The Pandaren monks also displayed their formidable strength. Even the battle-hardened warriors of the Alliance's Seventh Legion were no match for these Pandaren monks in one-on-one combat.
With the Pandaren monks' aid, the Trifarix Legion, which had nearly been wiped out, began to counterattack, striking the Seventh Legion from both front and rear.
Duke Leoric von Zeldig knew his plan had failed. Seeing the Horde mages rapidly freezing the river to create a road of ice, he knew that if he did not withdraw the Seventh Legion now, they would be trapped outside.
After the Seventh Legion withdrew and Theramore's gates were shut once more, the Horde mages finished freezing the river.
An seemingly endless tide of Horde warriors surged toward Theramore's walls.
In particular, the Horde leaders joining forces made it impossible for Theramore, lacking powerful defenders, to hold out. Before long, the city gates finally fell beneath the battering rams of the Tauren warriors.
The remaining twenty thousand Seventh Legion soldiers stood in orderly ranks behind them, guarding the city.
Out of respect for a powerful legion like the Seventh Legion, the Horde army did not swarm forward all at once. Instead, an equal number of Trifarix Legion warriors stepped out to face an equal number of Seventh Legion soldiers.
Both the Seventh Legion and the Trifarix Legion had been established later. In just a few years, they had climbed into the ranks of Azeroth's finest legions through hard-earned victories. Whenever the strongest Alliance and Horde legions were mentioned, the Kor'kron Legion, Trifarix Legion, Seventh Legion, and First Legion were always the four contenders.
"For the glory of the Alliance!" Duke Leoric von Zeldig shouted first. Empowered by Last Stand, the Seventh Legion's momentum reached a new peak, completing the transformation that even the First Legion had yet