When Arthas threw a bunch of things "borrowed" from the elements of the Molten Core on the coast, Duke Hydraxis was silent for a long time.
He stared at Baron Geddon's large and somewhat dazzling elemental shackles. He held it in for a long time before he forced out a sentence from his pure water body.
"You...you entered the Fire Demon King's territory to rob?"
Originally, Hydraxis only wanted Arthas to bring him some trophies that could prove the alliance's capabilities, but now this amount makes Hydraxis wonder whether Arthas went to the Molten Core to fight. An autumn breeze.
"This is the sincerity of the alliance. We have proven that we are an ally with sufficient strength. Now, it is your turn."
Arthas didn't show any politeness to Hydraxis. They and the water element had their own needs, and both parties involved in the cooperation must show enough sincerity to ensure the stability and long-term cooperation.
Now that the alliance has given its answer, Arthas hopes to get a satisfactory answer.
Hydraxis didn't pay much attention to Arthas' sharp gaze, because he felt that since they could defeat so many of the Fire Lord's minions, the Alliance was indeed qualified to make them look at each other.
But Hydraxis still had a question. The water elemental Duke asked, "Of course, friends of Hydraxia, but can you tell me how you defeated the Fire Demon King's army?"
"They are too arrogant and think that mortals are not worth mentioning in front of the power of the elements, so Gadon and this fire demon pioneer left the Molten Core and wanted to defeat us in Shadowforge City. As a result, they fought for their own Big paid the price.”
Is the Fire Lord's army strong?
Of course it was strong, but this time the Alliance did not face all the elements that obeyed the Fire Lord, and the most important thing is that they left the Molten Core.
Although Shadowforge City is also under the mountains, it is still too far away from the Molten Core on the outer battlefield. With the alliance's current strength, it is not difficult to defeat the coalition of elements and Dark Iron Dwarves.
Without the ravages of the Scourge and the Burning Legion on the continent of Lordaeron, Lordaeron and Dalaran were almost at their peak, and with the help of Ironforge and Gnomeregan, they were already stronger than the Alliance back then.
This is still the strength of the alliance in Quel'Thalas, which is in a special period without Stromgard's involvement, not to mention the allies on the other side of the ocean, and the Kingdom of Stormwind, which has not contributed to the frontal battlefield.
In fact, the strength of the alliance has far exceeded the temporary alliance formed to resist the invasion of the orcs a long time ago. Arthas used the Burning Legion and various threats as pressure to increase the cohesion within the alliance.
"Although I didn't witness it with my own eyes, it must have been a very exciting battle, Paladin." Duke Hydaxis raised his right hand and pushed a ball of pure water essence to Alsace, "This is Hydaxis The talisman of the sub-water element can summon us to fight with you when you need it.
I have also asked for the consent of the Tide Hunter. As long as we can really connect the Molten Core to the ocean as you said, the Tide Hunter will make the Fire Lord understand why he can only huddle in a volcano. in. "
Arthas held the elemental amulet and smiled, "Of course, this day won't last long."
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When the Alliance finally gained the trust of the water element and received a support that could serve as a trump card, within the Molten Core, the manager Exotus seemed a little anxious.
He had already received news of the death of Baron Geddon and the Pioneer of Saffron, which made him feel inexplicably uneasy.
Those who met before who obstructed the will of the Fire Demon King could basically solve the problem by just sending the Dark Iron Dwarves. The elements rarely worried about this. At most, they sent one or two monitors to supervise the Dark Iron Dwarves' work. .
But today's enemy came with ferocity. Not only did they beat the Dark Iron dwarves into isolation in Shadowforge City, but they also defeated the elemental army sent out by the Molten Core to pieces. This made Exotus Somewhat difficult to accept.
When did the power of mortals become so strong? An entire army composed of Dark Iron dwarves and ferocious creatures from the elemental realm were beaten to the point of being unable to fight back?
The sudden sense of crisis made this cautious and timid manager feel uneasy. He spent a lot of time and energy to gain the trust of the King of Fire Demon and take this position. But if the current battle situation were to be sleeping If the Fire Demon King knew about it, he would definitely not get any good results from him.
According to his master's temperament, I'm afraid the best outcome would be for him to go back to the source of the fire and feed the molten hounds; if it were worse, he himself might become food for those hounds.
"Damn it...I have to quickly let those useless wastes repel these hateful alliances." Exotus paced back and forth a little irritably. He summoned the fire demon herald and ordered loudly, "You, Let all the elements that can be dispatched quickly prepare for battle, obey my orders, and be ready to meet the enemies of the Fire Demon King at any time."
When the fire demon herald left, the uneasiness in Exottus's heart still did not dissipate. He thought about it, and another thought came to his mind:
——Do you want to wake up the King of Fire Demon who is still sleeping?
He believed that his master had the power to destroy the mortal kingdom in an instant, because centuries ago, the kingdom of the Dark Iron dwarves was destroyed by the wrath of the Firelord.
If it were not that leaving the elemental realm was too draining on his strength, and he had to be wary of the arrogant dragon above his head, Ragnaros would not have chosen to remain silent under the Blackstone Mountain, slowly accumulating his own strength.
The Fire Lord not only wants to escape from his prison, but what he wants even more is to restore Azeroth to the world hundreds of thousands of years ago, when it was an elemental world full of violent elements. The true goal of the Demon King.
After the Ancient God was sealed, the Fire Demon King was liberated from slavery, but he also lost his freedom and was sealed with countless fire elements in the elemental plane cast by the Titan Guardians.
The flame cannot be restrained. Unlike the cunning wind element, which can find a gap and slip away at any time, the flame will constantly try to destroy the cage that binds itself. This is nature, an instinct that the fire element cannot change.
The Fire Demon King seized the opportunity and escaped from the cage. He certainly did not want to be exiled back to that narrow elemental plane again. If Exotus awakened him from his slumber, then the Fire Demon King would His wrath will definitely fall on those mortals who get in his way.
However, Exotus was a little afraid to wake up the Fire Lord, because before falling asleep, the Fire Lord emphasized that his sleep should not be disturbed unless something extremely dangerous happened.
This made Exottus even more uncertain to pay attention. The reason was simple: would the Fire Lord really think that a group of mortals were extremely dangerous?
You must know that when he was just summoned to the real plane, Ragnaros's burst of power destroyed most of the Red Ridge Mountains, turning all the valleys and plains into a charred wasteland.
I'm afraid that after waking up, Ragnaros will attribute everything to Exotus' incompetence, and it will be Exotus himself who will be finished by then.
Exotus hesitated, or was afraid. He did not dare to take the risk.
In the end, he gave up the idea and was ready to test the strength of the alliance first. After all, what he had sent before was only the tip of the iceberg of the elemental army.
Exotus hesitated, but Arthas decisively found Azadas. Now was the best time for the guardian who had reshaped the world to help.
"Azadas, can you connect the Molten Core to the Endless Sea?"
Azadas brought up the three-dimensional model of the mountain range where Blackstone Mountain is located on his workbench and enlarged it several times to see clearly where the Molten Core is located.
"The Fire Lord's lair is under the sea level. This saves some time, but it is not an easy task." After briefly analyzing the terrain, Azadas came to the conclusion, "Odaman After all, it is just a storage facility and is not equipped with any terrain reshaping equipment, but I used existing materials to recreate a simple version of the terrain reshaping device."
Azadas pressed the side of his workbench and handed a Rubik's Cube-like Titan instrument to Alsace. "Without Mimiron's technical support, this thing can only be regarded as the simplest version, and it also requires a huge amount of energy." to start.
It's just that you can use it to absorb the essence of the fire element and power the device. Energy is actually not the biggest problem.
And you have to remember that this thing is disposable. Because of the material, releasing enough energy to reshape the landscape at once will make the device itself unable to withstand it. You must put it in the right place before starting it, otherwise the effect will be great. If you discount it, it is very likely that you will not be able to open up the passage to the ocean and the mountains. "
After listening to this, Alsace put away the closed device, and then asked, "It seems that you haven't mentioned the 'biggest problem' yet?"
Azadas nodded, and his dull voice echoed in the hall, "When the Titan device is activated, it will send out a special signal. Although it is very weak, it is not impossible to capture.
The other guardians are far away from us now and should not feel the abnormality when this device is activated, but... Mimiron may be able to receive this signal. "
"You mean, Ulduar is likely to notice the noise we make?"
"Yes, and the worst thing is that the existing instruments and devices basically have data backup in Mimiron's laboratory. Although the new device I built has imitated the prototype as much as possible, there are still some problems. It’s different.”
Azadas stared at Arthas, "So, after activating this thing, I will immediately hide Uldaman to see if I can avoid Mimiron's detection. In the next period of time, I will I’m afraid I won’t be able to help you any longer.”
"This shouldn't be the worst case scenario, right, Azadas?" Arthas asked.
"Yes, according to my estimation, even if I hide Uldaman, there is still a high chance that Mimiron will be able to identify that this device is from me. After Loken knows, he will definitely trace Odaman at all costs. Where Man is, it's only a matter of time before Uldaman is discovered.
In the worst case, it may be that my hiding measures have no effect at all, and Mimiron directly traces the location of Uldaman based on various parameters and information. "
Having said this, the guardian paused for a while and then continued, "However, the probability of this worst-case scenario is not very high, because even if Mimiron is confused by the ancient god, unless the ancient god or Loken personally Take action to distort his thinking, otherwise he will probably not be willing to care about things other than his own experiments."
Although the influence of the Ancient Gods has caused some of the guardians of Ulduar to have wrong and distorted perceptions, such as the most serious Loken, whose ambitions and desires were distorted to a terrifying degree, in any case, at this stage, the Ancient Gods The influence must be extended in compliance with the guardian's own will.
Because if too sudden and radical methods are used to corrupt the guardians, they may realize that something is wrong in an instant and beat Yogg-Saron before he can leave. Therefore, the ancient gods cannot spread their influence unscrupulously. Can plant the seeds of corruption in the heart of the guardian.
And since he is obeying the host's own wishes, Mimiron will probably become more obsessed with his experiments and creations. Before Loken discovers something is wrong, there is basically no need to worry about Mimiron taking the initiative to track down Uldaman.
Arthas also understands this, but this is still a very difficult choice. If you use this device, you can defeat the Fire Demon King at the minimum cost and completely integrate the forces of the Eastern Kingdom.
But once this happens, there is the danger of exposing the discs of Uldaman and Norgannon, attracting the attention of Yogg-Saron and Loken in disguise.
But if they don't do this, the difficulty of defeating the Fire Demon King will rise several notches, and the price will be even heavier. In addition, the threats of the Blackstone Orcs and Dark Iron Dwarves must be eliminated. I am afraid that after the Battle of Blackstone Mountain, , the alliance will take a long time to cultivate.
Time waits for no one. Every time the Fire Demon King regains strength, it means that the threat facing the Eastern Kingdom becomes more serious. Moreover, the complete recovery of the Fire Demon King is very likely to make the one who is still hiding in the gutter The "Twilight Sect" is becoming more and more rampant.
This is also a stimulus and encouragement to the power of the ancient gods.
Since both sides may be threatened by the Ancient God, Arthas will definitely choose to take the initiative in his own hands.
"As long as you make a decision," Azadas nodded, "Then I will close all contact between Uldaman and the outside world in the next period of time, seize this opportunity, and bring the Fire Demon King to Rush back to his lair—it’s up to you, my friend.”
"I never let down the people who put their trust in me."
