Arthas charged in—and got a GG!
If Taelan Fordring had been there, he would have recognized that horse-faced fellow!
Back then, he had fired a fireball into the sky, drawing away one of the patrolling Spellbreakers. That had left Jaina in danger.
It was the same fellow this time, but now he was an intermediate mage who had mastered Pyroblast.
Arthas was blasted backward by a powerful Pyroblast, then crashed heavily to the ground. The shield he had hastily raised spun across the ground. The burst of flames even singed a lock of his blond hair.
He had his Dwarf teacher to thank for that!
The mage's eyes went blank, and he involuntarily activated a powerful metamagic talent he had only mastered yesterday: Presence of Mind! A larger fireball immediately shot toward Jaina.
Everyone had the same question: why were mages so popular in every world? What made them so powerful? In a duel, Rogues and warlocks seemed stronger than mages.
The truth was that mages were a rare class. Some spells were especially powerful, while others had strange and unpredictable effects. In the world of Azeroth, not everyone had powerful equipment. Million Lords were actually a very high-ranking class!
(If you don't believe it, go fight the Princess of Maraudon. Wait until her health bar is almost empty, then tell her to take a couple of steps! As long as a Million Lord still has one drop of health left, they can keep fighting.)
Even Jaina, without Taelan Fordring's help, hadn't gotten her Staff of Illusion until after she became an Archmage, had she?
A mage who was prepared could kill a Rogue or Warrior with just one or two decisive spells.
As for warlocks, they were an advanced class that mages or Shamans could change into. At their