Xavius

Theramore had just gained temporary peace from the threat of the sea monster legions. Although Archmage Arugal and the Worgen had created a new rift between the Lordaeron Alliance and the Valoran Alliance, this conflict did not erupt fiercely due to Arugal's escape. At least, the two alliances still maintained a superficial peace and friendship.

Arthas prepared to respond to the call of the Righteous Lands, leading the Lordaeron forces north to Azshara to attack the main body of Xavius.

But before they could set off, the fierce collision between dream and reality suddenly occurred. Strange green mist filled the air, and countless nightmare minions emerged from the green mist, surrounding them.

After resolving the Mount Hyjal crisis, High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind of the night elves also prepared to lead the elves on an expedition. The same scene appeared here.

In Ashenvale, Maiev Shadowsong's elite Watchers had temporarily gained an advantage in the war against the legion led by "Gliding" Soggoth. She believed that with some time, victory would be within reach.

But the fierce collision between dream and reality turned her vision into fantasy. She didn't even know how to escape the siege of Soggoth and the nightmare minions.

The dwarves, humans, and gnomes of Dun Morogh; the goblins of Ratchet, Gadgetzan, and Kezan Island; all the trolls of Zandalar Island; the Silver Covenant of Northrend... the vast majority of intelligent creatures throughout Azeroth faced this unprecedented crisis.

After receiving a warning from Rhonin, Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza immediately left her lair and rushed to the Nexus, the lair of Blue Dragon King Malygos, near the Borean Tundra.

But Alexstrasza did not expect that, just as she approached the Nexus, Malygos's son, Arygos, would lead a group of blue dragons to block her way. Arygos loudly denounced her as a "traitor" and launched an attack with the other blue dragons!

"Arygos, have you gone mad? Do you know what you're doing?" Alexstrasza said, filled with fury.

She had thought that only Malygos was insane, but now it seemed that the entire blue dragonflight was mad!

"I know very well, Red Dragon Queen!" Arygos spewed a stream of extremely cold frost breath at her. "You dare to come here! Then don't even think about leaving!"

"Insolent!" As a Dragon Aspect, only Malygos among the blue dragons was her equal. Arygos's actions completely enraged her. She also spewed a stream of furious dragon breath, which easily engulfed the frost breath and surrounded Arygos, who dared to attack her.

The scorching dragon breath seared Arygos's body, causing him immense pain. The other blue dragons rushed up to besiege Alexstrasza, but they hesitated in the face of her dragon aura, not daring to truly launch an attack.

Alexstrasza had no intention of killing Arygos; she simply wanted to teach him a lesson.

"Let your father come out! You are not qualified to speak to me!" Alexstrasza's vertical pupils flashed with a dangerous light. If these inferior blue dragons dared to offend her again, she would not show any mercy.

At this moment, a blue dragon whose size was no less than Alexstrasza's flew out of the Nexus, roaring angrily before he even arrived: "Alexstrasza, you have disappointed me greatly!"

It was the Blue Dragon King, "The Spellweaver" Malygos, the eldest of the five Dragon Aspects. Seeing his son scorched by the Red Dragon Queen's dragon breath, he became even more furious, his icy blue eyes almost releasing a cold light that could freeze souls.

"I was just teaching him some manners," Alexstrasza retorted sharply. She had never been one to have a good temper, especially when facing those who offended her.

Malygos immediately roared angrily: "So you're prepared to attack now? Where is that person? Where is he hiding? Bring him out! I will never fail. Here, I am invincible!"

He had seen the vision of his death in the future that Nozdormu had shown him. It was Alexstrasza who brought that mortal here and killed him.

Now that Malygos knew that such a thing would happen, how could he be willing to accept it? Recently, he had nearly mobilized the entire blue dragonflight to release Focusing Iris everywhere, frantically drawing energy from the magic network. He believed that as long as he could successfully launch the "Great Purge" against all spellcasters in Azeroth, then he would be the undisputed victor!

The future will be changed!

But now he still needed a little time. The energy gathered by the Focusing Iris was not enough for him to cast the "Great Purge."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Malygos! I came here alone!" Alexstrasza did not understand what Malygos meant at all. Who was "that person"? She didn't think much about it, assuming that Malygos had gone mad.

Obviously, a madman's logic could not be understood by normal people.

"Very well, then don't leave!" Malygos used magic to confirm that there were no hidden humans, and that Alexstrasza had not brought her red dragonflight. He immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to defeat them one by one!

If he killed Alexstrasza, then no one would be able to threaten his "Great Purge" in the future!

Alexstrasza saw the fierce glint in Malygos's eyes. She had not expected that the respectable brother of all the Dragon Aspects would become so insane.

She looked at him in disbelief as he launched an attack without hesitation.

It was at this moment that the dream began to forcibly merge with reality. The violent tremor interrupted Malygos's spellcasting.

The Dragon Aspects all knew what this meant.

Alexstrasza was extremely panicked. She had noticed the green mist from the dream invading reality, but she thought that her sister Ysera should be able to resolve the Nightmare Lord, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

But everything that was happening now indicated one thing—Ysera was probably as insane as Malygos in front of her!

This was something that only the "Dreamer" could order!

Alexstrasza saw Malygos, who was equally stunned, and immediately shouted: "Malygos, do you see that! Something has happened to the Emerald Dream! Once reality and the dream are completely merged, our fate will be controlled by the Nightmare Lord! Don't you understand? What you are doing will lead to the destruction of the world!"

She was not exaggerating at all.

If the dream forcibly merged with reality, the Nightmare Lord Xavius's power would completely affect reality from the dream. At that time, he could modify anything at will. If he wanted to kill someone, his countless minions would help him achieve his wish. Perhaps even the strongest enemy who had ever walked on Azeroth, "The Defiler," was not as terrifying as him!

Malygos immediately thought of the scene Nozdormu had transmitted, in which Aiden brought a materialized nightmare creature into the Emerald Dream.

Now that this scene was happening, wasn't Aiden manipulating everything behind the scenes?

Thinking this through, he sneered: "Alexstrasza, isn't this the good deed of your 'ally'?"

"What ally?" Alexstrasza didn't understand at all.

"Don't pretend, Alexstrasza. You can't fool me! Wasn't it your power that sent him into your sister's world? He created this nightmare invasion. You are his accomplice!"

"I didn't!" Alexstrasza retorted loudly. "I've never even heard of what you're talking about, let alone done it!"

"Liar!" Arygos, who had recovered from the burning pain, shouted angrily: "Alexstrasza, you have sided with the Old Gods! You have betrayed the Guardians!"

The Blue Dragon Prince's accusation stunned Malygos for a moment, and then he immediately reacted: Wasn't it the minions of the Old Gods who were wreaking havoc everywhere during this great invasion?

If Alexstrasza had fallen, then all of her actions could be explained.

Ysera was clearly insane, which was why she initiated the forced merger.

And as far as Malygos knew, only Alexstrasza had a way to enter the dream. Because she was Ysera's sister!

She must have plotted against Ysera, or dragged her sister down with her!

Yes, only in this way could it be explained.

He finally knew why he would be besieged by Alexstrasza and that human in the future!

Malygos, who thought he had grasped the facts, became even more furious. He stared at Alexstrasza and said in a voice so cold it was almost freezing: "Alexstrasza, I didn't expect you to be tempted by the Old Gods as well, following in the footsteps of Neltharion! Then don't even think about leaving here!"

Alexstrasza couldn't help but shout: "Have you gone mad, Malygos! How could I be tempted by the Old Gods!"

Malygos looked at the Red Dragon Queen with pity, "How could a madman know he's mad? Is it that in your eyes, everyone in the world is a madman except you, including me?"

Alexstrasza was so angry that she couldn't speak. Wasn't she clear about whether she had fallen? But Malygos was right. In her opinion, Malygos was a complete madman, and the Blue Dragonflight had gone mad with him!

"It's time for me to fulfill my guardian duties!" Malygos felt a sense of clarity in his heart. Only now did he realize that what he was doing was so important, so necessary, and so right.

Just then, a voice rang out in the sky.

It was Aiden's voice.

A voice that spread throughout the world.

—

Just as Aiden in the dream obtained the Guardian authority, Aiden in the real world, surrounded by the boundless Nightmare minions, also obtained this authority.

Faced with the siege of ubiquitous Nightmare minions, he knew he had to do something.

After checking the Guardian authority, he understood what he had to do.

He unfolded his wings of Holy Light and slowly flew into the air. Everyone in the advance team looked at him.

After activating one of the permissions, Aiden was sure that his voice and consciousness could reach every corner of the world, just like Archimonde's "Tremble, despair!" when he descended.

He knew what he should say.

"Good men of Azeroth and Valoran, my good brothers."

Aiden spoke. At the same time, this voice rang out in the sky of Azeroth.

The entire Azshara advance army looked up, looking at this leader, listening to his words.

At this moment when the Nightmare minions were invading and the dream was colliding with reality, everyone hoped that something could bring them victory over the enemy, victory over fear, and victory over despair.

Aiden's voice continued to come:

"I see the fear in your eyes, the fear that I also feel in my heart."

At this moment, the whole world was plunged into the fear of being submerged by endless Nightmare minions. Whether they were humans, elves, tauren, dwarves, trolls, goblins, or any other creatures, their races and appearances were different, but their eyes and hearts were filled with fear.

"One day we will completely lose courage. We will be betrayed and defeated."

Everyone thought of their current situation according to Aiden's words. Hadn't they already lost the courage to fight? There were too many Nightmare minions, and they were so powerful that they could not be defeated at all, and the ending of utter defeat was inevitable.

Everyone's hearts sank into the Endless Sea, and their eyes lost hope.

But Aiden suddenly burst out with impassioned words: "But not today!"

One day we will completely lose courage.

We will be betrayed and defeated.

But not today!

Everyone was awakened by this deafening sound, but they immediately fell into confusion again: How should they deal with the current desperate situation?

The answer appeared immediately. They were stunned to find that all the Nightmare minions, who had just been extremely ferocious and violent, suddenly froze. Countless people who had just been pounced on by the Nightmare minions, about to be torn apart and devoured, desperately closed their eyes, but the pain they expected did not come, and those attacks stopped in front of them.

Those soldiers with weapons in their hands launched a counterattack, only to find that those Nightmare minions were like sculptures, unable to fight back at all!

The monsters were frozen!

Aiden's voice continued to come out:

"One day evil will overwhelm justice, and our world will be completely destroyed—but not today!"

The advance army, encouraged by his voice, shouted and rushed out of the Holy Light barrier, hacking and killing those Nightmare minions who did not resist.

"Today we will fight to the death, for everything you cherish in the world, fight to the end!"

Aiden flew from the sky to the enemy group, he summoned his weapon, and pounced on a tall Fallen Mountain Giant, ending with the last slogan:

"For Azeroth!"

"For Azeroth!"

"For Azeroth!"

This slogan resounded in every corner of the world. Even ordinary people who had never fought before found all kinds of weapons and rushed towards the Nightmare minions who had brought them countless nightmares and despair in the past month.

Counterattacks were launched everywhere in the world. Not only intelligent races such as humans, elves, orcs, and dwarves, but also semi-intelligent races such as kobolds, gnolls, and quillboars, and even beasts in forests, plains, swamps, and wilderness roared and pounced on the Nightmare.

The situation reversed in an instant, and now it was the Nightmare minions and their master's turn to despair!

The moment Aiden's voice rang out, Xavius felt that the situation was out of control. He was able to become the Nightmare Incarnation because he had received the help of the Old God N'Zoth. The Nightmare itself is also part of all dreams, the most terrifying part. After ten thousand years of dormancy, Xavius possessed the ability to let the Nightmare affect reality. He used Fandral Staghelm's eagerness to extract the essence of Nordrassil to strengthen himself, so he was able to launch such a large-scale Nightmare invasion and allow the green mist of the dream to spread to the real world.

But in the end, Ysera is the real master of the dream. Xavius only arranged the pieces, let Leythen and Emeriss hold Ysera hostage, and implanted nightmares in her mind to control her, and then used Ysera's authority to start the forced fusion.

This does not mean that he has higher authority than Ysera.

Now everything Aiden is doing is obviously something that can only be done with no less than Guardian authority. Xavius is no longer the supreme ruler in the dream.

Seeing Aiden use the Guardian authority to imprison all the Nightmare minions invading the real world, Xavius immediately wanted to fight back. But this takes some time.

Just then, the will of the master N'Zoth came.

"It was Elune who launched it."

"Great master!" Xavius was terrified, "What should I do next?"

N'Zoth said: "Continue. Everything is within my expectations."

Xavius was a little puzzled. Now he no longer has an absolute advantage and urgently needs the help of his master. Could it be that at this time, the master is still not completely launching his Old God minion army, as well as other Old Gods, to sweep the world immediately?

"I will grant you power." N'Zoth seemed to feel the doubts of his servant.

A huge amount of energy poured into Xavius's body, and he felt that his strength had doubled!

Now he believed that he had the ability to free the minions from imprisonment!

"Don't disappoint me, Xavius." After saying this, N'Zoth's will disappeared.

Xavius was a little disappointed. Obviously, the master was not prepared to launch a full-scale attack now. He was a little unwilling. What a great opportunity this was! His Nightmare army was enough to hold back all the resisters in the world, and as long as the master and other Old Gods took action, they could easily pick the fruits of victory.

But Xavius did not dare to question N'Zoth's decision, he could only do what he should do according to the master's instructions.

N'Zoth was imprisoned in the depths of the Endless Sea, and he actually wanted to launch it, but now was not the best time.

"Elune..." He thought of this name, muttering to himself, "Did you authorize that person—but how many chances do you have left?"

However, N'Zoth did not expect that it was not Elune who authorized Aiden's Dream Guardian authority, but he himself directly obtained the authorization of the Pantheon Titan Norgannon through the blueprint system.

One wrong step, every step wrong.

N'Zoth's perfect plan became imperfect after Aiden's sudden outbreak.

After obtaining the power bestowed by the master, Xavius decided to move the battlefield from the real world back to the dream, to his home field. And his first target was Aiden, who had disrupted his plan!

He cast a spell to break the imprisonment, allowing the minions invading reality to resume normal actions, and then recalled most of them to the dream.

"G'Hanir." Xavius whispered this name.

This time he will personally come forward!