Burning Redridge Mountains
Strong Wind Shot! Whoosh, crack! An arrow, like a shooting star, accurately struck a wild boar in the rump. The boar cried out in pain, turned around, roared, and charged at the archer. However, the second and third arrows quickly followed, hitting the boar's head in succession. The third arrow delivered a fatal blow, and the huge beast finally let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground.
"Hehe, my archery skills have improved quite a bit, not bad, not bad." Cuistre said as he walked towards his prey. As a level 27 ranger and a casual player, Cuistre didn't like running dungeons for gear, but he was quite interested in hunting. So, when he had nothing to do, he always liked to wander around the forest. Just now, he met an old dwarf in the forest and accepted a hunting quest. He had to kill five different types of elite monsters. Calculating, he figured that if he caught a Burrowing Worm, he should be able to complete the quest. However, it seemed that it only spawned in Redstone Rock Valley.
As he pondered this, he walked deeper into the forest. Before long, a mountain range of red rocks came into view.
"Hey, Old Cui, have you been around this area before?"
The one asking the questions was his pet, a black panther named Guan Haifa, who was also a friend of his in real life.
"Of course I've never been here," Cuistre said, "But I've heard people talk about this place."
Redstone Rock Valley is a very interesting terrain, with huge caves extending hundreds of meters underground. Once, an adventure team ventured deep into the caves to explore, but at the end of the caves, all they could see was a huge mud pit.
The most common monsters in Redstone Rock Valley are earth elementals, and a mini-boss will occasionally spawn. In addition, burrowing worms will also spawn. These worms have thick carapaces and huge forelimbs, and they generally like to move around in rocky mountains.
After glancing around and not seeing any trace of the burrowing bug, Cuistre decided to venture a little deeper. Just as he was about to set off, a burrowing bug suddenly emerged from the cave ahead.
"Ha, not bad luck." Cuistre said, nocking an arrow, but the burrowing worms didn't stay put to wait for his shot. Instead, they ran wildly towards the cave entrance, and there seemed to be more than one. The burrowing worms seemed to have gone mad, running out in swarms, as if fleeing from something.
"What's going on?" Guan Haifa asked, looking up in confusion. Cuistre thought to himself, "How would I know?" and was about to give a perfunctory answer when suddenly, the ground beneath his feet began to shake. An earth elemental appeared at the exit of Redstone Rock Valley, followed by a stone elemental, and then an even Big Build stone elemental.
The tremors grew louder and louder, produced by the march of countless elemental creatures. Cuistre stared in disbelief at the enormous granite golem, and hordes of earth elementals, stone elementals, clay golems, rock golems, and all sorts of elemental creatures poured out of the cave like a tide. They entered the jungle and marched in a straight line, like a road roller, towards the Redridge Mountains.
The earth elemental army seemed endless; they walked for ages without finishing it. It wasn't until the black-robed figure beside him scratched his trouser leg with its claw that Cuistre realized what was happening and hurriedly activated the camera sprite.
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "Advance! Speed up! We must reach Redridge Mountains and rendezvous with the other troops as soon as possible."
A muffled sound echoed across the area—it was the Elemental Lords! Cuistre's heart pounded when he saw the colossal rock giant, over twenty meters tall. A three-skull-level boss—this was the first time he'd ever seen one. Just its sheer size was enough to make the inexperienced hunter tremble. The earth Elemental Lords seemed to sense his presence, glancing in his direction. Cuistre, terrified, turned and ran, the black panther nimbly following behind, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Should I send someone to chase after them?
A stone giant nearby asked.
Houtu rolled his eyes at the stone giant, thinking to himself, "As if you could catch up with me. Earth elemental creatures are known for their short legs."
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "No need, our priority is to reach Redridge Mountains as soon as possible."
A similar scene also appeared in another different place in Azeroth — Blazing Flame Canyon.
Of course, what poured out of the Blazing Flame Canyon was an army of fire elementals.
The two elemental armies successfully met at the Redridge Mountains and then marched toward the Blasted Lands.
Redridge Mountains is Alliance territory. Because it is very close to the Blasted Lands, only a day's journey away, it was used as a rallying point. There are also Alliance troops stationed here. However, Houtu and Zhurong do not take a mere few thousand Alliance troops seriously, and besides, the other side is unlikely to provoke them.
A dense army of earth and fire elementals was moving forward like a torrent. A force of 20,000 fire and earth elementals was advancing toward the Blasted Lands with unstoppable momentum.
In addition, Gonggong is leading an army of 10,000 Water Elemental, and Tianwu is leading an army of 10,000 wind elementals, both of whom are also marching toward the Dark Portal. However, they are traveling by water, and the two armies will meet in the Blasted Lands.
This time, the Elemental Will mobilized all its Elemental Lords and elite troops to venture into the Prime Material Plane. There were seven or eight Skeleton-level bosses in the Fire and Earth Alliance alone, all in an effort to completely eliminate Azathoth and his divided forces, and to completely unify the player community of the Elemental Plane, making them a unified whole.
Incidentally, this operation will also allow all players in the game to witness the power of the elemental race.
The Elemental Lords Zhurong strolled through the forests of the Redridge Mountains, letting the flames burn the trees along the way to clear a path for the army behind him. His exceptional eyesight allowed him to clearly see many adventurers he had encountered along the way, observing the scene from a distance. Moreover, their numbers were steadily increasing. The spectacle of seven or eight skeleton-level bosses and tens of thousands of elemental creatures moving together naturally attracted considerable attention.
However, these adventurers dared not go forward to court death. If it were a lone BOSS, no matter how high its level, the adventurers would dare to give it a try. But a group of BOSSes gathered together like this was not something that could be taken down by simply throwing lives at them.
A Flame Walker thundered in.
"Boss, it's already buzzing online. Lots of posts are discussing our operation, and someone has already uploaded a video of us entering the Prime Material Plane to the forums. I don't know how many people are recording us now. Looks like we're really going to be famous this time."
The fire is definitely going to be a hit, but whether it's because of a shocking victory or a laughable defeat remains to be seen. If it becomes a laughing stock in the game like the World- World-Destroying Dragon Clan did, then the Elemental Will will have no place in the game anymore. So this is a gamble, but Zhurong isn't nervous. This army of 40,000 is all elite, with a large number of elite units and bosses. On the other hand, Azathoth's army, including the elemental troops and the Merfolk Legion, only has less than 20,000 troops, and the number of bosses is very limited. His victory is absolutely certain. The only problem is whether the enemy will escape.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but speed up again.
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "Boss, why are you so sure Azathoth is going to Draenor?"
Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "Hmph, that Blasted Lands has nothing but the Dark Portal. Azathoth arrived there with his army; was he going to camp there if not to enter Draenor? Although I don't know how he'll open the Dark Portal, or what his purpose is in going to Draenor, we should just chase after him."
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "What if he leaves early?"
Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "It's alright if he really leaves. We can just say that Azathoth fled at the mere sight of the Elemental Will, and those Elemental Lords who are still observing will know what to choose."
Although the Elemental Will has won over most of the player Elemental Lords, there are still a few who are still observing. This battle will make them understand that they either join the Elemental Will or face Azathoth as their fate.
Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "By the way, tell my men to be careful not to provoke the nearby Alliance's garrison. After all, this is the Prime Material Plane, and it wouldn't be good if the Alliance issued a punitive order."
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "Don't worry, boss. We gave you all that instructions before we went out to war; you absolutely won't cause any trouble."
Suddenly, Zhurong heard the system's voice.
World Announcement: The Elemental Legion has suddenly appeared in the Redridge Mountains and launched an attack on the Alliance garrison in the area. Mephist, the Alliance's Supreme Commander in the Redridge Mountains, has issued a proclamation calling on nearby adventurers to assist the Alliance in thwarting the evil Elemental Legion's plot.
This system announcement was posted via the world chat, so everyone saw it immediately.
Then immediately another sound was heard.
System notification: The story event [Burning Redridge Mountains] has been triggered. Your Elemental Legion has launched an attack on the Alliance garrison in the Redridge Mountains, thus provoking a war with the Alliance. Based on your performance in this event, you will gain a certain amount of reputation points.
Zhurong was immediately taken aback. "What? How could this be? Who went to attack Redridge Mountains?"
Houtu was also stunned, and hurriedly sent his men to check what had happened.
Soon, his subordinate reported back, "Boss, we were attacked by a dragon, so naturally we had to retaliate. But that dragon lured out a whole bunch of other dragons, and dragon riders too. It turns out these dragon riders seem to be from the Alliance."
Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "Damn it, these bastards from the Alliance actually dared to attack us! Boss, why don't we just raze Redridge Mountains to the ground? Anyway, the adventurers leveling up around here aren't very high level."
Zhurong's expression turned serious.
"No, things aren't that simple. I suspect these Alliance members might be acting on Azathoth's orders. Our priority is to hunt down Azathoth. Leave some behind to cover our retreat, and we must speed up our advance."