Volume VI Ice and Fire 31 The Fall of Naxxramas

The first exploration allowed us to discover a lot of things, some things about the Spider Demon Empire, and some miscellaneous things, and although the discovery of this cursed sect did not have an actual impact on the war, it actually contained extraordinary meanings.

Of course, you mere mortals will not understand, and may never know.

At that time, I thought we had discovered the core of the Spider Demon Kingdom, but when we came for the second time, we found out that it was not, it was just one of the places in the Spider Demon Underground Kingdom, and it was still unclear where the king was.

I reported what I found to Garrosh, and after consulting with King Agmar and King Sarufar, I decided not to tell the Alliance what I found below for the time being, and the reaction from the Alliance's side was expected, but they didn't say much.

It took us eleven days to go down for the first time, but we didn't feel how time passed at all.

The second time we went down we stayed longer, but it wasn't until we came out that I learned that the Alliance had sent people down, and unfortunately they ran into the tentacled guys I mentioned.

Rather than gloating over the death of some of the Coalition in this conflict, we discussed with King Sarufar and shared our findings with the Alliance, though they were all pretended to be discovered during the second expedition.

Not only did the Alliance's expedition provoke the Spider Demons, but they also encountered monsters that wandered in the darkness, and they named them Faceless, though the Alliance didn't know how these things came to be.

The Alliance takes the emergence of the Cult of the Damned very seriously, they know more about the destructive power of these creatures than the orcs, and we have told them much of what we have discovered. After some discussions, the Alliance offered to establish a joint expedition with us.

King Sarufar agreed to the proposal, but just as the expedition was formed and ready to act, the matter was terminated forever. The spider demon poured out of the ground like crazy, and the defenders stationed at the entrance of the cave couldn't resist it at all, so in desperation, they pressed the detonation button on the ground in the process of retreating.

All the underground armies were able to withdraw, and we lost the possibility of going down forever, and the whole place collapsed. Only then did it become clear from the ground where the underground passage was going, and the place where we had planted the explosives had gone so far.

We don't know how many spiders were killed by the collapse, but since then not a single spider has come out of the ground. Earlier I mentioned a spider king named Anubarak, do you remember? His whereabouts are unknown, some say he was killed in the explosion, others say he was only injured and not dead. After the Lich King Arthas was destroyed, they were forever immersed in the underworld. But whether he's dead or faked, there haven't been many spider attacks since then.

And within a few days, there was good news on the Eastern Front, that is, Naxxramas was captured by the coalition forces! What was even more surprising was that the Great Lich Kel'thugad was also killed on the spot.

Kel'thugad is dead!

This news greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and it should be recorded in your historical materials, and it is true. The status of Kel'thugad is known to any Northern Expeditionary Force, and his legend, especially to the northerners, is simply familiar, and even many people say that his beheading was a turning point in the Northern Expedition.

This is not an exaggeration at all. Kel'thugad's army at that time was arguably more than three times the number of troops on the Eastern Front at that time. But I still don't understand it, and I don't get a definite answer as to why he did that and send him to his death.

I didn't get the answer I wanted in Alsace, but one thing is certain, Alsace didn't know about it, and he was very annoyed by Kel'thugad's unauthorized actions.

Kel'thugad is a traitor, so to speak. He is one of your Dalarans, you know? He betrayed not only Dalaran, but the entire human world, and was willing to act as an executioner. If it weren't for the fact that the Undead Scourge wouldn't have been able to spread so smoothly in the human world at all, the Lich King was the culprit, but Kel'thugad was the core key to this matter.

I've been in contact with him for a long time, he's a very proud person, no, the word pride isn't enough to show his heart, he's simply arrogant and conceited, he never takes anyone seriously. He showed humility to the Lich King himself, but sooner or later such a temperamental creature would do something unfaithful to his master.

He does have a talent for magic, he does have the ability, he is indeed quite powerful, but he is not the material to lead the army into battle. However, the undead army is cheap and numerous, so there is rarely a strategic and tactical word in the undead scourge, that is, to charge, that is, to kill, and if it is hindered, it is because the number is still too small.

However, the matter of fighting a war does not depend entirely on the strength of the people, and you should understand this matter. But Kel's Sugaard obviously didn't take this rule to heart, he led the army directly to the vicinity of the Union camp, the first fortress established by the Alliance Army in the Dragonbone Wilderness at that time, the Twilight Fortress had not yet been built, and the location of this place was actually not good, although it was on the mountain, the vision was wide and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the biggest disadvantage was that once it was besieged, it was not easy to escape. There is no good way back except to run up the mountain.

It is true that soldiers can often burst out with extremely terrifying combat effectiveness when they are in a desperate situation, but this situation does not happen at any time, and certain conditions are required to produce this explosive power. From this, it can be seen that the military ability of this guy Boward is actually very average.

And those who have been forsaken know very well that instead of camping on the hill with the majority of the Confederate army, they have established their base at a location at the bottom of the mountain. And a large part of the credit for Naxxramas being taken is the Forsaken in exchange for the lives they can no longer regain.

At that time, after the Scourge came to kill him, Naxxramas did not descend on the head of the Twilight Fortress, but watched the attack from a short distance, and the Alliance Army rose up to resist at that time, almost all the methods they could use, and they also sent a signal for help. By this time, the Horde had already sent troops to the rescue, but the Viku who had died in the Grizzly Hills and the Howling Fjords War had been transformed into undead Scourge soldiers.

This was something that was not thought of after the war at that time. At that time, the corpses of the Viku people were not well disposed of, and even if they were burned, it was estimated that they did not burn through, and I estimate that the people at that time thought that this land was liberated, and this was their territory, so they ignored the war and could not take it for granted at all.

And the Archduke of Boward, who came to him, did not take these things into account, and while the Union army was marching highly, the dead Viku suddenly got up and crawled out of the dirt. The Horde followed the Alliance into the Dragonbone Wilderness, but the only thing they could do now was to resist the Veku who were killed from behind.

At this time, the Forsaken were originally going to come to help in the war under the orders of the tribe, but at this time, something unexpected happened.

The Scarlet Crusaders are out at once!

If they hadn't come out at this time, everyone would have forgotten about these pioneers. But these guys didn't show up to help the coalition eliminate the undead scourge, but to fight the Forsaken.

That's the way it is.

The Forsaken were stunned, they didn't expect the Scarlet Crusaders to come from here. In fact, as a normal person, do you need to say which is more important? But the Scarlet Crusaders ignored that and attacked the Forsaken's camp directly.

At this time, the Forsaken were very strong-headed, they did not even ask the tribe for help, but fought with the Scarlet Crusaders, and the main force of the tribe was under great pressure to get the support of the Forsaken, and the tribe immediately protested to the alliance after learning that it was the Scarlet Crusaders who were in the way.

The Grand Duke of Berval still has to give face. The Scarlet Crusaders have just given up, but the forgotten ones remember what the Scarlet Crusaders did.

The Forsaken finally escaped and joined the fray, but their actions caused the Coalition to be extremely dissatisfied, that is, the outer city of the Twilight Fortress was captured, and the inner city was struggling to defend it, and the Forsaken dropped poison gas bombs on the outer city.

This weapon is so effective that even undead soldiers with only a skeleton shelf left will quickly drain the last bit of their mana in this poison gas, let alone the living. And the poison gas dropped not only harmed the undead soldiers, but also affected the living. It was indeed repelled from the attack of the undead, but the casualties on the side of the Alliance Army were also very heavy.

And because the poisonous gas in the outer city could not be dispersed in time, the forsaken proposed a solution, which was to burn. So the outer city of the Twilight Fortress was ablaze. The fire was so strong that the Confederate forces could no longer enter and exit normally from the south gate, and the undead could not enter from here. This eased the pressure on the alliance and gave the soldiers some respite.

It was at this time that the Grand Duke of Berval launched a vigorous decapitation campaign against Naxxramas.

There were two successful cases on the Western Front, and the capture of Naxxanar allowed the Death Knight to accumulate some experience, and in this battle, the two floating fortresses of Naxxana and Acherus went directly to the front line, accompanied by the griffin knights who came with Boval, and carried out a fierce siege on Naxxramas.

Later, Saval told me about the battle against Naxxramas, in which many people died, but their sacrifices were exchanged for more people to live, to live longer.