"Boom"

A chirping, miniature flame phoenix leaped from Kael'thas shoulder, and at the behest of its master, the powerful elemental named "Ao" flew through the air of Eresaras like a real phoenix, opening its mouth to spit out a scorching pillar of fire towards the battlefield below, helping the human and elven forces to block the fleeing lines of the upper elves.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the 5 magic hubs above the city of Eresaras have all fallen into the hands of the coalition forces, which means that the ground buildings of this 10,000-year-old city have become the spoils of war for both races, but the real trouble lies in the dungeon under the city, which is the source of the magic of the upper elves, and the Sindra elves, led by Tosedrin, are sworn to defend it.

The four most important magic hubs are located in the dungeon, and the alliance of the two clans is blocked at the entrance to the underground under the insane resistance of the upper elves who are finally loyal to Torsedrin.

But it was inevitable that the front would be breached, but neither Kael'thas nor the human commander wanted to fill the ravine with the lives of warriors, nor did they want to see the city become a complete ruin, they needed the magic of the city and the knowledge of the city, not a meaningless ruin.

As a result, the hard-line offensive was temporarily eased, and the coalition forces decided to rest for a few hours, and let the master sappers probe the structure of the city's underground, and then carry out a large-scale precision blast to open the "gate" directly from the top of the dungeon to the bottom.

These invaders who were clearing the surface of the earth did not know the truth of the chaos in the dungeon at this time, because no matter how wise Kael'thas was, he could not have guessed that the Darkblade Legion, thousands of miles away, had actually reached the tentacles of the dead under his nose.

Or to put it another way, the power of the Grimblade never left their surroundings.

"The upper-class elven civilians of Twisted Forest Town have surrendered to us, Your Majesty."

Lotherma. Theron reports good news to the Sun King, but then comes bad news:

"But Your Majesty, according to the testimonies of those civilians... I'm afraid Tosedrin's statement is true. ”

The Ranger Lord looked left and right, lowered his voice, and said to the Sun King:

"I'm afraid that the magic of Eresaras is really not enough for all the civilians, and the reason why Torsedlin has let his people live on the surface of Eresaras is because the magic in the dungeon has become thin in recent years, and it cannot be used by all the Sindra elves... More than ten years ago, in order to reduce the consumption of magic power, that mad king even carried out exile and inhumane massacres of his own people..."

"Block this news!"

Kael'thas looked a little ugly, this was almost one of the worst news he had imagined, but as the leader of the High Elves, the backbone of the coalition, he couldn't show his disappointment, otherwise it would directly affect the others, so he forced himself to calm down, he coughed lightly, and said to Lotherma:

"We can't let anyone else know the truth, our people can't afford to be frightened, and we'll wait until we take Eresaras once and for all!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

But one bad news after another, as soon as Lotherma left on the front foot, the figure of Baron Sangunar, the Master Assassin in charge of the field reconnaissance, appeared beside the Sun King, the High Elf Master Assassin who had served the Sun King for two generations, with a cautious face, and he whispered in Kael'tham's ear:

"General Sylvanas and our spies have found something in the dungeon, Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer."

"What did you find?"

Kael'thas asked, and Baron Sangunal's face changed several times before he gritted his teeth and said:

"The undead! But it's not the kind we've seen, it's the undead of the upper elves, who are fighting the recalcitrant elves in the dungeons, and it seems that someone is directing them. ”

"Undead?"

The Sun King's eyes widened at this moment, and his fingers touched the hilt of the flaming blow on his waist, and then connected to the things that Lothema had reported just now, Kyle Suston felt the seriousness of the problem, but after thinking for a moment, the Sun King did not panic, but let out a sigh of relief, and said to Baron Sangunar:

"Don't alarm the others, go find Master Romans and our human friends, and tell Lord Lotherma to wait for my orders, I feel that this dungeon is very evil, so before telling the public, we had better go down and have a look..."

"Yes."

Baron Sangunar took a step back, his figure disappearing in the drifting black mist, although he was not well-known in the Light World, the Sangunar family was indeed a well-known family of Assassins in Quel Salas and the entire Dark World, their family was known for their advanced assassination skills and manipulation of human fears, and some equally ancient Assassins would refer to the Assassins of the Sangunar family as "The Dreaders".

However, it is said that the heir of the latest generation of Sangunar is a mysterious maiden who has reached a very high level of comprehension of the family's skills. The maiden of Sangunar is traveling around the world, and it is difficult to say when this genius assassin will return to the society of the High Elves.

Dozens of minutes later, guided by the beacons left by the High Elf rangers, the group marched towards the dungeon through a remote passage, which was very silent, and there seemed to be no blockers along the way, even on the positions in the passage, no resistance was found, as if they had disappeared in silence.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have taken such a risk!"

At the observation post in the dungeon, when Sylvanas saw the comer, she frowned and said solemnly:

"The situation in the dungeon is unknown now, if there is really a powerful person on the Dark Blade side ambushing here, you are almost stepping into a trap!"

Sylvanas's words were hard to hear, but Kael'thas was not angry, and he looked out of the seemingly calm dungeon, and asked softly:

"Where do the undead move? Sylvanas... Checkmate. ”

This title made Sylvanas stunned, and also made the others around her stunned, as the former ranger general who had mysteriously disappeared for nearly a year and suddenly appeared, coupled with what Aurelia had done in Quel'Thalas, Sylvanas was ready to be suspicious and even ostracized before returning to the High Elf society, but she didn't expect that just after a battle, the Sun King, who grew up with her, would reaffirm her loyalty to her race.

But Khiva was, after all, a qualified soldier and general, and she did not waste much time, she pointed to the southwest corner of the dungeon, and whispered:

"The undead are fighting the last of the upper elven armies in the square to the southwest, and it is said that Tocedrin's dormitory is also in that direction, and the battle is chaotic there, I don't mind you going there in person!"

"Well, what about the Magic Hub?"

Kael'thas asked again, this time answering Baron Sangunar, the silent Master Assassin with a hand-drawn map:

"The four magic hubs of the dungeon are in the square not far away, the upper elves call it the source of magic, even at the moment of the invasion of the undead, there are still many magicians guarding there, they have summoned a large number of arcane elements, patrolling all the time, according to our estimates, the real magic core of Eresaras City should be under that square, there should be a basement there."

The Sun King took the map, looked at it in front of his eyes, and after a moment, driven by his inner instinct, he made up his mind:

"Then leave the undead alone... Let's go to the magic core first, I always feel that the magic of this city is not pure enough, a little weird, there seems to be some ... Something else, something that makes me feel uncomfortable. ”

"I must make sure that this magic is harmless before I can give it to our people, what do you think?"

Kael'thas looked at the others around him, the High Elves did not object, their purpose in capturing Eresaras was for the magic in the city, and the human commander who followed the Sun King, the general of the Seventh Legion of the Stormwind Kingdom, Halver. After a few seconds of silence, Wimbane chose to say goodbye to the Sun King.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but we must guarantee the interests of the Empire, I will return to the surface, and since the order of the dungeon has been broken, I will enter here with the infantry, and then protect the Great Library from the effects of the battle."

General Halver was an old-fashioned paladin, although young, but already had a hint of stereotype, and in the face of his choice, Kael'thas was not surprised, he turned his head and said something to Baron Sangunal, and then looked back at the general of the Seventh Legion, and said:

"Very well, thanks to the support of the Empire, my men will show you the way... Good luck, General! ”

"Good luck, Your Majesty the Sun King!"

The two teams parted, with Sylvanas scouting ahead, armed with the legendary bow of Sardora, who died without warning in the face of her silent assassination arrows, while Kael'thas and Master Romans used the subtle magic of the High Elves to hide their figures and follow the Ranger General.

Soon, they reached the source of mana, protected by the four magic hubs, a large platform, protected by numerous reconnaissance magics, and there should have been a large garrison here, but probably due to the attack on the Torsedrin's dormitory, there were less than a hundred garrisons left, and they were scattered around the hall.

Without alarming anyone, the three powerful men who had infiltrated the place found the staircase leading to the underground, and after clearing the guards patrolling the staircase, they came to the dimly lit basement, the source of Eresaras' magical power, the "treasure" that the upper elves had been living in the lonely city for 10,000 years, and thus exposed to the Sun King and his two subordinates.

"Dangchang"

The moment he saw the source of the magic power, the staff in the hand of the ** master Romans slipped from his palm, and the Sun King staggered back several steps, his eyes were full of despair and pain.

"We... We have paid so much..."

"We've sacrificed so much..."

"We've been waiting for this for so long..."

"That's what we're looking for?"

Even Sylvanas, the always determined ranger general, seemed to have been defeated at this moment, she turned her head to look at the Sun King behind her, Kael'thas had lost focus, and the "source of magic" of the upper elves in front of him was really too big a blow to him.

"It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be... How can ... How can this be! Why would it be... Why is this the case? ”

Kael'thas muttered like a madman... And beside him, the ** master Romans is already in tears, and this poor old man has completely collapsed.

So what is this source of magic, this thing that has supplied the upper elves with sufficient magic for thousands of years? And what is it that can cause such a big shock to three strong-willed people?

Very simple...

The one trapped in the 16-fold coupling seal, the one that draws the magic from the seal to support the operation of the entire city... It was a headlong bound in place by the bright light of magic... Demon!

It was a rare, powerful lord-level mana dread...

Why can't the upper elves leave Eresaras?

Why does Tosedrin, every once in a while, exile and kill a group of civilians?

Why does the magic in this city seem so weird?

Why are the upper elves in this city like madmen?

Why did the once wise Prince of Magic, Torsedrin, become so tyrannical and insane?

All the problems, all the truths were revealed at this moment, but unfortunately, what it brought to the High Elves was definitely not hope and new life. Just like the meaningful words left by Tyrion after learning that the High Elves had gone to Filas:

"Poor Kael'thas and his people will find nothing but despair in Firas..."

Yes, the moment I saw the truth, the incomparable despair completely crushed the three people in front of me...

This is probably the fate that the Sun King and the High Elves must endure, this is probably what the civilization overseers say, the most terrifying test that Kael'thas is about to face, and this is probably the most painful choice that the High Elf civilization has to go through since its birth.

Look, observers, how ironic it is.