After many patient attempts, Herad finally managed to cast spells consistently over extremely long distances.
Although the Scepter of Sargeras could open interstellar portals leading an unknown number of light-years away.
Herad was still excited about a method of spellcasting with an effective range of several hundred kilometers.
However, this ultra-long-range spellcasting depended on the blessing of the Hammer of Khaz'goroth.
Without the Hammer of Khaz'goroth, Herad's normal effective casting range was very short.
It was only a little over a thousand meters.
Beyond that range, there was no telling whether an attack would hit.
The several-hundredfold increase in his effective casting range made him feel he had reached his peak.
Even deities would not have a greater casting range than he did now.
Demigod-level spellcasters could cast spells from twenty or thirty kilometers away.
Attacking enemies with spells from extremely long distances was already an utterly one-sided advantage on Azeroth!
In one of the game's story cinematics, Archimonde stood on high ground, gazing at Dalaran in the distance.
After delivering a few pretentious lines, he began shaping a scale model out of sand and earth with his magic.
Then came the famous scene of him destroying a city with his bare hands.
Whichever Mage Tower's model he squeezed, the corresponding Mage Tower would be snapped apart by an invisible force.
He spread his arms and swept them together, and dozens of Mage Tower models fell to pieces.
Dalaran in the distance was thrown into chaos as well.
Mage Towers were collapsing all over the city.
Under those circumstances, who could have imagined an enemy more than a hundred kilometers away was destroying the city by such means?
Never mind a hundred kilometers-even if someone cast spells from twenty or thirty kilometers away, the enemy could not possibly see them