Chapter 0149: Illidan and the Flame Alliance (5)
In the streets and alleys of Lordaeron King City, the fierce street battles between the four armies of the Flame Alliance and the undead are still in full swing.
Originally, the way of fighting that was advancing by leaps and bounds, under the scruples and orders of Generalissimo Garissus, began to gradually shrink the battle line, from the all-out assault at the beginning, to the conservative offensive that was now carried out step by step, steadily and steadily.
However, even so, so far, the fire elementals, Lordaeron humans, High Elves and Dwarves of the Four Kingdoms Alliance have occupied more than half of the Lordaeron city area, and their battle lines have gradually begun to advance slowly towards the former Lordaeron Palace in the south, and are gradually compressing the space for the undead to move in this huge city.
By now, the fire elemental and the armies of the other three clans have become more and more tacit, and their current combat methods are generally carried out by the fire elemental army with special abilities, when the chaos or the undead begin to be chaotic, the dwarven musketeers or the High Elf rangers begin to shoot from a distance, and the Lordaeron plate legion follows behind to clean up the missing remnants.
"Humans below, be careful! There's a large group of ghouls, at least a hundred, and they're ready to rush through the street on the left! ”
A High Elf ranger was half-crouching on a four-story wood-and-stone roof that had been burned to the ground of the beams, treading 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 would rush over so quickly, didn't Generalissimo Garrissus order to slow down the pace of the attack? They should follow the big army at this moment and slowly push over, right?
"Be on guard! Formation! ”
A sword and shield phalanx infantry of the Lordaeron Kingdom, who was cautiously marching through the streets burned beyond recognition by the fire elemental, heard the warning sound of the High Elf ranger who was lying on the roof of a house next to the street, and hurriedly formed a formation on both sides of the street, carefully forming a formation and standing by.
More than a hundred ghouls were still a threat to their infantry squad of just one hundred and five people.
Sure enough, these Lordaeron recruits had just formed a formation, and on the other side of the street, a large group of ghouls with fierce claws and fangs roared at the entrance of the street, and when they saw the humans here, they immediately began to charge towards these living people, and that kind of power made many recruits' hands holding shields tremble.
"Attention, everyone! Hold on to your shields! With the help of your shoulders, we must stay in formation and withstand their first waves! ”
"Rest assured, our army is behind you! We only need to hold them back for a short while, and our great legions of the Flame Alliance will be over soon! ”
In this Lordaeron hundred-man squad, a lieutenant captain was shouting loudly in the formation, and as a veteran and commander, he had to boost the morale of his men.
While shouting, he also lamented in his heart, it seems that they are still rushing too far ahead.
The reason why they rushed so fast was because they were confused by the easy victory before, just to get a little more military merit, he even ignored the order, led these recruits under his command to break away from the large army, and rushed to the front of the coalition front, here, it is still the area where the elf scouts are scouting, it seems that the loss of their army today is going to be great!
Looking at the large group of ghouls rushing across the street in front of him, the veteran captain felt that even if they succeeded in annihilating this group of ghouls, they would have to lose more than half of them by then, right?
Now it seems that it is really over, and he can be regarded as going back alive, and the lightest punishment is probably to be kicked down, erase his rank and become a big soldier?
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Just as the lieutenant captain was encouraging his morale and lamenting in his heart, suddenly, a violent explosion sounded in the not spacious street ahead.
This group of ghouls who were rushing towards them were suddenly swept to the ground by the explosive air flow and flames in that small space, and some of them were directly blown up and turned into countless stumps and severed arms......
Is this a dwarven artillery? Themselves these people...... Saved?
Sure enough, when the lieutenant turned his head to look behind him, there was a small group of dwarven artillery units there, and in front of them were small cannons that could be carried by two people. At this time, the muzzles of their guns were emitting a little smoke of gunpowder, and it was obvious that the shelling just now was sent by them.
"Good opportunity! Everyone, charge forward! Smash it door! ”
When he saw that a large group of ghouls had lost more than half of the bombing and were in a state of confusion, the lieutenant reacted instantly and quickly ordered his recruits to charge!
He had already seen that behind the dwarven artillery, more coalition forces were coming, and now, they had to take advantage of the brief confusion after the bombardment of the ghouls, and directly spread out of formation and rushed forward, and took the credit for the work that had already been done.
It turned out that just now it was a mortar detachment of dwarves who helped them a lot. These dwarven artillerymen also ran into the city with the advance of the battle line and began to bomb the front-line troops in depth.
Although their heavy artillery is hopeless, dragging those bulky things in the current street fighting, it is estimated that the battle will be over when they fail to drag into the city, right?
However, their dwarven artillery is of many kinds, 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, one or two strong dwarves can carry it and run! Therefore, they can even follow behind the combat troops, rushing while shelling, and they will never be left behind.
At this time, after the Lordaeron soldiers had chopped down the remaining ghouls, a large group of pure-blooded fire eagles had swooped down from the sky, and they continued to set fire to disperse or eliminate the nearby ranks of undead who were trying to gather, or use the fire to isolate the streets so that they had to fight on their own, unable to form too large a cluster of assault on the coalition forces on the front line.
At this time, on another street not far from the lone Lordaeron team, a group of dwarven warriors, human infantry, elven rangers, and fire elementals were besieging an elite undead detachment of zombies and mending abominations.
"Aha! Well done big dogs! Get out of the way, get out of the way! Don't grab this, it's mine! ”
As several lava dogs desperately bit a small abomination thrown chain hook and worked together to drag it to the coalition front, suddenly, a loud voice roared behind a group of Lordaeron soldiers who were about to step forward to slice the abomination into pieces.
Then, before the abomination, who had been dragged to the ground for a long distance, could stand up, a brute-hammered dwarven warrior with a huge sledgehammer on his wheel, comically striding his short steps, while wielding the massive warhammer in his hand, took a few steps forward and slammed it into Abomination's head.
"Hahaha......"
At the moment when the sledgehammer landed, red, white, and black splashed all over the ground, and just like that, his blow directly smashed the abomination head into a puddle of disgusting, and the dwarven warrior's own beard was covered with a lot of disgusting and unknown objects, but it was just ...... He didn't even care, but laughed out loud.
The war has reached this point, and there is no suspense left.
The mid-level officers in charge of the battle command on the front line all felt that if it weren't for the fact that the Generalissimo seemed to be worried about something and didn't dare to order them to attack with all their might, they would probably have liberated all the ground areas of the entire Lordaeron King City by now, right?
……
Compared to the fierce battle on the ground, under Lordaeron, in this underground city dug by the undead, it seems more different.
Except for the blue soul fire in the eyes of the surrounding skeleton zombies, which was still beating, adding an eerie atmosphere to the place, the rest was all dead silence.
"My Majesty, you... What's wrong with you? ”
At this time, on the second basement level of Lordaeron, in this underground labyrinthine city dug by the undead, the legendary lich Kel'thugad was carefully supporting Arthas, who was half-kneeling and wailing in pain.
Now, even Kel'thugad didn't know why their undead Majesty Arthas had suddenly become so weak. Just now, if he hadn't been quick to grab the other party and teleport directly to the second underground floor, I'm afraid he would have been smashed flat by that huge lava giant with a fist, right?
Master...... What happened just now? Why...... Why is the power you have given me draining? I feel very weak now......
Arthas ignored Kel'thugad's question, and instead gripped the artifact Frost Sorrow, which was beginning to grow heavy, with one hand tightly in his hand, and hastened to contact the Lich King Neozu, his titular "master" who could be in his mind all the time!
(Alsace...... My Knight...... Icecrown is being shaken by enemy spellcasting...... Now, my throne has begun to crack...... I'm losing a lot of my power, too...... )
My great master, then, what should I do now?
Hearing this, Arthas nodded secretly and his eyes were cold, as if he had made some kind of decision. Sure enough, as he thought, there was something wrong with the Lich King, otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly be like this.
This made Arthas even more determined his original idea, relying on the power of others' charity is really unreliable, he must try to plunder his own power, the power that can be controlled by himself! And now, the Lich King, who has entered a weakened state, seems to be a good choice?
(Don't mind about Lordaeron's business...... Have Kel'thugad cast the spell right away...... You're coming to Northrend right now...... The enemy's plot to destroy me will not succeed...... Alsace...... Come to me...... I'm going to give you more power...... Endless power...... )
Yes, my lord.
As the Lich King's voice faded away, the Death Knight Arthas slowly got better. Then, with great difficulty, he struggled to prop himself up on the floor with Frost Sorrow, and it took a few more moments for him to get used to the feeling of weakness after losing a lot of strength.
"Kel'thugad, let's get started...... Now, go open the portal, take the best of the undead, and we'll go to Northrend now, where the Lich King is calling us......"
Arthas knew that now, they had to go.
With his current state of weakness, if he didn't have Kel'thugad by his side, he would only need to rush in a high-ranking soldier of Lordaeron, and it was estimated that he could easily take the life of his Alsace! Therefore, if they don't leave as soon as possible, if the coalition forces capture it after a while, they won't be able to leave!
"Yes, my majesty, I'll go and prepare, I'll be at ease, soon, it only takes a little time, I can open the portal."
I don't know what happened to Arthas, and I don't know why he became so weak, but looking at the way he looks in front of him, I guess I can't even lift the Frost Grief, right?
That's a lot of fun......
However, Kel'thugad still didn't say much, he also knew that Arthas must have contacted the Lich King just now, and their lich lives were in the hands of the Lich King, so he just had to obey the orders.
Anyway, retreating from Lordaeron to the Northrend continent was originally an established plan, and the battle situation in the cities above is now estimated to be very unoptimistic. If he didn't hurry up, he would be in big trouble if the coalition forces found the entrance to the underground and attacked it.
"Go ahead, try to be as fast as you can."
Arthas waved his hand vigorously, he was not used to the current state, he wanted to hurry to answer the Lich King's call and return to the north 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 Lake Lordanmere, three groups of men were gathering at the ceremonial site chosen by Illidan to attempt to destroy the Icecrown Glacier, and they were now facing each other.
The Night Elves and Naga, who were already fighting, also began to cower and retreat back to their respective battle lines, leaving the corpses of the Night Elves and Naga or Fishmen in the middle, and when a third-party army appeared, they no longer dared to easily start a war against the enemy on the opposite side.
At this time, the three groups of people who are facing each other here, located directly to the west, are the Night Elves who have secretly landed on the west coast not long ago and rushed out of the dense forest to capture Illidan. Are they made up of Grand Druid Marfurio? Fury winds, priest of the goddess Elune, Tyrande? The style of speech, as well as the warden Mavi? Led by Shadow Song, there are about three or four thousand people here, most of them are Nightblade Panther Hunters and Archers, and a small number of Druids and Hippogriff archers, and it is not clear if there are more in the landing camp on the west coast.
And to the south, and the circle that is still in operation, is the demon hunter Illidan and the leader of the Naga tribe Vasqi, who are now here, there are probably nearly 2,000 strong Naga and deep sea fishmen, just now, they can still compete with the Night Elves.
In the end, it was Little Anne and the most elite ace of the Flame Coalition led by her that lined up in the north and threatened the southwest.
"What's wrong? Don't want to fight now? ”
Now, after seeing that her helper has finally arrived, it is little Annie's turn to be proud.
"Why don't you keep fighting? I'd like to keep watching it for a while! ”
Little Anne thinks that this is really amazing, these two groups of strangers, these monsters come to their own territory, and they dare to play tricks on themselves as masters? They must not know who has the final say in these territories under their feet, right?
She had just landed the Fire Eagle Lord Seriyah, and at this moment, Anne was standing on Thalia's back, looking triumphantly at the two groups of villains who had to be separated by the arrival of her reinforcements.
Little Anne at this moment, of course, has her capital!
Because, next to her, is the Grand Governor of Shane Knox, a thousand of the most elite royal guards of the Flame Kingdom led by this legendary-level survival hunter! Among them, pick out one or two at random, all of them have at least a high-level or above strength level, and their two chief and deputy commanders have reached the lord level, which is what humans call the hero level.
Of course, that's not all!
To the right of the phalanx of the Fire Demon Royal Guards is Saidan, the commander of the Silver Hand? Da Sohan and hundreds of his most elite paladin cavalry!
These are not those recruits who have just been recruited and trained, they are all ruthless characters who have survived after the undead are raging, whether it is the use of holy light or the proficiency of combat skills, they are all at the top of all human paladins!
And on the right side of the phalanx of the Fire Demon Royal Guards, is the Great Lord of the Eagle's Nest Mountain Brute Hammer Dwarf, Vorstad? The dozens of royal griffin knights led by the Brute Hammer and the hundreds of goat knights who were screaming and preparing to fight.
These dwarves were originally annoyed that Generalissimo Gather would not let them enter the city to fight, but now it's good, God is sorry, there is a fight here? They said that the hammers in their hands, which were bigger than their heads, were hungry and thirsty!
Behind the fire demons and the human and dwarven cavalry were the Queen's Ranger Guard, the best equipped of the High Elves of Quel'Thalas. They were lined up behind the phalanx a little further away from the battlefield, and the most elite archers of the Eastern Kingdoms were ready to provide long-range sniper support to the paladins or goat knights who were charging.
If you also count the more than 100 dragon eagle archers who are still flying in the sky with dozens of fire eagles and high elves, here in their Flame Alliance, there is already a little Annie who is a demigod mage; The extant Chief Paladin Da Sohan; Ancient Survival Hunt Shane Knox; Dwarves who can fly in the sky and fight in the ground are furious and furious; A former general of the Quel'Salas Ranger and now Sylvanas, the legendary Ranger of the High Elf Queen.
Coupled with the words of those little-known Fire Demon Lords, their large group of powerhouses at the level of heroes, plus those most elite guards of the Four Kingdoms with nearly 3,000 people, all this is the capital of Little Annie now!
She is very confident, just now, whether it is the green-headed monster in the west, or the Naga and the fish-headed people in the south, the two of them together are estimated to be not enough for a bunch of fierce people to fight!
Besides, on the Lordaeron battlefield across Lake Lordanmere, there are still her 200,000 Alliance troops! If she is in a hurry, at such a close distance, it is not a problem to open a few portals and get another 350,000 troops!
"That green-headed monster with antlers on his head, didn't you just shoot me with an arrow? Huh? Why don't you dare to squeak now? Are you still going crazy? ”
Little Anne has a lot of grudges against this deer-like green-headed monster!
Just now, this green-headed monster didn't agree with a word, and directly ordered his bow and arrow troops to disperse and shoot at her, so that she didn't dare to approach the ground casually!
"And, that half-demon over there! Are you part of the Burning Legion? Now you come to my house casually and perform such a dangerous ceremony, do you have my consent? ”
Looking at the still running ritual on the other side, Anne's face darkened, and if she didn't stop for a while, she would smash it with a big fireball!
"Wait...... Are you human? And the dwarves? ”
Green...... Greenhead? She's ...... Are you talking about them, Night Elves?
Well, while Malfurion would love to retort loudly to that little girl, not all Night Elves are greenheads! But after thinking about it for a while, he still exhaled deeply, and he decided not to meet this little human girl in general!
Now, after seeing that the situation began to take a sharp turn for the worse, Malfurion was also a little cowardly, he never thought that this little human kid riding a fire eagle would be so hard in the background? Now he doesn't dare to say anything cruel.
After all, they only brought less than 5,000 troops with them to the Eastern Kingdom this time, and there were still more than 1,000 troops left in the camp at the beach landing site in the west, and these troops they were here now were all the troops that could be dispatched.
"Let me say, human beings, I think, is there some misunderstanding between us? I think ......"
When Malfurion saw the humans and dwarves standing next to the fire elemental creatures, he immediately opened his mouth to try to explain.
Because, on Kalimdor's side, their Night Elves and humans get along very well, and they not only resisted the Burning Legion together, but also reached a preliminary intention to form an alliance. They were ready to formally meet and form an alliance before long, ready to deal with the threat of the tribe of minotaurs, trolls, and orcs.
"I'm sorry!"
Seeing that the green-headed monster in Queen Anne's mouth seemed to be talking to herself, Da Sohan directly and brutally raised his hand to interrupt the other party's words.
"The one you just attacked was none other than the leader of our Flame Alliance, Queen of the Flame Kingdom, Anne? Your Majesty! Therefore, we, the Kingdom of Lordaeron, reserve the right to fight back against you by force! ”
Paladin Da Sohan replied coldly to the green-haired antler-freak who came out to speak, without giving the other party the slightest face.
Anyway, he Da Sohan doesn't recognize these weirdos, what kind of thing is it for him to run out and play tricks on himself? Seeing that your side is more powerful, you are cowardly? Where is the majesty just now?
On the way here, he Da Sohan clearly saw that those dense bows and arrows forced Queen Anne to raise the height, and that kind of arrow rain was definitely the rhythm of fighting to the death! How could this be a misunderstanding? No kidding!
Although their Flame Alliance was founded not long ago, almost all of the four kingdoms were rebuilt after the disaster, and the other three kingdoms owed a lot of favors to the Flame Kingdom. And now, united in the midst of tribulation, they are like a close-knit federal kingdom, and the current leader of the alliance is like the common king of the four kingdoms!
These people, now running here, dare to attack the co-masters of their four countries, how can this be a misunderstanding? Anyway, he Da Sohan will never give up!
Or is Queen Anne right, these bastards dare to come to the territory of their Flame Alliance to make trouble, with the consent of their Flame Alliance? He also marched casually here in the Silver Pine Forest, and he Da Suohan didn't remember that the other party had signed a military right of way with Lordaeron!
Besides, these bastards, just now they dared to beat their cute lord so embarrassed by the crowd, that is, if they don't give them the face of the Lordaeron Kingdom, and if they don't give Lordaeron face, they can't get along with him Da Sohan!
Therefore, Da Sohan has already made up his mind, as long as Queen Anne orders, he will pick up the war hammer behind his back and order the paladins to charge over and do him! They didn't make it to the battle for the liberation of Lordaeron's royal city, so they had to take out their anger on these bastards in front of them!
"The Kingdom of Lordaeron? Kingdom of Lordaeron...... Isn't it already perished? ”
When Malfurion heard Da Sohan's words, he began to ask in surprise.
According to the information he received from the humans in Theramore, the kingdom of Lordaeron should have perished, why is there another Lordaeron here? This puzzled Malfurion, could it be that the information that Salamo had given him was wrong? Or is it outdated?
This bastard!
Hearing that the other party actually said that their kingdom of Lordaeron had perished, Da Sohan was so angry that he grabbed the war hammer behind his back fiercely, and while clenching it hard, his face began to become ugly.
He had already decided, wait a while, once the fight started, he would first give this green-headed green-headed monster a punishment and stun, and then, take the opportunity to drive an invincible and then directly ride his horse and rush up to open a holy storm to kill him!
"I'm sorry, fellow Flame Alliance, we have no intention of making enemies against you, we're only here to hunt down that fugitive over there."
After thinking about it, Malfurion still decided not to dwell on this issue for the time being, and to settle the matter of Illidan first.
As everyone knows, his unintentional words just now have completely offended the paladin Da Sohan. The other party is now thinking about how to kill him as quickly as possible.
"That demon over there, his name is Illidan...... The magical ritual he was performing would destroy the entire planet of Azeroth...... So, I thought, we'd better stop our differences and let him stop that ritual first! ”
Malfurion pointed to Illidan in the south and the circle behind him that was still holding the ritual and said, this is the most important thing, everything can be discussed, but first destroy that dangerous thing!
"Don't listen to his nonsense, this ritual of mine is for the destruction of Icecrown! And above Icecrown Glacier is the lair of the Lich King Naozu, the mastermind behind the undead scourge you're attacking! ”
Seeing his brother Malfurion dumping the pot at him, Illidan retorted loudly and not lonely.
"In a sense, the purpose of my Flame Alliance and you is the same, I am also here to destroy the undead natural disaster!"
Illidan knew a little more than Malfurion, before that, their Naga and the fishmen had already scouted the north, on the other side of the huge Lordammere Lake, these so-called coalition forces of the Flame Alliance, but there were countless powerful armies, and they were besieging the city of the undead!
So, Illidan doesn't plan to have any conflict with humans, dwarves or fire creatures here, and once they send the army, it will only make themselves unhappy!
"Illidan, you're lying down to disappoint me......"
"I told you a long time ago, magic, but it's a dangerous thing! And what you're using now is even crazier! So, Illidan, stop and stop while it's still too late! Otherwise, the entire land, the entire planet of Azeroth, will be torn to pieces by your evil rituals! ”
Malfurion wanted to rush right now, destroy the evil Naga and the Fishmen, and then destroy the terrible circle that was still running.
But...... The Flame Coalition forces between the two of them were so powerful that he had to restrain his troops while trying to convince the other side.
Now, in less than a second, the damage of that ritual to the earth will be deepened by a point, and there is not much time left for them...... He Malfurion only hated himself, why didn't he bring more troops in the first place, but now, he could only watch Illidan continue to harm the ground under his feet, and he didn't dare to forcibly stop the other party.
"Magic is all evil? This is ridiculous! ”
Behind the army on the side of the Flame Alliance, a crisp voice suddenly sounded, and then, a slender female elf dressed as a ranger, riding a white chocobo, trotted to the front row of the alliance team.
"Humph! 10,000 years have passed, and it seems that what the book says is indeed true, you low-level elves are still so stubborn and ignorant! ”
At this moment, Sylvanas, dressed in a hardcover suit, walked to the front from the back of the group, and looked at Malfurion, who was about to continue the explanation, with a sneer.
Their High Elves, supposedly, were banished from Kalimdor by these damned lows, and she Sylvanas had read a lot of Quel'Thalas's history books and knew all about them!
"Are you...... Those descendants of the upper echelons? ”
Soon, Malfurion was surprised to see the shadows of the upper elves they had banished from Sylvanas.
It wouldn't be wrong, although her complexion had changed a little and her stature had become a little smaller, she could probably still see the silhouettes of those upper elves.
Moreover, in her body, Malfurion can still feel the strong remnants of magic, it seems that after so many years, these upper echelons of them are still dead and still studying those evil magic!
"That's it! Don't make any noise! ”
Little Anne wanted to continue playing with these people for a while, but ...... She just wanted to feel a strong wave of magic coming from Lordaeron in the north, it seemed that someone in the city of Lordaeron had opened a large portal?
Could it be that the undead villains are running away? In that case, she couldn't afford to stay here for too long, and Anne decided that she had to go back as soon as possible to see if the undead knight had taken advantage of the chaos.
"Now! I declare: you greenheads, get out of our turf at once! Also, that half-demon over there, I don't care if you're targeting the undead or the earth, I'll give you ten seconds to stop your ritual right away! ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Anne began to gather and grab a huge fireball in her hand, and the Fire Eagle Lord Seriya also began to carry little Anne into the air.
"Otherwise! I'm going to kill you! ”
The fireball in Little Annie's hand began to get bigger and bigger, and the energy inside began to become more and more explosive, and it seemed that in the next second, she would throw this fireball down towards a certain pile of people below.
After hearing Little Annie's words, the paladins and dwarf knights below and the fire demon royal guards also picked up their war hammers, two-handed broadswords or other war blades, and the Grand Governor of Shane Knox also rarely summoned its two pet limbs and wild faces that had not been used for a long time, these two poor evil dogs at the lord level, in the Land of Flames, were never summoned again after being grabbed by the neck of Tibbs the bear and beaten in his hands.
Now, as the battle to the north of Lordaeron begins to come to an end and is about to end, and the Flame Alliance is about to usher in a great victory over the undead scourge, here in Dalaran to the south, the melee between the Night Elves, Naga and the Fire Alliance is about to be triggered.
Because, because little Anne was worried about the situation in Lordaeron in the north, she had just given her ultimatum to these two groups of villains, and now, she only needed to see how the two groups of people below would deal with it.