In Kalimdor to the west, on this continent, the war between the Burning Legion and the temporary alliance of Kalimdor's various tribes has finally officially begun.
On the planet Azeroth, countless well-informed powerful people have, more or less, turned their attention here. Because, the final outcome of this battle may...will determine the final fate of the entire Azeroth world in the future.
At this time, Archimonde, the great demon of the Burning Legion, finally landed on the continent called Kalimdor, and was finally in sight of the Well of Eternity that he had dreamed of... But now, he couldn't be happier. stand up!
damn it! You are all that little bastard who violated the contract. I, Archimonde, swear that I will never let you go easily!
Archimonde the Defiler was uttering harsh words in his heart, while looking at the fire element fragments scattered all over the mountains and plains after being smashed above the orc defense line with sinister eyes. They were like countless red hot coals, scattered throughout the huge front.
At this moment, the Burning Legion, which had landed on the beach and successfully captured the first line of defense of the orcs, and the Scourge Legion, which were used as cannon fodder, had suffered heavy losses. This was all because, for some reason, those Damn the orcs, they actually summoned nearly a hundred thousand fire elements! ?
Take a look, look at the elemental fragments they broke and you can imagine how many there were at that time!
Now, when Archimonde's sinister eyes swept across the entire battlefield, what he saw, in addition to the dense legion of demons and undead natural disasters, were all the fiery red fire element fragments that still exuded heat. After this battle, it was these damn fire elements that actually wiped out at least one-third of the undead natural disasters!
It's all because of that cunning little human girl and her damn fire elements!
If you say that all this has nothing to do with the Flame Queen, Archimonde will never believe it! Without her acquiescence, without some of the conveniences she provided, how could these damn orcs have summoned so many fire elements? You know, that's nearly a hundred thousand...
Although the combat effectiveness of these fire elements is not very good, there are many of them!
With the human sea tactics, the combat effectiveness was not very good, but also with the undead natural disasters using the human sea tactics, the two sides were evenly matched at that time, and even had a slight advantage?
If Archimonde couldn't stand it anymore and quickly ordered the demons of the Burning Legion to attack, we don't know how long the fight would last! However, even with the help of the demons, the undead lost at least two to three hundred thousand soldiers after this battle. However, after cleaning the battlefield, there were only a few orc undead that were replaced...
Because, those cunning orcs, when they saw that the fire element had successfully consumed a large number of undead and saw the Burning Legion's full attack, and saw that nothing could be done, they took advantage of the chaos and dropped their defense line and retreated to Mount Hyjal. .
"Order! Renovate the whole army and let those engineers build the Demon Casting Camp!"
Archimonde had to issue an order to repair and build the Demon Casting Camp, and now, he had to do it! They must add more soldiers and better war equipment! His gloomy and gloomy expression at this time made the demon lords next to him not even dare to fart, so they could only obey the order in silence and leave as quickly as possible.
Although Archimonde wants to attack Mount Hyjal directly more than anyone else, but... he also knows that this idea seems a bit difficult under the current situation.
Because, after casting the spell and observing, he discovered that further away, in front of the human defense lines, there were dense and endless fire elements, just lying in front of their front! If his Burning Legion wants to attack Hyjal and get the Well of Eternity that he dreams of, then this type of defense must break through it!
But when he saw the number of fire elements... At this moment, even Archimonde almost wanted to curse!
How many fire elements did they summon? At first glance, it seems that there are at least hundreds of thousands of them, right?
With such a large number, even if Archimonde were to appear in person, he might be too exhausted to destroy so many fire elements, right? If their human second line of defense was not too far from the coast and the terrain was too high to use water attacks, Archimonde would have wanted to directly cast a spell to induce a tsunami, directly submerge and extinguish their flames. Forget it core!
So, now that things have happened, Archimonde can only secretly curse the cunning little girl who violated the contract and took advantage of the loophole, while reluctantly ordering the construction of a large number of demon-casting camps, planning to launch a steady and comprehensive offensive.
Otherwise, if he really sends the undead and demons to rush forward without hesitation, I am afraid that even if he succeeds in attacking the Well of Eternity in Mount Hyjal, by then, he may not have much of his army left... ...By then, what will Archimonde use to conquer other parts of the world of Azeroth?
Cunning little devil! Just wait for me... I will definitely come back to you to settle this account! When I absorb the power of the new Well of Eternity, it will be your end!
Archimonde the Polluter turned his head and looked in the direction of the eastern continent, feeling cruel in his heart! If it hadn't been for that damn little girl, if she hadn't deliberately come to cause trouble for him, how could he be so stuck now? This has just broken the first line of defense for the orcs, so they have to order repairs?
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At the same time, in the northern continent of the Eastern Kingdom, Shane Knox, the great steward of the Flame Kingdom, dragged his long snake tail and slowly snaked towards the palace of their Flame Queen.
It has just returned from the Land of Fire and has solved many thorny historical issues left in it.
For example, a large part of those crude fire elements that had been infested and suppressed by Lord Leolis for tens of thousands of years had been summoned away by the coalition of humans and orcs, and the rest were for the Fire Land. The influence of power no longer matters.
Moreover, Shane Knox had an in-depth conversation with Leolis before and made him promise that he would never use useless things that waste resources. In the future, This ancient stone man might not come back to cause trouble to him again.
Shane Knox is very satisfied with this!
It is now in the Land of Fire and has initially established the absolute authority of the Fire Kingdom. Now, after the large permanent portals between the Land of Fire and the City of Fire began to connect, no fire elemental would dare to question the authority of their Fire Queen.
"This... Lana, is Her Majesty the Queen back? And, did Her Majesty the Queen just entertain any important guests?"
When Shane Knox passed the Queen's dining room, he saw the maid Lana directing several maids to clear the tableware. He knew that their Majesty the Queen must have returned.
Because only Queen Anne is qualified to dine in this restaurant. However, after it saw what seemed to be two sets of tableware on the dining table, it was confused and asked curiously.
"Yes, Lord Steward, Her Majesty the Queen has rescued a little girl. They should be in the garden behind the palace now. If you want to see the Queen for anything, you can go to the back to find them."
Seeing that it was the Fire Demon Chief Manager, Lana quickly reported that she, Lana, was very fond of the little girl, Vanessa, that Her Majesty the Queen brought back a few days ago.
Because now Lana finally has someone she can talk to.
It's a pity that Vanessa seems to have been stimulated by something. Even after being treated by the priests, her spirit has always been very depressed. Usually when Lana goes to talk to her, she is always in that groggy state. According to what Her Majesty the Queen said, it seems that her relatives were beaten to death by a group of bad guys? That's why she continues to be like this. It is estimated that she will not be able to recover in a short period of time.
"Okay, I know."
Shane Knox nodded. It does have a lot of things backlogged here, and it wants to report them to their Queen. Although Her Majesty the Queen may not necessarily take it to heart, and she may not want to hear it, but these Necessary work must still be done.
Now, knowing that their Majesty was in the back garden of the palace, Shane Knox quickly turned and walked towards the small door on the other side.
Her Majesty the Queen has been acting out of the blue lately. If she doesn’t report it while she is still in the palace, she might disappear again in the blink of an eye and go to play somewhere else!
"This is... the power of shadow? Dear Your Majesty, this is..."
After a while, when Shane Knox walked around the garden from a gate behind the palace, he saw a scene that shocked him: Their Majesty, Queen Anne, actually grabbed a handful of pure shadow energy and forcibly Stuffed into another little girl's body? They... what are they doing?
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Speaking of MI7 in the Kingdom of Stormwind City, now, we have to talk about its predecessor - the Stormwind City Assassins!
In fact, long before any war occurred, including the two more Orc Wars and the establishment of the Dark Portal, in the old Lordaeron Alliance era, the forces of the Kingdom of Stormwind had felt that some things could be solved through legal means. It's very difficult to do.
Therefore, Evel Yangden, one of their leaders at that time, secretly contacted a thief imprisoned in Stormwind City Prison: Parsonia Shore.
This is the famous female thief and killer—Pasonia Shore!
She was repeatedly arrested by the Alliance for theft and assassination, and after being arrested three times, she began to gain notoriety for her high-profile and vicious criminal record. A person like this should have been killed with a single blow as soon as possible.
However, everyone may also know that politics is always dirty no matter what time it is. Sometimes, politicians really need people like Pasonia Shore. Killers like this, if used well, can It is not easy to cut off dissidents!
Therefore, Yang Deng made a promise to the female thief at that time: As long as she obeyed the management of Stormwind City, she would be treated leniently. The condition was that she was required to form a killer organization and be responsible for cleanly completing some unscrupulous things in Stormwind Kingdom. The secret work of man.
Of course, she could have refused at that time. However, once you refuse, the consequence will be to be immediately sent to the guillotine and then cut in two!
The final result was obvious. Under such circumstances, for the sake of her own life, Pasonia Shore immediately agreed to the request to surrender. For a person walking in the darkness, it was originally For a thief who has no honor, saving his own life is the most important thing! Besides, why not be able to work for the Kingdom of Stormwind and completely clear your identity at the same time?
Therefore, the prototype of MI7 was officially established on that day. Although it was not named that way at the time, it can be said that it officially appeared in the copywriting of Kingdom of Storms.
That night, Parthonia Shore sneaked into the room of a corrupt high elf mayor and killed him. The entire assassination process left no trace: not a drop of blood was spilled, and not a single sheet was touched. chaos.
(I have always been curious about this. Why was there a high elf mayor in the Alliance of Lordaeron at that time?)
After she showed her great value, with the permission of Evel Yangden, she selected her men from prison to join the new organization and quickly established a small army that could serve the alliance. So, Storm The City Assassin Group was officially born!
Over the years, the Kingdom of Stormwind has experienced two orc wars, the fall and destruction of Stormwind City, and its current reconstruction.
Over the years, this assassin group has finally evolved into the current MI7 of the Kingdom of Stormwind, becoming a sharp dagger in the dark for spying on intelligence for the kingdom and assassinating enemies!
Now, Pasonia is very old. After all, human lifespan is limited, so she retired a long time ago. Now she is living in seclusion in Stormwind City and enjoying her old age.
This has to be said to be an irony. A female assassin who killed countless people for money, just because of the needs of politicians and her own ability, magnificently transformed from the identity of a terrorist to a high-level official of a kingdom. In the end, It actually got such a glorious ending!
Now, she, Pasonia, has gradually handed over all the power of MI7 to her grandson Mathias, asking him to take over for her.
After tasting the sweetness of power, she has begun to understand more and more: the importance and indispensability of power! So, from the time Mathias was a baby, she began to train him to be her successor.
To put it bluntly, the organization she established herself must be inherited by her descendants! This ruthless man who has killed countless people will not hand over his rights and organization in vain. If anyone else dares to get involved, whether it is other nobles or officials, she guarantees that that person will never see the sun the next day!
As for how Mathias took over this tight organization, I won’t go into details here.
Today, the reason why this organization is mentioned is because MI7 of the Kingdom of Storms received a very difficult task before. Their Lord, the Duke of Bolvar, gave them a task that must be completed within a time limit - to attack Kill two wanted criminals in Stormwind Kingdom!
As for who the two wanted criminals are and why they are wanted, the leader of MI7, Mathias, also knows very well, because they are said to be the remnants of the bandit leader Van Cleef, and they also used a magic weapon a few days ago. The spell directly destroyed the entire city gate of Stormwind City!
For this task, the superiors are pressing very hard, and a fatal order has been issued: results must be seen within a month! Otherwise, when the time comes, his position as the leader of MI7 will be in doubt.
Those greedy nobles and officials have long been prepared and have tried every possible means to find opportunities to join this powerful killer organization.
After all, no one wants an invisible and uncontrollable sharp blade hanging above their head at any time!
This is the official assassination organization of Stormwind City, and they have killed quite a few officials! Although every time they carried out an assassination mission, their hands and feet were very clean and they did not leave any traces to prove that they did it... However, officials and nobles are not fools. Who did those things, everyone? It's just a tacit understanding.
Now, Mathias is waiting patiently outside a dense forest south of Goldshire. Several of his men have just dispersed and hidden around.
Mathias Shore, the reason why he is here now is because, after searching for two wanted criminals in MI7 for several days with no results, he had to consult his old grandmother, who single-handedly founded this organization. The woman, after getting her tips, he came here and tried to contact their former enemies - Ravenholdt's League of Assassins!
Although the Assassin's Alliance caused trouble for MI7, both Mathias and his grandmother had to admit that this Assassin's organization was secretive and huge, and its information was incredibly well-informed. degree!
Therefore, now, for the sake of his mission and future, after searching for the wanted criminal to no avail, Mathias had to lower his face and ask for help from this killer organization that had always been hostile to him.
"Hmph! Stop hiding and come out! I've found you!"
Mathias suddenly changed his expression, squinted his eyes towards the open space in front of him, and drank coldly.
In fact, he didn't notice the enemy sneaking up to him. Whether it was air flow, smell, or light, he couldn't find him!
However, the other party accidentally touched a small piece of dead leaf and made it move slightly. In this windless dense forest environment, this situation was obvious to Mathias. It was very abnormal, so he tried to test it out loud.
"Hehehe... Mathias from MI7 really deserves his reputation. He seems to have some strength."
After a burst of light distortion, the sneaking thief quickly emerged from the place where Mathias discovered the anomaly.
This is a gloomy guy wearing tight leather clothes, with several painted daggers on his waist, and a turban and mask on his head. Only two eyes are exposed, and there is no trace of his race or appearance.
"Tell me, you useless amateur thieves from MI7, what's the important thing for us Ravenholdt's League of Assassins to come to us this time? Oh... By the way, let those behind you hide. Come out, you little bastards, don’t embarrass yourself here with their level, I’m afraid they still need to practice their skills for a few more years!”
The Ravenholdt assassin looked disdainfully in several directions behind Mathias, where he had already discovered all the thieves hiding in the shadows.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense! I'm looking for you because I have two bounties here. I wonder if you, Ravenholdt, are interested?"
After hearing the other party's sarcastic words, Mathias still stood there with an indifferent look on his face.
He didn't want to have too much contact with these Ravenholdt enemies, so he directly stated his purpose and wanted these professional assassins to handle this confusing and troublesome task for MI7.
"Two bounties? Aha! Let me think about it...could it be the two cute little girls who blew up the gate of your Stormwind City a few days ago? Haha! Of course we are interested, but..."
The assassin, with only two eyes exposed, glanced at Mathias opposite him with a playful look, and gloated for a while before continuing in a hoarse voice that was difficult to distinguish between male and female, and continued what he had just said:
"It's just... the bounty you offered from Stormwind City is really too low. With such a low bounty, our Assassin Alliance will never do such a loss-making business!"
The major events that happened in Stormwind City in the past few days and the bounties released almost at the same time were reported to Ravenholdt Manor as soon as possible. However, they were a little disdainful of those stingy bounties, so they never paid attention to them!
"You are really greedy guys! Are those bounties low? That's a bounty of one thousand gold coins per head! For two people, it's a full two thousand gold coins! And the opponents are just two little brats, and yet they still Too low? Don’t be too greedy!”
Mathias was a little angry. If they hadn't been able to find any information about each other, he would have sent his killers to carry out the mission. Where would he come here to contact these people from the Assassin's League?
"Haha... If they are just two ordinary little girls, two thousand gold coins is indeed a very high price... However, the identity of the other party is more than this price. For two thousand gold coins, even if you search all of Azeroth Si, even a goblin who wants money rather than his life will not be willing to do this job for you!"
The Ravenholdt assassin on the opposite side still stared at Mathias with his contemptuous eyes and shook his head at the same time.
Sure enough, compared to Ravenholdt, the killer organization spread all over Azeroth, these laymen from MI7 are really terrible and immature! Now, they haven't even figured out the identities of the two little girls? This is really funny!
"Identity? Aren't they just the two little brats of Van Cleef? What identities can they have? Then you should tell me!"
After hearing what the other party said just now, Mathias felt a little confused. He had never thought that the two little girls would have other identities. He was very curious about this.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party slap him in the face.
"What do you mean?"
This action of the other party made Mathias even more puzzled, and he had no idea what the other party meant.
"This is important information, worth five hundred gold coins!"
Of course this means reaching out to ask for money, what else could it be?
The assassin looked at Mathias with disdain. Ravenholdt, whether it was killing people or providing information, was clearly paying for it!
I am not a subordinate of MI7, so why should I give them information for nothing? Where in the world of Azeroth can anything be so cheap? Could it be that Ravenholdt sent people to collect information for free? Is it free to send information to various strongholds in the world of Azeroth? No money to keep the organization running?
"A message costs five hundred gold coins? Why don't you go grab it?"
Mathias was really angry. This bastard actually asked for five hundred gold coins. Did he really want to kill him as a fat sheep?
"Ha! Rob? Don't be kidding! If you want to rob money, where can you get it faster than directly reaching out to the hands of you high-ranking officials and nobles?"
"Now, clearly mark the price, five hundred gold coins in exchange for a piece of detailed information about those two little girls, refuse to bargain! Buy it or not!"
This assassin of Ravenholdt still had the face of the principal. Mathias was so angry that he almost wanted to step forward and stab him to death with a sword!
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"Hmph! Five hundred is five hundred, now, tell me!"
After thinking for a while, Mathias decided to get some specific information about the two wanted criminals first. Now was not the time to lose his temper. After all, given the current situation, he had something to ask for from others.
"No, no, no..., please wait! In view of your reputation problem in Stormwind City, I think it is better for us to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand!"
After speaking, the killer took out a folded piece of parchment from his pocket, held it between two fingers and raised it twice, and looked at Mathias mockingly again.
asshole!
The leader of MI7 secretly cursed. Ever since the Masonic Union incident, the credibility of the Kingdom of Stormwind has been severely damaged!
Even a few days ago, when the Kingdom of Stormwind was planning to recruit craftsmen to repair the blown-up gates of Stormwind City, those stupid people actually kept saying: The workers must be paid first, otherwise, no one will be willing to do it!
And now, even this assassin is like this. Has the credibility of their Stormwind Kingdom really become so corrupted?
Although he really didn't want to give the other party a large amount of money in exchange for a piece of information, due to the situation and the fact that he had no clue, Mathias finally had to throw a small bag of valuables at the other party. gems, and exchanged them for a small piece of parchment the size of a palm.
"So, if you, Ravenholdt, are asked to assassinate these two people, how much will it cost?"
After reading the information given by the other party within three to five seconds, Mathias frowned. One of these two people had a normal identity, but the other one was a bit weird! This matter has really gotten tricky!
"Fifty thousand general gold coins, 10,000 of which must be paid first as a deposit! No matter whether it succeeds or fails in the end, our Assassin League will only take action once!"
"Of course, by then, if it fails, you won't have to pay the remaining 40,000 gold coins!"
Ravenholdt had already made various plans for coming to contact MI7 this time, and all of Mathias's reactions were in their preparation. Therefore, the assassin quickly gave Ravenholdt the price he had prepared: this was the price to assassinate a king!
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