Chapter 611: Destruction
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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
On the nearby mountain peak opposite the World Tree Nordra.s.sil, Malfurion finally heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Archimonde die.
In fact, all he did was awaken the ancient souls through the ritual and the Horn of Cenarius. The horn didn’t have the ability to command the ancient souls.
So in fact, the attacks launched by the ancient souls against Archimonde were all Nordra.s.sil’s own actions. It had guided the souls to attack Archimonde only to protect itself.
Moreover, it was actually impossible to kill Archimonde with just the self-destruction of the ancient souls alone. Among the attacks was the energy that Nordra.s.sil had transmitted to Archimonde.
Nordra.s.sil was rooted in the second Well of Eternity, so its existence was a powerful magic network node that could transmit a ma.s.sive amount of magic power energy.
When Archimonde climbed the World Tree, he had physical contact with Nordra.s.sil. Moreover, Archimonde himself wanted to absorb Nordra.s.sil’s energy, so he wouldn’t reject the energy transmitted by Nordra.s.sil.
Under normal circ.u.mstances, the energy transmitted by Nordra.s.sil wouldn’t have been of much use. With Archimonde’s strength, he could completely absorb it. But it was entirely different with the self-destruction of the ancient souls. The weakening of his soul made him unable to control his strength. Coupled with the energy transmitted by Nordra.s.sil, Archimonde quickly exploded…
All of this was under Malfurion’s control. He was an archdruid among the night elves. Not only could he communicate with the green dragon Ysera, but he could also communicate with Nordra.s.sil. He had even set this trap after communicating with Nordra.s.sil. But to be honest, although he had set this trap, he still had some doubts about whether the trap could deal with Archimonde. But the situation forced him. Other than this method, he had no other choice, so he could only take the risk.
Of course, he didn’t show his doubt. Even when the human and orc allies asked him about his plan, he didn’t explain in detail and only pretended to be confident.
Fortunately, the plan succeeded in the end, and Malfurion heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking at the excited shouts of the countless alliance troops below, Malfurion felt very gratified. But when he looked up and saw the enormous wound on Nordra.s.sil’s tree trunk, his heart ached so much that he wanted to cry.
When formulating the plan, Malfurion and Tyrande had already expected Nordra.s.sil’s damage. They knew that after this battle, Nordra.s.sil might be severely injured, and Nordra.s.sil was the source of power for the night elves. It was precisely because Nordra.s.sil had received the blessing of the Aspects that the night elves had a long lifespan. So once Nordra.s.sil was heavily injured, even the night elves would be affected and would no longer be able to live long. They would become like mortals and only have a short lifespan.
Of course, this cost a tremendous price. But in order to repel Archimonde and the Burning Legion, the night elves still did it without hesitation…
Now that Archimonde was dead, the remaining Burning Legion had lost its commander and was being hunted down by the alliance forces. Malfurion rode a chimera and flew to Nordra.s.sil’s tree trunk to check its damage.
Although he had already prepared for the worst, he couldn’t help feeling a little hopeful, wanting to see if Nordra.s.sil had the possibility of restoration.
But when he rode the chimera into the sky, he was suddenly stunned.
He found that above Nordra.s.sil’s tree crown, at an alt.i.tude of twenty to thirty thousand meters, some black dots had appeared. Or rather, they had not appeared but had always existed. However, Malfurion hadn’t discovered them before.
Malfurion’s heart tightened. He quickly cast Eagle Eye to enhance his vision and looked at the black dots.
With this glance, his expression immediately changed drastically. He controlled the chimera to turn around and fly toward the ground.
d.a.m.n it, how did this happen?! Malfurion was fl.u.s.tered and exasperated. When the chimera was about to approach the ground, he shouted at the alliance army chasing after the demons of the Burning Legion below, “Be on guard!!! Everyone, be on guard!!!”
Jaina, Thrall, and the others naturally recognized Malfurion. After hearing him shouting, although they didn’t know what was going on, they immediately ordered the troops to find cover and became vigilant.
Tyrande was riding her enormous white tiger to welcome Malfurion on the ground. After Malfurion landed, she immediately asked, “My love, what happened? Why do you look so panicked?”
Malfurion didn’t hide anything and said directly, “It’s the Burning Legion! There’s another Burning Legion army in the sky, and it’s led by the King of Despair, Osiris!”
After hearing this, Tyrande, Jaina, and Thrall all turned pale. They couldn’t care less about chasing down the remaining demons and called the pursuing troops back to gather in the valley.
No one spoke. Everyone understood that although the alliance army had won after stopping Archimonde, it had suffered heavy casualties. At this time, another existence like Archimonde would be a nightmare for everyone!
“How did this happen? Why did it have to happen at this time? Are we going to fail at the last step?”
Everyone had such thoughts. At this moment, they finally knew how Osiris’s t.i.tle as the King of Despair came about. The moment this demon king appeared always made people involuntarily feel despair…
Humans, dwarves, orcs, taurens, goblins, night elves, and all the races present looked up at the sky in unison and gulped nervously.
Yes, Roy appeared. Before Archimonde was killed, he had shouted at the sky not to seek help from the distant Roy but because he had already sensed Roy’s aura at his final moment.
But Roy couldn’t save him, or rather, even if he could, he wouldn’t save him.
Archimonde’s death represented the failure of the Burning Legion, or rather, the failure of the Burning Legion faction led by Kil’jaeden. Roy wouldn’t help them redeem it.
At this moment, Roy was leading the dragon lich army that he had formed during this period of time. There were not many of them, only about 300, but the combat strength of this dragon lich army couldn’t be underestimated.
Roy was riding on Rafaro’s head, while Julia and Benia were riding on the dragon liches Malygos and Sindragosa respectively. In the dragon lich army, Malygos and Sindragosa were the largest.
Together, they had witnessed the intense flash of light erupting from the World Tree below. Then they saw the traces of flames spreading continuously on the ground below after the flash disappeared.
“What a pity. Archimonde’s soul must have a divine spark…” Benia whispered behind Roy.
Hearing this, Roy shook his head. “I can’t get it. The souls of the demons of the Burning Legion are bound to the Twisting Nether. Outside the Twisting Nether, the moment they die, their souls will pa.s.s through s.p.a.cetime rifts to return to the Twisting Nether. Then they will use the energy of the Void to reconstruct their bodies and resurrect. How long the resurrection takes varies according to the strength of the demons and the strength of their souls when they were alive…”
Julia said in surprise, “So, the demons of the Burning Legion are more or less contaminated with the power of the Void?”
Roy nodded. “That’s right. Otherwise, why do you think they’re so compatible with fel energy?”
Julia and Benia nodded in understanding. Roy’s words were undoubtedly warning them not to have any ideas about Archimonde’s divine spark because this divine spark might have already been contaminated by Void power. If they wanted to seize Archimonde’s divine spark and advance to demon king, there would probably be repercussions…
At this moment, Roy suddenly sensed a gaze. He looked down and saw a small black shadow fleeing from the sky. It was Malfurion.
Knowing that the night elves had discovered his existence, Roy was not in a hurry to land. He took out a Demon Eye and injected magic power into it. The eyeball glowed, and an image was projected from the Demon Eye, forming a screen in the air.
“Osiris?! Is that you, Osiris?” Kil’jaeden’s exasperated voice and figure came from the image. He was currently on Argus and held a similar Demon Eye in his hand. Roy had given it to him before he left, but Kil’jaeden didn’t know that this Demon Eye had a communication function, so he was still a little surprised.
“It’s me, Kil’jaeden!” Roy replied. “Looking at you, you seem to know what happened?”
“Just now, I suddenly lost my soul connection with Archimonde!” Kil’jaeden said. “What happened?! Aren’t you also on Azeroth?”
“Archimonde failed!” Roy didn’t hide it from him. “During the invasion, he was killed by the natives of Azeroth. It won’t be long before you receive the news from the Legion…”
“What?! How is that possible?! How can those natives of Azeroth have the power to kill Archimonde?!” Kil’jaeden flew into a rage. But the next second, he suddenly looked at Roy suspiciously. “It can’t be you, Osiris…”
“Hmph, don’t think so badly of me, Kil’jaeden!” Roy sneered. “I know you’ve always been suspicious of me, but I won’t go so far as to scheme against you and Archimonde over this matter. At worst, I just didn’t save him… But then again, with yours and Archimonde’s pride, do you need me to save you?” Kil’jaeden stared at Roy without saying anything for a long time. After a long time, he said, “Okay, Osiris, I’ll leave the Legion on Azeroth to you. You can do whatever you want. Although I haven’t figured out what you want… Don’t forget about Lord Sargeras!”
Roy ignored Kil’jaeden’s warning. He nodded and said, “When Archimonde died, his soul was severely injured. Even if he can resurrect, it may take a lot of time.”
“That idiot…” Kil’jaeden gritted his teeth, but he didn’t continue and ended the communication.
Roy put away the Demon Eye and said to Julia and Benia, “Okay, lower our alt.i.tude. It’s our turn to go on stage!”
Julia and Benia were a little excited. “What should we do?”
Roy grinned sinisterly. “Completely destroy the World Tree Nordra.s.sil and the second Well of Eternity!”
Then Roy whispered something that Julia and Benia couldn’t understand. “Since the national server is gone, let’s destroy everything that should be destroyed…”
Thus, with Rafaro in the lead, the entire dragon lich army gathered their tattered dragon wings and began to swoop down…