Chapter 1782 - Pulling the Nail (Part I)
As in history, Twilight Fortress is definitely the Cauldron of the Alliance. After all, this fortress was too close to the dwarven Lockmodan, and the fortress that was supposed to be on the Twilight Heights was less than three hundred kilometers away from the eastern border of Lockmodan in a straight line.
However, before the cataclysm, the entire Twilight Heights was hidden behind a series of towering mountains under the protection of the evil power of Enzos.
Although Duke knew where the Twilight Heights were early on, before the cataclysm, the Twilight Heights was a wasteland with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, thin air, and nothing.
I don't know if the alliance has dealt too hard a blow to the Twilight Cult, or if after the cataclysm, the situation on this plateau that was supposed to be Twilight Heights is not as expected. Anyway, after Duke sent Brian and Kael'thas to lead a large army to destroy the Twilight believers in Grimbaatar Fortress with a thunderbolt, this Twilight Heights became different from history.
It is still full of all kinds of death, and the mutation of the earth's crust.
But there are no Twilight believers.
The highland mountain warfare troops that Duke had specially trained for this were a bit in vain. Fighting in the mountains of the plateau is not the same thing as fighting in the plains at low altitudes.
The altitude is high, and the air is also thin.
Boiling water, which was originally boiled at 100 degrees Celsius, cannot be boiled in highland areas. If it were still the flying warships powered by the steam of the past, they would definitely fall from mid-air one after another, and the ships would be destroyed and killed.
It's not just ordnance that needs to be redesigned, it's people too.
Before Duke crossed, every year people from the Celestial Empire traveled to the plateau and died because they could not bear altitude sickness.
It wasn't until something happened in the Barrens that Duke realized that the Twilight cultists had gone to the tribe to make trouble.
"Hahahaha!" Duke suddenly refreshed.
In a sense, the Cataclysm changes are like a rehearsal for the Return of the Legion.
With that kind of attack that is blooming everywhere, it is no longer possible to concentrate all forces and strong men to surprise as before. However, there are a number of strong enemies in the cataclysm, most of which are within the control of the alliance today, even if they have been prepared, Duke is quite nervous in his heart.
Especially at several points in the hinterland of the Eastern Kingdom continent.
It had taken Duke ten years to turn Lordaeron and the southern continent into iron buckets, and he didn't want the situation he had worked so hard to unravel.
According to the original history, the southern continent was the most sinful. On the Dwarven side of the wetlands is Grimbaatar, and to the east of Rockmodan is the Twilight Fortress.
Originally, the place in Blackstone Mountain would be the Blackstone Grotto and the Black Wing Blood Ring.
And Zaalbarad, an outlying island in the open sea southwest of Gilneth, has the scourge of Palatine Prison.
It's just a little hilarious now.
Originally, the most difficult Twilight Fortress actually ran to the tribe's side, you must know that the boss of Twilight Fortress is Onexia and her mother Sinestra. In player reviews, she is more difficult to deal with than Deathwing.
Let her scourge the tribe go, anyway, the tribe will do it, at least Duke doesn't need Onexia to face the family ethics tragedy again.
As for the Palatine prison...... It's a prison!
Could it be that Duke knew about this early on, and could still let the prisoners inside make trouble?
After the Second Battle of the Dark Gate, the Baladine Fortress on the outlying islands was converted into a prison for Azeroth's most fearsome prisoners. The first to be imprisoned that year were a few wounded Gorons, as well as a large number of ogres and tribal war wolves. The purpose is research.
In the third war, when Akmund led the main force of the Burning Legion west across the Endless Sea and ran to the Hyjal Mountains to cause trouble. In fact, there are still a large number of demons who go around destroying and killing aimlessly.
After the Alliance organized elite legions to exterminate these demons, Kenrito's mages left behind some demons, which were also used for research. Duke agreed.
Of course, he knows more about the characteristics of demons, but what if demons are different from history and have various deviations?
Nothing is more convincing than first-hand experimental data.
The Kenrito mages have built an extremely tight magical captivity system in the prison, so that these demons who are not as strong as the Void Lord have no chance to escape.
However, the devastating impact of the cataclysm is destined to cause damage to the defense system of this prison. After the Battle of the Lich Kings in Northrend, Duke visited Palatin Prison as soon as possible.
happened to find that the three targets who were supposed to run out of the cataclysm to make trouble, actually quietly and secretly promoted to low-level Void Lord.
First, under the suppression of the prison's powerful magic array, their strength was not even half of their peak.
Second, they all hide their strength very well.
But how could they hide from Duke?
Duke gave an order, saying that he had found a prisoner who was going to do something, and immediately a large number of league rookies were transferred here to train.
Mara Vortagen, Lena Thunderspear, Dwarven Paladin Krom Dawnhammer, Troublemaker Gnome Mage Milhouse Mana Storm, Archmage Ernyath, Archspellor Mimick, Hunter Lenara......
In the hands of Duke, Queen Xi, and Magni, who had not yet turned into diamonds, the Abyssal Lord Algarros and the two-headed demon dog Okutar were killed after a fierce fight.
Of course, the soul doesn't want to run away.
Lord Duke, the former Void Lord, played a soul annihilation for the first time in a long time, making the Eredar Twins, who had transformed into an elven girl mage and hid their heads and faces in their hoods, be silent for a long time.
Only the Hate Queen Alisabal, who was of the same race as the Mother of Sahras and belonged to Hivalra, was left behind.
Duke does a little experiment, and he uses the same trick he used to clean up Onexia in a long time against the hated queen.
The motivation for hatred is cynicism or something, or the arrogant posture of contempt for inferior beings.
Duke taught the six-armed, murderous female demon a lesson—what is endless reincarnation torture.
Among the illusions created for her by the system, Alisabar was first asked by Duke's vision, "Surrender or not?"
After receiving a negative reply, or being silent for more than three seconds, he went straight to the next link, where countless Qila worms rushed out and swallowed Alisa Bal, who could not resist, alive.
It was the most brutal devouring, and the huge mouthparts did not shy away from the poisonous blood of the demons.
Alisabar could clearly feel how the sharp mouthparts mixed with the rough touch were slowly tearing at her flesh. The bones of his six arms were chewed hard, and the touch from his ears and the resonance of flesh and bone was also extremely clear.
She screamed and struggled, only to find that she couldn't resist at all. She could only watch in despair and fear as the big bug tore her intestines out and swallowed them section by section.