Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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Archimonde's ultimate move, Death Hand, was originally Archimonde's team-wiping skill in the game's storyline, capable of instantly killing all players no matter what.

Archimonde, who had been completely controlled by the crowd and seemed to be powerless to turn the tide, unleashed an extremely terrifying attack.

In an instant, they broke free from the vine attack, followed by Thrall's restraint. The terrifying fel energy mixed with shadow power formed a shockwave that sent everyone flying. The dozen or so orcs standing at Archimonde's feet died instantly.

Those who launched the ranged attack were also in trouble. Uther was knocked away, the Silver Hand warhammer was dimmed, and Lightbringer knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

The demigod Cenarius staggered and knelt on the ground. He had just taken the brunt of the attack. Rhodes's Holy Angel was killed directly in front of Archimonde, and the Titan who was hugging Archimonde from behind was also taken down. These two level 7 units had taken almost all of the damage.

However, Rhodes was prepared. Another Archangel of Light who was with Rhodes quickly cast two resurrection spells, targeting the Archangel of Light and the Titan Giant.

The Archangel of Light and another Titan were resurrected together. After the two level 7 units were resurrected, they were immediately taken back into the system space by Rhodes, without Archimonde noticing anything amiss.

Rhodes gritted his teeth and used his healing skill, first restoring Cenarius, the demigod who had suffered a lot of damage. However, this healing was a drop in the bucket for a demigod, only managing to make him barely conscious enough to stand.

No one expected that Archimonde's final Death Hand would be so terrifying.

"None of you can defeat me, none of you can defeat the great Archimonde." The Defiler was also in bad shape, his body swaying and covered in blood. The attacks from the group had not been ineffective, especially the Archangel's attack, which had caused the Defiler Archimonde unimaginable damage.

“Rhodes, follow the plan and send him to the World Tree. There are still a large number of Burning Legion soldiers below. Only the explosion of the World Tree can kill them,” Malfurion said, dragging his heavily injured body to Rhodes.

“I want to help you preserve the World Tree. Kill Archimonde here; he’s done for. Let’s give it our all,” Rhodes said, taking a deep breath.

"You're a crazy guy. Are you sure you can handle this?" Malfurion said, somewhat speechless.

“Malfurion, who told you I didn’t have a backup plan?” Rhodes said, glancing at Malfurion.

The last Archangel of Light beside Rhodes received the Holy Light Judgment, reforged from the Emperor's weapon, the War Destroyer. The three Divine Monsters buffed the Archangel of Light, and Rhodes unleashed all his beneficial spells.

In this battle, Rhodes used his blindness for the first time.

Chapter 153 Battle of Mount Hyjal, Beheading the Defiler

Blindness is a very special fire magic spell in Rhodes' hands. It can effectively restrict enemies, causing them to lose their sight and fall into darkness.

Even after recovery, he will fall into a short period of weakness. With the blessing of intermediate fire magic, Archimonde can only exert 25% of his combat power.

However, this move is ineffective against constructs, fire elementals, and undead creatures.

The reason this move worked on Arthas was because Arthas wasn't killed; he became a Death Knight while still alive, so the move was effective.

Throughout the battle, Rhode intentionally avoided using any spells that inflicted negative effects, such as Doom, Slow, Curse, or Blindness.

Because all of this was prepared for this moment, catching Archimonde completely off guard, at his weakest moment, when he thought he was about to win.

Use this move against him. These four restrictive spells are Archimonde's trump card. Archimonde, enjoy this feast prepared for you.

At this moment, Archimonde was in the presence of Medivh, the only remaining guardian of the prestigious university who could still move. Medivh used his last bit of magic to summon a colossal bolt of lightning that struck the Corruptor.

A glint flashed in Rhodes' eyes; this was the opportunity he had been waiting for!

After Archimonde unleashed such a terrifying area-of-effect attack and was then struck by Medivh's final blow, his fel energy would inevitably experience a brief period of disorder and low point, which would be the perfect opportunity for him to launch a fatal attack!

"Now!" Rhodes roared, opening his spellbook and unleashing the Heroes of Might and Magic system magic.

Four distinct negative spells, like pre-prepared traps, were triggered simultaneously and precisely landed on Archimonde, who was slightly panting from the outburst!

"Slowing Spell!" (Advanced Earth Magic)

A heavy, earthy-yellow energy, like the thickest swamp, instantly wrapped around Archimonde's limbs and bones, making every movement incredibly difficult and slow, as if he were in deep water.

"Curse Possessed!" (Intermediate Fire Magic)

The dark, bluish energy seeped into Archimonde's protective fel energy, disrupting the stable operation of the fel energy within him and significantly reducing the power of his next attack, making Archimonde's ability to gather fel energy sluggish.

"Disaster is imminent!" (Intermediate Fire Magic)

An invisible wind of misfortune surrounded Archimonde, subtly diminishing his luck and perception of danger, making his subsequent actions more prone to flaws, and even potentially causing him to suffer a backlash from his own energy. This tactic is the most bizarre in Azeroth.

"Blindness!" (Intermediate Fire Magic)

Finally, a burst of intense yet harmless light erupted, instantly robbing Archimonde of his sight! Archimonde let out a roar of shock and anger, his vision reduced to a blinding white, completely losing all visual perception of the outside world!

Archimonde finally revealed a look of horror: "This is impossible! This is—"

With the enhancement of Rhodes' advanced earth and fire magic, the effects of these four powerful negative spells were amplified to the extreme!

If Archimonde were at his peak, he might have been able to forcefully dispel or resist it with his powerful fel energy, but at this moment he had just exhausted a great deal of energy to release "Death Hand", and was in a weak moment where the old power had just been exhausted and the new power had not yet been generated!

The four distinct weakening effects combined to create an astonishing chemical reaction! Archimonde felt incredibly heavy, his energy flow was disrupted, an ominous premonition filled his heart, and darkness enveloped his vision!

He frantically tried to channel his fel energy to break free from these constraints, but his movements were several beats slower than usual!

"What have you done to me? You despicable ants!" Archimonde roared in fury, waving his arms wildly, his fel energy overflowing but his aim gone.

"Now! Archangel of Light! End him! Cut off his head!" Rhodes used his last bit of mental strength to issue the final command to the Archangel of Light who had been poised to strike!

This angel of holy light had not participated in the battle since the start of the war, all for this moment. He poured the surging holy light power within him into the [Holy Light Judgment], which was reforged from [Stomka the Annihilator]!

The four wings of light behind the Archangel of Holy Light, who was holding the divine artifact, suddenly burst out with unprecedented brilliance, and his whole body transformed into a golden meteor that tore through the dawn!

The greatsword [Holy Light Judgment] is imbued with the holy light transmitted from Rhodes, all of its own divine power, and even draws upon the remaining moon god's light and natural energy in the surrounding space!

The bright moonlight shone on the Archangel of Light, while Tyrande, standing to the side, panted as she channeled the power of the moonlight to further strengthen the Archangel of Light.

At this moment, dawn has arrived, the night is about to fade away, and the hazy moon in the sky shines a straight beam of moonlight onto the body of the Archangel of Holy Light, making the Archangel of Holy Light even stronger.

"Go, servant of Rhodes, and cut off the head of the defiler!" Tyrande roared.

At almost the same moment, Cenarius, the demigod who had fallen to the ground, also used his last bit of natural power to tightly wrap himself around Archimonde.

Archdruid Malfurion also struggled to his feet, his hands glowing with green natural power as he joined his teacher to once again restrain the corruptor.

Jaina's staff gleamed with the power of ice, freezing Archimonde's upper body in frost. Uther, kneeling on the ground, raised his Silver Hand warhammer, and a beam of holy light shone upon the Archangel of Light—Blessing of Sacrifice, Blessing of Kings, Blessing of Might.

At this moment, everyone placed their hopes on the archangel Rhodes.

"Go forth, Archangel of Light."

"Bring us victory!"

"Polluter, your reign is over!" Rhodes proclaimed.

"For Azeroth."

The crowd shouted in unison.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Archangel of Light, moving at a speed beyond the reach of sight, transformed into a golden meteor, precisely bypassing Archimonde's wildly flailing arms, and aimed directly at his neck, exposed by his roar!

【Holy Light Judgment】The greatsword, imbued with the divine power to purify everything, sliced ​​through Archimonde's neck—weakened by multiple spells and with the weakest point of his fel protection—as easily as a hot knife through butter!

"No—ahhh!" Archimonde let out his final scream as the holy lightsaber erupted within him, the holy light and the energy of the moon goddess frantically destroying his body structure.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment, and Archimonde's roar came to an abrupt halt.

His massive body stiffened abruptly, and the confusion and anger in his eyes were replaced by incredulous astonishment.

The next moment, a huge demon head, burning with the remaining green evil flames, shot into the sky!

At this moment, the Archangel of Holy Light was no longer simply a summoned creature of Rhodes, but a blade of judgment that embodied the beliefs and power of all the allied forces present!

Dark green demon blood gushed out from the severed neck like a waterfall, reaching a height of tens of meters!

The headless, enormous body swayed, then crashed to the ground like a collapsing mountain, shaking the entire Mount Hyjal.

Archimonde the Defiler, commander of the Burning Legion, Sargeras' right-hand man, has fallen!

The corruptor's massive body began to crumble, and fel energy leaked from his body, forming a green vortex. Even if he was to be thrown back into the Twisting Nether, he would drag these people down with him.

After he is resurrected in the Twisting Nether again, he will return to this world once more.

"Oh no, he's trying to self-destruct and send his body away!" Rod shouted.

The Guardian Medivh, along with Jaina and the three mages of Kaponya, cast an arcane teleportation spell, moving Archimonde's corpse away from them and into the demon horde.

Archimonde's body exploded completely, the massive shockwave knocking down all the surrounding trees. The terrifying fel energy explosion instantly destroyed all the Burning Legion demons present.

The Burning Legion's demons were completely wiped out; the few remaining scattered demons no longer posed a threat.

A moment of silence enveloped the battlefield, followed by a deafening roar of cheers erupting from the allied forces!

"we won!!"

"Archimonde is dead!"

Long live Azeroth!

"We won! We defeated Archimonde!" The warriors embraced and wept, celebrating their shared victory regardless of their race.

The surviving heroes—Rhodes, Cenarius the demigod, Medivh the Guardian, Malfurion the Archdruid, Tyrande the High Priestess of the Moon, Thrall the Warchief of the Horde, Uther the Lightbringer, Jaina, Caponia…—all dragged their wounded bodies, staring in disbelief at the scene before them, before erupting in ecstatic joy at surviving the ordeal and shouts of victory!

Rhodes sat exhausted on the ground, too weak to even stand. Jaina and Uther quickly went to his side and helped him up.

“You did it, Rhodes, you really did it.” Jaina’s voice was full of admiration.

Uther patted Rhodes on the shoulder heavily, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Thrall also came over and said, "The Horde owes you a favor. You are a friend of the new Horde forever." Thrall specifically emphasized that they were the new Horde, not the bloody and barbaric old Horde.

Malfurion and Tyrande also came before Rhodes: "You not only saved the World Tree, but also the entirety of Azeroth."

Cenarius walked slowly over: "Rhodes, you did it. You successfully killed Archimonde the Defiler."

Rhodes managed to stand up and nodded to everyone: "This is not my achievement alone. Without everyone's sacrifice and struggle, we could not have won."

Just then, a system notification sounded in Rhodes' mind: A glorious victory!

Chapter 154: The Battle of Mount Hyjal Ends; Eagle Eye Steals Archimonde's Spell

You have gained xxx experience points, and your level has increased to 15. A smile appeared on Rhodes' lips.

The Battle of Mount Hyjal ended in a completely different manner from the original historical account.

Nordrassil, the World Tree, was preserved, and the Burning Legion's invasion, after paying a heavy price with the life of Archimonde the Defiler, was once again utterly thwarted by the heroes of Azeroth!

After greeting everyone, Rhodes sat down to rest with his eyes closed, citing fatigue as the reason. In reality, he was checking the system rewards in his mind. This time, the system reward settlement was a super bumper harvest, even comparable to all the gains he had made since his transmigration.

First, this war gave him a massive amount of experience points, directly raising him four levels to level 15. He gained four free attribute points for leveling up. After thinking for a moment, Rhode added two points to strength and two points to knowledge.

Now his Strength has increased to 12 points, and his Knowledge has increased to 13 points. Thanks to the bonus from Intermediate Intelligence, plus Arcane Wisdom and the Paladin's Blessing of Wisdom, Rhodes' mana has now exceeded 200.

From now on, when casting spells, there will be no need to worry about insufficient mana. If Rhode only uses the magic of the Azeroth world, he can hold out against enemies for an entire day.

Rhode believes that the magic in Heroes of Might and Magic is more than enough for most battles, except for high-intensity combat. Future upgrades will mainly focus on increasing strength, as the stronger the spells, the stronger his combat power will be.