Chapter 154

"Lord Illidan, since we chose to help the Alliance of Azeroth, why not reveal your plan to them?" a Demon Hunter asked after swinging his warblade and chopping off a demon guard's head.

"Don't let the Alliance discover us, my Demon Hunters! They cannot understand us." Illidan said.

"The Alliance and the Horde can even accept those warlocks, those fellows who, like us, also study fel energy."

"In that case, if they know Lord Illidan,"

"Your ultimate plan is to destroy the Burning Legion, and you have even mastered the Argus Sigil."

"Having obtained the specific location coordinates of the Burning Legion's command, Argus, why not cooperate?" a blood elf Demon Hunter looked at Illidan, as if saying, perhaps your plan could be accepted by them.

"I know what you want to say, my Demon Hunters, but this won't work."

"Remember! Your kin were all killed by the Burning Legion's demons, so you decided to take revenge on them."

"When we chose to accept this fel power, we ceased to be on the same path as them."

"We have sacrificed ourselves, sacrificed everything, seeking no reward—this is what a Demon Hunter is." Illidan said.

"In the eyes of the Alliance and the Horde, this Demon Hunter of ours is no different from the Burning Legion's lackeys."

"But!"

"Enough, my Demon Hunters, you still have much to learn; I know far more than you do, for I was imprisoned by my kin for ten thousand years precisely because they could not understand my actions." Illidan said.

"If his own brethren could understand him like this, he would not have come to this point; the one truly betrayed is actually me."

"So Illidan clearly understands that to destroy the Burning Legion, he can rely only on himself; he must be a lone hero, needing no help from Azeroth."

"At that moment, a colossal creature suddenly appeared beyond the Dark Portal—a jade-green divine dragon emerged, then a tremendous energy wave surged forth, and all the demons directly before the Dark Portal were basically wiped out."

"Illidan and his Demon Hunters, watching that mighty dragon display its divine power, all showed expressions of awe."

"After exhaling its fiery breath, the dragon began to coil like a snake, its body emitting countless wind blades, whipping up a fierce tornado; countless Burning Legion demons were blown into the sky and then torn apart by the wind blades."

"What! What kind of creature is this? Lord Illidan, I have never seen such a colossal being." a female blood elf Demon Hunter said.

"From his aura and the vigor of his life, this is a wild demigod, though one I have never seen before; his appearance is somewhat similar to that of a Pandarian creature." Illidan said.

"He has seen all the wild demigods; when they resisted the Burning Legion's invasion ten thousand years ago, these wild demigods helped greatly, each being immensely powerful and making the Burning Legion suffer greatly."

"To wipe them out, the Burning Legion paid a huge price, even having Archimonde personally intervene, before defeating the wild demigods."

"It is precisely because these wild demigods joined the battle that the ancient war could be won; otherwise, the ancient war would not have been so easy."

"The Burning Legion's invasion a few years ago could only be described as a minor skirmish: a lich tore open the portal, summoned Archimonde, and some high-ranking Legionnaires came, but the Legion's ordinary troops amounted to only a drop in the bucket."

"Today's wild demigod far exceeds Illidan's expectations in strength; the opponent is very strong, even stronger than the most powerful wild demigod, the Stag Demigod."

"It appears that even if we do not come to block this demon army, with this wild demigod present, the demons cannot stir up any major trouble."

"Lord Illidan, we want to go and communicate with this wild demigod, for mortals cannot understand you, but if it is a wild demigod..." a night elf Demon Hunter trailed off.

"Night elves generally have lifespans exceeding ten thousand years, and the night elf race venerates the wild demigod greatly; the wild demigod would surely understand Lord Illidan."

"We don't need him at all; as long as he doesn't come to cause us trouble, our plan can proceed smoothly, allowing us to take Argus and utterly destroy the Burning Legion." Illidan said.

After obtaining Gul'dan's skull, he also acquired a method to reverse the teleportation gate; using this method he could mobilize spatial power, directly twist a planet, just like detonating a bomb, blowing up the entire planet.

Even the mighty Burning Legion would surely perish if its homeworld were blown up; the only thing he was uncertain about was whether this planet‑destroying power could kill Sargeras.

But none of that mattered anymore; all that mattered was being able to destroy the planet Argus.

After clearing the remaining demon armies, Illidan immediately led his demon hunters in retreat, returning to the Black Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.

He continued to carry out his grand plan to destroy Argus, seeking the planet Mardon where the Sargerei keystone was kept.

Meanwhile, the Alliance and the Horde carried out a frantic three‑day, three‑night hunt of the demons, cleansing all demons near the Dark Portal. Thanks to Luode's appearance with his butterfly wings, the Burning Legion's painstakingly gathered forces at the Dark Portal were more than half destroyed.

The Alliance and Horde armies did not, as in the original history, engage in a days‑long tug‑of‑war with the Burning Legion, suffering heavy casualties before seizing the Dark Portal facing Outland.

They even basically achieved zero casualties, and the allied forces' morale was extraordinarily high.

Basically all of the current legion commanders had been taken care of by Luode in one sweep; the demon lord Kulu'er and a certain abyssal lord were directly dealt with by Kaido in Orgrimmar.

Kazzak was taken care of by the Alliance and Horde, as well as members of the Beast Pirates; the fel lord Azzatoth was dealt with by himself, and his underling the Destroyer's Mistress Mother was also dealt with.

At this point, all the demons of Hellfire Peninsula were leaderless.

After clearing all the demons near the Dark Portal, the Alliance and Horde began to act separately, each choosing a direction to launch an offensive.

The Alliance troops quickly advanced to a fortress, then saw a human‑style castle.

A group of veterans who looked to be in their forties or fifties were guarding the place, wearing the old Alliance era battle robes.

"You, you are the Alliance army, right?" an old soldier exclaimed, looking at the massive force before him.

Among them were several high elves who had followed Aurelia into the Dark Portal as part of the expeditionary force.

Humans, dwarves, gnomes, and high elves had once been allies, fighting together against the Horde, but among these people there were dwarves, humans, gnomes, plus some fellows with blue tendrils, and some elves they had never seen before, who were taller and had dusky purple skin.

"You, you are the Sons of Lothar, you are the heroes who once expeditioned into Outland?" a Alliance commander asked.

"I still have people who remember us; we closed the Dark Portal to protect Azeroth's safety, never expecting that this time the Dark Portal would open and you lot would come charging in." said a white‑haired veteran about fifty years old.

The huge commotion of the Dark Portal opening also caught the attention of these Sons of Lothar, but most of them are now elderly and simply unable to stop it.

I never expected that the Alliance reinforcements from Azeroth would actually come charging in.

"Are you the army once led by General Turalyon and General Aurelia? Are those two heroes also here?" asked a Alliance paladin.

"It's a pity, ladies and gentlemen of the Alliance; those two vanished years ago due to a void storm, and now we don't even know what's become of them as a couple." an old Son of Lothar sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"That's truly a pity." I never imagined that the two most crucial people would actually have disappeared.

"Come in quickly; Honor Hold may be small, but it can still accommodate you all." Under the warm invitation of the Sons of Lothar, this portion of the Alliance troops took up residence in Honor Hold.

Meanwhile, the Horde troops, after acting independently for a few days and slaying large numbers of demons, also selected a suitable site and set up camp.

Luode's floating fortress became their temporary base, but the floating city was simply too small, so the Horde still needed to build a new base.

"Lord Luode, we've decided to build a temporary stronghold here; what do you think?" King Saurfang approached Luode and asked.

After witnessing Luode's awe‑inspiring display over the past few days, the Horde warriors' respect for him has reached a very high level.

"No problem, King Saurfang; let the warriors build a stronghold here!" Luode said.

They belong to the vanguard forces, and more Horde troops will later pass through the Dark Portal to establish a stronghold for the following units.

It is also necessary that when they arrive, they have a place to stay and something to eat, after all, one's own floating fortress cannot accommodate too many people.

Moreover, Luode also does not intend to act together with the tribe's allied forces.

King Salu'far nodded, then began directing some orc laborers and the goblins hired by the tribe, starting the construction of Salma Fortress.

On Luode's side, he let the floating fortress rise directly, then went to the skies above Hellfire Peninsula to conduct reconnaissance.

After the floating city took off, it discovered many scattered evil beastmen tribes on the ground; when Luode left earlier, he had not moved them all away cleanly, and some evil beastmen remained here, wandering around Hellfire Peninsula.

(End of chapter)