Menethil's Power

Chapter 225 Fog Shrouded, Amani's Meeting

In addition to the border with Quel'Thalas, Lordaeron's northern border is also connected to the jungle of Zul'Aman.That is the territory of forest trolls. Since the troll war, these remnants of the Amani Empire have become a headache for both humans and elves. They are strong, vigorous, long-lived, and obsessed with hatred. No one likes themselves The enemy is such an existence.

But in recent years, this problem seems to be no longer a problem. The Amani trolls were seriously injured in the second war. King, too, suffered the disgrace of being captured, and though he escaped, was also badly wounded.

It is naturally impossible for a failed leader to gain the approval of the trolls, so the short-lived troll tribal union quickly fell apart, and the Amani tribe returned to a state of disunity—this is not surprising, almost all of them in the past three thousand years That's right.

The loose Amani trolls have completely lost their ability to attack, and can only hide in the Zul'Aman jungle to fight for the only territory and food. Even in such a state of civil strife, neither Lordaeron nor Quel'Thalas Still treat it as a confidant.

Even though there is no plan to directly capture Zul'Aman because the jungle of Zul'Aman is too complicated and over-oppression may cause the trolls to unite again, Quel'Thalas has not withdrawn the border defense so far, and the Farstrider Legion is still dead. Deadly stationed here, as for Lordaeron, they even regarded the forest trolls as an excellent area for training troops, changed the previous defense-based combat strategy, and continued to carry out small-scale attacks. Troll tribe.

It was also under such circumstances that the jungle of Zul'Aman ushered in an uninvited guest, Darkan, an ambitious speculator, who relied on the strength of a hero-level mage to easily sneak past the defense of the Farstrider and came to this area. The restricted area of ​​the elves.It was planned that he had come to Zul'kin, with no other purpose than to conspire with him or kill him, as the case may be.

Bewitching Zul'jin to attack Kul'Thalas blindly, and resisting him as a war hero who bears the burden of humiliation, this will undoubtedly regain his original status. Of course, Zul'jin's head is a more effective and direct proof. If you can Of course it's best if you get it easily.

At present, Zul'jin is only able to command his own tribe, so his whereabouts have become unpredictable, but this is not a hindrance to Darkan. After all, he is a mage who has lived for thousands of years and has acquired a lot of knowledge. Had quite a "close encounter" with that damned troll boss.Dar'Khan was certain that Zul'jin was at the Amani shrine deep in the jungle.

The Amani Shrine is the only surviving testimony of the once glorious Amani Empire. It enshrines the souls of many troll sages, including the former troll emperor. Darkan speculates that several loa gods may have been born there. It is not uncommon for the souls of the ancestors to become objects of faith.

However, it took a lot of effort to find the hidden shrine. Dar'Khan spent a week, tortured all the trolls he could capture, and finally got a definite clue.After determining the approximate range, the precise location can only be determined by the keen perception of the hero-level mage. Darkan, who became a humanoid radar, gave full play to his subjective initiative and finally found the target before his patience was completely exhausted.

After that old moss-covered building, even Darkan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, these bloody trolls, he cursed secretly.

Next, we must be very careful, this shrine must be heavily guarded, and Zul'jin himself is obviously not so friendly, and it is not easy to meet him.

However, Darkan soon noticed the strangeness. It was too quiet here. He blessed himself with high-level invisibility, and entered the shrine complex cautiously, but he didn't even see a troll after walking hundreds of meters.

This was very weird, and Darkan became more cautious, and finally he found a fragment of a headdress on the back of a statue. The layer has also been completely corroded, exposing the smooth inner substance.

Obviously, it is absolutely impossible to be formed by natural weathering. Darkan's face became a little ugly, as if some extraordinary existence had already been here.

But he was really unwilling to leave like this. Darkan hesitated for a moment, then continued to explore the inside. When he was approaching the largest ancient building, he keenly felt a burst of energy fluctuations, a strange and violent energy that he was very unfamiliar with. energy fluctuations.

This was so unlucky that he happened to bump into the other party. Darkan re-blessed himself with high-level invisibility, then kept a safe distance, and observed the situation inside through the open door from a distance.

This is a slender figure, which looks like a woman, with a pair of flamboyant dark blue demon wings on her back. Her feet are suspended in the air, and strands of white almost transparent silk threads come out from the surrounding troll statues. The ground color glowed with a strange green energy, which was then transmitted into the woman's body.

Is this absorbing the power of these troll spirits?Darkan was shocked, and then he noticed something that shocked him even more, that is, the woman who was suspected of being a demon was not the only one inside this building, there was also a troll not far from her, a troll missing an arm, And it has been frozen into a high-strike troll with ice lumps.

Darkan felt that his lips were a little dry. Of course he knew who it was. In fact, some time ago, all he had in his dream were the stubborn and hateful eyes of this troll. Darkan's emotions towards it were very complicated. He was full of hatred and hoped to cooperate, but he never expected to meet the Amani leader Zul'jin in this state.

That cruel and ruthless troll king is coming to an end like this?
Darkan realized that he had better not act rashly, the strength of the opponent was beyond imagination.

The ceremony finally ended when the troll statue was completely dimmed. The female demon in the center of the magic circle suddenly let out a scream, and a pair of beautiful dark blue horns grew out of her forehead.The green energy completely submerged into her body, and then violent frost gushed out, coating all the places in the hall with a thick layer of ice.

The woman who already possessed the characteristics of a complete devil slowly landed. She stretched out her hand, and the power of dark blue frost condensed and dissipated on her palm. "The feeling of gaining power...is like being reborn..."

It seemed that the voice was originally a young and beautiful woman, but now the delicate voice had a hollow echo.

"Very well, Kalia, your talent is beyond my expectations. I didn't have any hope at first, but I didn't expect that the fel energy converted from the souls of these lowly creatures would be enough to give you such power. You are the most suitable person to be a queen." This voice came from a purple-black energy body without a fixed form, which seemed to carry the consciousness of an existence.Both it and Kalia's words were clearly heard by Dar'Khan who used the eavesdropping spell.

The elf mage frowned again. Because of the friendship between the enemy and humans, he also knew about Lordaeron before, so he clearly remembered that the maiden name of the eldest princess was also Kalia. Is this a coincidence or a duplicate name? ...

However, it was too late for him to think too much, because Kalia turned around suddenly, her skin showed an unhealthy pale white, and her pure blue eyes combined with her exquisite facial features produced a different kind of beauty, "Who is it?! "

Being discovered, Darkan didn't hesitate, and directly released the flash technique he had prepared, and teleported it tens of meters away. He knew very well that the existence that could kill Zul'jin was definitely not something he could easily deal with, even if the opponent Most likely just a lowly human being.

However, Darkan seems to have miscalculated the distance of Kalia's release method. Just when he finished flashing, a dark blue ring-shaped rune circle suddenly lit up around him. These rune power levels purely composed of energy It increased exponentially within half a second, and at the same time, the blizzard fell heavily from above with astonishing momentum.

Such a swift, violent and wide-ranging spell bombardment is enough to prove that the caster is a novice who has just acquired great power.Although Darkan is a veteran hero mage, he can only take a defensive position in this situation. The duel between mages with similar strength is actually similar to a hearthstone match, and the first move is very important.

Frost also began to emerge around Dar'Khan, but these frosts were pure ice blue, and the ice cubes covered the mage's whole body, forming a solid ice barrier.The confrontation between spells of the same family is almost a pure competition of magic power, and Darkan believes that he only needs a small amount of consumption to block these frost spells.

Unleashing such a large-scale high-level spell, Kalia will inevitably fall into a short-term spell vacuum period, and Darkan will launch a fierce counterattack at that time, telling this reckless novice that the Chinese and unreal large-scale spells in high-end duels are just letting go. Just fireworks.

However, the development of things was somewhat beyond Darkan's expectations. The blizzard fell, and at the same time the ice runes exploded. These frost impacts did not damage the ice barrier at all, but some special energy contained in it permeated through every hole. Corroding Dar'Kan's body and magic power.

This is evil energy, with the ability to assimilate everything into chaos, so it's no wonder why Kalia can directly absorb the soul of the troll to gain power.Darkan keenly felt that his flesh and magic power were being assimilated by those damned evil energies. After the attack was over, he immediately prepared to release the flash technique again. At this time, there was no need for a death fight, and a quick escape was the Best policy.

However, his plan was thwarted again. Before Blink could use his "" soul, it was as if he had been hit hard by a heavy hammer, and the preparation for Blink was immediately interrupted.

He was tricked, and was counterspelled directly without defense.

Flash can almost be said to be an instant spell, from the mobilization of spiritual power to the generation.The effect usually takes less than half a second. To be able to complete the counterspell in such a limited time requires extremely skilled skills and rich experience. Obviously, Kalia can't do it, and it must be the shadow that was ignored by Darkan before. Soul body.

Darkan bent down in pain. He never thought that the soul body had the ability to decide the battle situation. It only used a single spell to decide the battle situation. Its patience and timing ability were simply outrageous.

Darkan, who had lost the ability to resist, was powerless. .Kneeling down on his knees, the dark blue ice crystals spread from his feet at an extremely fast speed. This is a very cruel execution method. Once Darkan is completely turned into an ice sculpture, he will take people with him in the next second. The ice shattered into countless crumbs.

Fear clenched Darkan's heart, but he was still in a state of silence and unable to cast spells, he could only stare at Kalia who was walking slowly with a pale face, his eyes were full of humiliation and resentment, as well as a small amount of fear.

"Okay, Kalia, even if your transformation is only a small part, you should also know that Nathrezim will not directly carry out mindless killings, even the lowest creatures must have their own value." The dark soul body spoke.

The frost spread on Darkan's body stopped, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, but Kalia's next words made him nervous again, "I must kill him, he has seen my secret." Kali Aya said harshly.

"There are many ways to keep him a secret, and the right to choose is in our hands." The dark soul body said, and it suddenly appeared directly in front of Darkan, "Now, elf, what effective news are you going to exchange for yours?" life?"

Darkan's brain began to run at high speed, and it was obvious that the person in charge was the existence in the dark soul body with this idea instead of Kalia. "I am Darkan Drathil, the high-ranking lord of the Silvermoon Council, the Earl, the hero mage, and the guardian of the Sunwell...

"What an honorable status—" the unknown existence intentionally elongated his voice, "Then honorable Your Excellency Darkan, why did you appear deep in the territory of the elves' sworn enemy, the trolls? Do you want to fight with the trolls?" talk heart to heart?"

Darkan remained silent.

"Actually, I've heard quite a bit about your deeds. The elven nobleman Darkan was ruined because he stole the military exploits and let go of the troll leader Zul'jin because of his fatal negligence." The dark soul continued, completely ignoring Darkan's growing With an ugly face, "I think with your personality, you will definitely not come to fight the troll to wash away your shame, so there is only one possibility left. The noble Darkan councilor seems to have given up his arrogant shell and wants to fight the elf's sworn enemy. Make a deal."

Analyzing layer by layer, pointing directly at people's hearts, Darkan felt that he had nothing to hide, and after being silent for a while, fully aware that he was under the control of others, he finally nodded, "Yes, this is indeed my original thought , but since Zul'jin is dead, his head is of value, if I bring it back to Quel'Thalas..."

The dark soul suddenly interrupted him, "Very good idea, but what do you want to exchange?"

"Then what do you want from me?" Darkan asked rhetorically.

"Your allegiance. We will help you return to the pinnacle of power and give you enough power, but you need to pay a certain price. This price is your family, your race, and everything you cherished in the past."

Darkan was taken aback, but he was not an idiot, Yin Oh immediately realized, "Your target is Sunwell?" His voice even changed, "Who the hell are you?"

"Who are we? This is really a good question," the dark soul grinned sinisterly, a stream of pure darkness shot out from its soul body, and quickly occupied Darkan's entire field of vision, and then the elf mage's statement happened There was a drastic change, from hesitation to complete shock.

He saw, saw the endless army burning with raging fel flames, saw countless worlds conquered and then died in pain, and more importantly, he saw the huge God of Destruction.

Darkan felt that his body began to tremble, and at the same time, the whisper of the dark soul sounded in his ear, "I can see through your heart, you are cunning, greedy, selfish, and evil, and you are the most suitable talent for the Legion, and The Legion will give you everything you want, too."

Darkan understood. In an instant, he understood that what he was really after was nothing more than power and the rights that came with it. For these, he could give up all illusory things, no matter his family or compatriots. . ,,, is just a burden that can be discarded and sacrificed at will.

"Deal." He said decisively: "Tell me, what is my mission?"

"Very well, the legion can't give you power immediately, all you have to do now is return with the corpse of this troll leader, I think the honor of killing him is enough for you to return to the upper class, and then there will be another one of us Responsible for contacting you and telling you what to do next."

Darkan nodded, "Can you tell me your names?" He finally asked.

"I am Tichondrius the Dreadlord, and it will be my brother Varimathras who will contact you soon."

Dar'Khan nodded. As a long-lived elf, of course he has heard of the War of the Ancients and the reputation of the Burning Legion. He knows that he has fallen into the opposite of Kul'Thalas and even the entire Azeroth. This feeling... ...seems to be doing pretty well.

The frost that restricted movement was completely dissipated, and Darkan carried Zul'jin's body that had been completely frozen as hard as steel, and the light of space spells began to light up around his body to teleport away. The fate of this traitor did not seem to have changed. Even his betrayal was a lot earlier because of Isaacs' butterfly effect, and he changed to a master who was stronger and more evil than the Scourge.

Kalia, who had been on the sidelines, suddenly spoke. She was still in a demon form, and her two eyebrows were almost twisted together. "Why are you plotting against Quel'Thalas?"

"Because I promised to help you become queen, Kalia." Tichondrius, who has revealed his identity, said in a very gentle tone, as if the eerie conspirator before was not himself, "Your Father and brother are so capable, it is almost difficult for you to defeat them head-on, we must use some special means, the disaster of Quel'Thalas will inevitably be rescued by Lordaeron, and your chance is at this time, completely You can take advantage of Lordaeron's empty time to consolidate your dominance."

Kalia was silent, she chose to believe, and she could only believe, because the eldest princess knew that she was getting deeper and deeper, and could no longer separate herself from Tichondrius and the evil existence behind him.

(End of this chapter)