Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 1794 20. The Spark of Disaster

This night was extraordinarily long, and of course the citizens enjoying the banquet in the city didn't care.

They drink happily all night long to release all the stress of panic in the recent period in an attitude of enjoyment. But while the bright lights illuminated the luxurious and magnificent city of Suramar, a cold night wind blew over the gorgeous city.

The blockade of the Tower of Darkness towering above the river bend port was not lifted until dawn, but it was not because the Grand Magister and her courtiers came up with a way to deal with the disaster, but because the real master of the city was in Commanding a Hippogryph cavalry in the dark landed on the dome platform of the tower.

"kuang"

Highlord Kurtalos Ravencrest leaped from his hippogryph saddle, clad in black elven armor and bearing a heavy greatsword.

Behind him, the black crow guards holding battle spears spread out silently, and the moon guards wearing magic robes stood behind the guards holding staffs.

The well-trained army formed a phalanx when they landed. The guard commander and the moon guard captain stood beside the high lord, and a tall young elf stood out among the crowd.

He also wears the robes of the Moon Guard and holds a hedron staff.

But what sets him apart from the other guards is that this young and resolute elf has Amber-colored eyes that glow even in the dark.

He maintained a calm and capable posture, but when looking at the night scene of Suramar at dawn from this high place, a trace of nostalgia and expectation flashed in the eyes of the elf mage.

He grew up here.

The people he cares about are also here. Although he can't wait to spread his wings and go to the Moon God Temple in the city, as a new recruit who just joined the Moon Guard, he can't abandon his duties.

"The matter is true?"

Facing the great magister Elisande who came to greet him with several nobles, Lord Ravencrest had no intention of exchanging pleasantries, and asked in a deep voice.

"Ok."

The great magister also understood her superior's behavior style very well. She restrained all her arrogance and said in a cold tone:

"I didn't tell anyone else, but that alien emperor didn't come alone, he brought the only survivor of the Azsuna incident, and also your good friend.

The head of the Narthalas Academy of Magic, Ms. Alya Blue Moon, the Grand Arcanist of the Empire. "

"Blue Moon is still alive?"

A relaxed smile appeared on the face of the great lord under the battle helmet, but it was fleeting, and he quickly returned to his previous calm posture.

He glanced at Lord Yuejun and several other nobles standing in the distance, and said:

"I don't have time to talk to them, let them prepare for trouble as soon as possible, take me to see Lanyue, I want to hear her with my own ears."

"Okay, please come with me, High Lord."

Elisande nodded, waved to open a portal leading to the interior of the Tower of Darkness, and sent his adjutant to inform the nobles of the High Lord's intentions.

When walking into the portal, Ravencrest turned around and gestured to the guards behind him, and the two lieutenants immediately understood.

"The Black Raven Guard takes over the defense of the Tower of Night!"

The captain of the Black Rook Castle Guard turned to give orders to his subordinates, and the commander of the Moon Guard waved his hand and said to the casters:

"The moon guards took over the center of the magic net inside Suramar, and the first and second teams went to the moon guard fortress to activate the teleportation facilities there and prepare for the passage of large-scale troops.

Illidan! "

"exist!"

The tall, Amber-eyed young elf answered loudly, and then he heard the Commander speak to him:

"Go to the area of ​​the Temple of the Moon and convey the order of Lord Ravencrest to the high-ranking priests, asking all priests who can fight in the Temple of the Moon to prepare for battle.

We need them to have the Moonwell ready and the Wounded Battalion that might be needed. "

"Obey!"

The young Illidan accepted the order immediately, and despite his seriousness, he was secretly amused. Finally, I can meet my sweetheart without affecting the military affairs.

Ah, praise to Elune.

——

"Uh"

In a quiet lounge in the Tower of Darkness, the unconscious Dean Alya Lanyue felt the magic stimulation from the outside world, and she opened her eyes with difficulty.

The first thing I saw was the dome of the lounge. The mural painted in a gorgeous style commemorates the scene when the Well of Eternity was established, and the purple stars and moons dotted around represent the territory of a spellcaster.

It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the real meaning from those decorations, but for Dean Lanyue, who has rich theoretical experience and can be called a walking imperial encyclopedia, she immediately knew that she had arrived in Suramar City.

And in the room of the great magister Elisande.

This made her slightly confused mind feel relaxed, and then a wave of resistance surged up.

Relax because you have come to a safe zone.

Resist because of her bad personal relationship with Elisande.

Although both are great arcanists deeply trusted by Queen Azshara, Elisande and Alejandro, who have always been keen on politics and have acquired a noble place, hide in the academy in Azsuna to teach and educate people, and never get involved in politics Dean Alya Lanyue has never been a straight person.

And the inheritance of the two is also different.

Elisande is the most orthodox Highborne spellcaster, and Dean Alya Blue Moon is under the tutelage of the "hermit" master Metri, who is famous in the empire for his withdrawn style.

"Azshara"

Dean Lanyue lay on the luxurious bed in the lounge, clenched her fists and said the name with incomparable anger. She tried to get up, but the next moment a strong arm pinned her shoulder, making her lie down forcibly. Back to bed.

"Blue Moon, you need to rest."

A steady voice came from the side, and Dean Lanyue completely relaxed when he heard the voice.

She knew that her true friend had already rushed to her side, which made her no longer have the sense of crisis in a dangerous situation.

"Ravencrest."

Dean Lanyue lay on the purple pillow and struggled to turn her head. She saw High Lord Kutalos Ravencrest sitting beside the bed with his battle helmet in hand.

At this time, the great lord no longer had that serious expression outside. With a smile on his handsome and handsome face, he whispered to his friend whom he hadn't seen for many years:

"I'm here, Lan Yue, don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Azsuna Azsuna is gone."

After seeing her trusted friend appear, Dean Lanyue's tears and grievances welled up in her eyes. She trembled and said:

"My college. My students. Gone, gone"

"Terrible news."

The High Lord sighed.

He took off his gauntlet, held the cold hand of Dean Lanyue, and said:

"I know you're in pain, Lan Yue, but you must tell me the truth now. I spoke to the pandaren emperor, and I learned from him what happened.

But I believe in you more than a noble man of a foreign race.

I must know all the details, and you must tell me exactly what the Empress did about Azshara in Azsuna. "

"Really, it's all true."

Dean Lanyue didn't want to recall that hellish scene anymore, but she trusted Ravencrest as if she trusted her own mentor. She closed her eyes and let herself recall the moment of disaster, and said in a difficult tone:

"The tyrant was furious because Farondis was trying to prevent her from falling into the dark fantasy, but my poor student Farondis was a very good administrator but not a ruler.

Traitors appeared at his court, leading to Azshara's advance knowledge of his plans.

Just as the storm was approaching, Azshara appeared in the city of Narsalas with the power of the Well of Eternity.

She shattered her beloved Tidal Stone, unleashing a destructive force that destroyed her realm and her people, and cursed them. Ravencrest, go to Torsedrin. "

Dean Lanyue tightly held the hand of the great lord, she produced more evidence, she said:

"Torsedrin has a letter from Farondis. Farondis invited him to join the plan to set things right. Torsedrin knows all of this, which is enough to prove that we are not lying.

our queen.

Once the light of light, once the pride of the elves has fallen into a tyrant and a monster under the temptation of darkness, a prophet told me that something terrible will happen to Zin-Azshari, and you must stop it."

"I can't stop it, Blue Moon."

Lord Ravencrest sighed, the face of this great noble who supported the Elven Empire like a mountain was full of helplessness and pain.

He wanted to hide this fact.

But seeing the pain in his friend's eyes, he decides to tell the whole story he just got. Under the astonished gaze of the great magister Elisande standing beside him, the High Lord Ravencrest whispered:

"I can't stop it not because I don't want to, but because it's too late! Terrible things have happened in Zin-Azshari, the city. The heart and pride of the empire

A horrific massacre took place there.

Creatures known as demons pouring out of the portals of the Well of Eternity have turned the Well of Eternity into a living hell. "

Lord Ravencrest obviously felt that the hand that Dean Lanyue was holding on him tightened at this moment, and he could also feel the panic in the heart of his adjutant, Elisande.

He glanced back at the crumbling Grand Magister, and whispered:

"There is nothing wrong with it. It was a message sent by a young ranger under Dath'Remar Sunstrider risking his life. The nobleman who followed the Queen saw everything and realized his conscience. He risked being discovered and revealed the news to me.

Sunstrider told me, Empress.

The queen has fallen into darkness, and there is no turning back.

And her favorite, Xavius, has become a servant of some kind of evil existence. We are unwilling to face all this, but we must face it.

The war has begun. "

"This is impossible."

The great magister was struck by lightning at this moment, she rubbed her white forehead and said in an unbelievably hoarse tone:

"The last time I went to Zin-Aisa Li to meet the Queen, she was fine, how could it be so fast... When did Farondis find out about the Queen's problem?

Why didn't he inform me of this news? "

"you?"

Dean Lan Yue, who was lying on the bed, sneered weakly.

The weakness imposed on her by her mysterious "disciple" dissipated little by little, which made Ms. Lanyue's sanity return quickly.

She glanced at Elisande and said:

"With your loyalty to the queen, Farondis will be arrested by the queen's guards the day after he tells you his discovery. Wake up, Elisande, now is not the time to question the truth .

With the queen's paranoia hidden under her arrogance, since she let the demons slaughter the people, she must have made a desperate plan. Maybe her order to you is already on the way.

Why do you think she would destroy Azsuna in this way at this moment? "

"Demonstration of strength after discovery of rebels"

The great magister glanced at the seal of the great magister on her finger, she turned pale and trembled and said:

"If we don't obey, if we try to resist like Farondis, Suramar will become the next Azsuna. This is crazy!"

"bang bang bang"

A hasty knock on the door sounded at this moment, causing the three people in the room to turn their heads at the same time.

The great magister threw a ball of ice slag on her face to force herself to calm down. She glanced at Lord Ravencrest and Ms. Lanyue, reached out and picked up a handkerchief to wipe her face, and said to the door:

"Come in!"

The door of the room was pushed open, and the great astrologer Etraeus with a complicated face walked into the room holding a scroll with the emblem of Azshara printed on it. He first saluted the High Lord Ravencrest, and then handed over the scroll in his hand To the great magister with an ugly face.

He whispered:

"Xin-Azsari's communication has been restarted, the Queen's order has been issued, this is for you, Grand Magister.

The evidence and verdict concerning the treason of Prince Farondis and the city of Nassaras were also issued together. The verdict was an open letter sent to all the cities of the empire and all the magic princes. "

Elisande glanced at the scroll handed to him, and then at his immediate superior, High Lord Ravencrest, who was looking at her with a gloomy gaze.

At this moment, the Grand Magister finally knew why the Grand Lord wanted to bring the Crow Guard and the Moon Guard to Suramar.

The atmosphere in the room froze all of a sudden.

After being silent for more than ten seconds, the Grand Magister said dryly:

"Maybe, maybe we can talk to the queen? Didn't Farondis also want to rescue the queen from the temptation of darkness? This may prove that we don't need to go to such a confrontational step.

Maybe, we can."

"There is nothing to talk about, my adjutant Elisande."

Lord Ravencrest reached out and took off his neck guard, revealing a terrible scar from neck to shoulder, as if torn apart by some kind of monster's sharp claws.

This is a fatal wound.

"You should all know that I was attacked by a monster in my hunting ground a month ago."

The great lord stroked his healed wound, and whispered:

"If that young man named Illidan Stormrage hadn't been brave enough and vigilant enough, I'm afraid you would have attended my funeral a month ago. Then, guess, Elisande, what is the monster that attacked me? ?

Guess again, who sent it? "

"I see."

The Grand Magister heard his determination from the words of the Grand Lord.

She weighed it in her heart, and then looked at Dean Lanyue who was staring at her. The fingers hidden behind the back of that powerful spellcaster like her might have pinched a certain seal of imprisonment, and at this time it had been suppressed. The magic barrier of the Tower of Darkness taken over by the Moon Guard may no longer obey his command.

She can remain loyal to Queen Azshara

But the price is too high.

What's more, a queen who can destroy her own territory and people with her own hands doesn't seem to be worth her life to follow, right?

Under the gaze of Ravencrest and Dean Lanyue, the Grand Magister raised his finger and touched the royal scroll in the hands of Etraus, a magical flame ignited, burning the scroll in an instant.

As the ashes fell, Elisande also relaxed. Now that he had chosen a side, the next thing to do was very simple.

She looked at the smiling High Lord Ravencrest, and whispered:

"Can we win? The queen who has mastered the Well of Eternity and attracted allies from other worlds, and has so many nobles serving her, is really an opponent we can defeat?"

"The Well of Eternity will be used to maintain the portal to another world. The nobles who serve the Queen may not be so determined. My friend Dath'Remar is secretly operating."

Lord Ravencrest stood up, holding the hilt of the giant sword beside him, he said:

"The only trouble is those alien demons

But we also have our own allies. Although the Pandaren Emperor's army cannot cross the mainland to support us, he has already issued an early warning to the King of Gold when he traveled to the Troll Empire.

We don't have to worry about border conflicts with the trolls anymore. The Sisters of Elune will definitely join us. I will try to persuade both sides of Eresthalas and Sandarra, and I am very sure. "

"Troll?"

Elisande's expression became weird instantly, and she complained:

"I'm starting to regret joining your side, really, High Lord."

(end of this chapter)