Chapter 685: The first battle begins! Warsong Gulch!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
The internet café was bustling. As soon as this treasure was discovered, it quickly spread to other players.
Of course, this was one of the basic mechanics of the game.
Many of the players in the old shops were watching Nalan Mingxue’s livestream.
[They said that there are elves. How come I haven’t seen any?]
Many people came to the livestream room early, watching the livestream cheerfully while enjoying instant noodles.
Soon, someone answered with a bullet comment.
[Maybe they haven’t gotten online yet. Be patient.]
[They’re online now! They’re online now!]
Nalan Mingxue clicked open the friends list and saw the names of the elves lighting up.
[You guys came early too?] Sala friendly greeted them.
[Yeah. We don’t have classes this morning.] Soon, she received Nalan Mingxue’s reply.
[Classes?] Sala was curious. [Are you students in an academy? Little Kids. Hehe!]
Many players in the old shops were watching the livestream, and bullet comments instantly flooded the screen.
[Hahaha! Little Kids!]
[Is she an elf? She sounds fun!]
[New Snow, ask her how old she is. She looks young too!]
[She looks younger than New Snow! Hahaha!]
It was still morning, and the livestream room was full of joyous laughter.
Nalan Mingxue sent a message over and said, “My friends said that you might be younger than me.”
“How can it be-!” Sala replied smugly, “I’ve lived more than 100 years! You guys can call me Older Sister Sala!”
Although many females were sensitive about their age, many teenagers were exceptions and were afraid to look immature to others
Although 100 years were old for humans, for elves, this age was equivalent to that of a teenager.
[The people here usually call someone over 100 years ‘aunt’.] Soon, she received Nalan Mingxue’s reply.
Bullet comments appeared on the screen.
[New Snow is still sharp-tongued. This attribute of hers will never change.]
[The elf will probably get mad if we call her aunt.]
[Does it mean that we can call Elder Su ‘Aunt Su’?]
[The person before me, are you serious? Be careful; Elder Su might appear from behind you and explode your head.]
[Don’t worry; I’m her senior brother…]
[Pu… Liuyun Daoist Palace Master?]
“…” Sala replied while hurrying toward Undercity. “You guys can go ahead and do the quests; I’ll be there soon.”
“Take your time. We’re lost, and I must study the situation first.”
“Okay…”
…
While these players wandered in Undercity, Mr. Dirk of the Orc Clan was enjoying the game with a grey tail sticking out from his robe and swaying around. “This Orgrimmar is so huge that I feel dizzy walking in it. I’ll study the map first.”
[Where’s this place, Mr. Dirk?]
Someone asked on the magic letter. After all, some audience members didn’t watch livestream everyday. It was clear that this person hadn’t watched yesterday’s livestream.
[Is he back in the Orc Kingdom?]—From Huge Sword of Krima.
[He is in a newly-released mystical realm. This seems to be a massive mystical realm made specially by the Blizzard Workshop in the East Continent. I’m sure the friend above me didn’t watch the show yesterday.] – From Observant Eye.
[My goodness! Is this a mystical realm?]
[Does the East Continent have such super-sized workshops too? How come this place looks like an orc city?] – From Huge Sword of Krima.
[This is an orc city! Each race has its own cities in this mystical realm!] – From Observant Eye.
[Really? This city looks like a real one! Are you sure that there are many such cities in the mystical realm?]
While they were talking, Mr. Dirk wandered around, and his new audience took the opportunity to enjoy a lot of the scenery of Orgrimmar. “Right now, I seem to be in the… Valley of Honor? This place looks to be an important location with so many military officers here, but they didn’t block my entrance. I wonder if there are some important quests here.”
“I’ll ask these soldiers.” Mr. Dirk was an orc soldier who was carrying a double-handed sword on his back. Controlling this little orc character who was about level 10, he walked into the Valley of Honor.
Around him were tent-like structures built with steel and huge boulders. “They seem to be talking about… a battleground? I think this is the place where they fought the Alliance.”
“Should I join them?” Mr. Dirk asked, “It looks dangerous, but I can resurrect here. Besides, those military officers told me that I will only battle with opponents on my level. Should I go in and try it?”
[Are we going to watch Mr. Dirk kill enemies and dominate the battleground?] –From White Tulip.
[Opponents of the same level are opponents of the same strength, right? Then, there’s nothing to be afraid of!] – From Huge Sword of Krima.
[We orcs are fearless! It is not fun to fight wild beasts. Finally, Mr. Dirk gets to show his real strength! Let them see the awesome sword techniques of the Orc Clan.] – From Wolf-Headed Man.
[It depends on who’s playing, Mr. Dirk or Mr. Dog-Headed Man. If it’s the latter, it will be embarrassing.] – From Sky Ocean Knight Legion.
The audience gave Mr. Dirk two identities. One was the powerful Mr. Dirk, and the other was the embarrassing Mr. Dog-Headed Man. Although the two identities were the same person, if Mr. Dirk lost a battle or made a mistake, the audience would say that he was controlled by the embarrassing Dog-Headed Man.
At this moment, the audience saw that Mr. Dirk had agreed to join the battle.
In World of Warcraft, players above level 10 could enter the first battleground named Warsong Gulch, fighting for their side. Although the system version of World of Warcraft had made everything as real as possible, it was still a game and maintained the features that were convenient for the players.
Take the battlegrounds as an example. As a small battleground, Warsong Gulch obviously didn’t need many people in it, which was why it was designed to have a separate plane for each group of Alliance and Horde players, just like the design of dungeons in Dungeon Fighter Online
At this stage, the battlegrounds in the system version of World of Warcraft divided players by every five levels, which meant that the players wouldn’t encounter opponents more than five levels higher than them. In the battlegrounds, the players would gain experience points regardless if they won or lost, making it a great opportunity to practice their combat skills.
“It seems like we need to wait for a while?” At this moment, many players had reached the required level but found that there were few people in the battleground.
“Ugh…?” Mr. Dirk suddenly felt that his body turned weightless for a second as he was teleported to a strange place. “I’m in! I have entered this battleground! Let’s see what the battleground in World of Warcraft looks like.”
Before him was a moderate-sized stone chamber with many players in it. Obviously, they had also discovered this battleground mode and entered it as the earliest participants.
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– In the Jiuhua City Shop –
“Ugh…?” Nalan Mingxue looked around in bafflement.
Bullet comments appeared on the screen.
[Where is this place?]
[It seems like she was teleported to another place?]
Nalan Mingxue said, “I seemed to have been teleported to another place named Warsong Gulch? Only a moment ago, the military officer was explaining this to me, and here I am. How come it is so fast?”