War Hymn of Warcraft [WOW] - Chapter 74

The sun was approaching dusk, and the leaders of various parts of the tribe had also entered the arena one after another. As the only demigod of the tribe, Alsace took the lead and walked to the center of the arena as the home field:

“Today, we in Thunder Bluff will once again usher in a duel between two warriors. Please invite our first warrior—the tauren chieftain, Kane Bloodhoof!”

“Long live the chief!”

“Lok-tar!”

There were waves of cries from around, some from the tauren, and some from the green-skinned orcs originally led by Thrall. Tauren Warchief Cairne Bloodhoof walked onto the field. As the oldest member of the tribe, Kane always maintained the humility of a shaman and bowed to Arthas.

“Ish-ne-alopor-ah, thank you for your testimony today, Mother Earth is with you.”

“You are welcome, Chief Kane. Serving the Horde is what we Forsaken should do.” Alsace quickly returned the gift, and the field finally fell silent. Alsace glanced at the audience and began to introduce the next entrant:

“Next, Chief of the Horde, Chief Mag’har, orc chief Garrosh Hellscream!”

“Lok-tarogar! For the glory of the Horde!”

“Lok-tar! The Warsong clan shall prevail!”

It was Garrosh’s turn to play. He took a deep breath in the backcourt, pulled out Gorehowl and Shadowmourne from the ground, and walked into the arena. Zhan Zhixing looked at Garrosh’s back, glanced at the shouting people on the field, and frowned involuntarily. Compared to the cheers when Kane came on stage, Garrosh looked a bit shabby. Apart from his loyal Mag’har and the chieftain’s Praetor Kor’kron, only a few officers of the Warsong clan shouted for him.

Garrosh must have noticed this phenomenon too, he looked a little nervous on the field. He walked up to Kane first, shook hands with him, and saluted Alsace:

“I’m sorry, Prince Arthas.”

Alsace nodded, and the two people in the center of the arena each walked to one end of the arena, waiting for Alsace’s order. Alsace’s body surged with energy, gradually leaving the ground.

“For the glory of the Horde, I declare that the duel—begins!”

Garrosh as a berserk warrior and Kane as an enhancement Sha both chose the most violent way-head-to-head. A silhouette flashed past, and the two people who were originally standing on both sides of the field bumped into each other. The shadows of spears and axes intertwined, making them look dazzled.

In fact, in gladiatorial combat, the profession of shaman does not have an advantage. Since the use of any magic items, totems and rune pillars are prohibited, Kane had to use the only spear he was good at, and had a one-on-one duel with Garrosh.

Zhan Zhixing ran from the background to the front, summoned Xing Zou, and flew to Alsace. Alsace smiled at Zhan Zhixing, and pointed to the two people who were fighting on the field:

“From the perspective of combat skills, Kane is definitely better than Garrosh. After all, he is not yet thirty years old, and Chief Bloodhoof is a nearly hundred-year-old warrior, and his combat skills are more than one notch behind.”

In fact, this was also true in the arena. Although Kane Bloodhoof chose to fight hard like Garrosh, he was walking by Garrosh’s side with dexterous steps. Compared with the huge body of the tauren, Kane can definitely be regarded as flexible. Fortunately, Garrosh held a weapon in each hand, and he was able to cope with the work on both sides, but wounds were inevitably left on his body.

“It hurts Garrosh a bit to say that, but he is indeed relying on the advantages of weapons to fight Kane.” Zhan Zhixing sighed slightly worried. Although the use of magic items is not allowed, the weapons in the gladiatorial battle You can still use common gladiator weapons. And Garrosh’s two commonly used weapons are both legendary. Let alone Bloodhowl, Shadowmourne is a weapon that Zhan Zhixing sacrificed to the Lich King in the game, and its strength is comparable to Frostmourne before it was purified.

On the other hand, Kane, as a tauren shaman, his most common way of fighting is to throw totem poles and rune poles, causing damage to the opponent with huge totem poles and rune poles. In the gladiatorial arena, the totem poles and rune poles of the shamans are expressly forbidden to be used, and Kane can only pick up the unskilled spear to duel with Garrosh. Besides, even this spear is not an excellent weapon, compared to Garrosh’s Gorehowl and Shadowmourne, it can be called shabby.

“It’s not just that? The blessings you gave Garrosh seem to be far more than Kane’s messy blessings of different strengths.” At some point, Kael’thas also flew up, pointing at Kane. Said the colorful elemental spirit and the faint halo emanating from Garrosh.

Alsace also chimed in, teasing Zhan Zhixing: “As expected of my little lover, Zhan Zhixing, you really spared no expense this time. You are so weak that you have to stand with me on a flying mount, How much holy light and elemental power do you have left now? I think the surging holy light and elemental power on Garrosh’s body is probably almost catching up with the energy of a new hero-level combat power.”

Zhan Zhixing chuckled, but didn’t speak. Perhaps in the eyes of those who don’t understand, the buff aura on Garrosh’s body is not as good as Kane’s, but strong men like Arthas and Kael’thas can still see the powerful power inside. powerful. Zhan Zhixing’s surging holy light and elemental power even perfectly combined the two into one, and Garrosh’s every move would be greatly enhanced.

As the battle progressed to a more intense moment, Kane and Garrosh frequently left wounds on each other’s bodies, and blood dripped onto the loess of the arena, mixing into a black-red mud. However, with Kane’s attack, Garrosh’s movements suddenly became a little sluggish, and Zhan Zhixing felt that something was wrong.

“Kane’s spear should have been coated with slow poison. Garrosh shouldn’t have traded his injuries for injuries.” Arthas frowned as he looked at the silver-green flashing on Kane’s spear from time to time. Poisons can be used in gladiatorial battles. As long as they are not poisons that touch life, slowing poisons and paralyzing poisons prepared by shamans can be used. If Garrosh hadn’t been superimposed with many buffs by War Will, it is estimated that the effect of the poison would have taken effect long ago.

Garrosh seemed to have noticed this situation too, if this continues, he will definitely lose, he thought to himself. The duel had reached this point, both Garrosh and Cairne Bloodhoof had been aroused to be bloody, regardless of the original intention of the duel. Due to the anxiety in his heart, Garrosh’s attack was also slightly flustered, accidentally revealing a flaw.

Kane’s eyes lit up, and he took this opportunity to attack again and again, knocking Garrosh to the ground. Just when Kane’s spear was about to approach Garrosh’s throat, he suddenly remembered the original intention of this duel, and he hesitated a little.

Garrosh didn’t care that much, he took advantage of Kane’s moment of hesitation, and swept him across the ground with the back of his axe, resting the battle ax on the latter’s neck with both hands.

“I lost…” Kane put down the spear, expressing that he admits defeat. Any slight hesitation during the duel would be a stain on the arena. It was him who had thought of other things. It was understandable for Garrosh to seize this opportunity to defeat him.

Garrosh also stuck his two battle axes on the ground, and stretched out his hand towards Kane: “No, if you hadn’t hesitated then, I would have lost. This one will be considered a draw…”

“Garrosh! Kane!”

“Long live the chief!”

Cheers erupted from the surrounding audience stands. Garrosh proved his ability with his own strength, and the goal of this duel was considered accomplished. Garrosh still had some excitement in his heart, seeing Zhan Zhixing fall to the ground, he hurriedly went up to meet him.

Zhan Zhixing also had a faint smile on his face, Garrosh finally won. Fortunately, Kane did not apply any violent poison to the spear, otherwise the duel would have been another result. Wait, poison! Zhan Zhixing suddenly remembered the way Kane died in “World of Warcraft”, and his eyes couldn’t help falling on Kane Bloodhoof behind Garrosh.

Before Garrosh could take a few steps, there was a sudden exclamation from the field.

“Chief Kane…”

Garrosh turned quickly, and the huge body of Cairne Bloodhoof fell to the ground with a crash. Baine Bloodhoof jumped off the stands and ran in the direction of his father.

What happened to Kane, he obviously didn’t kill him, how could… Garrosh was also taken aback, and hurried to Kane’s side. Zhan Zhixing walked through Garrosh and walked to Kane one step ahead of him.

Probing Kane’s breath with his hand, the holy light and elements flashed in Zhan Zhixing’s hand, but there was no movement on Kane’s body. Shaking his head with regret, Zhan Zhixing stood up and said to the crowd who rushed up: “It’s too late, Chief Kane has been poisoned and died.”

“Father…” Baine screamed, and threw himself on Kane, tears falling down involuntarily. Kane’s body was still slightly warm, which made Bane really unable to believe that all this was real. Clearly my father was still in the arena just now

“Poisoned?!” Garrosh, who had just arrived, was taken aback by the news, “My weapon is clearly not poisoned, how could it be…”

“You murderer!” Kane couldn’t stand the fact, threw himself on Garrosh, knocked him down with a punch, “Give me back my father!”

Garrosh sat on the ground in a daze, unable to react for a while. Zhan Zhixing felt something was wrong in his heart, Garrosh’s weapons and blessings were handled by himself, and his weapons should not have been poisoned.

Walking to the side of Gore Howl and Shadowmourne, Zhan Zhixing pulled up Shadowmourn and checked its blade. Shadowmourne still exuded the same ice-blue light as before, showing no signs of poisoning.

“Shadow Sorrow, has anyone poisoned you today?” Anyway, Zhan Zhixing is still the former owner of Shadow Sorrow, not to mention that according to the definition of the system, Shadow Sorrow and Zhan Zhixing are souls Bound, the real master of Shadowmourne is still Zhan Zhixing.

Shadowmourn’s voice was still as cold as it was in Nagrand Prairie: “Yes, but what she applied to my blade should be a kind of slow poison. It is probably composed of wind snake gall, coil tooth grass, wind element Made of crystals. But those poisons have been spent in battle, and the remaining stains have been emptied by Shadowmourne’s energy field.”

Garrosh also understood what Zhan Zhixing meant. He walked to the side of Blood Howl, and as expected, he found traces of poisoning on it. Gorehowl doesn’t have the psychic power of Shadowmourne, so it won’t clean up the remaining stains of the poison. But Garrosh really didn’t understand Azeroth’s herbs, so he had to pass Gorehowl to Zhan Zhixing after looking at it for a long time.

Zhan Zhixing smeared a little medicine dregs from it, put it in his mouth and frowned to distinguish: “I’m not very good at herbal medicine, probably… the ashes of the grizzly bear, the flower of tranquility, moonlight grass, Azshara Mushrooms, crystallization of earth elements…”

“The combination of Azshara Mushroom, Coil Tooth Grass, Moonlight Grass, and Wind Snake’s Gall is a highly poisonous poison. No wonder we didn’t check it out before the game.” As a referee, Alsace joined Kai El’thas checked Cairne’s and Garrosh’s weapons, but found nothing unusual at the time. “The same is true for the Ningshen Flower, the Wind Elemental Crystal, and the ashes of the Grizzly Bear.”

Kael’thas walked up and dipped his finger on the poison on Gorehowl, frowned and thought for a long time: “This person really wasted his efforts, there are beetle shells on Gorehowl, I guess Shadowmourn except for those just now, There should be lava flowers. Three different highly poisonous formulas, this person is afraid that Kane will not die…”

“Gal, besides me, who else has blessed you?” Now it was obvious that Garrosh was the one who used the knife to kill people, so being framed by others, Zhan Zhixing naturally would not let it go.

Garrosh scratched his head, recalling the previous scene: “There was also a very old female shaman who said she represented the Grimtotem clan.”

“Grimtotem? I told my father a long time ago that I want to expel their family from Thunder Bluff, why…” Baine couldn’t help crying on his father’s corpse when he heard Garrosh’s words.

Garrosh stepped forward and patted Baine on the shoulder, and said with some regret: “I am also helpless to be used in such a glorious duel. If you wish, I can send troops to help you eradicate the Grimtotem clan here …”

“But, father, he can’t come back anyway…” The Grimtotem clan has always been the biggest terrorist on Thunder Bluff. Bain knew that since their clan had already planned to kill Kane, they would definitely face Thunder Bluff immediately. civil war. With Garrosh’s promise, it is believed that the tauren will not lose too much in this civil war. However, the death of his father prevented Baine from cheering up anyway…

Alsace looked at the sad Baine, couldn’t help sighing, and walked forward:

“If you want to keep your father, maybe I can help. Don’t forget, I’m…”

“…the Lich King!”