klisemfg Chapter 527 Raging Flame Rift
Chapter 527 Raging Flame Rift
Lilith, with a shadow imp perched on her shoulder, was grabbed by Lorraine's cold hand and led straight to the center of Orgrimmar...
This area, however, is forbidden.
The Shadow Rift existed even before Orgrimmar was built. After a black market automatically formed there, strange roars constantly echoed from the fissure leading to Lava Rift... Soon, cave dwellers and elemental rock creatures, burning with fury, attacked those near the Shadow Rift...
The chieftain had originally planned to station a large force to guard this place.
The chieftain's advisory group, along with the shamans and pathfinders they sent out, reported back that the native inhabitants of the volcanic cave in the center of Orgrimmar are an intelligent race, numerous in number, and predated the orcs.
We should be friendly to them.
The Tauren shaman prophet first sent people to negotiate peaceful coexistence with the natives of Ragefire Chasm, but unfortunately, not only did the communication fail, but they were also captured by the Ragefire Stonejaws, losing their representatives and failing to recover their backpacks and corpses...
After much exploration and magical perception, it has been discovered that Ragefire Rift possesses abundant mineral resources and fire elemental energy...
The tunnels stretched farther than imagined; the original inhabitants of the underground city, the stone-jawed monsters, were not powerful; and the fissures and passageways in the Raging Flame Rift were intricate and complex...
Taking all factors into consideration, Ragefire Chasm will be designated as a place of exile, a natural underground prison, and a reserve within the city of Orgrimmar.
The exploration of Ragefire Rift did not cease... At the deepest part of the Shadow Rift, the natural cave entrance was entrusted to Chief Nerru of the Fireblade Clan, who was specifically responsible for punishing exiled criminals, and the Fireblade Guardians...
Nierru is also one of the few highly respected figures in the Shadow Rift region...
The chieftain of the Fireblade clan may be unfamiliar to outsiders, but the Fireblade clan is one of the ancient orc clans of Nagrand that once produced a Fireblade Sword Saint and a Flame Shaman...
When the Dark Portal opened, most of the Fireblade clan followed Ner'zhul, the old shaman of the Shadowmoon clan. After Ner'zhul's apprentice Gul'dan came to power and joined the Burning Legion, the Fireblade clan became one of the most loyal followers of the Shadowmoon Cult...
The members of the Shadowmoon Cult are at the core of the Shadow Council...
The Fireblade clan is guilty. Thrall knows very well that the remaining members of the Fireblade clan, especially Ner'ru, have been secretly plotting to overthrow the new Horde...
Warchief Thrall, however, always pretended not to know about the Fireblade Clan's betrayal and lingering ambitions... allowing the Fireblade Clan and the Burning Blade Tribe's separatist forces to operate around Orgrimmar, perhaps hoping to lure out a bigger fish and follow the trail...
Perhaps it's simply a matter of being unwilling to completely annihilate the Fireblade clan, to which the once-heroic Sword Saint Musaro belonged...
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Lorraine, flustered and stumbling, pulled the undead priestess Lilith as they ran downhill...
The Shadow Rift has two entrances; the one Lorraine and Lilith used to hide in originally faced the inner gate of the Valley of Honor. The assassination attempt has occurred, and the infected blood is spreading across this three-way intersection...
For the safety of the civilians in the Valley of Honor, High Overlord Saurfang, acting on the orders of the Warchief, resolutely sealed off one of the entrances...
The Shadow Rift originally had another exit... located on the path leading to the Valley of Spirits near the side of the Chieftain's Hall. However, this path has now been controlled by the shamans of the Earth Ring, who have erected a totem seal, allowing entry but not exit...
Upon entering the Shadow Rift, Lorraine felt as if he had entered a purple space.
It was cool here, but a dry, hot wind blew intermittently from somewhere, causing some faint water droplets to condense and glow on the ceiling. After taking only a few steps, Lorraine felt a water droplet hit her forehead, the shattered, icy touch quickly absorbed by the sandy ground.
After walking a few steps, Lorraine realized that this was not a safe place.
The entire crack spirals downwards, with several slightly elevated platforms that seem to be accessible only by climbing rope ladders... Above these are a few wooden huts, surrounded by sharp wooden fences that prevent others from approaching...
These wooden huts were situated at a higher elevation, while lower down were some open tents, sparsely furnished with only a few braziers and unknown runes etched into the sand that continuously emitted a purple glow...
These runes are the root cause of the Shadow Rift's entirely purple color...
The purple light was entirely the power of the magical runes...
What are the purple runes used for?
Lorraine quickly found the answer. Taking a small step forward, Lorraine and Lilith instinctively bumped into a thin membrane, their heads making a dull thud. The entire Shadow Rift was covered with barrier seals.
Each humble shop was actually protected by magic.
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Lorraine and Lilith had no time to wander around; they were on the run.
The infected at the entrance to the Shadow Rift had been wiped out, and the remaining monsters were blocked, ultimately leaving them no choice but to enter the Shadow Rift like Lorraine. After pausing to survey their surroundings, Lorraine and Lilith suddenly turned around and, to their astonishment, not only were there the two blood beast monsters that had attacked them earlier, but another complete berserker had also charged in...
With scarlet eyes, bulging muscles, sharp fangs, and using all four limbs, it lunged at the two...
Without hesitation, Lorraine ran towards the exit on the other side...
Lilith remained silent and obediently followed...
There are deadly monsters behind us. Even if we kill them in human form, their remains will turn into blood beasts, splattering poisonous blood that will infect anyone who gets on them—they're incredibly difficult to deal with...
It would take dozens of regular orc soldiers from Orgrimmar working together to kill even one or two monsters, so Lorraine and Lilith certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to fight this group of monsters head-on.
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Lilith hadn't run far when she heard Lorraine shout:
"Damn it, the exit here is blocked, it's a dead end."
Upon hearing this, Lilith was immediately at a loss. She had thought herself clever, telling Lorraine that the Shadow Rift had two entrances, and that entering this way should lead to exiting that way... Little did she know that the High Chieftain had already ordered the infected to be sealed within the Shadow Rift...
"A dead end? What do we do then! You big idiot... do you have any other ideas?"
"A move? Yes, I have a move. It's just that I can't use it here..."
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"What trick? Why can't we use it?"
"Sigh, I can't explain it to you..."
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"Well, you're such a vixen. You tell everyone, but you can't explain it to me?"
"What? That's not what I meant..."
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"What does that mean...?"
"It's meaningless..."
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"What exactly does that mean?"
"I'm not going to waste my breath on you, just dance with me..."
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Lilith was sulking again; the more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong...
Pressing Lorraine, she said, "We're all Forsaken. Are you speaking a foreign language? How could I not understand you? Even if I'm dead now and can't speak common human language anymore, only undead and simple orcish, can't you just put up with me and translate for me... How could you forget your roots?"
Her only response was: "Shut up! Jump down..."
"Oh..."
A large hand grabbed her small hand and yanked her sharply, sending Lilith tumbling down the side of the passage. At the same time, she narrowly avoided a lunging, flesh-and-blood berserker... Lilith landed headfirst, her head burying itself in the ground, in a bizarre position...
Her little fists were clenched tightly, and her whole body was trembling.
With a swift movement, she pulled the sand-covered hair from her head, and the enraged shadow priestess, the undead girl, immediately sprang to her feet, glaring angrily...
"What do you think that is?"
Lilith, filled with rage, followed Lorraine's finger...
A huge opening, its surface shrouded in white frost and mist, like a mirror, reflecting another world... This caused Lilith to share the same astonished expression as Lorraine.
Lost in thought...
A figure stepped out from behind Lorraine and Lilith and said slowly, "Young man, this is the heart of Orgrimmar, the Ragefire Chasm! The abyss of sin and fire... the starting point for adventurers."
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