The Flame Hawk Legion controlled by the Silvermoon Council and the Firewing Legion of the Royal Family quickly headed to the front lines of the Sun Sanctum. The remaining Garrison Regiment was a reserve force similar to a militia, and the Flame Blade Legion was controlled by councilors like Dar'khan.
The High Elf Kingdom's trump card, the Spellbreaker unit, was transferred to Quel'Thalas Island to guard the Sunwell. At this time, Silvermoon City was almost at its most vulnerable in thousands of years.
The Sun King's inaction gave the schemers and traitors among the high elves the best opportunity.
Thranduil asked the Sun King if doing so would be too obvious.
The Sun King smiled coldly, saying that he had been fighting with these old fogeys for more than three thousand years and knew them better than himself, and that they would never let this opportunity pass, especially since he didn't know how many of the councilors had chosen to serve the Lich King...…
Thranduil finally sighed and said: Is this the kingdom I built?
Back then, I held the Quel'dorei Golden Staff in one hand, the Flame Strike hanging from my waist, and the Wrath of the Stars on my back. Gods blocked my path, I killed gods, Buddhas blocked my path, I killed Buddhas. A casual blow would kill hundreds of trolls. Those old geezers from the same era knelt down and begged me to ascend the throne. In just a few thousand years, their descendants are almost riding on my grandson's head!
If it weren't for Galen, the Sunstrider Dynasty would be doomed!
On the other side, Galen watched the Silvermoon City meeting from Thranduil's perspective and knew in his heart which double-crossers might defect to the Lich King.
After the meeting, Anasterian told Thranduil that he already had his overall plan. Although Galen didn't quite agree, he respected his choice at the Sun King's insistence.
The High Elf Kingdom is not yet a member of the Alliance, and Stromgarde has not yet won the seat of the Alliance Lord. Galen is not the King of Stromgarde either. He is just a friendly army here to help, and there is not even a formal alliance. He has no position to interfere with the stubborn Sun King.
Damn it, the old geezer is so stubborn, Galen is about to explode with anger.
Hmph!
When you join the Throne of Heroes and learn the truth, I will let your ancestors slap you!
Galen, who didn't want to continue watching the high elves' troubles, decided to artificially advance the Silvermoon City incident. Thranduil, who received the order, had the same idea and immediately began to operate in secret.
That night, a group of high elves attacked the three magic sanctums of Silvermoon City: An'telas, An'daroth, and An'owyn!
The vast Silvermoon City has countless mage towers. Compared to Dalaran, which is known as the 'City of a Thousand Towers', Silvermoon City is even more so.
These private mage towers and the magic sanctums established by the kingdom are a monitoring and defense system that the high elves have built over thousands of years. In the past thousands of years, it has almost never been breached.
Even the red dragon onslaught ten years ago did not break through the magic barrier of Silvermoon City.
But this time, with the help of internal spies, the core defense hub was exposed!
The three magic sanctums are all located at the intersection of ley lines. The powerful energy possessed by this intersection makes them the largest ley line hub of the Sunwell's energy in Silvermoon City.
Ley lines are like the blood vessels of the earth, except that they transport magic instead of blood.
The high elves who rushed into the sanctums were pale. The guards were killed before they could react, and then their blood was drained!
It's the San'layn!
Before their transformation, they were residents of the Eversong Woods. As long as they concealed their skin color and the fangs in their mouths, entering Silvermoon City was simply easy.
In addition, with the betrayal of the high-level members of the Silvermoon Council, the existence of the ley line hub was no secret to Arthas.
Arthas, who had long been fed up with the tortoise shell, directly sent more than ten thousand San'layn to sneak in and seize the Three Moons Keys in the magic sanctums.
The Three Moons Keys are magical items divided into three pieces of moon crystal. They can connect to the ley lines and create a magical barrier called the Gatekeeper.
The leader of the San'layn pulled out the Three Moons Keys!
Then the magic barriers in various parts of the high elf territory disappeared instantly!
It felt like someone had pulled the power switch in their house, and all the lights went out!
In the Sun Sanctum, except for Galen, who knew the plan through Thranduil, all the high elves were dumbfounded!
Damn it, what's going on?
The mages who had been comfortably consuming the Scourge's forces under the protection of the magic barrier had their mentality collapse, watching the overwhelming undead rush in!
Fortunately, the Sunfury Legion and the Sunstrider Legion had also experienced the Orc Wars. The front-row shield guards went up, and Kael'thas immediately ordered the mages to activate the arcane golems to support the front-row warriors.
"Retreat, Kael!"
Galen directly warned Kael'thas.
The two mage legions only have a total of six thousand high elves. With the addition of the Skychaser Knights, which is less than a thousand people, what can they use to fight against hundreds of thousands of undead after losing the magic barrier, their tortoise shell!
"Galen, I've harmed you!"
Kael'thas said to Galen with an apologetic expression. The combined forces of himself and Galen are only more than 10,000, and now they are surrounded by the undead, and it is likely to be a disaster!
"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't married a wife yet, how could I be willing to die?"
Galen rolled his eyes, "You go first, take your people and run north, directly into the Amani Catacombs of the Ghostlands. That catacomb runs through the entire mountain range and can reach the village of Fairbreeze from the eastern camp."
At worst, they can hide inside. The catacomb is so big that it is enough to accommodate them. As long as they guard the entrance of the catacomb, Arthas can't do anything to them.
"I'll have the knight-captains and bodyguards under my command clear the way!"
"Sylvanas, Alleria, are you retreating together too? The Temple Knights and Skychaser Knights stay behind to cover our retreat. Don't slow us down here, hurry!"
Kael'thas glanced at Arthas in the undead formation and issued a retreat signal.
Alleria and Sylvanas also did not dawdle and immediately began to reorganize their troops.
Two thousand ninth-tier knight-captains directly formed a wedge formation and pierced through the weak northern encirclement of the undead. The Royal Guards followed closely behind, expanding the gap.
The melee strength of Galen's high-level arms is far superior to that of the high elf legions!
"Temple Knights, Skychaser Knights, follow me to intercept the enemy!"
"Young men, listen to my orders!"
Galen excitedly waved the Ashbringer, and the Holy Light jumped like a flame. He took the lead and rushed out, splitting a hideous ghoul with one sword. The Ashbringer directly ignited the ghoul's body and turned it into ashes.
"Follow me!"
Gavinrad, the commander of the Temple Knights, led two thousand paladins closely behind, and engaged in a fight with the undead!
Liadrin and the knights of her Skychaser Knights were dumbfounded!
Shouldn't the rearguard rely on the buildings of the Sun Sanctum to defend?
Has our senior paladin brother's brain broken?
Liadrin sighed.
"Skychaser Knights! Mount up! Charge!"