Baron Geddon

At this moment, the Alliance also rushed over. Alliance soldiers charged in front, followed by dozens of melee adventurers, and then various ranged classes. Esmehalda was naturally not far behind. Seeing a group of Horde frozen, she immediately Blink to Xiao Yu's side. Her coordination with Xiao Yu was already very good.

With a sudden swing of his staff— Frost Blast! A series of explosions rang out, and the Horde players with low health were instantly blasted to pieces. Even those with high health who didn't die were severely weakened, leaving them all crippled.

This single combo attack wiped out more than ten Horde of players and NPCs.

However, the Orcs priest was not seriously injured. After all, he was a hero, and he could withstand the damage of only a few hundred points. He used a Healing Wave to pull the dying Horde members around him back from the brink of death. But at this moment, he could no longer stop the Horde's defeat.

Because Xiao Yu broke through a gap, the alliance's lines were torn apart. The Alliance's troops used the gap Xiao Yu opened to directly cut off the Horde's lines. The melee adventurers even charged directly into the Horde's rear, hacking and slashing at the bewildered spellcasters and ranged classes.

"Retreat! Retreat back to the fortress!" The Tauren commander's voice echoed from afar. The Orcs priest hero initially wanted to struggle, but upon turning around and seeing that the adventurers around him had already begun to retreat, he had no choice but to follow the troops. Esmehalda wanted to give chase, but unexpectedly, the Orcs priest summoned two ghost wolves.

These ghost wolves were half-spirit creatures, capable of stealth and appearing and disappearing unpredictably, yet their damage was extremely high. Two ghost wolves, each taking a bite, broke through Esmehalda's shield in just a few moves. Esmehalda had no choice but to calm down and deal with them, while the Orcs priest took the opportunity to retreat with his men.

However, casualties were inevitable during the retreat. After chasing for several hundred meters and cutting down dozens of Horde soldiers and players, they finally stopped when they saw the troops retreating into the enemy fortress.

"We won! We won!"

Cheers erupted. Although the Horde had not been completely defeated, this battle still dealt a heavy blow to Horde morale, and it could still be considered a decent victory.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is going on? When did the Alliance and the Horde start fighting again in Blazing Flame Canyon?" He asked Esmehalda when no one was paying attention.

Xiao Yu clearly remembered that the Alliance and the Horde did not border each other in this area.

Esmehalda then recounted the events to him, explaining that the matter was somehow related to him.

Back then, the Blazing Flame Canyon was occupied by the Elemental Legion led by Lagrios, while the Dark Plains to the east of the Blazing Flame Canyon were occupied by the ancient black dragon Mephisto and his dark Dragonspawn servants. Neither the Alliance nor the Horde could penetrate deep into these areas; only some high-level and well-equipped adventurers would venture into these two maps to fight monsters.

Until the Alliance heroes Phoenix and Long Ao Jiutian led a team of adventurers deep into the Blazing Flame Temple and Execute Lagrios, the Blazing Flame Canyon was also occupied by the Alliance and became Alliance territory.

Meanwhile, the evil ancient black dragon Mephisto disappeared without a trace, and the Horde's heroes took the opportunity to conquer the dragon's lair in the Blackfathom Deeps. Without their leader, the dark Dragonspawn in the Blackfathom Deeps were all Execute by the Horde, and they completely occupied the Dark Plains.

This brought the two factions together on the border. Normally, this wouldn't have been a problem; everyone could have simply divided up their territory and defended it, with each person having their own piece of land. The issue arose with the passage between Blazing Flame Canyon and Dark Plains.

Both the Blazing Flame Canyon and the Dark Plains are surrounded by mountains, connected by only one passage called the Burning Path, which is where they are now. The Burning Path is narrow and easy to defend, making it difficult to attack. Whoever occupies this place will have the strategic initiative. Therefore, after discovering the terrain, the Alliance and the Horde almost simultaneously sent a force to try to occupy this place, and thus a battle broke out.

This place has now been upgraded into a battlefield, attracting adventurers from both the Alliance and the Horde. In addition, there are regular troops from both sides, each with several hundred NPC soldiers, commanded by an NPC hero. The Alliance commander is Count Salvich, a human, while the Horde commander is Chief Chieftain Mosak, Tauren. Currently, the two sides are in a stalemate. Although they clash in the middle of the battlefield every day, neither side is confident of completely defeating the other. The forces they have deployed are mainly composed of adventurers, so the adventurers from both sides have simply started farming merit points here.

"I heard there's a war going on here, so I came to try and earn some reputation points. I thought my joining would break the deadlock, but then heroes from the Horde joined in too, so it's still a stalemate. That's why I had to summon you."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Summoning is the way to go." The battlegrounds of the Alliance and the Horde have always been the best places to gain reputation. After all, the core of the entire game is the Alliance and the Horde. As long as you're involved, you don't have to worry about reputation. The only problem is how to get involved in the battlegrounds without being pushed away by adventurers. This is one of the reasons why Xiao Yu plays the summoned creature template. Compared to the wild monster template, summoned creatures are very easy to get involved in to gain reputation without getting killed.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Hmph, I see. The war between the Alliance and the Horde, huh? I do have a way to help you gain a huge advantage, but first I have a question. Do you know there's a lava lake in the middle of the Burning Path?"

Esmehalda nodded. "Of course. I issued a few reconnaissance missions before. According to the adventurers' reconnaissance results, there are many fire elementals there, probably remnants of the Lagrios Legion. There also seems to be a neutral boss, but both sides are currently preoccupied with their own problems, so neither side has spared any effort to eliminate those fire elementals."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Then there's no problem. If I can persuade those fire elementals to join you, are you confident of victory?"

A flicker of surprise crossed Esmehalda's eyes. "You're not kidding, are you? Those fire elemental leaders were killed by the Alliance. How could they possibly serve the Alliance? But if you can really persuade them to join us, then victory is absolutely no problem. We and the Horde are evenly matched right now. As long as one force joins, we can definitely break the balance."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "How I persuade them is my business; you just need to take me to them!"

Esmehalda couldn't help but wonder. Aren't Water Elemental and fire elementals supposed to be Water and Fire Are Incompatible? How could this guy be so confident in persuading them? What if those fire elementals got angry and joined the Horde?

However, this was indeed an opportunity. Seeing Xiao Yu's confident words, Esmehalda still led Xiao Yu to the lava lake. Of course, for safety's sake, she also called most of the adventurers.

Hearing that a story event was about to occur, most of the adventurers followed. It's human nature to love watching a spectacle, especially such a classic and unique story event. Even many adventurers who hadn't participated before came along, numbering over a hundred, forming a dense, dark mass behind them.

This lava lake is located in a valley in the middle of the Burning Path, towards the north. Even before getting close, you can see many wandering fire elementals, all of them high-level monsters of level 30 or 40. Two lava golems Guardian the entrance to the valley, and upon seeing the mage and Water Elemental, they immediately led the fire elementals to meet them.

Lava Golem: "Invaders! You will never defeat the Flame Legion!"

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Shut up, you inferior! I didn't come here to start a fight!"

Although the elemental beings are hostile to each other, they share the same social structure and acknowledge each other's class status. Therefore, Xiao Yu can address the other party as a subordinate without any politeness.

The lava golem finally recognized that the newcomer was a high-level Water Elemental.

Lava Golem: State your purpose, Water Elemental Prince.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "I want to see your leader Baron Geddon, and tell him that if he wants to return to the Fire Elemental Plane of Fire alive, he should come to see me immediately."