Chapter 0108: The Prologue Begins
On top of a mage tower in Dalaran, Archmage Antonidas was frowning and looking at the army of undead natural disasters gathered on the outskirts of Dalaran with a serious expression.
Just last night, in the north, the undead army of the former Lordaeron King City suddenly made a big move, they actually froze a part of the surface of Lake Lordaeron, and then, they crossed the ice bridge that made a miracle out of thin air, detoured directly from the southeast, and finally assembled in the south, completely blocking the way for the magic capital of Dalaran to go south.
Originally, before that, the archmage Antonidas was not very convinced by the rumored claim that Arthas had captured the High Elves' Well of the Sun by carving a bridge of ice above the sea with the magic sword Frost Sorrow.
In his opinion, such a bridge would at least require the joint efforts of a large number of high-level mages and the consumption of a huge amount of magic power to barely get it out, and it was definitely not something that the other party could do with just a magic sword!
But now, the truth was cruelly placed in front of him, and he had to admit that the magic sword was indeed terrifying, far beyond his original expectations. That magic sword, it shouldn't be something that can be produced in this world, it's like a creation of the gods.
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"Your Excellency the Archmage, thank you very much for allowing us to use the portal to teleport the army over, so that we finally have the opportunity to face the enemy of Quel'Salas in Arthas!"
The High Elves' Prince Kael'thas was standing beside Antonidas at this time, and the two were now standing side by side, looking from the towering mage tower, looking into the distance at the massive army of undead who had gathered outside the protective barrier of Dalaran.
Among them, there are a large number of ghouls, mending abominations, necromancers, siege grinders, and gargoyles flying in the sky, and if you add those massive skeleton zombies, the total number must be at least three or four hundred thousand!
From this point of view, these undead natural disasters have made such a big battle this time, and their action to attack Dalaran this time must be inevitable?
Who gives them confidence? Even if they did capture Dalaran, how many would they have left in the end? Is there such a way of playing without regard for their own casualties? For this, Antonidas did not understand very much! Perhaps, the thinking of the dead is not the same as that of the living?
Unlike Antonidas's doubts, Prince Kael'thas was scanning the army of the undead outside the city with cold eyes, and he wanted to find the figure of the death knight Arthas, and find the murderer who slaughtered the elves, killed his father, and polluted the Well of the Sun!
In the original timeline, the current Kael'thas should have put in order the few remaining clansmen, and after detonating the Well of the Sun, he went south to join the former Generalissimo Gatheris.
But now, the situation is different from the original timeline!
Because, under the indiscriminate intervention of Little Annie, the High Elves have an additional population of 200,000! Although Silvermoon City was also destroyed, the confidence of the High Elves was still there.
Therefore, after reluctantly detonating the Well of the Sun, Prince Kael'thas ignored the strong opposition of Grand Duke Sylvanas, forcibly selected more than 20,000 elite warriors and rangers loyal to the royal family in the newly formed Quel'Salas army, and galloped thousands of miles through the portal to help Dalaran!
He, Kael'thas, wants to fight to the death with that Quel'Thalas's mortal enemy, Arthas, here in Dalaran, right here!
"No, His Royal Highness Prince Kael'thas, actually, it should be us Dalaran who should say thank you!"
Antonidas glanced at the High Elf Prince, and then at the elite High Elf rangers and mages around the fortifications below. With more than 20,000 Quel'Salas troops participating in the defense of the city, he has a higher grasp of defending Dalaran, after all, this is a relief for their Dalaran people!
"Your Royal Highness, we are very sorry for the misfortune that befell the Kingdom of Quel'Salas, after all..., we in Dalaran were not able to help you at that time. And now, you have gone out of your way to help us, which is really embarrassing......"
No matter what the purpose of the other party's visit to Dalaran is, whether it is to help Dalaran or find an enemy to take revenge, in general, Dalaran must owe a great favor to the Kingdom of Quel'Salas this time, and he, an old man, doesn't know what to take to repay people.
Maybe...... After defeating these undead this time, Dalaran can help with a batch of daily necessities and send a group of engineering teams to help the elves rebuild their homes? After all, their High Elf's main city is gone, and now they must be short of all kinds of supplies, right?
He Antonidas had also heard that it was said that the High Elves seemed to have used some kind of powerful magic weapon, and in just one moment, they directly blew up the entire Silvermoon City and the surrounding area, and also destroyed the hundreds of thousands of undead armies in Arthas! That's really tight, I don't know, do they have anything like that?
Look, the army of the undead outside also looks like there are hundreds of thousands, if they still have any kind of weapon, blow it up outside the city again, then he, the old man, will no longer have to worry about the undead coming south to make trouble, right?
It's a pity that this kind of thing, thinking about it, must be the highest level of top secret in Quel'Salas, and he, Antonidas, definitely can't pull his skin down to ask, if he does that, it's just self-deprecation.
"Your Excellency, Archmage, you are so gracious, to help you is to help ourselves. Besides, that Arthas out there, he's an eternal enemy of our High Elves race! Now that we have this opportunity, we must settle an account with him first! ”
Kael'thas wrinkled his long moldy head as he dealt with the old man next to him. He continued to search the ranks of the undead in the distance.
It's a pity that he hasn't been able to find the figure that makes him hate! Could it be that the Death Knight isn't here? It's unlikely, right? Since the other party has made the ice bridge and led the army to cross the lake, then the other party must be somewhere outside, and there is no mistake about this!
"By the way, Lord Antonidas, I have to remind you here, Dalaran's barrier... Most likely, it is already not so reliable, after all...... You should also know that Kel'thugad, he is familiar with Dalaran's defenses! "When it comes to the magical defense enchantment, Kael'thas has a dull pain in his heart!
Their Quel'Salas High Elf Kingdom has suffered a loss of believing too much in the magic protection enchantment! It's because the elves trust magic too much that the damned undead, with the help of traitors, can calmly break through the gates of the elves and the defenses of Quelldanus Island.
Now, when Kael'thas once again saw the magical defense barrier that Dalaran had opened, he couldn't help but start worrying, and reminded Antonidas in time.
The legendary lich who came back to life in the Well of the Sun, Kel'thugad, was not only an archmage of Dalaran when he was originally a human, but also a high-ranking member of the human Kentori Council. In a high position, he must have been well aware of Dalaran's defenses a long time ago, right?
So, will this magic defense enchantment in Dalaran now... Will they repeat the same mistakes as their High Elves? If that's the case, it would be terrible! True to the adage - the strongest defense is often the easiest for the enemy to attack from within!
"Thank you for the reminder, His Royal Highness Prince Kael'thas. There's no need to worry too much about this, we've been on guard against it for a long time. Antonidas nodded, agreeing with Kael'thas's concerns, but he didn't seem to be too worried.
"You may not know that since the outbreak of the Scourge of the Dead, we've been making important adjustments to enchantments. Thanks to the inspiration of the Holy Light's most restrained undead: the current Dalaran Magic Enchantment can have a focused killing effect on the undead who enter the enchantment! The longer their undead stay in the barrier, the more damage they take! Moreover, if they wanted to destroy the defensive barrier, their undead would have to force their way in, destroying the three mage towers that presided over the barrier one by one, and destroying the mages stationed inside. Otherwise, what awaits them will only be to be slowly eroded by magic similar to the attributes of holy light, and eventually, they will be shattered into a pile of useless dry bones! ”
For the now upgraded and modified Dalaran Enchantment, Antonidas is very confident! This is a special upgrade negotiated by several masters, and it is used to target monsters with evil attribute energy such as the undead!
Anyway, he Antonidas absolutely didn't believe that the undead could still raid and destroy those important magical defense nodes under their layers of protection!
What's more, now they have Dalaran, but out of thin air, there are 20,000 more elite troops of the High Elves!
With so many advantages, a large number of defensive armies, a large number of mages and magical enchantments against the undead, under the synergy of these three important elements, even if it is one or two times more than the undead army outside, he Antonidas is confident that he can hold this place!
"It seems like that, but ...... For some reason, I always had a bad premonition! I think you'd better be a little more cautious. I don't want to talk about it again, but I'd like to remind you that we, Quel'Salas, are so trusting in magical protective enchantments that you know about it. Alas... Otherwise......"
Speaking of this, Prince Kael'thas sighed softly, he didn't want to say any more.
A big reason for the High Elves of their Quel'Thalas is that they lose to the enemy, they lose because they don't really pay attention to the enemy, and they lose because they have the traitor - Darkan!
Every time I think of this name, it makes Kael'thas gnash his teeth! If there are two people who the High Elves of Quel'Thalas hate the most, the first one is definitely Arthas, and the second place is undoubtedly the traitor Darkan, who collaborated with the enemy!
It's ridiculous to say, just such an inconspicuous traitor ended up ruining the defense project built by the Kingdom of Quel'Salas for thousands of years...... The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed by an ant, which in the eyes of Kael'thas is really a great irony!
"Hmm... That's right! You're right, so I'll send out half of the guards of the Dalaran Treasury and let them focus on defending these three vital magic nodes, so it should be foolproof, right? ”
Antonidas thought about it for a while, and still agreed with Kael'thas opinion, after all, the Kingdom of the High Elves of Quel'Thalas is a lesson from the past! The High Elves are too secretive in the magic protection enchantment, so it is better to listen to Kael'thas for the current Dalaran.
At that time, if something really goes wrong with the magic enchantment, causing the hundreds of thousands of undead armies outside to easily pour in at once, that kind of consequences..., Antonidas is afraid to think about it!
"You see, it was a wise decision. In this case, I will also add a layer of insurance, and draw 3,000 rangers from our army of Quel'Thalas, and divide them into three groups to assist you in defending these three important places, so that there must be no major problems! ”
This time, Kael'thas brought a lot of Far Wanderer Rangers, and he easily drew out 3,000 people from them, although a considerable part of them were newly formed troops, but if it was just defense, it was still very good for them to use fixed shots to fight those undead and assist in the defense of humans. Anyway, even the recruits of the Far Wanderers are much more powerful than the archers of humanity themselves!
"That's great! Without further ado, let's do it, and I'll tell you right away and get the people below ready. ”
For a long time, Dalaran did not have a regular standing army, but only a few guards in charge of law and order, and a large number of mages.
Now, if there are elven rangers to protect the magic enchantment node, Antonidas doesn't have too many worries, for now, all they have to do is wait and see how the undead want to attack, and they can adapt when the time comes.
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