Azeroth's Freedom: The Feeling of Being Debt-Free Is Amazing

Not to mention the major changes taking place in the Sea of Darkness and the Twisting Nether, nor Kil'jaeden's planned "final dance" before his curtain call amid the ruined, blazing lands of Argus.

Azeroth, this vibrant world, had been incredibly busy lately.

Every race was occupied with postwar cleanup. This demon war, whose intensity ranked among the top three in the entire material universe, had nearly reduced the whole world to ruins. Those who survived had to learn to live in an era where the "past" had been completely shattered.

Just as they had to quickly accept the dead scattered across the world.

Every survivor had a few friends or relatives among the dead. The Shadowlands' summons had not been issued to these dead of Azeroth, so they still maintained a delicate kind of "independence" for now.

It was said that, under the World Mother's instruction, the leaders had already begun discussing how to settle these free dead. Queen Azshara had put forward a highly pioneering suggestion.

She believed there had to be a Lich King!

Yes, that was the supreme queen's exact wording.

Of course, the queen was not making a joke.

She had proposed this seemingly absurd idea out of practical concerns for rule and stability. Although she had snapped the Helm of Domination apart, Primus could completely reforge the remaining fragments into a crown for the dead without negative effects.

That way, Azeroth's dead could rebuild the "Scourge" from an institutional standpoint.

Naturally, they would have to choose a less aggressive name, such as the "Undead Empire," "Abyss of the Dead," or "Dark Blade Legion."

The queen also suggested handing Northrend, that frigid land where few people had ever lived, over to the dead to govern. They would not even need to build a capital themselves.

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