BXBX NOVEL Chapter 572: Argus
Chapter 572: Argus
The surface of this planet was in a shattered state, and a huge fissure that almost spread across the entire planet could be clearly seen even in space. And this fissure was full of fel energy that was so thick that it seemed solid. The fel energy flames triggered by this fel energy soared into the sky, setting off a firestorm more than ten thousand meters high.
There was no ocean because the fel flames had already evaporated the ocean, and even water sources were scarce. Even the small lakes and swamps left behind were all highly poisonous liquid contaminated by fel energy.
The source of all of this was the Dark Titan Sargeras, who had corrupted Argus with his fel energy.
This planet was originally an extremely beautiful planet. It was once the home of the eredar, a race that was full of wisdom and thirst for knowledge. They had created a brilliant civilization on this planet, and the power of knowledge made them strong and wealthy. Originally, this energetic and motivated race would have gone further because of this desire for knowledge. However, their success came from their desire for knowledge, and their defeat also came from their desire for knowledge. Their exuberant curiosity and pursuit of knowledge eventually attracted Sargeras.
Sargeras appeared in front of the eredar as a titan and showed them his great power. He promised to bestow upon the eredar knowledge closer to the truth in exchange for their allegiance to him. At the time, the eredar had three leaders, namely Kil’jaeden, Archimonde, and Velen. Archimonde was amazed by Sargeras’s strength and chose to submit to him. As for Velen, because he was a prophet, he saw the future and saw through Sargeras’s deception, so he didn’t fall for it. When he realized that Sargeras would bring immense destruction and ruin to the eredar, he escaped with some of his people.
As for Kil’jaeden, like Velen, he saw through Sargeras’s lies, but his fear of Sargeras’s power made him choose to submit in the end.
Thus, in the end, Sargeras obtained two generals, Archimonde and Kil’jaeden. He used his fel energy to corrupt these two eredar leaders and turned them into demons. Then he used his fel energy to contaminate the entire planet of Argus and turned all the people led by Archimonde and Kil’jaeden into demons.
This was the origin of the eredar demons…
The Twisting Nether had been expanding, but this expansion speed was calculated in thousands of years. No matter what, Argus was still at the edge of the Twisting Nether and the material world, so Sargeras made this place the headquarters of the Burning Legion. Most of the military power of the Burning Legion was concentrated here, and it was the bridgehead for the Legion to invade the material world. Precisely for this reason, there were many portals on Argus, forming a large network-like space hub.
The moment they passed through the portal, Roy, Julia, Benia, and the others appeared on a huge and wide platform. The platform was made of an unknown steel metal, and it was surrounded by many raised buildings. Powerful fel energy flowed regularly on the platform and buildings. From time to time, a portal would open above this platform, and all kinds of strange demons would emerge from it and rush away from the platform.
This platform should be the teleportation hub of Argus. The many demons created a bustling scene here.
Looking up, Roy saw a dark night sky. In the dark sky, the faint green light of fel energy was refracted. There was no sun shining on Argus, and it seemed that demons didn’t like the sun. So after corrupting Argus, Sargeras destroyed it.
What was worth mentioning was that when Roy came to this world, Argus was still a planet floating alone in the Twisting Nether. It had yet to encounter the great change of Illidan using the Sargerite Keystone to pull Argus to the same plane as Azeroth. So when he looked at the starry sky from the ground, he couldn’t see the arc of Azeroth…
Julia and Benia looked at the surroundings curiously. They had never seen anything here before, so they naturally found it very novel. But their appearance on the platform quickly attracted attention.
A red-skinned female eredar demon rushed over with a group of guards. She was wearing neat armor, and even her hooves were wrapped up. She looked very exquisite, but the membrane of her demon wings hanging down behind her was a little tattered. When she walked onto the platform, she sized up Roy and the others in surprise.
Roy’s reverse demon wings appeared to be rare in this world. This female eredar demon observed for a while and confirmed that she had not seen him before. She immediately shouted, “This is the territory of the Burning Legion. I am Portal Keeper Hasabel! Strange demon, I’ve confirmed that I haven’t seen you in the Legion. Who are you?”
The eredar demons were assistants that Sargeras used to manage the Burning Legion, so they usually had extremely high intelligence and were not brainless, boorish fools. Although Hasabel was surprised, the powerful pressure exuding from Roy made her realize his identity, so even though she shouted, she was not too aggressive.
“Hasabel?” Roy wasn’t too familiar with this name. In fact, he was not too familiar with Argus. Most of his memories were about Azeroth… Of course, this didn’t hinder anything, so he nodded and raised his chin. “We came from the Abyss and heard about the name of the Dark Titan Sargeras and the deeds of the Burning Legion, so we came to take a look.”
“The Abyss?” Hasabel had a strange expression on her face. Of course, she was familiar with this name, but the Abyss demons in her impression were all huge fellows like Mannoroth, Magtheridon, and Azgalor, so she couldn’t connect Roy’s image with those violent Abyss lords no matter what.
Although she found it strange, the demon aura coming from Roy and the others was undeniable. Although the black-winged demon (Julia) didn’t look like a demon, she still had a dark aura. After thinking about it, Hasabel waved her hand. “Follow me. I’m only a portal keeper. If you want to join the army, I can’t make the decision. You’ll have to ask High Command.” Roy didn’t say anything else and just followed her.
Along the way, Roy communicated with Hasabel and learned some information. The High Command that Hasabel mentioned referred to the Antoran High Command. This council was the general staff in charge of formulating the Burning Legion’s crusade plan and carrying out practical commands. The members were basically the master tacticians among eredar demons, and the leaders of this High Command were Archimonde the Defiler and Kil’jaeden the Deceiver.
“Where is Sargeras?” After communicating for a while, Roy asked the question he wanted to ask the most. “Is he not on this planet?”
“Lord Sargeras isn’t here now!” Hasabel replied before turning to stare at Roy meaningfully. “But since you want to join the Burning Legion, it’s best to use honorifics next time instead of calling him by his name directly!”
Roy snorted coldly. ‘Whether I need to address him respectfully or not, we’ll talk about it when I see him!”
Hasabel was not annoyed by what Roy said. In fact, she was not even surprised because she had seen this situation many times.
Creatures like demons were inherently unruly, not to mention this reverse-winged demon from the Abyss, who had the same powerful aura as Archimonde and Kil’jaeden. It was natural for such a powerful demon to be conceited about his strength. But Hasabel was very sure that when he saw the unparalleled power of the Dark Titan Sargeras, he would restrain his pride.
Hasabel led the way in front without saying a word, looking forward to seeing the scene of this country bumpkin demon from the Abyss being attacked. But what she didn’t know was that what she saw of Roy’s behavior was only what he wanted to display for her, or rather, for the demons of the Burning Legion to see…
Although Roy was powerful, they only had three demons, one dog, and one mount, and this place was the heartland of the Burning Legion, Argus. Hasabel was not afraid of Roy and the others causing trouble, so she brought them directly to Antorus, the Burning Throne.
The Burning Throne was the power center and source of the Legion. This area was immense, occupying almost half of Argus. It was a complex domain in the broken world of Argus, and it was impossible to reach it just by walking. Under Hasabel’s lead, Roy and the others passed through several portals and flew in the air for a long time.
During this time, Roy and the others saw a gigantic floating island high in the sky above Argus. This floating island looked very complete, but judging from its foundation, it was clearly a broken piece of land separated from Argus.
“What is that place?” Julia asked curiously.
“Eredath!” Hasabel replied in a bored tone. “It’s one of the few places on Argus that retains its original landscape…”
The original landscape here naturally referred to the Argus landscape that used to be the home of the eredar, not the one that was now contaminated by fel energy. But Roy could tell from Hasabel’s bored tone that she didn’t have the slightest attachment to the former homeland of the eredar.
How should he put it? He felt that the eredar demons had completely fallen and degenerated…
Hasabel didn’t bring Roy and the others to the core of the Burning Throne but to the area where the Antoran High Command was, which was the Antoran Wastes, which was the center of the huge fissure on Argus.
Here, Archimonde and Kil’jaeden, who had already received the news, had been waiting for a long time…