Azeroth Shadow Trail

Chapter 667 220. We unite!

Jean stood alone outside the room, the king's face was extremely ugly.

There are still purple bruises and claw marks on his neck, and the surrounding royal guards are loyally guarding the king, and the entire courtyard has been put under martial law.

Little Rhona and Liam were brought back to Gilneas City by Queen Mia who hurried over. The defense system of the manor was fully activated, but not to defend against foreign enemies, but to avoid the cursed Darius Lord Crow Lei escaped.

In the house in front of him, the archdruid who heard the news was suppressing the animal nature for the northern lord, but Jin is a very keen ruler, and he could probably guess that this job must be done from the expression of the druid just now. Not good.

And the wolf howls from the room, the mixed pain and madness in it, seemed to confirm the increasingly ominous guess in Gene's mind.

"Your Majesty, His Holiness the Pope and Master Antonidas are here."

The head of the royal guard walked quickly to the bleak courtyard, and whispered something to the gloomy king. Gene nodded and made a gesture, and immediately the attendants invited the Archmage and His Majesty over.

The old pope is now leaning on the holy staff, he is no longer limping when he walks, his legs and feet are strong, and he can walk like the wind without the help of others, walking quickly under the protection of the great knight Dathrohan.

And Antonidas looked a little tired.

Apparently it was caused by the heavy cleaning of the Dalaran Crater during this period.

The two old men were woken up in the middle of the night and rushed over through the portal, but they were not angry at being disturbed, because the matter in front of them was a bit tricky.

No, it's tricky!

"Your messenger told me that the northern lord has become an orc?"

The Pope asked Gene with a puzzled look:

"Is it the green 'orc' I know? Is there such a strange curse in this world?"

"No, Your Majesty, not orcs."

Without waiting for Gene to speak, Antonidas, who was leaning on the staff of the Archmage, took the initiative to explain:

"It should be 'Werewolf'."

"Yes! It's a werewolf. That elf druid is called Darius."

Gene raised an eyebrow.

He looked at the Archmage and said:

"Master Antonidas has seen werewolves before? Do you know how to deal with them? Do you have a way to lift this curse?"

"I saw it once, but it was a long time ago."

Dalaran's leader, the Archmage, hesitated for a moment, twisted his white beard, and explained softly:

"In the early years, Ur, the famous maverick archmage in Dalaran, accidentally summoned werewolves to the material world in a summoning experiment.

Of course it caused a stir in Dalaran.

It even attracted Medivh's attention, and the dark-infested demigod guardian personally came to Dalaran to talk with Master Ur for several hours.

It was later said that under his persuasion, Ur gave up his research on werewolves and sealed up his summoning spell.

Afterwards, when faced with the questioning of the Council of Six, Old Ur told us frankly that the werewolf was a deformed and depraved product of a dark force.

They have human nature, but they are suppressed by wild animal nature, and this animal nature is not controlled by any external force.

This kind of wild beast will is said to come from a powerful and mysterious wilderness demigod, and there are very few creatures in this world who can match this kind of wilderness will.

And Ur also told us that werewolves live in a weird plane far away from the material world, and the werewolves he summoned are just an insignificant part of a huge number of wolves.

They are forced into a deep sleep on that plane to appease their restless wild hearts.

He said that such beings should never exist in the material world.

They are a dire threat to any race and civilization.

Ur said that he recorded all the spells for summoning werewolves, as well as his research and understanding of werewolves, in his Book of Ur for future contingencies, but he also promised us that he would not put this taboo knowledge to anyone. "

"What about Master Ur? And that book?"

Gene asked anxiously:

"Perhaps we can bring him in and save my brother by finding Master Ur's research in that book. Gilneas will give anything for it.

I only want Darius to live, to wake him up!

God, his daughter is still waiting for him!

I promise little Rona she will see her father tomorrow morning."

"This Ur is dead."

Antonidas said with some regret:

"Old Ur is living more and more, um, free.

He lost his adherence to the rules of the mage, and began to summon those strange alien creatures wantonly, causing a lot of losses to Dalaran.

After repeated admonitions, we were forced to expel him from Dalaran, and there was no news of him during the Orc Wars.

Until more than a month ago, an archmage accidentally discovered Ur's whereabouts and news of his death. After an autopsy by a doctor in Dalaran, we concluded that Ur died in an embarrassing 'accident' .

However, his Book of Ur has already been brought back to Dalaran. After the ravages of Deathwing and demons, we sealed the book and handed it over to Master Arugal, a disciple of Ur, for safekeeping. .

As far as I know, Master Arugal has just left his residence and is heading towards his hometown of Gilneas. "

"Will that book go back to Gilneas?"

Gene suddenly smiled.

He breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Book of Ur might not be able to solve Darius' problem, it could at least bring them a direction and hope.

Coupled with the help of druids who should know a lot about werewolves, perhaps Darius can survive this wave of disasters.

"Send royal spies to immediately go to the border to find and escort Master Arugao back to his hometown."

Jean turned around and gave an order to the head of the royal guard:

"Be sure to bring Master Arugal and the Book of Ur back as quickly as possible. I need his help."

"As ordered."

The chief guard took the order seriously, turned around and strode out of the yard.

After he left, the old pope, who had been listening to the conversation between Jean and Antonidas, suddenly asked a question. He said with a serious expression:

"Gene, the Northlord's werewolf curse is contagious, isn't it?"

"this"

Faced with this question, the king hesitated for a moment. He looked around and brought His Majesty and the Archmage to another house in the courtyard, where three royal guards were lying on the beds.

They all fell into a coma, and showed the same symptoms as when Lord Darius was brought back.

Persistent high fever, unconsciousness.

All of them had wounds that had been scratched by the northern lord's claws before, and Jean's royal physician, Mr. Karenan, was nervously treating the wounds for the three guards.

In his hand was a set of complex and exquisite herbal cauldrons that alchemists would use, in which some strange-smelling potions were being boiled.

"This curse is indeed contagious, and I almost fell for it."

Gene touched his bruised neck, he turned back with some fear and said to the horrified and serious Pope and the Archmage:

"The druid told us that the curse of the werewolf has an effective period. Before the human body changes into a beast, special potions can be used to temporarily suppress the beast and body changes.

However, this medicine will gradually lose its effectiveness as the number of times it is used increases. For people who are infected by scratches, they will enter an irreversible veterinary transformation within a year at most.

And for powerless civilians, the curse will only take effect for a shorter time after being scratched by a werewolf.

As much as I hate to think about it, my brother Darius has become a dangerous 'infection'.

Fortunately, I placed him in this closed manor among the mountains in advance, otherwise, if he escapes, I simply dare not think about the consequences. "

"Will it be fatal?"

The Pope's expression became more serious, and he asked again.

The old royal physician, Mr. Karenan, who was busy, wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned around and made a courtesy to the Pope, and then explained:

"No, Your Majesty, the werewolf curse is not fatal.

In fact, if one ignores the uncontrollable wild animalization it will bring, this curse will turn a powerless woman into a killing machine that can rival elite soldiers the moment the mutation takes effect.

And according to my previous conversation with His Excellency the Archdruid, the curse of the werewolf is also very peculiar.

If you are attacked by a werewolf, as long as you don't die on the spot, you can basically survive and become a part of the cursed force.

I just witnessed the change of the northern lord with my own eyes. After becoming a werewolf, his strength, speed and vitality have almost doubled.

I... I have doubts. "

The old doctor secretly glanced at the king's face, swallowed, and whispered:

"I think the curse of the werewolf may not be the extreme evil we think. From my experience in practicing medicine for more than half my life, its all-round strengthening of life is more like a 'blessing' of power.

It's just that there are some problems with the release of this 'blessing'.

Perhaps the legendary demigod of the wilderness ignored the problem of animal nature, and its powerful will to the wilderness is definitely not something that just anyone can bear. "

"I would never call it a 'blessing'!"

Gene scolded loudly:

"Doctor Currinan, don't bring up such deviant ideas of yours again! Look at what the curse has done to my brothers!"

"But it's really a 'blessing of strength.'"

In the sound of Jin's scolding, the door behind them was gently pushed open. When the three turned their heads, they saw the tired-looking Archdruid O'Muron the Skyscreamer walking in with his wooden staff.

The archdruid nodded to the archmage Antonidas who had talked to and fought with him before, and made a natural courtesy with respect to Pope Fao.

In the end, he looked at the three royal guards in the house, and said to the still angry Gene:

"The curse of the werewolf... or 'wolf form', when it was born as an extremely dangerous druid spell, it was indeed a prayer for salvation and protection.

It is really a blessing from the wilderness demigod 'Silver Wolf' Lord Goldrin to the druids.

In essence, the werewolf form is no different from the storm crow form, giant bear form, and flower tree man form we use. It is the crystallization of druids' perception of natural forces.

It's just that the wild power of the silver wolf is too 'stable' compared to the gifts of other demigods.

Probably because Lord Goldrinn himself worshiped the will of the free wilderness, and believed that a violent beast can make soldiers stronger and fearless, so when it blessed, it did not take the initiative to eliminate the wild animal nature of this power.

Your physician, Mr. Currinan, is right.

Although the werewolf curse is a product of degeneration and distortion, it is not evil in itself, it is just a manifestation of natural anger, although once it falls on an individual, it is an out-and-out disaster. "

"I see."

The pope and the archmage, who are very self-restraining and cultured, nodded repeatedly.

This explanation is understandable and acceptable to them. But Jin, a reckless warrior, will be a bit superior. Although he also understands the ins and outs of the werewolf curse, he still has a burst of anger, and he said persistently:

"So, you druids who guard the natural balance, why do you have such dangerous uncontrollable power! I heard that the strong among you have to practice in the dream, so you sleep too much, Are you sleepy?"

This is a bit rude.

But after all, it was the night elf druids who were at fault. Although Skyscreamer was downcast, he still gave an explanation after a few seconds of silence:

"Because we have also faced war, Your Majesty Jean.

Just like you humans faced the orc invasion, more than 9,000 years ago, the kingdom of the Kaldorei Moon God, which had not yet recovered from the devastation of the War of the Ancients, was also threatened by a terrible war.

And the enemies we faced at that time were much crazier than the orcs.

Those demon satyrs rushing out of the burning blue fire have almost destroyed every home except the holy mountain. You want to know why our companions pursue the power of the wild werewolf?

It's easy!

Because we too were pushed to the brink!

Our people are also longing for salvation from nature!

A radical group of us embraced the power of the curse at the risk of losing ourselves

With less than a thousand people, they forcibly blocked a hundred times their number of demons. They sacrificed their minds in exchange for the safety of more than 100,000 civilians.

I don't see this sacrifice as an evil.

Or in your words, a 'sin'. "

Howler's words were full of solemnity, he looked at the embarrassed Jean, sighed and said:

"But I can understand your mood at this time, Your Majesty. I have good news to tell you that although still driven by animalism, the northern lord has regained some sanity.

I have to bring him back to Moonglade, ask the archdruids to heal him, and at the same time awaken more compatriots to study how the werewolves escaped from the Emerald Dream. We must close this loophole before the situation gets worse .

Also, there is bad news. "

The archdruid looked at the people around him and said:

"I can already confirm that the Northern Lord is not the first werewolf to be infected in this era. The source of the werewolves who infected him has not been discovered, but it must be within the borders of Gilneas now.

Lord Darius can hear its call.

You must catch that werewolf before it spreads the curse on a large scale, otherwise, the whole of Gilneas will become a huge 'wolf lair'.

Their next target after gathering is likely to be other cities on this land, until they turn the entire human kingdom into their kind.

There is also a 'wolf head'. "

Omulon the Skyspeaker said in a heavy tone:

"Once the alpha wolf is also summoned to the material world, the wolf pack will have a leader, and they will become ten times more dangerous. And with the alpha wolf's hatred of the Cenarion Order, once it completes the unification of the wolf pack, the moon god The kingdom will also face a war.

therefore"

The Archdruid looked at Jean, His Majesty the Pope and the Archmage, and he said sincerely:

"I will report this matter to Mount Hyjal. Perhaps soon, an envoy from the High Priest of the Moon God will come to the Eastern Continent."

"Everyone, we must unite before the disaster is detonated."

(end of this chapter)