In the spring of the 21st year of the Dark Portal of Azeroth, during the season when everything in the northern hemisphere of the planet is awakening, a huge explosion was heard in the western continent of Kalimdor.
After waves of violent turbulence erupted across the entire planet of Azeroth, one of the leaders of the Burning Legion, the arrogant Archimonde the Defiler, who had been going unstoppable, easily breaking through the defense lines of the three tribes and attacking all the way to the foot of the World Tree, suddenly Then he was killed inexplicably!
Perhaps, Archimonde would never have thought that he would die so painfully and suddenly; he would never have thought that the massive power of the Well of Eternity that he had absorbed into his body would actually be mixed with it. He gained a lot of natural power, and then, naturally, the ancient spirits summoned by Malfurion blowing the Horn of Cenarius possessed him and started to self-destruct and simultaneously detonated the objects he was using. Absorb the power within your body...
So, when Archimonde was extremely happy and sad, dreaming of absorbing the power of the Well of Eternity and surpassing Sargeras in one fell swoop, he did not expect that he was actually plotted by a little druid and lost his life.
The Burning Legion and the Death Army of the Undead Scourge under his command, without a leader, were immediately defeated by the three tribes coalition forces who had been waiting for a long time... Finally, at the end of spring, before the arrival of summer, the Kalimdor coalition forces Their offensive began to enter the final stage, completely ending this war.
Across the endless sea, looking in the direction of the continent of Kalimdor, Illidan Stormrage sighed deeply.
Ten thousand years, Illidan has been imprisoned for ten thousand years...
Ten thousand years ago, during the War of the Ancients, Illidan successfully saved the world of Azeroth for the first time using what he believed to be the correct method.
But...he ended up with the sad end of being imprisoned forever!
In the dungeon of the Watcher, Illidan has been imprisoned for ten thousand years... If the Burning Legion hadn't invaded again this time, I'm afraid... he would have been imprisoned, right?
Thousands of years ago, after the victory in the battle with the Burning Legion, Illidan still remembered clearly that before the Well of Eternity exploded, he secretly filled it with seven bottles as a last-minute precaution. The seven bottles of water from the Well of Eternity contain huge energy.
Illidan believed that although the night elves had won. However, sooner or later, the Burning Legion will invade again.
The brutal war between the world of Azeroth and the Burning Legion has just begun! Therefore, Illidan firmly believes that rebuilding a new Well of Eternity will surely save the night elves again during the next invasion of the Burning Legion.
Therefore, without telling everyone at the time, he found a hidden lake on the top of Mount Hyjal, poured three bottles of water from the Well of Eternity into it, and turned the lake into a second new Well of Eternity forever. .
At that time, Illidan naively believed that his night elf people would regard him as a hero... However, he was wrong. He did not receive any honors that a hero should have. Instead, those cowardly and incompetent people regarded him as a hero. As an excuse, he was imprisoned for ten thousand years!
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But now, ten thousand years have passed, and facts have proven that his behavior at that time was extremely correct!
Let's see, if he hadn't recast the new Well of Eternity, why would they, the night elves, be able to kill Archimonde? With their ridiculous power of nature? Or by the power of those ethereal moon gods? Ultimately? In the end, isn't it relying on the new Well of Eternity that Illidan created ten thousand years ago?
And now? Now, ten thousand years later, after they killed Archimonde with the Well of Eternity created by Illidan and shattered another conspiracy of the Burning Legion, their incompetent and short-sighted people actually sentenced him to death again. For a crime that did not exist at all, it was also announced that Illidan would be permanently expelled from the night elves... This is really a huge irony!
But... that's all, it's all over now!
Just like what Tyrande said to her after she rescued him in the Watcher Prison: He agreed to participate in the battle not for the night elves, but just for her alone.
Now, the war is over, Archimonde has been defeated, and Illidan has fulfilled his promise at the time!
So, from now on, Illidan Stormrage will try to save the world of Azeroth that is being watched by the Burning Legion in his own way! He will never play tricks on others or be manipulated by others again, never again!
Not long ago, Kil'jaeden, another Lord of the Burning Legion, crossed many barriers to contact and find Illidan. He asked Illidan to help him destroy the Scourge leader Ner'zhul, the Lich King, who had betrayed the Legion and turned Arthas into his number one general. As a reward for destroying the Lich King, Kil'jaeden promised to give Illidan anything he wanted after completing the tasks he promulgated.
Illidan has always been dismissive of such lies from such demons!
However, after he saw Kil'jaeden's power that was comparable to Archimonde, and the situation was stronger than others, Illidan had no choice but to agree first.
Anyway, in Illidan's opinion, the Lich King, as the pioneer of the Burning Legion's destruction of the world of Azeroth, also caused a lot of harm to the world of Azeroth. Then, he can give it a try to see if he can destroy the Lich King Ner'zhul and gain more power through it. It's probably a good choice.
Therefore, Illidan is going to find the Eye of Sargeras that Kil'jaeden mentioned to see if it has infinite power. Perhaps, after the ceremony is over, he can secretly intercept part of it?
However, before that, he must first find and master some of his subordinates. Illidan never wanted to experience the idea of running around naked and beating up other people's armies alone, or being beaten up by other people's armies alone! If he didn't have any powerful subordinates of his own, he felt that sooner or later he would be captured again and locked up for tens of thousands of years?
Illidan knows very well that Maiev of the Watchers, that crazy woman, still misses him! Now, he must be still on the way to pursue himself, right? If he doesn't quickly get some hands to hold on, I'm afraid he will eventually be beaten and caught by the crowd!
It is precisely because of this that Illidan has arrived here. He is standing on a rock in the Broken Islands, with huge devil horns on his head and a pair of equally huge devil wings on his back. After staring at the rolling waves in front of him for a while, he was ready to cast a spell here on this reef to summon the troops he needed!
At this moment, in the sky, dark clouds were surging, and lightning was flashing; above the sea, big waves were surging, and the wind was howling; a heavy rainstorm was about to come, but Illidan paid no attention to the changes in the surrounding environment. He was still concentrating on casting spells on his own. …
He was preparing to go to the Tomb of Sargeras in the Broken Islands to find the Eye of Sargeras that Kil'jaeden had told him, and then use it to perform a ceremony to see if he could destroy the Frozen Throne in one fell swoop and create Damn that Lich King Ner'zhul!
It's a pity that there are many powerful monsters guarding the Tomb of Sargeras. Illidan obviously can't get what he wants by himself. Therefore, he planned to temporarily summon some subordinates who could come in handy. Those powerful ocean monsters were sleeping under this deep sea. He had already seen everything below from his Sargeras curse vision. He believed that, Those monsters will definitely surrender to him!
While continuing his summons, Illidan began to recall what had happened before. Thinking about how he was once again treated as a traitor by his brother Malfurion and sentenced to be permanently expelled, Illidan couldn't help but start laughing at himself. smiled.
Huh, traitor?
In fact, I was the one who was really betrayed!
To this day, I am still being hunted;
Until now, I have been hated and cursed by the people I have saved...
But now, my blind eyes allow me to see what others cannot see...
Those fools,
Even if they have intact eyes, they are just a group of blind people with their eyes open!
but me,
But he sees further than anyone else...
Sometimes, the hand of fate must be controlled by yourself!
so,
Wake up all, beings in the deep sea,
Heed my call, set off a wave of destruction, and destroy those enemies who dare to oppose us...
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Heavy rain began to pour down, mixed with lightning and strong winds. Huge waves kept hitting those dangerous and ferocious rocks. The rising sea surface would occasionally reach Illidan's knees and quickly recede. After a while, it would hit again. , over and over again...
Illidan stood on the reef in silence, letting the heavy rain and raging waves wet his whole body. He just looked at the densely packed animals that kept emerging from the deep sea and walking to the beach without saying a word. A huge half-human, half-snake deep-sea monster—Naga!
"Oh, so it turns out you were the one who woke us up? A powerful demon?"
After sleeping in the deep sea and being awakened, Vashchi, the female Naga with ferocious snake hair and four slender arms, slowly moved towards the demon standing on the reef.
She is actually no stranger to demons. In fact, a large part of the reason why she, Vashchi, became the ghost she is now and has fallen into this situation is because of the demons!
It was raining heavily in the sky now, and the dark environment around her made it difficult for her to see the appearance of this demon. Therefore, she planned to get closer and take a good look with the help of the lightning that lit up from time to time. What does the devil who awakened them look like?
This guy... looks familiar?
The closer she got, the more Vashchi felt that the demon in front of her gave her a vague feeling of déjà vu... However, she dared to conclude that this was definitely the first time she had come ashore and come into contact with it in thousands of years. The first demon! She had definitely never seen each other before this, absolutely not!
"Who are you……"
The closer she got, the stronger the familiar feeling became. It seemed that something was opening up the memories that Vashchi had stored away for many years.
When a bolt of lightning suddenly lit up, when Vashchi took advantage of this momentary light to move her gaze to the face of this powerful demon, and when she saw the narrow cloth covering his eyes, she couldn't help but feel... Startled.
"Are you...Lord Illidan?"
With a tone of surprise and disbelief, there was also a hint of joy, and Vasqi finally recognized who the devil in front of her was.
Although the other person's figure has changed greatly, she still has not forgotten that feeling and the cloth covering the other person's eyes, even after ten thousand years, and it is still firmly imprinted in the depths of her memory. …
"Naga...how do you know me?"
This time it was Illidan's turn to be shocked.
You know, Illidan has been locked up in the Watcher's prison for ten thousand years! Moreover, he was sure that he had never seen any Naga before, including the one in front of him!
So, how did the female Naga in front of her, who was barely strong enough, know herself? Not only do you know him, but you can also call him by his name? Look at that tone, like an old friend you haven't seen for many years? This matter is really a bit scary for Illidan...
In fact, he really just wanted to summon some helpers who could help him break into the Tomb of Sargeras!
"Ha... Sure enough, Lord Illidan, you don't recognize me anymore..."
Vashj lowered her eyes and snake hair, and sighed softly. At the same time, a dim and sad light began to appear in her eyes.
That's right, think about it now, almost ten thousand years have passed. The two sides meet again at this time, but they have already changed...
Illidan has also changed from the handsome and brave elf who risked everything to save Kaldorei to the devil he is now... And Vashj herself has not changed from an elegant and beautiful upper elf. Has it turned into this strange and ugly look that even she finds disgusting and ugly?
"Ma'am, I'm sorry to offend you, but who are you?"
Illidan just wanted to summon a group of powerful thugs, but now, he summoned such a female Naga who seemed to be very familiar with him? Even from the cursed vision of Sargeras, he still saw the abnormality of the female Naga in front of him. What's going on with that silent and affectionate look when the other person looks at me?
This made Illidan feel uncomfortable all over. When the other party's gaze swept across his body, it almost gave him, a demon hunter, goosebumps. He didn't like this feeling very much.
"That's right... now, you have turned into a devil, and I... have also turned into this ugly ghost..."
Vashj sighed in self-pity, then reluctantly smiled, looked at Illidan on the rocks and continued.
"Then, let me give you a hint: The cloth covering your eyes was given to you by me personally ten thousand years ago."
Ten thousand years have passed, and the other person still wears the cloth on his head that she gave him after his eyes were burned by Sargeras. This turned Vashj into a cursed deep-sea cold-blooded animal like Naga. After that, a rare trace of warmth flowed through the heart that had already become cold.
"You are...Vashj..."
In Illidan's mind, memories from ten thousand years ago were quickly recalled.
During the ten thousand years he was imprisoned in the Watcher's Dungeon, all he had were these memories... So, he quickly called out this long-lost name.
Back then, when Sargeras forcibly burned his eyes and implanted these magic eyes, Queen Azshara's maid Vashj took care of him for a long time.
"Ha, it seems that you still remember me now... Then, with respect, Lord Illidan, what are your orders for summoning us now?"
Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. For the first time since being sucked into the deep sea and cursed into this weird naga form, Vashchi showed a smile that was not sincere.
"..."
I don't know why, Illidan always feels uncomfortable all over his body! He vaguely felt that summoning these Nagas this time seemed to be a small mistake for him?
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"Hurry up! You lazy guys, hurry up and pack this batch of supplies into the truck! And the fodder over there, and the clean water too! No one should be missing, pack them all into the truck!"
In the army camp of the four tribes of the Flame Alliance, a logistics commander was loudly scolding the newly recruited strong civilians, asking them to quickly pack the supplies needed by the army. Because their Flame Alliance army is about to attack to the west. As a logistics commander, he has a very difficult task.
In the twenty-first year of the Dark Portal, at the end of spring, when the snow has completely melted, this is a season suitable for the fire elemental army to move. The Flame Alliance, which had long been prepared for Archimonde's defeat, was finally ready to launch their campaign. The long-prepared spring offensive.
Now, at the crossroads north of Darrow County, nearly 100,000 elite flame legions from the Kingdom of Fire have gathered; nearly all the newly formed 1st and 2nd Infantry Legions of the New Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Knights of the Silver Hand have gathered. Forty thousand people; more than 20,000 people from the Dragonhawk Knights of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas, Farstrider Rangers and two new mages; as well as a large number of gryphon knights and a small number of goat cavalry from the Wildhammer dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain, In addition to some heavy armored infantry guards, they also numbered more than 20,000.
Nearly 200,000 elite troops from the four countries of the Flame Alliance have gathered here, preparing to launch an annihilating attack on the greatly reduced strength of the Undead Scourge and the remnants of the Burning Legion in the west, and strive to wipe out the Eastern Kingdom in one fell swoop before the end of summer. The entire northern continent!
In fact, they had gathered here one after another as early as the end of the 20th year of the Dark Portal. They were waiting for the leader of the Flame Alliance, the Flame Queen, to send the army and cross Sodor. The Leer River broke through the defense line of the undead and flattened the Western Plaguelands!
Then, go all the way west, attack Tirisfal Glades, attack the original royal city of Lordaeron, and destroy the two Arthas and Kel'Thuzad who were said to have returned to Lordaeron. These two were almost destroyed. The culprit of the entire northern continent!
And now, with the Burning Legion completely defeated and Archimonde already dead, the Flame Alliance has cleared the Eastern Plaguelands, and the entire Quel'Thalas and the Hinterlands are sitting on massive amounts of With a large army and countless powerful and talented people, how could they still take these undead natural disasters seriously?
After receiving the news of Archimonde's death, they couldn't help but want to fight directly!
The reason for waiting until now is just to take care of the fire element army, which is the vanguard and main force. After all, in the northern continent where snow is common, fighting against fire elements is not very favorable.
But now, in the Flame Alliance's military camp, bursts of discordant noises were heard.
"Why should the entire Arathi Highlands be given over to you dwarves? Can you Eagle Nest Mountain defend such an important place as the Sardo Bridge? I think it would be more appropriate to give this Arathi Highlands to us in Lordaeron!"
The person who was speaking was none other than Grand Marshal Garithos of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, who was also the frontline commander of this coalition. After all, he is the only one who is better at large-scale legion operations. If there is no coordination by a professional commander, I am afraid that once the war starts, the fire elements will be able to run all over the map. The original Battle of Stratholme was enough to explain everything!
He objected when the Wildhammer dwarves of the Hinterlands wanted to dominate the Arathi Highlands!
After all, the Saldo Bridge over there is an important military location linking the northern and southern continents! Whether they want to go south, or people from the south want to go north, this bridge is an important place that must be guarded! Back then, during the Second Orc War, the Lordaeron Alliance and the Orc Tribe fought many battles here.
Besides, after this period of investigation, we have found that the Arathi Highlands are one of the few good places that have not been severely ravaged by the undead. Once immigrants come there in the future, they will become the Kingdom of Lordaeron without any need for governance. A blessed land!
"You Lordaeron still want the Arathi Highlands? Bah!"
Falstad, the lord of the Wildhammer dwarves, spat hard and looked at Garithos with contempt on his face.
"You have now been allocated Silverpine Forest, Hillsbrad Foothills and the entire territory of Gilneas. Now, you actually want to come and compete with us Wildhammer dwarves for the Arathi Highlands?"
Falstad Wildhammer is a little unhappy. The Grand Marshal of the Kingdom of Lordaeron looks a little too ugly! Having already allocated so much land to them in advance, you actually want to come and compete with them dwarves for the Arathi Highlands? He decided that this could not be tolerated!
"Because we have allocated a large area of Tirisfal Glades and the northern part of the Western Plaguelands to the Kingdom of Fire, so the Arathi Highlands can be regarded as compensation and should be given to us!"
In any case, Grand Marshal Garithos will definitely not give in to such a matter of fighting for territory. Especially the Arathi Highlands. Such an important place like this will definitely be the bridgehead for the Flame Alliance going south in the future, a proper military location!
"I'll give you everything in Lordaeron, so where do we, the Wildhammer dwarves of Eyrie Mountain, want it?"
Falstad Wildhammer was angry, this human being is too greedy! You want this, you want that, how many of you are left in Lordaeron? One Hand of Tyr and Darrow County are almost enough!
"Don't you also have a whole piece of the Hinterlands? How many people do you have? Then why do you still want Arathi Highlands?"
Garithos looked at Falstad with contempt and began to retort disdainfully.
"The Hinterlands originally belonged to us dwarves!"
Falstad Wildhammer almost didn't want to go up and smash the Marshal of Lordaeron with a hammer. He didn't think it was a big deal before. Why now, does he find this human Marshal so annoying?
"Most of the Hinterland originally belonged to trolls! Now, those trolls have asked us to help you clean them up! Otherwise, you can still develop in Xinsaro now?"
The Grand Marshal of Lordaeron continued to snort contemptuously at the dwarf lord. Haven't their dwarves still not digested the Hinterlands?
"It was the Fire Kingdom's army that helped us clean up. What do you care about Lordaeron? Don't think I don't know. Most of the few cavalry you sent at that time were Paladin apprentices. They were basically here for training and consumption. Food!"
When he mentioned this, Falstad became a little angry!
When the war started against the trolls and other forces in the Hinterlands, the Kingdom of Lordaeron rushed over and said they were supporting friendly forces, but what was the result? They are all a group of new recruits who have never been on the battlefield. They are useless except for wasting food and besieging some lone enemies!
"Okay, just stop it! We haven't started attacking yet, but you are starting to argue with your own people?"
Queen Sylvanas of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas couldn't stand it anymore, and finally frowned and interrupted the two of them.
They high elves don't want a place. I don't understand what these two people can earn? Now, the entire territory of Quel'Thalas has been enough for the high elves to slowly transform and repair it for many years.
According to the reproduction rate of the high elves, even if they take several thousand years, they may not be able to digest those lands. Moreover, the hidden demons are still bothering their people, and the population has been experiencing negative growth. The total number now is estimated to be It’s less than 180,000.
If the Flame Kingdom hadn't sent a large number of fire elements to help them clean up the undead and trolls before, they might not have been able to gather an army of more than 20,000 this time.
"Enough is enough. Arathi Highlands will be jointly developed and managed by the Flame Alliance, as will the defense. You don't need to make any more money."
.Finally, before the Queen of the Fire Kingdom arrived, Shane Knox, the Fire Demon Chief Manager, who was standing on the main seat, spoke, and immediately set the tone of the matter. No one should try to snatch it away. Let’s develop together.
It is a little confused. The current Flame Alliance is a relatively tight-knit entity. Besides, since all the member states of the alliance allow all citizens of the four ethnic groups to travel and live freely, then in the future, the entire northern continent will definitely be mixed with the four ethnic groups. In this case, what is the point of earning these? Besides, with so much land in the northern continent, can the dwarves of Eagle Nest Mountain and the humans of the Kingdom of Lordaeron develop it? After the ravages of the undead, the next few hundred years will probably be an awkward situation with a vast land and sparsely populated areas.
"snort!"
After seeing that both sides had no chance, Grand Marshal Garithos and the dwarf lord Falstad looked at each other, then snorted at each other and turned their heads away.
have to! No one can fall behind this time, but they can barely reach an agreement.
Anyway, the current Flame Alliance and the other three countries can be said to have been influenced by the fire element. If it weren't for the help of the Flame Kingdom, they might not know how miserable they would be now! Therefore, they still respect the wishes of the Fire Kingdom. Now that the Fire Demon Chief has spoken, they will no longer argue about it.
"By the way, Your Majesty the Chief Steward, where is your Queen Anne?"
After the group waited for a while, Queen Kalia of Lordaeron finally couldn't help but ask.
Originally, Lordaeron's Grand Marshal and other generals and commanders did not want their Queen Kallia to go to the battlefield. Now, the only one left in the Kingdom of Lordaeron is Kalia. If something happens to her, something big will happen!
However, after Kalia knew that Arthas had returned to the Royal City of Lordaeron from Kalimdor, she decided to participate in this operation no matter what! Because, no matter what, she wanted to personally ask which of her brothers had been transformed into a death knight, and wanted to ask Arthas why he did such a thing in the first place!
"Uh... Her Majesty the Queen should have something important to do, and she will be here soon..."
Shane Knox rolled his eyes and thought, should I tell you: Our Majesty the Queen is actually still sleeping in? Does sleep come before everything else in her schedule?
Just after Shane Knox finished speaking, before anyone else could react, a blue arcane light suddenly lit up at the door of the alliance commander's tent, and then, an arcane portal was erected. Standing up, the Queen of Fire, the great Her Majesty Anne, whom they had been waiting for for a long time, finally rushed out in a hurry.
"Wow! Is everyone here? Then, I am announcing now: the army will attack and start attacking! Kill that undead knight!"
Little Annie has been waiting for this day for a long time! Thinking back to when she was in Quel'Thalas, she was chased and beaten by that death knight, and bullied many times by his undead army. It was so pitiful that now, it was finally her turn for the Flame Alliance army. Go bully him! This feeling is really great!
Therefore, just after coming out of the portal, little Annie gave the order to dispatch the entire army without even thinking.
"..."
After hearing Annie's order, a group of people just stared at her blankly. Seeing this little girl giving such an order so childishly, they felt a little overwhelmed.
Like now, in this historic event that is about to liberate the entire northern continent and wipe out the undead and demons in one fell swoop, at this exciting moment, shouldn't... she should mobilize everyone first, mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, and publish A few thoughts and feelings, and finally some words to boost morale. This is the formal process...
But now, you just came in and gave the order so casually... Is this really good?
"Eh? What are you doing in a daze now? Why don't you go quickly!"
Little Annie was angry. These people had been urging her to come earlier, which made her make an exception and get up a little earlier. But now that she is here, what are these people doing here? Why don't you hurry up and lead their army? She couldn't wait to catch the death knight who was chasing her and kill him as soon as possible, and then burn him directly with flames!
