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Chapter 1261 Arrival at Stormwind City (I rolled over and fell off the bed)

A mere group of cultists were naturally no match for Duanmu Huai, but the Ancient God they believed in did interest Duanmu Huai. After helping the dwarves recapture Dun Modr, Duanmu Huai found Sargas and asked about the Ancient God.

According to Sargas, Azeroth was ruled by the Old Gods a long time ago, which was called the Dark Empire. Later, the Dark Empire ended, and the Old Gods who ruled Azeroth were also sealed. There are now three Old Gods sealed, namely N'Zoth, C'Thun and Yogg-Saron.

As for the location of these three ancient gods, Sargas was not very clear, he only knew that C'Thun was sealed in Ahn'Qiraj. And these believers of the Twilight Hammer hoped that the ancient gods they believed in would one day break the seal and return to this world. As for why these lunatics wanted to do this... it was unknown.

Although the information was not much, it was enough for Duanmu Huai. It just so happened that his own Old Ones also needed to be upgraded, and devouring other Old Ones was the easiest way to upgrade. Since there were still three Old Ones in this world, and they were still sealed weaklings, don't blame Duanmu Huai for being rude...

Since they had met the dwarves here, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to go to Ironforge again. Sargas also promised Duanmu Huai that he would inform the dwarves about Dun Garok. So Duanmu Huai directly threw this task to Sargas, and he took the others to take a boat from Menethil Harbor to Stormwind City.

He didn't want to stay in this dirty and ugly quagmire for even a minute longer.

"call……………"

Standing on the deck and looking at the sea in the distance, the girls breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to the mosquito-filled swamp, this sea seemed much more relaxing.

"It seems that the oceans of other worlds are not much different from ours."

Homura Akemi stood on the bow and looked around curiously. Watching the ship sailing against the wind and waves, she felt an indescribable emotion.

"I've never been on a boat before."

Naruse Mio also seemed quite excited. After all, even if she had always lived in Japan, it did not mean that she had the opportunity to take a boat. At this moment, she was lying in front of the railing, looking at the scenery around her curiously.

But compared to them, the other two are so miserable.

"Wow... When will we reach our destination?"

"Mio, I can't hold on any longer..."

It's strange to say, although both demons, Maria and Kisara, can fly, they are seasick for some reason. Since they got on the ship, they have been dizzy. In addition, the ships of this era are not as comfortable as modern ships, so these two unlucky guys have been half-dead since they got on the ship.

"Hahaha, ladies, please be patient."

Looking at the two miserable people, the captain of the ship also laughed and comforted them. On the one hand, there were beautiful girls here, and as a man, he would of course take care of them. On the other hand, well, Duanmu Huai gave too much.

"If everything goes well, we will arrive in Stormwind City at noon today. By then, you two can have a good rest."

"Captain, didn't you say before that we could arrive early in the morning?"

"Well……………"

Facing Maria's complaint, the captain's expression stiffened slightly.

"The main reason is that we have a lot of cargo this time, so the speed will be slower..."

"I knew it!"

At this moment, Wan Liya also complained weakly.

"It's because Master Duanmu is too heavy, so it hurts... it hurts, it hurts!!"

"Can you say that again?"

However, before Wan Liya could finish her words, Duanmu Huai's big hand reached out from behind, grabbed Wan Liya's little head and lifted her up.

"Who are you saying is heavy?"

"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything! I'm sorry, I was wrong, Lord Duanmu, please let me go, my head, my head is going to split ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

"Humph."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly and threw Wan Liya to the ground. The latter sat there holding his head with a look of grievance.

Duanmu Huai ignored her and walked to the captain, took out the map and started a discussion with him. The latter had traveled a lot and had a certain understanding of both Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Duanmu Huai also heard some things about the Alliance and the Horde from the captain.

According to the captain, the Alliance and the Horde have been fighting each other for many years. When there is a threat from an external enemy, they can occasionally put aside their past grudges and unite against the enemy, such as the previous Scourge. But when the threat disappears, the Alliance and the Horde start fighting each other again.

Of course, on the surface, the two sides barely maintained peace, but they fought a lot in private. Basically, every time the Alliance and the Horde fought, it was like this. At the beginning, both sides kept to themselves and made small moves in private. Just like what the Forsaken did to Southshore before, digging into the corners here, blocking the roads there, and then cutting the sausages.

The snowball keeps rolling until it gets bigger and bigger, and then both sides no longer hide it and go to war. Then when both sides are exhausted, they tacitly cease fire, go home to lick their wounds, and then fight again when they are well.

Of course, since both sides were similar in strength, they had been in a stalemate for a long time. Now that the Forsaken had been annihilated, it would naturally bring great turmoil and influence to the Alliance and the Horde. As for what kind of influence, the captain couldn't say for sure. He was just a businessman, who cared about so many political and military matters. To him, these things happening on land were not worth mentioning at all. Instead, the Zandalari troll fleet made him more upset.

Troll...

Listening to the captain's complaints, Duanmu Huai silently made a note in the little notebook in his heart.

I'll find a chance to clean it up later.

Although the captain assured Maria that they would reach Stormwind City by noon, it was already afternoon when they actually arrived at Stormwind City. As soon as Kisara and Maria arrived at the dock, they fell directly to the ground and could hardly get up.

"It's really useless."

Looking at the two half-dead people, Duanmu Huai, who had already completed the handover procedures with the guards, rolled his eyes helplessly, and then looked at Naruse Mio and Akemi Homura.

"Take them to the inn to rest first. I'll go to Stormwind Fortress to hand in the mission."

Originally Duanmu Huai thought that he could let others complete the quest, just like he did before with the dwarves. However, after seeing the handwritten letter from Marshal Oslet, the captain of the guard said that Duanmu Huai should go to Stormwind Fortress in person to deliver the letter to the current King Varian... It's really troublesome, but it would be good to go and see what kind of person the current human king is. Maybe he will be the governor of Azeroth in the future.

So, under the guidance of the guards, Duanmu Huai came to Stormwind Fortress and met the Stormwind King Varian Wrynn. To be honest, Duanmu Huai just felt that his first impression of Varian was average. In fact, he asked the captain about the king on the way here, and the latter did not have a very good impression of Varian. On the contrary, he highly praised the deeds of Varian's father, Llane. According to the captain, when the orcs came to the Eastern Kingdom through the Dark Portal to attack humans, it was King Llane who led the army to drive the orcs back, but in the end he was killed by an orc assassin, and his end was quite regrettable.

As for King Varian, the captain did not have a good impression of him. According to the captain, the royal family had hired the Stonemasons Guild to rebuild Stormwind City, but after the work was completed, the royal family refused to pay them. This naturally made the workers very dissatisfied, and they began to rebel and demanded payment from the royal family. At that time, King Varian's queen tried to appease the workers, but was hit on the head by a flying stone during the riot and died.

Varian was devastated by the death of the queen, and he brutally arrested and suppressed the Stonemasons' Guild, who were either caught and killed or escaped.

Therefore, Varian's reputation among the people is not very good - after all, it was all caused by your royal family's arrears of wages, but you actually slandered the Stonemasons' Union for maliciously demanding wages?

Although Duanmu Huai didn't care about this kind of thing itself, Varian was greatly disappointed by it. What's the point of having a governor who can't even handle his own country's internal affairs?

Now that he has met Varian, what can he say... Looking at this groggy king who looks a bit like he has Alzheimer's, Duanmu Huai really doesn't have a good impression of him.

Forget it, this one is probably useless and can’t be used anymore.

Varian naturally didn't know what Duanmu Huai was thinking. He was a little scared when he saw the tall warrior in front of him. However, after reading the letters from Mayor Mareb and Marshal Oslet, Varian also praised Duanmu Huai's bravery and said that he would give Duanmu Huai some rewards. Well, Duanmu Huai didn't plan to have any deep contact or communication with this seemingly useless king. He just expressed his gratitude lightly, and then waited to receive the reward and leave.

It should be like this.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from behind, Duanmu Huai turned around and saw a warrior in armor striding in. The guards standing on both sides of the corridor had no intention of stopping the warrior, on the contrary, they saluted him one after another, seeming to respect the warrior very much.

"Reginald?"

King Varian seemed a little surprised to see this warrior.

"How will you be here?"

"Your Majesty."

Facing King Varian, the warrior saluted him respectfully, then stared seriously at a female mage standing next to King Varian.

"I came here to stop all this... The masquerade is over, Countess Prestor, or should I call you by your real name - Onyxia!"

"what?"

Hearing the warrior's words, King Varian widened his eyes in surprise and looked at the female mage standing next to him, while the latter just chuckled.

"How foolish, Reginald. Do you know what you are saying? You are provoking a noble, and you think you can get away with it unscathed? Believe me, you will be imprisoned, and I will be happy to see them convict you and send you to the gallows. Perhaps when your limp body swings on the gallows, I will be happy that a madman's life has finally been ended. After all, what evidence do you have?"

"evidence?"

In response to the countess's taunting, the warrior extended his hand.

"You cannot escape your fate, Onyxia. The prophecy has already determined everything - the vision that emerged in the halls of Karazhan has foreshadowed your end. Now let's make an end!"

As he spoke, the warrior suddenly pulled out a stone slab from his arms and pointed it at the woman.

"You dragon, let the truth be known to the world!"

As the warriors chanted the mysterious spell on the stone slab loudly, the next moment everyone saw the young and beautiful countess suddenly flash and transform into a huge black dragon!

"what?"

"Oh my god, a dragon!!"

Seeing this giant dragon, everyone in the hall was suddenly shocked.

"Guards, capture this monster and protect the king!"

Soon, amid shouts, several fully armed guards rushed over and stood in front of King Varian. However, the black dragon just stretched out its claws and waved, knocking all the guards away.

Then it narrowed its eyes and stared at the warrior.

"Is this fate, Windsor? If you are here to die, then the prophecy has come true. Your mind will rot in the twisting void. Kill other nosy guys, my children!"

Along with the roar of the black dragon, the guards who were originally standing motionless beside it suddenly flashed and turned into four-legged dragon-man monsters and rushed forward. At this moment, the guards outside also rushed over and fought with these dragon-man monsters.

"Oh……………!"

Looking at the scene in front of it, the black dragon didn't care at all. It glanced at King Varian, whose face was ashen, with contempt and chuckled.

"You are a very good puppet, Bolvar, but that's all. So..."

  However, before the black dragon finished speaking, suddenly, a huge figure jumped up, and Duanmu Huai raised his war hammer and smashed it hard on the black dragon's head! At the same time, the black dragon also felt an incomparable terrifying aura erupting from the body of this dark warrior, as if a mountain range fell from the sky and pressed it down tightly, and it couldn't even move!

"how come?"

At this moment, the Black Dragon's confident expression suddenly changed. It widened its eyes in surprise and looked at Duanmu Huai's figure in horror.

"What on earth are you......"

"boom!!"

However, before the black dragon finished speaking, the thunder hammer in Duanmu Huai's hand drew an arc in the air and hit the black dragon's forehead directly. Then the black dragon's head exploded like a balloon, and the broken head instantly lost its strength, and fell heavily to the ground along with the huge body.

"………………………"

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.

(End of this chapter)