The fall of Hellfire Citadel means a major reshuffle of the entire Hellfire Peninsula order, but this actually has no practical significance. At present, except for the two fortresses of Honor Hold and Hellfire Citadel, other places in Hellfire Peninsula are basically the territory of some extremely tenacious beasts and some demons. They obviously don't care who the ruler of this peninsula is.
And Illidan didn't pay much attention to this fortress. He was aiming directly at Black Temple, and he just regarded it as a stumbling block on the way forward and a good barracks.
After capturing Hellfire Citadel, Illidan showed off his power in front of a group of Fel Orcs. After that, he basically did not move the entire fortress. He only arranged a few Night Elf and Naga to act as supervisors for Kargath·Bladefist who finally recovered.
In fact, the final ownership of Hellfire Citadel still depends on whether Illidan can defeat Magtheridon. If he fails, he will be controlled by Demon Blood. Fel Orcs will inevitably defect immediately, and if Illidan succeeds, he can naturally control these Orcs by controlling Magtheridon.
For Danath and Honor Hold, the fact that Hellfire Citadel changed its owner is barely a good thing. Originally, Honor Hold relied on for its supplies. Shattrath provides it. In the past, there were Hellfire Citadel lying on the road, so we had to rely on Gryphon Rider to brave the danger and cross the Void outside the peninsula to Shattrath to bring back food.
Now Honor Hold can send ground troops to Shattrath to transport food, which can also greatly alleviate Honor Hold's situation.
On the other hand, after a battle, the number of Orcs within Hellfire Citadel has also been reduced a lot, and the survival pressure has been reduced to a certain extent, although those dead Fel Orcs will certainly not thank Illidan for this.
After taking two days to rest, Illidan and his men set out again, preparing to go to Zangarmarsh along the road. Naga, Murloc and Makrura were all excited about this. They had already left the sea. They have been in the ocean for too long, and the environment of Hellfire Peninsula is extremely unsuitable for their survival. Their persistence depends on the various spells cast by the Naga witches. And Zangarmarsh, as soon as the name sounds like it, there must be a lot of water. How to make these guys living in the sea unhappy?
Vereesa is still a little curious about this. "Aaron, Hellfire Peninsula have become like that, why can a swamp be preserved next to it?"
"Because... that swamp used to be called Zangar Sea."
Before the disintegration of Draenor, the area where Zangarmarsh was located was a relatively small shallow sea. However, when the planet shattered, most of the seawater here was released, leaving only a small amount of water stored in deeper areas. However, with these remaining "lakes", the environment of Zangarmarsh is not bad, at least much better than the sandy Hellfire Peninsula next door.
In fact, there is a dense jungle growing in the area adjacent to Hellfire Peninsula and Zangarmarsh. Through this jungle, you can truly reach Zangarmarsh.
In addition to a few lakes, this area named after the swamp is covered with swamps of varying depths. Some areas look like land. Once you step on them, you will find that there is dangerous soft material underneath the dense weeds, which you cannot easily escape from.
However, after so many years, the creatures living in this area have basically figured out which areas can be walked normally and which areas are more dangerous.
For an aquatic race under Illidan, this environment is not dangerous even if it is very strange. As for the various beasts with Draenor style that breed in this area, it is not considered dangerous in front of the large army. What, in fact, many ferocious beasts such as jellyfish-like swamp striders and hydra that live in this area have become the food of Naga. In terms of ferocity, Naga has never been afraid of anyone.
What really caught Illidan's attention was the special intelligent race in this area, Sporelings and the huge fungal giant. These creatures formed relatively independent communities in Zangarmarsh. Illidan, who was eager to expand the size of his subordinates, set his sights on these guys. Unfortunately, these creatures are interdependent with the environment here. If they were taken out, they would probably die ugly.
Aaron was concerned about some guys who appeared outside the team. Ever since Vereesa told him that some strange creatures with tentacles on their faces were touching them nearby, Aaron had paid more attention to them.
After a brief discussion with Illidan, Aaron and Vereesa quietly disappeared at the end of the team, and successfully waited for a slightly reckless pursuer.
The man's entire body was blue, and his lower body had a structure like a sheep's hoof that curved backwards. His upper body looked similar to that of a human, but his face was slightly longer, and there were some tentacle-like structures hanging down from his cheeks and chin. He was none other than Draenei.
Draenei's tracker was frightened by Aaron and Vereesa who suddenly emerged from the bushes. He was obviously stunned for a moment. He had seen humans and High Elf, but he didn't expect such a presence among the large group of outsiders.
This Draenei immediately judged that the two people in front of him and the large army that had gone away should be reinforcements from the previous expedition team, so he tentatively said hello to them, "Hello, I don't mean any harm."
"Hello..." Aaron and Vereesa looked at each other. They didn't expect that Draenei would say Common, although it sounded very blunt.
But then I thought about it, the expedition team has settled here for so long, it is not uncommon for Draenei to learn Common. Aaron reacted and explained his purpose of coming straightforwardly, "Where is the prophet Velen now? Can you take us to see him."
"The prophet is at Telredor..." After saying this, Draenei covered his mouth again, as if he had leaked some very important information. It is not surprising that he reacted like this. Who allowed Draenei to always be followed by an extremely powerful pursuer? Especially the pursuer who encouraged Orcs to launch a massacre against Draenei more than 20 years ago.
At this time, the inexperienced Draenei realized that his actions might be a bit reckless, but all this disappeared after Aaron showed Holy Light - for Draenei, there are no bad guys who use Holy Light.
This is also the reason why Aaron did not let Illidan and the others stay here: if Draenei saw people using Holy Light and demons using Fel coexisting peacefully, their worldview might be shaken.
With Holy Light as a guarantee, the young Draenei agreed to take Aaron and the two of them to see the prophet Velen. Aaron was relieved to be able to meet Velen in advance. If E, many things in Outland will become easier to handle. Don't forget, although Draenei is living a miserable life now, he still controls five spaceships, which is not even one in the entire Azeroth.