Chapter 173: Return to Azeroth, Heading to the Black Temple

This guy named Luode, what exactly did he use, and he actually gained Sargeras's trust.

This left Kil'jaeden baffled, but his plan to descend to Azeroth and then seize the power of the Sunwell was completely ruined.

Once, Kil'jaeden fantasized that in the future he could obtain power as immense as Sargeras's and become a true titan.

Back then, after he and Archimonde joined the Burning Legion, they both advanced toward this goal.

But sometimes reality is so cruel; after joining the Burning Legion for over twenty thousand years, their strength has only increased a little compared to when Sargeras infused them with fel energy.

It's merely that their use of fel energy has become more mature, they've researched more powerful fel spells, but their overall energy level hasn't really increased.

Because Sargeras will no longer give them greater power, yet even so, the power he and Archimonde obtained still stands at the pinnacle of this world.

At best, they are only slightly stronger than the demigods born on some planets, still somewhat lacking compared to true gods, and even somewhat inferior to those Titan creations.

(In the original setting, Archimonde and Kil'jaeden were not demigod-level beings but true god-level; unfortunately, due to Blizzard's various retcons, their prestige has dropped considerably.)

Even before the chronicles came out, Sargeras was confirmed dead, and the actual leaders of the Burning Legion were Archimonde and Kil'jaeden these two.

The plan to invade Azeroth was also devised by Kil'jaeden himself, but later it was changed to Sargeras merely tossing over a clone.) "Don't worry! After I return to Outland, I will carry out the plan, so you don't need to worry about this." Luode said.

As for Kil'jaeden, Luode doesn't have much good feeling toward him; the main reason he joined the Burning Legion is jealousy of Velen.

He also fears Sargeras's power, and even believes Velen's prophecy, knowing this expedition will ultimately fail.

As for Archimonde, he's purely after great power, and in terms of combat strength alone, Archimonde is actually stronger than Kil'jaeden.

But he actually got gang‑killed by Grommash, Yrel, and Khadgar in the Draenor world.

But things are different now; if Sargeras can truly succeed in his upgrade, his strength will definitely increase again, and besides, the Burning Legion is mine.

I'm not like you two guys, Archimonde and Kil'jaeden; your strength has been stuck at this level for tens of thousands of years, but I'm different.

"Ma Ke Zha Er, are you willing to serve me?" Luode looked at Ma Ke Zha Er kneeling to one side and asked.

Eredar warlocks have always been ambitious lot, all wanting to gain greater power.

And following me is the greatest benefit; Ma Ke Zha Er opposite knows that.

"Lord Luode! I am willing to follow you."

"Good, you stay in the Twisting Nether for me, summon your demon armies for me, and also any demons willing to join my forces." Luode said.

Dealing with the Titan Keepers isn't that easy; the chief Titan Keeper Odin, however, possesses the authority to summon A Er Jia Long, directly reshaping Azeroth.

"I will recruit troops for you, Lord Luode."

"A Zuo Dun's former territory, that demon planet shall be yours to rule! I will hand over the coordinates to you." After saying this, Kil'jaeden handed Luode a set of coordinates and then turned and left directly.

After obtaining these coordinates, Luode looked toward Ma Ke Zha Er.

"How does your strength compare to A Zuo Dun's?"

"My strength is about the same as A Zuo Dun's; we both rule an entire planet's demons." Ma Ke Zha Er said.

A Zuo Dun is Kil'jaeden's adjutant apprentice, while he is Archimonde's direct disciple; in terms of strength, he is actually somewhat stronger.

Moreover, they each rule a demon planet and command endless demon armies under them.

"Can you rally the demons under A Zuo Dun to serve me?"

"No problem, Lord Luode; you are the Burning Legion's commander, you can directly order them.

"You were personally appointed by Lord Sargeras, and no one dares to disobey your orders." Ma Ke Zha Er said.

Please, Lord Luode, make sure you understand your position—you are now the top commander of the Burning Legion!

"First, help me organize the demon armies here; I still have matters to attend to on Azeroth." Luode said.

"Rest assured, Lord Luode; whenever you need it, I will open a portal and immediately bring the demon armies over to help you fight." Ma Ke Zha Er said.

On every demon planet, countless newborn demons are born at all times; low‑level demon fodder is available in whatever quantity needed, and the Burning Legion's higher‑ups have always treated low‑level demons as expendable.

Luode nodded, then directly left the Argus planet in the Twisting Nether and returned to the upper level of Karazhan. "Lord Luode, you've finally returned." Kael'thas said.

"Hmm! How's the situation here? Have any Alliance personnel entered this place?" Luode asked.

In the original history, the Karazhan dungeon was cleared by Dalaran's elite mages; the Alliance folks helped a bit in the process, but they had absolutely no relation to the Horde.

"These days, Karazhan has remained very quiet." Kael'thas said.

Luode nodded; this trip to the Twisting Nether has been quite fruitful—although his rank is still demigod, his combat ability has improved, yet his life magic still lags considerably behind fel magic in attack power.

Now when Luode casts fel magic, that is truly world‑destroying.

Moreover, thanks to the fel energy's bolstering, his physical toughness has increased slightly, and even in his draconic form he can also perform demon transformation.

"Lord Luode, what exactly did you and that Burning Legion demon discuss?" Kael'thas asked.

"I have defended Azeroth, getting the Burning Legion's supreme ruler Sargeras to promise never to invade the Azeroth world again." Luode said.

"What? How is this possible? Lord Luode, you're not joking, are you? How could the Burning Legion possibly give up invading our world?" Kael'thas exclaimed in surprise.

"Some things, knowing too much isn't good for someone at your current strength.

"You only need to know that the Burning Legion's threat to the Azeroth world has been completely eliminated.

"Now the threats to the Azeroth world are a certain Lich King, those Old Gods, and the Titan Keepers." Luode said.

The Lich King and the Old Gods—he understands these are indeed Azeroth's top threats, especially the Lich King; if we were to deal with him, Kael'thas is willing to take the lead.

But the Titan Keepers—why have they also become a threat to Azeroth? This leaves Kael'thas somewhat puzzled.

"Those Titan Keepers have actually deceived Azeroth's life; the Titans themselves are not as benevolent as rumored, and their greatest purpose is to transform Azeroth into one of their own companions.

"I will gradually tell you these things; you should know that my title of wild demigod was personally granted by Azeroth, so I naturally stand on Azeroth's side." Luode said.

Hearing this, Kael'thas nodded as if he somewhat understood.

"Bulin, you come and erase a bit of their memories, rewriting it so that we had an adventure in Karazhan.

"defeated those monsters in Karazhan, then obtained a large amount of collectibles, and hide all matters concerning the Burning Legion from me." Luode said.

"All right, Lord Luode! I'll take care of this!

After altering the memories of those women, Luode let them wake up; then everyone left Karazhan, ended this trip, and returned to the Storm Fortress.

Liadelin, along with two astrologers, with Luode's approval, went to visit Weilun in Shatas City, then began persuading the astrologers and told them that the blood elf clan needed their return.

It's just a pity that the final persuasion ended in failure; these astrologers insisted that the Holy Light is the blood elves' ultimate salvation, and only the Holy Light can save them.

The three women returned helplessly.

After a few days, the Alliance also found the key to Karazhan and launched a surprise attack on Karazhan; but upon entering Karazhan, everyone was stunned.

The mages of Dalaran discovered that the Guardians' collection, which they had long been thinking about, and all the Guardians' powers had actually vanished.

The only thing left was a single Nightmare at the tower's peak; after killing this Nightmare, the Alliance opened the Serpent Temple.

They launched a campaign against Lady Vashj; this poor Naga lady, under the siege of the Alliance army, quickly fell, and the entire Zangarmarsh was liberated by the Alliance.

After that, the Alliance and Horde held a meeting in Shattrath City, began to discuss launching the final war in Outland to overthrow the rule of Outland's lord Illidan.

On Luode's side, he also summoned his own elite forces, planning to assault the Black Temple, aiming to kill Illidan directly before the Alliance and Horde could.

If they acted together with the Alliance and Horde, then dealing with Illidan's corpse would be troublesome.

After all, he intended to summon Sargeras' avatar into Illidan's body, then bring him to the Marvel World.

Even the matter of the Void Dragon, Luode hadn't had time to deal with it, and directly brought Kaido, Charlotte Lingling, Kael'thas, and a few others to secretly infiltrate the Black Temple.

In the lower levels of the Black Temple, there were large numbers of Fel Orc troops, as well as some low-level Legion demon cannon fodder.

(End of chapter)