Chapter 17: Declaring War on the Undead
After a long journey of several days, Illidan finally landed on the other side of the world, a charred pine forest that, despite the dense vegetation, seemed to have turned yellow from pollution.
After the landing, the Naga soldiers built a base along the coast and waited for Fasqi and the troops behind.
Illidan sat there, studying the artifact he had gotten his hands on.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the jungle, and he was immediately alerted, and the Naga soldiers were ready for battle.
With a strange "chirp", a group of mutilated corpses staggered out of the bushes, stenching and most of their skin and muscles rotting.
Immediately after, several behemoths appeared behind the corpses, which looked to be stitched together by multiple corpses, their skin was white and dry, the sutures were as wide as the palms of their hands, they had three or four long hands, and they wielded multiple weapons.
"I'm still searching for you, but I didn't expect to find you, Arthas!" said Illidan.
Although Arthas did not appear, Illidan knew that it was not far from his lair.
Ever since he was used by Arthas and insulted the body of Aesinos, Illidan has secretly vowed to find Arthas.
"You filthy undead, I hate this dark magic more than anything in my life!" he said, charging at the attacker with his twin blades.
There weren't many undead attacking, probably just a straggler, and Arthas summoned the undead everywhere, leaving them to roam around and do evil if they didn't need them.
In a few moments, the ugly class was wiped out, and only the mutilated limbs were left on the ground.
Illidan ordered the Naga soldiers to burn it.
"Do you hate the Scourge Legion?" a voice suddenly appeared in the jungle, and Illidan and the others took up arms again.
A blue, fat, monster with a horn in the middle of its head and a mouth full of fangs walked over.
Ogres are a species that travels through the Dark Gate with orcs, and Illidan has heard of such monsters for a long time, but this is the first time he has seen them.
"You're an ogre?" said Illidan.
"I've only borrowed this body for a while, my name is Kil'gardan, and it's Sargeras's right hand. The ogre said.
Illidan and all the Naga soldiers were shocked to hear Sargeras's name, and they couldn't tie the demon king to the obscure ogre in front of them.
"You've betrayed your master once, and now that you've got his artifact, it's time to do something for him. Kilgardan said.
"What do you want me to do?" Illidan asked.
"You'll be happy to do this, and that's to destroy the Scourge. ”
"I thought the Scourge and the Burning Legion were in the same boat. ”
"It used to be, but now the Lich King has betrayed his master and wants to set up his own portal. As long as you succeed, the master will not only forgive you for your past mistakes, but also give you more powerful energy. ”
"Really? That's great. ”
"I know you're bothered by Gul'dan interfering with your consciousness, and as a gift, let me help you expel him from your body. ”
The blue-skinned fat man cast a spell on Illidan, and a red light detached from his body and returned to the skull tied around his waist.
"Wow! this is amazing, please tell me how. I'd love to wipe out the Scourge Legion. ”
"You've got your master's artifact, go to the magical center of the world - Dalaran manipulates it, creates a rift to tear open the land, and sends energy through the center of the earth to Northrend. As soon as the Ice Throne is torn open, the Scourge is over. ”
"So what are you waiting for. ”
Illidan led the Naga army to Dalaran, leaving only some of the fishmen waiting for Fasqi's troops on the seashore.
Once home to human mages, Dalaran is a very powerful organization that is not affiliated with any political power and is a completely independent magical kingdom. Since the Scourge invaded and summoned Akmund, it has been reduced to rubble.
Looking at all these broken bricks, Illidan remembered Asalyn after the explosion of the portal, and everything seemed to repeat itself.
He placed the Eye of Sargeras on the central altar in Dalaran and summoned the Naga mages in the army to begin the ceremony.
The earthquake shook and a crack appeared in the ground, stretching northward.
The spell would take several days, Illidan thought, and he had arranged for the mage team to rotate according to the rituals. Outside, he arranged for Naintus to be well defended, and any living creature that dared to step into the Dalaran area was to be put to death.
After a few hours, Fasqi's team arrived, and she further prepared her army to increase her defense.
The cracks in the ground were already as wide as fingers.
Illidan remembered that after the battle against the Dreadlord's undead army in the War of the Ancients, Rafuncrest sat in his tent with a gloomy face, his eyes filled with endless sadness.
"You know what? in that battle...... Many of our enemies are my good brothers who fought alongside me in the past, and those hateful demons use black magic to manipulate their corpses against us. ”
"My lord, those demons are indeed hateful, but their magic power should not be underestimated, and if we capture a Dread Demon King, use it for us, and treat him in his own way, our fighting power will be incomparably greater. ”
"You said I wouldn't use this dirty power with that kind of dark magic!" Rafincrest suddenly roared, "Brother Furious Wind, I know you're a genius in strategy, but don't ask me about this kind of indiscriminate tactics in the future." ”
"I'm sorry, my lord, but my subordinates know that they are wrong. ”
"Do you know how painful it is to cut off the distorted head of a former companion with a sword, and the sound and smile of yesterday are close at my eyes, but today they are decomposed corpses and rush upon me...... If I ever encounter another mage who casts this kind of black magic, I will not hesitate to cut him to pieces!"
Illidan thought again of the pale, white-haired Death Knight on a skeletal horse, followed by an army of rotting and foul-smelling undead. Aeginos stood up and lunged at him with his big black-brown mouth open.
"Master Rafincrest, I'll do as you say to kill those who manipulate the undead, Aesinos, and I'll give those who have insulted your corpse the fate they deserve. ”
Everything seemed to be going well, the surface trembled all the time, and the cracks in the ground widened and widened. However, a few days later, the unexpected happened.
Where the army was stationed, a strange plant suddenly grew on the ground, and the plant grew bigger and bigger, sending out wrist-thick rattans, and some Naga soldiers were entangled in the rattans, and the vines spread towards the Eye of Sargeras.
Illidan was casting a spell when he suddenly noticed a green figure appearing here. Only he could see the figure, and when he saw it he cried out in astonishment, "Malfurion!"