Volume 9: Disaster Chapter 559 There Must Be a Lich King
Bang! The broken pieces of the soul armor fell to the ground without any energy response.
The Lich King was utterly defeated.
Success!
Murphy looked at the Crown of Domination in his hand and Gul'dan's 'corpse' on the ground, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He picked up the BOSS's body without hesitation.
Since Gul'dan was killed by a joint attack, there were not only the three of them involved, but also a large number of heroes and adventurers who dealt some damage from a long distance, so Murphy could only pick up the part of the spoils allocated to him by the system.
I touched it casually and only three items fell.
[Wraith Gauntlets (Epic/Gloves)]
[Wraith Pauldrons (Epic/Pauldrons)]
[Cracked Helm of Domination (Secondary Artifact/Helmet)]
The first two pieces are part of the Wraith set, which has a total of eight pieces. The others are probably stolen by others.
However, the best drop fell into the hands of Murphy, the man who delivered the fatal blow.
However, there was an unusually clear crack on the Crown of Domination. It was obvious that at the moment Gul'dan was killed, the artifact was severely damaged due to the power of death released by his death and the stripping of the authority of death.
However, a divine weapon is a divine weapon after all. As long as it is not completely destroyed, it will still maintain its powerful power.
[Cracked Helm of Domination (Helmet/Secondary Artifact)
Plot Items: Unique.
Equipment: Armor +198.
Intelligence +8
Spirit +9.
Perception +66.
Equipment Effect 1: Command the Undead (weakened). Commanding the undead army, you can sense and control all the undead creatures resurrected by you or the sword holder.
Equipment Effect 2: King of the Dead (weakened). The wearer of this crown will become the King of the Dead. Most of the undead creatures will instinctively feel fear and awe of you and be driven by you.
Equipment Effect 3: Frostmourne (weakened). You can sense and telepathically control the sword holder of Frostmourne, or communicate with him through thoughts.
Equipment Effect 4: Underworld Contract. Anyone wearing this helmet will automatically become a contractor of the Shadow Realm.
Equipment Effect 5: Guardian Ice Coffin. When you fall asleep or lose consciousness, the Helm of Domination will create an indestructible ice coffin to protect the wearer.
Equipment Effect 6: Wisdom of the Undead. This helmet contains the wisdom of all those who have worn it. You can learn and master various combat skills/magic/divine arts/professional skills through this equipment effect.
Equipment Effect 7: Soul Battle (cannot be unlocked).
Item Description: No one knows the exact origin of this helmet.
Some say it was secretly forged by the Demon King as a secret weapon designed to destroy the world.
Some say it comes from the underworld and is a relic of the god of death.
Some also say that it is an immortal holy object created by an ancient evil god.
Regardless of the truth, this helmet undoubtedly hides great power and wisdom. However, those who wear it must bear its weight. The soul of the one who wears it is doomed to suffer eternal horrible torture.
What a good thing... but it's of no use to me.
And judging from the equipment introduction, it seems to have a huge curse effect.
This thing is completely prepared for commanding the Scourge, and it is too deeply involved with the Shadow Realm. If you wear it, you will probably be deeply trapped in it.
"Brother, is everything over? Did we - win?" Varian's voice suddenly sounded. Murphy looked up, and Varian asked him in disbelief.
"Of course we won. Hahahaha, the three of us were really good at killing people. We even killed the Lich King. How could we not win?"
Godwin said excitedly that he had contributed to the final killing of Gul'dan. He had just found a legendary item when touching the corpse. It was a pity that he did not get the Helm of Domination. What a pity.
But now I should be able to be promoted to Legend, right?
Although I feel a little regretful that I didn’t get the greatest credit.
However, Godwin had other plans in mind. Varian had created such a big mess as the Scourge, so it was impossible for him to compete with him for the right to speak within the Alliance. And Aidan... This guy was pursuing power everywhere every day, so he was probably not a political figure, and he was also his ally.
In the end, this alliance will still fall into his own hands.
Stromgarde is about to be destroyed by the Scourge, and they will definitely come to me for help. Then I can annex Stromgarde as well, and the Lordaeron Empire will have taken shape.
It makes me happy just thinking about it.
However, the beautiful dream only lasted for a moment, and a scream brought him back to reality.
Ah! A shrill scream came from an adventurer not far away. He was celebrating when he saw the Lich King was killed, but he was suddenly pounced on by two ghouls and was about to die.
Godwin was stunned. What was going on? The Lich King was dead. Shouldn't the Scourge be completely unable to resist?
Generally speaking, once the big devil dies, shouldn't the soldiers immediately flee and lose their will to fight?
Isn't that how it's played out in the movies?
Godwin looked around and found that with the death of Gul'dan, the undead of the Scourge not only did not stop fighting but became even more crazy .
He violently attacked the surrounding Alliance soldiers and adventurers.
It's even more vigorous.
The adventurer corps was already at the end of its strength, and a large number of players with weakening DEBUFFs were used to make up the numbers. They were swept away by a wave, and suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
Now it is up to the alliance's army to resist.
Fortunately, with the death of the Lich King, the Scourge also lost the use of tactics and charged forward without thinking. This posed less of a threat to the Alliance army with its tight formation.
Murphy was also a little surprised, "Varian, what is going on? Who is controlling them?"
Varian looked solemn. "No one is controlling them. They are acting completely on instinct. They hate the living and are afraid of the world. They will attack all living people. There must be a Lich King. Big brother, give me the Helm of Domination! Now I am the only one who can calm the anger of the Scourge."
Varian said this, staring at the Helmet of Domination in Murphy's hand. There was anticipation, fear, and a bit of nervousness in his eyes.
This is the legendary artifact of death. Now that it has fallen into the hands of big brother, will he give it up easily?
He was very skeptical.
Murphy did hesitate for a moment, after all, it was a divine weapon. But after thinking about it, he decided not to wear it. This cursed artifact was often accompanied by huge negative effects. Once worn, one would have to bear the burden of the fate of the Lich King.
Since he doesn't want to wear it, he can only let someone else wear it. Varian is his second brother anyway, so it doesn't matter who wears it.
Moreover, Murphy had a feeling that the power of death held by the Lich King would definitely not be limited to the power in his hands. As a part of the Lich King, Varian should also have been given some power of death.
Judging from the Lich King's rank, the power of death in his hands is at least medium power, and he only has weak power in his hands. Then Varian must also have slight or weak power in the realm of death.
This helmet of domination is just right for him.
"Haha, you want it? Then give it to you." Murphy threw the Helm of Domination casually into Varian's hands.
Godwin, who was standing next to him, was mad. That was a divine weapon, and you just gave it to someone like that? Don't give it to me.
Varian was also stunned. His elder brother actually gave him the Helm of Domination.
He looked at the casual expression on Murphy's face and couldn't help but be deeply impressed.
Is this the magnanimity and broad-mindedness of big brother... Big brother, I will never let you down.
Varian took a deep breath and put the cracked Helm of Domination on his head. Without Gul'dan's spirit haunting him, he was able to gain the full power of the artifact.
At this moment, the title above his head changed again.
Varian (Lich King).
He first closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, and when he suddenly opened them, a cold blue light of death bloomed in his eyes.
"How is it? Can you control it?"
After Varian put on the Helm of Domination, even his voice had an echo-like special effect. "I'm afraid it's not that simple. This artifact is badly broken, and our control over the Scourge has been greatly reduced. I can only do my best."
Varian said, releasing all his perception abilities.
Varian (Lich King): "I am the Lich King. Listen to my orders. All warriors of the Scourge, stop fighting and come closer to me."
The undead around the three people immediately stopped fighting and quickly gathered together under Varian's control.
However, the effect is not so good for other undead in farther places. Even the undead under the rule of some other powerful death lords are not affected by the Crown of Domination at all.
However, these Death Lords all had Varian's orders in their minds, but at this moment, these Death Lords were surprised to find that they did not seem to need to follow the orders completely.
The will of the Lich King, which was once extremely powerful, is now more like a way of conveying information.
Scourge Left Wing -
'Famine Knight' Winter is Coming (Death Knight): "Shit, Gul'dan is dead. What do I do now?"
'War Knight' Conan the Barbarian (Death Knight): "What else can we do? Run. We are all bosses and we have a grudge against Godwin. If we stay here, we will be punished sooner or later. The Naxxramas necropolis is still floating on the sea. We might as well take over the necropolis and find a map that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to open a dungeon."
Don't Starve: Winter is Coming (Death Knight): "Alright, let's do it - boys, let's retreat!"
The two men simply gathered their undead army and started to run away.
Anyway, there are still millions of undead troops fighting on the battlefield, with a large number of cannon fodder in the front. Moreover, the undead are different from ordinary troops in that their morale is locked, so there is no need to worry about collapse due to the departure of generals.
The two were able to gather a legion of 100,000 undead and evacuate the battlefield.
In particular, most of the Ebon Blade Knights, whose main fighting force was the Death Knights, were taken away from the battlefield by the two.
Meanwhile—the right wing of the Scourge—
Tichondrius also noticed the fall of the Lich King.
As the leader of the dreadlords, he is not strictly speaking a subordinate of the Lich King, but more like a supervisor sent by the Burning Legion.
Tichondrius: "Damn it! I knew Gul'dan would let us down again."
Balnazzar (Dreadlord): "My Lord, what shall we do? Shall we proceed with the plan?"
Tichondrius (Dreadlord): "Hmph, no, we retreat. It doesn't matter. We still have a backup plan. At least Gul'dan has completed his mission - he has attracted enough attention. I think Dia Pineapple is about to find the cemetery. Let's go and meet up with them."
"But we still need an army to complete the remaining tasks and take away as many undead as possible. Although these bones and rotten flesh may not have great combat effectiveness, at least there are a considerable number of them. They can still be used as cannon fodder."
At the command, several dreadlords immediately gathered around and began to cast fel magic collectively.
The Dreadlords were all experts in dark magic, and at this moment they cast teleportation magic together, instantly summoning a huge portal on the battlefield.
During this period, several dreadlords also gathered and controlled a group of death legions, including necromancers, abominations, frost bone dragons, gargoyles... A large number of undead evacuated the battlefield through the portal under the control of several dreadlords, and then several dreadlords also entered the portal and disappeared.
…
As these two powerful forces left, the remaining Death Lords of the Scourge quickly lost their fighting spirit.
Genn Greymane led a group of Ebon Blade Knights to swear allegiance to the second Lich King Varian.
However, Ka'gath Bladefist escaped from the battlefield with an army mainly composed of orc undead.
Kel'Thuzad also evacuated the battlefield with the undead troops under his control. Anyone of the Death Lords of the Scourge could surrender, but he absolutely could not. The mages of Dalaran probably hated him to death. If he fell into the hands of Dalaran, he would definitely not have a good ending.
There were also many Undead Bosses who were unwilling to accept defeat or were afraid of retaliation, and they fled with more or less Undead troops.
In the end, there were only three or four hundred thousand Scourge undead left, and they gradually stopped fighting under Varian's control.
When the war was completely over, the sound of the world announcement was heard.
[World Announcement: In the year 1442 of the Sky Era, with the joint efforts of Aidan, Varian and Godwin, the Lich King Gul'dan was killed in the wilderness outside Dalaran, and the expedition of the Scourge also ended here.
With the death of the first Lich King Gul'dan, the withdrawal of the Dreadlords and Death Knights, the Scourge led by Varian gave up resistance, and the war was officially declared over.
The battle ended with the victory of the Alliance.
It is known in history as the War of Three Kings.
Due to the death of the first Lich King, the Scourge fell into a long state of division. A large number of Death Lords led their respective undead troops to continue to wreak havoc in the Eastern Continent and Northrend.
It will become a huge trouble for the alliance for a long time to come.
The main remnants of the Scourge were temporarily pacified under Varian's control...
This event has been recorded in the Chronicles of the Sky - The Age of Natural Disasters. 】
[System prompt: Based on your performance in this plot event, you have obtained 3450 plot points.]
Murphy couldn't help feeling helpless as he listened to the system's voice.
Each upgrade to the Legendary rank requires 10,000 plot points, which is an astronomical figure. Moreover, at this rank, the plot points obtained from plot events have also decreased, because there is no longer the possibility of cross-level kills.
Even with performances like taking the lead in killing the Lich King and defeating Galakrond, he was only given more than 3,000 points. It seems that he will have a long way to go if he wants to upgrade in the future.
This was the first time that Murphy had accomplished a great feat but failed to advance.
Godwin was extremely happy as he had finally succeeded in becoming a legend.
Became the third legendary hero in the game.
Varian now had a look of loss on his face. Although he had gained his freedom and even became the new Lich King and obtained the Helm of Domination, the consequences of his actions could no longer be reversed.
Looking at the battlefield around him, Varian's face was full of guilt.
Although the battle was over, the corpses and terrible traces of magic spread over dozens of miles recorded the cruelty of this war, not to mention the terrible disaster caused by the Scourge throughout the entire eastern continent in the period before. The entire Kingdom of Stromgarde was almost destroyed, and the Wetlands, the Southsea Kingdom, Dalaran, and everywhere were filled with the sins committed by the Scourge.
And all of this would have to be borne by him, the initiator, if he had not pulled out Frostmourne in order to seize the artifact, if he had not put on the Crown of Domination in order to gain power.
None of this would have happened.
At this moment, facing his closest friends and relatives, Varian fell into silence.
Lothar (Regent of Stormwind): "Varian, my child, everything is over. Although you have made a big mistake, it was not your intention. You are also a victim of this disaster. There is still a chance to save everything. Come back to Stormwind with me. Stormwind Kingdom needs a king to lead them."
Varian suddenly raised his head and said, "No, Lord Lothar, I can no longer go back. The Scourge must be led by a Lich King. I have caused too much harm to this world, and this burden must be borne by me.
During the Scourge's expedition, countless cities and territories were left behind that were ravaged by the Undead. I must take over these troops to prevent them from causing more harm to the world.
And there is the Necropolis, the Scourge's aerial fortress with terrible war potential. I must recapture it.
And those scattered Death Lords, someone must put an end to this."
Murphy knew, however, that it was not so easy to clear Varian's name, as he still had a BOSS template above his head.
At this moment, the surrounding adventurers and heroes gathered around again.
The first Lich King died, but the second Lich King is still here, and the color of the name above his head has simply changed to brown-red - he is not even a neutral unit, but just in a truce state.
Everyone looked at Varian with surprise and greed.
Helm of Domination and Frostmourne, these two artifacts are on Varian. If they were to drop after he is killed...
Although Varian has the Scourge behind him, they don't even have one-third of the original Scourge's strength, so he will definitely win.
A subtle atmosphere gradually brewed among the players.
Murphy also felt this atmosphere, and he glanced around coldly.
The majesty of the Ancient Dragon King was suddenly released.
The powerful dragon's might made the surrounding players, whether adventurers or heroes, feel a chill in their hearts.
"Do you still want to continue fighting?"
Murphy's voice contained a hint of warning.
"The war is over. Varian has come to his senses and is no longer our enemy. If you plan to continue fighting, you will face the combined power of the Lich King and the Ancient Dragon King. I hope you'd better think carefully before making a decision."
Everyone looked at each other.
You just said that justice will triumph over evil, but now you have to join forces with the Lich King...
But it’s true, no one dares to deal with this kind of combination.
In the end, it was old man Antonidas who broke the awkwardness.
Antonidas (Speaker of Dalaran): "Prince Varian, what is the purpose of the Scourge's attack? Is it for a more sinister plan as the rumors say?
You must cooperate with us and provide intelligence on the enemy, otherwise, as an enemy invading Dalaran, you will be completely destroyed. "
Although his words seemed tough, he actually made sufficient excuses, worthy of being the cunning Speaker of Dalaran.
Varian had been through so much, so how could he not understand that this was Antonidas giving him a way out? Of course, the biggest reason for giving him a way out was probably because of his big brother.
Varian (Lich King): "Of course I will cooperate. When I was controlled by Gul'dan, I was able to peek into some of his memories.
He has a heartfelt fear and hatred for the Burning Legion. I once heard a name from the depths of his memory - the Demon Lord Sargeras!
But what he really feared was another existence, Kil'jaeden the Deceiver - the commander of the Burning Legion - Sargeras's lieutenant and the leader of the Eredar demons.
It was Kil'jaeden who planned all this. Gul'dan was just a pioneer. His real purpose was to open a portal to another world and release the Burning Legion's demon army into this world. At that time, this world will usher in a true doomsday.
Although Gul'dan has been destroyed, the devil's minions are still active in this world. The dreadlords who once accompanied Gul'dan have fled the battlefield, but they will never give up the mission given by their master.
The world is still full of threats.”
Antonidas (Speaker of Dalaran): "The Burning Legion! Kil'jaeden! As expected, the prophecy has already hinted at all this. It seems that our war has just begun."
