Chapter 606: Raid on Fenris Island
Kane left Karazhan on the afternoon of the fourth day and used the portal to return to Shadowfang Fortress.
After an extra day's delay, it was mainly with the head of the engineering corps, as well as Isar and Medivan to survey the area of the specific location of the future Arcane Fortress.
Moreover, even the main road is planned along the way, and even if there are changes in the future, it is only a detail, such as the geological deconstruction is special, not suitable for tunneling, and you need to detour or something.
It is said to be an arcane fortress, but in fact, it also includes the preliminary planning of the location of the Fountain of Life and the port of Sevich.
And in one day, so many big projects have been completed, and Kane's efficiency is definitely the kind that flies with wings.
So after returning to the Shadowfang Fortress, he did not rush to the Northstream Fortress, but rested on the spot for the night.
As a result, he didn't get a good night's sleep, and the next night, the adjutant woke him up because the Scourge Army launched a large-scale attack on Beiliu Fort?
Kane took the towel soaked in ice water from the adjutant and applied it to his face.
Stimulated by the cold, Kane quickly walked out of his sleepy-eyed state of confusion, and he asked, "Where does the combat power of the Scourge Army come from?"
The adjutant took the towel, handed over the black tea, and explained, "Fenris Island." ”
Kane's brows furrowed, but he didn't speak, sipping black tea, his head quickly checking the information about Fenris Island.
Fenris Island has always been unknown in the history of Warcraft, but those who study the history of the Kingdom of Rendanluo and the Kingdom of Alterac will have a considerable impression of this place, because it is a disputed area, and the dispute is naturally the ownership of the territory.
For the kingdom of Lordaeron, Lake Fenris was the main source of water for its royal city. The water source is not your own, which is a bit unreasonable.
But in fact, legally speaking, Lake Fenris really does not belong to the kingdom of Lordaeron, but to Alterac.
Alterac is a snowy country and is home to many rivers and lakes around it. The snow melts and gathers into a river, that's what happened.
To the south, the towns of Tarummere and Southsea are nourished, and to the west are Lake Fenris.
Time has passed, and the cold place of Alterac is basically like that for a hundred thousand years, but the Kingdom of Lundane, which has a large area of rich land, has grown.
A strong country and a British lord will naturally give birth to power. Then there was Lake Lordamere, and a piece of Lake Fenris was cut away.
After that, people only knew about Loch Lordamere and Fenris Island, and no one remembered Lake Fenris anymore.
But the concession of the weak cannot curb the desire of the strong. In a few years, the kingdom of Lordaeron will not only take a fancy to the lake, but also occupy a large area from the lake to the north-flowing coast, but also covet the woodland on the eastern shore of the lake.
The problem is that this woodland, like the valley to the north (the valley is also called the highlands, the highlands from the view of the lake, and the valleys from the perspective of the Alterac Snow Peaks), is the granary of Alterac, and the rest of Alterac is not suitable for cultivation.
Lordaeron's subtext is: If only you had the hills of Hillsbrad to the south, we've got you covered.
The two sides were very unhappy because of this. When the Alterac royal family betrayed the alliance and defected to the invading orcs, it was only natural for the kingdom of Lordaeron to take these areas into their hands, and further covet the first line of Snow Peaks, as it was more suitable as a gateway......
Kane took the secular rights of Onexia and Nesario as the fulcrum, and quickly took the Hillsbrad Hills and the Alterac Snow Mountain, but the area on the east coast of the lake and the valley did not send any forces to recover, which is already very obvious.
In other words, including Fenris Island, it is all from the kingdom of Lordaeron.
Now that this has happened, it can only be said that the second Kyldaron was born.
While Fenris Island isn't as dangerous as Keldaron in terms of topography and location, the fact that it's the city's water supply for Lordaeron makes it even more threatening.
The reason why Kane frowned was also this.
Although since the night of the Scourge struck Andorhar, the Templars and priests of the Kingdom of Falken were invited to Lordaeron to vigorously promote the belief in the Holy Light, and to build churches and shrines. Among them, the royal city of Lordaeron is the focus, but the confrontation between good and evil has always been escalating, not static.
In general, the Scourge is on enemy soil as the attacker, so it has a fairly high initiative. The power of darkness and evil energy is also good at attacking and destroying, and with the cooperation of the traitor, it can always find or create loopholes, bringing losses to the defenders.
Faced with such a situation, not to mention the nobles of Terenus and Lordaeron, even Kane did not have a particularly good way.
To put it mildly, when encountering such an unconventional enemy, even if it is a red flag flying, it will still be deflated, after all, the opponent is not afraid, and he cannot be moved. On the contrary, it is necessary to prevent oneself from being infiltrated and tempted, and being resurrected to immortality after death.
In fact, as far as Kane knows, the battlefield of Kelldaron, as well as the battlefield of the Dark Regions, almost every day there are mental breakdowns, and even defections.
Because of the invincibility of a long war, it will be difficult to guarantee morale, and all kinds of internal malpractices will easily appear, and this will further reduce the confidence of the officers and men, and if they encounter some bad things, such as the old lady in the family who is critically ill and the daughter-in-law has run away, it is very easy to be unable to hold on and be taken advantage of, and the probability of the occurrence of defection from questioning to apostasy will increase as a result.
Silver knights such as Uther, as well as noble officers in the army, did their best to solve problems from discipline and professional guidance. But it still happens.
The military is affected, as are the people. This is especially true when there are people with ill intentions who spread rumors.
The Alsace Expedition to the Northern Expedition was a breath of relief to the people, but after so many urgent re-posts, they basically didn't even see their families, so they went to fight on a distant front line again, and by now, the doubts have become louder and louder.
Terenus also urgently contacted Kane for this reason, and Kane proposed that the 'family should pay 10,000 dollars', to put it bluntly, it was to use the magical images taken by the geyers who occupied the body of the renegade, but it could only be Meng, and a close contact would inevitably reveal the stuffing.
Unexpectedly, pressing down the gourd and floating the scoop, there were elite troops lurking on Fenris Island, which was not only the Lordaeron Kingdom's fault, but also his own negligence.
Kane didn't rush to Beiliu Fort in a hurry, and he wouldn't easily interfere in legion-level battles, unless there was a high-end combat force on the other side.
Directly phantom from the dormitory to the combat command room is a privilege unique to Kane, and only he can successfully use the displacement spell inside a well-guarded fortress.
The combat command room is equipped with special equipment that can carry out stereoscopic projection in the area, showing the situation in a specific area of reality in real time.
Kane saw that the attacking Scourge was also sending elite forces. Heavy units are hated and used as cannon fodder in this battle.
The Abominations were clad in crude magical armor, and a closer look at the composition of the armor revealed that it was wood and stone, cut into slightly shaped pieces, and glued together by magic.
But it's this thing that successfully plays the dual role of physical and magical defense.
Kane doesn't really care about the intensity or excitement of the battle, after all, an old bird like him has seen too many gorgeous or tragic peerless battles to be moved.
As a farmer, his interest lies in studying the various techniques mastered and applied by his opponents through observation and analysis.
Obviously, this natural disaster force, the equipment seems to be rough, and it did take a lot of time and energy to fight.
The crude armor used by the Abominations was all hand-assembled, each with a difference in detail.
As far as he knew, Abomination itself, or the likes of ghouls, did not possess the abilities of craftsmen, even the most basic craftsmen, and this kind of low-level cannon fodder who could only destroy could do it.
The crypt spiders, on the other hand, have occupational diseases, just like the elves always subconsciously make their creations beautiful, and the craftsman-level crypt spiders will not allow their works to be so striking.
So what species is taking on the logistics of this Scourge army on Fenris Island?
With this question, Kane remotely controlled and asked the troops on the side of Beiliu Fort to prepare a surprise attack system.
Soon after, when it was ready, the system was activated.
I saw a glowing shell, fired from a special gun behind the position of Beiliubao, and after flying dozens of kilometers with the force of the launch, this shell ignited on its own and switched to missile mode.
Eventually, it landed on the castle on Fenris Island, blasting a large hole directly into its corner.
In the light of the missile's explosion, a spatial rift formed, followed by a T850-style mechanical puppet emerging from within.
This puppet does not have realistic bionic skin, but is infused with some kind of resin mixture, which can be understood as a solid rubber man with a metal skeleton.
The metal golem glows red and strides forward as it takes in a quick view of its surroundings.
It didn't take long for them to encounter a team of ghouls.
These dry corpse-like undead creatures are dressed in a special way, with a noose around their necks and a hood over their heads.
Kane knew that it wasn't for the sake of artistic styling, but for the sake of ritual.
Ghouls are dried corpses activated by evil profanity rituals, and they travel like monkeys, attacking mainly by toxin-laden claws.
That is, if you are immune to toxins, then the threat of such a monster is actually very low.
The Raider Explorer has a rubber-skinned body, and where does it care about toxins, it draws two machetes from its back and rushes forward, chopping melons and vegetables, and the corpses of the ghouls are all over the ground.
But then he encountered ghouls and cursed wizards.
The castle on Fenris Island was much more heavily defended than Kane had expected.
The two Cursed Wizards are elite-level and work together perfectly, one blessing the ghoul with bloodthirsty fury and galloping, and the other with a huge size and an aura of thorns.
So the thin ghouls became lions.
'Click!' The rubber man's feet were deformed, from ordinary humanoid feet, to the dinosaur's three-toed front and one-toe back claws, and suddenly, the strong and advantageous claws firmly grasped the ground, and the rubber man ran more vigorously and stood more steadily.
Hedging, machete front rigid.
Unlike just now, this time the machete was covered with a layer of scarlet light.
The power of darkness destroys. The golem itself does not have the ability to cast spells, but it can be equipped with related weapons, such as energy generators and energy treasures.
It's still chopping melons and vegetables, but this time it's more brutal and more aggressive, and the cut noodles show signs of burnt and melting, even the bones.
When the cursed wizard saw this situation, he immediately retreated. I saw that a large amount of black-purple mist poured out of their bodies, and their bodies became hazy in the mist, getting lighter and lighter.
Just as they were about to disappear, a wave of light erupted from the rubber man's mouth, and this light turned into a violent wind with countless fragments of light several meters away, directly blowing away the black-purple mist.
The cursed wizard's fading spell was broken, and he was directly killed by the rubber man who pounced on him.
Kane doesn't need to keep his mouth alive, what he wants, he will control the raid golem to find it himself.