In the first three months of the 16th year of the Dark Gate, the major forces were busy with their own affairs, except for a war brewing in distant Northrend, and the demons of the Gray Valley gathered more and more, which gave the Night Elves a great headache, the whole world actually reflected a strange atmosphere of peace.

The Federation is busy with new immigrants and the Frontier Zones, the Empire is busy building cities and absorbing the ancient knowledge of the cities of Eresaras, the two different civilizations are operating at each other's pace, and even the arms dealers who fanned the flames all over the world have their own business, and it is said that not long ago in the Bleak Lands, venture capital companies have made a big deal again.

In the face of the oppression of the Darkblade Legion, the badly beaten centaurs accepted the "goodwill" of the goblins and bought a lot of munitions, and this move directly caused the dissatisfaction of the Darkblade Consortium in Hidden Treasure Bay. Under Moore's plan, three of the venture capital firm's bases in the South China Sea Islands were blown up overnight.

In short, the world continues to move forward between strife and peace.

But on the edge of every civilization, there are always some guys who are dissatisfied with reality who are peeping into the loopholes of the order, ready to do a big deal at any time.

For example, the cultists of the Cult of the Damned who are active in the shadows of Stratholme, and the cultists of the Twilight Hammer who live in the bleak Heights of the Hammer.

After the end of the battle in the Northern Frontier, the Dark Blade Legion targeted these scum hidden under the civilization of the Federation, and for a while, the dark world of the entire Federation was surging, and those active cultists were captured in batches and thrown into the mines of the Black Iron District, or simply killed, in short, during the transition period of the 15th and 16th years of the Dark Gate, the life of the cultists in Azeroth was really very difficult.

And the Brute Hammer Heights is the base camp of these cultists.

This is a belt of mountains and plains between the wetlands of the eastern continent and the Arathi Highlands, and a few years ago, it was one of the gathering places of the Hammer Dwarves, and in the northwestern mountains of the Hammer Heights, there is also the Red Dragon's Ruby Sanctuary, where the Red Dragons use to hatch dragon eggs, and in the southern part of the Highlands, there is also an eerie obsidian forest, where some remnants of the Black Dragon are said to be roaming.

To the southeast of the Highlands is the home of some of the Dragonthroat Orcs who escaped from the massacre of Grimbaatar.

In short, this land is not stable, especially in the early stage of the Northern War, after it was used as a route to the Arathi Heights by the Dark Blade, the local Hammer Dwarves and Dragonthroat Orcs were almost devastated, and even those powerful red dragons were forced to block the passage between the Ruby Sanctuary and the outside world under the unrelenting offensive of the undead, and established an enchantment in the mountains to prevent being disturbed by the undead.

It is said, it is just said that ... The Red Dragons are secretly transferring the huge number of dragon eggs here, and these powerful creatures seem to be ready to abandon this holy place after the power of the Blade Undead swept across the entire Eastern Continent.

But after the end of the battle in the northern frontier, the Darkblade abandoned this highland, and there were not many resources needed by the Darkblade here, so this borderless land was quickly favored by other forces, and in less than a year, new settlements appeared in the wild land outside of this civilization, and many of their members were unable to survive in the existing civilization... It's a bunch of rats that can't live in the sun.

Under the influence of dark and strange forces, a huge stone tower rises in the southwestern part of the Hammer Heights, like a dark peak, and at the top of that peak is a flaming, shadow-like portal to a special place, dotted with shadow wings, which is home to the infamous cult Twilight's hammer, and only those who have embraced their chaotic and crazy thoughts are allowed to approach this place.

Only those bastards who have expressed loyalty to Twilight's hammer will be allowed to climb the Tower and enter the flaming portals... Enter the holy land of these madmen, whom they call the "Twilight Fortress", which symbolizes the judgment of the world, and the "twilight hour" that will bring great destruction to the world, will begin here...

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a place that normal people would approach.

Again, no matter how civilization develops, no matter how high civilization development reaches, in any social system, there are guys who are extremely sensitive to reality, and these guys are the basis for cults to take root, and the leaders of Twilight's hammer are very proficient in the hearts of evil masters, and they have their own set of very useful methods for attracting Protestants.

Even under the double strangulation of the Darkblade and the Federation, Twilight's hammer still maintains a huge number of followers, and in terms of organization, it is undoubtedly a successful organization, and the only problem is...

As cultists, they seem to be a little too high-profile... And this has caused them big trouble.

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"Has the target been confirmed?"

In the middle of the Hammer Heights, in the stone castle left behind by the Hammer Dwarves, a large team has taken over the place and used it as their stronghold, and in the central stone castle, several Death Knights are standing at a stone table with a tactical map, they are wearing armor similar to that of the Darkblade Knights, but there is no Darkblade logo, and on the chest, instead of a Warhammer emblem dotted with stars.

They're the Order...

An organization that has broken away from the idea of the Dark Blade but still follows the "cycle and balance", an organization whose purpose is to maintain the world order and fight the shadows beneath the world, an organization full of idealists and everyone who is a doer, a... Uh, organizations without borders.

This last point can be seen in the races of several Death Knights.

There are humans, elves, dwarves, and even rare dwarf death knights, and in the ranks patrolling outside the stone castle, there are not only death knights, but also some living who are attracted by great targets, some withering druids, some thrashing dwarven engineers, some werewolf assassins in leather armor, and a few orc shamans exiled by the Dragonthroat clan, and even a few good minotaur pirates.

This ingredient... Definitely the most complex of all the organizations in Azeroth, large and small.

At this time, in the stone castle, in the face of the elven death knight's questioning, the orc assassin Garona, dressed in black leather armor, wearing a white mask, and a silver ring on her finger, nodded silently, this powerful master assassin has become more gloomy and dangerous after the undead, she is currently the leader of the assassins in the Order Order.

Garona pulled out a hand-drawn map and placed it in front of several high-ranking knights, which accurately marked the terrain of the target's location and several red X's.

"I just got back from Twilight Fortress..."

Garona's voice was hoarse, slight, like a dagger hidden in the dark, and her withered fingers twitched over a few red Xs:

"The place is located in a half-plane that has been carved out, divided into three levels, the abodes of cultists, twisted elementals, and flesh monsters, and the Gurgar, Benedictas, and Daga. The Shadow Burners, the main leaders of the Twilight Hammers, and the abyssal monsters they summoned are among them. ”

"They've definitely spotted us."

A gray-haired human death knight stared at the map, and he muttered:

"Why didn't they run away?"

"Quite simply, my brother Thassarian."

Another High Elf Death Knight brushed his long white hair, and he said with a hint of mockery:

"Those arrogant cultists think they can defeat us, and they may be brewing a counterattack right now. But you and I both know that they can't... After tonight, there will be no place for Twilight's hammer on this land! ”

"Are you so sure? Kurdila, you are always so "confident" for no reason. ”

The human death knight Sasarian scoffed at his companion's confident statement, looked down at the map, turned to the dwarven death knight sitting directly above the stone table, his eyes closed, and said:

"Lord Kurtaz, before entering the Twilight Fortress, I would like to take the team out, in other parts of this mountainous area, there are several cultist camps, we had better eradicate them, lest those cultists know about our actions in advance."

"Don't worry, Thassarian, Lord Dasohan has already done it..."

The dwarf snorted with his eyes closed:

"Cultists... Hehe, scum, damn it! ”

The Dwarven Death Lord Kurtaz, the paladin lord who was killed by Magni in the Battle of the Northern Frontier, after being resurrected, would rather die than join the Darkblade, he chose to go into self-exile, but after being recruited by the Order, he decided to join this more "pleasing to the eye" organization, and now after the souls of the El Knight and the Black Knight Aznab were captured by the Lord of the Darkblade, this powerful dwarf has become one of the two leaders of the Order.

The other leader was the Great Knight of Humanity who had been slain by the Death Lord Irel on the battlefield of Kazmodan. D'Alohan... It was one of several paladin lords who had been resurrected by the Great Lich Sunseeker, and like Kurtaz, he would rather join the weak Order than serve Tyrion.

In fact, several Death Knights in this house are gathered here for the same reason, although the scale of the Order is small, even if you count the living who later joined because of the same idea, the number does not exceed 2,000, but the combat effectiveness of this organization is very strong!

They were armed with great faith, armed with advanced weapons sold by arms dealers in the Black Iron District, and the main body of the Order, all of whom were former high-ranking and low-level death knights of the Darkblade Legion, all of whom had been polished on the battlefield, all of which had combined to make their "extermination" of the cultists in the Brute Hammer Heights go very smoothly in recent months.

It is precisely because of the Order's ruthless suppression that the local cultists have gathered in the Twilight Fortress, which will also be the final battlefield of the Order.

"Also, I have news to share with you."

The dwarven lord Kurtaz opened his blue eyes, and in the glow that emanated from them, he whispered in a low, hollow voice:

"This operation against the Twilight Fortress... We have a "reinforcement army", a reinforcement from the Federation, and the legislators hate the cultists, and they want us to solve this big problem neatly. ”

"Federal?"

Sasarian frowned, and he said in confusion:

"I'll admit that the Federation's civilization is unique, and their engineering and technology are impressive, but, the Federation's warriors? IMHO, I don't know of any powerful warriors in the Federation... They won't hold us back, will they? ”

"I have met their messengers."

Kurtaz shook his head and explained:

"This is a very powerful team..."warriors", supposedly from a new civilization that has joined the Federation, in short, you will see them in tonight's battle, and besides, this war against Twilight's hammer will not end with the capture of Twilight's fortress, according to our lich's analysis of the energy used by the cultists, Twilight's hammer is a much greater threat to the world order than we think! There must be a terrible conspiracy behind this! ”

"They can't be allowed to continue to cause trouble to the world, and after the war in the Hammer Heights is over, we will go to Kalimdor... In the distant Desert of Silysus, there are still a large number of Twilight's Hammer cults in operation... That will be our next goal! ”

Kurtaz's words silenced everyone in the stone fort, and after a few seconds, Thassarian looked up at his superiors and asked softly:

"It's not just Twilight's hammer, right? Darkblade, right? The "merciful" lord will not allow us to continue our activities on the eastern continent, he has been looking at us for a long time, and he wants to drive us out and drive us to the side of the Empire... Let's fend for ourselves, well, I know, that crumb. ”

"Don't say that, Thassarian."

The High Elf Death Knight Kurdila shrugged his shoulders indifferently, one of the original 800 Death Knights of the Order, the guy who had followed the El Knight to judge the Dark Blade, whispered:

"No matter how great our convictions are, no matter how righteous our actions are, we are always traitors... As far as I know, the war maniacs of the Lords of Death Council have been trying to put us in the category of enemies, and the High Knights of the Darkblade openly call us "rebels", they hate us, and the whole of Darkblade hates us... In fact, we can still exist here, fighting for ideals, which is already an extra blessing from the Great Lord. ”

"So, you still respect him, don't you? Respect for a war maniac, respect for a conspirator? ”

Thassarian squinted at his companion, Kurdila. The weaver looked calmly into Thassarian's eyes, and he nodded:

"Yes, I still respect Tyrion. Dawnblade, even if we don't walk the same path, admit it, Thassarian..."

"He is a great man, and the sacrifices he made for this world are something we can never match, we can be hostile to him, but we cannot belittle him, let alone humiliate him..."

"Because we traitors before we really do great things... Not qualified yet. ”