Golganneth and Aggramar were completely in the dark about Aiden's true capabilities, their hearts filled with questions. Where exactly did this Lord Aiden find such capable helpers? Adding in the Moon Goddess Elune, this angel and Aiden together were indeed sufficient to act as arbiters.
But this was not the end. Next, Aiden appeared, and Kayle stepped aside, positioning herself slightly behind him. Subsequently, wave after wave of exceptionally dignified angels flew out from the portals, forming neat formations behind the Angel Queen and the Creator. Before long, above the Plaguelands, in addition to the Burning Legion and the Pantheon's armies, there was now a force whose strength was in no way inferior to theirs!
Seeing this scene, even Kil'jaeden was shocked. He considered himself to have a relatively good understanding of Aiden, after all, they were enemies. And Kil'jaeden always valued the collection of intelligence, so he believed he knew Aiden's background quite well.
In his view, this lord possessed the same supreme authority as Sargeras, but his backing wasn't that substantial. Even if he used immense energy to summon a continent called Valoran to Azeroth, most of those were mortals. Only a few heroes among them had strength worth noting; the others were simply not worth mentioning.
Even if all the forces of Azeroth and Valoran supported Aiden, the power he possessed was merely a drop in the ocean to the Burning Legion.
But the scene before him completely overturned his view. Kil'jaeden couldn't have imagined that an angel by Aiden's side represented a vast plane!
Each of these angels possessed extraordinary combat power. With their support, Aiden instantly became a figure who could truly influence the entire universe!
This was a force that even the Burning Legion and the Pantheon could not ignore!
After the Eternal Kingdom's angel legions completed their formation, Aiden was very satisfied. He then flew into the air above the battlefield and loudly announced the rules drafted in the previous meeting. After the commanders on both sides confirmed that there were no errors, he ordered the angel legions to withdraw from the battlefield and seal off the area.
All agreements of civilization were replaced by barbaric attacks once the war began. Aggramar, who had long been suppressing his anger, charged towards the Burning Legion the moment Golganneth blew the horn of attack!
Behind him, a dozen Titans and the giant warriors under their command also charged towards the demons.
The Burning Legion was not to be outdone; all the demons charged towards the enemy.
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Aiden had no interest in the war. He also didn't care who would win, as long as both sides didn't violate the rules he set. Now it seemed that, after the deterrence of the angel legions, neither side dared to break them first.
This was good; Aiden was very satisfied.
With the usable power limited, this war seemed vast in scale, but the rate of casualties wasn't that high. Because both Titans and demons possessed outstanding defense, although the attack power was limited, there was no restriction on defensive abilities. Therefore, in this low-intensity battle, although both sides fought fiercely, not many casualties occurred even after a whole morning.
And so the first day passed. Demons and Titan giants didn't need rest, so neither side proposed a truce. During the day, some demons couldn't exert their full strength, causing the Burning Legion to have a slight disadvantage, but these disadvantages were reversed at night.
The stalemate lasted for five days, which somewhat exceeded Aiden's expectations. He originally thought that the Burning Legion only had Kil'jaeden as its highest combat power, and might suffer losses when facing Aggramar and Golganneth, thus losing the war. However, after he regulated the power levels, Kil'jaeden no longer had such worries. Instead, because he was cunning and resourceful, he even gained some small advantages on the battlefield.
After watching for five days, Aiden suddenly felt somewhat bored. Because, according to the current situation, it would probably be difficult to determine a winner even after fighting for another two months.
However, on the sixth day, an unexpected message reached him.
About two months ago, on the night when G'huun was first released, he sent his Qiraji General Morpheus with hundreds of thousands of Black Empire troops to attack the Q'Thadar Outpost. At that time, Aiden used the Eye of Sargeras to drain the air within the battlefield, creating a vacuum that killed hundreds of thousands of G'huun's servants.
Everyone in the Silethid Coalition knew about this. The day after, Aiden cooperated with Sargeras to kill 'Y'shaarj', and was then sent by the latter to the Eternal Kingdom, so the Silethid leaders discussed how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of corpses in front of Q'Thadar.
Because there were too many corpses, and the Black Empire army had many large Faceless Ones and Flamebringers, it was unrealistic to move them one by one. Therefore, High General Zakk'ara and the other leaders decided to dig a huge pit in the middle of the battlefield and pile all the corpses inside.
With the efforts of many mages, the pit was dug in one day. Then the corpses were filled in, covered with a layer of soil, and solidified with flame magic to prevent the stench from rotting corpses from spreading out. After all, Q'Thadar Mountain was an important stronghold for the Silethid Coalition, and tens of thousands of warriors lived here. It would definitely not work if they smelled the stench all day long.
But these past two days, patrolling soldiers reported that the huge pit burying hundreds of thousands of corpses of the Black Empire army had collapsed, and after their investigation, they found that no stench was coming out of it.
Today, High General Zakk'ara and Turalyon personally went to the scene, and Khadgar opened the solidified soil layer above. They were immediately shocked. The huge pit that should have been filled with corpses was actually empty!
The soil above collapsed because it had lost its support below!
Where did those corpses go?
Could it be that the Old God servants of the Black Empire had been resurrected?
Alerted, Turalyon sent people to investigate the fall locations of the three sun gods. As expected, G'huun, Y'shaarj, and K'ara's corpses had also disappeared, as if they had been swallowed by the earth!
Realizing that something was wrong, they immediately reported the news to Aiden.
"The corpses are gone?" Aiden asked in surprise.
He immediately asked, "What about the other corpses? The corpses of our warriors, and the corpses of the demons?"
"I will send people to investigate immediately!" Turalyon responded immediately.
"Go!" Aiden frowned, looking at the Pantheon and the Burning Legion still fighting fiercely below, he felt a headache.
At this time, Aggramar had just found Kil'jaeden, who was hiding in the enemy ranks, and the two had already exchanged blows. He wanted to capture the leader first, and ending this farcical war immediately. However, the power of Taeshalach was limited, and he himself could not exert energy beyond the limit. In this case, even if he and Golganneth besieged Kil'jaeden together, it would be difficult to achieve that goal, let alone if it was just him alone?
"I'll help you!" At this time, another ordinary Titan joined in, wielding a giant hammer, and the two Titans besieged together. Kil'jaeden suddenly became less relaxed than before.
Just as Aggramar had the upper hand and was about to add a scar to his old opponent, a blue giant sword that suddenly appeared abruptly parried his and the other Titan's attacks.
He would never forget this sword in his life. A few days ago, it was the owner of this sword who had defeated him severely, causing him to suffer the shame of his life!
Aggramar turned his head and glared at Aiden, intending to reprimand the other party for taking sides, but saw that he was also reaching out to block the fel magic that Kil'jaeden had just released.
"Stop!" Aiden spoke, his voice carrying supreme divine power, echoing across the battlefield, reaching everyone's ears, causing them to involuntarily stop attacking.
"Temporary truce!" Aiden sheathed his sword, and at the same time called out the names of Golganneth, Aggramar, and Kil'jaeden, "You guys come with me!"
The three of them saw Aiden's serious expression and immediately understood that something must have happened.
"What's wrong, Your Excellency?" Golganneth hurried over, asking from afar.
Aiden hadn't answered yet, because he saw another figure flying over rapidly in the sky, it was the Moon Goddess Elune.
"Everyone!" Elune's expression was very serious, "I sensed the aura of 'King of the Mountains' Tarim... I'm afraid he has been resurrected!"
In the legends of Silethid, 'King of the Mountains' Tarim was the consort of the Moon Goddess Elune, and they gave birth to the four sun gods, G'huun, Y'shaarj, K'ara, and C'thun. This legend constitutes the origin myth of the Silethid planet, but it is far from the truth.
Previously, Elune told Aiden in person that 'King of the Mountains' Tarim was actually the most powerful Old God of Silethid, and the other four sun gods had to join forces to contend with him. Later, after the Titans sent by the Pantheon came to this planet, they took advantage of the infighting among the Old Gods, united with Elune to kill Tarim, and sealed G'huun and the other three sun gods.
This conveyed a clear message, that Tarim was already dead.
But now Elune actually said that he was resurrected?
"That Old God? Isn't he already dead?" Golganneth had obviously understood the Pantheon's records about Silethid and knew about the war that happened ten thousand years ago.
Kil'jaeden sneered, "This is the scourge of not completely destroying their foundation for survival."
The Old Gods are interdependent with the planet itself. Once you destroy the planet itself, the Old Gods that are killed will never have a chance to be resurrected. If you don't do this, no one knows when these parasites will be resurrected, in what way, or by what means, and make a comeback!
"Alright, alright, now is not the time to argue about this!" Aiden saw that the two sides were glaring at each other again, and he immediately interrupted, "I asked you to stop fighting not for you to quarrel. The Old Gods are the common enemy of all three parties, and this Tarim, who has made a comeback, is definitely not simple. After solving this trouble, we will discuss the others, what do you think?"
They looked at each other, considering it, when a Storm Giant came running with rolling thunder. This behavior itself had exceeded the mortal power previously stipulated by Aiden, but the Storm Giant had his own reasons. The first sentence he spoke shocked everyone: "Stormcaller, the corpses of our warriors have been taken away by tentacles extending from underground!"