Volume 3: Tides of Darkness Chapter 212 Hiring a Killer
Hellscream was surprised, "You recognize me?"
Niga Blackhorn nodded, "Of course I recognize you, you are the famous Hellscream. I heard that you were defeated in Dagger Ridge and disappeared for some reason. I didn't expect you to run to Kalimdor. Haha, this is really a fate that brings us together. Many people are looking for you now. Why are you here?"
The Battle of Dagger Ridge? Lost?
Hellscream felt his face burning. Didn't he expect that the news of this failure would reach Kalimdor so quickly?
"Who are you? How do you know all this?"
Niga Blackhorn bowed his head and said, "As you can see, I am a Tauren Druid. I pick up corpses to make a living. You can think of me as nature's porter, a kind-hearted person who helps those unfortunate people who died in the desert to collect their bodies, and by the way, I pick up some ownerless equipment to make a living.
As for how you knew this, brother, you probably don't know yet. This is one of the biggest news in the gaming circle right now. The battle video has been posted all over the Internet. Wow, 30,000 wolf cavalry troops were wiped out in one battle. Brother, your military level needs to be improved."
Hellscream was furious. Although he didn't understand some of the words, he could clearly feel the mockery in the other party's tone.
The Blood Roar in his hand could not help but be clenched tightly, but the panda man next to him interrupted hurriedly.
Chen Stormstout (Panda Brewmaster): "Friend, can you tell me how to leave this desert? We have been wandering around for a long time, but we seem to be lost."
Niga Blackhorn (Bone Collector): "Of course, I can even fly you out directly."
"Oh, that's great, I'll buy you a drink after we get out.
"Haha, no need to drink, just pay for the plane ticket - my service is not free."
Stormstout and Hellscream were both stunned for a moment.
Hellscream (Warsong Chief): "How much do you want? As long as you can bring me back to the Horde, any amount of money is fine."
"Forget about the money, just give me your Bloody Roar and I'll take you out!"
Hellscream was furious when he heard this. "What a delusion! Bloodroar is the weapon my father passed down to me. I will never give it to anyone else."
Niga Blackhorn thought for a moment and looked at the panda man, "Then you can give me your stick and barrel."
"Well, I'm afraid this won't work either."
The minotaur spread his hands and said, "Then I can't help you. Maybe it will be easier to take it from your corpse after you die."
Bastard! Hellscream was about to chop him with his axe, but the bull seemed to have guessed his reaction long ago. He leaped up and turned into a big bird, flying into the sky and circling above the two men's heads.
"Hehe, you are so reckless and impulsive. No wonder you were beaten by Varian. I really wonder if Orgrim is stupid to let you be the commander of the army."
Hellscreamed in anger, "What did you say? Get down here if you have the guts."
"Hahahaha, I will naturally go down after you die. Don't worry. The scorching sun of Tanaris will teach you what it means to be calm. Just go slowly. I will come to see you in a few days."
After saying this, the druid fluttered his wings and flew away.
Hellscream suddenly felt that he was not wrong. This guy was a bone-eating vulture.
In the next few days, the two did not meet any other passers-by.
The day was a long journey, and the night was spent sleeping under the stars. The heat and fatigue made both of them silent, and even the talkative Panda spoke much less.
Hellscream began to become anxious, but when he realized that such anxiety was meaningless, he gradually calmed down.
Hellscream had never eaten anything except the wine given to him by the bear-man. He gradually came to like this drink. It burned like the devil's blood, but it could make people forget their sorrows and troubles.
The vulture was still circling in the sky.
Hellscream soon stopped paying attention to it and tried to find some food in the desert. As the journey continued, he gradually found some memories of hunting in his youth.
On the fourth day, he was lucky enough to dig out a desert lizard from the desert. Hellscream excitedly shared this big meal with the Pandaren and had a full meal.
I have to say that the Panda people's cooking skills are really good. They just sprinkled some simple seasonings and then spit out a mouthful of wine and fire to make the roasted lizard taste delicious.
This meal not only gave him strength, but also gave him more hope.
By the seventh day, his expression was no longer manic and bloodthirsty, but became calm instead.
Walking in the scorching desert, Hellscream felt an unprecedented peace in his heart.
On the ninth day, the druid finally landed again.
He landed a few dozen meters away from the two men, and instead of changing back into a minotaur, he said in bird form: "Okay, I can take you out of here, but you have to do me a favor."
Hellscream looked at the druid coldly, estimating the distance and the success rate of the attack.
The panda man shook his head at him, "What help?"
"Help me kill someone."
"Murder? Oh, that's too much to ask of a winemaker."
Hellscream replied, "No problem, I can help you. Killing people is easy for me."
"No, it's not that simple. You don't even know who I'm going to kill."
"It makes no difference. As long as I want to kill, no one can survive. Tell me, who do you want me to kill?"
"Brother Xiao Ma, a general of the Centaur Empire."
"Xiao Ma Ge? What a strange name. Centaur Empire? What is that? Forget it, no need to explain. Take us out of this desert. I will help you kill that Xiao Ma Ge."
Niga Blackhorn looked at him warily.
"You're not going to cut me while I'm giving you a ride?"
"I won't do that. An orc never breaks his oath."
The minotaur nodded reluctantly, "Okay, I'll trust you this time, but I can only carry one person at a time . Who of you goes first?"
The panda patted Hellscream's shoulder naturally and said, "You go first. I still have a lot of wine. If we keep going, maybe I can find some cactus fruit."
Hellscream hesitated—"Thank you," he said.
He never thought he would say this word, but he was truly grateful at this moment.
Hellscream climbed onto the back of the big bird, and Blackhorn flapped his wings and flew up. Only by looking down from the air could one understand how vast the desert was.
However, the big bird did not fly east, but flew all the way to the north. After flying for less than half an hour, the desert turned into Gobi, and then into a wasteland. Although it was still desolate, a lot of vegetation could be seen. Huge kodo beasts walked on the wasteland, and twisted plants grew wildly.
Hellscream suddenly reacted.
"You knew we were about to leave the desert?"
"I didn't force you."
" Hmph, don't worry, I keep my word."
Finally, an oasis appeared in Hellscream's eyes. It was located in the wilderness and was full of greenery. In the center of the oasis was a lake, and beside the lake was a village.
For the first time, he felt that green was so lovely.
The big bird slowly landed.
This is a small village with many talented people.
Walking among the minotaurs, Hellscream felt like a dwarf.
These Taurens were undoubtedly powerful warriors, and Hellscream was quite excited to see their strong bodies. Perhaps he could let them join the tribe. He couldn't help but think that if he could recruit thousands or tens of thousands of Taurens to join the tribe, he would definitely be able to make up for his mistakes.
Nigga Blackhorn brought Hellscream to the largest wooden house. The house was very simple, but after staying in the desert for ten days, it was already extremely comfortable for Hellscream. A female minotaur brought a can of water, and Hellscream immediately drank it in big gulps.
After drinking a whole jar of water in one breath, Hellscream finally felt like he was alive again.
"How many powerful people are there in your tribe?"
"Not many left." Niga Blackhorn sighed and said, "Since the defeat in the Battle of the Wrath of the River, the Tauren have been forced to split into many small tribes. We hid here and there, trying to avoid the pursuit of the centaurs, but there were too many centaurs, and most of the Tauren have been killed."
Minotaur? So this is the name of their tribe.
"How could you be slaughtered when you are so powerful? What kind of enemies are those centaurs?"
Nigga Blackhorn took out a simple map of Kalimdor from his bag.
"From here to here, it's all the territory of the Centaur Empire."
Hellscream was surprised when he saw the outline on the map. This Centaur Empire was so powerful that it occupied almost one-third of the entire Kalimdor territory.
"Are they as powerful as the Storm Kingdom?"
"It is much more powerful than the Kingdom of Stormwind. The Centaur Empire boasts of having 500,000 archers, another 500,000 armored soldiers, and a million cavalry. It is invincible."
After hearing what Nigahaha told Hellscream, he finally understood what happened here.
It turned out that three years ago, the Centaur Tribe was just one of the many indigenous ethnic groups on the continent of Kalimdor. At that time, tauren, quilboars, centaurs, goblins, bear monsters... all kinds of creatures lived on this continent. Although they fought with each other, they maintained a balance overall.
Of course, there are also the most powerful night elves, who all live in the northern forests.
However, among the many tribes of Centaurs, a chosen one appeared, a Centaur Khan named Emperor Shenwu.
The Divine Emperor is not only of noble birth, but also has the blood of the demigod Cenarius and the Stonemother Therace flowing in his body.
After he became an adult, he gained the favor of the Mother Goddess of Earth and became a person favored by God.
He led his tribe to fight east and west, and soon conquered all the Centaur tribes, and proclaimed himself the Centaur Emperor.
You should know that the Centaur tribes often fought with each other and no one was willing to submit to the other. Because of this, although the Centaur were numerous, they were never able to become a powerful force and most of the population was consumed in internal conflicts.
But now that many tribes have a common king and no longer fight among themselves, and they have also received the blessing of the Mother Goddess of Earth, the reproductive capacity of the tribes has been greatly enhanced, and as a result, there was an immediate population explosion.
It was natural that the next step was for the Emperor Shenwu to lead the Centaur army and start the road to conquest.
The Centaur army had a huge numerical advantage, and what was even more fatal was that this great emperor was also a strategic genius. He carried out military reforms on many Centaur tribes and taught a new set of tactics to his Centaur generals.
Originally the Centaurs were a tribal civilization, and they had no tactics when fighting, they just charged forward in a rush. This was also a common tactic used by all the indigenous races on the continent of Kalimdor. Except for the night elves who were better at using tactics, everyone did this.
But the Emperor Shenwu invented a set of "Mangudai" tactics.
This set of tactics is originally a cavalry tactic, but for the Centaurs who are one with man and horse, they are naturally cavalry, so it is particularly easy to use.
The core of the tactic is to first pounce on the enemy, firing a volley of arrows from horseback, and then suddenly turn around and flee, constantly turning back and shooting arrows while running, teasing the enemy into rushing towards the pre-arranged battlefield like a stupid dog, so it is also called the "dog fight" tactic or the "pocket" tactic.
If the enemy does not move, then keep shooting arrows until he is shot to death. If the enemy chases you, then scatter your troops and surround and annihilate him.
The mobility of the Centaurs and the range advantage of their bows and arrows were fully utilized, and various races were defeated one after another, either surrendering or being slaughtered.
The Minotaur was originally the enemy of the Centaur. In order to fight against this suddenly rising powerful enemy, half a year ago, they united with the Quill Boar, Harpy and other forces, and fought a great battle with the army of the Centaur Empire on the banks of the Angry River. Unfortunately, they were outnumbered and suffered a miserable defeat. Now the remaining Minotaur have become the target of hunting.
The Centaur Empire grew stronger and stronger, and now has conquered one-third of Kalimdor.
The more Hellscream listened, the more surprised he became. As a cavalry general, he was well aware of the advantages of cavalry over infantry, but he had no idea how this 'Centaur' could combine man and horse into one.
"This little Mago has been leading his troops to raid oases and villages in the Barrens, hunting down the tauren survivors. I hope you can help me kill him, which can at least buy us some time."
"Why not just kill the Shenwu Emperor?"
Niga Black Horn shook his head, "Impossible, the Great Emperor Shenwu is the emperor of the Centaur Empire, he is extremely powerful, there is no way you can beat him."
There was another sentence he didn't say. He was a wealthy player who had recharged hundreds of millions of dollars. He was a world-class BOSS and had a life bonus from the leader of the faction. His life value was as high as more than 200,000 and he had an army of millions under his command. It was simply unrealistic for you to kill him.
Even if we bring the entire tribe, it would probably be difficult.
"Hmph, that may not be the case." Hellscream touched Bloodroar and said to himself.
He has a natural confidence in things like chopping people.
However, after the failure at Dagger Ridge, he didn't want to be too confident. Besides, the other party only caused him a setback, so there was no need to work too hard.
Just kill the general. It will be easier for you to do the job and return to the tribe earlier.
"Okay, you can stay here tonight. I'm going to pick up your friend first. Later, as long as you help me kill Xiao Ma Ge, I will send you back to the Eastern Continent."
As Nigaheijiao said this, he walked out of the wooden house and flapped his wings.
