana's slender and gentle form reappeared, and with a sad emotion, she half-knelt in front of Shalatul's ugly head, as if praying for something, and such a delicate female posture made one wonder if the transformation of the nightmare scorpion that had torn the Zerg Lord to pieces in a matter of minutes was not a dream.
However, the shattered earth around her under the ravages of poisonous scorpions proved that there was a trembling and crazy side in her heart about this delicate woman, and she looked at the blood-soaked insect head in front of her, and a wave of disgust rose in her heart, and Moyana stood up, and between the slight movements of her fingers, a thick vine appeared from the crack in the ground, wrapped around the skull, and dragged it to the ground.
From time to time, there was also the sound of slight bones breaking.
"I'm sorry, guys."
After doing all this, the Patriarch returned to the crowd, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and nodded to the others:
"I lost my temper."
"I'll never dare to make any jokes about her again..."
Tanred said to himself, "Maybe I can't say anything more... Do I have to thank her for not killing? ”
"The other zerg raiders have been killed, Grand Chief."
Dranosh, whose cuirass was still stained with green blood and had been corroded with ugly marks, walked up to the Grand Chief with a battle axe on his back and whispered to him:
"The troll witch doctor of the Darkspear is dismantling the assassins, but for now... Those are the bugs, and there is no doubt that the Worms have chosen this moment specifically to bring you and the messengers together... Clean sweep. ”
"They're smart, Big Chief."
Patriarch Moyana, whose voice was a little hoarse, said calmly:
"They're more than just bugs, you've seen it with your own eyes now... What will happen to this land once the Chaldean bishop dies in the city of the orcs, it is clear that this is a premeditated assassination, Grand Chief, I will say it directly. ”
The Patriarch of the Blightcaller looked at the orc warriors behind him who were collecting the remains of the war dead, this wave of insect attacks in the night, these insects who were specially sent to carry out assassination missions killed nearly 40 orc warriors in ten minutes... The threat of the high-level insects is fully demonstrated, and this is still when their leader is trapped.
"The Bishop of Chaldea and I have come to Orgrimmar to persuade the orcs to join Kalimdor in the fight against the Zermen, and not only that, but we also hope that the other members of the tribe, the Trolls and the Minotaurs, will join them, you recently discovered several nests in the Badlands, which have proven their strategy of pulling the Worms..."
Moyana's voice echoed in the darkness and reached everyone's ears, and in the bloody night of Orgrimmar, the Patriarch's voice was very sincere, and full of a kind of concern that a clergyman should have:
"Once the battle starts on the front line of Silisus, the Zermen will inevitably use their usual tactics to try to open a second battlefield in our rear, and at that time, whether the tribe wants it or not, you will all be drawn into it, rather than passively waiting for the Zermen to accumulate their strength to the limit, it is better to go out now, open the wall of beetles, and strangle the threat of the Zermen in the cradle..."
"It's not just a war of the Human Empire or the Blightcaller Druids, High Chief, it's a war for the entire continent, or even the whole world."
The Great Chief didn't say much, as the leader of a force, he had seen too many people and things, such an important matter, let alone a decision that could be made by listening to Moyana's words, he handed the war hammer to the guards beside him, and then said in a deep voice:
"You have a point, Patriarch, but understand that tribes are not my word, and I need to discuss them with the orc chiefs, as well as the minotaurs and troll chiefs... But I can guarantee that we'll give you an answer before the Battle of Silysus begins, and besides, since the bugs have invaded Orgrimmar, it's not good for the orcs to watch like this. ”
"I heard that the Human Empire has set up a front in the Tanaris Desert?"
Orgrim looked at Tamred and asked, and the young general hesitated for a moment, then nodded:
"Yes, right next to the Great Rift, we're monitoring the movements of the Worm Vanguard."
"Good."
Ogrim moved his neck, and he looked at the green streak of blood at his feet, and said:
"Regardless of the Clan's final decision, tonight's debt will be settled, and I will send a warrior from the Blackstone Clan to Tanaris in the near future... This is not a tribal representation, but a representation of my own wishes. ”
"And as my personal apology for the attack on the Chaldean Archbishop in Orgrimmar... Orcs never forgive those who hurt their friends, and even though we and humans can hardly be called ... Friend. ”
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"I said, Howey, how many of these bugs do you say?"
Speare, a corporal of the Seventh Legion, grabbed the muffled flamethrower as he aimed its vent at the stone pillar in front of the Great Rift, and with the support of the crude oil barrel and the flamethrower behind him, a flame of 5 or 6 meters long spewed into the disgusting red fungus carpet in front of him.
The disgusting stuff made by these bugs seemed to be a strange nutrient, and the soldiers stationed there had learned the reproduction patterns of these bugs over the past few weeks, hiding huge numbers of eggs around the raised stone pillars, and after the bugs hatched, they would jump onto the red fungus blanket and use the viscous, semi-congealed liquid to make the larvae grow rapidly.
It only takes 3 days for a chilaworker to hatch and grow into a full body, while the more advanced pterocarps and soldiers take a little longer, but not more than 5 days.
In general, once the swarm begins to multiply wildly, it will take less than half a month for their number to multiply more than a dozen times ... It was a sea of worms that was enough to drown everything.
However, after realizing the importance of the fungus blanket for the larvae, the Seventh Legion immediately ordered a lot of flamethrowers from the goblins, and every day the soldiers carried this dangerous but lethal gadget, constantly removing the red fungus blanket all over the Great Rift Valley, this method proved to be effective, and under the observation of the mages, the reproduction rate of the insects has decreased significantly in recent weeks.
Of course, the flamethrowers are very slow to move and are difficult to escape if they are ambushed by bugs, so around each flamethrower, there are 4-6 soldiers armed with shotguns and assault rifles, which is a standard tactical group to deal with the threat of bugs.
In the face of Pierce's boring inquiry, Sergeant Howe, who was vigilant next to him with a heavy assault rifle, did not want to answer at all, it was very boring and very hard to carry out the work of eliminating the fungus blanket under the scorching sun of the desert, and the taste of standing in the sun with a sound of armor was absolutely unpleasant, he felt that the water in his whole body was about to be evaporated, and now what Howe wanted to do most was to hurry up and finish this damn life, and then return to the camp and sleep well under the shade net.
"This armor is really fatal, Haowei, I'm going to take a leave of absence tomorrow, I feel like I have a headache, my feet hurt, my whole body hurts... Hell, what kind of illness did I have in the first place to ask to come here? ”
Private Clark, who was beside Pierce, took off his helmet in annoyance, fanning the wind and complaining about the damn sun, the damn desert, and the damn everything.
Before the eyes of the tactical team, there was an almost endless chasm, where the Pull Worms had been dormant for nearly a hundred years, and they had turned the desert into a hive covered with a purple-red shell, and God knows how many bugs hid beneath the earth.
And according to the chief, this is only the vanguard of the worms, and the real base camp of the bugs is still in the Silishus Desert further south, which is simply a desperate fact.
"Howie? Howie? ”
Clark shouted a few times, but did not see the captain respond, he looked up a little embarrassed, and saw that his captain was looking at something with a telescope, and as soon as Clark wanted to speak, he saw Howee put down the binoculars, grabbed Pierce's shoulder, and was about to unload the flamethrower that was working.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”
Pierce was still ignorant, while Howe pointed ahead and shouted:
"The bugs are coming! Come on! Can't stay here! Clark, signal! Fast! Let the brothers withdraw from the big rift, and the bugs are on the attack! ”
In fact, there was no need for a telescope, and the soldiers could clearly see that in the depths of the Great Fissure, nearly a kilometer away, the disgusting purple-red cuticle was constantly "tumbling" forward, and it was an entire army of bugs covering the Great Fissure, and they were making earth-shattering hisses, charging forward along the earth.
Judging by the speed at which they charged, it would take the Seventh Legion weeks to clear the ground in 5-10 minutes at most, and it would fall back into the hands of the bugs, but now, it was no longer time to care about that.
"I remember the goblins said this flamethrower had an explosive device?"
Pierce threw the heavy flamethrower on the ground, while Howe nervously searched for the location of the explosive device on the complex machinery behind the flamethrower, which is also the tradition of the goblins, and it stands to reason that everything they sell should be able to explode...
"Here it is! Got it! ”
Clark didn't care about complaining, he picked up the nozzle that Pierce had thrown away, rummaged for a few seconds and saw a hidden red button, and after pressing it hard, several soldiers turned around and ran, fortunately, the Seventh Legion had prepared enough camels for the front-line soldiers, and the four jumped on two camels, frantically flicking their whips, and at the moment when they rushed out of the big rift, the moment the bugs rolled over, the flamethrower that was thrown in place exploded.
The crude oil in the tank was also ignited in the explosion, and a burning line several meters long was drawn behind the soldiers, blocking the insects behind the flames, the sergeant Haowei looked back, the flames burning on the ground could not stop the charge of the insects at all, and under the influence of a certain will, those workers who were originally harmless to humans and animals also became crazy and fearless of death at this moment.
The workers screamed and rushed through the flame line, and the raging flames ignited the first batch of insects that rushed over, but under the trampling of more and more insects in the follow-up, the flames that ignited the earth were trampled out in less than 10 seconds...
"The flames can't stop them... Damn it! Damn it! ”
The evacuated soldiers were completely frightened by the terrifying scene on their backs, the tumbling "sea of worms" behind them was getting closer and closer, the desert where the bugs ran was shaken up like a whirling storm, Howey and Clark kept throwing the explosives on their bodies at the swarm of bugs behind, and in the continuous roar of the connection, the footsteps of those bugs seemed to be unstopped at all.
"Howie! I'm going to die... Damn it! I'm going to die! Help me! ”
The youngest Pierce was so frightened that he cried, but his brave captain could not change the cruel desperate situation in front of him, and everywhere he looked, the rolling yellow sand was full of neighing insects, like a new set of "clothes" for the barren land.
The lost coyotes and lizards in the desert were just as panicked as the soldiers, but if they were one step behind, the huge and powerful stone lizard would be torn into blood-stained bones by the bugs in an instant.
"Oh my God... Who can... Who can come and save us!! ”