"Underground?"
"You mean there'll be Scourge spider troops?"
Before Tirion could finish speaking, he heard the beetle lord's distinctive, rasping voice. "Delicious morsels."
The Crypt Lord Anub'arak burst out of the earth. At the same time, Crypt Fiends beneath the ground broke through the surface. Many nearby soldiers had no time to react before they were dragged underground.
"Consecration's Holy Flame." A huge hole opened right beside Taelan's feet. He could even see the spiders' mouthparts. He instantly poured holy light into the earth beneath him, destroying the spiders underground.
The other Paladins followed his example, scouring the ground with Consecration's Holy Flame. Many spiders burrowed straight out of the earth and attacked the surrounding Northern Expeditionary Force.
Anub'arak vibrated his wing cases, his inner wings beating just as rapidly. Countless tiny locusts began spreading outward. "You will be my finest food."
Anub'serhan looked at his brother before him, his heart filled with nothing but hatred for the Lich King. "Lich King, I will tear you limb from limb."
The Crypt Lord seemed to have noticed that once-familiar face as well. Though other races could not tell the Spider-Men apart, their own kind could recognize one another at a glance.
"Brother, join the Scourge." Anub'arak felt none of the excitement of a reunion between brothers, only boundless longing for the Scourge. "Join us, brother. We will create a whole new world."
"My brother died fighting to defend our kingdom." Anub'serhan had already seen everything through the World's Veil. But what made him hate the Lich King even more was that, after destroying his kingdom, the Lich King had enslaved his people's remains, denying them peace even in death. "You should not desecrate a hero's remains."
"The greatness of the Scourge is something you could never understand. Only by joining us