Future

From the Jade Forest, the landing point of the Alliance and the troll empire, to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Kun-Lai Summit, and the Dread Wastes... With the re-alliance of the trolls and the mogu, Pandaria is now a land of war.

Although the Sha, formed from the last remnants of Y'shaarj's despair, have grown stronger due to the accumulation of negative emotions and are wreaking havoc everywhere, the scales of war are generally tipping towards the Alliance.

This is to be expected, as the current Alliance possesses power far exceeding that of the combined Alliance and Horde in the classic storyline, and they are united in purpose, with clear goals and unified command.

Even though the re-emerging trolls are much stronger than the simple Zandalari tribe, this does not bring them a real advantage.

Aiden felt that there was much to be done in Pandaria. It was here that some powerful Titan devices were buried, and he knew exactly where they were. As long as he proceeded step by step, these powers belonging to the Titans would eventually be under his control. By then, he might gain enough power to go to the Eternal Kingdom, to dispel the mist and find the truth.

Since ending Deathwing, he had been doing just that.

But plans could not keep up with changes. Just as he had broken through the Terrace of Endless Spring and led his troops into the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, he received important information from the Eastern Kingdoms—Karazhan was in trouble!

A year ago, Karazhan was occupied by the remnants of the Burning Legion. "The Destroyer" Mannoroth dug up the Dark Portal from the Blasted Lands, brought it here, and, following Kil'jaeden's orders, wanted to build a permanent portal here that could bypass the Titans' defense system and allow the main force of the Burning Legion to enter here without limit, and completely destroy this world.

At the same time, the demons were also building a "grand project" in "Reverse Karazhan", with the aim of resurrecting the dark Titan Sargeras!

Only Kil'jaeden knew about this, even Mannoroth was only acting on orders. This abyss lord was not clear that what he was doing could completely change the Burning Legion, and even affect the pattern of the entire universe.

Fortunately, Medivh and Cenarius discovered the demons' actions in time and moved their respective reinforcements to stop them.

The battle to raid Karazhan was about the same time that Deathwing appeared near the Maelstrom and unleashed the Cataclysm. The main forces were the night elves, orcs, Dalaran, and the Valoran Federation. To ensure everything was foolproof, the raiding force was unprecedentedly powerful!

On the night elf side, except for Aviana and Tortolla, the two ancient guardians who had to deal with Deathwing and did not participate in the war, the other guardians, the bear god brothers, the wolf god, Malorne the stag, and Cenarius and his son, all participated in the war, even Malfurion went to the front line; the orcs were not to be outdone, Grom brought the most elite troops from the orc tribes to avenge the great demon who had once corrupted them; Dalaran and the Valoran Federation need no further explanation, except for those who had to fight Deathwing, the others were basically sent to this battlefield.

Other races and nations also sent some forces, but they seemed slightly weaker compared to the former four, but after all the troops were united, let alone the mere Mannoroth and his remnants, I am afraid that even if Kil'jaeden personally led a large army, the Alliance troops could fight the Burning Legion.

The early stages of the battle fully reflected the strength of the raiding force. Aiden received relevant battle reports every day. Under the leadership of Medivh, the original owner of Karazhan, the Alliance forces advanced rapidly. In just over ten days, the demon forces entrenched in Karazhan had been defeated and were in complete disarray.

Just yesterday, Aiden saw in the intelligence that Karazhan had been completely occupied by the raiding force, and the injured Mannoroth led the few remaining forces to escape into "Reverse Karazhan". The Alliance forces were continuing to pursue, striving to completely wipe out these demons.

But today's battle report brought bad news—shortly after entering Reverse Karazhan, the troops were ambushed by demons and suffered heavy losses, and had to retreat to the ground.

When counting the losses, the commanders found that in addition to the casualties of the soldiers, some people were missing, including even powerful figures like Medivh, Cenarius, and Malorne!

Aiden frowned as he looked at another letter from Antonidas, the leader of the Kirin Tor Council. He mentioned that "Reverse Karazhan is like a maze of space", and they were separated as soon as they entered. Moreover, the demons ambushing in the maze were very elite, obviously prepared. The Alliance troops had fallen into a trap!

"Reverse Karazhan!" Aiden frowned. He knew this place, but wasn't it supposed to be abandoned? Why was it opened again?

Intuition told him that there might be a huge hidden danger inside.

The situation in Pandaria was already clear. Without a war maniac named "Garrosh Hellscream" or the Iron Horde, the mogu, trolls, and Sha in front of him could not cause any trouble. His staying here was just icing on the cake, and the biggest goal was still to get the Titan instruments to strengthen his own power, which was also to go to the Eternal Kingdom.

But Reverse Karazhan was different, it concerned the Burning Legion. He knew very well how powerful the Burning Legion was, so he must not give the other party the slightest chance to enter Azeroth.

Based on this consideration, he quickly made a decision: "Have Kael'thas and Bard come to me."

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In the final battle at the Maelstrom, Deathwing was not the only key figure. No one would forget the scene where the Dragon Soul, hanging high in the sky, injected energy into the Maelstrom, and the one being injected with energy was Med'an.

Later, Aegwynn, Garona, and Meryl went to the Maelstrom to save Med'an, teleporting there the moment Aiden shattered the Dragon Soul. No one knew what happened there, and they never appeared again. Aiden didn't even know if they succeeded or failed.

However, after such a long time, N'Zoth had no new moves, and it seemed that its idea of breaking the cage by killing Med'an was mostly in vain.

The actual situation was almost the same as Aiden guessed—N'Zoth was an Old God who was accustomed to making two or more preparations. The plans it formulated were always interlocked and endless. Although Aiden turned danger into safety every time before, N'Zoth still retained the capital to continue implementing the next part of the plan every time.

And this time's Cataclysm, N'Zoth was also preparing two things—one was Deathwing, who might succeed once, and the other was Med'an, a captive with great potential.

Deathwing's failure was within N'Zoth's expectations, and it was an acceptable result, but it would never allow Med'an to be rescued.

It prepared a meticulous plan for this. Let alone Aegwynn and the others, I am afraid that even if Aiden went there himself, it could guarantee that Med'an, the key pawn to implement the next step of the plan, would still be in its hands.

At the beginning, the situation was indeed as N'Zoth expected. Aegwynn and the others almost crashed into the trap. They never expected that Med'an would be their enemy, and Med'an, who had absorbed part of the Dragon Soul's divine power, was terrifyingly strong. Even if they joined forces, it would be difficult to subdue him, not to mention the claws of N'Zoth harassing them from the side?

At the critical moment, Aegwynn and Meryl Winterstorm chose to sacrifice themselves to save Med'an. They forcibly instilled their power and memories into Med'an, allowing him to wake up. But this plan was very risky, the possibility of success was unpredictable, but two powerful guardians had to pay the price of their lives.

In the end, Med'an regained consciousness for a moment, and he fled the battlefield, wanting to go out—but this was Deepholm, the plane of earth elementals. Since the World Pillar was repaired, Therazane, the Stonemother, had taken the initiative to close the connection between this plane and the main world. Without her consent, ordinary people simply could not get out.

Med'an was no exception.

N'Zoth was sure that this half-breed had nowhere to escape, but it never expected that when it grasped Med'an's whereabouts and prepared to control this young man again, it would be "intercepted" by a third party!

It was not the "Stonemother" who intercepted him—Therazane didn't have the guts. Although she no longer succumbed to the Old Gods, she didn't dare to openly confront the Old Gods.

The one who came to rob Med'an was a very powerful twilight dragon—its name was "Drakonid", the first twilight dragon created by Sinestra, the black dragon queen!

This dragon was captured by Kil'jaeden in Outland, and now it has become even more powerful, and its first battle in Azeroth brought N'Zoth a huge "surprise".

The last Old God's interlocked plan was broken because of this unexpected factor.

The Old Gods and the Burning Legion are mortal enemies. N'Zoth was furious, and then it devoted all its energy to regaining Med'an. This is the biggest reason why it has been silent since the "Cataclysm".

But the Burning Legion would not spit out the meat it had eaten. Med'an was not only very important to N'Zoth, but this half-breed with unlimited potential was also a target that the Burning Legion was determined to get.

After Drakonid succeeded, Med'an was taken to Reverse Karazhan. And Garona had been tailing this twilight dragon, sneaking carefully all the way, and finally came here.

For a time, Reverse Karazhan became the focus of the storm.

Aiden got the news of the Karazhan upheaval in the evening, and then he immediately summoned Kael'thas and Bard, two god-level heroes, and rushed to Reverse Karazhan through the teleportation array.

After passing through the two transfer stations of Los Angeles and Dalaran, it only took him a few tens of minutes to rush from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms in Pandaria to Karazhan in the Eastern Kingdoms.

And because of the time difference, it was still early morning here.

Aiden quickly met Archmage Antonidas, but the kind and wise old man's current image shocked him: "Archmage, your hand!"