Chapter 340: The First Emergence of the Cult of the Damned
On the continent of Northrend, the sky is not safe. Once the hot air balloon is punctured by flying creatures, the entire ship may be killed. Considering everything, flying ships are more suitable.
However, the research on the flying ship may not be so easy. It is best to bring the dwarves together to develop it. For the time being, we can only use the giant eagle weight ore to travel between Wintergrasp Lake and Crystalsong Forest.
The resource of time is very worthless to the high elves. Unknowingly, 39 years have passed since Charlemagne really controlled the body. It is now October 19 of the Dark Portal. The elf technicians headed by Si have developed the flying ship last month.
Several years have passed. At this time, not only elves and tauren can be seen in Sandara, but also dwarves, gnomes and humans have all come to this new Northrend stronghold under the invitation of Quel'Thalas.
Among the human nations, Kul Tiras and Dalaran are the most active. Originally, the two countries maintained a good cooperative relationship with Quel'Thalas. After learning of the existence of Sandara, they immediately sent people here.
Afterwards, the Kingdom of Stormwind, which quickly followed up after seeing the profits in the southern part of the mainland, and at the suggestion of Anduin Lothar, King Varian also sent a lot of manpower to join in the development of the Northland.
Gnomeregan dwarves and two races of dwarves also came here at the invitation of Kael'thas. Muradin and Bryan were indulging in the Titan ruins scattered throughout the entire area as soon as they entered Wintergrasp.
The two dwarves even boldly ran into the treasure house of Wintergrasp Fortress to explore, but they were beaten out by the four guards without any accident.
Later, the two of them invited many adventurers to go in and explore together, but unfortunately they still returned without success. These demigod-level watchmen are too powerful to be defeated by a group of adventurers.
Kul Tiras, as always, provides ocean-going trade services between the two places. The throughput of the portal is still too small after all, and it consumes too much energy to transport a large amount of goods. It is more convenient to ship a large number of goods. cost-effective.
Under the efforts of Charlemagne, the guardian dragons agreed to let the merchant ships of Kul Tiras dock directly on the southern beach of Keel Wilderness, on the condition that their normal life would not be disturbed.
Although Charlemagne has urged all races not to provoke the dragon, there are always some foolish adventurers who think they can become famous by slaying dragons in one fell swoop.
As a result, it goes without saying that the grass on the head of these idiots is three feet high, provoking a dragon in the Dragonbone Wilderness? Didn't wake up, boy.
Kel'thas also invited Lordaeron, and even Gilneas and Stormgard, who had withdrawn from the alliance, to develop together when they opened Sandarra, but these three countries are now in their own troubles.
King Genn Greymane of Gilneas has been planning to build a giant wall to completely isolate Gilneas from the outside world after he withdrew from the alliance. His idea aroused the determination of Darius Crowley and other Lords of Silverpine Forest. be opposed to.
After all, their territories are outside the walls designated by Jean, and if they are locked out, the interests of these nobles will undoubtedly be greatly harmed.
For this reason, the lord of Silverpine Forest headed by Darius has almost torn face with his own king, and the two sides almost never met each other. Under such circumstances, Gilneas has no time to take care of the outside world.
Stormgard, on the other hand, is in the midst of an economic and employment crisis. The economy, which was already very depressed after the severance of trade with Lordaeron, was even worse under the influence of the roaming Scindia thieves and Witherbark trolls.
In recent years, nobles have been fleeing this country to Lordaeron, which is more affluent. Solas was so worried that his hair turned gray a lot, and he couldn't spare too many people to participate in the Northland trade.
And Lordaeron... the aftermath of the forced annexation of Alterac and the construction of orc shelters finally broke out. The Syndicate plundered the entire Hillsbrad Hills and Alterac Mountains, and the caravans were miserable. Word.
The orc slave army that Terenas placed high hopes on was even gone. Even if the stubborn orcs fell into a weak state, they still scoffed at Lordaeron's proposal.
Coupled with the fact that a group of wandering orcs were suddenly active in various places to attack the shelter recently, Terenas regretted his rash actions at the beginning, but it was too late...
As the shelters fell one after another, the number of orc exiled army grew rapidly like a snowball. Although the orcs have not yet had the idea of confronting humans head-on, these tens of thousands of orc warriors and hundreds of thousands of laborers always need food to move around. of.
As a result, the villages in Hillsbrad and Alterac suffered from bad luck. Not only did they have to face the threat of the Syndicate, but these orcs would often come to grab food. The entire area where the original Alterac Kingdom was located The flames of war were everywhere, and Terenas scratched his head a lot for this.
Misfortunes never come singly, but blessings never come singly. What's even more troublesome is that plagues and undead incidents have frequently erupted in eastern Lordaeron and other food-producing areas. Terenas has asked Crown Prince Alsace to investigate.
Charlemagne, who was in Yuanxing Town, threw away the report in his hand and rubbed the space between his brows with quite a headache.
"The Cult of Eternal Life? There are still elves who believe these lies. Immediately arrest these preaching elves for me. I want to expose the true face of this so-called God Cult in the square!"
Although the high elves have a long lifespan, they are not immortal after all. The older they get, the more they fear death. This is the instinct of intelligent creatures, especially some high-ranking people, and they hope that they can enjoy this privilege forever .
The Cult of Eternal Life, which suddenly appeared quietly in Quel'Thalas, immediately aroused Charlemagne's vigilance. After notifying King Kael'thas of the danger, he immediately ordered the arrest of the Duke of Theron and the Duke of Windrunner. Arrest these preachers.
As expected, under Charlemagne's special arrangement, these pale elves immediately screamed when they were illuminated by a large amount of holy light in the square.
"This... what is this!"
"It's really disgusting! Is this the truth about the so-called eternal life? Fortunately, I didn't listen to their nonsense!"
The residents of Yuanxing Town all showed disgust and fear on their faces when they saw the scene in front of them. Those poor elves who were continuously illuminated by the holy light had gradually turned into a pile of black ash. Cirvanas frowned and signaled the rangers under him to come up. Clean up the debris.
Charlemagne stood on the platform on the second floor of the Tower of the Far Traveler, and explained to the people in the territory under the blessing of the amplification magic, "Everyone, this so-called Immortal Religion can't give you real eternal life at all. The truth just now You have also seen that the so-called eternal life is just transformed into a half-dead undead form."
"After you become undead, you will no longer have the sense of taste, smell, enjoy delicious food, smell the fragrance of your wife, and feel the joys of the living. Settling in and worrying, is this really the eternal life that our noble Quel'dorei wants?"
The high elves in the audience waved their fists and shouted angrily, "No!"
Following the voices of the people, Charlemagne yelled, "Yes, of course not! I hereby declare that the Cult of the Immortal God is a cult, and will be called the Sect of the Damned in the future. Any elves who secretly believe in the Sect of the Damned will be punished with the most severe punishment. These idiots who were burned to ashes by the Holy Light are their role models!"