Chapter 78 - Cooperation with the Devil
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"Arrogant guy!" Nathanos cursed while standing on the hillside not far from the undead base. He wanted to twist the demon's head off, and he knew there would be such an opportunity.
"We have brought you the news you requested, my lord!"
"Well done, little shadow." Nathanos nodded with satisfaction. "Now I want to hear some good news."
"As you can imagine, there is indeed a second road that can lead to Necros's base, and it can directly reach his rear. But I'm afraid we can't pass it."
"Why?"
"It's a waterway, my lord. And there's a group of trolls holding the dams on the river."
River? Dam? Nathanos squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then raised the corners of his mouth, "We can't go this way, but that doesn't mean others can't."
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A group of squirming snake-men built a camp in the shallow water below. Unlike the buildings of humans and elves, the snake-men's buildings seemed to have no need to worry about the foundation being corroded by the river water. Among those monsters, only one had his feet on the ground.
, held his chest high, and Nathanos smiled. This was the person he was looking for.
Compared with the last time they met, Illidan has changed a lot. If it weren't for the familiar pair of war blades and the lavender skin with swirling tattoos, Nathanos wouldn't have recognized him. He
His eyes were covered with black cloth, but it couldn't hide the evil green eyes behind him. This guy must be full of demonic energy now.
Nathanos observed for a while. The guy who was a night elf and now a demon was angrily accusing the snake-woman in front of him who was talking to him, as if the other person was burdened with countless crimes.
Nathanos smiled.
"You are trying to persuade me to give up the action!" Illidan shouted. "Tyrande's life is in danger, I must not sit idly by, the Scourge will kill her!"
"Are you sure? Lord Illidan?" The voice of the snake-haired witch Fasiqi was passed over, but she aroused Illidan's anger. Despite this, she still chose to continue to persuade her master, "The number of undead is several times ours."
times, and we can’t take advantage in ground combat, let alone..."
What's more? Illidan was still waiting for her to continue, and he swore that as soon as she finished speaking, the flames of Azzinoth would turn her into ashes.
But it was another voice that answered him.
"What's more, Necros has overwhelming air troops. Are you sure you can rescue your beloved woman with the mob around you?"
Although in a general sense, it was unwise for Nathanos to come alone to provoke him in front of so many snakemen, he believed that Illidan would not attack him immediately. He should still remember himself.
The Nagas in the camp quickly became alert and stared at Nathanos warily. Illidan suddenly turned his head and snorted, roaring: "A human being full of the stench of death? How dare you come alone! Wait a minute!!
You seem familiar."
"It seems that you still have an impression of me, Illidan." Nathanos directly called out the other party's name, and then teased: "Although I once doubted whether you could really see it."
"Of course I can." The demon sneered, "I remembered that you were the one who tried to take me away in the dungeon. Who...are you?"
"This question is not important, demon. What is important is that I can help you rescue Priestess Tyrande. Although I have no favorable impression of her, for our own benefit, we should cooperate."
"Cooperation?" Illidan said with interest, the word seemed like a joke to him, but his tone sounded like he wanted Nathanos to continue speaking, or simply to attract the undead's attention.
Just strength.
"It seems that you are more cunning than Gul'dan." Nathanos shot an arrow to the right rear at an extremely fast speed. He did not look back during the whole process. He could sense that there was a snake man behind him who was preparing to attack him based on his hearing alone.
, there is no doubt that this is Illidan's order. However, Nathanos did not kill the guy who attacked him.
The arrow only hit the tree next to the Naga. Illidan soon discovered that the tree was withering and withering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only then did he realize how dangerous the arrow in the undead's hand was.
"This arrow could have hit your man in the head, but in order to show my sincerity in cooperation, I didn't think about taking his life."
"My naga is not picky about food, even if it is a talking corpse. The question is, why should I trust you? After all, your kind is trying to kill my Tyrande." Illidan crossed his arms and said, but
The look of disgust on Fashki's face at the undead in front of her showed that she and her compatriots were not as picky eaters as her master said.
Similar? Nathanos clenched his hand tightly, and then immediately released it. He really wanted to make this demon wake up. The woman he loved liked his brother, but Illidan should know this, and in order to avoid
He stormed off, and Nathanos swallowed back the words in his throat and focused on answering his questions.
"Why don't you believe it? It's not the first time you have cooperated with the undead."
This sentence made Illidan silent. Indeed, the last time he cooperated with Arthas, he obtained the power of the Skull of Gul'dan and became stronger.
"Then let's talk straight to the point. What do you mean by cooperation... specifically?"
Are you finally willing to talk? Nathanos took back his bow and arrow, told Illidan all the news he got, and also told him that his men would help him kill the trolls and destroy the dam blocking the road in return.
, Illidan not only wants to rescue Tyrande, but also kills the Dread Lord Necros.
"That arrogant Dread Lord doesn't keep many troops around him. As long as you launch a sudden attack, he will never think of whose hands he will die in."
"This plan sounds very good, then... I agree."
"A wise choice." Nathanos' red eyes lit up, and it took more words to persuade Illidan than he expected, but the result was no surprise, and it was better than he expected.
"I have another question. I was in Dalaran before..." Nathanos could almost see the upward curve of the corners of Illidan's mouth. "Is that you?"
"It's a pity that I failed, otherwise your master would have been wiped out long ago."
It turns out that Medivh meant this, but Illidan said he failed, does that also mean...
"However, I believe that my magic has severely damaged your master. He will not survive for long. You'd better find a place to hide quickly. The end of the Scourge is coming soon."
The Lich King suffered a heavy blow? This news almost made Nathanos ecstatic, but he still controlled himself and carefully concealed his thoughts from the Lich King. But he knew that it wouldn't be long before he would be again
He could no longer hear the whispers that drove him crazy.
"Then I wish you good luck, demon." Nathanos turned and left quickly. What happened next had nothing to do with him. Rather than killing Necros, he had something more pleasant to do - wait for the wizard
Chapter completed!