Draksa's heart was good, but he clearly wasn't facing the facts.
However, Draksa wasn't the only one who thought this way; Mejia was the same.
Upon arriving at Hovswald, he immediately met Gale: "Your Majesty, the Netherworld is dangerous, you cannot risk yourself. Let me handle this battle!"
Gale was speechless again. Without him, how would he deal with Hela? With his current body? Or the tidal scepter and Lich Bane?
Mejia knew Gale's concern, "Your Majesty, this time I plan to unleash the Lich army. Even if all the Liches are killed, we can still resurrect them; it's just a waste of some materials! With Redridge Mountain's ore supply, I can restore the Liches to their current scale in just two or three years."
Gale raised an eyebrow; he really hadn't thought of that.
But Mejia was right; the existence of Liches was indeed a bug. With enough resources, it was entirely possible to overwhelm Hela with a Lich army.
Being able to take down the Netherworld without sacrificing a single soldier, Gale's heart couldn't help but stir.
"Good, the attack on the Netherworld is in your hands!"
Mejia: "Then I ask Your Majesty to equip the Lich army with divine artifacts so that their effectiveness can be maximized."
When he created the Liches, he used good materials. The weakest Liches were all Archmage-level. Moreover, they were Archmages who had advanced through the meridian method. If these Liches were also equipped with divine artifacts, then any one of them would be a BOSS-level threat.
"No problem!"
Gale readily agreed. The Liches' bodies were consumables, and the divine artifacts used didn't need to be too good. In case Hela captured them, they shouldn't become her aid.
He thought of the divine artifacts made from enchanted thorium ingots, powerful yet easily destructible. If the destruction mechanism of the divine artifacts was linked to the Liches themselves, the artifacts would automatically self-destruct after the Lich was killed, thus preventing Hela from capturing them.
Thinking of this, Gale once again brought out the discarded blueprints.
Although Liches were undead, the Kaldorei Empire's Liches didn't have much involvement with necromancy. While necromancy courses were established in Nathalass, it was still too short a time, and compared to Hela, who specialized in necromancy, they were far inferior.
Therefore, the divine artifacts must have the ability to defend against necromancy.
Plus, the Liches were skilled in using Frost Spells...
He had it!
Gale pulled out a blueprint for a staff, on which the staff's name was written: Twilight Flow.
Twilight Flow was a king's equipment. The staff was inlaid with a blue gem, and several streams of water encircled the sapphire, hence its name.
Gale slightly modified it, using oak for the staff, wrapped with enchanted thorium ingots, and inlaid with a storm-sky sapphire.
The most complex part of the crafting process was how to enchant thorium ingots, but for the current Gale, it was incredibly simple.
He directly arranged thousands of thorium ingots together, then used an arcane gem to forcibly bombard them. The powerful arcane gem instantly changed the nature of the thorium ingots, completing the enchantment of an entire pile of thorium ingots.
The Kaldorei present were all amazed. Many of them had witnessed the birth of the arcane gem. However, they had never realized the power of the arcane gem, and now they knew that the arcane gem was a divine artifact no weaker than the eternal spear.
Gale handed over the staff crafting process to other artisans, and only after the artisans had finished crafting the staff did he infuse the storm-sky sapphire with primordial water.
Using the hammer of Kaz'goroth, he activated the primordial water, allowing it to encircle the storm-sky sapphire.
Finally, Gale set a soul-Department rune on the staff, which could prevent the user from being soul-controlled.
Twilight Flow was the worst of all the divine artifacts Gale had made. But considering its quantity far exceeded other divine artifacts, a slight difference in power became acceptable.
After equipping the Liches with Twilight Flow, Gale also helped them establish a connection with the staff and set up a self-destruct program.
Mejia exclaimed, "Your Majesty, this is truly an ingenious idea. I was worried that if the Lich army was wiped out, we would be giving Hela thousands of divine artifacts for free. If Hela used these divine artifacts to equip her army, our next campaign would become even more difficult."
Gale didn't pay attention to his praise but instead asked about his tactical arrangements.
Mejia said, "According to Adal Riverwind's intelligence, there aren't many formidable opponents in the entire Netherworld. Hela is one, Habron is one, and also King Imiron. Apart from these three, the other Vrykul are not worth fearing. I will send Aieria Bluemoon to enter the Netherworld first, establish a forward position, and receive the Lich army. Then, with Nidiir, Delyana, and Tirion as commanders, they will lead three armies to launch attacks on the Eternal Battlefield and the docks, respectively."
Nidiir and Delyana were the heads of Nathalas Academy, and Tirion was the librarian. Besides Aieria Bluemoon, these three were the most important Liches in Nathalass at the moment.
These four were Mejia's most important assistants now, so it seemed Mejia had not underestimated the enemy.
Gale nodded in satisfaction, reminding him, "You might be able to rescue Aieria first, which would help you deal with Hela."
Mejia: "I was thinking the same thing. Aieria and Hela are sisters and have spent a long time together; she should know Hela very well."
"Go prepare! Once ready, begin the attack, lest there be further complications."
Mejia nodded and began to allocate the army. This time, he brought all the Liches from Nathalass, numbering over a thousand.
So many Liches standing together completely occupied the lowest level of Hovswald. The Kaldorei solemnly watched these Liches, filled with respect for these souls of Nathalass.
Although they did not participate in the War of the Ancients, they indeed sacrificed for this great war.
One could only say that these people were unlucky.
Aieria Bluemoon had only recently been resurrected. Although Mejia had given her the highest treatment—a body of the same level as Mejia's—she still couldn't be happy. If she could, she wanted to become a pixie and live a carefree life.
However, Mejia told her that the Kaldorei Empire still had many enemies and needed her to contribute her strength.
Only then did she accept her identity, but she became much more reclusive than before. Like other Liches, she truly disliked her current appearance and didn't even want others to see her.
Given her relationship with Gale, she could have had a long chat with him. However, due to her appearance anxiety, she didn't even look at Gale, fearing she would recall her former beautiful face.
Leading a hundred Liches, Aieria Bluemoon entered the portal and stepped onto the land of the Netherworld.
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