The battle at the Molten Core entrance ended quickly. In fact, the Royal Guards and Knights would have finished even faster if Galen hadn't instructed them to leave some Fire Elementals for Khadgar and the others to practice.
Rhonin rejoined the group, looking ashamed. He realized he had performed the worst among the four, and even Varian, his age, had killed Fire Elemental soldiers more efficiently.
"Don't worry, Rhonin. Your body is more attuned to fire than evocation spells like arcane and frost. You simply lack strength right now. Once you reach the level of a fire mage like Prince Kael'thas, your Fireball spell will instantly melt these Fire Elemental mobs."
Galen was patient with these promising young leaders, recognizing their future importance. Everyone has weaknesses, including Galen, who only truly thrived after establishing a base with a million people.
Rhonin was already stronger than Galen had been at a similar stage.
"I understand, senior. I will work hard to increase my strength and never embarrass our teachers." Rhonin's shame stemmed from feeling he had let down his mentors by not being as skilled as Khadgar.
Early comparisons are pointless. Some people seem insignificant but become saviors.
Galen saw immense potential in these individuals and wanted to guide them.
"Don't think that way, Rhonin. You, Jaina, and Iluxia were chosen by Gandalf and Medivh because you are among the most talented humans. Temporary advantages mean nothing. Your ultimate achievements are what matter!"
"And you, Thrall and Med'an. Not everyone receives my personal guidance. Your futures are limitless, but don't waste your talents. Focus on the tasks I've given you!"
Galen's tone was stern. He had significantly altered Thrall and Med'an's destinies. He couldn't guarantee Thrall would become a world shaman without his enslaved childhood. He could only provide the best education and care. Their success depended on their efforts.
"We understand, brother Galen!"
"We will work hard, brother!"
Seeing their serious promises, Galen smiled. "Alright,people, let's get a move on. Ahead lies the Fire Lord's domain, built over centuries. There should be many treasures. I hereby declare: the Molten Core expedition begins!"
The Royal Guards and Knights tossed the Fire Elemental corpses into the lava below.
Then, they discarded their weapons and took the Fire Elementals' polearms, Flamescythes.
These were high-quality tridents, made from an unknown, heat-resistant material.
During the battle, the Royal Guards' spears had been slightly damaged by the Fire Elementals' flames. These discarded weapons were also polearms, which the Guards were proficient in.
At the Molten Core entrance, a semi-transparent film acted as a seal, likely created by the Fire Elemental lords. The previous Fire Elementals probably knew how to open it, but they were now part of the lava.
"Ms. Aegwynn, Medivh, we'll rely on you to break this barrier. Try to minimize the noise; we'll sneak in!"
The three mages began working. Varian and Callan focused on their warrior training, while the other six apprentices observed, gaining a rare lesson in advanced magic.
While the mages were occupied, the Windrunner sisters conversed using their new Wind Speech ability.
"Sister, I think we should send Lirath to the training camp in Silvermoon City after this war," Sylvanas said, having been prompted by Galen's lecture.
"But Lirath is still young!"
"Sister! He'll be an adult in a century. He only knows how to play the harp in Fairbreeze Village to attract young girls. How will he gain the skills needed for military success? The Windrunner family's future depends on him. We three sisters will eventually marry!"
Sylvanas was frustrated, disapproving of Alleria's indulgence of their brother.
"Are you planning to marry? Are you interested in Galen?" Alleria teased.
"Aren't you?" Sylvanas retorted, making Alleria's heart skip a beat. Alleria quickly changed the subject. "I think Galen's paladin training camp is good. Look at the Prince of Stormwind and Lothar's son—they've been well-trained!"
"You're right. Galen is a good role model. We'll inform Mother and send Lirath there directly!" Alleria agreed.
Boom!
Suddenly, a gust of wind mixed with intense heat swept through the area, carrying sparks.
The mages closest to the entrance were engulfed in flames, but Galen wasn't worried, knowing their capabilities.
Soon, the flames subsided, revealing Aegwynn and the others within an ice barrier that the flames couldn't melt.
The Molten Core seal now had a two-meter-wide hole.
This seal apparently served to both keep intruders out and contain the extreme heat within!
The internal temperature of Molten Core is high enough to melt ordinary steel.
This is why Galen couldn't bring a large force to overwhelm the fire elemental creatures inside Molten Core with infantry's iron tide and musketeers' bullets.
His team still relied on the Black Iron Armor secretly crafted by the Thorium Brotherhood over hundreds of years, various fire-resistant equipment, and the hunters' specially made bullets, which were heat-resistant and destructive.
Just this whole set of equipment and weapons cost almost 10,000 gold coins per person. With over a hundred people here, the cost is imaginable!
Only in this way could they have the confidence to enter Molten Core. Otherwise, they would have turned into ashes before even seeing Ragnaros. Let anyone else who wants to go, go.
At the entrance of Molten Core, two fire elementals were forming. This was the power of the Fire Lord's demigod level. In this high-temperature environment, these low-level fire elementals could be formed anytime, anywhere.
While the three mages were in the back, Galen took action. He cast a large-scale Cone of Cold, which blew away the flames at the entrance like a tornado. Everyone directly felt that the surrounding temperature was not so scorching.
Then, an Orb of Cold flew out, and the two fire elementals were directly hit by the power of frost, shrinking by half. After a dense blizzard fell, the entrance of Molten Core was safe.
"I didn't expect the temperature inside Molten Core to be so terrifying!" Medivh said with lingering fear. This sealed Molten Core was like a giant pressure cooker. The Fire Lord's avatar continuously heated the inside day and night.
"Hurry in, this seal will return to normal soon." Aegwynn put an Ice Barrier on herself and took the lead into Molten Core.
Galen followed closely, then the Royal Guards and the others, with the Knight-Captain bringing up the rear.
Feeling the abundant fire element inside the entire Molten Core, Galen knew that relying on the rogue to scout the way was no longer reliable. The concentration of fire element was too high, which could affect the rogue's shadow power at any time. The rogue could be forced out of stealth at any time and then be besieged by a large number of fire elemental creatures.
Galen peeked into the distance. He had already seen fifty or sixty magma giants wandering in the passage ahead. There were also many fire elementals around them. Galen even saw a huge ancient lava hound rolling in the lava pool on the side, seemingly bathing and playing!
Huff! Huff! Huff!
Galen heard heavy breathing. He looked back and saw that it was some of the weaker members of the Little Eight, Jaina, Illucia, Thrall, and Med'an, looking like they were about to suffocate.
It seemed that the temperature was too high, making it difficult for them to absorb oxygen.
Med'an's Ice Barrier even burst after only ten seconds.
Galen took out the potent Fire Resistance Potion he had prepared earlier.
"Come on, drink this Sprite! Cool to the heart, soaring spirits."
Two bottles for each person, one for use and one for backup.
The few people drank the potent Fire Resistance Potion in one gulp, and then saw their expressions become much relieved.
"Brother Galen , I feel that the elements here don't welcome us!"
Thrall curiously asked Galen . Six-year-old Thrall had been taught simple martial arts by Galen last year. Even if he would be a shaman in the future, Galen hoped that he would cultivate all three lines. And with Zul'jin's heroic spirit being absorbed by Galen , he had also just enlightened Thrall on the path of shamanism last month.
He just didn't expect that talent was really something to be jealous of. He entered the door in a month. Galen felt that his sixteen years of martial arts training since he was six years old was really incomparable.
"The fire element here is affected by the Fire Lord, becoming quite violent. It's okay, just clear out the Fire Lord's avatar."
"Yeah." Thrall's uneasy expression eased a lot. He firmly believed in Galen's words. In his eyes, Brother Galen was omnipotent.
"Next, pay attention to the surrounding movements. We will start clearing these flame monsters!"
Then Galen and Gandalf began to summon water elementals. Usually, water elementals that could reach five or six meters high outside were greatly reduced in size in Molten Core, only half their usual size.
The aura of the water elementals was felt by the group of magma giants from afar, and they began to walk over in a large group, every step causing the ground to shake.
Boom!
Aegwynn cast an Arcane Blast, and Medivh cast a Frostbolt. The chest of the first magma giant was directly pierced, and then it crashed to the ground, scattering into pieces.
The Royal Guards began to form a formation. Their shields had potent Fire Resistance runes. The fire elemental spirits, which were a little faster than the magma giants, were directly smashed apart by the Royal Guards' shield bash after approaching.
Because of the existence of the water elementals, the fire element in the surrounding air was not so strong. After being injured, the fire elemental spirits could not absorb the surrounding energy to recover. Strike while the iron is hot. The Knight-Captains holding tridents stepped forward and eliminated them.
And the ancient two-headed lava hound that was playing in the lava also jumped out of the lava and began to sprint towards the Royal Guards' shield formation.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Four arrows roared through the air, piercing into the lava hound's four eyes at the same time. The two heads of the sprinting lava hound let out miserable wails, but the damage was not over yet. The power of wind attached to the arrows exploded, and the two back of the lava hound's heads directly burst open, spraying out a large amount of lava.
This lava hound, whose strength was comparable to a young dragon, was killed by the two Windrunners.
As the water elemental team formed, more than a hundred water elementals also launched an attack. They waved their hands with elemental shackles, and bursts of water jets shot out. The magma giants' bodies of burning rocks began to turn black, and the flames began to dim. It was not known whether it was the thermal expansion and contraction of the rocks. The rocks that had been poured with water were particularly fragile, and the hunters' bullets easily shattered them.
However, Galen and the others' fight, and the lava hound's wail just now, seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest. More lava hounds, fire lords, and many fire imps were alarmed in the lava pool next to them.
"Destroy the intruders!"
New molten core giants ran over in large strides, trying to charge into the Royal Guards' shield formation, but how could this group of top elite troops be so easily defeated?
They forcibly blocked the molten core giants' charge, giving the Knight-Captains in the rear enough time to gather strength and launch shockwaves!
The hunters also launched the skill Gunfire, with a large number of bullets covering the shooting, dealing tons of damage.
At this time, Galen and Gandalf's number of water elementals finally reached the limit, and they could free up their hands to perform spell attacks.
A large amount of hail fell densely, hitting the group of crazy fire elemental creatures, making their movements sluggish.
When this large wave of fire elementals was almost cleared, another large group of fire imps, wriggling their snake-like tails, crawled over from the distance.
It is said that the fire elemental legions fight with the water elemental legions all year round, and the water elemental lords hire nagas from the sea to help in the battle. However, Ragnaros's fire elemental army suffers in this regard, so he imitated the naga's appearance and created the fire imp race.
However, they look very much like nagas, but are actually a group of defective products. They were originally a group of fire lizards living near magma that were modified, and they look like they don't have very smart brains.
Leading them were two strong fire imps, one red and one brown, with arms and backs covered in spikes.
"Lucifron, what's wrong with your subordinates? The Molten Core was invaded and you didn't receive any warning!" The red fire imp complained to the brown fire imp.
"Gehennas, shut up! Quickly eliminate these people! If you alarm the master, I won't have a good time, and you won't either!" The brown fire imp retorted. Both of them were gatekeepers and were responsible for the invasion.
"Stop talking nonsense. You are good at close combat, you go up and I will support you from the rear!" As soon as the red fire imp finished speaking, he began to cast a spell, and then a large amount of fire rain fell from the sky above the cave!
"Quick, get out of the way!"
Upon seeing this, Galen immediately felt that something was wrong. This had alarmed the lord-level elites! It seemed to be the third-in-command in the Molten Core!
It can be said that when the Fire Lord's consciousness was not projected onto that energy clone, the Molten Core was controlled by the fire imp race. In addition to the ordinary fire elementals, five of the nine powerful combatants were fire imps: Lucifron the gatekeeper, Gehennas, Shazzrah, Baron Geddon, and their manager, Exectus.
Now, two of them were dispatched at once!
The knights in the front row immediately took a step back and quickly retreated to both sides, while retreating, they did not forget to directly disperse the surrounding Flame Lords and Lava Annihilators!
The Royal Guards directly raised their shields with one hand and placed them on top of their heads, directly changing the direction of defense. The fire rain fell densely, hitting the shields and making a bang bang bang sound. When this wave of fire rain ended, it could already be seen that some areas on the surface of the shields were slightly red!
Ragnaros's Molten Core provides a considerable amplification to fire-based spells!
Those are fire resistance shields costing two thousand gold coins!
Fortunately, they were provided by the Thorium Brotherhood, I didn't spend any money, haha!
The first wave of fire rain had just ended, and Gehennas was preparing to cast another one. How could Galen's side give him this opportunity? Wasn't this a slap in the face?
Medivh directly interrupted the red fire imp's spellcasting with a ranged counterspell. The disruption of the elemental flow in his body caused by external force made Gehennas feel like vomiting blood, and Medivh's strength was much stronger than his, so he needed to spend more time sorting out the elemental turbulence in his body.
In this way, the other fire imp, Lucifron, charged to the front with two guards in a daze, without any long-range spell support, and slammed the long-handled trident in his hand heavily on a Royal Guard, directly knocking him out.
Inside the Molten Core, their legendary elemental lord-level combat power has been amplified to the point where they can single-handedly challenge adult dragons!
Unfortunately, Galen and the others had the super support Aragorn, who directly cast a Holy Light spell on him. After landing, the Royal Guard patted the volcanic ash on his body and quickly returned to the team.
This attack had no effect, angering Lucifron. After waving his arm, a large number of spells flew out from in front of him, hitting the Royal Guards in the front row. All twenty Royal Guards were affected!
Galen observed the status of the Royal Guards from the interface of the Heart of Creation for the first time and found that they had been hit by curses and damaging spells!
Who are you looking down on?
Just as Lucifron was full of confidence and was about to wave his long fork again to attack, Galen moved.
He took a step forward from the team, and then used Holy Light Acceleration to reach the front. He swung his long sword upwards, directly blocking the fire imp's long fork. Then, before Lucifron could react, the long sword swept across his throat.
Lucifron was indeed a lord-level leader, reacting quickly and leaning back to avoid Galen's Trol'kalar, which was flickering with golden light. However, his two guards were not so lucky and were directly beheaded by the long sword!
Then Galen kicked Lucifron in the abdomen with his right leg. He didn't know if this snake-belly-like lower body was their weakness, but Lucifron was directly kicked away by Galen.
Galen, who had the upper hand, would not let go of such a good opportunity. From the fight, he had already realized that this fire imp was a weakling. If it weren't for the large amount of fire elements filling the Molten Core to amplify his strength, Galen estimated that he wouldn't even be able to snatch the gatekeeper's task.
Using Holy Light Acceleration again, Galen quickly approached the fire imp who had been knocked back. The fire imp's retreating posture allowed Galen's long sword to directly stab into his lower jaw!
Excellent effect.
Lucifron died!
On the other side, Gehennas was still suppressing the turbulent elements in his body. Lucifron was gone in just ten seconds?
Lucifron and he didn't get along well, but he also knew that his strength and Lucifron's were comparable, but Gehennas didn't expect him to die so quickly.
Too fast, that human is too strong.
Gehennas was so frightened that he couldn't suppress the chaotic elements, and a mouthful of magma spewed directly from his mouth!
He was preparing to run away and report to the manager, Exectus, who was recognized as the strongest among the fire imps. Only he could deal with the invaders!
Unfortunately, he didn't have a chance.
Garona's figure appeared from behind Gehennas. Although the fire element repelled shadow power, making it difficult for Garona to sneak for a long time, Garona activated Shadow Cloak at the best time, removing all negative magical effects from herself and greatly increasing her spell resistance.
Then, with the blessing of Shadowstep, she quickly approached the red fire imp and backstabbed him from behind!
The fire imps have no equipment on their bodies, and their defense relies entirely on their tough scales, but unfortunately, these scales cannot completely stop the artifact dagger in the hands of this legendary rogue.
Garona's daggers stabbed fiercely into Gehennas's lower back, and then twisted fiercely.
With the fire elemental's body rigid, it took three consecutive Arcane Blasts. Medivh claimed Kehenas's head, while Garona, who only received an assist, glanced at Medivh with dissatisfaction and silently put away her daggers.
Medivh saw Garona's expression, his face remained unchanged, but he was puzzled inside. He was worried that Garona would be retaliated against by the fire elemental before its death, so he hurriedly took action to kill it. What did Garona mean by this?
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The battle ended quickly. The Royal Guards and Knights Captain held off the remaining fire elementals in the front. With Gandalf's control of the water elementals, coupled with Aegwynn and the Windrunner sisters, as well as the ranged attacks of the rangers , they finally cleared out the constantly emerging fire elementals and the main force of the fire demons.
Looking at the rubble and fiery ashes all over the ground, as well as the group of fire elemental corpses over there, Galen couldn't help but sigh. The real world is the real world. The guards in this Molten Core can't just stand there and wait for you to come and fight.
This also reminded Galen that he had always regarded the trip to the Molten Core as a sightseeing tour, and had even brought eight alt accounts in for this purpose.
Later on, he had to cheer up and face it seriously. In addition to Ragnaros's clone, there were at least seven legendary lords in the Molten Core. If they really didn't play by the rules and all seven of them came at once, coupled with the continuous stream of fire lords, lava giants, and ancient lava hounds, his team of more than a hundred people might return empty-handed.
The 300,000 gold coins he got from Lothar were for dealing with the Fire Lord's clone. If he ran out of them in advance, he would have to spend his own money to pay for it, which would be a dead loss.
"Don't worry about other things, move, move forward!" It was unwise to stay where they were. The battle here was too loud and might attract nearby fire creatures.
Moreover, those Fire Elemental Kings and Lava Risers would automatically form directly from the magma and rock walls as the fire element became abundant. There was no end to killing them.
Galen and Gandalf replenished some of the lost water elementals, and then let the water elementals move around the periphery of the team. Surrounded by water elementals, their group of more than a hundred people instantly felt that the surrounding temperature was not so high, and people were much more comfortable.
Aragorn led the Paladin bodyguards to heal the Royal Guards and Knights Captains, and soon the team returned to its peak state.
At this time, the Fellowship of Eight were still whispering.
"Galen is powerful. That red monster that gave me a strong sense of oppression was killed by Galen in just a few strokes." Gul'dan could feel the pressure emanating from Lucifron's legendary strength. He didn't expect Galen, who usually gave him a calm and relaxed feeling, to suppress the fire demon in an instant.
"Of course, Galen is the most powerful Paladin!" Jaina turned into Galen's brainless little fan girl.
However, no one refuted this statement. After all, among the Holy Knights they had seen, Uther had deep Holy Light power in his body, Dathrohan was skilled in martial arts, and even Alliance Lieutenant Turalyon was indeed not as good as Galen, while Aragorn was better at support, and his attack power was insufficient in a head-on confrontation, so Galen was indeed the strongest Paladin in Azeroth at the moment.
If Jaina were to say that Galen was the strongest warrior, Varian and Callan would probably disagree. After all, the most recognized strongest person in the entire human race was Alliance Commander Anduin Lothar.
"My mother is also very strong." Med'an joined the discussion. Another fire elemental was backstabbed in the waist by Garona. This was the first time Med'an had seen his mother take action, and he was quite shocked.
Hey, kid, your dad is also very awesome, Medivh thought in his heart, eavesdropping.
The older Khadgar and the others felt a huge pressure. Galen was eighteen years old, Khadgar was twenty, Callan was nineteen, and Varian and Rhonin were sixteen.
Those over eighteen were thinking about working harder in the future, doubling their training, and absolutely not letting Galen surpass them too much, while Varian and Rhonin still had the fighting spirit and vowed to be as powerful as Galen after they came of age!
Along the way, no one took action. Gandalf silently controlled the water elementals to use water jets to wash away every fire elemental creature they encountered, including the stronger lava giants and lava hounds, and they all died on the spot after taking a bath.
Suddenly, a roar came from the passage ahead, the team stopped, everyone gripped their weapons tightly, staring intently into the distance.
Molten Core was full of lava pools, even in places without lava pools, lava still oozed slowly from the walls, so there was no need to worry about the cave being too dark.
As the vibration became louder and louder, they saw a five- or six-meter-high shadow rapidly approaching them.
This was a monster composed of obsidian blocks, with an irregular circular stone in the middle as the main trunk of the body, and two thick stone blocks connected to both sides by fiery fire elements, which looked like two arms, and compared to his torso and arms, his head was as big as a walnut.
This rock elemental had no legs, and the lower body was a group of tumbling rubble that drove it to run wildly in the passage, and it was also carrying many smaller rock elementals behind it as it advanced.
It was Golemagg the Incinerator, one of Ragnaros's two lieutenants, and also Galen's target this time!
At this time, Golemagg also saw a group of invaders in front of him, and they also had the water elementals they hated the most. A large group of water elementals invaded Molten Core?
He instantly became furious.
"Tresspasers!"
With a roar of unknown meaning, Golemagg led his younger rock elemental brothers and began to accelerate their charge towards Galen and the others.
The Royal Guards quickly gathered together and formed a defensive shield formation. Unexpectedly, Golemagg's charge was quite rapid. The high temperature directly evaporated the water elementals blocking the front row, and then slammed heavily into the defensive formation formed by the Royal Guards!
All in!
Golemagg completed a Grand Slam!
Good technique!
Galen was annoyed. He didn't expect this rock elemental lord to have such a strong impact.
"Quick, get out of the way!"
Galen reminded the surrounding rangers and the fellowship to retreat to the sides of the passage and not be hit by Golemagg.
He jumped up and caught a shield flying in the air, then landed steadily, holding the shield in front of him, his whole body in a semi-squatting lunge position, and then activated Divine Bulwark. To be on the safe side, the wings of Holy Light behind him spread out, adding a lot of gold to the fiery red passage.
Then, the Ancient Kings appeared behind him, with their hands in a grappling posture!
This scene was very similar to Athena's exclamation!
Boom!
A huge collision sound that made people feel headache came, and Jaina and the others couldn't help but cover their ears with their hands, with painful expressions on their faces.
When they opened their eyes, they found that the huge stone man had been intercepted by Galen!
According to ancient secrets, Ragnaros's two lieutenants, Garr and Geddon, were once close aides of the Wind Elemental Prince, Thunderaan. Later, these two wind elemental lords suddenly betrayed Thunderaan during the war between Thunderaan and Ragnaros, ultimately leading to Thunderaan's defeat by Ragnaros.
Ragnaros obtained Thunderaan's elemental essence but couldn't fully absorb it. He sealed the remaining essence of Prince Thunderaan in an elemental insignia, dividing it into two parts and bestowing them upon Garr and Geddon. To demonstrate their loyalty, Garr transformed himself into a lava elemental, a mixture of fire and earth elements, while Geddon chose to transform into a pure fire elemental lord.
Galen successfully intercepted Garr, preventing him from disrupting his backline. However, Galen also realized that this Garr was significantly stronger than the previous two fire imps.
It's estimated that besides the Avatar of the Firelord, Garr and Geddon are the most powerful, with the fourth being the manager, Exorcus.
It seems the remnant essence of the Wind Elemental Prince has given them a significant boost, just a step away from becoming demigods!
Garr, brought to a physical halt, roared in anger. His two shoulders were firmly grasped by the Ancient Kings, preventing him from advancing an inch.
Garr struggled to break free from the Ancient Kings' grip, then raised his two thick obsidian arms high, and slammed them down heavily towards Galen.
Galen raised his shield in defense. After the Holy Light infused into the shield reached saturation, it radiated outwards. Galen was enveloped in a golden, circular shield. Under the cover of the golden light, he used Gul'dan's magic, throwing a Weakness Curse.
The Royal Guards and Knights, led by the Stalkers, bypassed the area where Garr and Galen were fighting, directly intercepting Garr's eight rock elemental minions in the rear.
In Galen's memory, Garr wasn't difficult to deal with; he was just a big, dumb rock head. However, his eight minions were troublesome. Fortunately, he had enough subordinates to separate Garr from his eight rock elemental minions.
The mages in the rear, in coordination with the paladins guarding them, were clearing away the surrounding Fire Lords and Lava Ragers, creating more space for the battle in the center.
Galen arched his body like a spring, forcibly using his shield to push Garr's arms back. Under his control, the Ancient Kings' Guardians also flew up and kicked Garr hard in the chest.
However, the Ancient Kings' attack power was truly pathetic, only causing Garr's body to shake, and shaking off a lot of dust from his body.
"Crusader Strike!"
Galen tightly gripped his long sword in one hand, delivering a blow. With his strength increased, he could wield two-handed weapons in one hand, but he wasn't yet proficient in this combat style.
The power of Galen's right arm, combined with the sharpness of the long sword and the Holy energy attached to it, directly shaved off a layer of rock from Garr's chest.
Gandalf seized the opportunity, aiming a large amount of water element at the wound on Garr's chest. A dozen streams of water surged over, not causing damage but directly pushing Garr back several steps, exposing a flaw in his defense.
Seeing such a good opportunity, several ranged attackers wouldn't let it go. An Arcane Blast, an Arcane Missile, and two arrows flashing with cold light also hit Garr's chest as the water jets subsided.
The powerful attack caused cracks to appear on the largest obsidian piece of Garr's main body!
A faint red light flickered on Garr's rocky body, and Galen immediately felt his movements slow down.
Although he didn't know what skill Garr had used, Galen knew he had been hit by a debuff-type spell, either a curse or something similar. Anyway, he'd use a cash-shop dispel; if that didn't work, he'd use Remove Curse!
Galen was lucky; his 100 gold units weren't wasted. He successfully dispelled the effect, instantly regaining his speed. Taking advantage of Garr's post-spellcasting state, he threw a Judgment.
The Holy Light-formed warhammer slammed hard into Garr's torso, then burst into a golden flash, causing even more cracks to appear on his body.
Earth elemental lifeforms are known for their thick defenses, but Galen seized the opportunity to concentrate most of his power on one point, opening a gap in his obsidian body. Once that gap was opened, Garr's fate was sealed!
Garr hurriedly called for his minions, only to see that he was already very far away from the eight minions.
Under Galen's command, the Royal Guards firmly suppressed the eight black stone men, not only being required not to kill them but also to compress their lines, keeping them away from Garr!
"No!"
Garr roared unwillingly after failing to call for help.
This was the second time the heavy earth elemental had spoken in battle. If he didn't speak up, he would be killed. He realized that the once-hard obsidian could no longer protect his core and soul.
Although Garr knew that they, like demons, were bound to the elemental plane and could only be truly killed in their own plane, being killed in the Molten Core would at most banish his soul back to his home plane. But Garr was unwilling. Dying back in the Firelands would not only result in punishment from their master, Ragnaros, but also ridicule from the fire imps and other fire elemental lords left behind in the Firelands!
Garr paused, and Galen thought he was about to unleash some powerful move, so he became fully vigilant!
"Geddon! Come save me!"
Huh, I thought you were going to explode with power, but you're calling for backup!
Before the Vengeful Spirit was about to end, Galen prepared to deal with Garr. His distress signal had already been sent out, and his own manpower would not be able to cope with two powerful elemental lords.
"Final Reckoning!"
A golden pillar of light poured down from mid-air, enveloping the area centered on Garr.
A Templar's Verdict!
Galen leaped high, his long sword slashing hard at Garr's chest, a huge crack directly splitting Garr in half!
"Legendary-level spirit detected, retrieve?"
Galen didn't issue the command to retrieve. Unlike the two fire imp spirits he had directly retrieved before, which could only be used to feed Ronin, a mage skilled in fire elemental evocation, Galen had other uses for Garr's spirit!
A totem-like wooden stake was taken out by Galen from his backpack, and then thrown onto Garr's fragments.
The Earth Totem was created by Galen using a branch from the Tree of Life in Minas Tirith and then briefly summoning the power of the wilderness demigod Ursol through the King's Summoning.
Galen created quite a few of these totems. There are four types: Earth Totems, Air Totems, Fire Totems, and Water Totems.
The main purpose is to improve Gul'dan and to reward the shamans under his command in the future.
It is worth mentioning that Galen has sent out three sets of totems: one for Old Man Magrath of the Wildhammer dwarves, one for Magatha Grimtotem of the tauren, and one for Muln Earthfury, the leader of the Earthen Ring.
This operation directly caused the Wildhammer dwarves of Khaz Modan to completely lean towards Stormwind, which led to three of the four dwarven towns in the Hinterlands already tending to submit to Galen's side.
On the tauren side, the radically-minded Magatha was directly frightened. Two hundred thousand troops were stationed in the Crusader Fortress, and now there was a shaman suspected of being at the demigod level. She had originally been in favor of the tauren and the Crusader alliance, but now that she had been gifted a demigod-level totem, it further strengthened her resolve.
The Earthen Ring benefited the most. Galen directly obtained a leader position. Originally, Muln wanted to abdicate and give way to the worthy, after all, a demigod-level shaman meant that they could more effectively appease the furious elements and heal the earth in the future, but Galen refused and only agreed to serve as a secondary leader.
The runes on the Earth Totem flickered with light, directly absorbing Garr's stone elemental essence.
Strictly speaking, Garr should be a lifeform composed of fire and earth elements. Pure elements can also fuse with each other to produce new hybrid elements.
Because Azeroth has great potential, the elements on the surface of this planet are also quite active, and it is easy to form low-level elemental lifeforms. In addition to lava elemental lifeforms composed of fire and earth, soil and wind can form dust elemental lifeforms, wind and water can form ice elemental lifeforms, and water and soil can form various small slimes.
Even more amazing are the three-elemental lifeforms. Water, fire, and wind can form water vapor lifeforms in specific areas, and fire, soil, and wind can also give birth to volcanic ash elemental lifeforms in volcanic areas. The world is truly vast and full of wonders.
In fact, the Fire Totem could also be used to collect Garr's essence, but Galen directly classified him as an earth element, and the vacancy in the Fire Totem position will soon be filled.
Thanks to Garr's distress signal before his death, this buy-one-get-one-free deal saved Galen from running around in the huge Molten Core.
Put away the Earth Totem, and in the future, you can rely on this totem to summon Galen, this earth elemental, to fight.
Then Galen used his shield to rummage through the fragments left by Garr's, and finally dug out half a skull flashing with silver-white streamers from the location of his heart!
"Thunderaan's Imprisonment Skull aquired!
Galen finally smiled with satisfaction. The real world is so much better, there is no drop rate issue.
The battle on the other side also ended. Without their boss helping them take the most hits in the front, these eight lackeys were quickly knocked into a pile of black rubble by the crowd.
Unfortunately, everyone had no time to rest. A fire elemental whose size was comparable to Garr was rapidly approaching them. He had no lower body, only a constantly rotating dark fire whirlwind driving him to move!
"No!"
"You ignorant mortals, how dare you kill the servants of the great Ragnaros the Firelord!"
"I will burn you to death!"
Tsk tsk, Galen sensed the pressure emanating from Baron Geddon's body. At most, it was about the same strength as Garr. Both were one step away from becoming demigods, and it was highly likely that, like Garr, he had reached this realm by relying on the left half of "Thunderaan's Imprisonment Skull".
The last one who spoke so arrogantly has already been beaten into rubble. Don't you have any brains in that fire skull?
Galen didn't believe that Ragnaros, the most cunning elemental lord, would allow his subordinates to appear as demigod-level fire elementals?
Moreover, Garr and Baron Geddon both betrayed from the wind element.
Galen sneered and was about to take action, but he discovered that there was also movement from the other side of the passage. The stone men nearby had already stopped appearing with Galen's death, so a new enemy was coming!
Sure enough, one blue and one red fire imp led a huge ancient lava hound and rushed out!
But it's not a big problem. The fire imps' status in the Molten Core is very awkward. Their own strength is not very strong. The main thing is that they have some intelligence and are used by their masters to rule those lava giants and flame spirits with low intelligence.
Then the only threats are Baron Geddon and that huge dog king Magmadar.
"Geddon! What's going on? How can there be intruders here!" The blue fire imp questioned Baron Geddon.
"You ask me, who am I supposed to ask? The gate of the Molten Core is guarded by you fire imps. Now, not only have the intruders reached the hinterland, but Garr is dead. Quickly cooperate with me to kill these intruders, otherwise you fire imps will be waiting to be questioned by the master!"
Baron Geddon felt relieved when he saw reinforcements coming. He also understood that his strength was similar to Galen's. Galen had been knocked into rubble, and he definitely couldn't beat these intruders alone. Now that reinforcements had come, it would be good to share some of the pressure.
Although the strength of Shazzrah and Gehennas, these two fire imps, is average, even if the Molten Core has an amplification effect on the fire element, they are only at the legendary level, but fortunately, they brought the pet that their master Ragnaros loves the most!
The dog king Magmadar rules the ancient lava hounds in the Molten Core. As long as it takes action, no matter how many enemies there are, they can be swarmed to death by the dogs!
"Die! Intruders!"
Baron Geddon had a plan in his mind. Garr had just died, so Thunderaan's Imprisonment Skull must still be there. As long as he cleared the intruders and casually collected Garr's remains, combined the two halves of Thunderaan's skull, he could become the number one person under Ragnaros the Firelord!
"Galen, how do we fight next?" Sylvanas asked. "We'll go and restrain that big dog, and you go and kill that big fire elemental?"
After obtaining the power of wind, Sylvanas was full of confidence, and she also had her sister and three powerful archmages, including Aegwynn, who had regained the complete Guardian power, comparable to a demigod. Their high-end combat power was enough, and they were not afraid at all!
"No need, we'll directly deal with Baron Geddon. I have my own way to deal with the fire imps and the dog!"
"Gandalf, have the water elemental squad restrain Geddon, with Medivh and Lady Aegwynn as the main attackers!"
After Galen finished speaking, he turned to Sylvanas and Alleria and said, "Sylvanas, Alleria, you two help me restrain that fire imp, and I'll go deal with that big dog!"
Behind the two fire imps, various smaller monsters inside the Molten Core were constantly gathering. Lava elementals, flame walkers, flame guards, and the four fire imp priests of the Saffron Heralds were also in position. Galen was ready to make his move; if they waited any longer, they would be overwhelmed by the fire elemental army.
With a Holy Light Acceleration, Galen dashed out of the main formation. The two fire imp leaders were startled and quickly pulled the iron chains under Magmadar's two heads. The dog king seemed to receive the order to attack, staring fiercely at Galen as if he were a delicious meal.
Along the way, Galen and his group saw many remains of humanoid races, including humans, dwarves, and even trolls. It seemed that over the past few hundred years, the Dark Iron dwarves had been either personally acting or hiring adventurers from other races to probe the Molten Core for information.
However, it seemed that these adventurers had all ended up in the bellies of these lava hounds.
One move affects the whole body. Galen's movement startled Baron Geddon, who quickly released a ring of fire. A ring of flames more than a meter high spread out from Baron Garr as the center. The Royal Guards retreated to avoid it. When Geddon saw that Galen's target was the dog king, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It must be said that this fire elemental lord had some intelligence, willing to betray their former master to gain power. This alone was something that lower-level fire elemental beings like flame walkers and flame guards could not compare to.
Baron Geddon's excessive behavior caught the attention of the three archmages. Gandalf activated an ice barrier, directly surrounding everyone. The flames and ice domains clashed, compressing back. Gandalf was fighting in the Molten Core, an environment that greatly restrained him.
Seeing this situation, Medivh and Aegwynn joined forces, and a large amount of dazzling arcane energy flew out from their bodies, heading straight for Baron Garr. Baron Garr was not to be outdone, and fire spells filled the sky. The two sides began a remote spell turret bombardment mode.
Galen also encountered a little trouble. The dog king's two heads spewed flames in the direction Galen was advancing, and the orange-yellow flames shrouded Galen's path like a mist.
While running, Galen jumped up and successfully leaped high before the dog king's flames reached him. In the air, he activated his Holy Light Wings again, then adjusted his direction and landed steadily on the dog king's back.
Then Galen quickly turned around and slammed his hands hard in the middle of the dog king's two necks!
Skill activated!
Beast Taming!
Magmadar seemed to sense an ominous premonition and roared to the sky!
Galen felt a chilling aura coming at him. Galen immediately dispelled this negative state, breaking free from the group fear. Although it didn't cause him any harm, it interrupted the channeling of his Beast Taming skill!
Magmadar hopped on all fours, trying to throw Galen off his back. The two fire imps behind him, seeing that the dog king couldn't do anything to Galen, broke free from the two windrunners' arrows and aimed at Galen.
The blue fire imp, Shazzrah, teleported onto the dog king's back and unleashed a powerful Arcane Explosion. Galen was almost blasted off the dog king's back by the power of the Arcane Explosion, but fortunately, he firmly grabbed the two dog collars on the dog king's neck.
Galen supported himself on the dog king's neck with both hands and kicked back with his legs!
This blue fire imp was a mage-type leader, not agile enough. Caught off guard, Shazzrah was heavily kicked in the chest by Galen and flew out, spitting blood.
However, he wasn't completely useless. In mid-air, he endured the severe pain in his chest, and a curse shot from his staff towards Galen.
Galen didn't retract his leg in time and was hit directly by this spell.
Galen was startled and quickly checked his status. It turned out to be a curse that doubled magic damage.
Relying on his many life-saving skills, he directly activated Divine Shield. Sure enough, as soon as Divine Shield was activated, Saffron Herald's attack arrived. The spear in his hand was covered with raging flames, and his aura had already locked onto Galen.
Relying on the Holy Light barrier formed by Divine Shield, Galen ignored everything and continued to channel the Beast Taming skill!
Boom!
The flaming spear blasted against Galen's Divine Shield, causing a burst of sparks!
At this time, Magmadar's body doubled in size. Galen felt the dog king under him become unusually violent, struggling fiercely!
"Quick, use Tranquilizing Shot on this mutt!"
While channeling Beast Taming, Galen shouted loudly at Sylvanas and Alleria!
Two Tranquilizing Shots were quickly fired by the two windrunners, hitting Magmadar directly. Immediately afterward, its size returned to its original size!
To be honest, two Tranquilizing Shots were a bit of a waste, but it didn't matter. Galen's spell channeling was over!
From now on, the dog king's last name was Trollbane because Geddon second spear had already arrived, and the four fire imp priests behind him were also constantly attacking Galen.
Galen retreated, and Shazzrah chased after him, quickly passing the dog king's position. At this time, one of the dog king's heads suddenly stretched out and bit Saffron Herald.
"Oh, Magmadar, you stupid thing, what are you doing!" Shazzrah's body was pierced by the lava hound's fangs, and he couldn't move in its mouth. The severe pain made Saffron Herald couldn't help but wail and curse Magmadar, unaware that the dog king had already switched sides, putting on a scene of betrayal for the fire imps.
Magmadar had been fed to the legendary rank by Ragnaros for ten thousand years. At this time, it possessed considerable wisdom. It understood the fire imp's scolding, and facing the enemy, its other head came over, and a mouthful of lava breath directly burned Saffron Herald's exposed body.
"No!"
Geddon suffered serious injuries, but his four fire priest minions were constantly healing him, making him unable to live and unable to die.
According to Galen's experience, those who bring minions are generally not strong themselves. Shazzrah perfectly proved this statement. He couldn't even break free from Magmadar's big mouth!
After being kicked away by Galen, Shazzrah only focused on casting spells to attack Galen, forgetting his own defense. Sylvanas on the other side directly hit his neck with an arrow.
This physically weak fire imp caster was directly sent flying by the force of Galen's legs plus the inertia of the arrow's flight, and was directly nailed to the stone wall of the cave, dying quite aggrieved.
When Shazzrah was bitten by the Dog Lord, Galen turned back and killed a fire imp priest with each sword strike, directly completing a quadra kill.
Having lost healing, the Shazzrah's wailing gradually diminished amidst Magmadar's chewing and lava breath roasting!
Crunch crunch!
Gulp!
Magmadar directly swallowed the fire imp in its mouth alive.
This is a gluttonous dog!
On the other side, Baron Geddon was being thrown on the ground by three top-tier mages. Gandalf withstood Baron Geddon's fire spells, constantly approaching this fire elemental lord. His mana bombs could only be thrown at the outer water elementals. Each time a water elemental had a bomb attached to it, Gandalf would command it to move away from the main force and launch a suicide charge towards Baron Geddon.
One by one, water elementals with live bombs approached Baron Geddon, their own live bombs exploding on themselves.
As the water elemental squad approached, the rushing water caused great trouble for Baron Geddon. The water flow took away the temperature from his surface, making his soul feel cold!
Hellfire!
Baron Geddon began to cast large-scale flames, continuously releasing more than a dozen waves of Hellfire, each wave gradually increasing in power. The huge waves of fire easily engulfed everything around it, burning everything to ashes.
The ultra-high temperature flames scorched the approaching water elementals. The water elementals' moisture constantly evaporated, and their figures shrank before finally exploding into a cloud of water.
Unfortunately, this was meaningless output. The water elementals were just a group of consumables. As soon as one was gone, Gandalf summoned another to replace it!
Moreover, Gandalf was just playing support. The real damage dealers were Medivh and Aegwynn. The spell damage of these two Guardian-line mages was quite powerful, and their arcane spells always managed to knock Baron Geddon off balance!
With the death of these two fire imps, Galen and the others also freed up their hands. Baron Geddon's death entered the countdown.
The hellhound stomped its two short legs and rushed towards Baron Geddon with a. Galen used the dog's six-meter-tall body to block, and also quietly charged. Along with their charge, Sylvanas's and Alleria's Wind Arrows also flew out!
"Magmadar, you stupid dog. What are you doing!" Baron Geddon was shocked. Originally, besides a group of low-level fire elemental creatures, only four high-end combatants had come to Garr's lair. Now that two fire imps had died, they were already weak, but now even their only ally, Magmadar, had turned against them.
"Damn dog, don't blame me for what comes next!"
Faced with death, Baron Geddon couldn't care so much. Living Bomb, Mana Burn, Hellfire Flames, one by one, fire spells were unleashed, hitting the Dog Lord.
Unfortunately, as elites of the leader level living in the Molten Core, Magmadar's fire resistance was also quite high. These ancient lava hounds could even bathe and play in the scorching magma!
Magmadar withstood Baron Geddon's spells and went straight for the fire elemental lord in front of him. The sharp bone spurs on its two foreheads directly pierced into Baron Geddon's body!
As Magmadar attracted the firepower, Galen waved his hand, and Ice Orb and Frostbolt shot out, all hitting Baron Geddon's body.
The three mages over there would not miss this opportunity to beat a dog in the water, and threw Frostbolt and Flame Lance outwards without reservation.
Under the attack of the dry ice spells, Baron Geddon felt himself getting weaker and weaker. Two fiery palms pressed against the Dog Lord's head, trying to break free, but the Dog Lord bit his teeth and would not retreat half a step.
"No!"
"Great Ragnaros! Please help your servant!"
Seeing that resistance was futile, Baron Geddon wanted to make one last contribution to the Fire Lord!
"Everyone, speed up the output, this guy wants to self-destruct!" Galen guessed Baron Geddon's purpose. This guy would choose to self-destruct when he was about to die. The self-destruction produced by the rich fire elements in his body would cause a lot of damage to them. Himself and the three mages, as well as the paladins clearing the field on the periphery, could withstand it, but the Eight Little Strongs were estimated to be blown back to Minas Tirith, and the Royal Guards were estimated to suffer heavy casualties.
In the end, Galen and the others were better. Under their full output, Baron Geddon turned into a ball of fiery embers.
A brown totem pole was thrown over by Galen, and it landed steadily on Baron Geddon's remains. The runes on the totem lit up, absorbing the last essence of this fire element.
Galen walked over and continued to rummage through the pile of red-glowing ashes, finally finding a blue streamer skull.
Thunderaan's Imprisoned Skull left half.
This was a surprise!
Galen put the two skulls together, and a faint voice appeared in his mind, like the sound of countless winds gathering together, like a low murmur, and finally formed a weak and deep male voice.
"I feel it again, the power of this free wind. Go, warrior, take the last will from Ragnaros, I am waiting for your arrival in Silithus!"
"Wind Prince Thunderaan's summoning?"
This is equivalent to automatically skipping the follow-up of the Thunderfury quest. Galen was extremely happy. The purpose of entering the Molten Core had been half achieved. The rest was to kill the Fire Lord.
So far, they had killed four fire imp leaders and two elemental leaders, and recovered a lava hound leader. Only Executor Exorath remained, but this guy belonged to the management. Because of his outstanding wisdom, he was appointed as the manager by Ragnaros. His own strength was not outstanding, so he was easy to deal with.
There was also a lava giant leader, Incinerator Golemagg, who was huge and slow. The big fool was the easiest to fight. Just stand and output without thinking. Galen liked this kind of enemy the most.
The Fire Totem completely absorbed the essence left by Baron Geddon. Galen put away the totem. Next, they had to find a new passage and continue to clean up the Molten Core.
In a place unknown to Galen, Executor Exorath was panicking and sliding quickly in the passages of the Molten Core.
The concentration of fire elements inside the Molten Core was rapidly decreasing, and he had already felt the threat!
It was impossible to fight. He was going to summon his master to support him!