Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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Archimonde, who was stationed in the center of the demon army, frowned. He had not expected that the first line of defense would be so tenacious.

Moreover, the number of people was so small, and most of the troops on the front line were cannon fodder, but the giant who was about 20 meters tall attracted Archimonde's attention.

This thing looks so much like those Titan creations, but it doesn't have any Titan arcane magic. Could it be an unfinished Titan creation?

Archimonde's eyes swept over the iron men, gold men, and diamond men standing on the first line of defense against the demon army; these creatures were enormous.

Moreover, judging from the architectural style, there's no doubt it's the work of the Titans.

“Lord Archimonde’s skeleton is far too fragile,” the demon commander Kazloga said as he approached Archimonde.

"Lord Archimonde, I think we should launch an attack now. I want to avenge our great leader." Azgalo was a gigantic abyss lord who temporarily took Manonos's place after his death in battle.

“Don’t rush, Kazloga. Let these undead launch an attack first. Once they’re nearly exhausted, then send in the Legion’s warriors. You will lead the charge yourselves,” Archimonde said.

He wouldn't care even if the Scourge were wiped out; he'd let them exhaust the enemy's strength while he conserved his energy to deal with the Wild Gods.

The Wyvern King swooped down from the sky, spewing venom that caused large numbers of undead to rot and fall to the ground; the Wyvern King's venomous abilities were indeed very strong.

The gods and monsters hovered behind the battlefield, constantly casting buffs such as "Attack Acceleration," "Stone Skin Protection," "Prayer," and "Holy Spirit's Blessing" on the front-line troops. In any case, these guys didn't care about mana and could use it at will.

The battle instantly intensified. The area in front of the first line of defense resembled a giant meat grinder, with countless undead being annihilated every moment, but even more undead kept pouring in.

Golden holy light elements kept self-destructing, and fire elements were killed every minute. These elemental entities played a crucial role.

From the mountaintop, Medivh observed the battlefield, and whenever a breach appeared in the defensive line, he would unleash a lightning bolt to clear that area.

At this moment, a terrifying shriek came from the sky, and thousands of undead gargoyles rushed towards the position. Among the gargoyles were some destruction gargoyles.

The good news is that the Lich King's prized possession, the Frost Wyrm, was not brought out, indicating that the Lich King had a trump card up his sleeve against the Burning Legion.

"Jaina, Caponia, focus on clearing out the gargoyles on the flanks! They're troublesome!" Upon seeing the gargoyles in the sky, Rhode immediately ordered his wyvern king and the fire elementals from Elemental City to go up and defend against them. These units are all high-altitude combat types and can fly.

“Lord Uther, you hold off the enemy from the front for now. I need to deal with these gargoyles in the sky,” Rhodes said, looking at the gargoyles in the sky.

If these thousands of gargoyles are not dealt with, their position will be destroyed in an instant.

"Leave it to me, Rhodes. You focus on cleaning up those filthy things in the sky." Uther roared, his body burning with intense holy light as he charged towards the front row, engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Scourge undead.

"Somura, prepare Chain Lightning, heed my command! Titans, lightning elementals, ice elementals, launch a collective attack on the gargoyles in the sky!" Rhode immediately deployed his forces.

However, the two Archangels of Light, Rhodes, remained behind and did not join the battle. They believed that their ranged and air units would be sufficient to eliminate the gargoyle army.

Rhodes himself kept using Flash of Light to knock the gargoyles down from the sky, while the two female mages kept casting fireballs and ice spears.

Chapter 144 The Battle of Mount Hyjal, The Undead Rebellion

A thick chain of lightning bolts spread across the sky, causing hundreds of gargoyles to fall like dumplings.

Rhodes issued clear instructions one by one, and everyone performed their duties. Although the defensive line was under tremendous pressure, it remained as solid as a rock. The thousands of gargoyle troops in the sky were quickly wiped out by the continuous attacks of Rhodes' ranged units, lightning elementals, ice elementals, Titan giants, wyvern kings, fire elementals, and giant ballistae.

On the mountaintop, Medivh once again channeled his lightning bolts, this time targeting several tall, indistinct figures behind the undead army—a few Dreadguards who were directing and urging the undead to attack.

The terrifying lightning struck again, and the Fear Guardians tried in horror to dodge or cast protective spells, but how could they so easily withstand the Guardian's furious strike?

After the blinding flash of lightning, several Fear Guardians who couldn't dodge in time screamed as they were turned to charred remains in the lightning. Two others were also seriously injured and retreated in a sorry state, causing a slight disruption to the undead's offensive.

“Well done, Lord Medivh!” Rhodes praised.

Giving Medivh the scroll of lightning magic was incredibly wise.

"Rhodes, my fire elementals have been almost completely destroyed. Please step back a little, I will summon fire elementals once more." Medivh's voice reached Rhodes and the others' ears directly.

Everyone immediately retreated. Medivh took out a Fire Elemental Summoning Scroll, then infused it with his mana, summoning over 200 more Fire Elementals. These two hundred-plus Fire Elementals once again became a vital force, successfully holding off the undead army.

"He truly deserves the title of Guardian; with just two spells, he's practically an army," Jaina exclaimed with admiration.

Rhodes and Caponia nodded, wondering when they would possess such powerful magic.

"Lord Uther, and Gina, and Caponia, don't let your guard down."

Everyone nodded in agreement and threw themselves back into the battle.

However, at that moment, an even more terrifying and fel energy aura came from behind the undead army. Dozens of huge meteorites burning with green fel fire streaked across the sky and crashed down on the first line of defense!

It's Hellfire! The Eredar mages have made their move!

The real test has only just begun. Rhodes' eyes narrowed, and he took a deep breath. He knew it was time to deploy those "special" troops.

At this moment, the lightning elementals and Titans that Rhode had arranged fired lightning attacks at the meteorites in the sky.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Most of the hellfire meteorites were either prematurely detonated or deflected by the violent lightning energy during their descent. The green evil fire and blue electric arcs intertwined and exploded wildly in the air, like a doomsday fireworks show.

The few stragglers that escaped were weakened and crashed in front of the defensive line, causing tremors but not posing a fatal threat to the core position.

"These creations... are quite interesting," Archimonde the Defiler muttered to himself. If he could capture this particular magical creation alive, perhaps he could bring it back to the Burning Throne to show his master.

“Great Archimonde, perhaps we can try to capture these strange magical creations.”

"Hmm, these skeletons are of little use now. Order the warriors of the legion to attack." Archimonde snorted and gave the order to attack.

At Archimonde's command, a large number of Fear Guardians, Demon Guardians, Hellhounds, as well as Succubi, Imps, and Bewitches followed the undead army and launched an attack.

Seeing that the demon army had finally launched its attack, a smile appeared on Rhodes' lips.

It's time to deploy the undead army. However, the undead army cannot be deployed immediately, as that would not cause too much chaos. The best time is when the demon army is deployed.

However, this time he did not need to leave. Before the war even started, Rhodes had already ordered nearly 7000 undead troops to ambush on the edge of the battlefield. Among them, more than 6500 were skeleton warriors and more than 500 were other undead units.

They raised their swords and shields, and silently and resolutely launched a desperate charge from the flanks towards the Burning Legion's ranged positions!

This carefully orchestrated "betrayal" drama by Rhodes is about to unfold.

After the demon army was mobilized, the guardian Medivh first rewarded the demon army with two bolts of lightning, while Rhodes also threw several magical arrows at them.

This had some impact on the advance of the demon army, but the demons still launched an attack despite the artillery fire. The fighting power of the Burning Legion's demons was far superior to that of ordinary undead, and ordinary fire elementals could only manage a draw with the Burning Legion's soldiers.

However, before the Burning Legion could achieve any significant results, an even bigger "surprise" followed.

Just as the Eredar mages were momentarily stunned by the interception of their Hellfire and were preparing to unleash their next spell, countless green soul flames suddenly ignited in the shadows on their flanks!

More than six thousand skeleton warriors, like a vengeful legion crawling out of the depths of hell, silently but with an indomitable spirit, launched a mad charge against the Eredar mage group and the demon guards protecting them!

They raised their weapons and attacked some of the low-level demons protecting the Eredar mages, catching them off guard.

What's going on? Aren't these undead creatures cannon fodder for the Legion, its minions? Why are they attacking the Legion?

"What's going on? Where did these undead come from?" an Eredar mage shouted in shock and anger. The skeletons were acting completely outside their command structure and were not obeying their orders at all.

"Damn skeletons, stop right now!" roared an Eredar warlock, but the only response he received was a cloud of death.

The liches atop the mountain raised their staffs and launched a ranged attack on the Burning Legion's demons. The cloud of death caused countless Legion demons to wither and die in agony.

"What's going on? Why are these undead attacking us?"

"What happened?"

"It's a betrayal! The Scourge has betrayed us!" Another mage, seeing the crimson light in the skeleton warrior's eyes that didn't belong to the Scourge, immediately made the judgment.

"Stop them! Quickly!" The demon guards hastily engaged in battle, their battle axes striking the skeleton warriors' bone shields, sparks flying.

But these skeleton warriors, upgraded and strengthened by Rhodes, were exceptionally resilient. They moved in groups of three to five, coordinating perfectly, using bone shields to block attacks and frantically slashing with their rusted swords. Even more deadly was...

More than 150 upgraded wraiths darted across the battlefield like ghosts, penetrating the physical defenses of the demon guards and rushing directly at the Eredar mages.

"Ah! My mana!" An Eredar mage was horrified to discover that his fel energy was rapidly draining away, his body was becoming weak, and the fel energy glow around him was dimming.

The wraiths' ability to steal mana proved incredibly effective at this moment! Countless wraiths emitted green light from their mouths, absorbing the mana of the Eredar mages.

"Damn it, why is my magic power disappearing?"

“Be careful, everyone. These monsters can drain our mana; their abilities are similar to those of hellhounds,” said a high-ranking warlord of the Burning Legion.

This ability to devour magic is somewhat similar to the power of hellhounds, but these undead creatures have never heard of such an ability.

"These damned undead creatures."

At this moment, the undead Scourge on the battlefield were also a bit confused, not knowing what was going on. They had not received any attack orders from their master, the Lich King! Why were so many undead creatures rebelling?

Before the mages could even recover from the weakness caused by their magic being stolen, more than 80 vampire kings charged into the formation like black lightning.

Ignoring the demon guards, they pounced precisely on the spellcasters, their sharp teeth and claws tearing at the flesh of the Eredar mages. Each attack healed their wounds, making them even more ferocious in battle!

These swift vampires could transform into small bats, instantly bypassing the protective forces and pouncing directly on the Eredar mages.

At this point, some of the Burning Legion's demons were completely unable to analyze the situation, and they began attacking the surrounding undead creatures, including those of the Scourge.

The sudden backstab by a large number of undead completely disrupted the Burning Legion's offensive rhythm! The Eredar mage army suffered heavy losses, their formation was thrown into chaos, and they were no longer able to effectively organize magical suppression against Rhodes' defensive line.

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!" Azgalor, the Pit Lord, roared in fury. "He can't even control the skeletons of his own men! That idiot Lich King is truly unreliable!"

The demon commander Kaz'roga's face was also grim: "Lord Archimonde, it seems the Scourge has completely spiraled out of control. We must eliminate these traitors, or the consequences will be dire."

Archimonde, seated on the demon throne, finally lost his contempt and amusement, replaced by burning rage. The Scourge's betrayal, especially since it happened right under his nose, was undoubtedly a serious provocation to his authority as the commander of the legion.

"Hmph! Ner'zhul (the Lich King)... You really are hiding something." Archimonde slowly stood up, his massive body radiating a suffocating pressure.

"Since these bones don't obey their master, then crush them along with those ants!"

The Burning Legion was invincible, its attacks unstoppable, its forces sweeping all before it.

Packs of hellhounds, raging demon guards, succubi wielding flaming whips, and even more dreadlords and eredar warlocks began to purge the undead creatures around them, regardless of whether they had betrayed them.

But something even more terrifying happened: more than 20 knights dressed in black armor and wielding giant swords suddenly charged into the Eredar mage camp.

The Dread Knights have been deployed.

Chapter 145 The Battle of Mount Hyjal, the Lich King's Assistance

These terrifying knights, clad in heavy black armor and wielding swords, were like tigers among wolves, instantly inflicting a fatal blow on the Eredar mages.

Their undead warhorses neighed, their hooves burning with eerie flames, and their charge was unstoppable.

"For the will of our master!" The terrifying knights roared with a deep, murderous intent, their swords flashing deadly arcs.

Just as an Eredar warlock raised his hand to try and conjure a fel shield, a flash of light appeared, and the opponent's head flew into the air, green blood spurting out.

Another Eredar warlock dodged, but a Dread Knight predicted his landing point and swept across with the power to tear through space, cleaving him in two at the waist!

The horde of Dread Knights charged like a black torrent of steel, instantly tearing apart the already chaotic formation of the Eredar mages. Limbs and severed bodies flew through the air, the wails of fel energy mingling with the cracking of bones.

Together with the elusive and mana-draining ghost army, and the swift and ever-victorious vampire army.