Night Walk 32(1/2)
I was shocked by this situation, but it was not the time to do so. Although Archmond's power was indeed shocking, it was not the time to pause.
Having seen some Mavie on the market, her face did not change much. She knew that we must make some responses now, that is, to buy time for our alliance.
As for the partners, I think they are also very clear that they must respond, and this response is retreat. No matter who sees such a situation, even the strong warriors do not have the courage to face such a situation... The instantly resurrected demon army can still be more terrifying than the things that cannot be killed, and they dare not even think about it. What's more, they have experienced it personally.
"We must retreat! Quick..."
I don't know if I received the order or if they made such a decision. But I know that we have to do what Mavi said and cover them up.
Fortunately, Jaina and the others were prepared for a long time. In fact, they had already made a retreat before the first wave of demon attacks. That is, some people were arranged to cover the main force before this, and such a cover mission must be handed over to some elites. As for the elite, that is, the Silver Hand and the former Imperial Guards, and one of the main reasons why she would make her leave behind the palace was their current location. At this moment, they were in the hillside, and some were even very close to the demons. Even if the demons rushing to the bottom of the mountain now go over the top of the mountain to escape, it would be very difficult. It would be better to stay and buy time for the large army.
‘Maybe we should need some support’ I thought so, but the reality is that the newly teleported demons from another world are also rushing to other positions, and it is almost impossible to extend a helping hand to us. Similarly, the main position of the night elves was also harassed by the hellfire in the sky. In order to ensure that the World Tree is foolproof, they did not send any support. In other words, everyone did not define this position as a position that must be defended to the death.
But when it comes to the position to defend to the death, if I were the commander, I might have different arrangements. Looking at the mountain we are stationed at, it is considered a dangerous peak, easy to defend but difficult to attack, especially now, the side of the demon attack is even more dangerous. On the back of this mountain, a relatively flat plateau is not far behind our position. This plateau is the only way to the last night elves position.
Originally, there was a sacrificial camp in the center of this plateau. In order to resist this time, the orcs transformed it into a fortress, but time was tight and the fortress was not completed. Now the location is at best a semi-finished product. But even if it is completed, it is hard for me to imagine that this fortress would be more conducive to defense than the current mountain. I believe that Archmond is also very clear about the location and function of the base, and he also seemed to have his troops forced us and the orcs on the other side to rush there. Then, using their numerical advantage, eat us in one breath, or drive us to the night elves to disrupt the formation of the last line of defense. Yes, looking at this form, it must be like this.
However, there is a more ideal situation for the demon, which is to eat us when we are exhausted and morale is low, but this is not good news for us, whether I guess or not.
"Damn it! You shouldn't have set up the fortress there." When I was attacking these resurrected demons, I spit out the verbal curse in my heart. Maybe I should have realized how bad the orc's bunker was. But there was no way. If I could do anything, I could only do what I saw, which was to harass these demon army that were still adapting to my resurrection body to delay time for my allies. After all, it would be considered a success to allow our troops to retreat there.
But it wasn't just bad news. When Caregus and his back were easily interspersed among the demons, I deeply realized how ridiculous it was to be a demon army led by the Lord of the Abyss. Yes, although this kind of thing is good at charging, it is very unsatisfactory in strategic decision-making, because our actions angered him, and he was attracted by us, as if he had forgotten his mission to pursue the alliance.
"Go and destroy those flying insects! Hurry."
In response, he even ordered his troops who were not good at air attack to destroy us, especially when he threw out the double-edged giant spear in his hand and almost inserted us into it, and he seemed even more furious. In response, we sprayed flames at it, although it was almost harmless under his wings. However, this successfully angered this thing. It made him forget the rationality he should have as a commander. In this regard, I think the enemy I face this time may not be very difficult.
Unfortunately, this smooth situation did not last long, and soon a group of doomsday guards flew towards me.
Facing these guests, Caregus and I changed our strategy. Since we had already involved the army of demons, it was necessary for us to deal with the enemies that threatened us. Speaking of threats, the Doomsday Guards did have that ability. They looked stronger and more experienced than the other Doomsday Guards I have ever seen, and seemed to have great experience in dealing with dragons, knowing how to avoid our flames, and how to find ways to approach us.
"Quick! We must retreat." Mavi, who had had experience in fighting with them for tens of thousands of years, immediately realized that something was wrong. Caregus and I also vaguely felt that the situation was difficult to grasp, so we followed Mavi's advice and flew towards the direction of the mountain. After these doomsday guards were sure that we would not affect the demon army, they did not intend to continue chasing us. Instead, they returned to the Abyss Lord and then scattered among their various teams. It seemed as if they had taken over the command of this demon army.
I think this is Archmond's meaning. He must let these IQ trustees lead the team, instead of the Abyss Lord who only knows brute force. So the demons reorganized towards the mountain, and we were evacuating positions.
"Damn it! We're going to miscalculate, they're going to get on the right track." Looking at this scene, I felt a little impatient, but things are often not what I thought. Perhaps this also means something. Mavie and Karegoth had this understanding.
"Maybe we should be glad that they were not Arida or the Demon King of Fear. If there were such a number of enemies, we would not have any chance to escape."
"Yes, but this also shows that Archmond does not trust those very cunning fear demon kings, nor his own Arida tribe. He now only trusts the Doomsday Guards who could stand the test ten thousand years ago!" Mavi said and flashed on my back. I can imagine what Mavi had experienced in ten thousand years. For example, these demons are the guys he had seen ten thousand years ago, otherwise she would not say these things, maybe...
Like us, if there is anything, there is no time to test each other's feelings more, and the same is true for the demon... But then again, Mavie is right. Ereda or the Demon King of Fear will definitely be better at commanding the troops than the Doomsday Guard, but since Archmond chose this way, I think Archmond is already a lonely man. At least he himself has only trusted himself, so I believe that Archmond will definitely not take action personally in order to retain the absolute power that can overwhelm Kilgardan. Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling some comfort in my heart. Yes, if so, we might be able to hold them up in the time Malfurion hopes.
Thinking of this, I felt some comfort in my heart, but these comforts soon disappeared in the next life. Because I saw a scene I didn't want to see... The army I once trusted the most is now being massacred.
Our soldiers who stayed, namely my Imperial Guard and the Silver Hand, adopted a scattered strategy to delay the time for the large army, that is, they disperse themselves. Yes, this tactic is very good. In order to deal with these elites, the demons often have to send more than ten times the number, and even have to involve the energy of the main force to wipe out. But if they are entangled by these demons, they will often end up being brutally killed by the demons.
Seeing those who had once called the names were flooded by demons, my anger couldn't help but feel my anger. I flew towards them angrily, and the same was true for Caregus, but compared to my impulse, he tried to protect me more and prevent my reason from being flooded by anger.
Such behavior naturally made me more ignorant of the situation. Some of them rushed to fight against the demons underground. The enemy also sought the opportunity to shoot their bows and arrows at me. Although these arrows were not fatal to me, they threatened Mavie on me.
The enemy also saw my behavior, and was not in a hurry to kill the guards surrounded by them. Instead, they waited for me to approach and then brutally killed them. Yes, I couldn't help feeling huge anger when I saw this, and this anger would obviously swallow my reason even more and make me do more extreme things, that is, to go deeper into the demon troops to seek more enemies that can be hunted.
"Arsace, you can't save a few people like this." Mavie did not blame me for his irrationality, but told me some other advice.
"Then I will make more demons pay the price!" I was angry, but I knew I really had to guarantee something, that is, not let Mavie accompany me like this. "Go and flash to Caregus!"
I said this, but before I could finish, Mavie kicked my head hard. Although it couldn't hurt me much, what made me angry was her behavior. But when I noticed her, I woke up a little, especially when I saw her anxious eyes
"Calegus will not abandon you..." He said to me, although she did not look at the blue dragon not far away from me. "If you were to do this for us, you shouldn't be like this."
"But..."
I was a little calm, but I didn't know how to describe it. Mavie had her own understanding of this. She knew how much she could do, or what kind of actions she could do with her greatest strength now.
"Save those strong men, maybe they can survive..." Mavie said and pointed in a direction. When I looked over seriously, I seemed to see the person Mavie said, and I instantly felt strength for his figure. Yes, "He is also your most hope to survive."
"That's right!" I saw it, agreed with her statement, and my body dived upwards again, and then rushed up there quickly. Yes, what he was talking about was Mana, the only partner I could save now, he was now surrounded by a group of demons. He tried to shake it off after destroying several demons, but unfortunately, he was exhausted. He used this stone behind him to resist the rushing demons with only half of the sword.
The demons obviously also showed my behavior. They did not continue to rise up and attack the magic power, but waited for me to approach. In this regard, I knew what they were doing, and I could only do my best to attack there, hoping that he could withstand...
But when I found myself going there, they had started to take the lead right away...
Seeing that the scene he didn't want to see was about to be born, but luck always took care of me. At this moment, Mavi had already taken action. She flashed to Manic, and at the same time, the sword of her armor was shot around her. In an instant, the demons around her fell to the ground. Before the second wave of demons appeared, I handed my sword in her armor to Manic. Manic was stunned for a while. Yes, this sword was the sword he asked for at Crasus at that time. He handed it to me. I thought he knew what the sword meant. He couldn't help but cheer up, took it and resisted the demon with Mavi. Waiting for me to get closer. When I was in a very close position, they jumped up and jumped onto my back. Then, I sprayed a flame back and almost left here.
The cooperation in saving people this time was very tacit, but when we were safe, everyone did not seem very united... because Mana is obviously not completely satisfied with the elf's approach, after all, so many brothers died.
"I'm glad you can save me, Night Elf General, although I want to see your troops more..."
"I thought you would ask, why did I have this sword!"
Mavi asked back to Manic, who was obviously waiting for her to say this.
"Of course, listen carefully! But I hope you can know more about the master of this sword."
Manic asked Mavie, but she seemed as silent as me at the moment. I knew what she meant, and she looked at me like Manic questioning her.
After a silence, Manac seemed to see the situation.
"I think this dragon should know what it is, but he is a mute, right?" He stared at me and seemed to feel something.
"Mutual? Maybe, but in fact, this dragon is not unfamiliar with us," Mavi explained to Varik, and then continued to turn to me. "Do you still don't want to talk?"
Looking at this situation, I really should say something. I turned my head toward Manic. Yes, I wanted to communicate with him for a long time, but I didn't expect that when I really communicated, I was forced by Mavie.
"Yes, Fanuc, that's what she wants to say, because I'm me, Alsace."
"It's you! You actually turned into a dragon..." Manic was excited, and the wound on his body also appeared with his excitement, but the excitement that followed obviously buried all his wounds.
"That's right, but if it's just like this, it's definitely a great gift for me..." I said this because I didn't want him to know that I had become a terrible undead. So I didn't want him to ask more questions. Just when he was excited, I would give him what I wanted to say. "I'm already dead in Lordaeron, but through some of the power of the Red Dragon, I can live for a while for the time being, but unfortunately, this can't last too long... and now I don't have much time." I thought about the words that promised Alextasa at that time, regardless of whether the demon was destroyed, it was obvious that I had no possibility of living...
"Maybe there is any power to continue your life..."
"No, I have foreseeed my own destiny. We will win this war. Believe me, I only hope that you are also a witness at that time." I still denied his hope in spirit. However, at this time, Mavi, who was preparing to heal his wounds, stopped his life and turned to me. She seemed to care very much about the issue I was talking about.
"What is the fate you see?"
"We will face more and more powerful demons in the future... And Jaina will lead the warriors mainly from you Night Elf to destroy them, and Ronin... I hope you can witness that time too..." I thought of that scene. Yes, if they were really the only two of them, maybe their fate would not be the same, or this would be a good ending..." I couldn't help but feel a little distracted when I thought about that scene... When I realized that I was still flying with a man, I still focused my attention.
"Oh?" Facing my distractedness, Mavie looked a little funny and didn't recognize the ending I saw. "I think you will see this scene alive. Believe me, but we still have to hold on to this time now."
I don't know if she is teasing me, but she is right, we must start.
Manic was not asking anything, but instead destroyed the enemies who tried to approach me while I was swooping low, and saved more people with the assistance of Caregus.
But our strength is very limited. After all, the main task is to hold the enemy's energy while ensuring our own safety. This is very difficult. Apart from the Mana accident, we only saved a few people. And when they got on my back, most of them were paralyzed. Fortunately, both Mavi and Mana could heal them.
Among these people who were rescued, there were also many familiar subordinates, as well as some strong silver hands. These silver hands were originally affiliated with Uther. They were able to come here according to my orders, rather than staying with Uther in Lordaeron, which showed their loyalty to me. But when it comes to loyalty... I seemed to think of the scene when I was escorted in Lordaeron at that time. I really didn't know what would happen if they knew they were a dead soul.
I couldn't help but sigh, but then I still stood firm in the present and stopped recalling those sad memories.
When they woke up, Fanuc wanted to tell them the news that I was still alive, but at Mavie's sign, it came to an abrupt end. And I also realized that after our alliance's main force crossed the hill and entered the plateau, he also signaled that the Karegos mission next to him completed the withdrawal battle. He also had this idea. After a few dodging, we also withdrew from here.
At the same time, on the other side, the Abyss Lord, when he saw our main force crossing the mountain, he instantly roared. Yes, this ending was a great insult to this conceited guy. He used his fist to deny the order of a Doomsday Guard to continue chasing our main force, or to let him attack the fortress behind our mountain in the form of a pioneer, but instead roared at me to challenge.
"If you two little reptile faces, if you have so-called glory at all, then fight with me, the commander."
Although I was very surprised by his decision. To be honest, the demons were not miscalculated for us to retreat to the fortress behind the mountain. After all, they also planned to wipe out all of us there. Even if we escaped there, it was not a real escape for the demons, because this just gave the demons the chance to catch them all in one go. Therefore, for me and Karegoth, there was no need to break us into pieces in this pursuit.
But this is a big failure for the Abyss Lord. Yes, since he led the physically energetic demons, even the few people he got were escaped, it was invisibly equivalent to a huge insult.
Perhaps in other situations, I would ignore such statements, but the situation is different now. If he really wants to duel with us, I think I will be able to hold back the time for everyone, and I don’t think this demon will cheat. I still believe that the Abyss Lords are demons with a high sense of honor, otherwise his fellow tribe would not appreciate Grom who is much smaller than them and the orcs he led. Of course, it may not be, but I can gamble, after all, to me, I am really nothing.
So I was moved and called Karegoth, and used a look at Mavi and Manic, indicating that I would go back.
"You didn't really fight him one-on-one?"
"Since Grom can kill the strongest Abyss Lord, I think I can do it too."
"But!"
"I don't have much time left, and I hope to die in glory, just like the orc Grom. You can defeat the current orc chief Thrall in your youth. I don't think I'm worse than the strongest orc."
“That doesn’t make sense!”
"This will delay your time, believe me, I can do it."
Manic reluctantly gave up his dissuasion to me. I could understand his feelings for me, but I think the reason why he didn't insist in the end did not think that I could win, but because he put his heart in it. If he was my life to the limit, then dying in the duel on the battlefield would definitely be a glorious thing. But on the other hand, Mavie disagreed and said a sarcastic remark. "Don't worry, the duel, maybe the devil is not willing to let a fool like you die."
Mavie's statement made Manic a little angry, but she ignored the mood of me, the captain of the guard, and turned to him to return the sword in his hand to the scales of a hidden sword on my back. Yes, maybe he knew I might be able to use it, or my weapon with a dragon's grip could bring me the power that this dragon should have and the power he gave me.
"If the devil is reluctant to kill me, but we really need time." I refuted her joke in such words, and then I seemed calmer. Yes, I will face an impossible task again. I couldn't help but look back at Jaina. It can be seen that the mountain on the orcs has fallen, and they have almost retreated to this fortress with us... I sighed, and this voice obviously brought peace to everyone. "The fortress behind is not strong. If we go back like this, it would be like waiting for death. Moreover, our morale is already very low. This requires us to kill the enemy's pioneers in advance, and maybe give us a turnaround. If I would die, it would be better to let me die gloriously, and this will inspire us some morale."
Caregus also took them away helplessly. Yes, he knew that my choice was correct and believed that if he was me, he would do this. After that, I flew back and headed straight for the Lord of the Abyss.
The demon was a little shocked at my appearance, especially because I did not spray flames at it, but flew directly to the Abyss Lord and fell down in a gap given to me by the demons. At the same time, some demons were ready to shoot cold arrows at me, but like the last Doomsday Guard who dissuaded him from anger, they were beaten away by the Abyss Lord. Perhaps he felt my intention, or what I called a sense of glory.
"I didn't expect you to die! It was so surprising." He stopped the army and talked to me. There might be some rational guards of the doomsday who wanted to sneak attack me or dissuade them from the vanguard of the Abyss, but unfortunately they already had the lessons of the past, so they followed his orders.
"I believe that your Abyss Lords have a sense of glory, and I hope that you will be the same after you become a devil!"
"Hahahaha, I miss you wrong!" The Lord of the Abyss smiled, and this smile made me feel a little cold. Yes, I was surrounded by demons. If he really wanted to wipe me out, I don't think I would have a chance to escape. I thought so, but that was not the case.
"I am not the undead. If Lord Archmond doesn't die, I will never die." He said this, and then he suddenly tried hard to instantly restore the dark red unique to the demons' skins similar to the undead. This figure also reminded me of a dead guy. Yes, Matheridon, who I had already been killed by Grom, but I didn't expect that this Abyss Lord was exactly the same.
"Master Archmond can resurrect me, or even restore my original appearance, without the breath of the undead." He said to me. I was indeed a little envious of this thing that could be resurrected, but what I didn't expect was that he actually tempted me with this. "Maybe you should show your loyalty to Master Archmond, and you will also return to your previous appearance, humanity."
"Human? Thank you for calling me that," I smiled slightly. Yes, no matter who calls me human, I can feel extremely relieved, but for the demons, it is limited to this. "But, if I am allowed to serve you, then what is the difference between me and the lowly undead!"
"Then I will fulfill you!"
"I think you would hope to duel with me in the duel arena, not by the number of people!"
"Like an orc, if you win me, you can get out of here safely, but what I'm talking about is leaving. There is no such way to fly in the orc's duel."
To be continued...