While Little Anne was in a hurry to return to the continent of Lordaeron, on the Talen Mill front in the middle of the Hillsbrad Hills, the main forces of the Flame Alliance were confronting the coalition forces of the Stormwind City Alliance here, and their battle had been going on for almost a year from the end of the Dark Gate twenty-five years to now......

Although ground battles have been a passive defensive disadvantage for the Flame Alliance's humans, High Elves, and Eagle's Nest Mountain Hammer Dwarves for some time...... However, with the High Elves' Dragon Eagle Knights, the Griffin Knights of the Brute Hammer Dwarves, and the pure-blooded Fire Eagle troops stranded here in the Flame Kingdom, with these absolute air superiority, they were barely able to stalemate the battle line, buying precious time for the adjustment of the countries in the rear and the recruitment of new troops!

However, when the soldiers of the Flame Alliance were ready to change the guard and continue to stalemate with the enemy forces below the high ground, or curse each other, release cold arrows, or throw boulders, they were surprised to find that new faces appeared in the opposing camp?

With the rangers' many close reconnaissance attempts, they soon confirmed that there were a large number of reinforcements in the enemy camp!

It was some demonic monster with twisted horns on its head, blue skin, bull-like hooves like a minotaur, and a wicked little tail! However, what makes the armies of the Flame Alliance strange is that that kind of monster is a warrior who can use the energy of the Holy Light?

Wrong...... It should be said that it ...... A whole bunch of paladins and priests?

Of course, there must be the tangram-like monster floating in the air that is exuding powerful holy light energy, and the golden light is shining on the battle line of both the enemy and the enemy!

It is precisely because of its appearance that on the side of the Flame Alliance, the morale of the army, which has always been very tenacious and tenacious, has finally wavered.

Because, that golden tangram-like creature, slightly rotating and emitting golden holy light, that creature with the purest divine power, the other party actually claimed to be a messenger or god representing the holy light?

Therefore, while calming the emotions of all the warriors on both sides of the enemy, the other party continued to persuade the defenders, the Knights of the Silver Hand among the New Lordaeron Kingdom, the High Elves, and the Hammer Dwarves in the Flame Alliance, hoping that those believers in the Holy Light would lay down their weapons, convert to the embrace of the Holy Light, and stop fearless resistance.....

Anyway, no matter whether the other party is reliable or not when he says that he is the god of holy light, but the pure and incomparably powerful holy light power from the other party will definitely not be able to deceive the paladins!

Therefore, this caused the battle spirit and morale of the paladins of the Silver Hand and the warriors of the Holy Light to gradually decline on the side of the Flame Alliance...... Because they simply don't have the courage and strength to stand up to a divine being who can represent the Light!

What's worse is that some paladins who are not very strong-willed, when their faith is in crisis, the power of the holy light in their bodies is constantly slipping? It really looks like the Light has abandoned them?

As a result, even greater panic began to spread across the front on the side of the Flame Alliance......

"General! Let's get out! ”

"Now, this battle really can't be fought! You see, so far, our Knights of the Silver Hand have largely lost their combat effectiveness...... Without the Silver Hand as a powerful vanguard, the other troops, whether they are dwarves or High Elves, rangers and mages, will not be able to withstand the enemy! ”

"And, as you can see, there are so many priests and paladins in their reinforcements, even more and stronger than our Silver Hand, this battle ...... How do you want us to fight?! ”

In this tent in the middle of the barracks on the front line of Tarunmere, the Grand Crusader Saidan Dasohan, the commander-in-chief of the Silver Hand of the New Lordaeron Kingdom, was shouting to the generalissimo of the Alliance, Osmar Garissus, who was sitting on the throne in contemplation:

"Generalissimo! Before the enemy attacks, let's retreat! That monster is so weird, wait any longer...... Maybe all of our paladins will become ordinary knights! Without the Holy Light, I'm afraid they will have to drop at least one or two levels of strength! In that case, what else to fight? ”

"You're not going to count on our air forces, are you? That's right! They were truly invincible in the air, and they were so defeated that the Stormwind Alliance's Horned Eagle Beasts and Engineering Planes were overwhelmed, and they didn't even dare to rise again! However, now that a large-scale land battle is about to take place, do you want them to attack at low altitudes? In that case, it will destroy our air superiority alive! The enemy's anti-aircraft fire, whether it is bows and muskets, has a way to deal with our low-flying air units! ”

Dasuohan gasped angrily, after fighting for so long, today was their most aggrieved day!

For the so-called tangram of the incarnation of holy light that suddenly appeared from the enemy, Da Suohan himself was angry and shocked! Compared to the large group of paladins and priests who came from the enemy's support, the big monster that floated in the middle of the front line of the confrontation between the two sides was obviously even more terrifying than the big monster that did not take the initiative to attack!

Those hateful Stormwind Alliance, I don't know where they got such a monster from, not only bizarrely to carry out vicious tactics against their Flame Alliance, but also the effect is extremely good? Now, the other party has succeeded in dismantling most of the combat power of the Knights of the Silver Hand, which was originally the most powerful and relied on on the Flame Alliance.

"D'Athohan, I told you ...... a long time ago"

In fact, the Holy Light is not only a faith, but also an esoteric philosophy for human beings, a way of life that makes us positive...... I believe in the Light, but I don't blindly follow the Light...... So, in the presence of that strange jigsaw puzzle, my holy light was not affected in the slightest! Of course, I am also willing to teach and share my knowledge of the Light and all that it has to ...... with my fellow Silver Hand."

"However, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time...... So, Generalissimo Garishers, it should be feasible to retreat for the time being, and we can regroup if we have time? ”

Sighing, after returning to Lordaeron, he regained the Holy Light and still maintained his peak combat strength, although he still had a high fighting spirit and did not coax the tangram, but, seeing that the soldiers of the Knights of the Silver Hand had become weak, after thinking about it for a while, he still reluctantly agreed with the others' decision to retreat before the enemy launched a general attack to temporarily preserve his strength.

"That's right! Withdraw, Marshal! ”

Garissus...... A temporary retreat does not mean defeat, we still have a chance. ”

"Generalissimo ......"

"Withdraw, Marshal! Here, it's almost the last elite of our alliance......"

"That's right! Retreating now is also a last resort and does not represent anything. ”

After the elder Fording and Dasohan finished speaking, the Ash Messenger Alexandros Mograini, the generals Alfred Abidis, Tyran Fordin, Bridget Abydis, Darien Mograine, and other paladins who were in the tent began to talk to each other, and advised Generalissimo Garishers to retreat temporarily and reorganize the defense line in the rear.

Other dwarven leaders and Lothima of Quel'Salas looked at each other awkwardly for a moment, and although they did not join in the heckling, they at least agreed to retreat temporarily.

“……”

Silent and slowly standing up, the generalissimo of the Flame Alliance, Garithers, first looked around at the terrified paladins in the big tent, and then he sadly discovered: except for some ranger generals of the High Elves, mages, dwarven griffin knight leaders and a few human warrior generals, most of the people here are all paladins and priests?!

It was only now that he was shocked to realize that more than half of the paladins in his troops were ......

No wonder, no wonder the enemy would mess with that weird tangram...... Because this move of the enemy happened to hit seven inches above their Flame Alliance army! In less than a morning, most of his combat effectiveness was paralyzed all at once?

At this time, Generalissimo Garissus thought a little sadly: Sure enough, success is also holy light, and defeat is also holy light...... In the first place, he shouldn't have let the paladins in the army be equipped with so many ...... Nor should the Way of Light be promoted in the countries of the Alliance...... Look at it now, you finally lifted a big rock and hit yourself in the foot, right?

"Alas...... I'm telling you, it's not that I don't want to quit...... But...... Forget it, let's take a look at the map first! ”

Gallisus was about to say something, then paused again. So, he simply lifted the curtain on a large battle map of the Lordaeron Continent hanging on the wooden wall behind him, and motioned for everyone present to look at it together.

"Look here, and here, this is the front line we are on now, the Talenmir camp!"

With a baton in hand, Generalissimo Garissus gestured to everyone present with some seriousness. Now all the defense plans of the Northern Continent have been formulated by him, and they are currently being executed very well!

"We're holding on here now, and we're blocking the gateway to the Alterac Mountains! If we retreat, with our current strength, the Sophia Heights will definitely not be able to be saved...... Then, if the enemy follows us to attack, neither the ruins of Alterac nor Steinbrad will be undefended until the steel fortress at the Alterac Pass is completed! ”

"Even ...... We may not even be able to hold the cold wind sentry of the frozen post in the rear......"

At this, Generalissimo Gariss's face became even more solemn.

Originally, he had only told the kings of each kingdom about these strategies, and the other generals kept them secret! But now, he had to explain it to them! Since he, Garitharis, is the generalissimo of the alliance and commands hundreds of thousands of alliance troops, he is responsible for the entire alliance! Therefore, what he cares about is not the gains and losses of one city or one place, or the victory or defeat of a certain battle, but the overall situation of the entire battle!

And now, for the sake of their defense-in-depth plans, they must hold out here until the steel fortress in the rear is completed!

"Then, once the enemy has managed to break through to the Alterac Heights, as long as the enemy's commander is not stupid, then they can drive straight into the heart of our Flame Alliance, Andorharshire! When that time comes, we'll be completely out of danger! Whether the enemy is attacking the city of Lordaeron to the west, the Hand of Tyr or the city of Flame to the east, or even the north to attack Quel'Thalas, it will be very easy! ”

"At that point, the Eastern Camp defense line we have placed in Hammer Town in the Arathi Heights and the West Camp defense south of Ambermere in the Silver Pine Forest will be meaningless! They can divide our kingdoms into pieces, and then we will have to fight and destroy them one by one......"

At this point in the commentary, the baton in Garissus's hand couldn't help but tighten. This situation is going to be the worst, and he doesn't want to see that...... Because, that means that their Flame Alliance will be a complete failure, losing all the land and everything they have now!

For the losers, the enemy will not have mercy on them!

"So, you should understand now, right?"

"Once we give up here, we give up everything! By that time, the entire northern continent, whether it's the Arathi Heights, the Hillsbrad Hills, the Silver Pines Forest, Gilnes, or even the Tirisfard Glades, will probably no longer be ours......"

"Could it be...... Are you willing to flee like a lost dog all the way north, all the way to the City of Fire or Quel'Thalas, and hold on to the elven gates? Come to think of it, now that Quel'Thalas is so broken, and certainly hasn't managed to regain much productivity in a few years, how can it feed so many people in our alliance? ”

After the explanation, Garisus finally turned his head again, staring at everyone present with blazing eyes, and then said with a firm expression:

"So, we must not withdraw now! Although our territory is still very large, it ...... After losing the town of Nanhai and the Saldo Bridge, we don't really have much to retreat......"

"Now, I want you to go down and tell the soldiers of the Silver Hand: if there is no Light, let them fight like a common warrior, and do not be blinded by your faith! Without the Light, you still have swords, and strength, and that indomitable will and indomitable spirit! ”

"I want you to always remember what you're fighting for! You are now not just for yourselves, but for our common home, for our Flame Alliance! ”

Throwing away his baton and pulling out the long sword at his waist, Garissus stared sharply at the paladin generals in the tent.

He had been a cavalryman himself, and he had never won the favor of the Light, but hadn't he fought for so many years? So, this time, Gallisus plans to go to the front line in person to encourage those fools who have lost their combat effectiveness because of their faith!

He wanted those fools to take a good look at him Garissus, and then look at the other soldiers of the Alliance, many of whom had never used the Holy Light before, and could still go into battle to kill the enemy?

The situation is bad now, although Garissus also knows that this place may not be able to hold for long, but ...... He still hoped that the troops could delay here for a while longer, so as to buy enough time for the troops in the rear to build a second line of defense, especially the defense line at the Alterac Pass!

"Generalissimo, Generalissimo !!"

As Garissus was about to continue to teach the bastards who wanted to run away because the Light was shaken, suddenly, outside the tent, a herald officer who had not been informed rushed in.

"Marshal! Well, good news! Our Majesty the Queen, she's back! She, she's just beaten off that tangram monster!! ”

Seeing that the senior general of a tent was staring at him dissatisfied, the herald swallowed his saliva and finally told the situation out loud.

"Her Majesty? Is Her Majesty Queen Sylvanas? ”

"It's just nonsense! How dare she run to the front line in a hurry, didn't I ask her to urge those fire elemental architects and dwarves to build that steel defense line together in the Alterac Pass?! ”

Hearing the herald's words, Garethus, the generalissimo of the Flame Alliance, didn't care about his identity, and directly reprimanded the queen of Quel'Thalas.

You know, the defense line of the Alterac Pass is crucial! When we can't hold out here, we will definitely retreat and rely on the favorable terrain of the Alterac Mountains to continue to hold off the enemy and continue to stalemate the battle!

In fact, now, Garrissus is ready to completely abandon the hills of Hillsbrad and the heights of Arathi. At that time, they only need to hold the two defenses of Ambermere and the Alterac Mountains in the Silver Pine Forest, which can greatly shrink their defensive strength and make the balance of power between the two sides not too great!

And whether this battle can continue for a long time, or even directly develop into a major stage of strategic confrontation, depends on whether Queen Sylvanas's defense line construction work in the rear is done well or whether it can be completed on time!

His Majesty Sylvanas also knew about this.

But now? The other party didn't stay in the back to engage in engineering projects, but went against her own strategic plan and ran to the front line to fight at will, what kind of trouble did she want? She's a former ranger general, so she doesn't necessarily have much strength, right?

Anyway, as far as Garissus himself knows, the High Elf Queen is definitely not as strong as the large number of paladins and warriors in their current big tent! In terms of the ability to fight alone, people like Da Sohan, Fording and Mograini can at least have a tie with her, or even a slight advantage?

Of course, if Her Majesty doesn't fly kites......

"No...... Not Queen Sylvanas, but ...... It's Her Majesty the Queen of Flames! That's right, it's Her Majesty Queen Anne, she, she's back! ”

"And, just before the battle, she ...... She sent a bunch of fireballs straight away from the tangram! I also grabbed a shard of shiny light! ”

Thinking about the Queen Anne who suddenly teleported out before, and then, I don't know what she said to the tangram monster, and then, the observers who were at the outpost at the time only saw that Her Majesty the Queen was embarrassed and angry, and a series of at least hundreds of fireballs blasted towards the enemy!

He still remembers that scene vividly......

Countless flames directly submerged the golden so-called God of Holy Light, causing it to directly turn into a large ball of explosive fire...... Soon after, they heard the screeching sound of glass breaking?

Then, they saw only a large golden shard falling from the firelight, and the so-called tangram of the god of light quickly retreated from the firelight, and hurried to the other party's camp with the demon-like creatures with their horns! And if they're not mistaken, the 'God of Light' seems to be missing a thigh-like structure underneath?

After seeing this, he had participated in the war to annihilate the Scourge Legion, and he knew Her Majesty the Queen, so he immediately stepped on the fast horse and ran directly back to the camp to report the news!

"Really? She's back? And, beat off that jigsaw puzzle monster? Great, that's great!! ”

"Hahaha! As long as someone can restrain that tangram, our Flame Alliance will be saved! ”

Gathers, who had been feeling desperate for a while, was the first to laugh out loud after hearing the news, without waiting for any reaction from the others!

Although, Her Majesty the Flame Queen, who had been missing for several years, was often unreliable, very casual, and often chaotic, and could not command battles...... But, no matter how many shortcomings she has, her strength is obvious to all! This alone is enough to ensure that this front will not be lost!

At least, not before the steel fortress in the rear is built?

“……”

"Huh? Are you all hiding here? ”

"Hey! That one...... Hello everyone? By the way, do you have paladins who like this good thing? Look, isn't it beautiful?! ”

At this time, before everyone was ready to go out to greet Her Majesty the Flame Queen and the cute lord of the Flame Alliance, the other party took the lead in opening the cloth door of the tent and walked in.

Then, after casually greeting everyone, without waiting for any reaction from the other party, she proudly raised the golden splinter in her hand, which was almost half the size of a door panel, so long! There's an astonishing amount of holy light energy in it, which seems to be stronger than the Ash Messenger in Mograine's hand?

Moreover, it also emitted a strong golden light, which directly illuminated this large tent of the Chinese army, which was originally a little dim because of the large number of people, as if it was in the noon sun.

"This is...... Your Majesty Queen Anne, did you really defeat that god of light? ”

Seeing the fragment of the little girl's hand that emitted strong holy light energy, Da Sohan thought about it, and felt that it was indeed the 'thigh' under the tangram monster? Then, he was very surprised, which made him a little puzzled, such a powerful existence can be defeated?

He remembered that the messages transmitted by the other party's soothing waves of light energy seemed to mean that it represented the messenger of the light or the gods......

"God of Light? You mean this guy? ”

Anne was stunned, she didn't remember what the 'God of Light' she had beaten...... what was the 'God of Light', could she eat it?

（…… ）

(Host...... They're asking, it's the thing you're holding! They seemed to think of the big bulb as a god of light......

- Tibbs pursed his lips, and explained this to his little master with disdain. It's just these uninformed guys who think that thing outside is a god, and it Tiebs doesn't dare to call it a god, just the guy outside just now? If you come out and flash your eyes again, you won't die with a slap on the face! ）

"Hah! You mean this thing? ”

Hearing Tibbs's explanation, Anne smiled and raised the large fragment in her hand, just now, after she touched the other party, she wanted to cut a small piece from the other party's body to study it, however, the guy who picked the door dared to refuse him?

So, Anne's anger started from the side of her heart, and the evil was born to the side of the guts, and she didn't do it endlessly, and directly taught it how to be a monster in a low-key manner with a series of flame bursting techniques!

Anne thinks that the other party dares to come out and sway casually with such flashing eyes and successfully attracts her attention, and he dares to cut off a piece of the door to play, isn't this a deliberate desire to be beaten? So, little Anne generously satisfied the other party, gave the guy a beating, and directly cut off the largest part of the other party's leg!

"I'm telling you, that guy, it's not a 'god of light', it's just a creature of light composed of pure light power like the fire, water, wind, and earth elements you've seen, it's not a god of light!"

"And, if you want to see the true God of Light, I happened to know one not long ago, and I'll bring her to meet you another day! I think you're going to love her! ”

After blinking and looking at the group of paladins, Anne suddenly sounded a funny thing. She had promised someone that she would find some converts, and now, isn't there a whole bunch of ready-made? Then, don't bother looking for anything else, just decide that it's them!

"Holy Light Creature...... I see, no wonder, I've always found it weird! ”

"Shame...... I really take it seriously......"

"It's okay, it's okay......"

"I'm that guy and not a god, you still don't believe it!"

"Bastard! Next time, can't spare it! ”

“……”

At this moment, as soon as Anne's words fell, Old Fordin, Mograine, and Dasohan began to talk to each other, if they had known that this was the case, they would not have had to bother the strange fellow, and they would have lost their lives in vain.

However, this message must be conveyed to the troops sooner rather than later, and if they can, I hope that those paladins will recover their confidence and find the power of the Holy Light as soon as possible.

"By the way, this piece isn't fun, do any of you want it? Can you use it to craft weapons? ”

After studying it, Anne was not very interested in the large piece of tangram in her hand, and casually threw it on the large square table in the middle of the tent. After all, she's an arcane mage herself, and this kind of thing that only paladins like is of no use to her at all!

“……”

After a short moment of silence, a large group of people rushed forward with their hands, one grabbed a spot, and began to pull vigorously.

These bigwigs, who are not bad at vision, of course know the benefits of this thing! With the surging power of holy light it emitted, once it is really made into a weapon, it will be an existence similar to or stronger than a holy light artifact like Mograine's Ash Messenger, how could they, as paladins, let go of such a good thing sent to the door?

"Mograini! You've got the Ember Bringer, what are you grabbing?! ”

Alfred Abidis glared at the other party fiercely, this old thing who was eating from the bowl and daring to stare at the pot, with the Ash Messenger was not satisfied, and even came to grab this fragment of holy light? Still shameless?

"I ...... I'll get a weapon for my eldest son, can't I? ”

Mograini thought for a moment and reluctantly came up with an excuse.

"Come on! Didn't your son elope with your goddaughter? You take the gadget, and who do you give it to? ”

I don't know who said this suddenly, and then Alexandros Mograini subconsciously let go of his hand and was quickly pushed aside.

"That's right! Your name is Mograini, right? Sally and Reynaud told me that they weren't coming back, and Uncle Coulson said they were going to have babies on Earth! ”

Although I don't understand it a little, since this Mograini is here, Anne still honestly helps to convey this sentence.

"Those two evil beasts! I'm so! How dare they...... How dare you?! ”

Hearing such a thunderbolt on such a sunny day, old Mograini could not help but blow his beard and stare at him, and frightened his youngest son and the others away from him.

“……”

"Your Excellency Generalissimo Garishers, you are a warrior, what are you rushing to do?!"

At this time, there were only three people left in the battle for the Holy Light Shards, namely Old Fordin, General Alfred Abydis, and Generalissimo Garithars! As for the others, they have long been forcibly squeezed away by these kind-faced and black-hearted old guys with their strength!

Then Old Fording set his sights on one of his rivals, Marshal Gariters.

"Uh...... I'm sorry, I saw that you were so anxious about it, so you subconsciously went to grab it, I forgot about it......"

That's right, it does seem to be something for paladins, and it really seems a bit too much for him, a warrior, to grab this thing, so he let go of his hand in a sneer.

"Don't look at me like that! I'm a paladin, my daughter is a paladin, and the world of Azeroth is so dangerous, can't I prepare a good weapon for my Brigitte? As an elder, shouldn't you be humble? ”

When Old Ferding looked at him, and before the other could speak, the Grand General Alfred Abidis smiled and said to Old Ferdin.

“……”

"I also want to build a two-handed sword for my son Tyran......"

Thin-skinned people, let alone going to the battlefield, even the curse of the enemy may kill them! And how could a veteran paladin like Old Fording, who had never wavered even when the god of light appeared in front of him just now, be persuaded to retreat by the other party in a few words?

“……”

So, the last two didn't let anyone, and they began to forcibly operate the holy light on their bodies, hoping to use their strength to pull each other away! It's just that seeing that both sides are blushing and thick-necked, it seems that they can't tell the winner in a short time?

"Oh, you're so annoying!"

As soon as she stretched out her hand, Anne directly cut the fragment of holy light into two pieces smoothly, causing the two of them to stagger and take a few steps back with one piece in hand.

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

The two old paladins glanced at each other, looked at the fragments in their hands, and snorted coldly at each other at the same time, then turned and walked to the side.

Originally, this was a piece that could be made into a two-handed broadsword, but now, after being split in half, it can only be made into a one-handed broadsword...... If you have one hand, it seems a bit unlucky...... Maybe, it can really only be given as a gift to younger generations? After all, they were all knights of punishment, not defensive horsemen with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.

"If you want, the next time you come across that tangram, I'll give you a little bit of it! Merely...... It only has two long legs, and I don't know if it can grow out? ”

Seeing the two arguing over a piece of shard, Anne glared at them both angrily. If you want, there is a big tangram outside, and when it comes out again, she will catch it back and chop its feet to play, to ensure that everyone has a share! Of course, the premise is that the opponent's feet can grow back, otherwise, they can only be smashed and divided.

After all, there aren't many fragments on a tangram's body......

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PS: Originally, this chapter should only be more than four or five thousand words......