In the northern hemisphere of the world of Azeroth, in the last month of the cold winter of the 20th year of the Dark Portal, Archimonde the Defiler and his Burning Legion finally completed their attack on the Twisting Nether. The call of legionnaires and the preparation of basic supplies.
The demons of the Burning Legion are not undead natural disasters, nor are they elemental beings. Although each of them is more ferocious and more capable than the last, some basic necessities of life and strategic resources still need to be prepared in advance. This is also Archimonde. The reason why I have been patiently staying here in Lordaeron for so long.
And now, the death knight Arthas and the legendary lich Kel'Thuzad have basically completed the southern region of Lordaeron, the Kingdom of Gilneas in the north of the Great Strait, Silverpine Forest, and Hillsbrad Foothills. and comprehensive cleaning work in the Arathi Highlands. In these places, no force can effectively resist the undead natural disasters and the crazy invasion of the demon army.
What is different from the original timeline is that under the extraordinary power of Archimonde and the terrifying power of Frostmourne, the magic sword of the death knight Arthas, the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Gilneas, along with their Gray The Wall of Mine collapsed in an instant after the Dread Lord used the power given by Archimonde... A large human kingdom in Nuo, known as the third largest human country in the Eastern Continent, was destroyed in advance... …After they swarmed in with an army of 200,000 undead and a small number of elite demon legions, the country was destroyed almost instantly, with very few survivors…
In the original timeline, Nanhai Town, which had survived and resisted for many years, was no exception. Under the death and withering magic of the legendary lich Kel'Thuzad, the original alliance soldiers stationed in Nanhai Town struggled to resist for a period of time. After losing nearly half of the soldiers and able-bodied civilians, they finally had to flee southward by sea in a panic by boat...
Since then, in the northern continent of Lordaeron across the strait, in addition to the Kingdom of Fire in the Eastern Plaguelands, the remnants of Lordaeron in the Hand of Tyr, and the high elves in Quel'Thalas, there are also large-scale creatures in these places. Except for those who survived, almost all others were destroyed...
After the undead Scourge exterminated most of the living humans and intelligent creatures in these places, they finally regrouped and returned to the original King's City of Lordaeron in Tirisfal Glades before the end of winter. Now, outside this ruined plain, densely packed undead and various ferocious demons are all concentrated here, waiting for the order of their master, Archimonde the Polluter, to destroy them. Will begin to cross the sea and attack the continent of Kalimdor to the west!
"Tichondrius...you...disappoint me so much...you really disappoint me so much!"
Archimonde the Polluter suppressed the mad rage in his heart, and stared at the Dread Lord crawling at his feet with cold and ruthless eyes, the first lord of the Nasrezim clan—— Tichondrius.
"I still remember the original order...for you and Mannoroth to lead the elite vanguard of the Legion to go to Kalimdor to establish a vanguard camp, collect intelligence and monitor the actions of the night elves... But look now, you guys What did these two idiots do?"
Just now, when Archimonde was looking at his Burning Legion and the Army of Death with high spirits and preparing for a pre-war mobilization, this Dread Lord actually ran back in such a mess... When this idiot came from When he crawled and rolled out of the portal, Archimonde couldn't believe what his own ears heard!
He just ordered the two of them to build a sentry, and if possible, try to provoke friction and war between the orcs and night elves, slowly consuming their vitality!
And now? Mannoroth is dead! Or was it hacked to death by an orc who drank its blood? That's not all. The remaining elite vanguards of the Demon Legion were also annihilated under the joint siege of the night elves and orcs? Well, now, a good outpost camp is gone, and now, the only one left alive is this stupid bug crawling at his feet, begging for mercy?
"Huh huh huh... My vanguard general Mannoroth is dead... and you are still alive and well... Tichondrius, please tell me, how should I punish you? You are going to What price will you pay for your stupid behavior?"
This was good. Archimonde was originally happy that things were going smoothly on the continent of Lordaeron. All the legionnaires had been summoned as he expected, and the material reserves had basically been completed. Even those two idiots Arthas and Kel'Thuzad returned from their missions ahead of schedule! Just when Archimonde was ambitiously preparing to march westward to capture the Well of Eternity, this Dread Lord, this damn little bat, actually gave him a blow in the head like this?
Now facing Kalimdor, not only did they fail to complete basic tasks according to their own arrangements, but they also caused the tragic death of a vanguard general of the Burning Legion? Was the vanguard unit completely wiped out? Those night elves, orcs, tauren, trolls, and humans are all united now, and are waiting for them to go over and fight a landing and anti-landing battle?
Haha...this is really great!
Although Archimonde didn't pay much attention to those rabble, he was also very confident that he could easily crush their ridiculous defensive positions, but... he could never forgive the idiot bug in front of him for wantonly destroying his own original Plan and arrange!
"Lord Archimonde! I am really unjust!"
The first sentence to shirk responsibility is definitely to cry out for injustice. What's more, it's really unjust for the Dread Lord Tichondrius to be brought to this point. Who made him have to deal with such a pig teammate who just went to waste even if he had a small advantage?
"In the original plan, everything was fine! I also convinced Mannoroth to use his blood to seduce the orcs, and designed to kill the powerful forest demigod of the night elves! However, all of this has changed The blame is on Mannoroth, because he refused to listen to my advice and insisted on controlling the orcs, and in turn ordered the orcs to attack the orcs' own tribal camp..."
"Then, Mannoroth was attacked and hacked to death by the orcs! It was the appearance of Mannoroth that gave the night elves and orcs an opportunity to unite, and ultimately led to the union of elves, orcs, and humans. The situation has developed to this point... Lord Archimonde, you must believe me!"
While Tichondrius was trembling and lying on his knees, he desperately blamed all the responsibilities on the dead Abyss Demon King. After all, this was indeed the case!
If Mannoroth hadn't made the decision without authorization and let the orcs attack the orcs in turn, the current situation would never be as bad as it is! If everything had gone according to Tichondrius's own plan, maybe the orcs would still be fighting with the night elves for the right to own the forest! How could an alliance be formed so quickly?
"Lord Archimonde! I am really unjust! The leader of Legion Vanguard is Mannoroth. I really can't stop what he insists on doing..."
After tearfully accusing the Demon King of the Abyss, Tichondrius quickly continued to crawl on his knees and beg for mercy, hoping to survive this time. If he was punished because of the dead idiot Mannoroth, then he would be really unjust.
"Ha! Even if everything you said is true, you still have an unshirkable responsibility! Forget it... let's put aside your punishment for now. When we attack Kalimdor, it's up to you, Stay on Lordaeron's side honestly, and after we return victoriously, I will decide how to punish you. Now, get out of my way!"
In a rage, Archimonde kicked the stupid little bug aside.
Although he also knew that the situation might be exactly what Tichondrius said, that all this was the fault of the Abyss Demon Lord Mannolos!
However, even so, he was not willing to spare this little bat so easily! However, he does not plan to deal with the other party now. Everything will have to wait until he returns from victory. By then, this little insect can only pray that his mood will be good or bad...
At this time, Archimonde no longer wants to be distracted by these bullshit things. He is ready to swear an oath to fight immediately and strive to destroy the entire continent of Kalimdor in one fell swoop! Whether they are night elves, orcs, or humans, they will all turn into powder in front of the Burning Legion!
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At the time when Archimonde and the Burning Legion were about to advance westward, in the former Stratholme City in the Eastern Plaguelands in the distance, the fire elements were constructing their new capital of the Kingdom of Fire, which lasted more than two months. After that, it was finally basically completed!
Looking at the entire world of Azeroth, I am afraid that no race can match the construction speed of the fire elementals! Because they directly use racial talents to forcibly melt hard rocks or ores, and then directly knead them like mud. After kneading the shape and smoothing the surface, they wait for the building to slowly build itself. Just cool down! If it were any other race, they really wouldn't be able to learn this technique!
Now, the original Stratholme has long ceased to exist, and has been replaced by another magnificent fire element city with fire element characteristics!
After receiving the personal approval of Her Majesty Queen Anne, the city was officially named by Grand Steward Shane Knox: on the towering and huge city gate at the head of the city, it was carved with flame runes and inlaid with red bright lights. The special glowing flame gems were distributed and arranged to form four large characters in the common language of Azeroth - City of Fire!
This is the first large city of the Fire Kingdom in the world of Azeroth, and it is currently the only large city. It is also the new royal capital of the Fire Kingdom, their new military and political center of the fire element, and the official seat of their queen. The location of the palace.
When the royal city was officially built, their fire element queen also officially moved into the palace of this large city. On the other side of the Flame Canyon, only a small camp with less than a thousand fire elements was maintained to ensure the daily operation and maintenance of the temporary portals and the Queen's temporary palace.
Now, this magnificent city of flames is divided into several large areas by the fire demon general manager.
In the middle, that large piece of land is Her Majesty Queen Anne's palace! This palace, which is comparable to Saffron Castle in the Land of Fire, was built by the fire elements to be extremely majestic and domineering. The palace is like a huge mage tower, surrounded by six huge pillars, and there are huge dark red lights shining outside the pillars. Rune is obviously some kind of magical building with defensive functions; and on the top of its central hall, there is a huge main tower that towers straight into the clouds. At the top of the main tower, there are huge flame crystals on it. The combination creates a large energy-gathering magic array, burning with eternal flames!
At night, it is like a red star high in the sky. Almost people in the entire Eastern Plague Land can look to the north and see the bright light it emits... It symbolizes the glory of Her Majesty Queen Anne. , shining on the entire continent of Lordaeron!
In front of the Queen's Palace, there is a huge Flame Square. In the middle of the square, there is a fountain made of boiling magma. In addition, there is a wide and straight avenue that leads directly to the Queen's Palace Square and the south gate of the city. On the left side of this avenue, one of the narrow areas close to the avenue was divided into a trading area by Grand Steward Shane Knox, while the other area on the right side of the avenue was allocated to living people other than the fire element, or It is used as a special residential area by other creatures.
On both sides of the middle palace, there are two large summoning squares. There, there are two flame portals comparable to the Dark Portal. They are so tall that even a huge lava giant like Otuk, When passing through the portal, you no longer have to bow your head and bend down like when you came out before.
Finally, behind the Queen's Palace, there is a large military area, where the most elite Royal Legion after the reorganization of the Flame Legion is stationed. They have nearly 40,000 elite fire elements, all of which are composed of high-level elites and above! The other fire elements, which can be pulled up at any time and used as army commands, occupy large or small areas in other places in the City of Fire, so as to be reserved for those who are summoned to the world of Azeroth. Inhabited by their respective tribes!
For example, the Fire Eagles occupy the area around the City of Fire, close to the mountains, and they build their nests on the mountains; while the elite lord of the Flame Tortoise Teropene leads their clansmen, a group of large and small The Flame Bastard alone occupied a huge magma pool in the back half of the city that was transformed by extracting the planet's magma veins.
Other smoldering elements and lava dogs are not willing to lag behind, each occupying large and small territories, while the fire demon clan with the highest intelligence began to establish various uniform and deep-rooted structures behind the trading area. Two-story buildings in the fire element style, they now begin to live a social life similar to human structures.
Well, actually none of the above is very important, because today, on the day when the Fire City of the Fire Kingdom is officially completed, here, in the Queen's Palace of the Fire City, a meeting will be held that concerns the entire eastern part of the country. The northern part of the continent is even an important meeting related to the future distribution of power in the entire Azeroth world!
Today, outside the City of Fire, representatives from various countries in northern Lordaeron gathered here!
Led by the Queen from the New Kingdom of Lordaeron, Calliam Neshil, and her important officials related to the New Kingdom of Lordaeron, this group of people had arrived a long time ago, and they had come from the hands of Tyr. Came on horseback from the land, because now all the undead in the entire Eastern Plague Land have been cleared away!
There are also Queen Sylvanas Windrunner from the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas and the envoys from the High Elf Kingdom led by her. Because of Anne, their high elves' vitality has been largely preserved. Just now, They came here through the mages who arrived here first on dragon eagles and opened the portal.
Finally, of course, the dwarf leader from the Eagle's Nest Mountain - Falstad Wildhammer and his delegation of gryphon knights are also indispensable. The Hinterland has also been greatly harmed by the undead, and they deserve the help of the humans of Lordaeron. After receiving the official letter from the high elves, they rode griffins and finally arrived here on this day.
They were all informed to gather here on this day. In this newly built City of Fire, they were preparing to discuss the formation of a new alliance with Queen Anne of the Fire Element Kingdom to fight against the Undead Scourge and the Burning Legion.
Before the envoys from various countries enter the city, they must first pass by the bridge at the southern city gate and the huge steel statue of Her Majesty Anne, the Flame Queen, outside the bridge! It was built based on Archimonde's actual height at the time, plus a thick base. In the end, the height of the statue was a little higher than Archimonde at the time, in order to highlight their flame queen's appearance. Brilliant achievements.
The first group of people to enter the city were the human envoys who had arrived here a long time ago. They each rode tall military horses and slowly walked onto the bridge one by one. They were mainly composed of Kalia from the Kingdom of Lordaeron. It consists of the Queen, Grand Marshal Garithos, Commander-in-Chief Dathrohan of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and Archbishop Fao, the new leader of the Holy Light Church.
The Faao in the human team was particularly conspicuous. He showed his dead face so blatantly, completely ignoring the surprised and suspicious looks Anren and the high elves cast on him.
No one knows what the new human kingdom of Lordaeron has gone through in the past two months, and now it can still coexist harmoniously with the undead natural disasters?
It is said that this matter has something to do with their Queen Kalia. Now, in addition to ascending the throne on the same day as the Queen of the Kingdom of High Elves, the Queen of Lordaeron has also begun to accept undead souls who have become undead due to disasters, but who have independent consciousness and can withstand the test of the Holy Light. They obtained a secret place and lived a life far away from living people...
"Until now, I really don't believe that that little girl actually defeated such a powerful demon? And that demon, is he really as tall as this statue?"
Dathrohan rode his horse and followed half a body behind his queen. After looking up at the huge statue, he began to look at the base of the statue and kept sighing. Because, he saw that in front of the pedestal, on the stone tablet that was taller than the pedestal, it was written in special flame runes and the common language of Azeroth:
Twenty years after the Dark Portal of Azeroth, on this day when autumn and winter meet, the queen of the great Kingdom of Fire, the great lord of the Land of Fire, the liberator of the fire elements, the powerful demigod, the immortal, and the daughter of fire , Her Majesty Queen Anne Hastur, defeated the arrogant Lord of the Burning Legion, Archimonde the Polluter, here, and this monument was erected as evidence!
"Hmph! Look at these fire elements, what a grand display! Are they, the Flame Kingdom, trying to demonstrate against us? This is really good! Okay, Dathrohan, stop talking nonsense, let's hurry in. Bar!"
After Generalissimo Garithos looked at the huge statue with jealousy on his face, he began to urge impatiently.
He looked unkindly at the two rows of tall lava giants standing on both sides of the spacious city gate bridge, each with more than a hundred standing motionless. Although they are not as exaggerated as Lord Otuk, they are still a little taller than three humans combined! The fire elements don't know them here, and the meaning of the demonstration is obvious!
Behind Queen Kalia and the Grand Marshal, dozens of members of the human envoys also rode forward one after another. They all looked up in shock at the statue of the Flame Queen next to the bridge and the words written on the stone tablet...
I'm afraid only the fire elements can create such a huge steel statue... The statue of the queen alone can be so breathtaking. If it were really Archimonde standing in front of them, it would be very impressive. What kind of situation is it? Thinking of this, these human cavalry couldn't help but start to feel uneasy... It is said that Archimonde is still staying in the King's City of Lordaeron...
Unlike the human envoys who were either disdainful, shocked, or thoughtful, when it was the turn of the envoys from the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas to enter the city, dozens of them passed by Queen Anne's Steel Tower. When they saw the statue, all of them followed their Queen Sylvanas. They all leaned half of their bodies slightly on the saddle of the white chocobo and respectfully performed the Quel'Thalas to the statue. Attention gift.
After all, back then, when the high elves were in their most critical and difficult moments, when they were most desperate and helpless, it was the queen of the Fire Kingdom who saved the kingdom of Quel'Thalas regardless of danger and brought all the people together. Annihilated an army of hundreds of thousands of undead!
It can even be said that it was Queen Anne who saved their entire high elves clan in Quel'Thalas! Therefore, now they just collectively salute the statue, which seems too light. Their clan of high elves will remember this profound kindness forever!
"Sister! Is this Her Majesty Queen Anne who saved our Kingdom of Quel'Thalas? Is she really a little girl? Is she really that powerful?"
After the salute, the team of high elves rode their all-white chocobos and began to trot across the city gate bridge. At this moment, Queen Sylvanas' sister, Vereesa Windrunner, patted the white chocobo sitting down, accelerated a few steps forward, and ran to her queen sister's side to keep pace with her.
When Arthas led the undead army to sweep the Silverpine Forest and march towards the Kingdom of Gilneas, Dalaran's new leader Ronin and Vereesa had to take the remaining Dalaran mages and high elves troops by boat. The ship returned to Quel'Thalas, narrowly catching up with Queen Xi's coronation ceremony.
After Sylvanas Windrunner officially ascended the throne as Queen, the title of Duke of Silvermoon City that she left behind finally came to an advantage for Vereesa!
After all, this title was passed down to the Windrunner family by the previous king, Anastarian Sunstrider. Now, he is the king of Sylvanas, and the Windrunner family only has one Vereesa Windrunner left. In this case, the only option is to give her an advantage. Therefore, Vereesa didn't do anything, and as soon as he returned to Quel'Thalas, he got the title of a duke! It made the current leader of Dalaran, Luo Ning, almost unable to raise his head in front of his wife.
"Yes, it is indeed her..."
As if remembering the appearance of a certain little girl, Sylvanas couldn't help but have a slight smile on her lips.
Originally, they, the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, did not dare to come into contact with the sudden rise of the Fire Element Kingdom at first. However, through the help of the humans in Lordaeron and knowing that the Queen of the Fire Kingdom was the one who saved Quel'Thalas in the first place. After being a great benefactor, Sylvanas tried her best to promote this alliance meeting between the four surviving forces in the northern part of the eastern continent.
First, she needs to bring all parties closer together to jointly deal with the coming threats. Secondly, she, Sylvanas, also hopes to use this to repay Fire Queen Anne's kindness to their high elves.
After the high elves passed through the city gate on their beautiful white chocobos, it was finally the turn of the dwarf gryphon knights of Eagle Nest Mountain.
"Big boss, this is too exaggerated...these fire elements are too extravagant and wasteful! Look at this statue, the bridge under your feet, and the city gate and wall. I'm afraid they are all made of steel. Is it cast? How much steel does this require? What a waste of money!"
The Wildhammer dwarves who passed by on foot riding griffons in Eagle's Nest Mountain had their mouths split open when they saw the statue. In their opinion, how much steel is wasted? After cutting it out and melting it, it can probably be used to arm all the dwarves in Eagle's Nest Mountain! Moreover, there is also the palace standing upright in the clouds in the distance, which seems to be a half-steel and half-stone structure? Tsk tsk... they are indeed wasteful things!
"Okay! Guys, after the fire element melts the ore, it can also jump into the molten steel and have fun. Not only will it not burn you, but it can also be pinched and played with the molten steel like mud. Although we dwarves are also very good at blacksmithing, but their We can’t learn this kind of method!”
At the front of the team, Falstad Wildhammer, the current leader of the Eagle's Nest Mountain dwarves, was sitting on his griffin and said with a smile.
Falstad Wildhammer is now the patriarch and leader of the Wildhammer clan in Eagle Nest Mountain! He has never died during the Age of Dragons, so anyone who talks nonsense and says he is dead is a hooligan!
"In this case, if they have so much fire element steel, I don't know if they can sell the excess steel?"
One of the dwarves quickly thought of the possibility of a transaction between the two parties. After all, for the fire element, steel smelting is really an advantage! Take a look at them all. There are so many of them that they are used to build bridges, city walls, palaces, and statues. So, it’s not too much to spread them out to support or sell them to friendly forces at a low price, right?
