Chapter 687: The Bells of War (Alliance Leader Warhawkxz)
Dark Gate November 11th, Chop Hand Day, oh no, it's Singles' Day on Earth. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
It's not a holiday in Azeroth, but late that night, the Watchtower was already tense.
Not just the Watch Fortress, but closer to the Dark Gate, almost every watchtower was put on maximum alert. All soldiers change shifts every two hours.
"Hey, corporal, sober me up! It's level 1 combat readiness now!Did you hear that?" a coalition officer on horseback shouted to the dozing soldier beneath the watchtower.
Corporal Randall laughed, "Second Lieutenant William, don't be so neurotic. Look at the cursed land ahead, we've been guarding it for almost two years, and there's nothing we need to lock down. Besides, isn't Poempler watching? β
Another soldier who was watching next to him gave an "um" in response.
Although Ensign William's face was not good, he could only agree that in the past two years, from the initial fear to the calm and calm in the back, nothing has happened here.
No orcs, no demons, not even animals. Except for the occasional wind blowing a relatively round stone rolling around the crimson earth, there wasn't even a ghost here.
But he still looked a little uncomfortable.
"Randall, maybe you're right. He admitted, wiping his face with his gloved hand, "But please make it clear that even when we first arrived, Deputy Commander Marcus only gave us a level 3 combat readiness that was almost on leave. But now it's level 1! Do you understand that we can enjoy fresh seafood in the second half of this year? Isn't it just that seafood can increase night vision? Otherwise, the old man above would not be so kind to let me eat such fresh sea fish. β
"Well, for the sake of the deliciousness of the fish. Oh! I can't imagine that the fish that were brought from more than 1,000 kilometers away were still alive. Randall stood up and looked intently at the dark door in the distance using his monoculars.
Thanks to the development of the military industry, telescopes, which were once only available to generals, are now equipped with two of the 12 watchtowers that surround the Dark Gate.
Two soldiers looked ahead of them.
Under the light of the fire of the brazier placed in a specific place,
They could still make out a glimmer of light in mid-air flickering behind a pile of rubble. The twist was narrow, about the width of a man and two people tall. They had been told that the rift was a remnant of the Dark Gate, and that it was their duty to watch over it.
Second Lieutenant William rode away with a few of the soldiers in charge of the patrol.
Corporal Ponler spoke: "I have to say, this job is still very easy, with three times the salary of a soldier of the same rank, just staring at a mouth that will not move." If something happens, blow the siren and run. And in another hour we'll be on shift. β
William was about to say something else before he stopped, his eyes against the telescope suddenly widened, and he whispered, "Look there!"
By the light of the pre-placed brazier, they could clearly see that something was coming out of the distorted light gate, and in the firelight, the shadows of those things were cast on a huge curtain wall that had been erected in advance behind the light gate, and the huge figure, the long fangs, looked particularly hideous.
"Whew-"
"Do you hear that?" Pomler reminded his partner, and at the same time, in the field of vision, green-skinned giants revealed their true colors.
"Hell! That's the alarm call for Terraga and them! We're not dazzled! What a tribe! Those evil greenskins are coming!" William frantically threw himself at the horn hanging from the wooden guard tower baffle behind him.
"Woo-woo-"
One trumpet sounded, two, three...... Twelve!
Immediately, a little behind the watchtower, a huge beacon fire was also lit, and the siren was sounded.
"Woo woo woo-"
The Alliance soldiers on each watchtower, after fulfilling their duties, immediately jumped off the watchtower as fast as they could, untied the reins of the fleeing horses, and beat the horses to escape.
On the walls of the watchtower, Tulayan, who was the adjutant of Lothar, was patrolling, when suddenly he stopped and "booed" to the other soldiers beside him.
The group stood still for two seconds, trying to hear something.
Then Tulayan heard.
The sound of a siren in the wind first seemed to be the low moan of a giant beast as it first woke up, and then immediately turned into a roar with warning.
"I want the magic mirror image of the Dark Gate!" Tulayan immediately called out to the mage who was on duty.
The middle-aged mage hurriedly chanted the incantation, and when the image came from the mage's eye, Tulayan looked at the spatial rift in the image, and took a deep breath, the cold wind that soaked into his heart almost made him lose the ability to speak.
The rift has expanded!
"Alarm bells! Alarm bells, the enemy has appeared!" he waved his arms excitedly, calling to the guards of the bell tower.
But the young guard, apparently a new recruit, froze in place.
"For the sake of the Holy Light!, don't be in a daze at this time!" Tulayan couldn't bear it, so he directly pulled out the hammer pinned to his waist, and threw a [Hammer of Wrath] directly out, smashing it into the huge alarm bell.
[Hammer of Wrath] doesn't have any special effect on intact creatures or dead objects, but as a paladin's rare ranged attack, it's almost as good as hitting it with a hammer.
"Whenβ" The loud noise finally woke the guard awake, and he suddenly mustered up all his courage and shook the hemp rope that connected the bell like crazy.
"When, when, when!" the bells of war rang!
Next to the command room of the watchtower, Anduin, who had been sleeping lightly, suddenly opened his eyes, and his two attendants jumped up at once, strapping the armor that had been prepared for their commander.
When Anduin Lothar arrived in the command room in full gear, he found that his lieutenants, Tulayan, Danas Tolbairn, Muradin Copperbeard, Haas, and Crassus, who was the representative of the mages, had all gathered a large number of people.
"Report the situation!"
Tulayan glanced at the west with great admiration, which was the direction of Karazhan: "Deputy Commander Marcus's prediction is completely correct, the tribe is coming, the latest news from the thieves of MI7 is that it is confirmed that there are death knights and more than 2,000 tribal warriors, and the preliminary judgment is ......"
Listening to Tulayan's report, everyone thought that the completion of the Watch Fort was really timely! )