The more powerful a person is, the more wealth and resources he possesses, or the more he has a strong desire for knowledge, the more unwilling he is to die and the more he desires to prolong his life through various methods.
To this end, their temperaments will change drastically and they will do many crazy things that ordinary people would never dare to imagine.
Especially for someone like Anthony Das who witnessed the enviable long lifespan of the high elves with his own eyes, and saw that an elven prince like Kael'thas maintained a young and handsome face when he was still an apprentice, without changing at all for decades or even hundreds of years, how could he not be envious and jealous.
In fact, this is also the biggest gap between human mages and high elf mages.
Even though the two sides have been communicating and cooperating closely for thousands of years.
In the original timeline, the reason why Antonius Dath was able to die heroically as the supreme leader of the Kirin Tor Council and Dalaran was because he did not come into contact with the Lich King Ner'zhul in advance like Kel'Thuzad, and he did not know that there was a way of immortality in this world such as transforming into a lich.
But now, because of the flapping of Zuo Si's butterfly wings, he had come into direct contact with the Lich King ahead of time, and had been nagged by the other party in his ear for several months. Naturally, his originally firm stance would inevitably be shaken.
Never underestimate these whispers from the spirit and soul realms.
Isn’t “cousin” Neltharion, the black dragon king, powerful enough?
Its hard power even surpasses that of the other four guardian dragons. It has also been blessed with the power of the Titans, and can easily tear the earth apart and forcibly change the terrain and topography of a continent.
But what is the result?
After being whispered by the ancient god N'Zoth for a period of time, he went completely crazy. Not only did his temperament change drastically, but his entire family, young and old, joined in the battle and made a plan to destroy the planet under their feet.
So when Anthony Das' attitude suddenly changed, Zuo Si almost guessed the result.
The reason he didn't intervene immediately was that he was waiting for an opportunity to drive a nail into the Scourge's ranks.
After all, the biggest difference between the liches of Faerun and the liches of Azeroth is their immunity to mind control.
Even those high-level spells for controlling and dominating the undead find it difficult to have an impact on the top undead like the lich.
This means that as long as Antonidas does not actively show any intention of resistance, neither Ner'zhul nor Arthas in the future will be able to realize that this great lich is actually not under control at all.
What's more, Zuo Si also wanted to try whether he could create an advanced version of the Faerun Lich with the help of the infinite arcane energy of the Sunwell.
If the answer is yes, then he will directly let the liches organized by the Arcane Mystic Society come here collectively for strengthening.
Even more uses for the Sunwell will be developed.
Of course, the ideal situation would be to arrive before the World Tree and the Well of Eternity explode, stop Malfurion's wasteful behavior, and preserve the last Well of Eternity in the world, rather than blowing it up as a disposable consumable.
Anthony Das had no loyalty to the Lich King to begin with. He was completely unwilling and afraid of aging and death, so after a little thought he agreed to Zuo Si's proposal.
After all, he had recently witnessed with his own eyes how weak and humble Kel'Thuzad and Arthas, two of the Lich King's right-hand men, were in front of the real top brass of the Burning Legion.
At the same time, he was also shocked by the brief fight between Zuo Si and Archimonde, and unknowingly greatly increased his expectations of the power of the God of Contract.
At least from the current performance, the consciousness of the god before us is obviously much stronger than the Lich King Ner'zhul.
Based on the principle of picking the one with thicker thighs, Anthony Das finally chose the former.
Moreover, he compared the advantages and disadvantages of the two lich transformation rituals and found that the one from the continent of Faerun was undoubtedly more advanced.
If the body is maintained well enough, even after hundreds or even thousands of years, it can still maintain the approximate appearance of when it was alive, instead of being like Kel'Thuzad, whose entire body inevitably becomes undead, making people look eerie and very uncomfortable.
In this way, under the guidance and help of Zuo Si, the archmage quickly completed the production of the semi-finished life box, drank the poison that had been prepared for him long ago, and lay in the liquid energy of the Sunwell to feel the intense and extremely painful death coming.
In a flash!
He felt as if his heart was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand and could no longer stretch and beat normally.
The blood in the whole body stagnated as the heart stopped beating, followed by chest tightness, chest pain and difficulty breathing. The eyes began to blacken involuntarily, and he lost consciousness after a while.
This is, without a doubt, what death feels like, physical death to be exact.
When brain cells began to die in large numbers due to lack of oxygen, Anthony Das, who felt that everything around him was pitch black, finally began to leave his body and slowly float up in a slightly bluish color.
But the next second...
The huge magic circle arranged around the Sunwell suddenly began to glow, and extracted arcane energy from the highly concentrated liquid clean water, mixed with some shadow and death energy.
In an instant, the soul was preserved in a phylactery placed above the body.
At the same time, the wizard's eyes, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened, and he jumped up in a somersault that even young people could not do.
Then, a biting chill like that of Kel'Thuzad burst out from his eyeballs, and even his bones, muscles, and skin turned pale and slightly bluish due to the ultra-low temperature.
The paleness is the visual effect of blood completely solidifying under low temperature, while the bluishness is the slight overflow caused by high concentration of arcane and frost energy flowing in the body.
Needless to say, Zuo Si made some improvements to the lich transformation ritual of Faerun based on the energy characteristics and rules of this world, while also absorbing the advantages of the lich transformation ritual of the Scourge.
Although Anthony Das still looks like a human at this moment, his life essence has become a true lich.
Coupled with the infinite energy provided by the Sunwell during the ritual, he has completely surpassed his former disciple Kel'Thuzad and become the most powerful lich in the entire Azeroth, without a doubt.
Although not as flashy as the latter in appearance, the biggest feature of Faerun's lich is that its appearance looks not much different from ordinary zombies and skeletons.
Except for experienced adventurers and spellcasters, it is difficult for rookies and ordinary people to tell their true identities.
Only when these liches begin to chant powerful spells or release creepy auras of fear, can one recognize that these are not ordinary low-level undead creatures, but terrifying top-level undead that can wipe out their own side.
"Now, do you feel the huge gap between me and that waste Ner'zhul?" Zuo Si looked at the other party meaningfully and asked.
Anthony Das nodded enthusiastically, “Of course, I felt it.
Compared to Kel'Thuzad's flawed lich form, a lich like me is the most perfect.
One can even cast all the arcane and elemental magic that one has learned in life without restriction.
Please allow me to apologize for my previous distrust and suspicion.
From this day forward, you are my master, and I will serve you faithfully in your great plan."
After saying this, the archmage placed one hand on his chest and bowed gracefully.
After gaining eternal life, the anxiety and tension in his eyes completely disappeared, replaced by a kind of admiration from the heart.
Through the Lich Commissioner Ceremony, Anthony Das has realized that the magical theories and knowledge from other worlds and even the universe mastered by the God of Contract before him absolutely surpass any mage in the entire Azeroth.
Compared to this, the Guardians that the Council of Tirisfal painstakingly created were nothing.
Zuo Si was obviously very satisfied with the Archmage's reaction, and he ordered directly: "In that case, then you should report to Arthas and see how the Lich King Ner'zhul used his forbearance and meanness to successfully escape from his cage. By the way, help me collect the specific movements of the Burning Legion's vanguard."
"As you wish."
Anthony Das skillfully activated the teleportation magic and disappeared on the spot, not caring at all about the life box that could ensure his resurrection after death.
Zuo Si did not stay in this place filled with huge arcane energy for too long. He took the life box and quickly chose to leave.
As Archimonde led a large number of demon lords and armies successfully through the portal and landed in Azeroth, in principle there was no force on the planet that could directly stop the Burning Legion's conquest.
Be it the last guardian Medivh, or Tyrande, Malfurion, Illidan, Cenarius who participated in the War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago, or those Old Gods who were still sealed by the Titans, they were all powerless in front of the strongest Eredar demon.
In fact, before the Shadow Realm broke the barrier with the real world and appeared in front of everyone, the dark titan Sargeras and the Burning Legion he led were the most powerful forces in the universe.
Even the two highest-level commanders, Kil'jaeden and Archimonde, are enough to defeat all forces including the Old Gods.
The famous Legion of Light and the Mother of Light, Zera, were nothing more than a tenacious small resistance organization in their eyes.
Throughout the physical universe, wherever the Burning Legion arrives will inevitably be conquered or destroyed, and no planet except Azeroth will ever be spared.
Even Argus, which gave birth to the Titans, has now become the base and accomplice of the Burning Legion.
In order to wipe out all resistance, the first thing Archimonde did after his arrival was to launch a fierce attack on the Alliance army in Tirisfal Glades and Silverpine Forest.
Thousands of Scourge undead, together with powerful demons, began to attack the newly built fortifications like a tide.
Fortunately, the Alliance had built a complete multi-layer flexible defense system to block this road, which included almost everything from wooden camps to stone castles.
Especially after the arrival of Prince Kael'thas, who was burdened with a blood feud, and the high elf mage, they quickly made up for the lack of magical power.
At this moment, Calia, who had been announced as the successor to the Queen of Lordaeron, was standing on the deck of the airship, directing the helmsman to turn the direction and aim the black muzzle of the side gun at the most threatening target in the distance, and then gave the order to fire a salvo.
"Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Hundreds of four-deck guns emitted a deafening roar.
Whether it was the Stitched Abominations known for their thick skin and flesh, or the Hellfires burning with green fel flames that fell from the sky, or other huge demons, they all suffered heavy casualties in this round of bombardment.
Because these are not the primitive cannons used by the Kul Tiras fleet and pirates at the beginning, but more advanced artillery sent from the rear of Stranglethorn Vale, and even have automatic loading and supply systems.
The shells are no longer simply solid iron balls or lead balls. They are all replaced with a cylindrical and conical combination with a more stable and accurate trajectory, and are filled with magic explosives extracted from minerals and stones.
The power and destructive power have changed from quantitative to qualitative compared to before.
It was obvious that the drawings that Zuo Si had previously given to the dwarf engineers were finally fully understood by them and they had produced more advanced thermal weapons.
Although Azeroth often gives people the illusion that its technological level is from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and even during the Orc Wars, most soldiers still used cold weapons such as swords and shields, in fact, its true technological level has long reached or even surpassed that of modern countries on Earth.
Especially the dwarf underground city of Gnomeregan, which not only has intelligent robots and early warning systems that do not require human operation, but also robotic arms, assembly lines, and aircraft and tank manufacturing factories.
Although they may lag behind the goblins in their research on explosives, the problem is that the goblins are a typical race and there is nothing they dare not or are unwilling to sell as long as you pay enough.
So Zuo Si directly spent a high price to buy the current top-level goblin explosives formula from the wealthy man Revigaz in Booty Bay.
Thus, goblin explosives and dwarven engineering, combined with artillery designs from Earth, were combined to create these powerful aerial gunships.
Almost every round of salvo would instantly clear a large area on the battlefield.
Even the Hellfire and Doomsday Guard, which have the strongest vitality and defense, find it difficult to get close to such bombardment.
Even though they had built their own magical artillery positions and were constantly firing fel fireballs at the Alliance's positions, the range on the ground could never compare to that in the air.
Usually, it would be targeted by three air gunboats shortly after it was built, and then quickly turned into ruins and a sea of fire.
The surviving demon craftsmen could only start working again while cursing, and try to find a safer place to set up an artillery position again.
There's nothing we can do about it, the planet Azeroth is so special.
The Titans gave it too much protection before it was wiped out, so the Burning Legion was unable to exert its most powerful strength, let alone use the tactic of directly attacking other planets with space fleets.
joke!
Even the planeswalker Zuo Si has not yet locked onto the spatial coordinates and can only wait patiently for Archimonde to attack Mount Hyjal. The Burning Legion's space fleet naturally cannot get close, and cannot even find the specific location of this planet in the universe.
That's why the Burning Legion was defeated twice, but it has been fighting primitive and backward ground wars all the time, and is often suppressed by the air force of Azeroth's native civilization, which is an embarrassment.
The current aerial gunboats are clearly trying to bully the other side because they are unable to send those advanced space battleships over.
In addition to the powerful air fire suppression, the eliminated primitive artillery was not wasted and was all transferred to the infantry corps on the ground.
More than 1,200 cannons were lined up directly on the multi-layered fronts, firing deadly projectiles at the rushing enemies. At the same time, mobile forces such as dwarf musketeers, tank crews and helicopters were frequently mobilized.
If that front line could not hold out, they would immediately move forward and use heavy firepower to kill all the enemies who rushed forward without leaving a single one alive.
Most importantly, filled with deep hatred for the Burning Legion and the Undead Scourge, the high elf mages brought out their best skills and teamed up with human mages to create a horrific blizzard that swept across dozens of kilometers ahead, directly freezing the capital of Lordaeron occupied by the Scourge.
Countless undead creatures had already turned into lifelike ice sculptures before they could crawl out and join the attack sequence.
There is no doubt that Archimonde's attempt to sweep across the entire eastern continent and destroy all resistance forces has failed.
Under Zuo Si's operation, the alliance retained its vitality to the maximum extent and demonstrated an extremely tenacious fighting will.
In addition, high-end combat forces such as Calia, Uther the Lightbringer, the High Elf Prince Kael'thas, Magni Bronzebeard, and Genn Greymane were all on the front line. Even if high-level demons launched an attack, they were unable to break through the defense line, and instead were killed.
This means that the Burning Legion's war in the eastern continent has become a stalemate.
Neither the millions of undead nor the elite demon legions teleported over could break through the Alliance's impenetrable defense.
The two sides continued to fight for positions at the junction of Silverpine Forest and Tirisfal Glades.
The Alliance was able to barely keep up with the consumption on the front lines, thanks to the presence of several member countries in the rear areas that produced war materials day and night.
Similarly, thanks to the undead, a free and tireless labor force, the legion can also obtain a steady supply of metals, explosives and wood needed for war from the occupied areas.
All graves with a large number of dead bodies were dug out by the Lich King's necromancers, just to make up for the large number of cannon fodder torn to pieces by incendiary bombs and artillery shells on the front lines every day.
With her outstanding leadership and powerful strength that surprised everyone, Jia Liya successfully replaced her late father as the leader of the alliance.
After all, she contributed the most in this war, and the Kingdom of Lordaeron suffered the greatest losses in population and manpower.
However, Zuo Si, who never showed up, knew very well that the reason why the alliance could withstand the attack of the legion was not because they were so powerful.
Instead, Archimonde had already set out for Kalimdor with his elite troops, eager to pursue the World Tree that had haunted him, and the second Well of Eternity hidden beneath its roots.
Otherwise, as long as this guy personally led the charge, he could tear apart all those seemingly solid defense lines, camps, fortresses and fortresses in one round.
Even his personal appearance could not prevent such catastrophic consequences.
Just when the war in the eastern continent was at a stalemate, the fleet led by Jaina finally crossed the Endless Sea and arrived in Kalimdor on the other side.
Because the Kul Tiras fleet was familiar with the ocean currents and climate, they did not encounter storms like the orcs led by Thrall, and they even caught up with the orcs who set out earlier and landed on the barren red soil near southern Azshara.
After the three wars, this land will be occupied by the orcs and named "Durotar" after Thrall's father, and the famous city of Orgrimmar will be built along the river.
But now it is just a piece of extremely barren land. Not only is there a shortage of food, but even the fresh water that the fleet needs most is seriously insufficient.
"Lady Jaina, this is clearly not a place to stay for long. What should we do now?"
An accompanying Dalaran mage asked in a slightly helpless tone.
"Let the civilians rest for a while and then return to the ship. As the fleet takes them south to find a suitable place to settle, the army and the wizards will follow me and move inland. We need to go to a place called Stoneclaw Mountain according to the guidance of the prophet."
Jaina thought for a moment and then quickly answered.
毕竟即便是海上强国库尔提拉斯，也没有深入这片古老的大陆，仅仅只是偶尔在沿海一些适合的地方建立起定居点和港口，与本土生物进行一些贸易。
最重要的是，吉安娜对这趟旅程完全是未知的，根本不晓得究竟有什么在终点等待着自己，还有这些追随自己的数万人。
“明白！”
法师按忙向这位年纪还没有自己一半大的年轻女性鞠躬，随后向整个舰队传达命令。
没过多久，在海上飘了很长一段时间的人们便陆陆续续登岸。
有的砍伐起不远处的灌木林想要搭建个简易营寨、顺便弄点柴火，有的在海边捕鱼、捡些螃蟹、贝壳之类的东西扔进锅里作为食物，还有的使用弓箭和火枪狩猎那些看上去能吃的鸟类、蝎子、野猪和迅猛龙……
没过一会儿功夫，岸上就飘起了白色的炊烟与食物的香味。
几个野猪人斥候显然发现了这群不速之客，远远地站在悬崖峭壁上方仔细观察。
为了避免不必要的误会，又或者引发两个种族之间的战争，吉安娜顾不得休息迅速与对方进行了简单的交谈，表明自己不会在这里定居。
野猪人得知这群人类仅仅只是路过暂时歇歇脚，马上变得不再像刚开始那样充满敌意，而且还赠送了许多的沙棘果作为礼物。
它是这片红色贫瘠土地上为数不多能吃的植物果实，同时还能大量补充长期在海上生活最缺乏的维生素。
作为回报，吉安娜赠送了一些钢制的匕首和短剑给对方。
这让缺乏金属冶炼能力的野猪人十分高兴。
短短几分钟的交流过后，双方都放下戒心不再视对方为潜在的敌人。
而且野猪人还非常大方分享了他们所知道关于周围的地形。
等到天黑的时候，吉安娜这才返回属于自己的帐篷，飞快绘制出一张简易地图。
看着地图上的两个标记点，用只有自己才能听见的声音喃喃自语道：“沿着峡谷向西走就能看到一条叫做怒水河的大河，越过它掉头朝北方前进就能抵达石爪山，也就是先知在梦境中跟我提到的地方。希望这条道路不遇到有什么太大的麻烦，否则以我目前带的这点兵力恐怕很难应付大规模的战争和冲突。”
话音未落！
之前那名法师便从帐篷外面闯了进来，用无比紧张和严肃的语气汇报道：“女士，不好了。我们的狮鹫侦察兵在远处发现了有兽人出没的踪迹。”
“什么？兽人！”
吉安娜脸色勃然大变，下意识抓紧了手中的法杖。
“是的，就是这些残忍嗜血的绿皮野兽。而且从停靠在海湾中的船只判断，他们应该就是那些袭击收容所并大肆劫掠城镇的家伙。怎么办？我们要主动出击给他们一点颜色看看吗？”
在说这番话的时候，法师语气中充满了赤裸裸毫不掩饰的嗜血、憎恨与仇视。
前两次战争死在兽人手上的人类实在是太多了，所以双方早就已经是不死不休的状态。
这也是为何，即便在原本的时间线里，吉安娜与萨尔的第一次接触也是以战争和战斗作为开端。
吉安娜明显在犹豫。
因为她的人虽然有几万，可士兵的数量却只有六七千左右，刚好是一个军团。
而根据收容所逃走兽人数量来判断，对方起码有几万人之多。
考虑到兽人向来全民皆兵的传统，起码能凑出半数的战士投入战斗。
所以在兵力上己方明显处于严重劣势。
再加上对卡利姆多地形、地貌和环境的不熟悉，要是正打起来谁输谁赢还不一定呢。
最要命的是，吉安娜此行的目的并不是追杀兽人，而是按照先知的指引来寻找化解危机的方法。
如果在这里跟兽人把部队拼光了，要如何应对亡灵天灾背后那个更强大的敌人呢？ 思前想后，她终于做出一个大胆的决定，猛地抬起头吩咐道：“立刻让平民登船离开，我们立刻朝石爪山所在的方向进发。等越过怒水河，你就原地开始打造防御工事，务必阻止兽人进入山谷来打搅我。”
“您打算自己去探索那片未知的区域？”
法师惊讶的瞪大了眼睛。
因为这实在是太过于冒险了。
一旦吉安娜有个三长两短，他实在是没办法像库尔提拉斯的海军统帅戴琳交代。
可吉安娜却认真的点了点头：“没错。现在也不知道东部大陆那边亡灵天灾已经打到哪了，我们必须要争分夺秒尽量搞清楚真相。别担心，我能感觉到石爪山的位置有一股很强的魔法力量，在那里所有的魔法都会得到强化，所以你无需为我的安全担忧。”
“好吧，那我就竭尽所能的阻止这些兽人靠近石爪山。”
法师一脸无奈的答应下来。
他明白，吉安娜的选择才是对的。
这种时候与兽人拼命并不是什么明智之举。
短暂的交谈结束后，原本一片安静的营地顿时变得嘈杂起来。
骂骂咧咧的士兵和平民一边抱怨，一边穿戴衣服。
大概两三个小时之后，数万平民就率先登船并起锚朝着南方缓缓驶去。
吉安娜则率领着士兵连夜赶路，迅速朝着石爪山所在的反向进发。
……
与此同时，远在距离石爪山很近的地方，战歌氏族和他们的酋长格罗姆·地狱咆哮正在紧锣密鼓的准备着什么。
尤其是后者，瞪着两只血红色的眼睛独自坐在篝火堆前不断舔着嘴唇。
也不知道为什么，他最近总是感觉格外的狂躁且饥渴，仿佛体内有什么东西又一次被唤醒了。
与萨尔的理性不同，格罗姆·地狱咆哮显然很享受那种嗜血、杀戮和破坏所带来的刺激，并且深深地为之着迷。
他从来没有后悔过喝下恶魔之血，并且觉得那段时光才是自己最怀念享受的日子，全身上下仿佛有使不完的力气，可以把那些脆弱的人类士兵轻而易举劈成两半。
想到这，这个双手沾满无辜者鲜血的兽人拿起了自己心爱的战斧——血吼轻轻抚摸，感受着上边由干涸鲜血凝固后所形成的灰褐色痕迹，咧开嘴露出锋利的獠牙：“真想要毫无顾忌的痛饮鲜血啊！萨尔实在是太软弱了，竟然给我下达了那么多的规矩。”
就在这个时候，一名狼骑兵突然从远处跑了过来，气喘吁吁的大喊道：“酋长！我在前方的河流附近发现了人类的军队。”
“什么？人类！他们是来追捕我们的吗？”
格罗姆·地狱咆哮猛地从地上站了起来，浑身上下都散发着兴奋与期待。
“不清楚。但他们正在往石爪山所在的方向前进，看样子跟大酋长的目的地是一样的。”
狼骑兵赶忙把自己真查到的结果说了出来。
由于兽人普遍脑子不怎么好使，而且极度暴躁易怒，所以底层士兵根本没有发表意见的机会。
他们要做的只有一件事情，那就是听从酋长和督军的命令。
至于动脑子……
不好意思，那也得有脑子才行。
“哈哈哈哈！好！非常好！立刻把所有战士全部叫醒！今天我就要痛饮人类的鲜血！杀光他们！”
格罗姆·地狱咆哮高举手中的斧头发出一阵狂笑。
很显然，人类的出现让他内心之中对于鲜血的渴望再一次变得强烈起来，强烈到可以无视萨尔下达的命令。
这也是左思反复提及兽人内部结构性的问题，那就是原始落后的部族政治。
别看萨尔大酋长这个名号听起来很唬人，可实际上不过是各个兽人氏族推选出来的联盟盟主罢了。
他平日里只能向那些部族的族长下达命令，然后让他们配合自己来管理庞大的族群。
也就是说萨尔根本无法绕开原本的部族体质去直接指挥那些隶属各个部族的兽人，仍然要借助部族的酋长和长老们来实行征兵、征税等一系列操作。
这也是典型游牧部落的政治结构。
这也就意味着，当大酋长拥有巨大威望并符合所有部族利益的时候，部族酋长们自然会拥戴并服从。
可要是反过来，那么酋长们就会开始阳奉阴违，甚至是干脆使用政变、暗杀等手段换一个新的大酋长。
格罗姆·地狱咆哮就是其中最著名的一个。
从他向萨尔宣誓效忠以来，已经不知道违反了多少次后者下达的禁令。
可结果呢？
这家伙不仅好好地，而且还仍旧是战歌氏族的酋长，可以单独领军作战。
而所谓的惩罚也不过是口头上责骂两句。
没办法，谁让人家格罗姆·地狱咆哮参加了第二次战争，而且还立下赫赫战功，成为兽人公认的英雄。
萨尔才成为大酋长根本没有足够的资历和功绩压制住这个强大的战歌氏族领袖。
In desperation, he could only make continuous concessions and compromises, which eventually led to the Warsong Clan drinking the demon's blood again and killing the jungle demigod Cenarius.
What’s even more interesting is that afterwards, Thrall, through a series of propaganda and guidance, portrayed this useless person who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything into a tragic hero, and successfully brought the remaining members of the Warsong Clan under his control.
From this point alone, we can see that he truly learned the essence of human politics - "thick black" - during his growth.
After winning the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Thrall had gained enough prestige that no one else in the entire orc community could challenge his authority.
Unfortunately, what the great chief didn't know was that he was no longer qualified to participate in the Battle of Mount Hyjal.
In this case, once Grom Hellscream drinks the demon's blood and kills Cenarius, the entire orc race will become the public enemy of Azeroth, and may even be identified as the running dogs and minions of the Burning Legion.
Just like the role they played in the first two wars.
With the restlessness caused by the remaining demon blood in their bodies, the Warsong Clan quickly set out in the direction of Stonetalon Mountains.
The orcs had no idea that there were two pairs of eyes in the sky recording their every move.
About two or three minutes later, Zuo Sicai, who was teleported over by magic, smiled and asked, "How is it? Am I right? The orcs will never be able to get rid of the influence of the demon blood. The mere arrival of the Abyss Lord Mannoroth has made them become bloodthirsty and violent. Just wait and see, a greater disaster is yet to come."
"Okay, I admit you're right.
When the orcs were first guided to Kalimdor, it was simply because they were thought to be very good warriors and could become a force to resist the Burning Legion.
But now it seems that I didn't think enough.
The impact of the demon's blood is greater than expected.
Especially traditional orcs like Grom Hellscream.
Coupled with their original worship of power and violence, they are like a ball of extremely unstable energy that can cause serious consequences at any time.
By contrast, Sarr is a rare exception."
There was a strong sense of disappointment in Medivh's tone.
There is no doubt that the bloodthirstiness and bellicosity of the Warsong Clan finally made him see the true nature of these green-skinned monsters.
Orcs could never be a peace-loving race.
The blood of demons flows in their veins, and their bodies are filled with the genes of barbarism, murder and bloodthirstiness.
Unless someone is willing to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of years transforming them bit by bit into a more civilized and advanced race, just like they did when they tamed the trolls to become the night elves, staying would be a complete disaster.
After realizing this, Medivh immediately asked: "When do you think Grom Hellscream will drink the demon's blood?"
"That's up to Archimonde, Mannoroth, and Tichondrius.
As long as they want, they can make these brainless beasts obey their will at any time and turn them into tools in the hands of the Burning Legion again.
Just like the Lich King and the Undead Scourge they created.
But in my opinion, they should use the orcs who drank the demon's blood to try to get rid of the demigod Cenarius of Ashenvale.
After all, in the War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago, it was Cenarius who led the Wild Gods to defeat the Legion's first invasion at the cost of self-sacrifice.
Compared to the small-scale battle now, that time was a real head-on confrontation."
Zuo Si gave the answer very straightforwardly.
It is clear that with the war in the eastern continent at a stalemate, the upcoming battle in Kalimdor Ashenvale will completely reverse and change this timeline.
And he will take action personally to bring the entire orc race into eternal damnation.
Want to purify? Want to cleanse?
Want to earn the right to live in this world by making contributions? Dream on!
Zuo Si wants to bring out his evil side as the great devil and completely destroy Thrall's last hope.
He and the entire orc race became the rats crossing the street that everyone wanted to kill, just like the night elves who defected to the Burning Legion and were transformed into Satyrs.
And it's not just destruction in the ordinary sense, but they are also required to voluntarily offer up their souls and become playthings of the devils in Baator, sinking into eternal damnation until their spirit and body are completely destroyed.
There is no doubt that Zuo Si was never a kind person.
To be precise, the kind part of his heart had completely disappeared with the continuous improvement of his personal strength and his understanding of the nature of countless worlds and even the multiverse.
Therefore, I never mind releasing the maximum amount of malice towards things I hate.
It is foreseeable that no matter how hard Thrall tries, he can only watch as Grom Hellscream personally pushes the orc race into an abyss of no return...