"Huan Emperor! I respect you as a formidable ruler. As long as you take your own life to answer to the world, and the Great Huan Dynasty swears never again to meddle in North America, I can grant these innocent soldiers their lives..."
Watching the Great Huan Expeditionary Army suffer devastating losses beneath the Heavenly Bone Tide, watching the Eternal Supreme Treasure, the Godslaying Spear, droop helplessly in Huan Emperor Jian Shang's hand, Arthas let out a long sigh. He spoke loudly in a complicated tone, his voice carrying for miles. For once, it was not as cold and emotionless as before.
"Hm?!"
Both sides froze. No one had expected the Icebound Lich King Arthas, legendary for his utter inhumanity, to possess such a heroic sense of mutual respect.
"Lich King?!" Devouring Gold Corpse Emperor Orson's brow furrowed deeply as he called out in a low voice, his displeasure unmistakable.
Soul Hunter Nadir was equally puzzled. Anxiously, he reminded him in a hushed voice, "Your Highness, Lich King! How great a price have we paid for this trap? How much hardship have we endured? An opportunity missed never returns! We must not release the tiger back into the mountains..."
"Really? Do you think this sea of skeletons can actually do anything to the Huan Emperor?"
Arthas curled his lips and asked with obvious disdain, leaving Orson, Nadir, and the other heroes silent. Then they heard him sigh and continue:
"The most terrifying and threatening thing about the Great Huan Dynasty is neither its mighty armies nor the China Civilization. It is the Huan Emperor himself! But his martial might runs through all under heaven, and he has numerous supreme treasures protecting him. Beneath the heavens, there is probably no being capable of killing him!"
"What do you mean?" Devouring Gold