Chapter 647
Chapter 647: Blocking Argus
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Originally, as a domineering CEO, Sargeras could do whatever he wanted without needing to explain to anyone. If he wanted to add a few more commanders, he didn’t need to explain to Roy at all.
But how should it be put? Roy still had some status in his mind, especially Roy’s strange power that could bring him to enter and exit the Void freely. Therefore, even though he wanted to add more commanders, he felt that Roy’s position as the first commander was very stable, so he couldn’t help mentioning it to him.
But how could Roy care about this? He had time jumped here from the future, so he naturally knew the power structure of the Burning Legion in the future. He, the original first commander, would disappear inexplicably for hundreds or even thousands of years from time to time, so he was gradually marginalized. He himself wasn’t that concerned about the Burning Legion, so he felt that Sargeras could do whatever he wanted.
Seeing that Roy had no objections, Sargeras passed over this topic and talked about the Argus world.
As Tichondrius had mentioned earlier, Sargeras’s approach to Argus was different from before. The Burning Legion didn’t invade Argus on a large scale, and the troops that he brought this time were all scouts in the Legion. Dreadlords, succubi, illusion demons, these demons, who were good at confusing people, quietly infiltrated the eredar society under his orders to influence public opinion and thinking, affecting the perceptions of the eredar.
Then Sargeras descended onto Argus and appeared in front of the eredar in the sacred form of a world-soul titan. Moreover, he displayed his powerful strength in front of the three leaders of the eredar, Kil’jaeden, Archimonde, and Velen.
The eredar were not an ignorant race. They had long known about the existence of the Pantheon and world-soul titans, and they had always had awe and worship for god-like existences like world-soul titans. Therefore, when Sargeras appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of the eredar. While eredar’s minds were wavering, Sargeras took advantage of the situation to promise the three leaders that he would bestow them with infinite power and profound knowledge. But the condition was that the eredar had to pledge their loyalty to him and become members of his Burning Legion.
Archimonde was boorish, so he immediately believed what Sargeras said. But Kil’jaeden and Velen were both sly old foxes, and they became suspicious of what Sargeras said.
In fact, after falling, Sargeras had already lost his original holy power. The world-soul titan form he displayed in front of the eredar was simply an illusion. Kil’jaeden had sensed the fel energy hidden inside Sargeras, and Valen had seen some terrifying scenes through prophecies, so both of them knew that everything Sargeras said was a lie. He was deceiving the eredar.
However, despite seeing through Sargeras’s lie, Kil’jaeden and Velen had different reactions. Kil’jaeden was afraid. He could feel Sargeras’s incomparably powerful strength, and he knew that once he exposed or resisted Sargeras, the eredar would not be able to withstand his anger. So for the sake of his life and the future of his people, he chose to submit.
But Velen was different. He knew very well that once they submitted to Sargeras, the eredar would no longer have a bright future. They would only be able to follow Sargeras and the Burning Legion to the end. Valen didn’t want his race to become trapped in an eternally dark future, so he was already planning to escape.
Of course, Sargeras didn’t know the inner thoughts of the three leaders of eredar. Archimonde agreed on the spot and was willing to join the Burning Legion. However, Kil’jaeden and Valen wanted to stall for time, so they expressed to Sargeras that they hoped for some more time to convince all their people.
Sargeras was very satisfied with these answers because he also needed time to let the demons who had infiltrated the eredar society play their role. As for taking the entire eredar race under his command, in Sargeras’s opinion, it was no problem.
Now, the troops of the Burning Legion were hiding in the comet, waiting for the eredar’s reply. But Sargeras wasn’t idle either. He ordered the demons of the Burning Legion to find enough materials. After the eredar of Argus joined, he needed to perform a fel energy ritual to transform the eredar into demons.
“So, is there anything I can do?” Roy nodded and asked Sargeras.
Sargeras rubbed his flame beard and pondered for a while before saying, “Actually, thinking about it, you appeared at the right time, Osiris. Although I’m very confident in subduing the eredar, I can’t let my guard down just in case. The eredar have enough technology to support interstellar travel, so it’s hard to guarantee that some dissidents won’t flee because of objections. I need you to lead troops to set up defenses around Argus and intercept these possible escapees!”
“Won’t the appearance of a large number of demons in the periphery of the planet affect your plan?” Roy tilted his head and asked Sargeras. “The eredar can observe outer space, right?”
“Hmph!” Sargeras snorted coldly. “The time I left for them is almost up. Those who want to obey have long obeyed, but those who don’t want to obey should escape. So even if the lie is exposed, there’s no need to worry. On the contrary, it’s the final moment. It’s time to give them some pressure.”
“That’s true…” Roy nodded, feeling that Sargeras was right. But he looked at the demons around him and said awkwardly, “With such a small army, I’m afraid it’s impossible to completely seal off all of Argus, right?”
Sargeras laughed out loud. “Don’t worry. Perhaps you don’t know that there’s actually a sleeping world-soul in Argus. I can activate a portion of the power of Argus’s world-soul and get it to help me seal the planet. I’m getting you to lead troops to seal the periphery of the planet just in case. Perhaps no one can escape.”
Roy agreed. “Okay, I’ll do my best.”
Before long, tens of thousands of demons flew away from the comet on starships under Roy’s lead.
Roy didn’t take the Void Seeker but a Legion starship. As his adjutant, Tichondrius was also on this starship. On the way to Argus, he whispered to Roy, “Lord Osiris, although Lord Sargeras is very confident, what I want to say is that it’s not impossible for people to escape from Argus…”
“Oh? What did your scouts discover?” Roy asked without looking back as he observed the gradually enlarging planet Argus in space.
“There are indeed some rebels among the eredar!” Tichondrius said. “These people aren’t willing to join the Legion, and they are even secretly communicating in an attempt to convince other eredar. Our infiltration force discovered these people and wanted to capture them secretly, but then we discovered that there’s an instigator behind them.”
“That’s not surprising…” Roy nodded. “Have you found out who the instigator is?”
Tichondrius’s expression was a little strange as he said, “I’ve found out that it’s their leader Velen, but…”
“If you have anything to say, just say it. Don’t hesitate!” Roy said unhappily.
“However, after some discussion, we think that Velen alone isn’t enough to escape from the Legion. But they’re indeed preparing to escape, so we think that another force is helping them. And what we’re certain of is that this force doesn’t originate from Argus but from outside!” Tichondrius said. “Unfortunately, time is too tight, and we haven’t found out where this force comes from!”
When Roy heard this, his heart stirred. Tichondrius hadn’t found this force, but Roy had already thought that the ones helping the prophet Velen should be the naaru.
He recalled what Velen had said when he met him in Shattrath City, so he immediately realized that sealing off Argus was probably another time node he would have to experience. Thinking of this, Roy couldn’t help turning to look at Auriel, who was lying on his right shoulder.
The Angel of Despair, or Void Angel Auriel, was now an iconic… accessory of Roy’s. All the demons in the Burning Legion knew that their commander, the King of Despair Osiris, had a strange creature lying on his shoulder. Moreover, this creature seemed to be a Void creature. No one knew what this strange Void creature was called or how it came about, and no one dared to ask.
Auriel seemed to sense something when Roy looked at her, so she turned her head slightly mechanically and looked at him. When she found that he wasn’t asking her to do anything, she slowly turned back and continued to lie motionless on his shoulder.
The naaru’s intentions for Auriel should have been triggered by the Argus incident, right?
“Interesting…” Roy rubbed his demon horns and pondered. Although he had jumped forward three thousand years, it had to be said that the Burning Legion had indeed made a name for itself during this time. The various forces in the universe began to take the Burning Legion seriously. Sargeras’s plan to purge all the worlds would definitely induce other forces to resist him. And the appearance of the naaru on Argus marked the first time that the forces resisting the Burning Legion took to the stage.
Since Roy knew about the existence of the naaru, there was no reason for him to let them go. These mysterious fellows had many riddles. He hadn’t studied the naaru he had caught in Shattrath City much, so this was another opportunity. He believed that Sargeras would be interested in these naaru as well.
As for Velen and the eredar he led, Roy didn’t take them seriously. Even if they really managed to escape, it was something that Sargeras had to consider. After all, the Burning Legion was his… Moreover, after obtaining most of the eredar, the great Sargeras might not really care about these few eredar.