Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

Varian called Gryan Stoutmantle over and handed him the Vulcan Sword.

"What kind of sword is this?" Gryan Stoutmantle asked in surprise as he looked at the fiery red color of the sword.

"This sword is called Joy of Fire. I give it to you now. I hope it can help you achieve success in the Crystal Mine." Varian said.

"The joy of fire..." Gryan Stoutmantle felt the flame energy contained in the sword and felt it was extraordinary. He immediately said, "Thank you, Your Highness! I will live up to your highness's expectations and protect the crystal mine."

"Very well, go ahead," Varian said.

Varian sighed softly as he watched the soldiers and miners walk into the portal one after another.

Since the crystal mine is not a town, it is impossible to use the time and space gate magic to teleport, so Varian had to open a portal to the crystal mine.

I later learned this portal magic from Khadgar in the Dagger Ridge Magic Guild, but I rarely used it after learning it. I usually used the time and space gate magic.

The magic of the Time and Space Gate is so great, efficient and fast, it can bring a large army to the designated town instantly.

A portal requires the coordinates of the destination. Not only is the preparation time much longer than that of a space-time gate, but the portal can only last for a period of time. If the troops are large, the portal may disappear before all the troops have passed through, which makes it much less efficient.

At this time, on the high mountain south of the crystal mine, a small team of Gurubashi scouts were lying on the rocks on the top of the mountain, staring at the crystal mine in the canyon below.

This Gurubashi scout team consists of eight Bloodscalp Troll scouts and carries four winged, flying wind snakes.

The wind snake is about one meter long and flies upright in the air, a bit like a seahorse in the sea.

"Captain, no one has come to the crystal mine for several days. How long do we have to wait here?" asked a scout.

"Let's observe first and see what the situation is in the crystal mine." said scout captain Zas.

About a hundred kilometers west of the Crystal Mine, in the southern jungle of Stranglethorn Vale, there is a Gurubashi Arena, where an army of 8,000 Gurubashi trolls is stationed.

The main responsibility of this army is to harass Booty Bay in the Cape of Stranglethorn Vale, in order to seize the port back from the goblins.

Not long ago, they received a new mission, asking them to seize the opportunity to take over the crystal mine not far away.

This crystal mine was previously controlled by the Skull-Splitting Clan. However, after the war between the Skull-Splitting Clan and the Bloodscap Clan, they had no time to take care of the crystal mine.

Before long, the iron-jawed lizards took the crystal mine as their new nest, and soon a large group of iron-jawed lizards and steel-tailed lizards gathered there.

The Gurubashi trolls had not had time to attack the iron-jawed lizards, but two days ago they suddenly discovered that all the lizards had disappeared, and not even a single lizard corpse was found.

This is too strange!

The Gurubashi trolls on the other side of the arena didn't know what was going on and didn't dare to enter easily, so they sent a scout team to keep an eye on the crystal mine to see who took away all the lizards.

Suddenly, a wave of magical energy appeared in the grass in front of the crystal mine, and a huge portal flashing with strange light suddenly appeared.

When the Gurubashi scouts on the top of the mountain saw this scene, their eyes widened, and they quickly lay down and retreated a little.

The two scouts at the rear hurriedly pressed the wind snake flying in the air to the ground to avoid being discovered.

I saw many human soldiers coming out of the portal one after another, both ranged and melee.

After the soldiers came out, many more ogres came out of the portal.

Zas counted and found that there were about 1,700 human soldiers and about 1,000 kobolds coming out of the portal.

These dog-headed men are carrying shovels and pickaxes, probably miners.

It seems that humans have cleared out all the lizards!

Humans and kobolds are going to develop the crystal mine! This news must be reported back to the master immediately.

Afterwards, the Gurubashi scout team quietly retreated from the top of the mountain, took a small path, and ran towards the Gurubashi Arena.

After a day of running over a hundred kilometers, the scout team returned to the Gurubashi Arena.

Zas hurriedly said to the guard, "I am the scout captain Zas, and I have urgent information to report to Lord Zangil!"

"Please wait a moment, let me inform you." The guard said, and walked towards the largest tent in the middle of the arena square.

The Gurubashi Arena is a very large square. Its interior is somewhat similar to that of a Spanish bullring. It is a circular square surrounded by stone steps. The audience can sit on the steps and see the fighting in the arena.

Now the entire Gurubashi Arena has been requisitioned by the army, and the large square in the center of the original arena is now full of soldiers' tents.

After a while, the guard led Zas to the big tent in the middle.

"Reporting to Lord Zangil, I have important information in the crystal mine!" Zas said respectfully after entering the tent.

"What happened in the Crystal Mine?" asked Zangjir.

Zas said, "Yesterday, our scout team saw a portal appear in front of the crystal mine. About 1700 human soldiers and 1000 kobold miners came out of the portal and stationed on the grass in front of the crystal mine."

"Human? Gnoll?" Zanzil was puzzled.

"Yes, our scout team saw it with our own eyes." Zas said.

"Very good, you did a good job. I will reward you with ten bottles of swiftness potion." After Zanzil said this, he signaled the guards to take out the potions from a box nearby.

"Thank you for your reward, sir!" said Zas.

After Zas left, Zanzil fell into deep thought.

Zanzil is the chief witch doctor of the Gurubashi trolls and the greatest apothecary in Zul'Gurubi.

Half a year ago, he invented two medicines.

The first potion is a behavior control potion. After taking it, a person will lose his mind and will only obey the orders of the master.

The second potion is a zombie potion that can turn a dead person into a zombie.

But it was difficult to conduct experiments in Zul'grabli, so three months ago, he strongly requested to lead the team on the front line of the battle.

It happened that the leader of the troops stationed in the Gurubashi Arena was injured in a conflict with the goblins, so Blood Lord Mandokir sent Zanzil to the Gurubashi Arena.

After Zanzil arrived at the arena, he was not in a hurry to fight the goblins. Instead, he led a small army and quietly came to the ruins of Aboraz on the southeast coast of Stranglethorn Vale through a small path.