The old chieftain told Galen that his Tauren tribe had been living in the Stonetalon Mountains for many years. Since they left the increasingly barren Barrens ten years ago, they had been hiding in the Stonetalon Mountains to escape the centaur's pursuit.
The old chieftain looked angry when he talked about the centaurs. This was rare for the naturally gentle and peace-loving tauren. It was no wonder, as an entire generation of them had been resisting the brutal centaurs, and countless friends and relatives had died at the hands of the centaurs.
The tauren's migration was arduous, not only because of the centaur's pursuit, but also because of natural disasters and food shortages. Women, children, and young calves suffered from hunger and cold, constantly threatening the lives of the entire tauren tribe.
This camp had not been established for long. Their previous temporary home had been destroyed by the centaurs. No one knew how much hatred the centaurs had for the tauren. Even though they had left the Barrens, they were still relentlessly pursuing them.
Was this the so-called incompatibility between cows and horses?
This was a huge camp, located in a valley. The camp was full of Native American-style animal skin tents. Based on the size of the valley and the number of tents, Galen estimated that there were at least two hundred thousand tauren here. The old chieftain said that this camp was just the vanguard, led by Cairne Bloodhoof.
Under the introduction of Chieftain Runetotem, Galen met the current leader of the tauren, Chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof, in the central tent.
The old chieftain opened the curtain of the large tent. As Galen entered, a phrase in his native language from his previous life blurted out: "Holy crap, he's so tall?"
The giant bull in front of him was at least four meters tall. Two Galenes stacked together would not be as tall as him. Galen looked up at him. This was the tauren chieftain, Cairne Bloodhoof! As a warrior, although Galen had just changed his job to paladin half an hour ago, he was still a warrior who used the Holy Light. He could feel the powerful aura exuding from Cairne Bloodhoof's strong body.
This was a pure warrior, focused on physical strength. Galen would bet with Gandalf that a high-level mage's casual Frostbolt or Fireball would not be able to harm Bloodhoof at all, at most leaving a little mark on his skin.
No wonder he was the strongest warrior in the tauren race. Galen's eyes were burning!
Beside Cairne stood a slightly shorter tauren, with a calm and long aura. If Galen hadn't seen him with his own eyes, he wouldn't have noticed that there was a living being there.
As Galen was thinking, the tall tauren spoke first.
"Young one, are you the emissary of An'she that Mu'un spoke of? Can you prove it to me?"
Cairne's voice was very loud, but unexpectedly, his tone was quite gentle. As expected of a tauren, this gentleness was engraved in their bones. However, Galen believed that when they were angered, they could also unleash amazing power and tear their enemies apart.
Mu'un was Chieftain Skychaser, Dezco's father. On the way, when he was talking with Galen, he was also asking about Galen's origins. After seeing the miracle of Galen's resurrection with his own eyes, and also experiencing the power of the sun himself, he believed that Galen was indeed an emissary of An'she.
However, Mu'un knew that Cairne, as the leader, was responsible for the rise and fall of the Tauren tribe, and would not easily believe the words of a foreign race. As someone trusted by Cairne, he was afraid that his words would affect the chieftain's judgment, so he didn't say too much.
Galen understood their concerns. As the head of a tribe, without a bit of wisdom and easily trusting others, the race would not be far from extinction.
Galen felt that the tauren were very much to his liking, so he had a lot more patience with them. He didn't take a little bit of doubt to heart. He opened his arms and fully activated the Holy Light power on his body. The space inside the tent was filled with warm and orderly light.
Before long, the light dissipated. Cairne said to the tauren beside him, "Hamuul, what do you think?"
So he was the leader of the tauren druids, the chieftain of the Runetotem tribe. He quietly sensed for a while: "What a pure and scorching power, what a bright and dazzling light. The power of nature tells me that this power is full of the power of order and the ability to resist darkness."
"So?" Cairne was a warrior, specializing in using his ancestral rune spear to sweep away all enemies, eliminating them from the physical level. When it came to things on the mysterious side, he was not as good as his friend Hamuul. If he didn't understand, he would ask. Cairne wanted Hamuul to give him the right advice.
"Our guest can not only use the power of light himself, but also guide Mu'un and little Dezco to use this power. The spirit of nature tells me that he is full of goodwill towards our Tauren tribe. I believe he is an emissary of the god An'she!" Hamuul and Cairne had known each other for more than twenty years, and had always been the advisor who assisted Cairne, the great chieftain. He gave his opinion.
"Emissary of the god An'she, I wonder if the Earthmother has any oracle for you to convey to the Tauren tribe?"
Galen's identity as an emissary was thus defined. When this news spread, he would be one of the people with a high reputation among the tauren race in the future.
"You can call me Galen. I came here this time because the Earthmother knew through the Eye of An'she that the Tauren tribe was in a very bad situation. Your new home is not in the Stonetalon Mountains, but should be in a more beautiful and fertile land!" Galen went straight to the point. Anyway, regardless of whether the tauren high-level officials had any doubts, as long as he took them to Mulgore, they would see this treasure land suitable for the tauren to recuperate, and ordinary people would also gain their friendship.
The two bulls in the tent nodded. They had migrated to the Stonetalon Mountains for ten years, but these ten years were still as uneasy as in the Barrens. The centaurs attacked their new home from time to time, and tauren died every day. The tauren already felt overwhelmed and were preparing to migrate east again. The Runetotem team was one of the advance scout teams.
Then Galen stood from God's perspective and explained to them the reasons for the tauren's suffering.
The Barrens was originally a fertile land, with lush water and grass, very suitable for the nomadic habits of the tauren. They had multiplied and lived here for thousands of years.
Later, Zaetar and the earth elemental princess combined, and the centaurs were born. The centaurs' patricidal behavior caused them to be condemned by their mother, and their hearts were filled with loneliness and remorse. The way the chaotic centaurs vented their loneliness was to find objects to vent their anger. Unfortunately, the tauren happened to be the most numerous race living around them, and the tauren began to live a life of being provoked by the centaurs.
The Barrens was also cursed by Zaetar's angry soul, becoming increasingly barren, with water and grass disappearing, turning into a barren desert. The Barrens was thus named.
Such secrets, even the druid Hamuul did not know. After all, the tauren druids' inheritance came from their ancestors. They served the nature demigod Cenarius ten thousand years ago and obtained the knowledge of the druids. Later, the land disintegrated, and the tauren also lost contact with the nature demigod, so naturally they did not know that the centaurs were the descendants of Cenarius's son.
Cairne and Hamuul finally knew why the centaurs had been fighting the tauren like crazy for centuries. They were a generation of tauren who had grown up in the confrontation with the centaurs. They lived a frustrating life and their hearts were filled with hatred for the centaurs.
Just as Cairne and Hamuul were sighing, Galen continued, "Today, the suffering of the Tauren ends. I will take you to the new home that the Earthmother has prepared for you!"
After completely gaining the trust of Cairne and Hamuul, Galen did not intend to continue talking nonsense. He would take them directly to Mulgore, and the tauren would settle down as soon as possible and recuperate. He would be able to unite the tauren to dominate the central and southern continents of Kalimdor sooner.
"Galen, where is the new home guided by the Earthmother?" Cairne was a little impatient. He carried the future and hope of the tauren race on his shoulders and fully promoted the tauren's migration plan to find a new home. The pressure was too great. If this decision was wrong and led to the extinction of the tauren, their generation of young tauren would be the biggest sinners.
"It is a huge basin with lush water and grass, surrounded by mountains, with a mild climate and many prey. It is the most suitable new home for the Tauren to live in."
Galen continued to tout the advantages of Mulgore, teasing the two upright and strong tauren leaders. Finally, under the impatient and eager eyes of the two leaders, Galen decided not to play anymore and take them to see it sooner.
"Are you ready? I'll take you to see the land first, no, the new home, and then we'll discuss how to bring the Tauren tribesmen over!"
Galen was already recognized by the two at this moment. This trip would take the chieftain's guard, plus the newly loyal fan, the sun worshiper Chieftain Mu'un and his son Dezco. The group came to an open space and cleared out the idle tauren.
Galen took out a pre-set return scroll. After using it, white light flashed on the group and disappeared in place.