Chapter 513: The Queen

Nekros never stood up again, his eyes filled with endless horror and disbelief that bordered on despair. As a high-ranking warlock, wielding the Demon Soul, he never thought he would see the day when he would be slain in an instant!

With his last three words, Nekros died.

No orc could survive such a wound, unless there were a high-ranking shaman nearby. Nekros was once a shaman, but after using the Demon Soul, he became a true warlock.

He may have had countless ways to save his life, but unfortunately, he couldn't use any of them under Duke's unexpected attack.

Blood flowed from Nekros's limp body, spreading in the darkness.

At that moment, seeing the words from Deathwing in the system prompt: "Attack the bearer of the Demon Soul, my power will protect you," Duke's lips curled into a triumphant smile.

Duke's voice echoed softly, "Hah, did ya think Neltharion wouldn't leave a back door in the artifact he created?"

In his time, Neltharion had tricked the four great Guardian Dragons. Cunning as he was, he never risked himself, so the Demon Soul could severely affect the other four dragonflights, but never the Black Dragonflight.

Neltharion's "protection" for Duke was a scale within the trinket. Any power from the Demon Soul that touched the energy within the scale would fail.

The feeling was akin to a rigged examination, with parents passing cheats to their children, and the invigilators treating them as air.

Even Duke, the beneficiary, couldn't help but think:

Legitimate cheating!

Officially rigged!

Get it?

And so, the more powerful orc warlock Nekros was killed by Duke in one blow.

Nekros's death shocked everyone outside the iron gate. The complex curse that clung to the outside of the gate withdrew like a tide.

The place was once an absolute forbidden ground for orcs.

Now, even a fool would know something had happened to Nekros; otherwise, this change would not have occurred.

"Long live Duke!" The Alliance burst into thunderous cheers.

"Hss!"

Every orc present gasped, their fierce faces showing horror.

How long had it been since Duke and the elf mage entered?

Such a short time was enough to reach Nekros.

The place was an impenetrable fortress built by Nekros in three months. Orgrim Doomhammer remembered how his lieutenant Zuluhed told him that not even the mightiest mage, Gul'dan, could withstand the place.

A demon god in here?

What kind of trash demon god?

Killed in one blow?

Was Nekros bluffing?

No! Impossible!

The horror of Duke's efficiency and power left all in awe.

A mighty Hammer of Wrath repelled Doomhammer, and Gavinrad raised his hammer, laughing, "See? Damned green skin! This is the strength of Duke Marcus, the greatest hero in the history of the Alliance!"

At this moment, Doomhammer laughed as well.

"Foolish humans! Do you even know what controls the Red Dragon Queen? It's the Demon Soul, only usable by a warlock! Duke, a mage, can't handle it! Hahaha! Without the command to release the binding, the Red Dragon Queen will never be freed! Of course, you can try to kill the humanoid lizard and face the wrath of the entire Red Dragonflight!"

Wasted effort, wasted lives?

The Alliance was stunned, but Winressa's voice suddenly rang out, "Don't believe him! If it were that easy, Duke could have solved it in two days! He delayed for so many days, only telling me yesterday that 'all the pieces were finally in place!'"

Finally in place!?

Coming from Duke, the most brilliant strategist of the Alliance, those words had to be true.

Doomhammer looked at the battlefield in disbelief, his face indescribable. His rival had reached a level of prestige he had longed for but never attained. It was a cruel irony.

"Kill them! We still have a chance!" Doomhammer roared.

A shining figure, not a mecha but a paladin, suddenly burst through the ceiling and landed, cracking the floor.

"You wish to pass! You must answer to Uther first!"

The strongest paladin of the Alliance—had arrived!

Meanwhile, Duke quickly searched Nekros's corpse and found a platinum disc on the orc warlock's waist.

System prompt: "You have found the god-level artifact, the Demon Soul."

Almost the moment Duke's fingers touched the Demon Soul, the surroundings became clear.

It was as if an invisible hand had lifted the black veil covering the entire room, revealing the vast cave.

Duke never expected that the Red Dragon Queen, Alexstrasza, was less than twenty meters in front of him.