Lordaeron, this once glorious and magnificent city-state, is still so beautiful and peaceful in Xue Huan's eyes.

The bustling streets are filled with gloomy air, with rancid intestines and rotten skins hanging in the streets, and everywhere you can see eye-hanging ghouls and blood-gouging abominations roaming the streets, and dark cultists use blood tracing to find the living who have a chance to hide in the dark corners.

From the destruction of Queldanus Island to today, through the portal created by Kelthugad, Xue Huan and his Scourge Legion have been back for more than half a month, and in this half a month, he has not been in a hurry to create nightmares for the living in the Eastern Kingdom, but has concentrated on controlling and training his undead plague army, as well as accepting the results of his victory in this war.

The preparations for the next war have been handed over directly by Tried to the resurrected Kel'thugad, the former wizard of Dalaran and the right-hand man of the Lich King Naozu, who has long been eager to show his skills.

The former Hall of Lordaeron had long since been dilapidated and decayed, and only the ruins remained, Xue Huan was dressed in the armor of a death knight, with his right hand supporting his head, sitting lazily on the throne that once belonged to Terenus.

He remembered that it was here that they had defeated the brave and bloodthirsty orcs in the Second Orc War, and had returned triumphantly to receive the reward of King Terenus.

He remembered the petals that had sprinkled on the rooftops on either side when he returned with the Lordaeron army, and perhaps by now, most of them had been turned into zombies and ghouls, mixed with his Scourge legion.

He also... wanted to be a hero in the minds of these people, and he also... I want to be part of Azeroth and be a part of this world.

"Honorable Lord of Darkness. ”

A deep voice pulled Xue Huan back to the quiet Lordaeron Hall.

He raised his eyes, his cold gaze moved to the man who was kneeling in the middle of the hall, and then said lightly: "You have done a good job, Renaud Modraini, you don't need to kneel, Arthas and Tirio Fording are combined, you can't be an opponent." ”

"But... Great master, I'm almost—" Renault wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he swallowed back the words that were about to be spit out.

"I won't punish you this time, but the next time I execute the offensive plan, I hope you don't let me down again. ”

When he said this, a cold light shot out of Xue Huan's cold eyes, which made Renault, who was half-kneeling in the center of the hall, shiver.

"Ming... Understood!!" Renault hesitated.

Facing the Lord of Darkness who controls nearly 300,000 undead plague troops, the former son of Alexandros, the brave fifth-order paladin is not willing to slack off.

After being promoted to the lord level, Xue Huan gave people even more oppressive power than before, you must know that even the former lightbringer Uther was only a lord-level paladin when he was alive, not to mention Xue Huan, who controlled evil spells and shadow energy, and now he is a nightmare-level existence.

"Get out, Renault, remember my words, the Scourge will not allow defeat, and the only way to meet the loser is complete destruction!"

Xue Huan was obviously a little interested in this conversation.

As the first death knight under the command of Naozu, he manipulated countless high-level dead, Renaud Modleni, at best, was just a pawn in his attack on Lordaeron, in terms of combat power, Gavon Rader and Baron Rivendell were several times better than him, and now that the crucial battle was imminent, he would not tolerate and would never allow any mistakes.

The Scourge will not tolerate defeat!

Renault retreated in fear, in the quiet darkness, Xue Huan smiled coldly, he said to the air on the side: "Come out, I know you have been waiting for me for a long time, and it may be time for the two of us to be alone." ”

The Great Lich of the Bones Forested floated out of the shadows, and Kel'thugad in his physical form became even more powerful, his skull breathing cold air from its mouth, making the air around it even colder.

"What's our next goal?" Xue Huan asked.

"Dalaran. ”

Concise, Kel'thugad whispered, and hoarse echoes echoed throughout the hall.

"Why attack Dalaran, if you want to turn this continent into a burial ground for the dead, I think going south to Stormwind is the best option. Xue Huan narrowed his eyes and raised his doubts.

He had learned about Dalaran, and in his opinion, the mages entrenched in Dalaran were just a small group, and if he wanted to find fresher corpses, strengthen his undead plague army, and engulf the entire Eastern Kingdom, then Stormwind in the south was the best choice.

But the Great Lich was quick to give his own answer.

"No, master. ”

Kel'thugad replied, "You must know that the Lich King, Lord Neozu, has been conditioned by those demons. ”

Burning Legion.

This word made Xue Huan feel a shudder, and the power that was intoxicating was revealed, and the sorrow of the frost leaning next to the throne flickered slightly.

"It is an army of countless warped void demons, wandering, fearing, darkness, and chaos everywhere they go, they are a thousand times more ferocious than the orcs of the past, they are ten thousand times more ferocious, their purpose is to turn all the worlds into a sea of fire, and in fact, they have destroyed countless worlds before they can see the continent of Azeroth. ”

Kel'thugad's voice was hypnotic: "Close your eyes, master, and I will use magic to reveal to you that terrible nightmare." ”

Xue Huan closed his eyes, and as the Great Lich spoke, scenes like a movie gradually flashed in his mind.

It was a world shrouded in a red sky, like a wild monument, as far as the eye could see.

A group of creatures swarmed down the ridge, they ran like hounds, the number was amazing, dense as ants, Xue Huan saw clearly, they were by no means ordinary wild beasts.

They have red, lizard-like skin, a terrifying mouth full of sharp teeth, and terrifying tentacles on their shoulders and tail.

Terrifying creeping creatures were scurrying everywhere, and in the chaotic sky, from time to time, there were giant meteorites dragging green tail flames from the sky, and when they smashed to the ground, they erupted into a burst of brilliant fire, and then, one by one, huge hellfire giants crawled out of the crater, their heads and bodies burned, and every step they took would cause a wave of shaking of the mountain.

Xue Huan recognized that it was an evil spell, and he had used it to defeat Ilbet, who had tried to intercept them.

It turned out that this evil spell was really from the Burning Legion.

"Now, they can't contain their hunger and thirst, they yearn for war, they hate peace, they yearn for chaos, they hate tranquility, they are coming to burn the world, and the Lich King, Lord Neozu, was born to pave the way for the Legion, and those Dreadlords were sent to ensure that Lord Naozu is successful. ”

Kel'thugad's dry and hoarse voice echoed in the firmament, and as the voice of the Great Lich appeared, Xue Huan's mind changed, and he saw an ornately carved portal.

This legendary portal is somewhat shaped like the gate of a temple, looking solemn and mysterious, with ancient and strange runes crawling all over the gate, two large, sword-wielding dark guards on either side, as if guarding it, green vortices circulating through the door, as if tempting people to another world.

"The Dark Gate. ”

In his mind, the Great Lich's explanation reappeared, and it whispered, "This giant portal is the bridge between Draenor and Azeroth, and it was through this gate that the orcs once came here. ”

Xue Huan narrowed his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him.

Are these the Burning Legion?

It's even more interesting...

(End of chapter)