Volume 3: Tides of Darkness Chapter 148: Varian's Bizarre Adventure
Everyone present listened to Varian's generous words and looked at each other. Some couldn't help laughing, some gloated, some were thoughtful (players), and of course, there were also some who were furious, such as King Llane, who was very angry.
However, it's not that no one agreed with him. Arthas, looking at Varian's heroic demeanor, had an expression of admiration on his face, with stars in his eyes, and he was almost clapping.
After Varian finished speaking, he did not pay attention to the reactions of the crowd. He sneered and walked away, making the meeting completely awkward.
Malegorbi (Prince of Kul Tiras): "Since Prince Varian is so confident, why don't we go and see for ourselves the courage and strength of those adventurers, and by the way, see if this orc army is real or fake."
Malzahar (Prince of Gilneas): "Yes, yes, Prince Malegorbi is right. We should wait until the situation is clear before making a decision."
King Llane sighed inwardly after hearing this. If they really had to wait until the orc army reached Stormwind City, it would be too late to form a coalition then. They would have to discuss the number of troops to be dispatched by each country, then mobilize the troops together, and finally send them to Stormwind City to help in the battle. It would take at least several months all together. What if the orc army was too fierce? By then it would be too late.
But at this point, he had nothing more to say and could only nod in agreement.
Seeing the meeting coming to an end, Murphy left the venue and went straight back to his palace room, where he logged off and quit the game.
He absolutely did not think that Varian could summon thousands of adventurers to join the war with just one order. It was not that Varian did not have the appeal, but the problem was that in this game only the king could issue a general conscription order, and it was limited to his own country.
In other words, no matter how much Varian called, his voice could only be heard within the Stormwind Kingdom, and adventurers in other regions could not receive his call at all.
There must be a reason why Varian is so confident. He relies so much on adventurers and must have dealt with them a lot on a daily basis. Who knows, he might have some tricks up his sleeve.
After exiting the game, Murphy immediately turned on his computer, logged into the official forum of Sky World, and searched for information about Varian's deeds.
The Sky Chronicles have clear records of important plot characters such as Varian, and all plot events can be found.
Murphy searched and found that there were three plot events related to Varian.
[Encounter in Swamp Town], [Battle of Blood River], [Thirteen Warriors of the Dark Gate].
These three plot events are obviously related to each other.
[Encounter in Quagmire Town: In the year 1436 of the Sky Era, a large number of rumors about green-skinned monsters appeared in the human villages near the Dark Swamp. Prince Varian of the Storm led a small team of knights to investigate and summoned some adventurers to join the army. As a result, they unexpectedly encountered an orc army from the world of Draenor in Quagmire Town, and the two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.
Prince Varian led his soldiers and successfully defeated the orc army with the help of adventurers. He also learned that the orc army was about to invade Azeroth. This battle was the first recorded confrontation between humans and orcs. Prince Varian won glory for himself with his extraordinary courage and outstanding fighting skills.
[Battle of Blood River: In 1436 of the Sky Era, after learning that the orcs were about to invade on a large scale, Prince Varian led a few of his knights and some adventurers deep into the depths of the Dark Swamp to investigate the truth of the orc invasion. On the way, they encountered an orc army of thousands of people.
The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle. Prince Varian fought bravely, but the number gap between the two sides was too great. All of his knights were killed in the battle, and in the end he was left alone.
With the help of some adventurers, Prince Varian stubbornly resisted the attack of the orc army. After a day and night of fighting, the 5,000 orc vanguard was completely wiped out, and the blood completely dyed the Dark Swamp red. This battle was therefore called the Battle of the Blood River.
Varian's feat of leading a lone army to defeat the orc army shocked the world. He awakened a powerful fighting talent in the battle and earned himself the title of "Orc Slayer".
[The Thirteen Warriors of the Dark Portal: In the year 1436 of the Sky Era, despite the fact that all his men were killed or wounded, the brave and fearless Prince Varian still decided to continue attacking the orc base in the Dark Swamp alone. With the help of some adventurers, he launched an attack on the Dark Portal alone.
On the way he met some human civilians. Twelve brave warriors among these civilians were inspired by Prince Varian's courage and joined his army, becoming his only subordinates.
This team encountered the main force of the Horde at the Dark Portal. More than 100,000 orcs poured out of the Dark Portal like a tide. However, Prince Varian was not afraid. He led the only twelve human warriors to fight bravely. With the help of some adventurers, they tenaciously resisted the attack of the orc army.
The war lasted for three days and three nights. After a brutal and bloody war, the offensive of the orc army was gradually defeated, and the tribal chieftain Blackhand was killed in the battle by Prince Varian and thirteen other warriors.
The orc army fled in panic and eventually escaped into the Dark Portal. With the help of adventurers, Prince Varian chased them all the way to the Dark Portal. With the destruction of the Dark Portal, the crisis was completely ended.
The fame of the Thirteen Warriors of the Dark Gate has since become a legend. 】
Murphy didn't know what to say when he saw this. This plot was too fantastic. A man alone led twelve human civilian soldiers to defeat an army of 100,000 orcs. Even fantasy novels wouldn't dare to write it like this.
The event log did mention it several times, 'with the help of some adventurers', but the question is how many adventurers are there?
It sounds as if these adventurers have no sense of existence at all, but if you think about it, you will know that this is definitely not the case.
He searched for relevant videos and found quite a few videos about that battle, most of which were recorded by players who participated in the battle at that time.
There are hero perspectives, adventurer perspectives, and even aerial bird's-eye views. Murphy guessed that it was probably taken by a flying wild monster player.
Murphy found the one with the most views and clicked on it to start reading.
There was a huge crowd of people in the picture. There were probably at least 10,000 or 20,000 adventurers, standing densely on the edge of the dark swamp. They seemed to be waiting for something.
"Here they come." Someone shouted, and then they saw Varian leading twelve 'human civilians' riding over on horseback. The adventurers immediately cheered.
Those twelve so-called human civilians were clearly twelve heroic players, but they just didn't have noble status.
Among them, two familiar figures were seen, the Sword of Dawn and the God of Midnight. This should have happened before they went to defeat the Black Dragon Lord Morpheus.
The voices of many adventurers discussing could be heard in the video, and Murphy listened carefully and actually heard a lot of information.
"Fuck, the King of Wa is only this big, how can it work?"
"What are you afraid of? We are the adventurers here. King Wa can just be a cheerleader."
"That's right. The main purpose of luring King V here is to trigger the plot. Otherwise, no matter how many orcs we kill, it will be useless because they will spawn again in the blink of an eye."
"It has nothing to do with that. The drop rate of monster bosses in plot events will be higher than usual, and there is a chance that plot equipment will be dropped."
"When the fight starts, we have to protect King Wa. If he dies, the campaign will be a failure."
"We don't need to worry about it. The big guilds that took the lead have already made arrangements. Do you see those experts over there? They are specially there to serve as bodyguards for King Wa."
"Hahaha, I can finally finish my mission. My sword has been thirsting for blood..."
Murphy dragged the video progress bar and directly dragged it to the battle part.
The battle was extremely brutal. This orc army was composed of elite soldiers, with level 3 and 4 soldiers filling the huts and valleys, as well as quite a few level 5 soldiers. One could even see some extraordinary soldiers participating in the battle.
Although those adventurers were numerous, they were basically a mob. They all fought in teams and had no experience in large-scale wars. When they did fight, it was a mess.
Moreover, because the game was just launched in public beta a year ago, the player levels were generally low, with a large number of small accounts in the 10s and 20s, and level 30 was considered a high account.
As a result, as soon as the battle started, the adventurers died in groups.
However, the place where they fought was very advantageous for the adventurers, as it was near a resurrection point. As a result, they died and revived again and again, and the adventurers kept resurrecting and joining the battle. Relying on the ability of infinite resurrection, they turned the battle into a war of attrition.
Because the battle lasted so long, the video was obviously edited. It was more than four hours long, and Murphy had to drag and fast forward continuously.
After the initial setbacks, the adventurers gradually leveled out the battle lines and found the rhythm of the battle. As the two sides fell into a stalemate, the battle lines barely moved for several hours, and the bodies of orcs and adventurers alike covered the battlefield in layer upon layer.
Murphy continued to scroll through the video. These orcs were indeed very bloodthirsty and warlike. They fought against the adventurers who could be resurrected infinitely for three days and three nights. These adventurers had obviously been replaced several times, coming in and out. Some worked during the day and fought at night, and some even logged off when they were tired to eat or go to the toilet.
However, because new players kept joining, the number never decreased, but instead increased.
In comparison, the orc army was in a miserable state. One hundred thousand troops seemed like a lot, but the more they fought, the smaller their numbers became, and the more tired they became.
By the second day, the decline was obvious, and by the third day, the orc army's front had begun to be pushed back.
Considering that the tribal army could hold out for three days and three nights, it was considered strong enough.
On the third day, Warchief Blackhand personally led the Kor'kron Guard in a charge, and at one point they broke through the adventurers' formation, but were then besieged by twelve human heroes. Well, Varian also wanted to go, but he was surrounded by more than a hundred adventurers and couldn't move at all...
In the end, Blackhand died tragically under the siege of twelve heroes, and the orc army collapsed instantly.
Murphy continued to drag them along, and they were basically being chased all the way. The constantly resurrected adventurers were like an undead army, sweeping away the remnants of the orcs who were exhausted from continuous fighting, and pushed them all the way to the Dark Portal.
Then with a bang, the Dark Portal exploded and the battle was over.
I'm going to...
Murphy thought that these adventurers were truly terrifying. A dozen or so adventurers with an average level of just over 20 years old managed to defeat an army of 100,000 orcs.
Now, more than half a year has passed, and the average level of adventurers is already above level 30. It feels like the orcs are still in great danger this time.
He searched the forum for a while, and this post was——
A post was pushed to the top of the forum, with over 10 million viewers, and it was the most popular post on the forum.
The name of the post is .
[Varian's Call: For the Glory of the Alliance]
Murphy clicked in hastily.
[Do you remember, brothers and sisters, that Blizzard withdrew from China ten years ago, and we lost this world since then? Do you remember, brothers and sisters, that World of Warcraft announced to cease operations permanently five years ago, and we can no longer return to the Azeroth we longed for.
But now, Skyworld has given us a second chance, a brand new Azeroth, a brand new history. The evil orc army is invading our world. We have the opportunity to change everything permanently, prevent all tragedies from happening, and experience that passionate era and tragic history firsthand.
The Dark Portal is about to open again.
What are you waiting for, brothers and sisters? Your passion and youth are calling you. Join our army of adventurers and fight for the alliance. 】
There is also a promotional video below, which is obviously edited using scenes from the videos Murphy has seen before.
In the picture, the young Prince Varian is standing in a desolate swamp, and in front of him is an countless army of orcs. Due to the camera, Varian looks alone, as if he has to face the entire orc army alone.
Then the scene stretched backwards, and twelve human heroes appeared, followed by a dense army of adventurers...
Then the scene turned into a battle between adventurers and orcs. The two armies collided with each other. The sounds of passionate music, magic explosions, the sound of knives hacking into flesh, horns and shouts intertwined together, making people's blood boil just by watching it.
I have to say that the war scenes in the holographic virtual game Skyworld are really spectacular and even more exciting than the Warcraft movie released more than ten years ago.
The scene finally freezes at the moment when the Dark Portal explodes, with Varian holding his weapon high, surrounded by countless cheering adventurers.
A line of bright red literary font appeared on the screen.
[For the deceased King Varian, and for the glory of the Alliance! Come back, warriors of the Alliance, what are you waiting for! ]
Below the video are tens of thousands of replies.
[Invincible War Maniac: Haha, that's great, the Dark Portal is finally open again. I didn't make it last time, so I must kill to my heart's content this time.]
[March of that year: I will call the brothers in the guild together now. Brothers, see you at the Dark Gate.]
[I am Zha Zha Hui: Holy shit, is the game Sky World so awesome? I only heard about it before, but I didn't expect the war to be so spectacular. I'm willing to sell my house to buy a gaming helmet. Brothers in the Alliance, wait, I'm coming.]
[The King asked me to patrol the mountains: Damn, why are you only promoting the Alliance? When will my great tribe be able to stand up? This is unfair. Why can the tribe only create soldier templates? Why can't there be adventurers to choose from? The idiot planner, come out and explain.]
[Forever God: That's right, this is too unfair. Warriors of the Horde, let's all go to Draenor and join the orc army. Even if you are just a small soldier, you can still contribute to the Horde. All the men of the Horde should support you.]
【Meow King: The tribal pigs, get out of here.】
[The Mage has arrived: The Wei Zun Tian Xia Guild is here to recruit people with lofty ideals from all over the world to join us, and we will fight the tribe together. If you are interested, add me on QQ...]
Looking at the content of those replies, Murphy thought to himself that it was indeed true. No wonder Varian was so confident. These were not just a few adventurers, they were clearly billions of adventurers. It was not difficult to imagine how many adventurers would rush to Stormwind City from all over Azeroth to join the battle after seeing such a promotional video.
By that time, not to mention 10,000 or 20,000, perhaps 100,000 adventurers would have gathered.
With 100,000 adventurers joining the war, even if the tribe sends a million orcs, they will probably just be giving away experience.
But if this is the case, wouldn’t opening the door this time be a repeat of the last mistake?
Last time, the tribe was pushed back by the 100,000 or 200,000 adventurers who opened the gate. This time, when the conscription order is issued and the promotional video is popular, I'm afraid that there will be more than 100,000 or 200,000 adventurers joining the battle.
Thanks to the high price of helmets in this game, and the various other templates that diverted the player population, otherwise, having millions of adventurers would not be a problem, let alone hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands.
After all, he was now a non-staff employee, so he hurriedly called Wang Xuan.
