This journey starts from Shattrath, and the first half of the journey is to Telredor. This section of the road has been clearly explored by Draenei and the soldiers of the expeditionary force. Most of the risk factors have been eliminated. Except for a small number of fungus giants, there is no danger.
But after leaving Telredor and going deep into Zangarmarsh, this area is no longer under the control of Draenei. In addition to various dangerous creatures, there are also a large number of Lost Ones who have lost their minds wandering around.
However, compared to the Blade's Edge Mountains, the environment of Zangarmarsh is nothing. The terrain of this area is extremely steep, and the roads that can be traveled by people are sandwiched by towering mountains. Most of the key areas of these roads are occupied by the native creatures living in the Blade's Edge Mountains.
Before the Outland collapse, the name of this area was Gorgrond. Except for some Orcs tribes, the rest of the people living here were primitive creatures that had survived from ancient times.
Originally, in the Gorgrond era, there were still a large number of life forms born in the primitive forest and similar to plants. However, the horrific explosion turned this land into a desolate and dangerous place. All the forest lands from the ancient Draenor era withered, so only Gronn, Ogron and Ogre were left living in this area.
The first among them is Gronn. These creatures that have degraded from Magnaron still possess unrivaled power among mortal races, as well as a certain degree of wisdom.
After most of the Orcss evacuated this area, the Gronns became the overlords of the Blade's Edge Mountainss. Both Ogrons and Ogres could only become their slaves. If you want to pass by the Blade's Edge Mountainss, you will inevitably have to deal with these dangerous primitive creatures.
Among the group of people, only Khadgar had real dealings with Gronn. This young Archmage once joined forces with Gruul, the king of Gronn, to fight against Aspect of the Black Deathwing who came to Outland.
"I heard that Gruul can go head-to-head with Deathwing?" Aaron confirmed the authenticity of this news with Khadgar while observing the Invincible people hiding around him.
There is not much about Gruul in Aaron's memory. If the other party can really compete with Deathwing, even if it is at a disadvantage, it will be quite scary.
"Do you actually know about this? But..." Khadgar was a little shocked at how well-informed Aaron was, but he quickly pointed out an error in Aaron's message: "The king of Gronn is indeed very powerful, but it is still far behind Deathwing."
As he said that, Khadgar looked around the surrounding environment, as if he had returned to that critical moment. At that time, Draenor's crisis was imminent, and to avoid this crisis, he must defeat Deathwing, under emergency, Khadgar and Gruul, who had already gone to war with Black Dragonflight, reached a temporary alliance. Both parties jointly faced the threat of the Black Dragonflight family.
"Actually, Gruul is indeed very powerful. He has killed more than one Black Dragonflight, so he won the title of Dragon Slayer, but..." A narrow smile appeared on Khadgar's face, "In the face of When it was Deathwing, Gruul couldn't even withstand one breath of Black Dragonflight, but we have to admit that without Gruul fighting for time, we wouldn't be able to get the Skull of Gul'dan that fell into his hands."
"You can defeat Black Dragonflight, but you are no match for Deathwing?" Aaron nodded, having a certain understanding of Gruul's strength. It seems like this, Gruul is still powerful, but it is not invincible. Aaron feels that if he uses Avatar, he should be able to compete with Gruul for a short time.
"Is that the Gronn you are talking about? It's so ugly." Vereesa didn't like the desolate environment of Gorgrond very much. She was relatively silent along the way, focusing mostly on vigilance, so she saw a huge one-eyed creature with a stature similar to various giants appearing on the nearby ridge.
Soon more Gronn appeared. These powerful primitive creatures did not know how to farm. Having said that, apart from the foreign Draenei, no race in the entire Outland seemed to be good at farming. In short, the main food of the Gronns was Blade's Edge Mountains's various large and small animals.
But now, Aaron and his party seem to be treated as food by these Gronn.
"There are about a dozen Gronn. Fortunately, we should be able to handle it." The experience of forming a brief alliance gave Khadgar a clearer understanding of the strength of these big guys. Ordinary Gronn Of course, the strength of is not comparable to that of Gruul. Even except for the direct descendants of Gruul, the other Gronn can be said to be far from him.
Because of Gronn's huge size, the number of this race was not very large. After Outland's big change, the number of this race was further reduced. Otherwise Aaron they might have to face more than ten people. How many are there? When fighting against Black Dragonflight more than ten years ago, the Gronn clan came out in full force. The sight of hundreds of Gronn and Black Dragonflight fighting was no exaggeration at all.
"Be careful, they seem to be..." Vereesa had sharp eyes and noticed that Gronn's movements did not look like he was rushing up to fight with everyone. Instead, he was lifting something. He hurriedly applied a Eagle Eye to himself, and then he saw clearly what Gronn was holding: a huge stone.
"Hide quickly!" After Vereesa's reminder, everyone hurriedly looked for cover. No matter how they dealt with Gronn next, they must first avoid the boulders thrown by these big guys.
Hiding under the Blade's Edge Mountains's unique spike-shaped giant rocks, Aaron could feel the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly. These huge men with infinite brute strength would almost cause an earthquake just by throwing a stone.
"This is Gronn's method to deal with Black Dragonflight. I didn't expect them to use it for hunting now. It seems that these big guys are not so stupid." Khadgar sighed with a complicated expression. After Gronn's first wave of stone throwing was over, he loudly said to the entire team, "Be careful, everyone, Gronn may be coming over next."
As expected by Khadgar, Gronn's heads could only carry out relatively simple tactics. After smashing the rocks, they rushed up to melee combat, which was already considered their progress. When Gronn's jumped down from the ridge, all the melee professions in the team rushed forward and resisted these big guys.
Khadgar shouted to everyone while casting a spell, "Just repel them, otherwise they may attract Gruul."
Whether it is Paladin of the expeditionary force or the garrison officer of Draenei, they actually have experience in dealing with big guys. Gronn who relies only on brute force is not their opponent, but The roar of Gronn will attract their kin, and no one in the team knows how many Gronn there are now. It is not advisable to continue to entangle with them when the enemy's situation is unknown.
So the whole team could only fight and move, and finally arrived at the junction area between the Blade's Edge Mountains and Netherstorm before being surrounded by Gronn. Here, the unique and dangerous scenery of Netherstorm could already be seen.
When Gronn saw everyone leaving Blade's Edge Mountains, they did not continue to chase, but withdrew. For Gronn, it was not cost-effective to spend too long chasing prey.