As demon lords who were both promoted from Eredar Archons, the relationship between Archimonde and Kil'jaeden was not as friendly as outsiders imagined.
Among the three archons of the eredar, Kil'jaeden and Velen were contemporaries. The two had a close friendship and talked about everything.
This is why Kil'jaeden was so angry after Velen abandoned Argus and fled. He believed that Velen had betrayed the deep friendship they had formed over tens of thousands of years.
Another consul of the same generation as Kil'jaeden and Velen is Archimonde's mentor Thal'kiel. Judging from this relationship, Archimonde is a generation younger than Kil'jaeden and Velen, except for official duties. There are not many common topics outside.
After leading the entire clan to defect to Sargeras, the two Archons, who were also infused with the demon king's evil energy, were indistinguishable in strength.
The Burning Legion is a new starting point for both of them, and their original seniority and seniority are no longer important.
Compared with Kil'jaeden, who was accustomed to sitting in the rear and strategizing, Archimonde, who was younger and more ambitious, liked to charge on the front line, relying on his example to attract more followers within the Burning Legion, which believed in respecting the strong.
Over time, the two gradually gained their own unique titles within the Burning Legion based on their different acting styles.
Fraudster and Defiler, from these two titles, one can immediately see their completely different styles.
In an organization as rich in martial arts as the Burning Legion, there is no doubt that Archimonde's style is more likely to win the worship of demons.
The wily Kil'jaeden didn't care about this. He was happy to let Archimonde stand in front and attract attention, so that he could have more time and energy to hunt down Velen and the Draenei.
But, if that's all, that's it.
The ambitious Archimonde has completely expanded as his influence has grown. He began to look down on Kil'jaeden, his senior who only knew how to "make small moves" in the rear. He boasted that his status had long been above the fraudsters.
Kil'jaeden was dissatisfied with Archimonde's almost unabashed announcement, but the Deceiver didn't intend to do anything for a while, allowing the fool who increasingly worshiped muscles and gradually abandoned thinking to continue to grow.
The former Archimonde was also a man of both civil and military skills who was good at using intrigues and intrigues. The reason why his mentor Thal'kiel fell from power was that Archimonde played a lot of role behind the scenes.
After being imbued with great power by Sargeras, Archimonde discovered a problem.
Many problems that previously required the use of brains can now be easily solved with just the use of hands.
After gradually getting used to this simple and crude way of solving problems, Archimonde could never go back.
Just as Kil'jaeden thought, Archimonde can always solve problems through pure strength. It doesn't matter even if he encounters a strong enemy that he cannot defeat. Sargeras, the invincible opponent in the universe, will take action anyway.
As the Burning Legion conquered countless worlds in the universe, the name of the Defiler, who often acted as a vanguard, finally officially surpassed the Deceiver, who rarely went to the front line, and was recognized as the second-ranking figure in the Legion below Sargeras.
Kil'jaeden's city is very deep, and he himself does not care about Archimonde's show of force, but the demons who follow the Deceiver are very disgusted with the increasingly assertive Defiler faction.
And Kil'jaeden only acted like he didn't care on the outside, but in fact he was just as angry in his heart.
If Archimonde failed during the invasion of Azeroth, or even died, Kil'jaeden would not be able to take the opportunity to suppress the Defiler's forces.
By the time Archimonde was resurrected by Sargeras, the situation within the Burning Legion must have gone through a major reshuffle.
However, even the far-sighted fraudster did not expect that Sargeras had no intention of resurrecting Archimonde at all, because he found a more suitable helper.
Netizens from the different world, Shatuo, once told Sharlayan a common saying - those who are not of my race must have a different heart.
This sentence is equally valid for Azeroth and Sargeras.
If he could corrupt the souls of his fellow Titans for his own use, Sargeras would naturally trust his fellow Titans more.
Ereida? Their usefulness has ended.
With the help of a large number of high-end technologies and spells provided by the Eredar civilization, the Burning Legion embarked on a period of crazy expansion.
However, there are limits to accumulation and accumulation. After the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago, Sargeras, who suffered his first failure, discovered a problem.
The development potential brought to the Burning Legion by the eredar civilization began to be gradually exhausted, and they could no longer provide more help to the Burning Legion, which still needed to expand.
In this case, while the Titan's soul is about to be corrupted and join the Legion's expedition, it is almost time for the old-era demon lords headed by Kil'jaeden and Archimonde to withdraw from the front line.
Sargeras is not stupid, and he will not tell the fraudsters and polluters himself about his plans to upgrade early.
Sargeras has been running around in the universe for countless years. Isn't it easy to kill someone with a borrowed knife?
Sharlayan is not sure whether Sargeras has already expected that Archimonde will be defeated in Azeroth. In any case, once Archimonde dies, Sargeras, who has other plans in mind, will never kill him again. resurrection.
Kil'jaeden, who doesn't know Sargeras's intentions for the time being, will not let go of the power vacuum period after Archimonde's death but has not yet been resurrected. He will foolishly take Mannoroth, Archimonde's absolute confidant, into his hands. Resurrection first?
It's obviously impossible.
Among this group of high-level demons who invaded Azeroth, except for Tichondrius and other Dread Lords who were originally sent by Kil'jaeden to "assist Archimonde", once the others die and return to the Twisting Void, it will be very difficult for them to return to the Twisting Void. Resurrection will not be possible for a long time.
Sarlayan was unable to intervene in the overt and covert struggle between the two giants of the Burning Legion, and had no intention of intervening.
He is happy to see this happen. This inevitable demonic internal conflict will inevitably affect the overall combat effectiveness of the Burning Legion, giving Azeroth more time to enrich its own strength.
At this moment, Mannoroth was still waiting with great anticipation to see what kind of surprises the Warsong Clan could bring him. Sharlayan planned to make him happy for a while. Anyway, he only had this last happy time.
After confirming the route of the Warsong Clan, Sarlayan quickly folded his wings and dived back to the Warsong Lumber Camp.
"How about it?"
As soon as Sharlayan landed and returned to his human form, Varok Saurfang, who was anxious in his heart, immediately came up to ask about the situation.
"I saw them."
Sarlayan looked at King Saurfang calmly: "Unfortunately, judging from the stench of evil energy that unconsciously escapes when the Warsong clan marches in groups... we are indeed a step too late."
"Hey~"
Varok had actually expected this, but when he heard this fact with his own ears, he still felt a little depressed.
As the military leader of the tribe when the warchief was away, Varok quickly adjusted his mentality.
"There is no other way. In order to prevent those single-minded guys from causing more trouble, we can only subdue them first."
Sarlayan agreed with this, but he also gave a warning: "Be careful. After drinking the blood of demons again, the combat effectiveness of the Warsong clan has returned to the peak state of the old tribe."
"Varok, you should know their current strength better than I do."
Varok nodded solemnly: "Duke Deep Shadow, please leave matters on the battlefield to me. I will do my best to suppress the resistance of the Warsong clan."
"Compared with this, I'm more worried about post-war handling."
Sarlayan knew what Varok was worried about, raised his hand and patted his solid shoulder to comfort him: "On this point, I believe Guyin'er will be able to successfully solve the problem of demon blood after returning from Stonetalon Mountain. Let’s focus on the present first.”
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The one who can solve the problem of demon blood contamination is not Gu Yin'er, but Medivh who will inevitably follow him.
As an astral mage, the last guardian of Tirisfal, and the previous master of Karazhan, Medivh's knowledge is very profound.
When Sargeras induced him to do various actions that harmed Azeroth, although it was not out of his own will, Medivh also passively learned a lot of advanced knowledge related to evil energy from the Demon King.
If you ask who knows the most about evil in Azeroth right now, no one can match Medivh.
Just as Sharlayan predicted, after getting used to the attack intensity of the degraded version of the orcs, the Sentinels lacked adequate preparation for the counterattack of the Warsong Clan, which suddenly doubled in strength, and were defeated in one blow as expected.
Grom was not busy massacring the dispersed night elves, because more powerful enemies had already come to the door.
"ha!"
Looking at several behemoths flying from a distance, Grom's body and spirit were once again intensified by the demon's blood, and the corners of Grom's mouth curled up in a ferocious arc.
"Is this the dragon of Azeroth that the old guy from Zuluhid said? Let me try to see which one is stronger between you and Gronn!"
