After the counter-attack, the Kaldorei army's morale soared in Aredaras.
Kur'talos Ravencrest decided to capitalize on this high morale and launch an attack on Sin'dorei. Only by eliminating all demons could this crisis be resolved.
Therefore, he raised the banner of "Reclaim Sin'dorei, Save Azshara," gathered ambitious individuals among the refugees, and marched east along the demons' retreat route.
Along the way, elven volunteer armies continuously came to join them. These volunteer armies were resistance forces spontaneously gathered by Kaldorei refugees from various regions; their numbers were not very large, with none exceeding a hundred.
Kur'talos appointed Garrosh as the liaison to convey orders to these armies.
Garrosh was delighted by this; he felt honored to be able to contribute to his compatriots.
During this process, he also analyzed every order from Kur'talos. This was a method Gale had taught him: only by understanding both one's own situation and the enemy's could victory be achieved.
After several battles, Garrosh had a very clear understanding of Kur'talos's command style. Kur'talos's commands were concise and achieved clear results. However, in Garrosh's opinion, they were a bit too simple and crude; it wasn't that simple and crude was bad, but that it would lead to many more Kaldorei lives being sacrificed.
He strongly agreed with Gale's idea that the number of Kaldorei was too small to be wasted casually.
But he was only a guard captain and could not change Kur'talos's mind.
Just as he knew that Kur'talos's decision to drive away the Stone Giants and Tauren was wrong, he still couldn't change Kur'talos's decision.
Sometimes, he couldn't help but imagine that if the Stone Giants and Tauren were present, with their powerful strength, dealing with the demons should be very easy, and the Kaldorei might lose far fewer people.
The main army advanced to the vicinity of Aszuna and encountered a large demon army. Kur'talos continuously issued orders, engaging the demons back and forth.
Garrosh was extremely busy, running out to relay orders as soon as he returned.
Thanks to Kur'talos's proper command, the Kaldorei army and the demons fought back and forth.
However, at this moment, an unexpected change occurred. A Kaldorei suddenly appeared beside Kur'talos and stabbed him with a dagger.
Kur'talos pushed the assassin away, trying to pull out the dagger, but he couldn't muster any strength.
He looked down and saw dark green blood flowing from the wound.
The dagger was poisoned!
The guards killed the assassin, and just as they turned, they saw Kur'talos fall to the ground. By the time the priest arrived, Kur'talos had already passed away.
With their commander assassinated, the Kaldorei army lacked leadership and immediately fell into disarray.
Everyone in the command post immediately nominated Kur'talos's adjutant, Desdel Star Eyes, to take over the commander's position. They believed that since Desdel came from the Star Eyes family, which controlled the Second Legion, and had followed Kur'talos for centuries, he would surely be able to command the army well.
But who knew that Desdel was not only a good-for-nothing but also very conceited.
He immediately issued a series of orders, intending to reorganize the attack.
The messengers were frantically busy; Garrosh had not even returned to the command post when he encountered a messenger and helped relay orders.
As a result, Desdel's command only caused more chaos, and the armies on both flanks were repelled by the demons.
Seeing the deteriorating situation, Desdel wanted to retreat to a safe place to command again. However, while passing through a forest, a group of demons suddenly burst out and cut him down with a sword.
The Kaldorei army was once again in disarray; this time, not only could they not get orders, but they couldn't even find their commander.
All the army leaders became headless chickens.
At this moment, a volunteer army leader saw Garrosh and quickly went to ask for orders.
What orders could Garrosh possibly have? But he couldn't just watch the army fall into chaos, so he gave orders to the volunteer army leader based on his understanding of the battlefield.
Other leaders, seeing this, also came to request orders.
Garrosh had no choice but to give orders one by one, and after these people executed the orders, they gradually stabilized the battle. As the front line solidified, other armies also came to request orders. Even many leaders with higher ranks than Garrosh were willing to follow his arrangements.
The battlefield is that realistic: as long as you have the ability to lead everyone to survive, everyone will listen to you.
Thus, Garrosh became the army's commander.
Under his command, the Kaldorei army gradually engaged the demons back and forth.
The demons were very surprised by this, and despite their disbelief, launched several sneak attacks, all of which failed without exception. They even tried to use the same trick again, attempting to assassinate Garrosh.
But the Kaldorei surrounded Garrosh so tightly that they had no opportunity.
The demons, helpless, could only request reinforcements from Sin'dorei.
Currently, Gale had mastered teleportation magic, and if this Kaldorei army were to reach the vicinity of Sin'dorei, then Sin'dorei would likely find it difficult to cope.
However, before the demon army arrived, the Kaldorei reinforcements did.
Cenarius led a group of demigods onto the battlefield, launching an attack against the demons. The demons had been fighting the Kaldorei army for several days and were no match for these demigods, who sent them scattering in terror.
Garrosh immediately ordered the army to attack with full force, successfully defeating the demons.
After the battle, everyone became worried.
Would these powerful demigods seize Garrosh's command? They had finally found a good commander, and if they were to take orders from demigods again, it would likely lead to more casualties.
However, before everyone could meet, a rainbow descended from the sky, and Gale appeared before them.
Behind him was a coalition army composed of Kaldorei, the Dragon Legion, Stone Giants, Tauren, Drogbar, humans, Bearman, and Earth Spirits.
"Gale?" Garrosh walked over in surprise.
He had been wondering what to do! His savior had arrived.
Maiev quickly came up, checking him and asking, "Are you alright?"
Garrosh shook his head, "I'm fine."
Cenarius walked over, very surprised how Gale and the Dragons had come together.
Gale greeted him, then raised the eternal spear and declared loudly, "Azshara colluded with demons and massacred the Kaldorei. Those willing to follow me to storm Sin'dorei, depose Azshara, and slaughter the demons, raise your weapons!"
The Kaldorei army looked at each other; they could see that Gale wanted to take away Garrosh's leadership. Although they didn't dislike Gale, his actions seemed a bit disrespectful to Garrosh.
But unexpectedly, Garrosh was the first to raise his weapon, "Avenge the fallen Kaldorei!"
The Kaldorei army immediately followed, raising their weapons, "Revenge! Revenge!"
They acknowledged Garrosh's leadership, and even if Garrosh was about to lose command, they would obey Garrosh's orders one last time.
Antu'dara and the others exchanged glances, their expressions a bit strange. They hadn't expected Maiev's younger brother to have such strong charisma.
Gale also noticed this and made a gesture of goodwill: "For ease of command, Garrosh is appointed General of Black Rook Hold, commanding the Black Rook Hold army and all volunteer forces."
Upon hearing this, the Kaldorei army rejoiced.
Garrosh, on the other hand, was a bit timid, "Gale, I'm afraid I don't have that ability."
Gale rested the eternal spear on his shoulder, "If I say you do, then you do!"
Divine power intertwined on the eternal spear, and roots extended onto Garrosh's body, finally weaving into a Natural Power. Garrosh's strength was still very weak; with the Natural Power, he would have the ability to protect himself.
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