Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 153 61. Buried in Thousand Years of Sand (Part 2) - Additional update for all brothers [25]

Blake's tone was unkind.

The words directly stated that the devout snake people had misunderstood the last oracle left by their gods. For a group of fanatical believers who lived by their faith, this accusation was simply unbearable.

The key is the tone and demeanor of the pirate when he speaks.

He was not deliberately provoking, he really believed that the snake people had insisted on the inheritance for thousands of years, and the divisions and sacrifices they had made for it were wrong.

This is hard to accept.

It also made the snake eyes of Prophet Warwick, who had always been calm, shine with real anger. The old snake man clasped his broken snake staff and looked at Black with a cold gaze.

After a few seconds of confrontation, it swung its tail, with dazzling arc sparks dancing on the lightning lin on its body, and said to the pirate:

"Yeah?

You are so arrogant in criticizing our loyalty to the gods. I guess you must have something to say. I am all ears, outsider! But if you dare to speak blasphemy again in this sacred place

Then I will replace Seitaris and execute the lightning punishment!

Don't think that Bwonsamdi's power can protect you gangsters from running rampant in this sacred place belonging to the mysterious mistress. When the god I serve is angry, he is no weaker than the god of death! "

"But Cetaris is dead. The Loa god with powerful divine power, a kind heart and a strong sense of justice died thousands of years ago."

The pirate shrugged, not showing any signs of deterioration in the face of the old snake man's threat.

He crossed his arms and said to Garona next to him:

"Take out the soul-inducing lamp. Our old friend Merry has been pursuing the dark secrets hidden under the Wharton Desert for nearly ten thousand years. Akunda told him some.

But Akunda only migrated here after Wharton became a desert, and the Thunder Lizard didn't know everything that happened here.

Today, I will reveal to Meili the ultimate secret in this desert. "

Garona took out the soul-inducing lamp she carried with her from her magic bag, and Blake left a little bit of Bwonsamdi's death magic on it to bind the Nasrezim demons inside.

Merry Dongfeng could still sense information from the outside world in it. As soon as the soul-inducing lamp was taken out, the old mage's figure emerged from the intertwined light of scarlet and blue.

His demeanor seemed to be pretty good. He must have suppressed Cassanatil's "rebellion" in the soul-inducing lamp.

Garona whispered the current situation to the soul of Meri Dongfeng. The old mage nodded and floated on the lamp in an illusory manner, acting like a "low-end version" of the djinn.

He is also preparing to listen to the ultimate secret of the Wharton Desert.

He was really interested in it.

Akunda told him that Wharton became like this because of a disaster related to the Loa god believed in by the snake people thousands of years ago.

But about the disaster itself, Akunda only heard about it.

The Thunder Lizard is very lazy and has no ability to take action on things that it is not interested in.

And it didn’t originally live in Wharton.

It is an outsider loa.

As we all know, there will be some small barriers and regional discrimination between locals and outsiders anywhere.

Snake people never go to the temple of Akunda.

Therefore, Akunda does not know the secrets that only snake people know, mainly because it does not care about these, after all, it is just a thunder lizard.

All the spectators were in their seats, and the old snake man also sat cross-legged in front of the keystone he was guarding.

The pirate cleared his throat and strolled to the edge of the second floor of the temple. Amidst the sound of the waves of the sea not far away, he looked at the quiet scenery of the Wharton Desert at night.

He said:

“Thousands of years ago, ten thousand years ago to be precise, after the ancient war that tore the world apart, Zandalar Island was separated from the main continent and became a small landmass hanging alone in the South China Sea.

Fortunately, the Zandalar trolls suffered heavy losses in that disaster and survived.

Unfortunately, they had no idea what lay beneath their sacred grounds.

At that time, Zandalari was a land of plenty. Today, the Vol'dun Desert is also a lush forest teeming with life, home to the snake people and the Zandalari trolls.

The mysterious mistress Setaris protected this land until some dark visitors silently set foot on Zandalar's shores.

Those creatures belonging to the Abyss who were awakened by the Great Schism smelled the dark power under Zandalari, and they tried to awaken it to rebuild their dark empire.

At that time, Lord Warwick was not yet born. "

Blake glanced at the old snake prophet, who snorted disdainfully, but still listened patiently to the outsider in front of him telling stories about nearly ten thousand years ago.

"Mythrax the Deconstructor"

The pirate once again spoke the forbidden name in the language of the void, once again causing a chill in the temple. The old prophet glanced around uneasily.

But this time, it didn't stop Blake from talking.

"The appearance of the powerful Faceless General was due to the call of darkness lurking in Zandalari. It may belong to the Thousand-Mawed Demon, or it may belong to the Thousand-Eyed Demon.

It's also possible that it comes from G'huun's dark power.

No one truly knows the true origins of the mighty Krasis.

It just appeared, entered Wo'dun, and slaughtered tens of thousands of snakemen and trolls in one day, turning them into servants of darkness.

Its purpose in coming to Wharton is extremely simple.

It is to destroy the seal set by the Titan Guardians in this jungle, release the sixth ancient god G'huun, and destroy the world.

Well, I know it's hard for you three to understand some of these terms.

Don't worry, I'll explain it in a moment. "

Blake glanced at the expressions of the three audience members, made a patient gesture, and continued:

"The appearance of Misraks immediately attracted the attention of the mysterious mistress. As I said, this Loa is a rare good Loa among all Loa who is full of kindness, sense of justice and will to protect.

She is countless times better than bad guys like Bwonsamdi. She is the kind of 'god' that I will truly admire.

Then everything went as recorded in the ancient story of the Snake Man.

Setalis fought with the dark Misraks in the jungle of Vol'dun. Their battle destroyed a small half of Vol'dun, but it was not enough to turn Vol'dun into the barren state it is today.

The reason why Volton became so barbaric is because Seitaris lost."

The pirate glanced at Warwick, the serpent-seer.

The latter's expression was very gloomy. Obviously, Black was right.

“The Mysterious Mistress failed to prevent the Deconstructors from destroying the disc seal left by the Titan Guardians in the Great Pyramid of Attu Aman in the center of Volton.

The moment the seal was destroyed, the power of creation surged out of the seal, permanently and completely changing the environment of Wharton. The disaster began on that day.

Well, by the way, the fox civilization should also have been born from the surge of creation power on that day.

But Seitaris was not completely lost.

The mysterious mistress who was full of courage was furious when she saw the seal was destroyed. She launched the final attack and died together with the powerful abyss creation.

After her body in the material world was destroyed, Seitaris was summoned from the Shadow Realm. Before she left the material world, she wanted to convey an oracle to her most loyal priest, Sursis.

It is the oracle that the devout snake people have passed down for thousands of years.

Protect Wharton and protect the world.

Am i right? Warwick Seer? "

The pirate asked, and the snake-man old prophet nodded. He glanced at the blue keystone behind him that was emitting lightning, and said in a heavy tone:

"Your Excellency Sulsis is the first oracle prophet in the snake-people civilization, and is also the mentor of me and Kotek. He is a snake-man with divine power.

It witnessed the war between the gods and the darkness. After the fall of Cetaris, it was also the one who discovered that the body of the dark thing had no trace of decay for hundreds of years.

It suspected that this dark thing would be resurrected one day, so it summoned us and used the divine power left by Setalis to seal the dark thing under the ruins of Atuaman.

The three keystones were also made at that time.

My great teacher, who taught me and my people faith and strength.

It has stayed outside the desolate ruins of Atuaman all its life, believing in the creed of the mysterious mistress, hoping that the snake people will unite and protect this desert.

Unfortunately, it died a hundred years ago, due to Kotek's shameless betrayal.

That faithless one is tired of peace, and it plans to use the power of darkness that it has been resisting for the first half of its life to use it to its advantage and conquer the world."

"But I think your gods did not tell you a cruel truth before they died."

The pirate put his hands behind his back and said coldly:

"Those whom Setalis sacrificed everything to defeat were just the powerful servants of the ancient and old gods. Those abyssal creations were so powerful.

Sending just one general was enough to kill the Loa.

This shows the terror of their masters, the gods of the abyss.

Under the land of Zandalar, there is such a god of the abyss.

And in the entire scope of Azeroth, there are six such gods of the abyss! There are countless faceless generals like Misrakis the Deconstructor.

They are not here now simply because the time has not come.

The seal set by the Titan Guardians has not been completely corroded, but they have enough patience to wait. When the seal is corroded, the void armies of the Dark Empire will return to the world.

Until then, it's up to you snake people, how can we stop it?

How to protect the world? "

Blake's voice became cold and he said:

"I respect Seitaris's great sacrifice, but I think that her asking you to protect Wharton and protecting the world are two different actions.

What her oracle really meant was:

While you are taking good care of Wharton's seal, go outside the desert, unite all forces that can be combined, and be wary of the invasion of those dark things!

You have only done the former, but completely ignored the latter.

But it’s not your fault.

You are not as omniscient and omnipotent as gods, and this world cannot be saved by the snake-people civilization alone.

It's not that cheap yet. "

"Prophet Warwick."

Blake paused, stretched out his hand towards the old snake man in front of him, and said sincerely:

"After you sealed up the thing of darkness, you should not have made these three key stones. Instead, you should have destroyed them and buried the faceless general under the desert forever.

But now that the Keystone has appeared, the best way for you to protect it is to take it with you and leave Zandalar forever, as far away from this unfortunate land as possible.

What you are guarding is something that the ambitious Emperor Kotek is bound to get.

It is an arrogant person who wants to conquer this land with the power of darkness.

It's going to unleash that monster.

The pious have weakened so much that you cannot stop Kothek's arrogant ambition. "

He said to the old snake man:

"Leave with me. I know you don't believe what I'm saying. I'll show you the evidence soon."

Blake glanced at the location of the soul-inducing lamp.

He said to Merry Dongfeng, who looked thoughtful:

"The evidence is in the heart of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, in the edge mountains of the Tirisfal region. Yes, Merry, don't show that frightened expression.

The dark thing buried under the Wharton Desert has an identical one in our place, and it is even more powerful.

Human civilization was built on a tomb of monsters powerful enough to kill gods, and we've been sitting on a powder keg. The stupid orcs still try to occupy that place.

Living side by side with monsters undreamed of even in their worst nightmares.

The fates of humans and snake people are so similar.

Although the two have never come into contact, believe me, it is definitely fate to have a group of snakemen in my pirate group."

The pirate admired the expressions on the faces of his three audience members.

He laughed, looked at the old snake man in front of him, and said:

"So, Prophet Warwick, I gave you a chance to truly fulfill the oracle of the gods. As a devout believer, what is your answer?"