"Aren't you going to make a move?" Jiang Jie said coldly.
Xal'atath was helpless.
She can choose not to cooperate.
As long as she doesn't cooperate, Jiang Jie won't be able to lift the curse on this city.
But why isn't she cooperating?
This is an opportunity, a chance to break free from Jiang Jie's control.
If she misses this opportunity, her chances will become increasingly slim as Jiang Jie grows stronger.
How could she miss it?
This was a gamble, and she believed she had a better chance of winning.
Xal'atath floated to the center of the platform and then raised his original dagger.
In an instant, the power of darkness enveloped the entire city, and Jiang Jie found that everything before him had changed drastically.
It's still the same city, but it's no longer empty.
Tens of thousands of Dark Iron Dwarves and Wildhammer Dwarves clashed in the city.
There were no griffins, no natural magic, only brutal charges, frenzied hacking and slashing, only the roar of gun barrels and the smoke of gunpowder filling the sky, only the wizard's furious flames devouring everything.
This is the war from hundreds of years ago, and Xal'atath has recreated that war.
Back then, the Wildhammer Dwarves and Dark Iron Dwarves were defeated in the War of the Three Hammers and forced to leave Ironforge.
The Wildhammer Dwarves resigned themselves to their fate and came here, where they built this mountain city that was in no way inferior to Ironforge.
The Dark Iron Dwarves refused to accept their fate and came to the Redridge Mountains, where they built the even more secluded and dark Thaurissan City, which is now known as Shadowforge City.
Of the three clans, the Bronzebeard Dwarves are the strongest overall, followed by the Dark Iron Dwarves, and the Wildhammer Dwarves are the weakest.
The Bronzebeard Dwarves possess the largest and strongest army, the best forging techniques and industrial capabilities, and are known as "musketeers."
The Dark Iron Dwarves, on the other hand, have the largest number of wizards.
During her time at the Redridge Mountains, the Dark Iron Dwarves queen, Modgud, obtained a dagger and acquired Xal'atath.
Under Xal'atath's influence, Modgud began training dark mages, transforming one Dark Iron wizard after another into Dark Iron Mages, granting them greater power and making their spells more destructive.
Driven by vengeance, the King of Dark Iron assembled an unprecedentedly powerful army and personally attacked Ironforge, while Modgud led her Dark Iron wizards, dark mages, and the remaining Dark Iron Dwarves to attack Grim Batol.
This is the battle right before our eyes.
She underestimated the Wildhammer Dwarves, who fought desperately to defend the city.
But what she least expected was that at this time, for some unknown reason, Xal'atath abandoned her.
She was originally just an ordinary Legendary- level wizard, second only to the King of Dark Iron in strength.
After obtaining Xal'atath, her power surpassed that of the King of Dark Iron, reaching the level of High-tier Legendary being.
She alone killed over two thousand Dark Iron Dwarves.
Her own formidable strength is the foundation of her confidence in attacking Grim Batol;
But she never imagined that she was merely a plaything of Xal'atath, nothing more.
Xal'atath will abandon any holder when necessary, and the basis for deciding whether to abandon them is whether there is an opportunity to turn against them.
She was ultimately just a dagger, only capable of turning against the weakest and most wounded wielder.
If the Dark Iron Dwarves defeat the Wildhammer Dwarves and unite their forces, they will then defeat the Bronzebeard Dwarves, ultimately unifying the Dwarves race, establishing an unprecedented Dwarves regime, and becoming the most powerful force in the Eastern Kingdoms.
At that point, Modgud will find it difficult to encounter an opponent, difficult to be seriously injured, and difficult to become weak. How could she then retaliate against her?
So, at that moment, she chose to give up on her.
Jiang Jie saw that Xal'atath, who was standing in the center of the platform, had transformed into the Dark Iron Witch and was holding the Blade of the Black Empire aloft.
The energy intensity emanating from her clearly reached the High-tier Legendary level, and was even approaching the Demigod level.
A Legendary Wildhammer Warrior, leading hundreds of his people, charged in from afar, shouting as he went.
The Dark Iron Witch smiled dismissively.
That's Khardros, the King of the Wildhammer.
He was the most powerful Warrior of all the Dwarves, his bravery even surpassing that of Madoran Bronzebeard and the current Highlord Falstad, but before the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen, he was nothing more than that.
The Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen raised her dagger, pointing it at Khardros, preparing to cast a spell.
She would use the most terrible magic to take away Khardros's life and torture him to death...
His death will be the final straw that breaks the camel's back, causing the city to fall completely.
It was at this moment that Xal'atath abandoned her.
Xal'atath withdrew all the power he had given her.
Her energy level plummeted from High-tier Legendary to ordinary Legendary in an instant.
Even more terrifyingly, the spell she had prepared was completely destroyed by Xal'atath's sudden betrayal, causing a backlash against her.
A warhammer crashed down, smashing the dark dagger away and crushing the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen's head.
The illusion continues.
Khardros led his Wildhammer Warrior into battle, and the tide of the war turned in one direction.
But at that moment, the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen, who had died, stood up again, and the dark dagger that had been smashed away returned to her hand.
She held the dark dagger high, not to cast the final curse as in history, but to lift the curse.
Then the illusions vanished rapidly, and the Dark Iron Dwarves and Wildhammer Dwarves disappeared one by one. The energy intensity on her body quickly rebounded and soared, breaking through to the High-tier Legendary level.
She is regaining her strength.
She is not the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen, but rather the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen's shattered and reassembled soul.
The Old Gods also possessed the ability to influence spacetime, but Xal'atath did not risk influencing spacetime, as that would attract the attention of the Bronze Dragons.
The Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen is dead, but her life and soul are intertwined with the curse, existing within this city.
Now, Xal'atath has freed her soul from the curse, allowing her to possess herself.
She is a weapon.
The seals of the other Old Gods prevented her from unleashing even a fraction of her power on her own, but as long as someone else possessed it, she could.
Jiang Jie is far more terrifying and difficult to deal with than the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen, so she chose to take the opportunity to revive the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen and hand herself over to her so that the Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen deal with Jiang Jie.
The Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen glared at Xal'atath through gritted teeth, but ultimately chose to hold Xal'atath tightly.
Because this is also an opportunity for her.
She wants to return to the Dark Iron Clan and lead the Dark Iron Dwarves to defeat the Bronzebeard Dwarves and Wildhammer Dwarves. This is her only chance, and she has no choice but to cooperate with Xal'atath.
Xal'atath's ability to manipulate people's hearts remains as strong as ever.
Even Dark Iron Sorcerer-Queen was resurrected, she couldn't escape her schemes and was controlled by her.
Xal'atath began to regain his strength.
She is reclaiming the power scattered throughout the city, power she has accumulated over many years.
She abandoned Modgud at the most crucial moment so that more people would die in this city.
Then her curse will reap the lives and souls of the dead, turning them into her power.
She also hoped that the Wildhammer Dwarves would continue to live in the city, be influenced by her power, and eventually become her servants, just like the Dark Iron Dwarves.
She enjoyed the feeling of manipulating others, manipulating an entire country; it gave her great pleasure.
However, the Wildhammer Dwarves were far more resolute and intelligent than she had imagined.
They eventually abandoned their homeland.
Even if they had to start over with nothing, they would rather live in such a cursed city and become slaves to darkness.
From this perspective, the Wildhammer is indeed more courageous and bold than the Dark Iron.
Fortunately, there are still the Blackrock Orcs.
Many years later, the Blackrock Orcs conquered this place and enslaved the Red Dragon Queen.
During this time, wars broke out one after another, resulting in countless deaths and amplifying the curse upon this place.
Now, she has returned to reclaim the curse and to reclaim power even greater than before.
Demigod- level power.
She was confident that with this regained power, she could break the balance of the Three Talents, because she knew very well that without Lord Jaraxxus, Jiang Jie could not directly control the Scepter of Sargeras; his control was less than one-third.
In this situation, she was confident she could break the balance and eliminate Jiang Jie!
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