The 126th Chapter the Battle of Stratholme (2)

Now, the undead Scourge led by the Dreadlord Varimathras and the Fire Elemental Legion under the command of the Flame Queen Annie are still fighting in Stratholme, an almost abandoned city.

All kinds of green undead poisonous mist and red hot flames shined brightly and beautifully all over the city of Stratholme. On the ground battlefield, the howls of the retreating undead and the screams of the fire elementals sounded from time to time.

Here, the fire elements don't need to make any reservations. The power of fire on them ignites everything that can burn around them, including those undead! However, the toxins and claws of the undead do not have much effect on the life of the fire element. As long as they are not broken into pieces on the spot, the flames on them will naturally purify all toxins directly, whether it is holy light or flames. , They are all the nemesis of the undead natural disasters, no one can doubt this!

Whether in the wide streets or narrow corridors of Stratholme, the agile lava dogs are showing their natural agility and strength according to local conditions. They were in groups like that, whether they were one-headed or two-headed, they all looked very cunning at the moment, and from time to time they ruthlessly attacked the undead who were fighting with other fire elements.

Once they find an opportunity, they will rush forward fiercely, bite the leg of a certain ghoul or zombie or a small abomination, and then drag it out desperately, and then... the other vicious dogs who have been prepared on the periphery, Soon they will pounce together, and they only need three or two strokes, and they can dismantle each other's limbs and heads into a pile of useless pieces!

And those with the fastest speed, the boldest moves, and the wildest tactics are those lava runners. This kind of fire element life composed of hot lava and gushing air flow, they are born to charge, and they often disdain to fight side by side with other fire elements.

In the urban battlefield, they can be seen everywhere in various waves of lone rangers: relying on their ability to charge, they often stimulate the power of flames on their bodies, and then go directly to the place where the undead are most dense with the soaring fire After rushing in to cause massive AOE damage, then quickly turn around and rush out. In the end, all that is left for the undead are two charge lines with fire and a chaotic formation...

Unbound Ember Lords and Unbound Smoldering Elementals, who look more like Lava Runners, play more conservatively. They are often led by a Lord, and the number varies, or a dozen, or dozens of Small smoldering elements are fighting in small teams.

Once a large number or more valuable undead Scourge troops are found in the city, their ember lords will directly cast spells, and set all the small smoldering elements on fire that will explode from time to time. From these smoldering elements rushing into the pile of undead, as long as they persist for a while without being broken into pieces, they can burn all the undead!

And the lava giants are more brainless in fighting, and there are not many of them, and they can't play a big role in this huge city. They just wander around aimlessly,

When they saw undead that were smaller than themselves, they would jump on them and trample on them; when encountering abominations that were not much different in size, they would either provide assistance to their allies, or directly use their talent to control the earth, using ground thorns to Those abominations that can only use brute force are strung together into huge burning meat skewers...

What the undead fear and hate the most is actually not the ones above. Now, the surviving undead or the wizards of the curse sect, what they fear most is the turtle squad led by the elite lord Teropene of the giant flame tortoise up!

These nasty tortoise bastards have hard lava spikes on their bodies. If they are just hard and cannot be cut, then forget it. But they can even rebound physical damage, whoever cuts them will be unlucky! Whether it's abominations, ghouls or zombie skeletons, they pounced on these turtles, hacked and bit them, and finally died, and there was nothing wrong with the other party still shrinking their heads!

At first, the necromancers thought that these giant flame tortoises were just having extremely high physical defenses, so they stopped playing close combat against them and turned to long-distance spell attacks, but...they never Unexpectedly, these tortoises can also reflect magic spells strangely, no matter what spells hit them, they will all be reflected back frantically? Does this prevent the natural disaster of the undead from going on? They felt that this was simply cheating!

Therefore, after paying a heavy price and before a solution can be found temporarily, these flame tortoises have become the last existence that rational undead and curse believers are unwilling to face.

The undead turned to deal with the other fire elementals, running around the tortoises as soon as they saw them, and just let them run rampant in the city slowly. All of a sudden, the prestige of the tortoise bastards was undoubtedly the first among all the fire elements!

Compared with the above unorganized and undisciplined fire elements scattered all over the city of Stratholme, the fire demons are much more standardized. In comparison, they are more like a team Train numerous fire elemental troops!

They are now divided into countless small teams, arranged in a neat formation, and the various arms cooperate with each other, and the long-range and melee support each other. There are hunter's vicious dogs on the outside to explore the way, and mages and lava-burning walkers on the inner circle to heal.

They lined up in a neat and orderly formation like that, and moved forward little by little according to the streets in their assigned areas. They just followed the traces of other fire elements after the waves, and attacked forward steadily. At the cost of almost zero casualties, they easily harvested all the remaining undead...

Of course, before leaving, the fire demons didn't forget to add two more fires to the buildings that the forward fire elements hadn't burned, in case there were remaining zombies or skeletons inside.

Compared with the ease and comfort of the battlefield on the ground, the battle in the sky seems a bit heroic.

Because this is Stratholme, the largest city in the Eastern Plaguelands of Lordaeron, so here are the most gargoyles made by the undead! Those dark shadows that cover half of the sky are at least three or four thousand in number! I don't know how long it took the undead to get so many air troops?

Since the number of Firehawks is only over a thousand, these gargoyles are at least three times their number! Even if the opponent's size is less than half the size of the fire hawk, the problem is: these gargoyles don't seem to be afraid of fire. Only a powerful fire hawk or several small fire hawks breathing at the same time can successfully melt a gargoyle , but now, the advantage in numbers lies with the opponent! They often do not breathe twice, and the opponent has already swooped in front of them.

Therefore, when the fire hawks saw that the scorching breath had no effect, they could only fight hand-to-hand with the gargoyles who had already rushed forward, and the tragic air battle began... From time to time, some gargoyles died. The shattered rock fragments or a fire hawk that was torn to pieces fell from the sky with a mournful cry.

If it wasn't for little Annie looking distressed at her Firehawks and rushing up to help, it is estimated that the number of Firehawks lost in air combat would not be as simple as dozens! Even if only dozens of fire eagles were lost, it really made her feel bad for a long time. They were all her pets, and they were summoned from the land of flames with great difficulty.

With the strength of the fire elemental army and Annie's rescue everywhere, this battle did not last long.

Actually, ever since the city wall of the southern city gate of Stratholme was summoned by Anne, the super hellfire was torn apart, and then the lava giant led hundreds of his men to rush into the city first, and the subsequent fire elements After the army followed them and swarmed in, the battle in Stratholme no longer had much suspense.

In less than an hour, the fire caused by the fire elementals started from the southern gate of Stratholme, and then gradually spread to the north.

It seems that the massacre fire that was ignited in Stratholme before is burning here again...

It's just that before, it was the sinful fire set off by Alsace as an excuse to massacre the innocent people suspected of being infected in the city; but now, what is burning is the purifying fire lit by the Flame Kingdom to eliminate the natural disaster of the undead ! The meanings of these two flames are completely different!

The offensive of the flame army continued to advance to a huge massacre square north of Stratholme, and the attack stopped temporarily.

They discovered that there was a huge slaughterhouse here, and that towering and huge spiked grinding disc was even taller than the lava giant Alturk of the Flame Kingdom!

And here, it seems to be a place where the undead scavengers specialize in producing abominations. Except for the large number of abominations that have been burned by the fire elementals on the square, there is still a disgusting rancid smell, and the fire elementals The undead were having fun in the city, and after the temperature mixed together, little Annie couldn't help frowning... Perhaps, she might not want to eat meat for several days?

On the way to this place, not only Anne didn't know how many undead the fire elemental army burned in Stratholme City, but even Shank Knox, who was the chief steward, didn't know either!

Anyway, their fire element has already killed all the big spiders, abominations, skeletons, zombies, ghouls, banshees, poisonous insects, rats, and cursed cultists who stand in the way! As for the number... who would know? Unless... After the fire is extinguished, they send people to collect the ashes of the undead and weigh them for an estimate?

As for those barons, or wives, undead lords, etc. who were burned by the fire elemental army of the Flame Legion, there is no way to count them, and Chief Shanknox does not want to count them!

Anyway, it only knows that under the front of the army of the fire element, everything is just a cloud!

So what if he is a heroic undead powerhouse? Among their fire elemental creatures, there are too many lord-level ones. If they rush up, shouldn't they still be chopped into slag and burned to ashes? There are not five legged men here, there are more than 50,000 powerful fire elements here!

Even their queen's royal guards are all high-ranking and peak fire demon elites, and they almost have a whole group of hero guards!

However, fire elementals generally like to refer to the powerful existence of the hero level as the lord level, such as small lords, big lords, legendary lords, etc...

Besides, in the real world of Azeroth, there is not much need for the positioning of this ability, just as powerful as Shanknox, has already reached the legendary level, but if it does not resist, the lord level If the Altok stepped on it, wouldn't it still be finished?

If a few more days pass, the orc sword master will hack even the demigod to death for you to see! Is it great to have a high energy level? The real world of Azeroth doesn't look at your data! You Archimonde dare not resist try, the white knife goes in, the red knife goes out, if you say you die, you will die!

Just like just now, a powerful abomination who seemed to be called Ao somehow opened the door and ran out of the huge slaughterhouse, yelling that it was hungry and wanted to eat the fire elementals.

But what happened? In the next second, before it had time to see the situation clearly, it was trampled into a pulp by Autuk's big foot! The Cultists of the Curse in the slaughterhouse were so frightened that they immediately closed the door, not daring to let out another one.

You see, the pool of burning strange meat outside the closed door of the slaughterhouse is left over from the abomination that yelled to eat just now. Maybe, if it can turn into a banshee If it is a soul form, can you come and taste its own flesh?

"Hey~! Let me tell you, what are you doing now? Why don't you hurry up and burn this stinky place too? Doesn't it look fun for you to get together here?!"

Annie felt a little angry. Now, without knowing when that big demon named Archimonde will come here, why don't these idiots rush to attack and clean up the last stronghold of the undead, and what are they doing here like this? ? Are you going to have a party?

"Uh... my Majesty the Queen. This is actually because the powerful big bat hiding inside said that he wanted to surrender, so I had to order them to wait first. I hope that you will wait until you come here." Do it."

Anyway, the outcome is now a foregone conclusion. The powerful Flame Legion captured this huge undead city with only a small price.

Up to now, in the whole city of Stratholme, only this place is not engulfed in the sea of ​​flames. Since the big bat inside vowed to surrender, Shanknox definitely didn't dare to be self-confident, so he had to wait here for the arrival of their queen, and everything had to wait for the decision of their queen.

"Huh? Surrender... Who the hell wants to surrender?"

There are undead who want to surrender voluntarily, which makes Anne a little strange.

Along the way, didn't the undead they encountered all either rush forward desperately to seek death, or ran away when they saw it from a distance? Why are there still people who want to surrender here? This thing is really a bit rare.

"Hello, Your Majesty the Flame Queen! It's me... It's me Varimathras who wants to surrender to you. If you agree, I am willing to swear that I will surrender at your feet from now on and be your eternal servant..."

At this time, on the roof of the huge slaughter house, on a small platform with an exit, a dreadlord with the same bat shape that Anne was familiar with walked out. He was trying to put on an ugly smiling face, facing down He raised his head and said to the little girl he saw with a flattering smile.

In fact, Varimathras wanted to run away before the flame army attacked here just now.

But how did he know that this little human girl would be so ruthless, and he didn't know what method she used to interfere and mess up this large area of ​​Stratholme, so that he could not use any space to teleport spells to run away.

Therefore, in desperation, he had no choice but to fight and retreat, and finally he had to retreat into this last fortress. Just now he ordered the powerful abomination to go out to test, and when the bastard went out, he was trampled to death. After the meat paste, he could no longer have the slightest thought of resistance.

At this point in front of him, there are not too many choices left for him now, either surrender, run away, or... die!

What happened to his fellow clan, that idiot Balnazar, already proved that the fire elementals have the means to target their demonic race, the Nathrezim! They were able to completely kill a Dreadlord! Therefore, he, Varimathras, would definitely not dare to choose the option of fighting to death.

As for the option of escaping from the air, in the current situation of being trapped in an isolated city, if he flies up and escapes rashly, it is estimated that those powerful fire hawks will not easily spare him, right?

Besides, although their Nathrezim also have a pair of wings, but in terms of flying speed and air combat methods, they are definitely inferior to those giant flame eagles!

And once he uses the incarnation of a bat to escape, he will lose too much strength, which makes him hesitate for a while, and he is not willing to use that trick until it is a last resort, so, after delaying again and again, he It has been delayed until now. He decided that he could swindle his surrender and fight back when Lord Archimonde arrives!

"Oh... are you going to surrender?"

Annie tilted her head, looked at the big bat above, bit her finger again, and thought for more than three seconds. Then, she immediately made up her mind and rejected the other party's request for surrender.

"I don't want an ugly servant like you! Attack now and burn them!"

The dreaded demon king and the like are too ugly. Annie doesn't want them to be her servants. They are so ugly. If they are taken out, people will lose face if they see them! So, please hurry up and die, as long as they are burned to ashes, they should not come out to embarrass themselves again!

"Obey, my lord!"

Hearing the order, Shanknox, who is the chief executive of the Flame Kingdom, quickly bowed and agreed.

Now, since Her Majesty has given the order, there is nothing left to talk about. Anyway, it doesn't want any race other than the fire element to mix into the power core of the flame kingdom. The big bat above doesn't look like a good thing, so it's better to kill it quickly! Just like the one last time, after catching it, roast him slowly with a slow fire, making sure that his body and soul are burnt to the point that not even a scum is left!

"The Fire Elemental Legion is ordered to attack immediately!"

After Shanknox yelled and repeated the queen's order, the lava giant Alturk roared excitedly, and rammed directly towards the huge slaughterhouse, a tall and hideous stone and steel building like this , is the best way to vent the never-ending desire for destruction in its heart. The stronger their undead are repaired, the happier it will be when Altok smashes it.

Boom~!

After a loud noise, the lava giant that bumped into it was surprised to find that the big house didn't collapse. It didn't expect that the undead had repaired the slaughterhouse so well! However, if this is just the case, it will not be difficult for it! Therefore, its huge fist directly pulled in from a window above, tearing open a large skylight from above in an instant.

Since it can't be broken, it can slowly disassemble it into pieces! It won't believe it if you tear it down piece by piece, will it still fall down by then?

At the same time, dozens of fire hawks breathed down from high above the sky, and the bows and arrows of the fire demon hunters, the fire demons and other ember lords, all kinds of fire magic were also directed at this huge The slaughterhouse smashed over, and the soaring flames instantly enveloped the building...

"Bastard! You just wait for me, I will definitely come back!!"

Varimathras was finally frightened, and under the circumstances, he had to run if he didn't run.

However, when he was about to activate the unique disintegration weapon of the Nathrezim clan, Huawei, to escape with bats all over the sky, he still said a few harsh words as usual, and then turned into countless bats before the flames burned him. , flying towards the surrounding sky...

"Hmm! It's this trick again?"

When Annie saw it, she curled her lips in disdain.

The big bat from last time seemed to want to use this trick to escape, right? But what happened? He is dead now and there is nothing left! And now, this second big bat still wants to use this to escape? Did he think that Anne couldn't deal with this trick by herself?

So, this time, Anne didn't even bother to use any spells. She just stared at a certain bat in one direction, and after countering the opponent's spell, the dreaded demon king Varimathras screamed. , was directly knocked out of the prototype from the deformed state, and instantly fell headlong from the air.

"Haha! He's mine now!"

At this moment, seeing that the dreaded demon king fell right in front of him, a small fire demon centurion leader wearing elite fire-patterned armor let out a happy cry, and then his fiery rune blade slammed He ruthlessly slashed across the neck of the fearful demon king who was about to get up, and after a dark red blade light passed, the ugly head of Varimathras flew up, and after a few circles in the air, it fell directly In the stall of meat mud before the gate of the slaughterhouse...

"Who asked you to kill him like this? You'll be making trouble! Hmph! I'm so mad!"

Annie was just about to seal the dreaded demon king, and then throw it to the fire demons to deal with it slowly. But who would have thought that there would be a little fire demon with no winks here, and he would kill him with such a single blow? This is simply adding to the chaos, and it has done the other party a big favor! She was so angry that she snorted and turned around to leave.

"this……"

The little leader of the Fire Demon looked at Her Majesty the Queen who had been angered by him at a loss. He didn't know what he did wrong just now. Didn't she say that he wanted to kill them all? You didn't do anything wrong, did you? You see, with a knife, the head is in a different place, how simple and neat it is?

Snapped! ! !

"Ah! Who is it? Want to court death?"

The head of the fire demon was suddenly hit by a slap on the back of the head, and it was furious. When it was about to turn around and give him a slap, it found that the one who slapped him on the head just now was their fire The big boss of the demon, the chief steward of the Flame Kingdom! Seeing the other party's angry expression, it was so frightened that it quickly withdrew its hand, shrank its head, and dared not speak harsh words anymore.

"You idiot! Don't you know that if this kind of demon is killed directly like this, they can still be resurrected! Just like our fire element is summoned to the world of Azeroth, as long as you are strong enough, if you die, It’s like being able to revive weakly in the land of flames! Now you understand? You idiot!”

After finishing speaking, Shanknox, who was still not relieved, shook his hand again, and hit the back of the opponent's head hard...