When Aaron led thousands of people to a position where Utgarde Keep could be seen visually, the huge changes in this castle during this period were completely revealed to everyone.
Most of the people in the team saw Utgarde Keep for the first time, and they didn't have any obvious feelings. However, from the perspective of Aaron and Vrykul who had only left here for more than half a month, the changes that had taken place in this castle were very eye-catching.
"Hey, what's wrong with this castle?" Aaron looked at the castle ahead and asked with some confusion, "I remember there wasn't such thick snow and ice last time I came here, right?"
When Aaron and the others came last time, there was ice and snow near Utgarde Keep, but the thickness of the snow at that time was very thin. Coupled with Vrykul's cleaning, in general, the castle looked very lively at that time.
However, Utgarde Keep now looks lifeless. Thick snow that has the texture of ice can be seen everywhere, and the snow shows a strange blue color, which looks even weirder.
"Not just this castle, look at the surrounding environment," Archaedas previously rode Proto-Dragon in the air to help conduct reconnaissance. Before the large troops arrived, he had conducted reconnaissance of the nearby Dragonflayer Vrykul villages and had a better understanding of the situation here. "I can even feel the land wailing."
As the guardian who assumed this responsibility before Neltharion received the blessing of Titans and became Earth-Warder, Archaedas can still vaguely feel the earth's Since arriving near Utgarde Keep, Archaedas can clearly feel the situation of the land. This situation even reminded him of the original death dragon Galakrond.
"The earth is wailing?" Aaron heard this and looked down at the ground under his feet. Archaedas's words reminded him of Scourge, who pollutes wherever he goes Badlands, but the situation in front of us is not that bad. At least with the eyes of Aaron, we can't see any difference in the ground under our feet. Maybe Shaman will be able to detect this change.
But Archaedas's words still made Aaron feel a sense of urgency. Since the land of Utgarde Keep has begun to change, it means that this guy has the power of death. The amount is already strong enough. If left unchecked, incomplete protection will attract the attention of Lich King. If Ner'zhul provides some help to Ymiron, the difficulty will increase.
"Let's go, let's go and get Ymiron out of the castle." Aaron took a deep breath and shouted an order to the large army behind him.
Although the order was conveyed step by step along the command chain, the entire army began to deploy according to the pre-war plan. Paladin and Tyr's Guard under Liadrin formed at the front of the team. In the middle of the war, the rangers and mages stayed at the rear to provide long-range support for the Paladins. The dwarves under Brann were arranged on the two wings, and the long-range professions with relatively weak melee capabilities were protected in the center.
The Proto-Dragon knights, led by Ygrim, hovered above the ground troops to provide air support for the ground troops to avoid being launched from the air by the dragon knights sent by Utgarde Keep.
"Would it be a waste if I use the ranger as an archer?" Aaron looked at the team arranging the battle formation in an orderly manner, but felt a little guilty in his heart.
"Then can you still get rid of them and fight guerrillas with the enemy?" Liadrin rolled her eyes. As the commander of the Blood Knights unit, she naturally stayed at the front, preparing to be the spearhead of the attack.
"That's right, the rangers are not used to this kind of environment, so just waste it." Aaron no longer dwelled on this issue. After taking a deep look at Utgarde Keep in front of him, he began to issue combat orders.
This was Aaron's first time taking on the role of commander, and he was inevitably a little nervous. He had never thought of letting others command this battle before. Unfortunately, Bolvar only wanted to learn aerial combat tactics, while Kael'thas only knew spells and did not understand the situation. The rest of them also had their own problems. In the end, Aaron, the organizer of this expedition, took on the role of commander.
The Proto-Dragon knights were the first to take action, and the overwhelming Proto-Dragon flew towards Utgarde Keep under the control of the riders.
Originally, the Proto-Dragon knights mainly relied on Proto-Dragon's dragon breath and the javelins thrown by the riders in aerial combat, which was quite effective against living creatures. However, when used to attack fortresses, it seemed a little inadequate. You can't expect the spears and javelins thrown by Vrykul to collapse thick walls.
However, Aaron specially prepared some small gifts for the dragon knights for this battle. When the first batch of Proto-Dragon flew over Utgarde Keep, the dragoons riding on the dragon's back took out a round ball the size of a human head from their pockets. After lighting the fuse according to Aaron's previous instructions, they smashed the balls hard.
Then these dragon knights quickly circled in the air and flew back to the rear of the formation. On the one hand, they were to avoid being hit by air defense forces such as the local air force and harpoon turrets. On the other hand, they were also reminded by Aaron to evacuate quickly after dropping bombs to avoid being accidentally injured.
Before these Proto-Dragon knights could fully return to their formation, the balls they threw, which was one of the experimental products Aaron brought this time to test their effects, exploded one after another with heavy bombs.
After the rumbling explosions finally subsided, the upper floors of Utgarde Keep were completely covered in gunpowder smoke. However, after all, this castle was a fortress that Vrykul had operated for a long time. In addition, Aaron brought only test items this time. The final results were not exaggerated. From the bottom, it only blew away the harpoon turrets installed on the upper floors of the castle, and failed to collapse even one floor of the ceiling.
"The situation is not right." Aaron squinted his eyes and looked at the situation in the sky. In his plan, his own Dragon Knight might be able to take the lead in attacking by taking advantage of the surprise attack, but it would definitely lead to a counterattack from the opponent. This is why Aaron ordered the formation of a battle formation in advance.
However, let alone the counterattack of the ground force, even the air force that Aaron had been worried about for a long time did not appear. Even if it was transformed into Undead, the reaction would become slower, but there should be a limit. There was no reaction to such a big movement. How could you think it was abnormal?
"No response?" Aaron stared for a moment, but found that Utgarde Keep still had no response. After hesitating for a moment, Aaron decided to conduct another round of testing.
The dwarf craftsmen who had been prepared quickly set up a row of rocket launchers in front of the formation and smashed the rockets one by one into the main entrance of Utgarde.
"I don't believe there's no response yet." Aaron ordered the mages and rangers to prepare for battle. No matter what comes out of the door, they will first use long-range attacks to wash away a round of ground as a greeting gift.