Backlash

Aiden had just teleported from Los Angeles to the Dragonblight Temple, preparing to head to Ulduar.

He had no idea that he would be returning to the era of the War of the Ancients—originally, this task was undertaken by Rhonin, Krasus, and Broxigar in history.

Years ago, when Aiden learned that Broxigar had died saving Eitrigg in Stratholme, he worried about who would replace this brave and fearless Orc warrior in the future to go back to the past.

It should be known that what Broxigar did was not something anyone could accomplish.

In the late War of the Ancients, at the critical moment when Sargeras was about to arrive in Azeroth through the portal established by Queen Azshara and her Highborne servants, Broxigar fearlessly jumped into the portal and wreaked havoc among the demons awaiting teleportation, killing his way in and out, before finally facing the Dark Titan and challenging him.

Severely wounded and on the verge of death, he swung the oak axe blessed by Cenarius in his hand, leaving a wound on Sargeras's body before heroically sacrificing himself.

It was this wound that ultimately led to Sargeras's failed arrival.

Malfurion and the others pounded on this wound, hurting Sargeras and greatly affecting his actions.

In the end, they detonated the Well of Eternity, truly sending Sargeras back to the Twisting Nether.

Because of this, the Burning Legion's first invasion failed.

That may not have been the first time Sargeras was injured, but it was definitely the first time he was injured by a mortal.

This was simply an unbelievable miracle!

It should be known that even if Sargeras of the Bronze body did not resist at all, it would be extremely difficult for mortal weapons to harm him.

Even though Broxigar used an artifact, he himself was a true mortal, a fragile flesh-and-blood body.

No one knows what kind of belief supported this Orc in fearlessly rushing into that portal, knowing he would die, and even facing Sargeras.

Broxigar deserves the title of "Greatest Warrior."

Aiden thought about it for a long time at the time and couldn't find another person who could completely replace Broxigar to wound Sargeras.

Perhaps he was not the strongest warrior among the Orcs, but he possessed the purest spirit of a true warrior—if it were Grom, without any intention of belittling him, Aiden felt that this "Axe King" would find it difficult to resist the temptation of demon blood, let alone attack Sargeras.

As for others, they were either confined by narrow racial concepts, or they didn't have enough will, or they weren't strong enough, and they would likely die in battle before reaching Sargeras...

Aiden never expected that in this world, he himself would become the person to replace Broxigar and go back!

Even more than that—at least for now, Nozdormu didn't want to summon Rhonin, Krasus, or anyone else to travel with Aiden.

In Nozdormu's estimation, this would be a "solo trip."

At that time, Aiden was on his way from Dragonblight to the Storm Peaks.

He was traveling quickly when the temporal energy in front of him suddenly became very chaotic.

As a hero who also possessed the power of time, Aiden immediately noticed the anomaly.

He stopped and, holding the Staff of Time, stared vigilantly ahead.

"Is it the Infinite Dragonflight?" Aiden wondered secretly.

He felt that after fighting side by side in the Nexus War and the Ulduar War, Nozdormu and the Bronze Dragonflight should no longer come to make trouble for him.

Besides them, only the Infinite Dragonflight would use the power of time against him.

Aiden wasn't afraid in his heart.

He was confident that even if the Infinite Dragonflight came together, he would at least be able to retreat unscathed.

Even as long as he wanted to, he could leave directly now.

In the valley ahead of him, a painful wail came from the howling cold wind.

"A dragon's voice... a little familiar."

He quickly remembered that wasn't Nozdormu's voice like this?

"Is it Murozond?" The first thing Aiden thought of was the "Infinite Dragon King."

If it really was him, Aiden really couldn't understand why Murozond thought he could stop Aiden from going to Ulduar.

But then the change in front of him shocked Aiden—in the wind and snow, the valley reflected a little golden light.

He saw clearly that it was dragon scales—a giant dragon stepped out of the huge time portal at the end of the valley.

"Nozdormu?!"

Aiden was taken aback.

He couldn't tell whether the one who came was a friend or a foe.

Although he believed that the misunderstanding between himself and Nozdormu had been explained clearly, who knew what the Time Guardian was really thinking?

If the other party really came to make trouble, Aiden wouldn't be afraid.

"Aiden... hurry, enter the portal!" Nozdormu shouted loudly as soon as he appeared.

His expression was very painful.

The Infinite Dragon King's attack made him very embarrassed, and using the power of time would only exacerbate this pain.

The wind blowing from all directions in the valley made it difficult for him to stand.

"What's going on?" Aiden was a little confused.

But he could be sure of one thing: Nozdormu was not hostile.

"The Infinite Dragonflight, the Infinite Dragonflight is tampering with history.

We need you to go to the era of the War of the Ancients to stop them! Hurry, go now!" Nozdormu said this sentence as quickly as possible, and a dizziness struck, almost making him unable to stand.

The wind blowing from all directions in the valley made it difficult for him to support himself.

"War of the Ancients?" Aiden widened his eyes.

He pointed to himself, "Me? Alone? Now?"

Nozdormu took a few breaths, feeling a little better.

At least his body had recovered some strength, and he spoke more smoothly.

"Yes, now—this was originally part of history.

Ten thousand years ago, it was you who stopped the Infinite Dragonflight's conspiracy.

It's this time point now.

In five minutes, if you still don't go in, the history of the War of the Ancients will be completely changed, the Burning Legion will win, and we—will all cease to exist.

Hurry, go in quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late!"

The Dragon Aspect was very anxious.

He was really afraid that if Aiden stubbornly refused, then Azeroth would only have the last few minutes left—if Aiden really refused, he would have no way to force the other party to travel.

The Dragon Aspects were very clear that even if the four of them joined forces to defeat Aiden, they would not be able to subdue him and force him.

This matter had to be voluntary.

"You mean there are five minutes left.

If I exceed this time and don't go in, history will change, and our world will cease to exist."

"Yes, there are four and a half minutes left," Nozdormu's tone softened a lot.

At least Aiden didn't seem to be explicitly refusing, which relaxed him a lot.

"You said that I appeared in the War of the Ancients ten thousand years ago, destroyed the Infinite Dragonflight's conspiracy, and stopped the Burning Legion from destroying the world—because you sent me there at this time today, right?"

"Yes, Ysera can testify to this—actually, under normal circumstances, we should all have memories of the War of the Ancients, but time has its own particularity.

Your 'time travel' has not yet happened, and these memories are shielded.

When you come back, everyone who had contact with you in the War of the Ancients will truly recover their memories."

At this time, Ysera interjected, "I can indeed prove this.

Ten thousand years ago, Malorne and his son Cenarius, the brothers Malfurion and Illidan, Tyrande, Jarod, and many others actually received your favor."

Aiden pondered, "You said 'time shields memories', because my traveling to the ancient era is happening in the future, so when it hasn't happened yet, your memories of me in the ancient era are shielded, right?

Only when I come back from the past will these memories suddenly appear in your minds."

"Yes, that's how it is.

There are two and a half minutes left, come over quickly, for Azeroth—I think you wouldn't want to see everyone around you disappear completely because you stepped in one step late, right?" Nozdormu was almost begging.

He was really afraid that Aiden would delay the time by asking these questions.

"I understand," Aiden nodded.

"If I step into the portal, your memories of me in the ancient era will be unlocked.

Actually, other people, like Malfurion and Cenarius, who experienced the War of the Ancients, the War of the Ancients they experienced didn't have me, but they still won, right?"

"That's right, but this is entirely because of the illusion of time, because of the particularity of the timeline.

Do you understand, we can't take risks."

"There's one and a half minutes left," Ysera reminded.

Aiden walked towards the portal, unhurriedly.

"If I go in, Deathwing will definitely be ready at this time.

He will break out of the ground and bring the complete Chromatic Dragon.

I want to open the elemental plane seal in advance and take the initiative to stop their actions will fail."

He seemed to be talking to himself, but also to the two Dragon Aspects.

Nozdormu said with a sad expression, "...Yes, but if you don't go back, even without Deathwing and the Chromatic Dragon, we will disappear in half a minute."

Aiden smiled, and his understanding of the hidden settings of the "World of Warcraft" system deepened.

Before, many of his actions deviated from the settings of the classic plot of "World of Warcraft."

For example, he took the initiative to expose the Cult of the Damned, which led to him almost being killed by the Scourge during the Battle of Broken Ridge.

This was the risk he added by interfering with the plot.

Later, he led the expeditionary force to raid Icecrown Citadel.

Seeing that the Lich King was helpless and about to be defeated, Malygos and Nozdormu came out and forcibly stirred up the situation, causing his plan to fail completely, and he and the heroes around him almost all died—if he hadn't used the "Time Rewind" sealed in the Staff of Time, it wouldn't have been "almost", but "already" all died.

Because the Lich King was related to the arrival of the Burning Legion later, forcibly reversing it caused the subsequent plot to be unable to unfold, so there would be such a serious rebound.

The subsequent arrival of Archimonde, the Outland campaign, the Nightmare crisis, the Nexus War, and the Ulduar War all changed drastically, and the difficulty almost doubled.

The reasons were all the same.

Now he wants to stop Deathwing from launching the Cataclysm in advance, and even kill the Chromatic Dragon before it is born, so the system's counterattack is coming.