"For Highmountain!"
A single Tauren charging could make the earth tremble. A group of Tauren charging was like an overwhelming tide.
Wherever they went, not a single Spider Demon survived; all died under the hooves of the Tauren.
Moraine charged at a Faceless One, his spear piercing deep into its belly.
The runes on the spear flickered, and a powerful energy burst forth, directly exploding the Faceless One into fragments.
"This is?"
Salador lowered his bow and arrow in surprise; if he hadn't sensed it wrong, that runic spear should be an artifact.
He never expected to find an artifact in such a remote place.
Cenarius was also stunned; this power felt somewhat familiar to him—it was the power of Omen.
Omen was once a member of the Wild Gods, a giant eagle.
Thousands of years ago, Omen died for unknown reasons; it did not return to the Emerald Dream, but instead let its soul wander in the real world.
Since then, the Wild Gods had lost contact with Omen.
He never expected to find it here, and that it had infused its spirit into the Tauren chief's runic spear.
The spirit is key to the resurrection of demigods; without it, they cannot be resurrected.
Replenishing the spirit relies solely on nurturing with life energy, a process that takes thousands of years.
What could have made it so desperate?
Moraine activated the power of the runic spear, significantly increasing his combat strength.
With one thrust of his spear, he could take down a Faceless One.
The Tauren's morale soared; they shouted the name of the Eagle Spear and fought valiantly.
Qi Tailerek watched his subordinates being slaughtered, filled with extreme anger.
It stepped forward, quickly entering the battlefield.
With a wave of its hand, the Shadow energy on the spiders surged, and the magic projectiles they released became several times larger.
The treants mixed among the spiders were quickly focused down and destroyed.
The enhanced magic projectiles pierced through their bark, and when the treants fell, their bodies were riddled with holes.
"mortals! How dare you defy the will of the Dark Lord?"
Salador sneered, drew his bow, concentrated the Sun Power to its maximum, and then aimed and shot at Qi Tailerek.
Whoosh!
The flaming arrow struck Qi Tailerek directly in the neck, and the Sun Power rapidly spread, instantly turning Qi Tailerek into a burning figure.
However, a burst of Shadow energy erupted, extinguishing the flames.
A tentacle grew from Qi Tailerek's head, wrapped around the arrow, and pulled it out.
It turned its head to look at Salador, snorting coldly.
Raising its pincers, countless Shadow arrows attacked Salador.
Salador quickly dove to the side, squeezing between two rocks.
The Shadow arrows arced through the air, piercing the first rock and striking the second.
Salador was very glad he had dived in lying down; otherwise, he would have been riddled with holes by the Shadow arrows.
However, this also made him realize that Qi Tailerek was not someone he could deal with.
"This monster is truly strong!"
Qi Tailerek ignored whether Salador was dead or alive and continued to walk towards the mountain top.
Its targets were the charging Tauren, the camp on the mountain top, and the person who had suddenly appeared and turned the tide of battle.
Slowly approaching the mountain top, Qi Tailerek again unleashed a barrage of Shadow projectiles, covering the entire front line.
Moraine quickly shouted, "Defend!"
The Tauren immediately raised their shields, but these wooden shields, which could block the Spider Demon's magic projectiles, were as fragile as thin paper under the attack of the Shadow barrage.
Shadow arrows pierced through the Tauren's bodies, riddling them with holes.
Moraine leaned on the Eagle Spear, looking at his fallen comrades with grief and indignation.
"Demon, may you die a terrible death!"
"Mortal, this is the consequence of defying the Dark Lord."
Qi Tailerek sneered and raised its pincers again, intending to kill Moraine.
Just then, huge roots emerged from underground, binding it tightly.
At the same time, life energy glowed on Moraine, instantly healing his injuries.
Moraine sprang up, roaring as he charged at Qi Tailerek.
"Tauren will never be slaves!"
"Bang!"
Moraine stomped the ground, leaped high, and, holding the Eagle Spear reversed in both hands, thrust it at Qi Tailerek.
Qi Tailerek struggled for a moment, realizing it couldn't break free from the roots' entanglement, so it raised its pincers, intending to first deal with the Tauren who dared to attack it.
A large amount of Shadow energy condensed on its pincers; if released, it would be enough to kill Moraine.
"Thud!"
As footsteps sounded, the roots moved again, rapidly wrapping around Qi Tailerek's pincers, binding it completely.
What?
Qi Tailerek watched in horror as Moraine got closer and closer, then was impaled in the head by the Eagle Spear.
"Boom—"
Qi Tailerek fell to the ground, and the unreleased Shadow energy suddenly erupted, forming a powerful shockwave that threw Moraine a great distance.
All the spiders within dozens of yards were torn to shreds by the shockwave, and the Tauren within this range were also nearly killed.
It was Cenarius who had intervened again, protecting them.
At Gale's Tower, Gale walked into the sealed chamber, carrying the Reaver's Scythe.
He came this time to unseal the devourer of gods.
However, he wasn't very confident, so he hesitated a little.
Re-sensing the energy intensity of the Reaver's Scythe, Gale gained some confidence.
He placed the eternal holy grail on the ground, then mobilized the energy within it to slowly break the seal.
The Sisterhood's seal contained Elune's divine power, and Gale didn't know much about Elune's divine power, so it would take a lot of time to break it.
Ten days passed, and Gale finally opened a crack in the seal.
As soon as the crack opened, the devourer of gods tried to rush out.
Gale was quick; the Reaver's Scythe blocked it, precisely stopping the devourer of gods.
He activated the Reaver's Scythe, and the four loa souls on the devourer of gods immediately quieted down.
It worked?
Gale's eyes lit up, and he used Arcane to retrieve the devourer of gods.
The devourer of gods slowly landed in his hand, and the cursed soul of Dubrakan became active again, trying to surge into Gale's body.
As soon as it touched Gale's panel, it was bounced back into the devourer of gods.
Gale smiled; this time, it was truly safe.
Turning around, Sethonis had already pushed open the door and walked in.
"Succeeded?"
"Succeeded!"
Gale said, "If Malorne can successfully lift the curse, then everything will be completely fine."
Sethonis smiled, "That would be great."
Gale put away the devourer of gods and the eternal holy grail, then opened a portal back to Sin'dorei.
He called Metri, and the two went to Highmountain together.
During these three years, Metri had also mastered Gale's meridian theory and would soon be able to advance to Archmage.
Along the way, Metri kept asking questions about things he didn't understand, and Gale answered everything he knew.
Compared to him, Metri was a magic fanatic, mainly Arcane magic; he was willing to try anything.