Spitfire and Rainbow, after becoming true demon hunters after absorbing the essences of the demons they had picked out when Lord Illidan gave them the mission to do so, spent the next week learning how to control the new powers they had acquired, which meant training with the strongest of the Illidari, those who had been using their powers for a long time and had a mastery that they didn't have. One of the things that they learned about was their increased mobility when they were on the ground, because now they could rush forward quite a bit and either slam into whoever was their target with their shoulders or cut into their foes before they had a chance to actually fight back, starting a fight with a slight advantage over their chosen foes, something that the pair wasn't expecting but were glad to have. Another thing they could do was channel the fel power that they now had access to and empower their strikes, meaning they would be able to do more damage to all of the demonic enemies that they would be fighting in the future, which was a useful power to have in the grand scheme of thing in their opinion, something that was practiced on the more rebellious demons that they caught, the ones that didn't defect to their side like the coven of Shivarra that served their Lord. The real power neither of them were expecting to gain from the ritual was one that they could now retract their wings, as in they could convert their wings into fel energy and store them in the tattoos that were resting on their backs, which explained why the attire of the demon hunters had openings in the backs, so their wings didn't tear all their chest clothing to pieces, also giving them the power to fight without actually having to worry about damaging their wings, if they wanted to fight like the rest of the Illidari, whose wings were temporary and only came out when they were gliding through.
Of course there was one other power that benefited them, as they had gained the power to do what their Lord did, as in they could convert their warglaives into fel energy and store them in their horns, that way they didn't have to carry them all the time whenever they walked from place to place, since neither Spitfire or Rainbow could carry them on their back while their wings were out, so it was a great alternative to another skill they had gained.
During the lessons that their mentors gave them there was one other person that trained them, and who that was came as a surprise to both of them, as Lord Illidan insisted on seeing what the pair could do with their newfound power and skills, which also came as the best time for him to curb any arrogance they might have gained from facing and killing Kazzak and Magtheridon. Spitfire was fine with the time that he spent with both her and Rainbow, as it allowed them to gain some knowledge on how they were supposed to act now that they were demon hunters, understand the skills that they had unlocked thanks to the ritual, something that was still talked about due to the fact that both of them still had their eyes, and, if they were lucky, learn more about the Illidari, if there was something they didn't know. Rainbow didn't care about how the group was run and everything that had to be done to make sure everything moved smoothly, since she was more interested in fighting the demons and killing them, but Spitfire was more than willing to learn more about how to run the organization, just in the off chance that something happened to Lord Illidan, even if had had to agree with Rainbow on the fact that such a thing was unlikely. Of course some of the Illidari were less than thrilled at the fact that the pair were able to take down two powerful demons, despite the fact that Magtheridon was weakened from what happened to him and Kazzak was nowhere near as strong as the weakened Pit Lord, but they accepted it without arguing abut what they had done, especially since they had gone against the warnings of their Lord to tackle those demons, though it did weaken the Legion's forces on Outland, which was great in the grand scheme of things.
The other thing that happened during the last week was that the Alliance and Horde had met up with the forces that resided in Hellfire Peninsula and it seemed things might be heating up in that area, with the two factions focusing on all of the various enemies that were in that province, before they bothered thinking about the other provinces around them, something that meant their allies, Lady Vashj and Kael'thas, were safe for the time being. In addition to that there were a few whispers of a Warden stalking the provinces of Outland, something that hadn't been happening before the Dark Portal had been reopened, accompanied by allies that were attacking the various camps the Illidari had set up, even though none of the demon hunters were posted out there, though none of this information surprised their Lord, rather it appeared that Lord Illidan was expecting this. He explained that Wardens were night elves that held a special position in their society as jailers, assassins, and sometimes even executioners, depending on the crimes of the target in question, so the fact that there happened to be a Warden in his domain, looking for clues and attacking the various small camps that they had set up in the other provinces, meant that one of them was looking for him and was trying to find a way to get to him without going through the entirety of the Illidari. At the same time, however, that provided him with something that would allow them to further themselves in their war with the Legion, though instead of telling them what he had planned, mostly due to the fact that he wanted to keep it to himself, he used some of the fel orcs to set a trap some distance from the Black Temple with a few clues that would draw the Warden.
Spitfire, Rainbow, and the rest of the Illidari said nothing to that as they waited for their Lord to tell them what he was planning and if there was anything that they could do to help him, though for now the best they could do was return to their training and prepare for what the future held for them, since all of them knew it was a matter of time before they learned what he had planned.
Three days later Lord Illidan called the Illidari, the demon hunters to be exact, to the area that he had built the structure that housed his portals to the various worlds that the Legion held, so he could train some of the recruits and give them a taste of what their foes did to the planets that they conquered, though this time the portal was closed and their Lord was standing on top of the structure, holding an orb of fel energy between his hands.
"I am sure that all of you are curious as to why I called you here," Illidan said, where Spitfire and Rainbow found that all of the demon hunters that were standing around them, while definitely curious as to what was going on, did remain silent as they waited for their Lord to tell them what was going on so they could ready themselves for whatever he had in mind for them, which might be an assault on one of the Legion's worlds, "I have spent the last few weeks conducting a very special ritual that allowed me to spiritually visit a number of our enemy's worlds, carefully looking for a very specific world that keeps the records for everything the Legion has done to every planet they had conquered, a planet that is the home of the Dreadlords: Nathreza."
Spitfire and Rainbow knew of the dreadful Nathrezim, the more common name for the Dreadlords, as they were keen and cunning demons that acted as intelligence agents, interrogators, and even emissaries for the Legion whenever they visited a new world, or rather one that they hadn't visited at some point in the past, and they were even tacticians and lieutenants for when they were at war with the forces of a world, so they were a force to be reckoned with, even though they were sure that Allari might have the soul of a Dreadlord, given her nature as an interrogator at times.
"The reason I am interested in Nathreza is because it houses all the information we could possibly need in regards to our true target, the home world of the Legion: Argus." Illidan continued, having waited a few moments to let what he had just said to sink into the mass of demon hunters that he had called to this area, though hearing that he had a way to find out where their true target was located, the planet that served as the major base for the Legion's activities, was enough to excite the group, because if they could attack the Legion while they were distracted with another world, and cut down all of their commanders, all of creation would be saved in a couple of days, "Thanks to the Warden that has been stalking our camps lately, who blindly walked into the trap I set for her and ended up getting her allies killed, this sphere holds the power we need to open a portal to the world of the Dreadlords, so we can assault them and take the information we need so we can locate Argus, and whatever we might need to get there. That is the reason I have called you all here, as when I open this portal we will be launching an offensive on Nathreza and its inhabitants, both to cut down on the number of Nathrezim that the Legion can sent out to the rest of the universe and to acquire the information we seek, and I have a good idea on where that information will be located."
It was a worthwhile plan, Spitfire had to admit that much while they listened to what their Lord had to tell them, one that would allow them to take down the Nathrezim and acquire the information that would allow them to locate Argus, or at least would give their Lord an idea of what they needed to do so they could locate their planet that their enemies were using as their main base of operations. At the same time Rainbow seemed to be in the middle of thinking about the foes that they would be fighting soon, rather than worrying about the information that they would be looking for when the way to Nathreza was opened, though the rest of the demon hunters seemed to be having mixed feelings about what they had learned, since this was the first time they might be able to deal a critical blow against the Legion. Argus was the end goal of their entire campaign against their demonic enemies, a planet that many of them learned about when they first joined the Illidari, it wasn't a secret that Lord Illidan kept from anyone that sought to end their terrible reign of the Legion, so hearing that they might be able to get there much faster, and not waste time on many of the smaller worlds, meant they could bring an end to their foes that much quicker, especially with their attention focused on Azeroth and the other worlds of the Great Dark Beyond. It seemed hard to believe, but there was the very real possibility that they could be close to their true goal and taking down the greatest evil in the entire universe, to which Spitfire, Rainbow, and the rest of the demon hunters readied themselves, showing their Lord that they were ready for him to open the way to Nathreza so they could find the information that he was looking for.
Illidan, on the other hand, smirked for a moment as he focused on the sphere, which separated into two halves and were absorbed by the posts that served as the sides of the portal, causing the gateway to flare to life before their eyes, or at least it did for Spitfire and Rainbow since they still had eyes, before all of them paused as their Lord landed in front of them and stared at all of them for a few seconds, only to beckon to the portal with his head as he charged through it, an action that caused the demon hunters to follow after them. As they passed through the portal Spitfire and Rainbow found that the world of Nathreza seemed to be a collection of large asteroids that were connected together by some powerful magics, where the pair found that the ground seemed to be made out of some darkened stone, like the Nathrezim might have taken fragments of destroyed worlds and pieced them together to form their own world, which could explain the green light that came from the ground at times, since it also came from the sun. The other odd thing, besides all of the floating stones that were in the air, were the numerous small moons that were scattered around the sky, though that was when they spotted the area that Lord Illidan was keen on attacking, the area that held the archives he was looking for, a city that had been constructed out of basalt, which was a dark fine-grained volcanic rock, no doubt mined from the various worlds the Legion took over. The city itself seemed to have a number of towers made out of the same material, how many they had no idea, and they were illuminated by green fel lanterns, but the real prize was the taller tower in the center of the entire city that their Lord was staring at, a tower that had no windows and had a number of green runes etched into every side of the structure, like it was an important building to the Nathrezim.
If the central tower happened to be what Spitfire and Rainbow were thinking it was, the more important structure that housed the archives that their Lord was searching for, that meant they were going to have to fight their way through all of their enemies, the Nathrezim, to get to the tower and find whatever piece of information that would tell them how to get to Argus, or at least figure out where the key to getting there was located... of course that was when they spotted a force of tall, dark grey skinned creatures, standing slightly taller than the Eredar, who had large purple wings and hoofed legs, coming in the direction of the portal they had opened.
"So, it would seem that the Nathrezim are going to defend their city and their archives," Illidan commented, though at the same time he held his hands up close to his large horns and they glowed for a moment, to which he drew out his own warglaives, the Twin Blades of Azzinoth as they were called, from the area that he stored them in, something that caused both Spitfire and Rainbow to do the same, since the two of them kept their weapons stored inside their horns so they could use their wings with ease, "very well. Come, my Illidari, the hunt begins!"
To some the massive army of Dreadlords would be a sign to give up hope and surrender, but to the demon hunters it was a challenge to overcome as they charged and glided down the hill that was in front of them, allowing all of them to get closer to their enemies as they followed their Lord into battle, as he was the first one to crash into the swarm of enemies and started hacking into them, moving with a level of grace that inspired all of them to do better. Spitfire, Rainbow, and the other demon hunters watched as he dodged the incoming claws from several of the Nathrezim and sliced off the limbs that they were attached to, allowing him to cleave his way through the enemies that were rushing at him, though instead of worrying about any of them Spitfire and Rainbow crashed into their targets and cleaved the demons they struck in half without wasting any time. Once upon a time the two of them had been unnerved by the fact that they were actually killing beings that lived in the universe, even if most of their foes happened to be demons, but after the amount of time they spent with the Illidari, and learned about the struggle they faced, both of them had adapted to the situation and stopped being freaked out whenever they killed something, hence the reason why the two of them were able to cut down their foes and move forward without freezing. As the three of them continued to press through the ranks of the Nathrezim, who had to be surprised by the fact that their armor was being cut apart by the warglaives the demon hunters were carrying, which had been modeled after the pair that their Lord was carrying and had been forged for the purpose of cutting through the hides of certain demons, not to mention the fact that their arms and legs went flying as the trio tore into them, though that was before the rest of their forces slammed into the mass of Nathrezim that they were fighting, allowing all of them to spread out and continue what they were doing.
Despite the overwhelming numbers of the Nathrezim, of which there had to be at least a hundred or two hundred of them trying to stop them from reaching the city, Spitfire and Rainbow, the newest members of the Illidari, were the very first ones to breach the gates that let them enter their enemy's stronghold, as they had outpaced everyone in their group, and that even included their Lord for a moment, opening the way for the Illidari to swarm into the city and leave the bodies of their foes outside the gates. This showed the overwhelming power of the demon hunters that their Lord was in the middle of training, because even with a few moments of warning, to get the force of Nathrezim out to defend the city, it still wasn't enough to actually stop the Illidari as they hacked, slashed, and cleaved their way through the demons that stood in their way, leaving behind a trail of dead bodies as they headed for the center of the city. Even though this was a surprise attack Spitfire was surprised by how effective they were being, tearing through the demons that tried to protect the central tower, without losing a single member of their group by the looks of things, and focusing on the mission that their Lord had given them, especially since he was in the middle of hacking a few demons apart as well, crushing any foe that dared to challenge him to a fight. Rainbow, on the other hand, was focused on dispatching as many Dreadlords as she could, to better clear the path to the central tower for their Lord, though when they actually got near their objective, and saw the opening that would allow them to enter the tower, she spotted something that might complicate things, as in two Dreadlords that seemed much stronger than the ones they had felled so far.
In addition to the limited powers that the other Nathrezim had, of which there weren't many other than swinging their claws at someone and trying to disappear into the shadows, these two did possess some arcane powers and tried to blast the group as they got close to the tower, which was why Spitfire and Rainbow were on the scene, smashing into their bare chests and knocking their foes apart from each other, something that also opened the way for their Lord and a few others to enter the tower, leaving the rest of them to guard the entrance. Spitfire dodged the incoming attacks that were coming her way and cut into her foe's chest a few times, preventing the demon from actually doing anything to her in the process, though interestingly enough the Dreadlord she was fighting didn't even try to target the other demon hunters that were near her and focused solely on her, which was perfectly acceptable as she used her wings to get around her foe as well, putting them on an equal playing field. Rainbow, on the other hand, advanced on the demon that she was fighting and actually took a few moments to hack into her foe's body, as in she purposely severed its claws and removed one of her foe's major weapons, allowing her to focus on dealing damage to the rest of its body as she dodged the incoming attacks, because she left its palms behind and that allowed it to attack her. While the pair were doing fighting those two the rest of the Illidari got ready to form a protective wall near the tower, as the moment they took down their foes the others would come in and let their Lord get to work on figuring out the information that he was here for, especially since it would allow them to find Argus.
Spitfire quickly came to the conclusion that all of the really powerful Nathrezim were off world, no doubt doing the work of their foul masters, but, at the same time, the pair of foes that they were fighting didn't stand much of a chance against her and Rainbow, to which they dropped both Dreadlords to the ground and opened the way for them to enter the tower at long last.
"Spitfire, Rainbow, Jace, Kayn, Kor'vas, you will accompany me while I search the tower," Illidan stated, as he knew that time was of the essence and that it was only a matter of time until one of the Dreadlords called for aid and their foes were given backup from Argus itself, something that would end their invasion of the Legion's worlds before it even started, to which he turned and looked at the rest of the assembled demon hunters that had followed him to this world, "the rest of you, stand guard and keep the demons from entering the tower."
The demon hunters that had been told to remain outside turned around and readied themselves for what was going to be coming their way, to which Spitfire, Rainbow, and the other three followed their Lord into the tower itself, though that was when they found that there was a set of stairs heading up and a set of stairs heading down, where they paused for a few seconds as they wondered which was the correct path. Illidan, on the other hand, headed down the stairs to their right and started to search the lower levels of the tower, though as they followed him he had Jace access one of the nearby terminals that the Dreadlords had installed in the tower, as it would allow them to better locate the item that they were near to claim, leaving the others to keep an eye out for any demons that might be in the tower. As it turned out all of the Nathrezim that could have been in the tower must have headed outside to keep the demon hunters away from the city, even though their attempts had failed and their city was overrun, though those thoughts had to be pushed aside as Jace revealed that he had located the Seal of Argus, the item that held everything their Lord could possibly need to plan the next stage of their invasion of the Legion's many worlds. As such the six of them descended deeper into the tower, where they followed Jace this time around, passing by floors that had a vast number of metallic disks on the various walls and the shelves that filled them, before he came to a stop of the fifth floor that was under the ground, something that surprised both Spitfire and Rainbow since they weren't expecting the structure to be this deep, before they spotted the item that they had come for, a metallic disk that practically radiated fel energy, and Jace confirmed that it was the Seal of Argus that their Lord had discovered during his search for this world.
With the Seal in hand, as in Illidan was the one that grabbed it, Spitfire and Rainbow were the first ones to charge back up the stairs and head outside, rejoining the demon hunters that were guarding the entrance so they could inform them that it was time to leave, that way the moment their Lord emerged from the tower the group could be on the move and not waste what precious time they had. Once everyone was outside the tower they charged forward and followed the trail of bodies that they had left on their trek to reach the central structure of the city, where the Nathrezim had regrouped and were coming at them once more, to prevent them from leaving the planet with the information that they had stolen from the archives, even if none of them had actually seen what the disk in question held. Still, that didn't stop the Illidari as they smashed into the incoming force of enemies and cut their way through them, just like they had done when they first came to this world, though the rather strange thing was that none of the Nathrezim had bothered to find the portal they had used to come to this world, as it was still open, and attempt to block it so the Illidari would run into a trap, meaning that one of the smartest races the Legion had recruited into their ranks had made a gigantic mistake once they realized their world was under attack. Thanks to that the group was able to make their way out of the city and put a good bit of distance between them and their enemies, though Spitfire and Rainbow stayed behind to ensure that the rest of their forces could get through the portal, hence the reason they turned and hacked into the demons that had been following them, which prevented the Dreadlords from following their Lord and the others, not that the pair was actually worried about their foes taking them down, especially after everything they had witnessed so far.
Once the majority of their forces had made it through the portal Kayn called out for the pair to stop what they were doing and retreat, to which Spitfire and Rainbow finished off the foes that they had been facing and took off, heading up to the area that the portal was in and followed Kayn through it... though when all three of them were on the other side, back in front of the Black Temple's portal, Lord Illidan waited for a few seconds, just to be sure everyone had made it through the portal, before using his magic to sever the connection between Outland and Nathreza, where the last sounds any of them heard were what seemed to be the ground breaking, only for silence to reign once more.
"You did well, my Illidari," Illidan said, where he looked at the disk that they had recovered from Natherza, something that the rest of the group, the ones that hadn't gone into the tower anyway, looked at for a few moments, clearly curious as to what sort of information such a simple looking object might hold, before a smirk appeared on their Lord's face, "with this victory we are one step closer to finding the location of Argus, which will allow us to bring an end to the Legion. You may revel for the rest of the day, if you wish to do so, but I am not to be bothered while I go over the information that the Nathrezim have on Argus."
Spitfire and Rainbow watched as their Lord went about his business, walking off with the disk that would give him all the information he could possibly need on Argus and what they needed to do so they could be ready for the eventual assault on the Legion's home world, to put an end to their terrible crusade and restore peace to the universe, before they joined the rest of the Illidari to celebrate their success.