Chapter 155 Crystal Fortress

Staghelm Watch, built in the mountains, naturally cannot accommodate the army of the Covenant. Even the main force of the Cenarion Circle is in Cenarion Fortress, which is enough to prove the scale of Staghelm Watch.

Reality is not like in the game, where the armies of the Alliance and the Horde can just stand at the foot of the mountain of the Cenarion Circle.

If that is really the case in reality, then there is no need for the Ahn'Qiraj bugs to take action. The heat during the day and the cold at night in the desert are enough to kill the Kalimdor coalition.

The location of the Covenant Legion's camp in the Silithus Desert is very critical, and several points must be met.

First, there must be a stable water source near the camp, which depends on the water probe.

Secondly, the camp must not be too close to the three alien insect nests in the Silithus Desert, the Yash nest, the Regal nest, and the Zora nest, otherwise it will cause attacks from the alien insect nests.

In Blizzard's setting for the Silithus Desert, there are only two places that can become long-term settlements, one is the Warrior's Tomb, and the other is the Twilight Camp established by the Twilight Hammer.

The Covenant does not need a long-term settlement camp, let alone a fight with the Twilight Hammer, so naturally it will not choose the Twilight Camp.

With the help of the water-probing rod, a water-probing artifact invented by the Gadgetzan Water Company, the places in the Silithus Desert that are easy to build paddy fields and drill wells were quickly made into land and handed over to Garin.

In the end, Garin decisively chose the Crystal Valley in the northwest of the Silithus Desert. The Crystal Valley near Feralas not only has easy-to-mine groundwater, but also a large number of crystals.

The only difficulty is some of the Twilight Hammer believers entrenched in the Crystal Valley, and the Twilight Hammer's great lord Demitian.

Being called a great lord, one must have certain strength, just like the leaders of the Paladins and the Death Knights are all called great lords, while the strength of the cursed great lord Demitian, a subordinate of the Twilight Cult, is not satisfactory.

When the Covenant's army came to Crystal Valley, there were only a small number of Twilight Hammer believers mining crystals. The Twilight Hammer is composed of races such as orcs, humans and trolls. Although the members of the organization are all mainstream races, they are actually a mob.

It is no more difficult to seize Crystal Valley than to fight against the Wasteland Bandits and South Sea Pirates.

"Andre Firebeard and Cardiff Scorpisteen, the task of building the camp is handed over to you. I hope that when the subsequent legions arrive, they can see a camp that has already been defensive." Garin said kindly to the two leaders of the Wasteland Bandits and South Sea Pirates, but the brilliant smile made Andre Firebeard and Cardiff Scorpisteen tremble.

Andre Firebeard and Cardiff Scorpiusting stood up decisively, and said with a motivated look, "Please leave it to us, great King Garin. When the warriors of the Covenant arrive, they will definitely see a stable city!"

There must be brave men under a heavy reward, and the real potential can only be unleashed under the threat of death. The Covenant Legion also has to deal with the counterattack of the Twilight Hammer and the attack of alien insects that may occur at any time, so the construction of the Crystal Valley Covenant Camp was all handed over to the wasteland robbers, South Sea pirates and Twilight Hammer coolies.

After getting the guarantee from the two, Garin clapped his hands with satisfaction, and then went directly into the tent that had just been set up to rest.

Although Garin was very glorious and killed another Loa god, fatigue was inevitable, but he was just holding on.

The desert was extremely hot during the day, even the wind was so hot, and there were a lot of fine sand particles. With the existence of the tent, there was no need to be exposed to the sun. At the same time, the accompanying royal mage also considerately used ice magic for Garin to lower the temperature in the tent.

When Garin woke up, it was already night.

Garin, who was relaxed, felt that his strength had increased after killing the three-headed snake demigod Ghazrilla. At the same time as killing the demigod, the more advanced life essence energy possessed by the demigod would be integrated into Garin's body.

For a few hours, the wasteland bandits, South Sea pirates, and Twilight Hammer coolies were working non-stop. Their efficiency was faster than Garin had imagined. Without the auxiliary tools of the goblins and the magic of the blood elves, they could actually level the wandering Crystal Valley and build the city wall with the crystals excavated from the Crystal Valley.

This construction efficiency is comparable to the stonemason brotherhood and goblin architects employed by the Kingdom of Stormgard.

It is for this reason that Garin decided not to put these guys into the Paladin Prison in Tol Barad Islands.

Perhaps, these talents composed of bandits, pirates, and cultists will have other uses in the future.

Just like in the future of Azeroth, King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind released those vicious criminals in Stormwind Prison and formed the North Guard.

Even bandits, pirates, and cultists have value, but it depends on how they are used. Of course, Garin will definitely not use them as normal people.

With the assistance of goblin professionals hired from Gadgetzan Water Company, the paddy fields in Crystal Valley were soon dug out, and the Covenant Legion in the Crystal Valley Camp no longer had to rely on long-distance transportation of fresh water from Un'Goro Crater.

The cold, pure groundwater will support the warriors of the Covenant in fighting the Ahn'Qiraj bugs in the Silithus Desert.

Afterwards, Archdruid Fandral Staghelm even sent some night elf druids from the Cenarion Circle to Crystal Valley to help the Covenant.

In the presence of water, the land of Crystal Valley is not a pure desert. The night elf druids even relied on the powerful force of nature to plant green on the flat ground of Crystal Valley. The tenacious grass seeds thrived on this land.

Both the Silithid and the Twilight Hammer had attacked Crystal Valley, but both ended in failure. All the members of the Twilight Hammer in the Silithus Desert could not retake Crystal Valley, so the Twilight Hammer Lord Demitrin gave up directly.

The Silithid mainly came from the east of Crystal Valley. The Silithids from the Ash Hive in the north of the Silithus Desert and the Zora Hive in the south were difficult to attack Crystal Valley because the Twilight Camp and Twilight Outpost of the Twilight Hammer served as natural walls to resist the attacks of the Zora Hive in the south.

By the time Princess Calia led the remaining Covenant Legion to the Crystal Valley with supplies, a solid fortress built of crystal and stone, the Crystal Fortress, had already stood in the Silithus Desert.

Next, they only needed to suppress the alien insects in the hive while waiting for the expeditionary forces of the Horde and the Alliance to arrive in Silithus, and then they could truly start the Second Quicksand War.