Just when Aaron helped solve the corruption of Nightmare suffered by the first Mountain Giant, more Mountain Giant also suffered from the poisonous hands of Nightmare one after another.
"What... is going on?" Aaron solved the problem of the first Mountain Giant. While approaching the second Mountain Giant, he observed the situation on the battlefield and quickly discovered the problem.
It turns out that the power of Nightmare in those Quilboar was constantly eroding the Mountain Giant standing at the front as the battle continued. The time when Mountain Giant encountered the enemy was almost the same, and the time when it was corrupted was also very close, so the time when Mountain Giant appeared was similar.
Within a few minutes, the Mountain Giant in the front row began to change, turning around and attacking the Treant elves standing behind them.
The power of Nightmare has the same origin as Emerald Dream, and is extremely effective in corrupting these creatures that are close to nature. The Night Elf side that is unprepared for this will be defeated in the blink of an eye due to the defection of the front row.
"Entangling Roots! Tranquility!" At this moment, a majestic low shout was heard, and vines emerged from the ground, entangling these corrupted Mountain Giant, and At the same time, raindrops containing the power of nature fell from the sky and landed on Mountain Giant's body, causing these Mountain Giant to gradually get rid of the influence of Nightmare.
It seems that Ysera also taught his adopted son the method of removing the corrosion of Nightmare. At this time, Cenarius used two natural spells to control the situation.
However, Mountain Giant's loss of control just now has allowed a large number of enemies to pass through. In addition, after experiencing the corrosion and purification of Nightmare, Mountain Giant's physical strength has seriously declined, and it is actually somewhat unable to stop the enemies.
"Shandris, the situation is not good." Cenarius tried his best to summon vines to restrain the enemies who rushed in, while communicating with Shandris, "It will take some time for the spell I used to remove the influence of Nightmare to be activated again. If the situation just happened again, we may not be able to hold on."
Cenarius's meaning is very obvious. We can't stop them here, so we should evacuate quickly and seek opportunities to fight again.
As the son of the strongest Wild God White Deer Malorne, Cenarius did not inherit his father's strong combat power. Instead, he became a demigod who is good at assisting and healing. He cannot be said to be weak in combat, but compared to his status, it is indeed a bit low.
If Ursoc or other Wild God who are good at fighting are here, they may be able to rush into the enemy formation and kill for a while. Cenarius is not very confident, so his subconscious choice is to withdraw first.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield was not good either. Although the Mountain Giants tried their best to hold on, they still could not completely block the enemy's impact.
Just when Mountain Giant was being troubled by Nightmare, the Naga witches who had been waiting for a long time finally launched an attack. Their best Lightning and wave spells were thrown at the Night Elf side, which intensified the collapse of the battle.
"Retreat!" Shandris bit his lip and gave the order to retreat. There were too many enemies breaking through the defense line. If we persisted blindly, it would only cause greater casualties.
However, retreat does not mean that you can evacuate immediately. If you escape randomly, you will only become the target of the enemy's killing. Shandris is not unfamiliar with this, and he immediately commanded his subordinates to evacuate in an orderly manner.
The battlefield chosen by Shandris is itself surrounded by forests, and Night Elf and their allies are good at living in the forest. On the contrary, those Quilboar and Naga, one lives in the desolate the Barrens all year round, and the other spends most of his time in the sea. It must be very difficult to move in the forest. They simply did not pursue them, but let the enemy escape.
This is also related to the goals of these people. Xavius is going straight to World Tree. As for these elves and their barbaric allies who are blocking the way, Xavius doesn't care at all.
However, Xavius soon paid the price for underestimating the enemy. From time to time, those annoying guys would rush out of the forest and shoot a few cold arrows before retreating. If Xavius sent people to pursue them, there would only be two of them. The result is that they are either surrounded by enemies and eaten, or they get nothing - as long as their targets do not want to be discovered, Naga and Quilboar cannot find their targets in the forest no matter what.
But if Xavius didn't send someone to catch up, those damn cowardly sneak attackers would soon appear again in a swaggering manner near the team and send new cold arrows.
The only thing that comforted Xavius was that he had gathered a lot of Satyr along the way, and commanding these people was much easier than Quilboar or Naga.
After the troops gathered by Xavius entered the valley at the junction of Ashenvale and Mount Hyjal, the sneak attacks they encountered became more intensive. In addition to the familiar faces before, even beasts that seemed to have no intelligence at all would suddenly rush out from the grass, dense forests and even the sky to attack, which made the troops miserable for a while.
"Damn it, these damn civilians, and those beasts, all deserve to die!" Xavius's projection directed his men forward while constantly cursing the enemy.
Xavius What he didn't know was that all his actions fell into the eyes of some secretly watching people.
Shandris was one of them. Looking at the slowly advancing enemies, he complained with some dissatisfaction, "In the end, these guys entered Mount Hyjal."
Although Shandris has worked hard to organize almost endless harassment, but in the face of an enemy that maintains tens of thousands of people, such small fights are awe-inspiring for mortals, but like mosquito bites, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. At most, it only slightly delays the enemy's footsteps.
"It's already very good. Hasn't Whisperwind, the high priest, organized a new line of defense?" Aaron comforted Shandris on the side, "Now we just wait for these guys to hit us."
"But I'm still unwilling." Shandris glanced at Aaron, withdrew his gaze, and continued to stare at Xavius, who was surrounded by many people. "Do you think if I shoot an arrow now, can I kill Xavius?"
"It can't be done," Vereesa answered Shandris, "We have encountered this guy before. Even arrows blessed by artifacts cannot kill this pure energy body."
"Well..." Shandris put down the longbow in his hand. She also knew that her weapon was not as good as the artifact in Vereesa's hand, and there was no need for him to try in vain. "Okay, let's go back. There is no need to continue to harass her."