Diego was stunned when he heard this, he had forgotten about it before.

It all started with the Burning Legion's second invasion of Azeroth a few years ago.

At that time, Kazak, the Doomsday Lord, was one of the highest-ranking commanders of the Burning Legion. At that time, the Legion possessed an artifact called the Dragonlord's Blade, which had been stolen from the five-colored dragon during the Burning Legion's first invasion of Azeroth 10,000 years ago, and it was soaked in the five powers of earth, time, dreams, magic, and life. However, even with the artifact in hand, Akmund the Polluter and his Burning Legion were defeated at Mount Hyjal, and the blade was shattered in the battle.

Knowing that the end of the invasion was irreparable, Kazak was forced to retreat, and they retreated all the way to the Dark Gate. Some of the demons escaped back to Draenor through the portal, but Kazak led a small group of people into hiding in a place called the Traces of Decay. The place was located in the mountains of the southwestern part of the Cursed Lands, and was covered in a rancid fog all year round, so that even the best scouts didn't know what was inside, because everyone who dared to enter never came out again.

In Diego's memories of his previous life, the reactivation of the Dark Gate was the work of Kazak and his minions, and Kazak himself squeezed through the portal to the Outlands before the Dark Gate was fully opened, to contact the Burning Legion army entrenched there. At the same time, he tasked Kurul, his strongest lieutenant who remained in Azeroth, to retrieve the fragments of the Dragonlord's Blade. Once Kurul succeeds, the vast amount of energy contained in this artifact fragment will be infused into the Dark Portal, opening it once and for all. At that time, demons will enter this world in a steady stream, and under the control of the crazy obsession that burns the whole world, they will once again wreak havoc on this beautiful land.

Now, Diego finally understands the extent of the demons' plans: the appearance of Kurul means that the Doomsday Lord Kazak has returned to the Outlands, and his minions left behind in Azeroth are on a mission to open the Dark Gate once and for all.

"How long will it take for the Dark Door to be fully opened?" Diego asked, staring at the Doomward Guard.

"It's going to take another month, but if we can get the artifact shard, we're sure we'll be able to fully open it within a week." The demon hurriedly replied.

Diego pouted, these demons didn't know that he had killed all the Ereda Warlocks who were charging the Dark Gate, and now the opening of this portal would be delayed by at least a month! In other words, they still have two months to gather reinforcements! Of course, all this is on the premise that Kurul did not get the artifact fragments.

"How many of you came?"

"Two hundred, Kurul only picked so many, if there are more, you will find out!"

"What race are they? How many are there? Diego asked.

"Ninety Wrath Guards, fifty Doomsday Guards, twenty Dreaddemons, ten Cerberus, three Eredar Warlocks!" With some difficulty, the demon bit the glove on the remaining hand with his teeth, ripped it off, and then used five fingers to turn it over and over again.

That's not two hundred! Diego did the math a little confused, and then gave up, can you expect them to be good at math for the angry guards who have always only killed people and set fires?

"Well, you can go and die!" Diego stopped the demon from taking off his boots and counting his toes, and the bayonet fell and poked him in the eye socket.

The blade was sharp and piercing through the skull, and the demon died almost painlessly. Diego kept his promise and did not pour light into his bayonet.

"Now it's you! Tell me, how many of you came! Diego drew his bayonet and hovered the tip of it over the other demon's eye socket, scarlet blood dripping on the blade condensing and dripping into his eye. But the demon was not frightened, on the contrary, he glared and grinned, and looked a little happy, because he saw that the souls of his companions were not annihilated—this human did not lie!

"I say, I say, there are two hundred, one hundred of them are Wrath Guards, forty Doom Guards, ten Dreaddemons, and five Eredar Warlocks!" He said it all in one breath as if he was pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and then looked at Diego with a confident expression.

This one is even more outrageous! Diego sighed, flipped his wrist, and stabbed another one!

He turned his head to look at the last angry guard.

"Two hundred in total, one hundred Wrath Guards, sixty Doom Guards, thirty Dreaddemons, five Hellfire, five Eredar Warlocks!" It may have been thinking about it in his heart for a long time, and as soon as he saw Diego's gaze sweeping over, before he could speak, the demon said busily.

That's right! Diego asked a few more questions, somewhat surprised, before contentedly sending the equally satisfied Angry Guard back to the Twisted Void.

He straightened up and looked in the direction of the palace, where there was no movement, as if nothing had happened. These demons are really secretive enough to do things, it can be seen that they are all elites this time, and other demons are easy to say, especially the five Hellfire and the five Ereda Warlocks, who are definitely a powerful force that can decide the victory or defeat of the battle on the battlefield.

In the reconnaissance operation of the Dark Gate, if it weren't for the fact that the Hellfires had all left with Kurul, and if Diego hadn't struck first and killed all six Eredar Warlocks in the first move, it was really unknown whether he would have escaped.

Diego turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Hall of Warriors, where there was a faint commotion of the defending forces, which were assembled in a group, but it was estimated that they would have to wait at least a quarter of an hour before they arrived.

However, the palace side may not last that long, and Diego glanced in the direction of the palace again. At this glance, I finally noticed something unusual, and in the northwest corner of the blue roof, a faint puff of smoke was rising.

"It's on fire!" Diego chuckled inwardly. That location should be the Royal Library, and the smoke is very light, but this does not necessarily mean that the fire is not large, and it may also be because the fire is too strong and burns well, and the smoke produced is less.

Unable to wait any longer, Diego gritted his teeth, activated the spirit of the cheetah, and rushed in the direction of the palace.

However, he didn't intend to enter through the palace gates - it would have been easier to deal with enemies with only melee demons like Doom Guardian and Dreaddemon, but with the help of a spellcaster like Ereda Warlock, he would have been reckless in doing so.