nashuaworldcup Chapter 399 The Land of Death
Chapter 399 The Land of Death
"My men are up ahead. They're in danger if you do this..."
“There’s nothing I can do about it. I’m trying to save you, Miss Terra.”
Lorraine answered Terra's question with a strange voice. The shadow avatar behind him had shrunk considerably, as if he had just injected shadow into the werewolves, modifying them while consuming his power.
Previously, Terra had witnessed firsthand that the tentacles of those shadow demons could not only entangle werewolves, but also seemed to be absorbing and devouring all the souls and remains of those who had died in battle.
Like a scavenger, it greedily devours the traces of death.
Judging from this behavior, Lorraine seems to be purifying the land; by forcibly possessing living beings, infected or living people, he indirectly eliminates all dangers in the vicinity...
It purified everything, whether it was a ghost, a broken body, or a living person with nowhere to hide.
The necromancer's cruelty and mystery filled Terra with fear and apprehension at this moment.
She was the one who saved Lorraine, protected Lorraine, and even coerced Lorraine... Now the situation has reversed, and it's Lorraine who saved her, leaving her with fear and dread. She fears the necromancer, and she fears the indifference to life that Lorraine exudes...
The terrifying power that devours everything makes Terra extremely wary.
Perhaps as his anger subsided and the danger averted, Lorraine attempted to retract the shadow avatar that had emerged from the rune's right eye... The shadow seemed reluctant, but as Lorraine mobilized all his power, under the suppression of the Mirror of Truth, the shadow from the rune's right eye was dragged back into the depths of its socket.
Terra then noticed that the one-eyed dragon Lorraine was not actually disabled in his right eye, but rather had a black vortex of soul hidden within it.
At first, she thought all the Forsaken were like this, missing limbs, chins, or pieces on their heads. Someone as complete as Lorraine was the most beautiful among the Forsaken.
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"I'm still worried. You can't let the monsters hurt them. They are my brothers and sisters! And they are your saviors!"
Upon hearing this, Lorraine absentmindedly picked at his two empty nostrils... and there seemed to be some blood inside...
"Don't worry, these things shouldn't be able to harm your companions. I trust their abilities. Now, come with me!"
"Where?"
Lorraine remained silent, then with a wave of her hand, the puppet werewolf pounced on the ground, lunging towards Terra's back...
Terra dodged and saw the werewolves using both hands to pry open the front door of the collapsed mayor's hall.
“Go and catch the mayor’s nephew. He escaped from here and deliberately closed the tunnel. Humph, I already marked him. He’ll lead us to the person you want to see much faster.”
Lorraine, no longer looking sullen, became carefree and directed her werewolf servants to work.
Soon an entrance opened, and Lorraine immediately slipped inside.
Terra hesitated for a moment, covered her wound, and looked back at the direction where her teammates had left, feeling worried and conflicted.
As Lorraine's figure was about to disappear, she gritted her teeth and crawled into the rickety, interconnected secret passage.
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The mayor's nephew explained the secret route, which offered the shortest path to the jade mine by the sea and bypassed the mayor's surface defenses. Captain Terra considered it and concluded that traversing the underground tunnels was not a safe option.
Her team members would only obey her orders as their captain. After conducting aerial reconnaissance, they would take the main road and cross the town of Hillsbrad.
Relatively speaking, the direction to the jade mine by the sea is indeed not far.
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Plans don't always go as expected; they were ambushed before even leaving Hillsbrad Foothills. Because Lorraine had infused the alpha wolf with the Ghostly Shadow Avatar, the wolf had become a mindless puppet. Specific information about the Bloodfang werewolves could no longer be obtained.
Lorraine sensed that this group of werewolves was after him. He didn't need to know their background; he was just wondering when he had been targeted.
The Bloodfang Worgen were among the first Gilneans to be infected, and most of them served under Lord Darius of Gilneas. Initially, King Genn was very hostile towards Worgen; anyone found infected within Gilneas' territory would be captured and burned at the stake.
Of course, initially, the infected werewolves were indeed mindless and would only go berserk and attack living people.
It can also spread the curse quickly by biting people.
The King of Gilneas had no choice but to order the infected to be burned at the stake.
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As the crisis in Gilneas escalated, night elf druids and priests from the Cenarion Circle came to their aid. First, with the help of Lorraine, they fortuitously rescued the two wolf cubs summoned by Arugal; both the Devourer and the Wolf King were saved and restored to human form.
Then, they actively helped the Gilneans, harnessing the power of the werewolf god to curb the negative effects of the werewolf curse.
This allows even humans infected with werewolves to remain as conscious as possible.
It briefly halted the spread of the werewolf curse.
However, due to manpower shortages, it was impossible to attend to every aspect, and panic within Gilneas never ceased, leading to escalating internal strife.
It wasn't until King Genn was also bitten that he began to change his attitude towards the infected, accepted the druids' methods, and finally reached a reconciliation with Lord Darius, the leader of the Bloodfang werewolves.
The Bloodfang Werewolves were the first to be infected with the werewolf curse and are also the strongest. They can not only control and utilize the power of transformation, but also cooperate in battle. They can not only remain conscious, but also use the speed and reaction of werewolves to enhance their combat capabilities.
It transforms mortals, enabling them to confront evil undead creatures head-on. In fact, the werewolf curse has transformed from a terrifying plague into a power!
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The Bloodfang werewolves are not a monolithic group; some of them do not want to suppress their bloodlust. When they become powerful, they form their own faction and begin to worship the wolf god.
They abandoned their human identity and even hated the humans who had previously hunted them down... because many tragedies had indeed occurred before.
Hatred is not so easily resolved.
For some obvious reasons.
They refused to acknowledge their human identity...and loathed the Gilnean nobles even more. The Bloodfang Worgen split into several groups: some worshipped Arugal, some worshipped the Lich King and yearned for immortality, while others, because of their alien status, wanted to join the Horde; some even actively contacted Undercity.
Captain Terra informed Lorraine of all this intelligence.
Lorraine was quite surprised. It turned out that almost all the werewolves he had cleared out of Silverfang Castle and the Forgotten Rear Farms were mindless puppets. Many things had also happened among the conscious werewolves and Gilneans.
They might not be able to say exactly whose people the Bloodfang Werewolf Commando team that attacked them belonged to.
It could be Gilneas, the Alliance, or even remnants of Arugal, or perhaps people from Undercity...
Regardless of who they were, Lorraine used her new abilities to recruit another group of followers.
With his younger brother's help, he felt more confident even when going to the beach. Most importantly, he took the initiative and was no longer looked down upon by the arrogant Captain Terra who had been playing tricks on him.
He was pleased to see Captain Terra's fearful expression and enjoyed the feeling of having the situation under his control.
As for the refugees or other unfortunate people still alive around... Lorraine only hoped that they would be smart enough not to become materials for her to resurrect the undead army.
"Run! Run as far as you can... This is a land of death!"
Lorraine recalled what the mayor had told his nephew, Syed: the prisoner had already escaped in the chaos, having taken the underground passage!