Volume 9: Disaster Chapter 580: Brutal Battle
Just as Murphy was heading to the sky city to seek the power of the dragon god and start a war with Morpheus, a fierce war was also going on at the foot of Mount Hyjal.
Judging from the scale of the war, its brutality, and even the number of people involved, this war was much more spectacular than the battle between Murphy and Morpheus.
It can even be described as unprecedented and unparalleled.
And for players, it has attracted worldwide attention.
The eyes of the whole world are watching this war. Live broadcasts of the war can be seen on various video websites and live broadcast apps, showing every detail of the war from different angles.
However, unlike before the war, when everyone generally believed that the two sides would be evenly matched, this war was one-sided from the very beginning.
Archimonde started with an unknown forbidden magic, directly destroying the coalition's greatest reliance - the defense line of Mount Hyjal.
After losing their strongest line of defense, the Burning Legion's demon army attacked all the way to the top of the mountain without any skill. There were no tactics, no division of forces, and no hesitation. Millions of demons just pushed forward.
Hundreds of demon lords drove all kinds of demonic creatures, like an unstoppable tide, flooding the dense forest at the foot of Mount Hyjal and crushing the central line of the coalition forces. The defense lines established by the coalition forces between the mountains of Mount Hyjal were broken layer by layer.
Heroes continued to die in battle, and dozens or hundreds were killed and swallowed by demons.
The entire Mount Hyjal is shrouded in a strange red hue, the color of blood and fire.
On several occasions, the coalition forces attempted to organize an effective counterattack or to gather troops in a strategic area for key defense.
It did have some effect at the beginning, and even surrounded and killed some aggressive demon lords. However, whenever the Burning Legion's offensive was slightly frustrated, Archimonde would personally lead the Eredar demon army to join the battle.
In the face of Archimonde's destructive power, no force could stop the advance of the Burning Legion.
There were several times when the heroes tried to use the same tactics as usual against bosses, tanks to hold out, healers to increase their DPS...
However, tank heroes and lords who rushed forward were often killed instantly by Archimonde's "Finger of Death" before they could get close.
Speaking of the magic Finger of Death, players are not unfamiliar with it. Voldemort himself knows this trick, which is a top-level trick of undead magic. It will cause huge damage to the target and make an instant death judgment.
Theoretically, as long as you have a strong enough physique, good enough luck, or strong enough magic resistance, you can survive it.
At least after Voldemort learned this trick, he could kill elite monsters in seconds, and occasionally take on a low-level small BOSS or something, but he could never kill a hero of the same level in seconds.
However, although it was the same Finger of Death, Archimonde could kill instantly every time he used it.
This thing doesn't even look at the health bar, it just delivers a fatal blow. Even though there are many heroes, after a few NPCs died, no one dared to go up and risk their lives to use the skill.
Even the heroes don't dare to go up, let alone the soldiers.
The morale of the coalition forces continued to decline and almost collapsed.
At this time, thanks to the adventurers who launched a counterattack without fear of life and death, the coalition forces managed to stabilize their formation by relying on the tactic of piling up heads, and were not defeated in one wave.
At this moment, on the top of Mount Hyjal—
The heroes who retreated all the way from the foot of the mountain gathered together again.
Looking at the remaining remnants of the defeated army around them, the leading bosses seemed a little desperate.
There were more than a thousand heroes participating in the war, but now there are less than a hundred left.
"Damn it! We can't fight this battle!" Badao Wuqing sighed.
Swoosh, a white light flashed by, and it was Morgan Lisa who teleported over. "Two more died, and seven escaped."
"Damn, they are all cowards. They agreed to fight to the end." The furious Gandalf drank from the blue bottle while re-enchanting his sword. Covered in blood, he looked like he had been fished out of a pool of blood.
It’s no wonder that the hero players are afraid. In just a few hours, the number of heroes who died on the battlefield exceeded three digits.
Many long-established heroes of the silver and gold ranks died in the battle, and there even seemed to be an unlucky guy at the epic level who was ambushed by a group of dreadlords and died before he could even use his life-saving skills.
You should know that each of these heroic characters is of great value, and many high-level heroic characters are even worth more than tens of millions.
They are killed instantly by Archimonde's death finger, or ambushed and killed by those sinister dreadlords. Even the richest man in the world, Tomato, cannot withstand this consumption efficiency.
It can be said that in just a few hours, the amount of wealth lost by players in this battle amounted to billions.
Although Godwin is the King of Holy Light, his perspective on things is quite dark.
"I think this is simply a conspiracy by the game company. They use the Burning Legion and Archimonde to cancel the accounts of hero players so that everyone can create new accounts and recharge their accounts again."
Ba Dao Wu Qing immediately agreed, "Fuck, this is really possible, otherwise why is Archimonde so hard to beat? He kills everyone he sees in one second. He's too powerful. There's no way to beat him. What's the point of fighting him if he's killed in one second?"
Suddenly someone said, "Why don't you guys go up and give it a try? I feel like if it were you guys, the leaders of the faction, you wouldn't be able to kill him in one second. If you guys can hold the line, can't we just treat him as a BOSS?"
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Jian Wuhen.
Ba Dao cursed ruthlessly, "Damn it, you kid, I don't think I know what you are planning. If we get killed in seconds, you will probably wait to pick up our bodies, right? We are all worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, how can we go there and waste time?"
When fighting the Scourge, if you die you can at least be resurrected as an undead to save the losses. But when fighting the Burning Legion, you don't have this treatment. If you die, you are really dead, because the previous positions have been taken away by the Burning Legion, and you don't even have a chance to pick up the bodies.
The leaders of these camps really don't dare to go up and surf at all.
Everyone blamed each other for a while, but it did not help the current battle situation at all.
Seeing the adventurers like a tide at the foot of the mountain being engulfed by the devil's fire one by one, everyone was at a loss as to what to do.
"What should we do now?" someone asked.
At this time, Emperor Shenwu finally spoke.
Emperor Shenwu (King of Centaurs): "Don't worry, my Centaur army still has enough troops. As long as the Iron Cavalry led by my lieutenant Shadow of War launches an attack, everything will be fine."
Immediately, employees of Emperor Shenwu came over to report the situation.
"Your Majesty, the Shadow of War and the Abyss Lord Azgalor perished together."
What! Emperor Shenwu was speechless for a moment.
I didn't expect that even Shadow of War was dead. He was the second most important person in the Centaur Kingdom.
Ba Dao Wu Qing saw this and hurriedly comforted him, "Don't worry, my tribe's army will deal a fatal blow to the Burning Legion from the right wing, which can at least delay them for half an hour. I sent orders to my men before I went up the mountain, and there should be news soon."
But soon he received bad news. A troll witch doctor who had just communicated with the tribal camp through soul communication came over.
"Great Chieftain, Lord Grogo Evil Eye did not gather enough troops. He believed that preserving the manpower should be the first priority, so he did not launch a counterattack - but led his troops to retreat."
"What! Damn Grogo Evil Eye, the flanking attack was an order, an order that I, Ba Dao Wu Qing, personally issued. He rebelled. What the hell is this bastard trying to do? He even refused to execute the order of the Great Chief!"
The situation on the Alliance side was not much better. As the main force of the central defense line, they suffered the heaviest casualties in the first wave .
"Your Majesty Godwin, we have lost almost all our troops. The Kul Tiras troops have withdrawn from the battlefield. King Blaze of Gilneas believes that the war has been lost and has chosen to retreat to the sea. The dwarf army was completely annihilated while defending their positions... As for the other troops, most of them have lost contact, and the only ones left have all retreated to the mountains.
It is not expected to exceed 30,000 people.”
Enough! Godwin stopped his men from reporting. His heart was bleeding. This battle was a complete loss of elite troops. He had originally thought that he could gain the greatest benefit by fighting the Burning Legion in this battle with the most troops and the greatest military achievements.
But he didn't expect to be beaten to pieces.
At this time, a female hunter came galloping down the mountain.
"My Lords, Lord Malfurion asked me to inform you all to come to the Moon Temple on the top of the mountain for a meeting."
When they heard the messenger's words, everyone's eyes lit up.
Great, I finally made it to the last moment.
Although they didn't win the direct fight, they succeeded in delaying the Burning Legion's time.
If you calculate carefully, the situation is actually very similar to the historical Holy Battle of Mount Hyjal.
They were also defeated repeatedly by the Burning Legion.
Moreover, compared with the historical Holy War of Mount Hyjal, their consumption of the Burning Legion will only be greater. Although the coalition forces suffered heavy casualties, most of the Burning Legion's million-strong army was also consumed.
Now the battle line is being pushed forward entirely thanks to Archimonde's strong personal strength.
As long as Malfurion summons the ancient elves as he did in history, and waits until Archimonde runs to the World Tree, and then they self-destruct together and kill Archimonde in one wave, then this battle can still be won.
Even with the death of Archimonde, the last coalition leaders left could easily kill the Burning Legion boss.
The reason why this battle was so brutal and everyone can still hold on until now is for this final counterattack.
As long as Archimonde dies, those demon lords will no longer be a concern. At that time, a large amount of equipment drops, huge plot points, and legendary achievements that help attack and kill Archimonde will all be obtained.
The greater the risk, the greater the benefit. Unfortunately, those heroes who ran away early did not understand this truth at all.
Ba Dao Wu Qing slapped his thigh and said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go over there quickly."
The dozens of remaining heroes all ran towards the top of the mountain.
