Since settling in the Barrens, the Scarlet Crusade has been a bulwark alongside the tauren of Mulgore, resisting the incursions of the centaur and quillboar.
In recent years, the quillboar, due to Ancagalon summoning the wild god Agamaggan's soul to Eldre'Thalas, the appearance of the wild god not only allowed the druids of the Galen'Remar line to learn the boar form.
It also attracted the quillboar entrenched in Razorfen Kraul to come and worship. Under Agamaggan's oracle, the quillboar of Razorfen Kraul became vassals of Eldre'Thalas.
As for the centaur who harassed the northern Gold Road, they were conquered by the night elf army of Eldre'Thalas on the eve of the Battle of Mount Hyjal.
The commander who conquered several centaur tribes was Vathyr, son of Fandal, who was sent to Desolace by Galen.
Although the Gold Road has entered a period of peaceful development in recent years, the cooperation between the tauren and the Scarlet Crusade has become very close after more than ten years. Therefore, the tauren's call for cooperation was quickly responded to by the two teams of the Scarlet Crusade and the two teams of vassal races.
The four participating teams of the Scarlet Crusade concentrated towards the tauren. Subsequently, the Stromgarde team formed by Danath also chose to assemble before the magnataur charged close. The high elves and nightborne followed closely behind.
By the time the others reacted and wanted to group together, the magnataur had already charged in front of them, and it was too late!
"Shieldguards, follow me and hold the line!" Auberdine acted as the temporary team leader, with protection paladins and protection warriors at the front. "Mages, find a way to slow them down!"
The high elves and nightborne mages began to cast Blizzard. Several high-level mages proficient in the Frostbolt spell of frost magic, froze the magnataur charging towards them, instantly losing their momentum!
Seeing the opportunity, Rexxar also threw out a Freezing Trap, blocking the straggling magnataur that were not caught by the Blizzard.
"Multiple frost mages? Interesting!"
Galen chuckled. This scene was somewhat familiar. Back then, he didn't know how much gold he had contributed to that group of special frost mages.
Turalyon came to Galen's side and heard what he had just said. The Alliance's Vice Marshal continued, "I didn't expect that the first contestant to understand our intention would be a tauren."
"Don't underestimate our Alliance elites. They just lack the racial tragedy engraved in the bloodline of the tauren."
Galen briefly introduced to Turalyon the tragic history of the tauren being chased and killed by the centaur for several centuries.
Turalyon sighed. Compared to the humans being invaded by the orcs, the tauren were much more miserable.
"The participants in our Alliance are all elites of the younger generation. They are either middle-level officers in the army or captains among adventurers. They can be considered people who have experienced battles. They will understand the core of this trial!"
"I hope so." Turalyon sighed: "The Lich King and his Scourge are indeed difficult to deal with. They have a unified will, and we have to use a large-scale army to hold back those undead cannon fodder, and then use these selected elites to raid Icecrown Citadel and carry out a decapitation operation."
"That's the only way." Uther and Danath also gathered around.
"We commanders who have experienced the Orcish Wars cannot leave the army and personally join the strike team! The Alliance has sent half of its army here. We must ensure that the frontal battlefield does not fall into a predicament. Once we lose experienced commanders, I am worried that excessive losses will bring greater disaster to the Alliance."
Galen also knew that he had many quick ways to solve the Lich King. The simplest way was like Ulduar, just pull some naaru, or those three demigod-level golden dragons, and directly refine Arthas with Holy Light.
He did not lack basic soldiers, or even high-end troops. What he needed with the Heart of Origin was talents who could serve as commanders. Although the second generation of farmers naturally bred by the Heart of Origin had the ability to learn, they could be trained into tank crew members, or even commanders, and other talents he needed.
But their base was too small, and the growth cycle was as long as ten years. Therefore, he needed to cultivate a healthy promotion system in the Alliance, so that the Alliance, the basic foundation, could cultivate more talents for him to drive.
"In my opinion, that Sunwalker is very suitable to be a team commander," Danath said, looking at the situation in the field and giving his evaluation.
"In my opinion, that dwarf can also be predetermined. I have been observing him from beginning to end. He has killed the most enemies in the entire field." Another grand knight came over, surprisingly Dathrohan, one of the original Five Saints.
Several paladins turned to look. Galen really knew the dwarf Dathrohan praised. He was Hemet Nesingwary, the famous hunter who was recruited by him in Sholazar Basin.
Then it was no wonder. This dwarf was a well-known wildlife hunting expert. The first wave of Northrend wildlife was what he was best at dealing with. However, he was representing the Bronzebeard dwarves in the competition at this time.
At this time, he was frantically outputting under the protection of the Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron dwarves.
His Sin'dorei 3000 had been upgraded to the Sin'dorei 4000 by the gnomish engineers of the Scarlet Crusade, turning from a double-barreled shotgun into a single-barreled rifle with a scope. Not only was the range and power improved, but the rate of fire was also increased a lot.
With the output of this legendary hunter, coupled with the lightning chains of the Wildhammer shamans and a large number of earth totems, the magnataur did not cause them too much damage.
On the contrary, the teams from other countries in the Alliance suffered more casualties again.
Worgen actually appeared in the Gilnean team. They wildly jumped onto the backs of the magnataur and frantically attacked their backs with their claws. Unfortunately, their claws were not Kassar's Claws. Even if they scratched the backs of the magnataur, they could not break through the thick fat to cause them fatal damage.
Pa!
A worgen was grabbed by a magnataur and then slammed hard on the ground. Just as the worgen, who was spitting blood, was about to be trampled to death by a magnataur, the beacon with the number written on it lit up on his body.
He was eliminated!
As the number of casualties increased, they gradually realized that when facing the impact of a large number of enemies, even if some of them had broken through to the legendary level, if they only knew how to fight alone, then they could not retreat unscathed!
Boom!
Auberdine used a shield to block the last magnataur's spear. The Barov brothers rushed forward with warhammers, smashing the magnataur's two front legs. Frost, fire, arcane, and various spells bombarded the magnataur's body, directly taking it away!
With the last Magnataur falling, the second wave of attacks could be considered over, but only half of the participants on the field remained.
"Give them five minutes to rest. Let's skip the trials below High Rank," Galen said, turning to Turalyon, "Release those two Legendary Ice Burrowers I captured!"
"That works. The Intermediate Rank participants have almost been wiped out. The rest are all Rank 8 and 9 contestants. Continuing to send in fodder won't do much good."
"Let's go prepare!" Danath and Dathrohan exchanged glances, deciding to personally release the two powerful worms.
On the field, only half of the participants had made it through the second trial. Nesingwary led a group of dwarves to the other side, successfully joining up with the tauren and Crusader squads.
"Hurry and rest, everyone. This brief respite means the trials ahead will be even more rigorous," Alexi Barov said, sitting down cross-legged and taking out the healing potion his sister had given him.
"How do you know?!" The other participants clearly didn't understand the situation. They believed that with the strength of the previous attacks, those mere Intermediate Rank beasts were nothing to fear.
"I suggest you listen to my brother!" Wilton Barov also sat down cross-legged, chugging a potion. This time, he unusually didn't undermine his brother. Graduating from the Scarlet Crusade training camp in Hearthglen, the two brothers understood the Scarlet Crusade's high-level style of doing things too well. If they want to torture you, they'll definitely make you wish you were dead!
The others exchanged glances and took out healing potions from their backpacks. These were alchemical items purchased at a high price from "Galen's Alchemy Shop," and their effects were much better than the potions sold by Dalaran itself.
"Dong!"
Danath kindly struck the bronze gong, reminding the participants in the arena that the third trial had begun!
Soon, with another tremor in the ground, two enormous worms burst out of the earth!
Krik'thir the Gatewatcher and Acidmaw are two famous Ice Burrowers that live in Northrend. They are enormous in size and often appear in pairs, attacking creatures that enter their territory.
As two Legendary Ice Burrowers, Krik'thir the Gatewatcher and Acidmaw cooperate perfectly. Few can escape their fangs, so the creatures of Northrend deeply fear them.
Galen knew that these two Ice Burrowers had a strong ability to clear the field, so when he was waiting for Algalon to descend in Ulduar, he sent the Lightforged Dragoon Legion to spend a great deal of effort to capture them, in order to make them the gatekeepers of the third trial of this Champion's Trial.
"Be careful! They are among the most dangerous predators in the frozen wastes!"
The dwarf hunter Hemet had long since scouted out the dangerous beasts of Northrend. These two Ice Burrowers were powerful, and they were near the bottom of his hunting list, so he knew some information about them.
At this time, Auberon shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, how much of your stamina and mana have you recovered?"
The high elves and nightborne mages exchanged glances and immediately replied, "We've recovered most of it!"
"Conserve it, it'll be enough!" Sunwalker thought for a moment and then said, "Dwarf friend, quickly tell everyone what you know!"
Pfft!
The greenish worm spat a large mouthful of green venom at the crowd, forcing everyone to scatter!
Sure enough, after the venom spray ended, the other Ice Burrower actually started spewing lava!
Who would have thought that an Ice Burrower living in the frigid land of Northrend would actually have fire attributes!
Under the Scarlet Crusade's imprisonment, the wild nature of Krik'thir the Gatewatcher and Acidmaw, these two Ice Burrower kings, had been suppressed for a long time. This time, they were finally released into the arena, and they directly unleashed all their suppressed anger, making them even more terrifyingly aggressive than before.
"Tauren allies, quickly use your shields to hold them back! Everyone, go, go, control them at the edge of the arena!"
Auberon's specialization was more inclined towards Holy Paladin, and using a shield was just a side job. She glanced behind her: "Orin Earthhorn, you go up!"
"Alright!"
A traditional tauren warrior wielding a huge totem pole made a big jump and charge, blocking Krik'thir the Gatewatcher!
"Orin, Cairne will help you!"
As soon as the tauren totem pole warrior rushed out, a young tauren wielding a battle axe followed closely behind.
"Who else! There's no room for modesty at this time. If we get eliminated, there are hundreds of substitutes waiting to replace us outside!"
"Chen! You go!"
"Old Chen is coming!"
A black and white chubby creature rolled continuously on the ground, then delivered a flying kick, rushing quickly towards Acidmaw, who was spitting venom.
"Ah ha! Bridget! Let's go too, don't embarrass Lordaeron!" Among a group of young people in the Alliance wearing red robes, the strongest one laughed heartily, raised his greatsword, and invited the woman holding the shield.
"Hahaha, Tylan, I'll hold the line. You, Renault, and Darion will help me flank. Sally, remember to heal me. I don't want to die under the fangs and flames of the Ice Burrower!"
As this human melee squad rushed out, the two Ice Burrowers were held back, and the remaining participants finally stopped frantically dodging the poisonous mist and lava spray!
The dwarf hunter shouted out the limited information he knew while dealing damage!
Krik'thir the Gatewatcher has flame breath, and Acidmaw's venom will paralyze enemies. The movement speed of enemies who are hit will gradually become difficult until they are completely unable to move and can only wait for death. In addition to the above attack methods, they can quickly dive underground to move.
However, even if the participants knew the attack methods of the two big worms, it was still difficult to prevent their elusive burrowing ability. Under the tacit cooperation of the two worms, these challengers really encountered great difficulties.
"Hey! Folks!"
The chubby Chen drank hard liquor, increasing his resistance to attacks. He shouted loudly, "Although the flames spewed by that big worm will burn me, they can relieve the paralysis caused by the venom on my body!"
Old Chen endured the most poisonous attacks from Acidmaw alone, and said his new discovery!
Everyone was shocked!
Compared to flames, they were more afraid of the venom that could cause paralysis!
"Mages! Hunters! Follow my command and kill that big worm with a bit of green on it with all your might!"
"Alright!
No matter how strong Acidmaw and Dreadscale were, they were still just two beasts. With limited intelligence, they never realized that their abilities could actually counteract each other, and this ultimately became their fatal flaw.
Taking advantage of this characteristic, the warriors would run into the flames spewed by Dreadscale with all their might after being hit by Acidmaw's venom, purifying the venom that had contaminated them.
Subsequently, Acidmaw was ganged up on and heavily beaten by the warriors, directly exiting the stage, leaving the fire worm even more isolated and helpless, and leaving the stage even more miserably after being beaten!
However, they also completed the clearing that Galen had anticipated, leaving only thirty participants.
Eliminating those with insufficient strength, poor adaptability, those who had not grasped teamwork, and those who were dragged down by fighting alone, these were the true elites.
"Well done! Champions of Azeroth, you have achieved victory and passed the third stage! Audience, cheer for them, this is the honor they deserve!"
Galen was very satisfied with the performance of these young people. Most of them were at the eighth or ninth rank, with only the old hunter and the dragon-disguised participant having legendary strength. Moreover, with the dragon people slacking off throughout the entire process, they were able to keenly discover the weaknesses of the two big bugs and defeat them without any guidance.
However, I can't just praise them; necessary suppression is still needed: "But this is not the end… this is just the beginning!"
Galen's voice slowly stopped the audience's cheers. After the arena was quiet, he continued: "You have proven your strength, but that is not enough. What we face is the even more terrifying enemy, the Lich King. Therefore, you will face even stronger opponents next."
"Now is the intermission. Warriors, please seize the time. You only have half an hour to recover your stamina and mana! The Scarlet Crusade will provide life recovery potions and purification potions, while our night elf allies will provide water from the moonwell!"
After Galen finished speaking, the thirty warriors quickly sat down cross-legged. A large number of soldiers also poured into the arena, quickly clearing the corpses of the slain wild animals and magnataurs.
Soon, the recovery items Galen mentioned were brought up by the attendants. Most people chose the Scarlet Crusade's recovery items, while only the night elf team and a dragon team chose to drink the moonwell water to restore their stamina and mana.
Moonwell water is a good thing!
It can restore the user's stamina and mana.
And the moonwell water is inextricably linked to the Well of Eternity. After the Well of Eternity exploded ten thousand years ago, the energy of the well water scattered by the explosion formed the magical network of Azeroth, and some rare energy scattered to all corners of the world.
This is similar to a heart exploding, with the energy spreading to the blood vessels throughout the body.
The night elves discovered this, so they built a large number of moonwells in their territory to collect this scattered energy.
Relying on the moonwells in their territory, the night elf civilians cured their originally weak magic addiction.
Of course, only the high-level night elves knew about these things, while folk legends evolved into the moonwell being a gift from the moon goddess Elune.
"Hmph!"
The night elf girl who transformed into a boar shape was a little dissatisfied: "These people actually don't choose the moonwell water, but use the Scarlet Crusade's alchemy products. They really don't know what's good for them!"
"Shh!" The older female druid interrupted the little girl's words: "Istaria, don't say that. In all fairness, the Scarlet Crusade's alchemical potions do have their unique features, almost catching up with the moonwell water!"
"Okay, Sister Xisalie!" Istaria pouted, with lips that could hang an oil bottle on.
"Istaria, don't be capricious. The Scarlet Crusade is our ally. Highlord Galen has a close relationship with our great hero Galen Remar. We must give them enough respect!"
"Got it, Sister Aena, I…"
The little girl wanted to say something but was interrupted by a shout.
"Hey, night elf chicks over there…"
"Smack!"
Before he could finish speaking, Veriton Barov, who was responsible for being touching, was slapped on the back of the head by his brother.
"Silly brother, they are the highlord's allies. Be polite when you speak," Alex said with a smile. There weren't many opportunities to openly educate his disobedient brother like this.
"You…"
As expected, Veriton was exasperated but unable to refute.
"Night elf allies, can you come over and discuss the division of labor for a while? We don't have many people left. In order to cope with the next test, we must unite!"
"Agreed!"
Time passed in the discussion of the remaining personnel, and finally, a resolution was established to make Hemet Nesingwary the team leader and Auberdine Brightmane as the assistant.
"The Alliance's first Trial of the Champion, the fourth round begins!"
Originally, in Turalyon's arrangement, the next round was a snow monster with a pair of curved ram horns on its head, blue skin, and white hair all over its body, but Galen disliked this test as being too childish, even inferior to two ice worms.
"This trial will be an unprecedented event for the Alliance, and the guardians of the following trials will open your eyes!"
Galen's high-pitched voice resounded throughout the arena, not only the participants in the arena, but also the audience in the stands, including the high-level officials of the Alliance, were aroused with curiosity!
After a burst of white light, the guardian of the fourth level arrived!
As the white light dissipated, a huge figure appeared in the arena.
"Wow!"
The audience in the stands was astonished. They saw a giant nearly ten meters tall.
His whole body was red, and besides flesh and blood, they could also see many rock formations!
Huge, one-eyed, terrifying!
Language can no longer describe the feelings that this giant brought to the viewers.
In addition to this Gronn with unparalleled martial power, the audience also saw five smaller ogres!
Son of Gruul: The Devourer Doon, and also King Maulgar and his four little brothers!
A high-imitation version of Gruul's Lair.
Galen's wicked taste.
"Ten years ago, a race called the orcs invaded our world. The Alliance defeated them, and now most of them are still serving us as farmers, herders, and miners."
"And these giants are a race that lives in the mountains of Draenor, the homeland of the orcs. They have been conquered by me, by the Scarlet Crusade!"
Galen paused for a moment, glanced at the high-level officials of the Alliance. Old Genn was also here. Today, he would let these people who superficially obeyed Stromgarde know that the Scarlet Crusade was not something you could surpass.
"Now, let the trials begin!"
Boom!
No sooner had Galen finished speaking than the impatient Doon directly conjured a powerful earth spell: Rockfall!
"Scatter!"
Hemit shouted, directing everyone to dodge the rain of rocks like a blizzard!
Seeing that his Rockfall had no effect, Doon became somewhat angry, his single eye glowing faintly red as he charged towards the crowd!
"Go! Go! Go! Old Chen! Bridget, hold up that big guy! The rest of you, kill those smaller ones!"
With the commander's orders issued, the participants quickly moved into action!
Giants as tall as Grons were rare in Azeroth. Aside from Archimonde and Mannoroth-like demigod demons who appeared during the Battle of Mount Hyjal, the largest creatures the Eastern Kingdoms had seen were probably the Vrykul and Stone Rune Giants of Northrend, while the Night Elves of the Western Kingdoms had their natural allies, the Mountain Giants.
Therefore, this exciting battle attracted everyone's attention.
"Galen! How's things my friend?"
A warm, jade-like voice sounded in Galen's ear.
Galen turned his head and saw Kael'thas, the High Elf Prince, wearing a red cloak.
Behind him, the white light of spatial magic still flickered. This guy actually used Blink to get close to him; no wonder he hadn't sensed it beforehand.
Kael'thas wore a fiery red phoenix robe, and the beard he had grown on his face added a touch of stability to his already handsome appearance.
"It's nothing, just muttering some nonsense."
"I don't think you talk nonsense, Galen." However, Kael'thas did not continue to press the issue, but instead focused his gaze on the battle in the arena.
Soon, Kael'thas discovered that this giant Gron, while appearing tall and strong, actually had a fatal flaw: low intelligence!
A Pandaren and a peak level 9 human paladin were able to hold him back, preventing him from paying attention to the battle between the five one-eyed demons and ogres. As long as they dodged his earth magic, he was no threat at all.
On the other side, the one-eyed demon Maulgar the Defiler and his four ogre minions were wreaking havoc among the contestants.
Maulgar was a powerful warrior, wielding a giant axe in one hand. With a downward slash, two blue dragon drakonids who considered themselves strong were sent flying back, coughing up blood.
The tauren Orin immediately raised his totem pole, barely blocking this fatal strike. Taking advantage of the gap in Maulgar's attack, the other melee fighters tried to surround him.
Maulgar the Defiler roared to the sky, his immense killing intent causing the surrounding warriors to feel fear and paralysis. Some warriors with weaker wills even turned and fled in terror!
This wasn't even the worst situation. Maulgar the Defiler's four minions were four two-headed ogres, the top spellcasters in their tribe. Under their frenzied output, the arena was in chaos.
Krosh Firehand, the red-skinned fire mage, constantly released fire blasts while protected by a mana shield.
The black-grey two-headed ogre was a warlock, and the blue-skinned two-headed ogre was a shaman, whose powerful polymorph spells caused a lot of trouble for everyone.
As the leader of the team, Hemet repeatedly pulled the trigger of his Nesingwary 4000, the shotgun roaring with each blast, sending bullets crashing into the ogres.
Unfortunately, the last yellow-skinned ogre was a priest, and his healing spells and prayers quickly mended the wounds of his teammates.
However, the hunter didn't feel regret at this moment. After observing the battlefield for nearly ten minutes since the start of the battle, he finally found an opportunity to defeat these powerful enemies!
Leave the giant alone for now. Hemet knew that as long as they dealt with these five smaller ones, the giant would be isolated and helpless!
"Everyone, listen to my command!" Hemet's deep voice made everyone's heart skip a beat. It seemed that the team leader had found a chance to break the stalemate!
"Olin! Take that one-eyed monster to the edge!"
"Roger that!"
"Istaria!"
"I'm here!" The little night elf girl responded in a tender voice.
"Take your druid squad and control that blue-skinned shaman!"
"Okay!"
The two-headed ogre shaman was using Polymorph to restrain most of the teammates, but the druid squad, after transforming, was immune to Polymorph, making them the best choice to deal with him.
"Dragon friends, can you handle that damned warlock?"
The red dragonkin and blue dragonkin squads' eyes lit up!
That dwarf actually called us dragons!
"No problem!"
Hemet felt a sense of relief. With that issue resolved, he had dealt with most of the problems. Then, he instructed the high elf mages to take down the fire mage, while he led the remaining damage dealers to kill the blind ogre priest!
"High elf rangers! Please focus fire on that yellow-skinned ogre priest with me!"
Hemet loaded special bullets into his Nesingwary 4000!
Soon, the first armor-piercing bullet pierced through the ogre priest's Greater Divine Shield!
On the other side, the high elf rangers drew their specially made armor-piercing arrows, attacking the blind seer!
Galen only noticed now that the high elf rangers were led by his little brother-in-law.
He had learned from the reports that he had participated in the raid on Naxxramas with Jaina. He didn't expect him to also participate in the Argent Tournament.
Perhaps he was eager to prove himself to his sisters.
Soon, after being interrupted multiple times during his healing spells and prayers, the blind seer, the ogre priest, fell to the ground. After all, facing a gang beating and focused fire, with his other ogre companions restrained, he was powerless to resist!
Without the priest's healing, the ogre fire mage was killed by the high elves and the Nightborne. The dragonkin also took care of the ogre warlock, and then the main force helped the night elf druid squad kill the ogre shaman!
With the deaths of his four underlings, Mogal entered a state of frenzy. However, everyone had freed their hands, and his Intimidating Roar was dispelled by the priests' Fear Ward and the tauren shaman's Tremor Totem.
In the end, this powerful one-eyed ogre warrior died a frustrating death.
After King Mogal's death, the contestants were overjoyed!
They had observed during the previous battle that although the giant was strong, he seemed to only know how to fight with brute force and had a somewhat low intelligence!
As long as they cooperated well, the gronn giant posed no threat!
"Oh! !"
"We won!"
The entire arena erupted in unparalleled cheers, and the audience stood up excitedly!
Because the participants from Azeroth defeated that towering half-rock giant!
At this moment, the audience felt an unparalleled sense of security, knowing that the army had enough strength to protect them. This made them even more supportive of the Alliance's colonization plan!
The other high-ranking members of the Alliance exchanged glances. The appearance of Gronn, cyclops, and ogres made them even more curious about the mysterious Draenor.
At the same time, these elite soldiers also realized that Gronn would be very useful as a siege unit or for dealing with large groups of ordinary soldiers.
Including the Iron Horde of later generations, their plan to capture and subdue Gronn was very successful. They installed a pair of giant cannons on Skoglok's shoulders, turning him into an ironclad battleship walking on land.
However, at this time, Durn was facing the elites of various races on Azeroth. His earth talent and strength could not compare to his father's, and he was quickly killed.
Galen quietly watched the Crusader soldiers carry Durn, Mogar, and the few elite ogres away.
These few can be considered rare combat power, not consumables like wild animals or mammoth people. They will be resurrected and sent back to Draenor.
The participants also suffered losses. Only twenty or so participants remained on the field.
One dwarven team, one night elf team, one high elf team, two human teams, and of the remaining two teams, one was composed of high elves, nightborne, and a dragon, and the other was composed of Vol'jin, Old Chen, and Rexxar.
The remaining two teams were incomplete. The gnoll Tuskar, a vassal squad of the Crusade, was eliminated. Hogger originally wanted to recruit a worgen to supplement the team, but the worgen left with red eyes. Due to the rules, they were eliminated.
"Participants, thank you for presenting us with a wonderful battle!"
Galen's voice resounded throughout the arena again.
"Frankly speaking, these powerful creatures from Draenor are also top-tier existences in their world. When this battle started, I thought you were doomed to lose, but you relied on calm observation and good cooperation to reverse the situation!"
"I would like to call you the most elite young people of the Alliance!"
"You have passed the trial I set, but that is far from enough. In future battles, you will experience even more severe tests!"
"Warriors! I hope you can fight to the last moment! The Alliance will regard you as pride!"
"Next!"
"Audience, let us cheer for these warriors!"
Amidst the warm applause, the twenty or so warriors who persisted to the end in the Trial of the Champion withdrew from the arena.
They knew that their next opponent was the darkest and most evil enemy in this frozen land of Northrend: the Lich King!
The Trial of the Champion achieved the results expected by the high-ranking members of the Alliance. The next step was to completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Lich King.
Now, two-thirds of Icecrown Glacier has fallen into the hands of the Alliance, but the periphery of Icecrown Citadel, where the Lich King is located, is densely surrounded by millions of undead Scourge.
Even if there were millions of pigs, it would take the Alliance's 200,000 troops several days and nights to kill them all