Azeroth: Starting with Eagle Eye in the Necropolis

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This city is home to the most powerful race in Heroes of Might and Magic, bar none.

In a normal match, if both sides are evenly matched, the winning side has a 70% probability of being Elemental City.

Because this city is just too overpowered. Other cities produce one level 7 unit per week, plus two from the castle, while Phoenixes start at two, plus four from the castle, and six from the artifact.

Although the Phoenix's combat power is relatively low, it is still stronger than the Ghost Dragon. Moreover, it has jet attack and resurrection capabilities. It is a level 6 unit known as the Exposure Maniac, commonly referred to as the Spirit Elementalist or Magic Elementalist.

It's also a monstrous unit, the kind you least want to face when exploring the wilderness. It's immune to magic and has area-of-effect attacks. This guy also has a nickname: Little Black Dragon.

Most importantly, this thing is incredibly cheap compared to other level 6 units in other cities. It only costs 800 units of gold, a price the designers clearly decided with their feet.

How are you going to make a living off that Poisonous Scorpion Lion in the dungeon that sells for 1050 gold coins? Are you going to find a block of tofu and smash your head against it?

The Tier 1 unit, Little Butterfly, upgrades to Big Wave Saucer. It has the best-looking appearance in Heroes of Might and Magic III, although its attack power, defense, and health are all low.

But it's incredibly fast, reaching a whopping 9 points, and the attack can't be countered, making this move extremely powerful. If used well, it can be devastating.

In addition, the sheer number of Big Wave Discs means that skilled players can clear monsters without taking damage. As long as you know how to use the Waiting skill, you can easily crush your enemies.

The Tier 2 unit, Air Elemental, has been upgraded to Lightning Elemental. This unit has the stats and build of a Tier 3 unit, and it's also a ranged unit.

As for the level 3 water and ice elementals, they are just average, with no particular advantages but also not too many disadvantages.

The level 4 fire elemental is trash; it can barely be considered a level 3 unit.

Tier 5 Earth elemental units are trash in the game, but they're still pretty powerful in real life, at least they're permanent!

In terms of troop types, the only useless units in Elemental City are level 3, 4, and 5 troops, which is far more than most cities. The only useful units for the Oni race are skeletons, vampires, liches, and black knights.

But the bugs in Elemental City don't stop there! There are several bugged buildings in this city as well.

First, the magic academy building solved Rhodes's immediate problem. Rhodes's skills include Necromancy, advanced earth magic, intermediate magic, basic intelligence, intermediate Eagle Eye and Wisdom. He only has two skill slots left, and he must learn magic for those two because he has already embarked on the path of a mage. Changing to other skills would be useless.

With the academy, Rhode can spend gold coins to learn directly in the city. He no longer needs to rely on luck for water and fire magic, as the probability of obtaining them is too low, as Rhode had already discovered during his previous upgrades.

Once I upgrade Elemental City to a council, I'll have at least 6500 units of gold daily, which will guarantee my cash flow. Oh, yeah.

Another special building is the Treasure Shop, where you can buy treasures. It refreshes every month, and some of the auxiliary treasures in Heroes of Might and Magic have very powerful functions.

The elemental wonder was called the Rainbow of Magic, which allowed you to learn the earliest versions of all spells, even without the Wisdom spell. This included Titan's Arrow, but now you need the corresponding Wisdom spell to learn it, and this spell is no longer available.

The Elemental City's resource warehouse can provide one high-level resource, Mercury, every day. This city is very powerful, and Rhodes plans to focus on upgrading the Elemental City in the future, as it is more effective to use Elemental City's units in the public eye.

As for the Cemetery City, it will be led by Stank. He is almost finished training some of his skills with the Lich King. After completing his training, Stank can help him transform Dread Knights or Dark Knights into Death Knights. Perhaps human knights and cavalry can also be transformed.

Furthermore, with the Mountain Fortress now available, some upgrade buildings are no longer necessary, such as level 1 troops, which can be upgraded for free directly from the Mountain Fortress.

The remaining level 234 troops don't need to be upgraded in mountain fortresses, as it's much cheaper than upgrading in cities.

There are blacksmith shops in Elemental City, and you can buy ballistae at the blacksmith shops in Harajuku City. These are special war machines that can attack automatically.

This thing is almost as useful as a medical tent, and it can be purchased indefinitely. On the battlefield, it's equivalent to a level 6 soldier, and it has extremely high health.

The ballista has 250 health points, and its base attack and defense attributes are 10 points, not counting the hero's attack and defense.

The damage is (hero attack + 1) × (2~3) points, and the damage value is also affected by the hero's "Artillery" and "Archery" skills. The description shows that the ammunition quantity is 24, but the actual ammunition quantity is infinite.

Trading method and price: The ballista costs 2500 gold coins, which is a bit expensive, equivalent to an unupgraded level 7 unit.

For the first day of construction, Rhodes chose to build a council hall. First, he needed to boost the economy. Elemental City doesn't have many buildings, and if he had enough resources, Rhodes could build the Phoenix in a month.

Furthermore, the magic guilds will be able to learn a new wave of magic. Hopefully, they won't learn duplicate spells. In the Elemental City, one can learn some spells that are impossible to find in the Undead City.

During the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Rhodes could already imagine the terrifying scene of summoning a dozen phoenixes.

After crossing the sea to Kalimdor, Rhodes spent more than half a month living near Chenni Swamp. In that time, he accumulated a considerable amount of resources.

Several tens of minutes later, the night elves brought over the corpses of their companions, bringing those that were intact; there were about two hundred of them.

Rhodes first used his Redemption skill to resurrect units that could be revived, bringing back about 30 Night Elves who had only suffered fatal wounds and whose corpses were intact.

Then, two Archangels of Light were summoned, granting them three resurrection abilities, which could theoretically restore 450 health points.

This time, Rhodes had two Holy Angels coordinate their attacks, restoring only 10 health points to each Night Elf unit. Although they were weak after being resurrected, the Holy Light could heal them.

With three resurrection abilities, the Night Elves, who could not be resurrected even by the Old Book and the Druid's reincarnation, were resurrected by the Archangel of Light. Apart from some Night Elves that had already been blown to smithereens, the Sentinel team's losses this time were extremely low.

"Welcome back, sisters."

"I...I'm alive, sisters."

"Praise be to the great Elune, I have been resurrected!"

"Thank you for your help, Lord Rhodes!" The Night Elf Sentinel Commander approached Rhodes and performed the highest Night Elf courtesy with utmost respect.

"You're welcome. I only did a small favor," Rod said with a smile.

“Lord Rhodes, we will send our sisters to inform the High Priestess of your matter. She will be here to see you soon,” said the night elf sentinel before him.

According to the great demigod Cenarius, this man named Rhodes had participated in the War of the Ancients, so he also knew High Priestess Tyrande.

“Then please convey this message as soon as possible; the Burning Legion is a matter of utmost urgency,” Rhodes said.

The female sentry in front of him nodded, bowed to Rhodes once more, and then took her leave. These newly resurrected sisters were still very weak and needed some treatment and rest to recover.

Next, they will be responsible for clearing out the nearby orc army; these are all tasks.

After dealing with the night elf sentinels, Rhodes came to the corpse of an old orc, pondered for a moment, and then preserved the body.

The battle for Mount Hyjal still relies on the orcs. Rhodes intends to return Grom Hellscream's corpse to Thrall. As for resurrecting him, Rhodes has no intention of aiding the enemy.

Grommash Hellscream would be of no benefit to humanity if he were to be resurrected.

“Ten thousand years ago, I saw a creature called an orc. He was an extremely brave warrior. I still remember that hero jumping into the portal to the Well of Eternity, blocking Sargeras, and severely wounding the god with his mortal body,” Cenarius said.

Upon hearing this, Rhodes turned his head. Cenarius was probably referring to Broxigar Saurfang, the orc veteran who had traveled to ten thousand years in the future and the brother of High Overlord Saurfang.

This is one of the people who were sent back 1 years ago along with Ronin and the Red Dragon Mage. However, unlike the other two, he is the only one who did not return alive.

In terms of battle record, he is definitely number one among all the orcs. Not just anyone can wound Sargeras.

However, no one in the orc race knows about him now, no one knows about his heroic sacrifice 1 years ago, and no one knows about the ancient war.

“Professor Cenarius, please don’t tell me too much about things from 1 years ago. It might have some negative consequences,” Rhodes said.

The time paradox is no joke; if Rhodes were to go back ten thousand years, he would naturally experience everything.

“I know Rhodes, but the whole of Azeroth owes that orc a favor. You specifically asked me to do this ten thousand years ago.”

"The orc race is very important to Azeroth. You can suppress them, but don't let them be wiped out, and certainly don't stop the establishment of Durotar," Cenarius said meaningfully.

Rhodes nodded upon hearing this. He naturally knew that Azeroth would still need orcs in the future, at least until he had the strength to sweep everything aside.

From the demigod's words, Rhode could sense that he cared deeply about the orc warrior from ten thousand years ago.

“I understand, Professor Cenarius. I will never forget that orc warrior who sacrificed himself for Azeroth,” Rhodes said.

“Who told you that orc warrior was killed?” Cenarius said.

Chapter 126 The Changed History, The Deal with the Female Elf

These words completely baffled Rhodes. What was going on? Had Broxigarn not sacrificed himself?

So how did he survive? How did he survive after jumping into the portal to the Well of Eternity and wounding Sargeras?

Logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to survive unless he changes something!

As the only little butterfly in the world of Azeroth, only she can change her own destiny.

But if we saved this old orc, what exactly happened afterward?

Rhodes looked at Cenarius with a hint of curiosity.

“I’m sorry I can’t tell you the specific details, but you’ll know once you experience it for yourself in the future,” Cenarius said with a smile.

He did feel a strong urge to tell Rhodes something, but he held back. For him, it was the past, but for Rhodes, it was the future, something yet to be done.

He cannot change the timeline; it goes against the natural order and would not benefit Rhodes.

Rhodes nodded upon hearing this. It seemed that the old orc warrior had indeed survived because of the butterfly effect he had created.

I have a good impression of High Overlord Saurfang. It would be a good thing for humanity if Saurfang, his brother, and his son could come to power in the future.

We absolutely cannot entrust this to that idiot Garrosh; Young Hero Roar is such a liability.

“Then let’s talk about something else! Teacher Cenarius, you must now awaken all the druids,” Rhodes said.

In the original timeline, Cenarius died unexpectedly, which severely impacted the druids.

They did not awaken automatically; Tyrande had to awaken Malfurion, who in turn had to awaken all the druids.

The demigod Cenarius is not dead. With this demigod around, he can easily awaken all the druids, because he is the source of the druids.

It's strange, but Rhodes has always been a little curious that the most bizarre ability of druids is not actually some kind of entangling nature magic, but rather shapeshifting.

Transform into various animals to fight, such as cat druid, bear druid, and bird druid. There's a saying that goes, every hunter wants a druid baby.

However, Cenarius was completely unable to transform into various animals to fight, such as his father or other wild gods, which would at least be better than his current form.

Cenarius's father, the demigod Deerclops, was far stronger than him in terms of combat power. At least he fought Archimonde head-on and eventually died from exhaustion, but before that, the old Deerclops had taken down a group of Burning Legion generals.

“You’re right, Rhodes. I must awaken all the druids. I will sound the Horn of Cenarius later to rouse them from the Emerald Dream. In addition, I will summon some other Wildlings to join this battle,” Cenarius nodded and said.

The Burning Legion's invasion is currently a small-scale operation that followed Archimonde; it should only consist of a group of elite demons, and they have not opened the giant portal.

If the Legion launches a full-scale invasion, Azeroth will have absolutely no chance of stopping it; the endless army of demons will be enough to destroy everything.

The Burning Legion's goal is likely to open a massive portal, which requires an enormous amount of energy.

Currently, the only source of such immense energy in all of Azeroth is the World Tree planted by the Night Elves.

“Perhaps there isn’t enough time. Awakening the druids is manageable, but many of the other wilderness demigods haven’t been resurrected yet. This battle belongs to our mortal race,” Rhodes said.

If Archimonde were to be defeated through a direct confrontation, another batch of Wild Gods would perish, and without the help of the five Dragon Aspects, this could have new consequences for Azeroth in the future.

Therefore, the best way is for the Night Elves to sacrifice the World Tree and then blow up Archimonde.

“That would be a huge sacrifice for the Night Elf race. You must speak with Tyrande and Malfurion; they are now the leaders of the Night Elves,” Cenarius said.

“There is no eternal throne. The night elves have enjoyed immortality for ten thousand years, and even if the World Tree is destroyed, the night elves will still be a long-lived race, living for several thousand years is not a problem,” Rhodes said, shaking his head.

The Night Elves have gained enough; the future of Azeroth doesn't need an immortal race, so the World Tree must also be used to kill Archimonde.

“I understand, Rhodes. I believe Malfurion will make the right choice. You can stay here for the time being.”

"Soon, Tyrande and Malfurion, along with all the druids, will arrive. In the meantime, I can teach you some life magic," Cenarius said.