Boom!
A violent tremor shook the area. Tyrande climbed up from the cold prison floor, listening to the sounds around her in confusion. Then, as if she had realized something, her expression brightened.
It was the Resistance Army. They had finally begun their assault on Eldorei!
Urgent footsteps sounded outside the cell. Then Dath'Remar Sunstrider appeared outside the door with a group of Highborne.
Sizzle...
Arcane Flame rapidly melted the cell door. Dath'Remar beckoned Tyrande over.
"The chance is here. Move! The Resistance Army is launching a full-scale siege on Eldorei right now. You can use this opportunity to escape and join them!"
"Thank you, Lord Dath'Remar. But if we leave, we leave together. Since you have proven that you are not accomplices of the Burning Legion, I will never abandon you and escape alone."
Dath'Remar hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"Fine, then we'll go together. I only hope that, when we meet our people, you can explain things for us. We truly had no choice..."
Boom!
"I will. This isn't the time for idle talk. Move! You prepared Night Sabers, didn't you?" Tyrande strode out of the cell, and Dath'Remar immediately ran ahead to lead the way.
"Of course. Follow me. We'll raid the Royal Stables. The fastest Royal Mounts are there!"
After sprinting all the way, the group arrived at the Royal Stables, where dozens of purebred, powerful Night Sabers were kept year-round.
"Ah, disobedient Highborne, and a priestess... Where do you think you're going?"
A deep, hoarse voice sounded out. Sargoth, whom Illidan had killed earlier, now stood on the path behind them. No one knew when he had appeared.
Sargoth was somewhat different now. Though he still retained the form of a Satyr demon, he seemed to have gained some unknown power. Even his Fel Claws had transformed into Flesh-Spike Tentacles.
Tyrande, who had already mounted a Night Saber, immediately tried to dismount, but Dath'Remar stopped her.
"Go! We'll hold him back. Tell the people of the Resistance Army that I, Dath'Remar, and the Sunstrider family were never traitors!"
As he spoke, Dath'Remar made a gesture at Tyrande's Night Saber. Under the influence of magic, the Night Saber immediately sprinted toward the gates.
"Highborne, engage! Tear this monster apart!"
Riding her Night Saber at full speed, Tyrande looked upon Eldorei's utterly ruined streets and the mangled corpses lining the roadside. Rage blazed within her heart.
Damn demons! Damn Queen Azshara!
The escape route was far from smooth. Before long, the priestess encountered a demon patrol within the city.
At the sight of a living elf, the demons immediately approached with savage grins. Cooped up in the city and unable to get out, their hands had long been itching for a fight.
Tyrande flipped off her Night Saber, gripping an ordinary Standard Issue Longbow. She let out a long breath and prepared for battle.
Then an incredibly powerful wave of energy swept over the area. Countless Arcane Lightnings struck every demon in the patrol with perfect accuracy. The demons immediately let out agonized roars before turning into a pile of silent corpses.
Through the dust and smoke, an incomparably familiar figure slowly walked toward her.
"Malfurion!" Tyrande shouted in delight.
"What a pity. My dear brother is probably still following the Resistance Army, trying to break into the city."
Illidan stared at Tyrande before him and answered with a cold snort.
Tyrande froze for a moment. Illidan's appearance had changed drastically, and powerful arcane fluctuations radiated from his entire body.
"Your eyes... What happened to you, Illidan?"
Illidan did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned his head and "looked" behind him.
"This is not the time for conversation. Come. I'll protect you and make sure you safely reunite with the Resistance Army."
As he spoke, Illidan took out a crystalline little vial filled with a clear, water-like liquid.
Then Illidan unscrewed the bottle and poured all its contents over himself.
Tyrande was truly shocked this time. She could feel the energy fluctuations around Illidan becoming countless times stronger once more.
"Water from the Well of Eternity! Illidan, what have you done? Have you gone mad?"
"To save your life. To save my people." Illidan answered simply, then grabbed Tyrande's hand without another word and ran toward the city gates.
Boom! Boom!
Eldorei's walls were on the verge of collapse under the Resistance Army's relentless, storm-like assault.
A long line of Large Catapults continuously hurled massive boulders burning with flames or surging with arcane energy. They smashed into the city walls, setting off one violent explosion after another.
Under the leadership of Archmage Aethelred, the Highborne mages jointly channeled a massive Arcane Barrage shockwave, bombarding the walls ahead without pause.
After Elisande had been selected for the Elite Assault Team, this Grand Astromancer transferred from Suramar had taken over command of the mage forces.
"The stars say your resistance is meaningless. Keep firing!"
In the sky, the overwhelming Dragon Legion flew directly over the walls and launched aerial attacks against the demon defenders.
The Red Dragons spewed scorching Flame Breath, burning demons in swathes. The flames that brought life could also become executioners that reaped it.
The Green Dragons flew slowly with their eyes tightly shut, as though sleepwalking. Their flight paths were incredibly erratic.
Yet wherever they passed, demons fell asleep one after another, plunging into eternal nightmares from which they could never awaken, until their bodies in the real world were destroyed.
The Bronze Dragons stirred up waves of Time Sand. The demons either aged at an accelerated rate, turning into withered bones in an instant, or began to regress in an incredibly bizarre manner, ultimately being forcibly sent back to the other side of the Well of Eternity portal.
The Blue Dragons did not join the attacking formation. They assisted the Highborne mages in channeling the ferocious Arcane Barrage bombardment. By now, Eldorei's walls were covered in cracks and about to collapse across a vast area.
"Roar, roar, roar! Charge! For Thunder Totem! For the glory of the clans!"
Hu En Highmountain led the Tauren forces in a charge. Their target was a large group of demons attempting to defend the outer perimeter of the city walls.
The spear in Hu En's hands was like a reaper. This Tauren swung his weapon at high speed, crushing everything through sheer force without bothering to reason with anyone.
In the end, brother Hu En led his Highmountain Tauren forces in tightly surrounding a Legion Fel Portal connected to the city. They began a brutally inhumane game of killing demons at the door.
One came out, one died. Come on! Keep coming!
After a while, corpses had piled up beside the portal, and it stopped sending any more reinforcements through.
The demons on the other side had probably noticed something wrong with the portal and decided they could not bear to watch any longer.
Not going! I won't go even if you kill me! There are people on the other side camping the door and slaughtering us!
"Get those Tauren back here! The arcane bombardment is about to hit their area! Tell them to withdraw right now, immediately!"
On the Resistance Army's temporary frontline command platform, Jarod Shadowgaze watched the Tauren fighting with wild enthusiasm beneath the walls, then roared at the messenger scout beside him.
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