Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 434: Legendary Advancement and the Elf's Friend
After hearing what Murphy said, everyone was shocked.
"You killed the Old Gods?" Fandral Staghelm still had a look of disbelief on his face. He had faced C'Thun in the Battle of the Quicksands. The mental pressure alone was enough to frighten him so much that he dared not approach him. He regarded him as an irresistible and terrifying existence. However, he did not expect that when they met again, C'Thun would be dead on the spot.
The Emperor Shenwu also reacted at this time and interrupted, "Yes, this C'Thun is very powerful, and the evil magic he cast is extremely terrifying. My warriors paid a heavy price for this. If it weren't for the protection of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, I would probably die here today."
Everyone looked at the corpses of centaurs scattered all around them, and they obviously understood that the word "tragic" was not just a casual remark.
Aidan Deron (Storm Dragon King): "But in the end, we succeeded in killing C'Thun and eliminated this ancient evil god and enemy of justice. I think this means that we have won the war, right?"
Murphy said as he observed everyone's reactions.
He realized very early on that what was recorded in the Sky Chronicles did not seem to be the complete truth, or in other words, there were loopholes in the system's pattern of determining the content of the plot.
At the beginning, all the brothers joined forces to kill King Aiden, but what was recorded in the chronicles was that King Aiden died heroically in a battle with the orcs.
Later, Varian accepted Godwyn's order to assassinate King Terenas, which was also recorded in the chronicles as King Terenas was killed by an orc assassin.
Not to mention the big drama he performed with the Fire Demon Lord Lagrios at Broken Spear Peak. Although his acting was poor, the plot he presented was also accepted by the system.
From this, Murphy can judge that the system's record of chronicles and plot events is not completely recorded according to what actually happened.
Not all the secret information will be presented, but it will be recorded according to what the characters see.
It is even possible that the records are deduced according to a certain established logic, and as long as it conforms to this set of standards and logic, it is true.
For example, if I really wrote about the princes of Alterac trying to cheat me, it would definitely be very ugly, and people might even think that the plot was too bloody.
But if it was King Aiden who died heroically in the battle with the orcs, then it would naturally be extremely epic.
In other words, what the 'witnesses' of these plots saw is what will be recorded in the chronicles.
Because of this, Murphy was very sure that as long as he could make the case, it would not be difficult to help the Shenwu Emperor advance.
After all, they did kill C'Thun - albeit just a hollow shell.
They did almost die in the battle - although it was Ner'zhul who killed the God-Emperor.
They did sacrifice countless soldiers - although they were killed instantly by a single ray of eye ray.
As for Ner'zhul's escape, there is no need to explain it in such detail. After all, he was just an "Orc Shaman", probably just a small character controlled by the mental power of the old gods. There is no need to mention it at all.
Except for a slight omission of detail, everything that happened was exactly as he described.
Sure enough, after hearing what the two said, the heroes of the Dark Night Alliance did not have any doubts. The huge corpse of C'Thun in front of them could not be fake, and the tentacles all over the ground could not be more real.
When people thought about Yi Ma and Yi Long killing the legendary ancient god, the way they looked at the two of them was completely different. These were not ordinary demigods of the wilderness, but real ancient evil gods, superior beings who once ruled the world, things that only appeared in legends.
At this time, a Moon Blade Leopard Hunter rushed in from outside.
"Lady Tyrande, Lord Malfurion, the Zerg army is retreating. They seem to have completely lost the will to resist."
It is impossible not to believe it now. What else could have caused the Zerg's defeat? Of course, it is because the master behind them is dead.
Malfurion (Arch Druid): "Godly Emperor, you... it seems that forming an alliance with the Centaurs is the wisest decision I have ever made. You are worthy of being the descendant of Cenarius."
Tyrande also had to bow her head in tribute. "King of the Centaurs, it is an honor to fight alongside you in this war. I have always had some prejudices against you in the past, but now it seems that I was wrong. You are a true hero and a legend."
Having said that, Tyrande turned to Murphy beside her.
"Lord Aidandelon, thank you very much for your help in this war. I have great respect for your strength and fearlessness. From now on, you will be the best friend of us night elves. If there is anything you need help with, just ask us. We will do our best to serve our friends. "
Cairne Bloodhoof (Tauren Chieftain): "Warriors, let us cheer for the Divine Emperor and the Storm Dragon King!"
Cheers suddenly rang out like a thunderous roar. Whether it was the centaurs, tauren, night elves, or dryads, they all waved their weapons and cheered for the two great warriors. This was also a cheer for this hard-fought victory.
At the same time, the voice of the world announcement also sounded.
[World Announcement: In the year 1450 of the Sky Era, the War of Ahn'Qiraj officially came to an end.
The Storm Dragon King Aidandelon and the Centaur King Divine joined forces to defeat the ancient god C'Thun and killed him on the spot.
No one knows how C'Thun broke through the Titan barrier and escaped from the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, but this is obviously no longer important.
With the physical embodiment of the Old God destroyed, C'Thun will no longer be a threat to the world for a long time.
As a result, the two heroes successfully stopped C'Thun's evil plan to destroy the world.
The performance of the Centaur King, Emperor Shenwu, in this battle amazed the world. As a king who killed the ancient gods, he was considered the most powerful legendary warrior among the Centaurs, a true king, and his reputation resounded throughout the continent of Kalimdor.
As a participant from the Eastern Continent, Storm Dragon King Aidandelon, this mysterious human who transformed into a storm dragon, is also well known to the residents of Kalimdor. The Dark Night Alliance respectfully calls this mysterious dragon king the Friend of the Elves and vows to provide him with any help.
After this battle, the Dark Night Alliance completely defeated its arch-enemy, the Ahn'Qiraj Zerg, and the camp's power rating was upgraded from [Very Powerful] to - [Invincible].
The adventure level in the Silithus region has been lowered from [50-65] to [35-50].
This event has been recorded in the Sky Chronicles. 】
The content of the announcement did not arouse Murphy's much thought. What really excited him was what he heard next.
[System prompt: Based on your performance in this plot campaign, you have obtained 5795 plot points. Your rank has been upgraded and is now epic level 1. You have obtained a new hero specialty. Please select it in your specialty system.
System prompt: You have obtained a hero soul, and you can choose new hero skills. 】
Oh my god, so many plot points! Murphy was so excited that he reached the first level of epic.
In fact, I was already mentally prepared. The number of insects killed by one Fel Storm might exceed 100,000. Add in the combined efforts to kill C'Thun, and 5795 is not outrageous.
However, it takes 5,000 plot points to advance to the next level after epic, and there is no cross-level combat. It seems that it will not be so easy to upgrade in the future.
Now my strength can be greatly improved. So what new hero skill should I choose?
Murphy thought happily.
At the same time, a golden light flashed on the body of Emperor Shenwu.
A golden light shot up from the body of the Emperor Shenwu into the sky, as if a Saiyan had transformed, and the name above his head suddenly had a glittering golden border.
However, this special effect can only be seen by the players present. In the eyes of the NPCs, it just feels that the momentum of the Emperor Shenwu has become even more powerful. Considering that he has just defeated an ancient god, it can be understood as a breakthrough in the battle.
Finally advanced!
As the first legendary hero among the player community, Emperor Shenwu felt a surge of comfort and was in a very good mood. Facing the cheers of the crowd, he behaved very modestly.
Emperor Shenwu (King of the Centaurs): "Hahahaha, protecting Kalimdor and this world is my unshirkable responsibility. The Centaurs are powerful warriors and should shoulder this responsibility. No matter if it is the ancient evil gods or the Burning Legion, any enemy who wants to invade this world will be destroyed by me! For Kalimdor!"
There were loud speeches here and private messages over there too.
Emperor Shenwu: I have advanced.
Aidan DeLong: Congratulations.
Emperor Shenwu: I won’t say anything more. I’ll have someone transfer the money to you right away.
[System prompt: Your account has received a new income, please confirm. ]
Murphy opened his account and took a look, and saw that there was a full 20 million.
The Emperor Shenwu actually doubled the 10 million that had been agreed upon before.
Aidan DeLong: The boss is open-minded and generous.
Emperor Shenwu: Okay, okay. We are friends who have known each other for life. You have helped me so much. Money is nothing. Let’s just consider it as friendship.
Mo Fei thought to himself that I just like people like you who are good at making things happen and are particular about things.
This kind of friend is definitely worth making, much better than Wang Ziheng's pussy-fingering guy.
Murphy did not ask what benefits there were after being promoted to Legend. The other party would definitely not tell him easily about such things involving his trump card, so it was better not to ask rashly.
As the plot was resolved, other participating players also gained something, but compared with the two of them, they were nothing.
The only pity is that the big boss C'Thun didn't drop anything, probably because Ner'zhul had looted them all in advance.
There's nothing we can do. What can a summoned creature drop?
Although the war is over, the subsequent developments are far from over.
Hunting down the fleeing Ahn'Qiraj Zerg is an important task.
As a branch of the Yaqir Zerg, the Ahn'Qiraj Zerg has a strong reproductive ability. Without the spiritual control of the old gods, they will quickly return to their insect nature, building nests, hunting, reproducing, and growing stronger.
Although it is impossible to develop a Zerg swarm as terrifying as before, it will still be an ecological disaster. You know, Silithus was once a tropical jungle with lush vegetation, but it was destroyed by the Zerg of Ahn'Qiraj and turned into a desert.
Therefore, for a long period of time to come, the night elves will have to continue to clear out these Zerg and reduce their numbers.
Fortunately, we now have adventurers to help us, so we can leave these troublesome matters to them. We just need to arrange hunting missions such as "where to go" and "how many to kill".
There are good things too, like the supplies and treasures in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.
After a monster's nest is captured, it can be looted. The higher the level of the monster's nest, the richer the supplies are generally.
NPCs are different from players. They do not have the concept of extreme operations and generally hoard a large amount of resources.
Although a large number of treasures were taken away by the orcs in advance, the Ahn'Qiraj Zerg have lived in Silithus for thousands of years, and their accumulated wealth is still astonishing, not to mention the wealth created by the Tol'vir and the Anubisath giants in the past, which have now become the spoils of the Night Alliance.
But Murphy has nothing to do with this.
It’s not that he is not qualified to participate. In fact, Tyrande and Malfurion strongly invited him to join in digging for wealth and distributing the spoils.
However, Murphy decisively refused.
It's a very simple truth. If the benefits are shared, then the favor will naturally be gone.
Although you helped us kill the ancient god, you also took the spoils. It's like we all played a dungeon together, and after the game we divided the equipment, and no one owes anyone anything.
But Murphy couldn't just let it go like this. The Dark Night Alliance was an entire official camp. The value of having an entire camp owe him a favor was definitely more valuable than some treasures.
Besides, these treasures have already been passed on to the orcs, so there probably aren’t any good things left.
Now that he has an income of 20 million, Murphy no longer looks down on such small things.
So I refused directly and stated in a noble manner that I, the dignified Storm Dragon King and Protector of Alterac, was helping you purely out of kindness and doing good deeds without asking for anything in return - just don't refuse when I ask you for help in the future.
However, when cartloads of rare ores, precious materials, ancient books, and sophisticated equipment were pulled out of the temple, Murphy still felt a little regretful.
Wow, that’s a lot of loot.
It's no wonder that Murphy was amazed. In the past, he had only overturned Frost Dragon Lair and Bandit Fortress. Although the resources he plundered were of great value, they were not as good as the world-destroying monster force like Ahn'Qiraj Temple. Naturally, the spoils were completely incomparable.
It was only natural that the Great Emperor Shenwu took away a large amount of spoils, as he was the hero who killed C'Thun.
The Centaurs bore enormous responsibility and suffered heavy casualties in this battle.
Emperor Shenwu (King of Centaurs): "Haha, don't be jealous, Aidan. Don't be fooled by the large amount of stuff. Actually, there aren't many valuable ones. They are just common goods. Besides, I am running an entire race. The troops lost in this battle alone are more than these. I am actually losing money."
Murphy had no doubt about this. War has always been a money-burning affair, and the war between the Alliance and the Horde was no exception. In the end, no one gained anything. Even if some spoils were obtained, they were not worth the resources consumed.
Even if you win, you'll still lose money.
Although adventurers can be resurrected, the money consumed in potions, repairs, magic scrolls, arrows and bandages all cost money.
Murphy has always suspected that it was the game companies that provoked these wars, otherwise how would they consume the players' resources? Once the war started, the supplies in the auction sold like crazy. Who knows if any of these supplies were sold directly by the official?
Not to mention, you can buy a lot of good things in the mall.
Emperor Shenwu (King of Centaurs): "By the way, if you are not in a hurry to go back, how about coming with me to Haotian City to play for two days? I will show you the main city of my Centaur tribe."
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "Is it far?"
"Not too far, just in the Barrens. But it's not barren anymore."
"Hmm? How do you say that?"
"I hired a whole team of experts and assembled hundreds of thousands of slave laborers to build infrastructure in the barren land for more than half a year. We transferred water from the north to the south, from the west to the east, built reservoirs and dams, and opened up oasis fields. Now the barren land is full of vitality.
You know what, doing environmental protection in games is much more economical than doing it in real life."
Murphy was amazed when he heard this. He was indeed a rich player who played so extravagantly.
Murphy thought about it and decided not to rush back, so he decided to go and take a look.
After discussing with everyone, Hemit and Mengmeng Big Nap chose to go back to Ironforge directly. However, Morgan Lisa happily expressed her willingness to go with them to take a look.
Since Murphy could fly back directly, he asked everyone to go back by boat, while he and Morgan Lisa joined the army of Emperor Shenwu returning to the capital.
Three days later——
“Is this the Barren Land?”
Standing on the airship, looking at the vast green land below, Murphy asked in disbelief.
Although some traces of the old desolation can still be seen, overall the greening rate has exceeded 70%, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.
"Yes, it's not bad, but it's only in the south. There are still many barren areas in the north."
“It’s really amazing!”
Murphy sighed sincerely.
When it comes to collecting equipment, defeating bosses, and exploring hidden plots, he is still very confident, but when it comes to undertaking such a large-scale project of environmental transformation, he has to admire the courage of the Emperor Shenwu.
In the distance, a magnificent city appeared on the vast plain.
I opened the map and checked it, and found that its location is roughly at the historical crossroads.
"Hey, why did you build a city in a place like this? Why didn't you choose Orgrimmar?"
Historically, the Horde established its main city, Orgrimmar, on the east side of the Barrens, by the sea. Its name was to commemorate Orgrim, and the area was called Durotar in memory of Thrall's father Durotan.
But now, everything is obviously different.
"There is no need. Orgrimmar's location is indeed strategic and suitable for defense, but we centaurs are best at plain field battles, and are not very suitable for city battles. Therefore, the location of the main city should be as open and flat as possible.
Fighting on the plains, my army of centaurs is not afraid of any enemy."
Murphy nodded, which made sense.
At this time, a harpy suddenly landed on the side of the ship, lowered her head and whispered something in the ear of Emperor Shenwu.
The expression of Emperor Shenwu changed slightly, and he suddenly laughed.
"What's wrong?"
"Something quite interesting has happened. Perhaps you would like to know about it. The tribe has begun to gather its forces and is preparing to go through the Dark Portal for the third time."
