Araj was once the leader of Scholomance, but later obeyed Kel'Thuzad's orders and handed over leadership to another Lich, Ras Frostwhisper, while he continued to instill fear in the Western Plaguelands.
Logically, he should still be in Scholomance, serving as an overseer and responsible for ruling and guarding the Scholomance in the name of the Scourge. It wasn't until Kel'Thuzad was resurrected as the Lich that he was ordered to leave Scholomance and come to Andorhal.
Now, he has actually appeared!
Moreover, according to the testimony obtained from Baron Soroson, Ras Frostwhisper has appeared and has even become the leader of Scholomance!
Has history been altered, or is this the true history?
After all, a game is just a game. Nobody knows what the history of this world is really like, or how much it differs from what the game describes!
At least the Fenna Golden Sword, which doesn't even exist in the game, has appeared now, so what else is impossible?
Araj is a Lich.
In this world, transforming into Lich requires extremely demanding conditions. Not only does one need a sufficiently sturdy and magically powerful Lich casket, but a large amount of magical materials are also required for the transformation ritual. Furthermore, the person being transformed must possess extremely powerful spellcasting abilities.
Generally speaking, only high-level mages are qualified to transform into Lich.
After the transformation, they not only gain eternal life, but also the ability to manipulate ice and the Undead.
Lich are masters of ice manipulation. Any Lich's spellcasting ability is equivalent to that of an Archmage specializing in frost!
Lich is a master of manipulating death and toying with souls. A Lich can be even more terrifying than an ordinary Archmage!
Simply put, even if it were Jaina now, in a one-on-one fight, she might not have a 100% chance of defeating the Araj the Summoner!
"No wonder the Undead Andorhal been gathering at an increasingly rapid pace these past two days, with thousands Undead daily from all directions. It turns out he's here! He's presiding over the summoning ritual!"
This information was too important, so Jiang Jie personally returned to Chillwind Camp to report to Gavinrad.
"What? Araj the Summoner? A Lich at the level of Archmage? Forty thousand Undead gathered in Andorhal?" Gavinrad jumped up; the news Jiang Jie brought was terrifying!
What does the appearance of a Lich in Andorhal signify?
The 40,000 Undead, who were originally scattered like a heap of sand, now have a leader and a backbone!
A flock of sheep is not scary, but if that flock is led by a tiger, then it is scary!
"Furthermore, in the North Tower of Andorhal, I saw a magic circle filled with bones, and skeletons kept crawling out of the pile of bones! If I'm not mistaken, that's Bone Pile Magic Circle!" Jiang Jie added.
Through the interrogation of the members of the Cult of the Damned and from the spellbook obtained from the murdered psychic, Jiang Jie and the others obtained a lot of information about the Undead Scourge, including the mention of the " Bone Pile Magic Circle ".
Simply put, this is a magic circle that uses Undead to automatically reassemble shattered bones into a skeleton.
Skeletons are basically cannon fodder; a recruit who has undergone three months of training can take down several of them at once!
But the problem is, there are just too many of them!
Within that Bone Pile Magic Circle, skeletons rise every moment. At least a thousand, perhaps even several thousand, rise each day! In just ten days, that's tens of thousands of skeletons. How many people would it take to wipe them all out?
Moreover, even if you kill the skeleton, as long as the bones are still there, you can revive it as a skeleton again through the Bone Pile Magic Circle, endlessly!
The best solution is to destroy the Bone Pile Magic Circle and then eliminate Araj the Summoner is in charge of the magic circle!
" Bone Pile Magic Circle?" Gavinrad's face, covered in a thick beard, creased in disbelief.
His voice, brimming with authority, proclaimed. "Wait one day! I've already sent men to contact Hearthglen and the Bulwark. Tomorrow we'll launch a surprise attack on Andorhal! The Wildhammer Dwarves knights and the Ironforge Dwarves musketeers are almost here!" Lord Korth'azz, though he had taken a portion of the Wildhammer Gryphon Rider with Uther and Jaina to search for Arthas, had left two hundred Gryphon Rider behind to reach the Tirisfal Glades Western Plaguelands, a the Bulwark that existed long before and was rebuilt after the Scourge Plague.
General Nesingwary Hemet Nesingwary and his five hundred Dwarves musketeers have also been marching and, judging by the time, should reach the Bulwark tonight.
With the addition of these two new forces, plus the several hundred troops already stationed at the Bulwark, the more than a thousand at Chillwind Camp, the two thousand soldiers at Hearthglen, and the scattered squads at various outposts Western Plaguelands, the total number of people is about seven or eight thousand!
This is probably equivalent to one-third of the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron's military strength, right? Perhaps the number is far less, but they are all elite troops!
A strong offensive on Andorhal is not impossible, and there is a good chance of success!
Jiang Jie quickly returned to the East Bridge and continued his defense.
Early the next morning, Gavinrad led most of the Chillwind Camp garrison to East Bridge.
Half an hour later, a Gryphon Rider brought the signal from the Bulwark: The all-out attack has begun!
Real wars are extremely brutal.
A fully armed Warrior shouted and Charge forward, cleaving a skeleton in two with his sword, then sweeping it across to decapitate a zombie. He followed up with a shield slam, sending a Ghoul flying. But the next moment, an Abomination struck him in the chest with a massive cleaver, the force of which dented his breastplate!
A thief Stealth behind a psychic and struck suddenly, his gleaming dagger severing the psychic's throat. However, he was also surrounded by several Ghoul. He eventually killed two Ghoul, but was then pierced through the stomach by the claws of a third Ghoul, leaving him covered in blood!
A Paladin wielded his warhammer, and the dazzling Holy Light instantly purified several Undead around him. Paladin do indeed have an advantage over other classes when dealing with Undead, but he couldn't hold out for long against the mountain of corpses and sea of bones. He was soon covered in wounds, and the Holy Light could not completely heal him, and he eventually died.
Scenes like this happen everywhere!
But the results were remarkable!
Gavinrad led the charge, like a shining target, bathed in Holy Light and adorned with a halo. The mindless zombies and skeletons, upon seeing him, rushed towards him as if he were an unparalleled beauty, with hundreds and thousands of Undead attacking him.
Of course, due to space constraints, it's impossible for them to swarm him; at most, only a dozen or so could manage to attack him.
But no Undead can truly get close to him!
Paladin are no different from other classes when fighting Orcs, but they have a greater advantage when dealing with Undead and demons because of the Holy Light!