In the streets and alleys of the Royal City of Lordaeron, the fierce street fighting between the four armies of the Flame Alliance and the undead is still going on.
Originally, the fighting method was one of rapid advance, but under the scruples and orders of Grand Marshal Garithos, the battle line began to shrink gradually. From the full-force attack at the beginning, it has now become a step-by-step, steady and conservative attack.
However, even so, so far, the four-nation coalition of fire elements, Lordaeron humans, high elves and dwarves has occupied more than half of the Lordaeron city area, and their battle lines have gradually begun to move toward the south. The original palace of Lordaeron is advancing slowly, gradually shrinking the space for the undead Scourge to move in this huge city.
Up to now, the fire element and the armies of the other three tribes have become more and more cooperative. Their current combat method is generally for the fire element army with special abilities to charge into battle. When the undead are disturbed or burned into chaos, , the dwarf musketeers or high elf rangers began to shoot one by one from a distance, while Lordaeron's plate armor army followed behind to clean up the missing remaining enemies.
"Humans below, be careful! There is a large group of ghouls, numbering at least a hundred or more, and they are ready to rush over from the street on the left!"
A high elf ranger was squatting on the roof of a four-story wood and stone structure that had been burned to only the beams, stepping on the logs that were still covered in ashes and blackened by the fire, observing the situation on the front line. .
She didn't quite understand why the humans below rushed over so quickly. Didn't Grand Marshal Garithos give an order to slow down the attack? They should follow the large army at this moment and slowly push forward, right?
"Be on guard! Form a formation!"
A sword and shield phalanx infantryman from the Kingdom of Lordaeron, who was cautiously marching through the streets that were burned beyond recognition by the fire element, heard the warning from the high elf ranger who was lying on the roof of a house next to the street and shooting. , and quickly stayed close to the streets on both sides, carefully forming a formation and standing by.
More than a hundred ghouls are still very threatening to their infantry team of exactly 105 people.
Sure enough, these new recruits from Lordaeron had just formed their formation. On the other side of the street, a large group of ghouls, using their hands and feet, with ferocious claws and fangs, roared and appeared at the entrance of the street. After they saw the humans here, they immediately began to charge towards these living people. Such power made many recruits' hands holding shields tremble.
"Attention, everyone! Hold on to the shields in your hands! With the help of your shoulders, we must maintain our formation and withstand their first wave of impact!"
"Don't worry, our large army is behind us! We only need to hold them back for a while, our Flame Alliance's large army will be here soon!"
In this Lordaeron hundred-man squad, a lieutenant captain was shouting loudly in the formation. As a veteran and commander, he must boost the morale of his men.
While shouting, he also lamented in his heart. It seemed that they had rushed too far forward.
The reason why they rushed so fast was because they were blinded by the easy victory before. Just to gain a little more military glory, he ignored the order and led his new recruits to break away from the main force and rushed to the coalition forces. The front of the battle line, here, is still the area being investigated by the elf scouts. It seems that their unit will suffer heavy losses today!
Looking at the large group of ghouls rushing through the street in front of him, the veteran captain felt that even if they succeeded in annihilating this group of ghouls, they would have lost more than half of them, right?
It seemed like it was really over now. He could return alive. The lightest punishment would probably be to be kicked down, have his military rank wiped out and become a top soldier?
boom! boom! boom!
Just as the lieutenant captain was encouraging morale and lamenting in his heart, suddenly, a violent explosion sounded in the small street in front of him.
The group of ghouls rushing towards them were immediately knocked to the ground by the explosive airflow and flames in the small space. Some of the unlucky ones were directly blown up and turned into countless remains. Broken limbs and arms...
Is this a dwarven cannon? They themselves...were actually saved?
Sure enough, when the lieutenant turned his head and looked behind him, there was a small group of dwarf artillery troops over there, with small cannons in front of them that could be carried by two people. At this time, their muzzles were emitting a little smoke. It was obvious that the shelling just now was caused by them.
"Good opportunity! Everyone, charge forward! Chop them into pieces!"
When he saw that more than half of the large group of ghouls had been lost in the bombing and were in a dazed state, the lieutenant suddenly reacted and quickly ordered his new recruits to charge!
He has already seen that behind the dwarf artillery, more coalition forces are coming. Now, they must take advantage of the brief chaos after the group of ghouls were bombed to disperse their formation and rush in to capture this Let’s talk about the credit that has already been obtained.
It turned out that it was a group of dwarf mortar units that had helped them a lot. These dwarf artillerymen also ran into the city as the battle line advanced and began to carry out deep bombing for the front line troops.
Although their heavy artillery is hopeless, if they are dragging those bulky things in the current street fighting, the battle will be over by the time they fail to drag them into the city, right?
However, their dwarves have many kinds of artillery. In addition to the heavy artillery battalions outside the city that can be used as naval guns, they also have light mortars like the one in front of them. This kind of small cannon is very light and has one or two strong ones. The dwarf can carry it and run! Therefore, they can even follow behind the combat troops, bombarding them while on their way, and they will never fall behind.
At this time, after the group of Lordaeron soldiers chopped up the remaining ghouls, a large group of pure-blooded fire eagles swooped down from the sky. They continued to set fire to disperse or destroy the undead teams trying to gather nearby. , or use fire to isolate streets one by one, so that the undead have to fight on their own and cannot form a large-scale cluster impact on the coalition forces on the front line.
At this time, on another street not far from the lone Lordaeron team, a group of dwarf warriors, human infantry, elf rangers and fire elementals were besieging an elite undead squad consisting of a group of zombies and sewing abominations.
"Aha! Well done, big dogs! Get out of the way, get out of my way! No one can take this, it's mine!"
When several lava dogs were biting hard on the chain hook thrown by a small abomination, and working together to drag it to the coalition's front, suddenly, a loud voice sounded as a group of people were planning to step forward. The Lordaeron soldiers who sliced this abomination into pieces roared loudly from behind.
Then, before the abomination, which fell to the ground and was dragged for a long distance, had time to stand up, a Wildhammer dwarf warrior with a huge iron hammer walked comically with his short steps and waved at the same time. The huge war hammer in his hand was comparable to his size. He took a few steps forward and struck the abomination's head hard.
"Hahaha……"
The moment the sledgehammer hit the ground, red, white, and black splashed all over the floor. Just like that, with one blow, he smashed the hateful head into a disgusting puddle. The dwarf warrior's own His beard was covered with a lot of disgusting and unknown substances, but...he didn't even notice it, and actually started laughing.
The war has reached this point, and there is no suspense left.
The middle-level officers in charge of combat command on the front line felt that if the Generalissimo hadn't been worried about something and didn't dare to order them to attack with all their strength, they would have liberated all the ground areas of the entire Royal City of Lordaeron by now. ?
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Compared with the fierce battle on the ground, below Lordaeron, in this underground city dug by the undead, it seems quite different.
Except for the blue soul fire in the eyes of the surrounding skeleton zombies that was still beating, adding a weird atmosphere to the place, the rest was all dead silence.
"My Majesty, you...what's wrong with you?"
At this time, on the second underground floor of Lordaeron, in this underground maze-like city dug out by the undead, the legendary lich Kel'Thuzad was carefully supporting Arthas, who was half kneeling on the ground and wailing in pain. .
Now, even Kel'Thuzad didn't know why their undead Majesty Arthas suddenly became so weak. Just now, if he hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, he grabbed the opponent and teleported directly to the second underground floor, I'm afraid, he would have been crushed by the huge lava giant's fist, right?
Master...what happened just now? Why...why is the power you gave me constantly draining away? I feel very weak now...
Arthas ignored Kel'Thuzad's questions beside him. Instead, he held tightly the artifact Frostmourne, which was gradually becoming heavier, with one hand and quickly contacted the Lich King Neo, who could always exist in his mind. Zu, his nominal "master"!
(Alsace...my knight...Icecrown Glacier is being shaken by the enemy's spells...Now, my throne has begun to burst...my power is also losing a lot...)
My great master, then, what should I do now?
Hearing this, Alsace nodded secretly and his eyes turned cold, as if he had made some kind of decision. Sure enough, as he thought, there was a big problem with the Lich King. Otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly become like this.
This made Arthas even more determined in his original idea. Relying on the power of others' charity is indeed unreliable. He must find a way to plunder his own power, power that can be controlled by himself! And now, the Lich King, who has entered a weak state, seems to be a good choice?
(Don't worry about things in Lordaeron... Let Kel'Thuzad cast a spell immediately... You guys come to Northrend right now... The enemy's plot to destroy me will not succeed... Arthas... Come to me...I will give you more powerful power...endless power...)
As you command, my master.
As the Lich King's voice faded away, death knight Arthas slowly got better. Then, he began to struggle to support the floor with Frostmourne, and slowly stood up. After a while, he gradually adapted to the feeling of weakness after losing a lot of strength.
"Kel'Thuzad, let's start... Now, open the portal and bring the most elite undead troops. We are going to Northrend now. The Lich King is calling us..."
Arthas knew that now, they had to leave.
In his current weak state, if Kel'Thuzad was not by his side, a high-level soldier from Lordaeron would probably be able to easily kill Arthas just by rushing in later! Therefore, if they don't leave as soon as possible, if the coalition forces attack them later, they won't be able to leave even if they want to!
"As you command, my Majesty, I will prepare right away. Be careful with me. Soon, it only takes a little time for me to open the portal."
Although I don't know what happened to Arthas, or why he became so weak, looking at the look in front of him, he probably can't even lift Frostmourne, right?
This is really interesting...
However, Kel'Thuzad still wisely said nothing. He also knew that Arthas must have contacted the Lich King just now. The lives of these lichs were in the hands of the Lich King. As for Li, then he just has to obey orders.
Anyway, retreating from Lordaeron to the continent of Northrend was originally the established plan. The war situation in the cities above is probably not optimistic now. If he didn't leave quickly, if the coalition forces found the underground entrance and attacked, they would be in big trouble.
"Go ahead and try to be as quick as possible."
Arthas waved his hand with difficulty. He was not used to the current situation. He wanted to quickly answer the Lich King's call and return to the northern continent of Northrend in the shortest possible time.
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To the south of the battlefield of Lordaeron, in the ruins of Dalaran across from Lake Lordaemir, three groups of people are gathering at the ceremony site carefully chosen by Illidan to destroy Icecrown Glacier. They are now confronting each other. .
The night elves and naga who were originally fighting began to retreat to their respective battle lines timidly, leaving the corpses of night elves, naga or murlocs in the middle. When a third-party army appeared, After that, they no longer dared to easily fight against the enemy on the opposite side.
At this time, the three groups of people confronting each other here, located due west, are the night elves who secretly landed from the west coast not long ago and rushed out from the dense forest with the intention of capturing Illidan. They are led by the archdruid Malfurion Stormrage, the priest of the goddess Elune, Tyrande Whisperwind, and the warden Maiev Shadowsong. There are about three to four thousand people here. Some of them are night saber hunters and archers, as well as a small number of druids and hippogryph archers. It is not clear whether there are more in the landing camp on the west coast.
To the south, and closely guarding the still-running magic circle, are the demon hunter Illidan and the leader of the Naga tribe, Vashki. They probably have nearly two thousand strong Nagas here now. And the deep-sea murlocs, just a moment ago, they were on a par with the night elves.
In the end, it was little Annie and the most elite ace troops of the Flame Alliance led by her who were arrayed in the north and oppressing the southwest.
"What's wrong? You don't want to fight now?"
Now, after seeing her helper finally arriving, it was little Annie's turn to be proud.
"How about you continue to fight? I still want to continue watching the excitement for a while!"
Little Annie felt that this was really amazing. These two groups of strangers and monsters came to their own territory, and they actually dared to act arrogant to themselves as the master? They must not know who has the final say on these territories beneath their feet, right?
She had just landed the Fire Eagle Lord Celia. At this moment, Annie was standing on Celia's back, looking triumphantly at the two groups of bad guys who had to separate because of the arrival of her reinforcements.
At this moment, little Annie certainly has her ability to play tricks!
Because, next to her was Grand Controller Shane Knox, a legendary survival hunter who led a thousand of the most elite royal guards of the Fire Kingdom! Among them, if you pick one or two at random, they all have at least a high-level strength level or above, and their two chief and deputy commanders have reached the lord level, which is what humans call the hero level.
Of course, this is not over yet!
On the right side of the fire demon royal guard formation is the commander of the Silver Hand, Saidan Dathrohan, and his most elite hundreds of paladin cavalry!
These are not the new recruits who have just been recruited and trained. They are all ruthless characters who have survived the ravages of the undead until now. Whether it is the use of holy light or the proficiency of combat skills, they are among the best among all human paladins at present. The top exists!
On the right side of the fire demon royal guard formation, there are dozens of royal gryphon knights led by Falstad Wildhammer, the high lord of the Wildhammer dwarves of Eagle's Nest Mountain, and hundreds of them, who are gearing up and shouting. An army of goat knights ready for a fight.
These dwarves were originally angry that Grand Marshal Garithus did not allow them to enter the city to fight. But now, how pitiful is it that there is a fight here? They said that the war hammers in their hands, which were bigger than their heads, were already thirsty!
Behind the fire demons, humans, and dwarf cavalry were the Queen's Ranger Guards, the most well-equipped high elves of Quel'Thalas who were ready to fire. They have already lined up behind the phalanx slightly away from the battlefield. These elite shooters in the Eastern Kingdom are ready to provide long-range sniper support to the charging Paladins or Goat Knights.
If we also count the dozens of fire eagles still flying in the sky and the more than a hundred dragon eagle shooters of the high elves, their Flame Alliance already has a demigod mage named Little Annie; the existing chief saint The knight Dathrohan; the ancient survival hunter Shannox; the furious dwarf Falstad who can fly in the sky and fight on the ground; the former ranger general of Quel'Thalas and now the legendary ranger Sylva of the High Elf Queen Nas.
Coupled with those little-known fire demon lords, their large group of boss-level heroes and above, plus those nearly 3,000 people of the most elite guards from the Four Kingdoms, all this is Little Annie. Now it’s time to lose money!
She is very confident. Just now, whether it is the green-headed monster in the west or the Naga and fish-headed people in the south, the two of them combined are probably not enough to fight against a bunch of fierce men like them!
Besides, on the battlefield of Lordaeron across Lake Lordaemir, there is still her 200,000 Alliance army! If she was pushed into a hurry, it wouldn't be a problem to open a few portals at such a close distance and recruit an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people!
"That green-headed monster over there with antlers on his head, didn't you have a great time shooting me with arrows just now? Ah? Why don't you dare to say anything now? Are you continuing to be rampant?"
Little Annie had a deep resentment towards this deer-man-like green-headed monster!
Just now, the green-headed monster had a disagreement and directly ordered his archery troops to disperse and shoot at her, so that she did not dare to get close to the ground casually!
"Also, that half-demon over there! Are you with the Burning Legion? Now you come to my house casually and perform such a dangerous ritual. Have you obtained my consent?"
Looking at the ritual opposite that was still running, Annie's face darkened. If it didn't stop for a while, she would hit it with a big fireball!
"Wait...are you humans? And dwarves?"
Green... green-headed monster? Is she... talking about them night elves?
Well, as much as Malfurion wanted to loudly contradict the little girl, not all night elves are green-headed! But after thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and decided not to get to know this little human girl!
Now, after seeing the situation begin to take a turn for the worse, Malfurion was a little scared. He had never thought before that this little human kid riding a fire eagle would be so tough in the background? Now he doesn't even dare to say a harsh word anymore.
After all, when they came to the Eastern Kingdom this time, they only brought less than 5,000 troops. At the beach landing site in the west, there were still more than 1,000 troops guarding the camp. These are all the troops that can be dispatched.
"Please let me say something, humans, I think, is there any misunderstanding between us? I think..."
After Malfurion saw the humans and dwarves standing next to the fire elemental creatures, he immediately opened his mouth and tried to explain.
Because, on Kalimdor, the night elves and humans got along very well. Not only did they resist the Burning Legion together, they also initially reached an intention to form an alliance. They plan to formally meet and form an alliance soon, preparing to deal with the threats from the tribes composed of tauren, trolls and orcs.
"terribly sorry!"
Seeing that the green-headed monster in Queen Anne's mouth seemed to be talking to him, Dathrohan raised his hand to interrupt the other person's words.
"The person you just attacked is the leader of our Flame Alliance and the Queen of the Flame Kingdom, Her Majesty Anne Hastur! Therefore, we, the Kingdom of Lordaeron, reserve the right to counterattack you with force!"
Paladin Dathrohan responded coldly to the green-haired antlered freak who came out to speak, without giving the other party any face.
Anyway, Dathrohan doesn't recognize these weirdos, so what does it mean for him to come out and try to get close to him? Are you scared when you see that your side is more powerful? Where has the prestige gone?
On the way here, Da Suohan saw clearly that those densely packed bows and arrows actually forced Queen Anne to raise her altitude. That kind of arrow rain was definitely a deadly attack! How could this be a misunderstanding? Do not make jokes!
Although their Flame Alliance was founded not long ago, the four countries were almost all rebuilt after the disaster, and the other three countries all owed a lot of debt to the Flame Kingdom. But now, united in times of trouble, they are like a closely connected federal kingdom, and the current leader is like the common king of their four countries!
These people came here now and dared to attack the leader of the four countries. How could this be just a misunderstanding? Anyway, Ta Sohan will never give up!
Or is Queen Anne right? These bastards dare to come to the territory of their Flame Alliance to cause trouble. Did they get the consent of their Flame Alliance? He was still marching casually here in Silverpine Forest. He, Dathrohan, didn't remember that the other party had signed a military right of passage with Lordaeron!
Besides, these bastards just now dared to beat their cute master into such a mess by relying on their numbers. That means they don't give them the face of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and don't give them the face of Lordaeron. Sohan can’t make it!
Therefore, Dathrohan has made up his mind. As long as Queen Anne gives the order, he will swing the warhammer behind his back and order the paladins to charge over and do him! They failed to participate in the liberation battle of the Royal City of Lordaeron, so they will take it out on these bastards in front of them!
"The Kingdom of Lordaeron? Isn't the Kingdom of Lordaeron... already destroyed?"
When Malfurion heard Dathrohan's words, he began to ask in surprise.
According to the information he got from the humans in Theramore, the Kingdom of Lordaeron should have been destroyed. Why did another Lordaeron appear here? This made Malfurion very puzzled. Could it be that the information Theramore provided him was wrong? Or is it outdated?
This bastard!
Hearing that the other party actually said that their Kingdom of Lordaeron had been destroyed, Dathrohan was so angry that he grabbed the war hammer behind his back, and while holding it tightly, his face began to look ugly.
He has decided that if a fight breaks out after a while, he will first give the green-headed monster a punishing stun, and then, taking the opportunity to become invincible, he will directly charge forward and kill him with a holy storm. Damn it!
"I'm sorry, everyone in the Flame Alliance, we have no intention of being your enemy. We are here just to hunt down the fugitive over there."
After thinking about it, Malfurion decided not to dwell on this issue for the time being, but to resolve Illidan's matter first.
Little did he know that his unintentional words just now had completely offended Paladin Dathrohan. The other party is now thinking about how to kill him as quickly as possible.
"The demon over there, his name is Illidan... The magic ritual he is performing will destroy the entire planet of Azeroth... So, I think we'd better stop our differences first, Let him stop the ceremony first!"
Malfurion pointed to Illidan in the south and the magic circle behind him that was still performing rituals and said, this matter is the top priority. He can discuss everything, but first destroy that dangerous thing. Let’s talk about it later!
"Don't listen to his nonsense. This ritual of mine is to destroy Icecrown Glacier! And above Icecrown Glacier, there is the lair of the Lich King Ner'zhul, the mastermind behind the undead scourge you are attacking. !”
Seeing his brother Malfurion throwing the blame on him, Illidan retorted loudly and refused to be alone.
"In a sense, my purpose and that of your Flame Alliance are the same. I also want to destroy the undead natural disaster!"
Illidan knew a little more than Malfurion and the others. Before that, their Nagas and fishmen had already scouted the north, opposite the huge Lake Lordamre. The so-called Alliance of Fire's coalition forces had... Countless powerful armies are besieging the city of the undead!
Therefore, Illidan does not intend to have any conflict with the humans, dwarves or fire creatures here. Once they send their army over, they will only make themselves unhappy!
"Illidan, you have let me down..."
"I have told you long ago that magic is a very dangerous thing! And what you are using now is even more crazy! So, Illidan, stop quickly, before it's too late! Otherwise, the entire The earth, the entire planet Azeroth, will be torn to pieces by your evil ritual!"
Malfurion couldn't wait to rush over now, eliminate those evil Nagas and murlocs, and then directly destroy the terrifying magic circle that was still running.
But...the flame coalition forces lying between them were so powerful that he had to restrain the troops while trying to persuade them.
Now, in less than a second, the damage of that ritual to the earth will be deepened, and there is not much time left for them... Malfurion only hates himself, why didn't he bring more troops over in the first place? Now, he could only watch helplessly as Illidan continued to hurt the ground beneath his feet, but he did not dare to forcefully stop him.
"Is all magic evil? This is really ridiculous!"
A clear voice suddenly sounded from behind the Fire Alliance army, and then, a slender female elf dressed as a ranger, riding a white chocobo, trotted to the front row of the alliance team.
"Hmph! Ten thousand years have passed. It seems that what the book says is indeed correct. You low-level elves are still so stubborn and ignorant!"
At this time, Sylvanas, who was dressed in fine clothes, walked to the front from the queue at the back and looked at Malfurion with a sneer, who was about to continue explaining.
It is said that the high elves were expelled from Kalimdor by these damn low-class people. She, Sylvanas, has read many historical records of Quel'Thalas and knows these things very well. !
"Are you...a descendant of those upper class?"
Soon, Malfurion was surprised to see in Sylvanas the shadows of the highborne elves that they had expelled.
It was unmistakable. Although her skin color had changed a bit and her figure had become smaller, the outlines of those high-level elves could still be seen.
Moreover, Malfurion could still feel the strong remnants of magic in her body. It seemed that after so many years, they, the upper echelons, were still determined to study those evil magics!
"Okay! Stop arguing!"
Little Annie originally wanted to continue playing with these people for a while, but...she just wanted to feel a strong magic wave coming from Lordaeron in the north. It seemed that someone in the city of Lordaeron had opened a large teleportation gate. ?
Are those undead bad guys trying to escape? In that case, she couldn't stay here for too long. Anne decided that she had to go back as soon as possible to see if the undead knight had taken advantage of him and escaped?
"Now! I declare: You green-headed monsters, get out of our territory immediately! Also, that half-demon over there, I don't care whether you are targeting the undead or the earth, I will give you ten seconds, Stop your ritual now!"
After finishing speaking, Annie immediately began to gather and catch a huge fireball in her hand, and Fire Eagle Lord Celia also began to carry little Annie up into the air.
"Otherwise! I will beat you to death!"
The fireball in Little Annie's hand began to grow larger and larger, and the energy inside began to become more and more explosive. It seemed that in the next second, she would throw the fireball towards a certain group of people below. .
After hearing what Little Annie said, the paladins and dwarf knights below, as well as the fire demon royal guards, also picked up their warhammers, two-handed broadswords or other war blades, and Grand Steward Shane Knox also It was rare to summon its two pets, Split Limb and Crazy Face, which had not been used for a long time. These two pitiful vicious dogs at the lord level were grabbed by the necks by Tibbers the Bear in the Fire Land. After taking it in his hand and beating it some times, it was never summoned again.
Now, the battle in the north of Lordaeron is coming to an end and is about to end. When the Fire Alliance is about to usher in a great victory over the Undead Scourge, in the south of Dalaran, the melee between the night elves, Nagas and the Fire Alliance has ended. About to be triggered.
Because, because Little Annie was worried about the war situation in Lordaeron in the north, she had just given her ultimatum to these two groups of bad guys. Now, she only needed to see how the two groups below would deal with it.
