Ner'zhul's soul dissipated, and control of the Scourge was temporarily left without a master.
The three blood princes and Blood Queen Lana'thel, who were fiercely fighting the Northern Expeditionary Force in the Scarlet Hall, suddenly collapsed, leaving Salorian Dawnseeker and Luminas Sunstrider bewildered in the midst of battle. But when she heard countless souls wailing all around them, Luminas Sunstrider was the first to react.
"Did the Lich King die?" Vast numbers of souls scattered in every direction. As the leader of the Scourge, the Lich King would never free his slaves for no reason. If the souls under his control had escaped, there was only one possibility: the Lich King was dead.
"Finally... free..." Lana'thel struggled to her feet.
Seeing this, Luminas Sunstrider immediately ordered the others to stop fighting. Miss Sunstrider had received secret orders from Patrick and Sylvanas to preserve as many of their people under the Lich King's control as possible. She could neither let the Coalition Forces kill them nor let them kill the Coalition Forces. Once the Lich King died, they would regain their freedom.
The three blood princes, Prince Valanar, Prince Thaladram, and Prince Keleseth, supported one another. "Damn the Lich King! Damn the Scourge!"
"Have you finally come to your senses?" Luminas Sunstrider's expression softened considerably, but she remained on guard. "Is the Lich King really dead?"
The red glow around Lana'thel faded, and the Blood Queen's signature power disappeared. Lana'thel no longer made any move to attack them.
"The Lich King is dead. Our shackles have been broken." Lana'thel's voice was very gentle as she looked at this old acquaintance.
Lana'thel and Luminas Sunstrider had been close friends in life, and both had been mainstays of the Royalists. Luminas Sunstrider had been the Sunfury Guard's mage captain, stationed on the Isle