Chapter 0125: Battle of Stratholme (1)

In the twenty years of the Dark Gate of Azeroth, in this originally ordinary year, many extraordinary events have occurred, even enough to go down in history.

At the beginning, after planning for 10,000 years and learning the lessons of the failure of 10,000 years ago, the Burning Legion once again planned a conspiracy against the planet Azeroth.

This time, they first found and used a chess piece - the Lich King Neozu, and more than ten years after the end of the Orc War, they used this orc former shaman to launch a new offensive against the world of Azeroth! The death plague of the Scourge of the Dead spread across the land of the former kingdom of Lordaeron, and these were the brains of Neozu, who became the Lich Queen, and of course, all of this was carried out under the behind-the-scenes command of the Burning Legion.

Later, it happened again in Alsace, the kingdom of Lordaeron? The fall of Prince Minahir caused the entire kingdom of Lordaeron to collapse...... As a result, this death storm planned by the Burning Legion and directly carried out by the Lich King finally swept the northern continent of the entire Eastern Kingdom, whether it was the human kingdom of Lordaeron or the High Elf kingdom of Quel'Thalas, they were all destroyed in this storm!

Even Dalaran, the magical capital of mankind, was not spared. It is already recorded that Dalaran was destroyed in the fire for the third time! It's just that... This time, even their chief archmage, Antonidas, was killed on the spot, and he also paid a High Elf prince - Kael'thas for it!

Seem...... The entire northern continent of the Eastern Kingdom was shrouded in the shadow of death, and the threat of the undead natural disaster was like a haze that could never be dissipated, pressing so fiercely on the heads of all living beings in the northern continent; Like a sword of Damocles, you never know when it will fall on your head......

Especially after Arthas and Kel'thugad managed to steal the Book of Medivan and summon the Demon Lord of the Burning Legion, the Polluter, Akmund!

Since the official arrival of Akmund, from the moment the Burning Legion announced that it had once again come to the world of Azeroth, the entire eastern continent, it seems, that ...... has lost any hope.

A large number of humans, as well as the remnants of the orcs who were still stranded in the deep mountains and forests, began to organize themselves to flee, desperate to get away from this world destined to be ruled by death......

Except for a small number of humans who tried to cross the strait and go south to Danmoro to take refuge in the territory of the dwarves, or further south to the kingdom of Stormwind, many more chose to cross the Endless Sea and take refuge in the continent of Kalimdor across the ocean. Among them, is that included by Gianna? The tribe of orcs led by humans led by Lady Prodmore and the new generation of orcs Thrall.

The arrival of Akmund the Polluter, Lord of the Burning Legion, has had a huge impact on the situation in the entire Eastern Kingdom, and it is like a huge shadow that hangs over everyone's hearts. Some of the powerful people who have sensed the other party's powerful power have chosen to lie dormant and no longer try to come out to make trouble or toss.

For example, at that time, due to a certain bad girl, Ragnaros, the king of the fire demons, and Nefarian, the prince of the black dragon, were almost separated from each other! Now, these two mortal enemies with an extremely tense relationship still occupy the upper and lower parts of the Black Rock Mountain respectively, and now, none of them dare to mention the matter of continuing to fight, for fear that they will accidentally make too much noise and attract the attention of the great demon.

And forces like Ironforge Castle or Stormwind Kingdom, which are separated by the strait and far away in the southern continent, due to their lack of sufficient understanding of the specific situation in the northern continent, they are still only vigilant and concerned. With unequal information, they don't know too much about what terrible things are happening on the land of Lordaeron.

After all, the distance between the two sides is too far, and the information in this era is still relatively closed, and the communication can basically only rely on them to roar, and now they can only receive some scattered messages. For them, it seems that they are stuck in the terrible plague that has broken out in the kingdom of Lordaeron?

Thus, in the twentieth year of the establishment of the Dark Gate, as winter approached on the northern hemisphere of the world of Azeroth; At a time when some human kingdoms and dwarven forces still choose to hold on and protect themselves; When most of the strong choose to lie dormant or flee the continent; When the paladin Dathohan is escorting the last of their princesses of the kingdom of Lordaeron on their way to the Chapel of the Light's Wish; Here in the Eastern Plague Lands, the Flame Kingdom, which had just risen in the Flame Canyon, sounded the first horn of the counterattack against the undead and the demon army in the early morning, under the slightly immature order of a little girl!

Countless years later, historians who loved archaeology, whether it was the dwarves or gnomes, or the human kingdom and the High Elves, liked to mark the events that took place on this day that had a great impact on the world of Azeroth as the first battle against the Burning Legion, and called it the Wrath of the Flame Queen in heavy writing in the historical records!

It is this mysterious little girl whose origin cannot be found by all historians, it is this powerful existence who calls herself the Queen of Flames, she led her army of fire elements, and in just two days, she instantly swept all the land north of Blackwood Lake in the Eastern Plague Land, whether it is the human town where the undead are entrenched, the base of the psychic tower, or the guard towers and barracks left by the elven humans, under the attack of the fire elemental army, those undead and buildings were all burned to the ground, For the first time, her Flame Realm had bare its hideous fangs to the world of Azeroth......

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Stratholme, a majestic human city made of solid white granite, has been reduced to death since it was slaughtered by the original Prince of Arthas.

Now, it's a paradise for the dead. Right now, in this once huge city of mankind, there is an army of at least 100,000 undead! If it were in normal times, it is estimated that there would not be a living person or creature here at will, and for all living beings, this place is a place of death, an extremely terrifying evil existence!

However, today, this terrible Stratholme is surrounded by the flame kingdom's army of more than 50,000 flames, beyond Stratholme, the sky and the earth are all reflected in the flames of the flame elemental, as if the city has been surrounded in a sea of fire...... Well, not as if, that's actually the truth!

"Hey! I said you guys were useless! Just such a monster has to fight for half a day? ”

No sooner had Anne floated off the back of the pure-blooded Fire Eagle Lord Seliyah when she saw in front of the Stratholme moat, in a clearing opposite the meat grinder, several Fire Demon Centurions and Fire Demon Hunters were besieging a huge Stitch Abomination with a pack of lava hounds.

There were also a lot of small fire demons outside the siege formation who were throwing small fireballs at the abomination, however, even if the opponent's back was burning with a raging fire, and at the same time, the back was still squeaking, and even the disgusting fat had been roasted out by the high temperature, and it still didn't seem to have much effect on this huge abomination.

Because, in its fat flesh, before the vital points were burned, the flames still had no effect on it, you know, it was just an undead soul mottled up by a pile of dead pieces of flesh! Whether it is medium-rare or medium-rare by fire, what difference does it make to its abomination?

The fire elementals below also looked at each other a little when they saw their queen arrive, after all, they can't be blamed for this, it's just because this sewing abomination is too big, at least it's as tall as the lava giant Otuk, and extremely fat, they really can't do anything about it.

I don't know if the undead were stimulated by the previous Otuk to make this abomination so big, that neither the fire demon's blade nor the bite of the lava dog could help it, and even if the fire demon hunter's bow and arrow had been shot into the opponent's skin and deeply submerged into the tail feathers, it could not cause too much damage to it, but several lava dogs rushed too fast, and the lava dogs who were eager to be greedy were trampled into several paralyzed hot lava slag by it......

"Humph!"

Anne snorted coldly, like this, only the abomination of being huge and without the corresponding protective power could not be difficult for her!

Only those evil undead would create such disgusting things that have nothing to show for themselves! There is no metal armor, and there is no resistant skin, and a lot of stinky meat is piled up like this, isn't it great to be big?

Therefore, Anne, who floated down from the back of the fire eagle, didn't even think about it, and threw out a shattering fire, and a huge exploding fireball struck at the disgusting head.

After the thud, the head of the abomination was blown to pieces, and at the same time, after the control center inside was destroyed, the huge mountain of meat shook back and forth twice, and had to fall straight down, and the huge weight shook the ground near it slightly......

"Do you know where Shane Knox is? Hurry up and find it! Let it gather its forces at once, and we're ready to take the city! ”

Looking at the chaotic fire elementals around her, who were still fighting on their own, Anne shouted a little unhappily at a fire demon centurion who was still in a daze.

The fire elementals were too scattered, Anne had already seen it from above, just now she looked down from the sky, the ground was full of smoke and flames, and tens of thousands of flame armies were scattered everywhere, and it became a pot of porridge!

Now, the fire elemental's front has been stretched out so long and chaotic that it is almost out of organization. If it weren't for the fact that the opponent was too weak, and the characteristics of the fire elementals happened to restrain the undead to death, and if it was replaced by a ruthless character like the orc, who would not die in a fight, maybe he would have been pushed back by others!

You see, these relatively fast fire demons and lava dogs, they have already hit here, but where are the flame turtles and lava giants who are walking slowly? Perhaps, they are still far behind, and they haven't even seen a shadow, right? Otherwise, with the abomination of this huge size, they would have fought so hard just now? The lava giant came down with a punch, is this Roshan hated hard or was the stone man hard?

"Huh? Yes......! Be! I'll go right away! ”

After seeing that Her Majesty was talking to herself, the fire demon centurion was stunned for a while, and when he saw that the queen was glaring at him dissatisfied, he was about to attack, and then he suddenly reacted, and hurriedly led the two lava dogs to find the chief manager Shane Knox who was looking for them all over the world.

Soon, after the queen's order was issued, the fire elements quickly swept away the undead plague around the entire Sick Wood Forest, and soon under the advice of the chief manager and those fire demon leaders, it took a small half a day to gradually complete the basic formation arrangement. At this moment, on the road behind, the lava giants who were racing against the Flame Giant Tortoise Tyropene Elite Lord and his descendants finally arrived at the southern gate of Stratholme.

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Now, high in the sky, countless pure-blooded fire eagles soared and circled among the clouds, and from time to time there were a few crisp eagle whistlings. As the only ace of the fire elementals, they are waiting for their queen to give the order to attack.

Once they receive the order, the more than 1,000 powerful fire eagles will swoop down with a roar, directly inflicting a scorching breath on Stratholme below, and they promise to turn the city into a sea of flames before the fire elemental on the ground can break through the walls!

In front of Stratholme's moat, more than a hundred lava giants are unleashing their unique earth magic, and giant stone pillars and ground spikes begin to rise from the surface of the lake, and then shatter, they need to open several more passages on the surface of the lake, so that the fire elements can pass through smoothly, after all, the lake water can cause a lot of damage to the fire elements.

And now, in the forest of sick trees burned by the skyrocketing fire, an army of flames is gathering all over the mountains, and they are moving unhindered in the fire field of the purgatory of the apocalyptic.

Whether it's lava dogs, flame tortoises, or all sorts of fire demons, these forest fires not only have no effect on them, but also fuel their power, and from time to time some fire demon centurions come and go between the ranks, constantly reprimanding them, trying to maintain the basic order of the army.

The undead camps that were originally in the Sick Wood Forest were all gone at this moment. After all, under the military might of the Flame Army, in the sea of flames that soared into the sky, whether it was the defensive psychic tower or the meat grinder built by those undead, it had already been burned to the ground before......

This situation before Stratholme instantly frightened the necromancers in the city and the members of the Cult of the Cursed God who still maintained their identities as living people!

In their opinion, perhaps, these flame armies in front of them are worthy of the name of the Burning Legion, right? Look at them all, they burn wherever they go... ....The sky-high flames outside, I guess after this forest fire, there is nothing left, right? In case of... In case they break through the walls and storm Stratholme...... This scene, just thinking about it makes me feel terrible!

The situation has reached this point, and those necromancers or sect members who still maintain their sense of independence are already thinking about how to escape, and maybe, when the city is broken, they can try to escape to the north and break through?

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"Listen to the spirits of the dead in Stratholme! You are limited to one hour... Ah, no! Surrender within a quarter of an hour at most, or we'll burn you all down when we rush in!" ”

Anne was now standing at the head of the tallest lava giant, Otuk, before they stepped out of the flame army, and right now, she was shouting with one hand on her waist and the other pointing in the direction of the head of Stratholme.

Now, little Anne can't be more proud!

I think when she was in Quel'Thalas, she was bullied by the large number of undead, and she was chased by them several times!

But now? Feng Shui takes turns, right? Aha! Now it's finally her turn to bully the undead in turn! She has been waiting for this day for a long time, and little Anne is very vindictive! Whether they surrender or not, she's going to burn them all!

"Humph! Foolish and ignorant humans, keep on being proud! Lord Akmund is coming here soon, and your end is coming! ”

At the head of Stratholme, Varimasas looked at the army of flames and the little girl standing on the head of the giant lava giant with disdain.

Now, after that fool of Banazal is dead, Stratholme is naturally under his control. But he never thought that he had only been here for a few days to take office, and before he had time to rectify military affairs, these fire elemental armies would be killed in front of the gate like this?

The reason why he was not frightened and fled now was only because he knew that Lord Akmund was already on his way here after receiving the news.

If it weren't for the fact that Lord Akmund's energy level was too high, and there was still a defense mechanism left by the Titans in this world, if you used the portal at will, an existence of the level of an adult would easily be directly squeezed out by the defense mechanism of the Azeroth world, so you could only use the flight to fly over slowly! Otherwise, they would have been teleported directly a long time ago, where would they give these fire elements a chance to show off their might here?

"Huh? Akmund? Could it be the Great Demon? So...... When will he be here? ”

Anne was a little cowardly, if it was the big demon, she really couldn't beat it, in case she was attacking the city, and the other party arrived in time, it wouldn't be much fun if she was under the enemy!

"Humph! Scared, right? At the latest, Lord Akmund will be here, and perhaps it will be too late for you to surrender now. ”

What the polluters think, Valimass actually knows.

Lord Akmund is eager to bring these powerful fire elemental armies under the command of the Legion, and is ready to serve as the main force in the attack on Kalim together with the forces of the Burning Legion. After all, on the Kalimdor continent, there are not only a large number of humans and orcs who have escaped, but also an unknown number of night elves of unknown strength!

"Well, do you really have to arrive at night? Aha! Then you're dead! ”

"Flame Burst!"

Hearing this, Anne's eyes lit up, if she could only arrive at night, then she could burn all these nasty undead in the city first! There's definitely enough time!

So, after throwing a huge flame blast at the Dreadlord bat at the head of the city, she jumped straight from Otunk's head, and the Fire Eagle Lord Seriya swooped down in time to catch the little Anne who had jumped into the air on its own back.

"Flame Legion! Offensive! ”

At Anne's command, the lava giant Otuk led hundreds of other lava giants under his command to rush directly to the walls of Stratholme in the lake, and they needed to destroy the walls that were in the way for the fire elemental army behind them in advance.

At the same time, above the sky, those huge number of fire eagle troops also pounced at the same time, countless flame breaths exploded in the city, and those psychic towers and meat grinders that had not had time to attack were surrounded by flames......

"Bastard! Prepare for defensive battles! ”

After hastily dodging Annie's Flame Blast, Varimasas gave a sharp order to the undead. The head of the city where he used to stand had been blown into ruins by Annie's Flame Blasting Technique, and if it weren't for the fact that the walls were made of rock, they would have been burned to the ground, right?

"Hellfire!"

Varimathas does not intend to sit still, Stratholm has more than 100,000 undead troops here, although the good and the bad are uneven, and there are not many elites, and they will definitely not be able to fight these fire elements. However, if it was just to delay the defense until Lord Akmund arrived, he still had some confidence.

Therefore, after avoiding Annie's spell, he also guided them to the Dreadlord to summon a wide range of spells, and in an instant, countless green hellfires appeared from the sky and roared and smashed down into the charging lava giant formation, disrupting the opponent's charging formation at the same time, and soon turned into dozens of green hellfires the size of those small lava giants.

"Wait! What is this sound? ”

Just after releasing the summoning hellfire, and was about to release another big earthquake, Warimathas suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and it seemed that it was ...... Something is falling from above?

Ignoring the backlash caused by the interruption spell, he quickly looked up at the sky and saw only ...... A huge flame meteorite was screeching down on his spot with a long tail of flames......

Run!

Varimathas had barely had time to release a flicker when the section of the wall he was standing on was smashed to pieces by the massive meteorite, and then ......

Rumble! After a loud bang.

After the power of the meteorite impact destroyed a large section of the city wall and wiped out thousands of undead, a giant red hellfire larger than Otuk slowly stood up in the crater......

"Humph! Do you think you're going to summon hellfire? What's the use of having more green fires? Is there my Hellfire? Is there my Hellfire? ”

In the distance, standing on the back of the Fire Eagle Seriya, little Anne slowly withdrew the hands that had just guided the spell, and at this moment, the red flame arcane light was still lingering on her body, which was a normal phenomenon after casting the spell. And the huge red hellfire that was raging at the head of Stratholme and stomping a green hellfire to pieces with a single kick was her masterpiece!

Otherwise, do you think that Annie, a demigod, will only lose small and large fireballs? The deterrent power of a demigod can only be fully demonstrated in the battle of a large army in front of him, and in the heavy protection of the army.

Adhering to the principle that big is beautiful, and fierce is good, what Anne summoned will definitely not be too petty.

You see, how ferocious and domineering is the huge red hellfire she just summoned? Although there are still time constraints and so on, it will not exist for too long, and it may fall apart after a while...... But that's enough to tear down that pesky wall!

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That's it for this chapter

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After all, there are more than 6,000 words in the chapter, and it is too lazy to divide it into two chapters