Arrival at the Dark Portal
Upon hearing this, Mofeitosi asked in confusion, "Damn, you've gathered so many troops! What are you going to Draenor for?"
Xiao Yu: "Hehe, anyway, it's a big event, a world-shaking event. How about it, interested in getting involved? I'm not kidding you, if this trip goes smoothly, you can definitely earn several thousand reputation points, no problem."
Mofeitosi: "Several thousand reputation points? Really? You know I'm a level four skeleton boss now. Normal story events only give a hundred or two hundred points. You're saying you'll give several thousand reputation points? That must be an incredibly huge event!"
Xiao Yu: "Haha, anyway, I would never lie to you. And think about it, you're a dragon, you can fly. If we can't beat you, we can just run away. What's there to be afraid of? Besides, this time I've organized tens of thousands of troops. There will definitely be no shortage of cannon fodder to take the hits. You can definitely escape if you want to."
Mephisto seemed somewhat tempted. After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, then count me in. But let's make it clear first, if I run away later, don't blame me."
Don't worry.
Having dealt with Mephisto, Xiao Yu felt more confident. This four-skull-level black dragon BOSS was incredibly powerful, and with fifty dragons assisting him, he now had air support as well.
However, as the saying goes, "the more soldiers Han Xin commands, the better, "Xiao Yu still did not stop.
Next, he sent a message to the Lich Estero, and they had a long discussion. However, the Lich wasn't very helpful. He claimed that he had only recently begun to recover and only sponsored one hundred gargoyles, but he also accepted a sponsorship fee of 30,000 yuan.
Then Xiao Yu approached the Madman, who was the Troll Madman of Mephisto's trio, and had now joined the Horde.
Madman wasn't so easy to talk to. Because of the distance, it was inconvenient to send troops. In the end, after much persuasion, he managed to borrow 100 Troll bat riders, which also cost him 30,000 yuan in sponsorship fees. There was no other way; flying units were very expensive, not comparable to ordinary trash units.
After calculating his expenses, and deducting the money paid to Medivh and the cost of hiring these troops, he still had 500,000 left.
He didn't intend to keep the money; instead, he planned to spend it to hire more troops to increase the chances of success. If he failed, he would surely die without a burial place. Those elemental pseudo-kings would absolutely not allow anyone to open the Throne of the Elements. Once someone did so, they would become the enemy of all the elemental pseudo-kings, so having as many troops as possible was always good.
In the game Sky World, wars between monster factions are very frequent. Sometimes, when a monster faction is too weak, it will seek help from others to fight. As a result, many mercenaries have emerged. Not only adventurers can hire them, but also various monster factions and NPC factions.
Xiao Yu thought for a moment and was able to recall several.
Venture Company: A neutral monster faction formed by Goblin, extremely greedy, willing to hire anyone for money.
Ravenholdt's White Gloves: A group of thieves and assassins who specialize in assassinating humanoid bosses. It is said that a Blackrock Orcs boss with three skeletons was once killed by these assassins.
The Chaotic Magic Alliance: An Alliance of rogue wizards and wild mages who do everything from fortune telling and exorcism to pet capture and exorcism.
However, when it comes to dealing with elemental creatures, assassins and thieves are obviously of little use, and Goblin aren't much of a help either. The most effective are undoubtedly spellcasters, though ordinary spellcasters aren't particularly useful either. In the end, Xiao Yu turned to a monster organization called the Furnace Council. The leader of the Furnace Council was a dark Shaman boss, and his subordinates were mainly Shaman. The difference between this group of dark Shaman and ordinary Shaman is that dark Shaman enslave elemental creatures, while ordinary Shaman communicate with them and beg for their help. Therefore, dark Shaman don't have a good relationship with the four elemental races, but when it comes to dealing with elemental creatures, these dark Shaman are the most skilled.
Xiao Yu found the second-in-command of the Furnace Council —a player-controlled boss—and bought 100 Dark Shaman from him for 50,000 coins.
With the addition of dragons, gargoyles, Troll bat riders, and dark Shaman, the high-end combat capability issue was resolved.
But that's still not enough. No matter how many troops are recruited, they still lack the strength to compete with the armies of the four elemental pseudo-kings. The biggest advantage of players is undoubtedly their ability to ally with adventurers. Therefore, Xiao Yu's next task is to recruit some adventurers to join this army.
As far as Xiao Yu knew, the world of Draenor was not yet open to adventurers, so such an opportunity to enter Draenor for adventure was something that many adventurers would definitely want.
So after returning to the game, Xiao Yu immediately issued a quest--
[Epic Quest: Draenor's Expedition]
[Quest objective: Join Azathoth on his expedition to Draenor.]
[Quest Requirements: Only adventurers with a reputation level of Revered or higher with the Immortals can accept this quest.]
[Quest Rewards: Adventurers will gain the Immortals Reputation based on their performance in the expedition, and will also receive additional material rewards. The adventurer with the highest reputation will receive legendary equipment as a reward.]
The reason for this restriction is that low-level adventurers are unlikely to be of much use when facing the four Elemental Kings. Moreover, this mission is extremely important and cannot be allowed to be sabotaged. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on reliable individuals. If an adventurer has a reputation of "Respect" or higher among the Immortals, it at least indicates that this person has a significant connection with the Immortals. In addition, with legendary equipment as a reward, there is no need to worry about them not fighting desperately.
Sure enough, upon hearing that they were going to conquer Draenor and that there were legendary equipment rewards, the number of applicants was very high, and more than 3,000 people were quickly gathered. Most of them were the adventurers who had arrived on the island the earliest, including some of the major guilds such as the War God Hall and the Glory War Soul.
Meanwhile, on the Song of the Ocean side, Xiao Yu also asked Qin Shiyue to help recruit a group of adventurers from the Horde.
Finally, an army of over five thousand adventurers was assembled, mostly high-level players above level 40, who set off on the expedition together.
Then, Xiao Yu led his well-organized army toward the Dark Portal.
The Dark Portal is located in the southern part of the continent of Azeroth, in a place called the Blasted Lands. Fortunately, the Blasted Lands are located by the sea, so Xiao Yu can lead his army directly to land near the coast and cross a plain.
Mermaids and Water Elemental can both swim, but adventurers can't. So Xiao Yu had to spend another 20,000 yuan to hire a monster force called the Bloodsail Buccaneers to send a fleet to help transport the adventurers.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. As long as you're willing to spend money, many things in the game can be easily accomplished. However, looking at his dwindling savings, Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. The money was almost gone before he could even enjoy it. Moreover, in order to keep the adventurers on the island, he had to lower the entrance fee for the battlefield from five points per person to two points per person. If this operation failed, he would truly lose everything.
The army quickly assembled on the beach and headed out to sea, which the Naga army, which was in a surrounding position, immediately noticed.
However, their reaction was not quick. After all, they had been besieging the Lost Island for many days, and there had been no movement on the island, so neither the Naga nor the Elemental Will reacted.
By the time they realized that the enemy seemed to be breaking out, it was too late. Xiao Yu led his army towards the Naga's encirclement. Leading the charge was his own Chaos Dragon. He chose to break out at the northern part of the Lost Island, the weakest point in the enemy's encirclement. Moreover, he had the support of Big Water Cunt and Agnes's three thousand elite troops, as well as the Bloodsail Buccaneers. Therefore, he easily broke through the encirclement and led his massive Legion away.
The news quickly reached Gonggong and Monari's ears.
Gonggong (Frost Titan): "What? Azathoth has led his army away from the Lost Island? What does this mean? Is he abandoning this territory and going to develop in other regions?"
Monari (Sea Elemental Lords): "Maybe... why don't we launch an attack and see? Since he took the main army with him, the island's defenses must be quite weak."
After discussing it for a while, the two contacted Azshara and launched a probing attack together. However, they were soundly defeated by tens of thousands of adventurers on the island. The 20,000 Naga /elemental allied forces that rushed onto the island were wiped out before they could even make a ripple. This completely extinguished their hopes of a full-scale assault.
With 20,000 adventurers on the island, even if all the troops were deployed, it wouldn't be enough.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yu led his army on a long march, traveling at sea for two days before finally arriving at the Blasted Lands in the south of Azeroth. The army landed directly, and the adventurers jumped off the pirate ships. Then, this massive army headed straight for the Dark Portal.
The Blasted Lands is a desolate plain, covered with dry, brown earth. The land is extremely barren and arid, with hardly any grass growing. It is a veritable wasteland, and naturally, few people live in such a desolate place. Even monsters are rare. Therefore, they did not encounter any particularly powerful enemies along the way, only some wild beast-like monsters and some merfolk Horde on the coast. Upon seeing such a large army, they kept their distance and avoided them.
A day later, the army arrived at the Dark Portal.