The sky was filled with dazzling magical fireworks as the spellcasters on both sides began to exchange blows from a distance. Thule had more than twenty psychics under his command, and they were now firing at full force, their power quite formidable.
The Argent Dawn also had nearly twenty Blood Elf mages and several accompanying Priests, plus Mati'gosa, which was enough to completely overwhelm the enemy. Necromancers are best at controlling Undead in battle, and their disadvantage in this direct magical confrontation was obvious.
Unas wielded his horse-slaying sword, each sweep and slash killing three or four Gnolls. He unleashed AoE spells like Consecration, Divine Storm, and Holy Wrath in quick succession as soon as their cooldowns were up, slaughtering his enemies and rapidly increasing his experience points.
Under his leadership, the combined forces of Dwarves and humans plunged into the heart of the enemy army like a spear. Thule saw both danger and opportunity and immediately sent his personal guards to intercept them. If they could stop the enemy's charge, they could take the opportunity to surround and devour these advancing enemies.
Unas unleashed a horizontal slash combined with Divine Storm to clear out the enemies in front of him, feeling a surge of exhilaration. But then a group of Gnolls, clearly better equipped than others, charged at him, along with more than twenty Abominations and a swarm of gleaming silver Skeleton Soldier.
"The enemy has deployed their elite forces! Victory or defeat hinges on this! Warrior, Charge!"
Unas gave the order to Charge without fear and charged forward with his sword raised. As soon as the battle began, he plunged his sword into the belly of an Abomination through three Gnolls. Before he could withdraw his sword, he leaped up and soared over the Gnolls ' heads, simultaneously slashing his Silver Hammer down hard on the Abomination's head.
With a loud "crack," the butcher, who had just raised the giant hook, collapsed to the ground. The upper half of his head was smashed into pieces of bone and blood, while the lower half of his head was smashed into his chest!
As Unas's strength rapidly increased, enemies that were once difficult to defeat could now be easily killed.
He roared to vent his passion, drew his sword and charged toward his next target, only to be blocked by the group of silver Skeleton Warriors.
Upon closer inspection, he learned the details of these Undead: their bones were coated with a layer of hard metal, which explained their shimmering silver appearance.
The originally fragile bones became as hard as steel, which greatly enhanced the Skeleton Warrior's defense, and Unas's charge was immediately blocked.
Against heavily armored infantry, magic is the best option, followed by blunt weapons. Unas could bend the entire row of ribs of a metal Skeleton Warrior with a single hammer blow, but it could immediately get up and continue fighting, making it very troublesome. Unas was immediately surrounded by more than a hundred Skeletons.
Most human soldiers wielded swords, and only a few could wield Warhammers, but the Dark Iron Dwarves were mostly armed with iron hammers and heavy axes. Colonel Deeprock led his elite troops to catch up and desperately attacked the Skeletons to relieve the Warden.
The momentum of the army's collapse was finally halted, Thule breathed a sigh of relief, preparing to deal with the biggest threat first— the Blue Dragon.
Although Mati'gosa did not unleash any more wide-area attack spells, she continued to unleash various small and medium-sized ice attacks, causing considerable trouble for the Gnolls.
Thule decided to use a treasured magic scroll—the level eight spell "Raging Tornado"—specifically to deal with enemies in the air.
He tore open the scroll and recited a short incantation. In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the intense magical fluctuations made Mati'gosa realize something was wrong, but it was too late. Eight tornadoes suddenly appeared around her, blocking all her paths.
Thule immediately unleashed "Bone Spear," the strongest single-target attack spell in Necromancy, possessing immense penetrating power. A massive bone spear enveloped in white light shot swiftly toward the Blue Dragon's abdomen.
Mati'gosa's wings were tossed about by the gale, and she couldn't break through the blockade of the eight tornadoes. At the critical moment, she rolled over with all her might, and the Bone Spear flew past her side, but still brought down a large number of messy broken Dragon Scales.
Before she could even feel relieved, the Bone Spear suddenly turned around and stabbed at her again. This time she had no way to dodge, so she immediately released a huge blue shield in front of her.
When the contradictions met, the magic shield was instantly pierced, but the bone spear also lost much of its power, leaving only a palm-deep blood hole on the Blue Dragon's shoulder. For the Blue Dragon, this was just a superficial wound, but the curse power that entered with the bone spear took effect.
The Bone Spear comes with seven curses: Pain, Fatigue, Misfortune, Fear, Silence, Annihilation, and Weakness. The Blue Dragon's powerful vitality directly resisted most of the curses, leaving only one to take advantage of the situation—the Fatigue Curse.
After a series of battles, Mati'gosa was already somewhat exhausted. Suddenly, she felt dizzy and her eyelids were drooping. It seemed as if she was about to fall asleep at any moment. The strong wind blew her about, making her stagger like a drunkard, unable to keep her balance.
Everyone could see the situation in the sky clearly. Unas smashed a metal Skeleton in front of him into a piece of iron and was just about to activate his Light Wings up and rescue it when two golden shadows suddenly flew in from the horizon, and clear cries came at the same time.
It turned out to be two golden Gryphon, each with a figure sitting on its back. They were not very clear from a distance. A five-colored halo emanated from the figure in front, growing larger and larger as it rapidly spread to the tornado in the air. When the two came into contact, the tornado melted away instantly, like ice and snow meeting fire.
"Anti-Magic Circle!" Thule was shocked. That was the core Arcane Artifacts of the Dalaran enforcement team, capable of activating a five-colored circle of light that could suppress magic, specifically used to deal with powerful spellcasters who committed crimes. Those two must be mages from Dalaran.
The Blue Dragon was also swept by the light. Although she felt very uncomfortable, the curse on her body was also removed. She immediately woke up and flapped her wings to fly towards the two Gryphon.
Thule felt a chill run down his spine. Weren't the people of Dalaran busy rebuilding their new city? How did they get involved? Judging from the magical fluctuations, the two mages on the Gryphon were of high rank. He suddenly realized that he only had one path left to take.
He quickly divided his troops again, leaving half to hold off the enemy while the other half protected him and retreated swiftly.
Unas was both pleased and worried about the situation. He was pleased that the Gnolls were doomed and that victory was assured; now it was just a matter of how much they could gain. He was worried about the people coming from the Gryphon.
He had already clearly seen the two men's mage attire and the purple eye symbol on their robes—the symbol of Dalaran. These two must have been summoned by Merlin's warning. He hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly; wasn't it supposed to take at least a day and a night to get here from Dalaran?
He calmed himself down; now was not the time to deal with these things. The right thing to do was to deal with the Gnoll first.
"Victory is certain! Brothers and sisters, charge!"
Shouting resolute battle cries, the entire army of the Argent Dawn surged forward like a torrent, immediately putting the rearguard Gnoll lines in grave danger.