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The Dark Elf - Part 5He hated silence. He loved the sound of shrieking pain and death coming from his victims, which were usually of his own kind... But foolish. They had DOUBT that the darkness would prevail. The flames were growing steadily around the Town Hall, and some Grunts had been sent in to ensure no one lived to tell of this slaughter. Jek' Hazarr still had no idea who had managed to kill everyone but that scout, but such matters were irrelevant. It was most likely a Goblin, maybe still in the Town Hall. "When the Hall is completely destroyer, search the ashes for any survivors." The Grunt gave a 'luc-tarr' and gazed upon the Town Hall once again.
Smoke was begging to fill the room, and all the exits were surrounded by flame! Suddenly, the gem he found was gone! He looked around to see a shadow heading up a rope and into a hole in the ceiling. Grildarr went up the rope, and went into the dark corridors until he went down again, into a hole in the ground! He went in and traveled for what seemed like a mile, he was sweating and hungry, when he found a fire, surrounded by Goblins! He tried to utter a 'hello' but just fell flat on the ground.
"Should we eat it!? I say we eat it!" Dernim smacked his fellow Goblin, Grum, and poured water over the head of the Elf who had wondered into their camp.
"Wake up! Wake up!" He shouted, and the Elf opened it's eyes. It looked around, then got up and began to speak, "Where am I?"
Dernim was eager to find out where this Elf had come from... "You are in a camp of the Goblin Underground, we traverse the underealm of Lordaeron, waging our war against all who dare wrong us! Now, who are YOU?"
The Elf took a seat on the ground, "I'm Grildarr, a scout for the King of Lordaeron! Were you the ones who killed all of those people in the Town Hall?!"
Killed? What in the name of Zul'Jin was he talking about? "What people, we saw no people, just you! and THIS-" The Goblin took out a red gem, "Does this belong to you? I've never seen anything like it! I thought I had seen every gem in existence in my 347 years, but I guess not. Now that we know who you are, you may stay here since you have never wronged us, so we think. Get some rest, we shall need you later."
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The Town Hall was completely destroyed, nothing but ashes, and they found no body. Surely there would have been SOME remains of the doomed scout! He couldn't have escaped, the Hall was surrounded! Suddenly, Jek'Hazarr leaped into the air right before an arrow was able to pierce his back!
"Jek'Hazarr. I would expect to find you in front the ashes of innocent lives! Now, your time is over. Your Orc allies have been dispatched and you are surrounded by the Rangers of Lordaeron!" J
ek grinned, "No, it is you who shall die, Derrlinn!" Jek pulled out a small Dwarven Dueling Pistol and pierced a hole in the Ranger's head before he had time to react, then arrows went flying toward him and soon the Dark Elf was dead. "Fowl abomination, we shall burn his corpse in front of the gates of Lordaeron!"
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Gildarr awoke startled, and found all the Goblins surrounding him laying in a pool of their own blood!
"What happened here?" Grildarr whispered to himself, he saw two glowing yellow eyes when he looked down the tunnel, and an arrow shot by him and hit the wall.
The eyes disappeared, so he looked back and saw a note stuck to the arrow which read, "Don't worry Dark One. You shall die before your quest is complete, I shall see to it as long as I live, the portal shall not open!" What was he talking about?
Grildarr turned around, to find a figure in a green cloak, with light Elven sheet armor that seemed to be made from Dwarven metals, and he had an Azeroth Long Sword pointed right at the scout's head!
"Who are you?" asked Grildarr..
"I am the one who shall kill you, to avenge the deaths of all who have perished at your unmerciful hand you beast! You have evaded me up to this point, your accomplice Jek'Hazarr is dead, and soon you and the Legion's reign of terror shall never tread the lands of Azeroth and Lordaeron again!"
With the sword still just in front of Grildarr's head, the stranger took his other hand and swiped the gem from his pocket, "Tell me how to destroy this before I kill you!"
Destroy a gem? All you need to do is throw it in a Dwarven foundry! How could he not know this? "Dark One? Destroy the gem? Kill me!? What's going on?!!?" But no sooner had the scout asked he felt a hard whack on the head and fell on the floor.... |
