The recovery of Arthas has thrown the entire Northrend into chaos.
The significance of the existence of Lich King is not how tall his single body Combat Strength is, but his will and overall command. Without Arthas to coordinate the overall situation, Vrykul and Azjol of Howling Bay ·Nerubians of Nerubian, Undead of Dragonblight and Construct Colossi of Zul'Drak are all Operation alone, and no one is willing to obey the command of the other guy.
Before Arthas fell into Sleep, he handed over the command to Kel'Thuzad. That Lich did a good job and once defeated Eastern Kingdoms made a mess, but after Kel'Thuzad and Betrayal, the entire Undead society became extremely loose, which also led to Borean Tundra being defeated.
In fact, if Arthas wakes up a week earlier, the Nerubians of Azjol·Nerubian will come out in force on the day Ahn'Qiraj is attacked. If you want to capture Ahn'Qiraj, Alliance Forces must be prepared for a protracted war.
To put it simply, Undead Scourge without Arthas is equivalent to a Go controlled by a weak AI. It can only defend passively and cannot make effective attacks. A slightly smarter guy can draw a tie. But after Arthas wakes up, it becomes a game between opponents of the same level. It is likely that they will have to fight until the last minute to determine the winner.
The difficulty has been directly increased several times!
The most direct manifestation is that other battlefields except Borean Tundra suffered heavy setbacks at the same time.
Howling Bay's Vrykul rushed out from both directions, their Ymiron’s Great Tomb and Utgarde Keep, and they were stationed at Westguard Keep respectively. and Giant's Run's Orcs army was caught off guard. At the most critical moment, if it weren't for Overlord Saurfang and Vol'jin led their respective Personal Guard teams, one on the left and one on the right, to withstand the tide of giants Charge, Gavincente led by Frostborn rushed into Utgarde Keep from Valgarde and made a big fuss. I'm afraid Orcs's colony in Howling Bay will declare bankruptcy.
Even worse news is that Amberpine Lodge from Kingdom of Stormwind and Moonbrook were attacked by Undead from Drak'Tharon Keep The attack by Troll and Worgen from Bloodmoon Isle caused heavy losses. If a Kul Tiras fleet was not docked at Venture Bay for supplies and provided timely help with the bombardment, I am afraid that the newly established Amberpine Lodge would have been defeated by those Troll.
The worst thing is that there was a Emissary of Night Elf, which was visiting the destroyed World Tree ruins Vordrassil, and was attacked by Undead Troll's attack, if Fang of the Earth Shrine's Bearfolk hadn't fought tooth and nail to save it, I'm afraid this high-level Night Elf envoy would have been killed on the spot, but they also suffered heavy losses.
Zul'Drak's Drakkari Troll originally launched a counterattack against Undead Construct Legion with the help of Zandalari Trolls who came for reinforcements. However, an army of Death Knight raided Zul'Drak's Troll City Gundrak and Drakkari Troll and had to come back for reinforcements, resulting in the previous counterattack falling short.
Even Borean Tundra, which has ended the war, suffered crazy attacks from the Nerubians army from Azjol·Nerubian. They even sneaked into Valiance Keep from the underground. If not Red Dragon Vaelastrasz was a guest there and accidentally discovered the movements of Nerubians. I was afraid that Valiance Keep, whose defense was empty at the time, would really be breached by a surprise attack.
However, Paladins led by Mograine and Tirion Fordring also suffered almost crazy provocations. Mograine and Crypt Lord Anub'arak fought fiercely on the snowfield for nearly 30 minutes. In the end, Anub'arak escaped with serious injuries, but Paladin also suffered heavy casualties.
For a time, Northern Expedition War, which was already on track, was suddenly cast a shadow again.
Only then did everyone realize where they were and what kind of opponent they were fighting!
However, this also accelerated the process of Northern Expedition. After realizing the value of Northrend, the rulers of various forces changed their minds and realized that this war did not seem to be unprofitable. Even the most war-weary Goblins also actively started activities.
Ore and oil buried underground are meaningless to Dragon, so under the instruction of Dick, Goblin's big businessman Warren made connections at extremely fast speeds. In one day, Consortium sent Emissary to work together to eat all the mines in the vast Dragonblight. They paid a huge amount of gold coins, but they will harvest a high-quality mineral deposit that can be mined for at least nearly a hundred years.
The dragons who had received the gold coins and the goblins who had completed the contract were very satisfied. Before Dick left, the goblin mercenaries had set out from Booty Bay and Steamwheedle Port, preparing to use force to defend the property of the trade princes.
Storm Peaks, this is the highest place in Azeroth. Its average altitude is over 5,000 meters. It is no exaggeration to say that an ordinary person will have difficulty breathing when he gets here. This is why Dick can only bring his own forces to attack Ulduar. It is useless no matter how many ordinary soldiers come. The environment here determines that it is not suitable for Mortal to survive.
And the most difficult thing about Storm Peaks is that this place is surrounded by mountains. It is almost like Valley wrapped by mountains. There is almost no way to enter here except by flying mounts.
Of course, this problem is nothing to Dick.
Along with Lightning, Dick's figure piercing the sky appeared thousands of meters high in the sky. He was surrounded by lightning that could appear at any time, and there were almost thin Gray clouds under his feet.,Northrend is originally close to the North Pole of Azeroth, and in the mountains at the highest point of this continent, the temperature can no longer be described as cold, and the weather here can hardly be called sunny. It is very bad weather!
He looked ahead, and his figure disappeared among the falling snowflakes. When he reappeared, he was standing on the land of Stormy Cliffs.
Dick looked at his waist buried in the snow. The snow here was at least 1 meter thick. From this point alone, he could tell that no one had been here for a long time.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The most recent war that occurred here was probably the battle in which Tyr escaped from here tens of thousands of years ago. Since then, this place has become a peaceful place, but under this calmness, hidden is a deeper Evil, originating from the Evil at the beginning of this world.
When faced with it, Dick hardly dared to be careless.
Paladin took out a stone engraved with Vrykul's unique Runes from his arms and threw it in the snow in front of him. After a few seconds, a golden ring marked it Formed on the snow in front of him, his body suddenly flashed, and with the sound of a sharp blade piercing steel, the body of Iron Dwarf Spy, who was hiding in the snow in the distance and observing Dick, was pierced.
Paladin frowned and took back Windfury without a trace of blood. Looking at the body of Iron Dwarves that was almost cut in half, they and Ironforge's Dwarves are almost identical. The only difference is that their bodies are made of hard metal and are engraved with various Runes, which looks very mysterious.
This is Iron Dwarves, who belongs to Loken. From his Blood Red's eyes, it can be seen that this creature has been occupied by Chaos's mind, and After this Iron Dwarves was killed, in less than 10 seconds, the ground began to shake. Dick turned around, and dozens of Iron Dwarves were rushing towards him.
"It's like poking a hornet's nest!"
Dick cursed to himself, waved his hand, and a net Lightning hit those Iron Dwarves, knocking them away and scattered, Dick didn't even care As a result, he had only been here for less than 5 minutes when he was discovered by these Iron Dwarves scattered among Stormy Cliffs. Obviously, Loken was full of informants in the place, and there was no point in hiding it.
Simply Dick had no intention of hiding it.
Along with a Golden Light that pierced the sky, it shined into the Runes that Dick had just thrown into the ground. Valarjar Gate of the Firmament opened again. This time it was not a Spirit that was projected. In the golden sword-like light, one after another the tall Vrykul Spirit walked out of the light.
Gate of the Firmament, as the teleportation device of Valarjar, can project an army of 500 people at a time. It takes a day to recharge, so these 500 people are all the support Dick can get on the first day.
But it is enough. Paladin needs Runemaster from the Spirit Legion to build a permanent Portal. As for the Mogu Burning Legion and Earthen Legion gathered at Broken Isles, he only needs to hold on here for about half a day before his army can arrive.
In this damn place, ordinary magic Mage is of no use at all, so we can only rely on the support of Odyn.
Walking at the back of Spirit was the tall Heimdall wearing wild armor. The moment this Spirit leader walked out of the circle of light, the golden Lightsaber disappeared into the black sky filled with Lightning.
"Ah, Ulduar, Storm Peaks, I haven't been back for tens of thousands of years!"
Heimdall moved his shoulders in the heavy falling snow, looked at the Runemasters who were already busy preparing to build Portal, and then strode towards Dick. This guy had a very straightforward personality, so he asked directly,
"What are you going to do? Attack Ulduar directly? Or attack slowly and steadily?"
Paladin glanced at him, as if Heimdall had asked a stupid question, Dick raised his hand and pointed at his head, "Of course, slowly and slowly! The whole Storm Peaks is covered Loken's Fallen Servants, so what if we can rush into Ulduar? If we can't solve Yogg-Saron in a very short time, we will be in danger of being attacked from two sides."
Dick's voice soothed, and he realized that Heimdall was not telling a joke, but was testing his command ability, so he paused, organized his words, stretched out his hand to draw the general terrain of Storm Peaks in the air in front of him, and explained in detail,
"Storm Peaks is home to Hodir and Thorim as well as Loken and Mimiron. Their number is extremely large. It is almost impossible to bypass them and attack Ulduar. My plan is to get through them first. From Dun Niffelem to Temple of Storms, here we will encounter the dependents of Thorim, but those Vrykul are the creatures after Curse of Flesh, and their Combat Strength is not worth mentioning in front of the Spirit Legion!"
Dick paused for a moment, drew a circle on the right side of the first line, and emphasized, "What I am most worried about is Dun Niffelem's Frost Giants. Those Hodir families are extremely numerous and difficult to deal with. But by taking back this place, we are equivalent to taking back Forge of Wills! This is a key point. We can get sufficient supplies and energy supplies there, and there are also some unactivated Iron Burning Legion."
Paladin glanced at Heimdall who had no reaction, coughed slightly, and continued,
"The second key point is Halls of Lightning. There is Forge of Wills there, but to get there, we have to break through Halls of Stone and Terrace of the Makers. There are the dependents of Mimiron, and there may be others there. We were blocked by one or two Guardians, but after the two largest Ulduar barracks were recaptured, the main body of Ulduar became a real cage. At that time, we could advance or retreat, retreat or defend, and we were almost invincible!"
"Pap-pap-pap!"
After listening, Heimdall nodded and applauded, "Not bad, not bad! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't imagine that you would know Storm Peaks so well, but this is your secret. I don't care whether you say it or not." Wrong, it is almost impossible to break into Ulduar to solve all the troubles. It is not as powerful as Tyr back then, and the only way to get back Discs of Norgannon is through stealing, which explains everything."
Heimdall turned to look at the snowflakes rising on the ground in the distance, reached out and picked off Storm Greatsword from behind, and nodded towards Dick.
"Master Odyn handed over the command of the Spirit Legion to you, but there are only 1,000,6000 people. It is not that we are stingy. The war with Helya has been going on for tens of thousands of years. Most of the Spirit Both E are injured and must undergo sufficient rest before they can continue fighting. Spirit is different from Mortal. Although they are more powerful, the injuries to their souls are difficult to heal. You have to understand us."
Paladin also discovered the second wave of enemies attacking from afar. He also took out the overflowing Windfury from Lightning and smiled at Heimdall.
"I can understand. In fact, as long as Forge of Wills is recaptured, we will have no shortage of ordinary soldiers. However, the next two days will be very difficult. I suspect that at least one Guardians may appear in the end. I don't know if it will be Thorim or Loken?"
"Hey!"
Heimdall's left hand touched his waist, and a flying ax fell into his hand. He threw the ax out without looking at it. The weapon roared and pierced the head of the tall Iron Vrykul who jumped out from hundreds of meters away, and also chopped off the heads of a dozen Iron Dwarves behind him.
"Loken had better not come. Although Lord Odyn cannot get out of Valarjar, his Gungnir is always looking for an opportunity to pierce that Traitor!"
After saying that, Heimdall raised the golden Storm Greatsword in his hand. Under the sky filled with black clouds and lightning, it had turned into Golden Rage and was surging around his body. It was like the scene where Dick uses Holy Light. This ferocious Vrykul Spirit shouted loudly, even overpowering Thunder who was shining in the sky.
"Champion of Odyn guys, follow me Charge!"