Chapter 248: The Battle of Sun Highlands Quel'Danas Ends

The restored ice bridge surprised the high elves, but the magic group immediately gathered their magic power and launched another attack. Soon the ice bridge broke, but another blue light rose, and the broken ice bridge was repaired again.

Even this time, the blue light did not disappear after repairing the bridge, but continued to spread around. Several similar ice bridges immediately appeared on the surrounding sea.

The huge undead army immediately dispersed along these bridges and headed towards the island of Quel'Danas.

No matter how the High Elf wizards continued to destroy the Ice Bridge, Arthas was able to restore the bridge with the power of Frostmourne.

Looking at the elven wizards who were constantly casting spells on the island ahead, Arthas, riding an ordinary skeleton horse, sneered and said, "Don't you think it's too late to destroy the Ice Bridge now?"

Although this place is still several kilometers away from the island, even if the bridge is destroyed and the undead army falls into the sea, they can still climb onto the island little by little.

What's more, the sea is full of sea water. Relying on the power of the artifact Frostmourne, he can easily build a bridge. He is not afraid of the elven wizards fighting a war of attrition.

If it was the mage from Silvermoon City who came, he would still be afraid. As for those long-eared people on the island, they had no idea how powerful the artifact was. Unless they could destroy the entire Ice Bridge at once, he would definitely take Quel'Danas Island!
An endless horde of undead landed on the island of Quel'Danas, and the elves immediately launched a powerful attack. The skeletons, zombies, and ghouls that had just landed were directly overwhelmed by bows and spells.

But then the undead army behind immediately filled the gap, and more skeletons rushed up.

At the beginning, relying on the power of the rune barrier, the high elves kept the undead army outside the barrier, and they could easily shoot and kill those undead creatures.

Although the Undead Army is overwhelming, they are unable to break through the elves' barrier. If they keep on fighting, the Undead Army will definitely be consumed in the end. After all, the Undead Army is not truly endless.

Although the high elves were surprised by the number and madness of the undead army, they were not afraid because they had the rune barrier and the Sunwell.

The mage group behind is using the magic of the Sunwell to cast large-scale war magic. Each time, this large-scale war magic can cause the deaths of thousands of undead.

The mages continued to gather energy and prepare to cast spells, but at this moment, they did not know that the rune barrier had been secretly destroyed. While the mages were casting spells, Dalkan used his identity to suddenly destroy the energy nodes in the barrier.

The next second, a dark blue sword light rushed out from the army of undead, and then instantly chopped on the rune barrier. The rune barrier that was originally as solid as a rock was shattered like crystal at this moment.

Powerful magical energy exploded, and violent energy fluctuations directly blew away the front-row armies of both sides. The High Elf Mage Corps that were casting spells were disturbed by the violent magical energy explosion, and the spell that was about to take shape instantly went out of control. The mage corps was instantly backfired by the violent magical energy.

The powerful mage corps of the high elves was destroyed in an instant. At the same time, without the rune barrier to block it, the tidal army of undead also swarmed in.

Faced with the sudden change, the elite elven warriors immediately fought back. Although they could kill skeletons, zombies, and ghouls with one sword, there were still endless streams of undead coming up from behind.

Endless undead souls surged up, and they were constantly hacked to death by the elven warriors, shot to death by the rangers' bows and arrows, or blown into pieces by flying fireballs.

But all this could not stop the undead army from approaching. Hundreds of thousands of undead attacked frantically, and a small hill formed on the ground. Even so, the undead army still did not retreat and continued to attack. The elves kept retreating, giving up one line of defense after another.

The sun set and the moon rose. The battle lasted from day to night and from night to day. The undead army continued to attack tirelessly, and the high elves were exhausted by the fierce battle.

In addition to physical fatigue, the mental blow was even more serious for them. Even though they fought so bravely, the number of the undead army was still endless.

They feel no pain, don't get tired, don't need to eat, and just keep attacking, attacking, and attacking again.

The fine elf swords were already damaged, and the warriors didn't even have time to change weapons or take a break, as all the reserve troops had already been deployed to the battlefield. The elves could only defend continuously, and under the pressure of the undead army, they didn't even have time to eat.

Although the elves were powerful, they were not tireless war machines and could also get tired, injured, and die. In this fierce battle, more and more elven soldiers were killed by the undead after exhausting their physical strength.

The elves' magicians could no longer cast spells. After the spells backfired, their strength was greatly reduced. That kind of war magic could no longer be cast.

Without the help of elven war magic, the elven warriors and rangers could not stop the endless undead. War magic can eliminate a large number of enemies at once, and they are the key to turning the tide of the battle. Unfortunately, the elven mage group did not play its due effect and lost its combat effectiveness.

After a series of hard battles, the elves discovered in despair that the undead army before them was still endless, and it seemed that all their resistance had become futile.

What made them even more desperate was that they discovered that their comrades who had died in battle had been resurrected by the undead, became minions of the undead army, and began to raise their knives against their former comrades.

Countless elf warriors even killed their own comrades with their own hands, which made the entire elven kingdom terrified and angry.

The comrades who had just fought side by side were now using their swords against each other. The double blow to the body and mind caused the elves to collapse. Finally, under the attack of the tidal-like Undead Grand Army, the last line of the high elves was completely broken.

Countless undeads trampled their corpses and filled the Sunwell Plateau. And soon, those elven warriors who had just died on the battlefield were resurrected as undead.

The High Elf Kingdom was completely defeated in this battle.

King Anasterian looked at the Death Knight Arthas in front of him and wanted to kill him, but his magic power had been exhausted in the battle.

Seeing this, Arthas drew out Frostmourne and slashed down with a sword. Anasterian squeezed out the last magic power in his body and controlled Flamestrike in his hand, wanting to die together with Arthas.

But he was too tired and was no match for Arthas who was holding Frostmourne.

Anasterian never expected that the High Elf Kingdom would fail so easily. In just one day and one night, the powerful Elf Kingdom had fallen to such a state.

Besides Arthas, the one who caused these consequences was the traitor, Darkan, the great wizard who had participated in the construction of the rune barrier of the high elves. At the most critical moment of the Elf Kingdom, he suddenly destroyed the rune barrier.

Frostmourne slashed down with great force, and Anasterian continued to resist with the help of Flamestrike. But the exhausted Elf King was no match for Arthas. Arthas was not in a hurry to kill him, he wanted to vent his frustration under Silvermoon City.

"Long ears, your proud kingdom will be completely destroyed by me. I will kill all the high elves and then resurrect them as undead."

“Your people will eventually become minions of the Scourge! As commanders of the Scourge, they will wash the world with chaos and destruction!”

"Or you can beg for mercy from me, and I will mercifully let you be the first witness to the destruction of Quel'Danas, and then I will kill you!"

Arthas attacked while mocking wantonly. Each of his swords was powerful and heavy. Frostmourne, with endless force, knocked Anasterian away again. Even a crack appeared on the Flame Strike in his hand.

"Arthas, you patricide! You destroyed your country and killed your father with your own hands. Today you have won, but we will not surrender. One day, the flames of revenge of the high elves will burn you to ashes!"

"Stupid long-ears, you're looking for death!" Arthas was hurt by Anasterian's words. Although he killed his father and destroyed his country, he still thought of himself as a good king in his heart.

You see, if he kills everyone, the people of Lordaeron will not be affected by the plague and will not suffer. Why don't you understand me? Why do my friends and lovers choose to betray me? In this case, I will turn all of you into my loyal subordinates!

Arthas was furious, holding Frostmourne, and slashed at the Elf King fiercely.

"Crack!"

A dull whine sounded, and the Flame Strike that carried the glory of the High Elf royal family was completely cut off. After Frostmourne cut off the Flame Strike, it continued to move forward, and finally pierced through the Elf King's chest fiercely.

With the severance of Felo'melorn and the death of Anasterian, the era of the High Elven kingdom of Quel'Danas came to an end.

The island of Quel'Danas no longer had any power to resist, and a large number of high elves were killed. Only a small number of civilians were ordered by the king to be moved to Silvermoon City as soon as possible after the battle was unfavorable.

But even so, in this battle, the high elves lost 70% of their army, almost all their high-level wizards, and tens of thousands of civilians.

In the end, the number of high elves who fled to Silvermoon City totaled no more than 40,000 to 50,000.

The Kingdom of Quel'Danas once had a population of over 100,000, but now it has less than 50,000.

After killing the Elf King, Arthas directly ordered the massacre of all the high elves on the island. Then he went to the Sunwell and threw Kel'Thuzad's ashes into the Sunwell.

He then performed the resurrection spell, and with the powerful magical energy infused into the Sunwell, Kel'Thuzad was successfully resurrected as a lich.

After resurrecting Kel'Thuzad, Arthas ordered his men to find all the corpses of the High Elf mages and throw them into the Sunwell. With the help of the Sunwell's enormous magical power, he resurrected all the corpses into wights.

Although these corpse wizards will lose most of their memories and spell abilities after resurrection, they are still spellcasters. The elves' wizard group eventually became the undead magic group of the Scourge.

The remaining elven warriors and rangers were resurrected by him using their corpse fluids.

After completing all this, Arthas did not stop. Standing on the Sunwell Plateau, he looked across the strait at Silvermoon City on the other side of the strait.

Silvermoon City is the largest city of the high elves. There are more elves there, and Arthas did what he said, and he must transform all the high elves into undead.

After a large number of undead were resurrected from the Sunwell, the Sunwell, once the most important energy source for the high elves, was completely polluted by the energy of the dead. The original magical energy turned into evil and dark energy. These evil and dark energies began to erode the surrounding land.

And these polluted energies began to spread into the air and spread to the entire island of Quel'Danas.

The entire island of Quel'Danas began to undergo tremendous changes. The golden woods began to wither, flowers and plants died in large numbers, and the city buildings that originally operated with magic began to be contaminated by dark energy.

The sky also changed from bright to gray. The invasion of evil energy caused the earth to dry and crack, turning it into a barren, smelly black-brown land. The rivers and lakes became turbid and the air was filled with a foul smell.

The creatures living here were also contaminated by evil energy, and a large number of them died as a result.

And this power soon spread to Silvermoon City. Richard was the first to notice the change in energy. The originally pure arcane energy suddenly turned into dark energy containing the blasphemy of death.

There was also a faint stench in the air, and the high elves who relied heavily on magic power also discovered the problem. This power disgusted them, and if they stayed in this environment for a long time, these high elves would get sick, die, and eventually turn into undead.

"Sir, what's going on?" Sylvanas hurried to the Mage Tower and asked.

"There's a problem with the Sunwell." Richard said.

"The Kingdom of Quel'Danas was built on the Sunwell and enjoyed its abundant energy. Now the Sunwell's energy has been polluted, and this polluted energy has begun to spread along the previous energy network."

"Eventually, the entire kingdom of Quel'Danas will be enveloped by this energy."

"The Sunwell? The Sunwell has royal family and nobles, and also gathers 70% of Quel'Danas's elite soldiers and high-level mages. How could it be polluted?" Sylvanas was unwilling to believe it.

After all, in her opinion, with so many troops stationed there and the most powerful forces of the Kingdom of Quel'Danas gathered together, how could they fail? They couldn't fail!
But the ironclad facts told her that Quel'Danas's elite troops did not stop the Scourge.

(End of this chapter)