Volume 9: Disaster Chapter 535 Murphy's Brothers
Murphy's analytical approach left the three of them speechless for a moment.
But if you think about it carefully, this is really the case. No matter how much the characters in the game have their own thoughts and no matter how freely they develop, they still have to succumb to the "power of fate."
The fate in the game is naturally the invisible control of the system.
Whether it is the protagonist's halo or the villain's halo, as long as there is a systematic push, it will naturally come to fruition.
Since the purpose of the system is to create an epic storyline and engage the participation of the entire nation, Gul'dan will inevitably attack Dalaran.
Emperor Shenwu: "If that's the case, where do you think the Scourge will land?"
Ba Dao Wu Qing: "Of course, it must be somewhere in Quel'Thalas. It's most likely Sunsail Harbor. I landed there when I attacked Quel'Thalas. The harbor is very open and suitable for large-scale landings."
Godwin: "I don't think it will be in Sunsail Harbor. The Lich King doesn't have a fleet. He directly crossed the sea by freezing it. In this case, there is no need to land at the port. It is likely to be somewhere in the north of the eastern continent. Quel'Thalas, Gilneas, or even Lordaeron are all possible places. It doesn't have to be a port.
But since Gul'dan's target is Dalaran, then we might as well just clear the countryside. The way the Scourge expands its forces is to kill lives and transform undead. If we transfer all the civilians away, the Scourge will not be able to expand its forces quickly.
We will concentrate our main forces in Dalaran, and then we can destroy them in one fell swoop."
Aidan: "That makes sense. By the way, in addition to clearing the countryside, we must also strictly investigate the Cult of the Damned. Historically, one of the main reasons why the Scourge could break out was because of the Undead Plague caused by the Cult of the Damned in Stratholme. We must not let this tragedy happen again.
Ultimately, we must confront the Lich King in Dalaran, and only there can we slay him."
Godwin: "Leave the matter of dealing with the Curse Sect to me. The Church of Holy Light will take strict precautions."
Ba Dao Wu Qing: "But how can we kill Gul'dan? He has over 5 million HP and is immune to critical hits. He is very powerful and has countless soldiers under his command. It is impossible to kill him head-on."
Aidan: "I have a way to greatly weaken the Lich King's fighting power. Then it will be easy to take action. However, I may need your cooperation."
He laid out his plan one by one, and the three were stunned.
Can we still play like this?
But it sounded like there was a good chance, so the three of them agreed.
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In the next few days, the fleet sailed towards the eastern continent, cutting through the waves. Murphy had nothing to do, so he wandered around the various fleets.
I didn't do anything else but just get close to the more famous characters in the story.
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "Sir Uther, I have always admired you. Your understanding of the way of Holy Light is worthy of the title of 'Messenger of Holy Light'."
Uther (Lord of Light): "I also admire Prince Aidan's great military exploits. Whether facing savage orcs or evil undead, Prince Aidan always leads by example. This is admirable."
"Haha, no problem. Oh, by the way, since we have similar interests, how about we call each other brothers from now on? Your Excellency is too formal."
Heroic Specialty - Brotherhood Leader, activate!
Expertise effect: You can use [Brotherhood] with NPCs whose favorability toward you is higher than [Friendly] and conduct a persuasion judgment. If the judgment is successful, the other party will automatically join your Brotherhood and become your [Brother]. You have a very high influence on the [Brother] and can command him to serve you to a certain extent.
When there are two or more [Brothers] in an area, all [Brothers] will gain the Brothers' Unity BUFF, which can enhance the success rate of all game actions. The more brothers there are, the higher the benefit of Brothers' Unity.
Uther showed an embarrassment on his face, "This is not a good idea. As a subject of His Majesty Godwin..."
"Don't worry, His Majesty Godwin has already agreed. What's the matter, Lord Uther, does he look down on me?"
"Ah, of course not. Then from now on I will..."
"From now on I will call you Brother Uther."
System prompt: The Brotherhood Alliance judgment takes effect, and you have added a [Brother].
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Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "Grom Hellscream, we meet again."
Grom Hellscream (Warsong Chieftain): "Hmm, it's Prince Aidan. What do you want from me?"
Grom asked warily as he sharpened his axe.
He had very complicated feelings towards the human in front of him. He was wary of his enemies and cautious of the strong. At the same time, he had some good feelings for him as he had fought side by side with him . A strong ally was always better than a strong enemy.
"Nothing special. I admire your bravery and fearlessness. We were enemies in the past, and I had some misunderstandings about you. However, the battle on Death Beach showed me that you have a heart of justice. I hope we can put aside our past grudges and reach a consensus on fighting against the great enemy, the Scourge."
These words made Grom stunned. He didn't expect that the human in front of him would be so friendly. Grom thought he had no sense of justice, but now he is indeed not as tyrannical and warlike as before. He values honor, family and tribe more.
Although it was a bit awkward, he still accepted Murphy's kindness.
"...I also have great respect for Prince Aidan's strength."
"Haha, that's settled. From now on, we'll be comrades on the same front. It's not an exaggeration to say that we're brothers - Brother Grom."
"You call me brother? Humph, Prince Aidan, you are not older than me."
"Haha, Grom, ah Grom, even though I look very young, as the king of ancient dragons, I have actually lived for tens of thousands of years. Humans are just my disguise, so of course I have to call you brother."
Hero's Specialty - Master of Fraud is activated!
"Hmph, that's it."
System prompt: The Brotherhood Alliance judgment takes effect, and you have added a [Brother].
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Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "Ah, this must be Lady Garona. I have heard of your name a long time ago."
Garona (Master Assassin): "Prince Aidan...we have met before. What do you want from me?"
Aidan (Protector of Alterac): "I think that since we will all fight against those evil undead together and fight side by side, the comradeship between us will undoubtedly surpass ordinary human emotions. War makes us brothers, brothers who can rely on each other..."
Garona (Master Assassin): "But I am a female orc."
"Haha, this is not important. As the saying goes, women are as good as men. Oh, by the way, I have a dragon skin breastplate here. I think it will suit you very well. Why not give it to you?"
"This is not good..."
"What's wrong with it? We are old friends. As an assassin, you can't wear too heavy armor. This dragon leather breastplate has excellent defense and can also improve resistance. It can greatly ensure your safety. I am a warrior and I don't wear leather armor, so you can keep it."
System prompt: Garona's favorability towards you has increased and is now [Friendly].
The thing that Murphy had the most was equipment. He had killed so many ancient dragons and picked up so many drops, so his backpack was already filled with all kinds of top-quality equipment. He would use it as gifts to improve his favorability without any regret.
In this way, Murphy tried to build relationships and get close to people everywhere, calling them brothers. If their favorability was too low, he would give them two pieces of equipment to raise it to friendly. Occasionally, he would also cooperate with the deception effect of the Master of Fraud.
After three days, Murphy made more than a dozen "brothers" on the city wall.
Even Captain Sandel of the Storm Dragon King was brought closer to the Brotherhood by Murphy.
It's a pity that only plot characters can join this brotherhood, otherwise it wouldn't be difficult for him to gather hundreds of brothers.
At the same time, since the favorability of most plot characters is just at friendly level, it is not easy to order them to do something.
But it is enough to collect heads and stack buffs.
Murphy planned to wait until he returned to the eastern continent and then recruit all the heroes from the various kingdoms. When the final battle of Dalaran came, dozens of brothers would come together to cheer and buff. He didn't believe that Varian could lose to that old man Gul'dan.
Once Varian gains control of the body, it will be safe.
On the third day, the fleet finally arrived near the coastline of the eastern continent, and the three fleets separated and headed for different destinations.
The Divine Emperor landed on the Sun Chaser Island, where the Night Elves Alliance established a base. The Divine Emperor prepared to assemble troops here and seek support from the night elves in Kalimdor. The Scourge has made it clear that it will summon the Burning Legion, and the night elves are obligated to participate in this war.
Badao Wuqing led the fleet to the east coast of the eastern continent, the Dark Forest area, preparing to land in the troll territory there and establish a temporary base. At the same time, he tried to recapture the Zul'Aman trolls. After all, the Horde and the Alliance are old enemies, so it is better not to get too close.
Godwin led his fleet back to Lordaeron. At the same time, Godwin ordered the "reinforcements" sent by various kingdoms to return to their respective kingdoms and bring back the war intelligence this time.
Previously, the various kingdoms did not take the Scourge seriously, but in order to respond to Godwin's call, they all sent some people over, led by some unfamous heroic lords. Now these people have become the best witnesses of this Scourge crisis.
They had witnessed the horror of the Scourge with their own eyes, so naturally they had enough persuasiveness to gain the full support of all forces.
Soon, all the kingdom forces in the alliance received the real intelligence about the Battle of Death Beach.
Grand Duke Lothar: "What! His Highness Varian has become the Lich King and is controlled by the orc warlock Gul'dan! Damn it, this is a shame that Stormwind Kingdom cannot accept! We must rescue Varian and destroy the Scourge! Gather the army and tell His Majesty Godwin that our Stormwind Kingdom will definitely join the war."
Magni Bronzebeard: "What? Varian has become the Lich King. The Scourge is about to reach the eastern continent. Odin's beard, this is really hell. We must do something. Muradin, pass on my order to assemble the Dwarf Legion, the Heavy Artillery Legion, the Heavy Rifle Regiment, and the Thunderspear Knights. Tell Godwin that we are ready to join the battle at any time!"
Daelin Proudmoore (Admiral): "The Scourge... The Lich King... There is such a thing. What Godwin said is actually true. What? The Scourge is marching towards the Eastern Kingdoms... Fortunately, at least our Kul Tiras is safe. However, out of responsibility to the Alliance, we should send some troops to support our allies."
Antonidas (Speaker of Dalaran): "What? Kel'Thuzad has joined the Scourge? Humph, I've long felt that there's something wrong with him. He keeps clamoring to build a school of necromancy. I'm not surprised at all that this has happened.
The arrogant orc warlock wants to attack our Dalaran and seize the magic network nodes to summon the Burning Legion. He really doesn't know what kind of enemy he is facing. Summon the members of the council and all the archmages. We must let those orc warlocks and Dalaran traitors know that Dalaran is invincible! "
Eagle's Nest Mountain...
Gnomeregan...
All forces received intelligence from the Scourge, and the war machines of various countries immediately started moving.
However, they soon discovered that the trouble the Alliance was facing was not just the Scourge. Monster groups from all over the place seemed to be attacking like crazy, attacking the towns and villages of the Alliance. Even several cities with poor defenses were captured.
So each kingdom had to send troops to eliminate these monsters.
In this situation, the ones who are truly happy are the adventurers, who repeat the same routine every day, clearing endless dungeons, and completing endless bounty missions.
Especially for the upcoming Scourge, they are really looking forward to it.
After all, the previous Battle of Death Beach was considered a high-end game, and only high-level players had a chance to get a ticket. Now that the Scourge Legion has come to the Eastern Continent, everyone can finally participate.
Even the prices of various war materials and equipment props at the auction skyrocketed, allowing some resellers and businessmen to reap a lot of benefits.
Especially the supplies related to the undead, such as holy water, purification potions, dispel scrolls and the like, the prices have at least doubled.
The price of weapons and equipment with holy attributes increased several times.
In this depressing and fanatical atmosphere, Murphy returned to Alterac.
What surprised him was that Jaina was missing.
Dragonslayer Castle Hall——
Aidan (Leader of the Dragon Knights): "Freshanks, where is Jaina ? Didn't I arrange for you to assist her in fighting the monster riot? How did you lose her?"
In order to prevent monster riots, he deliberately left Freshanks behind to watch over the house, and told Jaina to summon Freshanks if she encountered an enemy she could not defeat.
Unexpectedly, Freshanks stayed in Dragonsong Castle for several days without taking any action once.
"This is not my fault, Lord Aidandelon. Jaina never summoned me from the beginning to the end. She found two helpers from somewhere, and the three of them, along with a group of adventurers, defeated the monsters.
Afterwards, she took her people away, saying that she was going to solve the monster crises that occurred in various parts of the alliance."
Murphy was a little surprised. Jaina actually solved the monster riot without relying on Freshanks?
At the same time, I felt relieved that Jaina was indeed the chosen one. I just didn't know who her two helpers were.
Well, let her continue to gain experience. A strong hero also needs to grow, go through some crises, and solve some troubles. Maybe Jaina will become the powerful wizard who faces Archimonde ahead of time.
He nodded and suddenly remembered something.
"Haha, Freshanks, don't call me sir anymore. You were once a member of the ancient dragons, and I am the king of the ancient dragons. We are more like brothers, right? Just call me big brother from now on."
