Walking on the wide main road of Stratholme, the view is gloomy.

The doors and windows of every house were closed, the shops were closed, and the passers-by were all in a hurry, trying their best to keep their voices low, and their expressions were full of worry and fear of the war, as if they were afraid that the movement would be too big and provoke some evil existence.

In many places, simple tents were set up, and evacuees from the surrounding villages and towns gathered in long queues, shivering in the cold wind, waiting to receive oatmeal and brown bread from the relief points at the town hall to fill their stomachs.

A heavily armed paladin who leads the guards on constant patrol to find out the cult of the Damned cult who may have infiltrated the city.

Instead of the bustling traffic and the bustling of people, Lordaeron's largest city, second only to the royal capital, became a dead city.

The only movement in the huge city was the shouts coming from the side of the Knights of the Silver Hand.

Walking in the city, Oryx felt a little heavy.

He had come to meet his teacher, Saidan Dasohan, to discuss some crucial issues, and by the way......

Take over the defense of the entire Stratholme area.

Because Lord Uther decided to send Dassohan to the eastern seaboard to assist General Alfred Abydis against the Scourge landing force.

Three days have passed since the plague broke out in full force.

What has happened in these three days is more and more terrible than all the things that have happened in Orix since he came to this world combined.

The first was the investigation of Kul Tiras, which finally yielded some results.

Shockingly, civil strife broke out two months ago, just after Orix had successfully thwarted the Scourge Legion's attempt to spread the plague in Lordaeron with his "prophecy".

The three major families, who were once loyal to the Prodmore royal family and to the Kurtilas, all betrayed their own people, either actively or passively.

The head of the Ashvan family and Vikris is suspected to have been taken over by the Dreadlord, dividing the relationship between multiple families from within, triggering a war that spreads across the country. The Stoxon family simply took refuge in the Scourge Legion, and the two fleets that landed in Lordaeron were provided by this family.

Even a month ago, the capital of Kurtiras, Pelallas, had already been hit by a terrible plague of natural disasters, half of the inhabitants were reduced to undead natural disasters, and the entire kingdom was in turmoil under internal and external troubles.

Not only the Prodmore royal family, but also the top and bottom of Coultiras have repeatedly asked the alliance for help. But instead of receiving any information, the Coalition was misled into believing that everything was fine with Kul Tiras.

Since the outbreak of the plague, Kurtilas has carried out in-depth cooperation with the countries of the Alliance, from accepting members of Dalaran and the Church of the Light, and the Silver Hand, to investigating potential plague hazards in their own countries, to sending fleets to help transport displaced refugees in the hills of Hillsbrad, or large-scale food and grain assistance.

This is all cooperation at the national level, and it cannot be faked.

However, even though the two sides were so close during these two months, no one had insight into the devastation that had taken place in Kul Tiras.

After some investigation, Dalaran discovered that the mages, priests, or paladins who had been sent to Kul Tiras' aid had all been deceived by some kind of illusion. So much so that he was standing in the dead city surrounded by natural disasters, but he didn't realize the slightest abnormality.

This is something that is completely impossible.

When Oryx found out about this, he was shocked on the spot. There is even good reason to suspect that there is the intervention of the forces of the ancient gods behind this, otherwise it is impossible to explain how this level of deception and deception occurred.

Linked to Saratas's coming to assassinate him, it seems that everything is connected in tandem - he changes the situation, leads to many forces, and sees the best opportunity to enter.

The Elder God Enzos no longer hid, and directly activated the secret hand that had been laid out in Kul Tiras for a long time, and did not hesitate to disrupt the situation at the expense of these pieces, so that the situation in Azeroth was restored to balance when the Burning Legion's side fell to the upper hand due to the presence of Orrix.

Let the mortals continue to fight the Burning Legion to the death, and in the end they will both be defeated. The forces of the Elder Gods, who are hiding behind the scenes, wait until Azeroth's defenses are weakened by arrogant invaders, and reap the ultimate benefits.

Orix didn't want to believe the speculation because it was incredible.

Because for the forces of the Elder Gods, compared to the righteous forces of Azeroth, the Burning Legion is a truly terrifying existence, an existence that cannot be resisted.

Adhering to the will of the Void Lord, they hope to corrupt Azeroth, merge with the strongest one, and give birth to the Dark Titan, allowing the Void Realm to rule over the entire physical universe.

But the purpose of the Burning Legion, or rather, the fallen Titan Sargeras, is indeed a twisted "justice". He wants to destroy everything in the material universe, and eliminate the possibility of the void corrupting the material universe by drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle.

Sargeras knew the importance of Azeroth, the planet that was home to the most powerful Titan soul, and knew what the Void Lord was going to do to her. His purpose is to destroy the planet.

These Elder Gods did not want Azeroth to be destroyed, and it was only a trivial matter to perish with it. What is really terrifying is that the masters, the Void Maharajas, have lost the best medium to get their hands on the material universe.

They can play with mortals, but they can't stand up to Sargeras in any way—a Fallen Titan far more terrifying than the most powerful of them all, Amansur, the Pantheon leader who trivialized them from the surface of Azeroth! With a single finger, you can easily press them to death, and with a single slash, you can cleave the entire planet's Fallen Titans!

This act of stirring up the situation by secretly helping the Burning Legion is tantamount to playing with fire and walking a tightrope. What if the Burning Legion defeats the resistance and allows the Fallen Titans to descend? Aren't these ancient gods afraid of their own destruction?

But it did happen.

There is no better explanation than the intervention of the forces of the Elder Gods.

In this regard, Oryx can only say that he is still a mortal after all. From the perspective of mortals, to speculate on the thoughts of a group of ancient gods who were also created by mortals, but they did not know that after coming to this real world, the ancient gods were no longer creations written by mortals, but became truly terrifying existences.

Think what mortals can't think, count what mortals can't count......

This is in line with the real so-called setting.

In short, he kind of understands what has happened in the past two months. It's no wonder that the Scourge didn't pay much attention to the Northlands, and the original focus was all on Kul Tiras.

The catastrophe on that overseas island is far more terrible than that of the Northlands.

There...... It is the place where the prelude to the Third War is played, and it is the heart of the changes in Azeroth.

He had already lamented more than once that everything he had seen from God's perspective was nothing. In the face of behemoths like the Burning Legion and the forces of the Elder Gods, some results may be achieved in the early stage, but in the long run, it is nothing.

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In addition to this, there is also the battle in East Lordaeron.

The Scourge force that landed on the eastern coast was extremely formidable, and it took only two days to fight from Avalon to the mountain town that had not yet been officially named by the Hand of Tyr.

General Alfred Abydis had already moved the Ninth Army to defend at the pass.

In the previous months, Lordaeron had learned the lessons of the fall of Gilneth and made preparations in advance, and in order to block the possible outbreak of corpses in the country, he had set up a defensive line in advance at a pass like the "Hand of Tyr", which allowed them to hold on until now.

Rao is like this, and the Ninth Army is still in a state of stubborn waiting for reinforcements, with heavy casualties and urgent need for support.

The original paladin Saidan Dasohan, who was originally in charge of the defense of the Stratholme area, will take the 2,500 soldiers who originally belonged to the 10th Legion from Stratholme, along with reinforcements from all over the country, to go to help.

As a result, the responsibility for the defense of the entire region fell on the shoulders of Orrix.

This is a heavy duty, not to mention Stratholme, there are a large number of troops in various regions near and far, and under the weakness of internal air defense, it is very likely that the Scourge Legion will take advantage of the weakness.

Oryx and his retinue walked along the main road leading to the eastern city for a long time, and finally approached the Knights of the Silver Hand......