The Dark Portal, 11th of November, Hand Chopping Day, no, it was Singles Day on Earth.
It was not a holiday in Azeroth, but late at night, the atmosphere in the Overwatch Stronghold was tense.
It was not just the Overwatch Stronghold. Almost every sentry tower near the Dark Portal was on high alert. All the soldiers would take shifts every two hours.
"Hey! Corporal, wake up! It's level one combat readiness! Do you hear me? "Below the sentry tower, an Alliance officer on horseback woke up the soldiers who were dozing off.
Corporal Randall laughed. "Lieutenant William, don't be so nervous. Look at the cursed land in front of us. We have been guarding it for almost two years, and there is nothing here that we need to seal off. Besides, isn't Pang Lei looking at it? Isn't that right, brother? "
Another soldier who was on the lookout next to him responded with a "hmm".
Although Second Lieutenant William's expression was not good, he could only agree. In the past two years, from the initial fear to the calm, nothing had happened here.
There were no Orcs, no demons, not even animals. Apart from the occasional gust of wind that would blow a relatively round rock to roll on the crimson land, there was not even a ghost here.
But he still looked a little uncomfortable.
"Randall, perhaps you are right." He admitted, wiping his face with his gloved hand. "But please be clear, even when we first arrived, Sir Marcus, the deputy commander, only gave us a level-three combat readiness that was close to a vacation. But now it's level one! Two people in a team on alert at the same time, understand? From the second half of this year onwards, we can enjoy fresh seafood. What is it for? Isn't it because seafood can improve one's night vision? Otherwise, the Great Lord above would not be so kind as to let me eat such fresh seafood. "
"Alright, for the sake of the freshness of the seafood. Oh! I can't imagine that the seafood that was transported from more than a thousand kilometers away is still alive. "Randall stood up and carefully used a telescope to look at the Dark Portal in the distance.
Thanks to the development of the military industry, the telescope that was once only available to generals was now equipped with two in each of the 12 watchtowers surrounding the Dark Portal.
Two soldiers looked ahead of them.
Under the light of a brazier set in a particular place.
They could still clearly make out a glimmer of light in the air behind a pile of rubble. It was very narrow, about the width of a person and the height of two people. They had been told that the crack was a remnant of the Dark Portal, and that their duty was to guard it.
Second Lieutenant William left with a few patrolling soldiers.
Corporal Horle spoke up. "I have to say, this job is pretty easy. You get three times the pay of a soldier of the same rank, and all you have to do is keep an eye on an opening that won't move. If anything happened, they could just blow the alarm and escape. And we can change shifts in an hour. "
William was about to say something else when he stopped. His eyes that were pressed against the binoculars suddenly widened and he whispered, "Look over there!"
With the light from the braziers that had been set up beforehand, they could clearly see something coming out of the distorted door of light. In the light of the fire, the shadows of those things were cast on the huge wall behind the door of light that had been set up beforehand. The huge figure, with its long fangs, looked especially ferocious.
"Wuuu —"
"Did you hear that?" Horle reminded his partner. At the same time, the green-skinned giants revealed their true faces in their field of vision.
"Damn it! That's Taraja's signal! We're not seeing things! It's really the Horde! Those evil green-skinned creatures are coming! "William lunged at the horn hanging on the wooden sentry tower behind him.
"Wuuuuu —"
A bugle sounded. Two, three … twelve!
Immediately after, a huge fire beacon was lit on the sentry tower a little further away, and a siren was sounded.
"Wuuuuuuu —"
Every Alliance soldier on the sentry tower, after fulfilling their duty, immediately jumped off the sentry tower as fast as they could, untied the reins of their escaping horses, and whipped them to escape.
On the walls of Overwatch Stronghold, Turayan, Lothar's adjutant, was patrolling. Suddenly, he stopped and shushed the other soldiers beside him.
The group of people held their breaths and stood there for two seconds, trying to figure out what was going on.
Then, Turayan heard it.
The siren in the wind sounded like the low groan of a giant beast that had just woken up. Then, it immediately turned into a warning roar.
"I want the magic mirror image of the Dark Portal!" Turayan called out to the Mage who was on duty.
The middle-aged Mage hurriedly chanted an incantation. When the Mage's Eye that had been arranged beforehand sent over the image, Turayan looked at the spatial crack in the image and took a deep breath. The cold wind that seeped into his lungs almost made him lose the ability to speak.
The crack was expanding!
"Sound the alarm! Level 1 alert, the enemy has appeared! "He waved his arms in excitement, calling out to the guard on the clock tower.
But the young guard was obviously a new recruit, and he actually froze in place out of fear.
"For the sake of the Holy Light! Don't f * cking daydream at this time! " Turayan could not hold it in any longer. He immediately pulled out the hammer at his waist and threw a [Hammer of Wrath] at the huge alarm.
[Hammer of Wrath] did not have any special effect on creatures or inanimate objects that were in perfect condition. But as one of the few long-range attacks of a Paladin, it was more or less the same as being hit by a hammer.
"Dang —" The loud noise finally woke the guard up. He suddenly mustered all his courage and shook the hemp rope that connected the large bell like a madman.
"Dang! Dang! Dang! "The bell of war rang!
At the side of the command room of the Watch Fort, Andoine, who was in a light sleep, suddenly opened his eyes. His two attendants jumped up at once, and hastily tied the armor that they had prepared for their commander.
When Anduin Lothar came to the command room fully armed, he found that his adjutant Turayan, Danath Trollbane, Muradin Bronzebeard, Haas, and the mage representative Krasus and a large group of people were all there.
"Report the situation!"
Turayan looked towards the west with eyes full of admiration. That was the direction of Karazhan. "Deputy Commander Marcus' prediction is completely correct. The Horde is here. The latest news from the bandits of MI7 is that there are confirmed Death Knights and more than 2000 Horde warriors. The preliminary judgment is …"
Listening to Turayan's report, everyone thought that the completion of the Overwatch Stronghold was really timely!
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