Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Chapter 1523 156. The new tasks of the great wizards: come and clear the ashes for me! ——Additional update【1025】

Blake's efforts to jump ship ultimately failed.

Although the two archmages Ansrem Ruinvivor and Kargath were stationed in Draenor, Antonidas ran to the Lich King to "find another job", and the archmage Modera was injured and recuperating. Afterwards, the Kirin Tor's Council of Six were indeed short of men.

But Dalaran is not crazy enough to bring someone like Black into its ruling body.

Therefore, facing the pirate's job application and the fantastic idea of ​​"paying money to work", the old lich ruthlessly rejected Black on the grounds that Black had not yet completed his studies.

This completely broke Blake's defense, and there was no doubt that he did not want to receive further "advanced education."

Although knowledge is indeed a good thing, considering Black's career plan, learning a bunch of knowledge from arcanists really makes him unenergized.

Queen Azshara thoughtfully set the start of the real semester more than a year later, obviously to leave enough time for Black to finish his troublesome tasks in other areas.

Regarding the Queen's "consideration" in this regard, the pirate said that you really don't have to.

But things were already like this. Looking at the admission notice that could not be torn into pieces or burned, Blake could only sigh and accepted this damn arrangement with his strong psychological quality.

By the way, he took the paper handed over by Dean Lan Yue.

Hey, don't tell me, after not taking any papers for such a long time, after taking a few papers, Blake desperately found that he felt a little eager to try in his heart.

Then he felt a sense of helplessness that was greater than grief.

Damn it.

How did you become such a person?

I have been completely changed, and I am hopeless.

With this feeling of going to the grave, early the next morning, the drunken Excellent Graduate of Narthalas, His Excellency Blake Shaw, was invited to attend the first meeting of the Grand Wizard Salon held at Narthalas College. Meeting.

When he sat in the conference room, it was obvious that he had not sobered up yet, but the other members took care of Black's bad mood, and even Ms. Aegwin didn't say much.

After the rational greetings, this group of top spellcasters in the world of Azeroth wasted no time and quickly began to discuss the most important issue of the meeting.

In this top-secret mage tower belonging to Dean Lan Yue, three things were placed on the table in the center of the circular seat.

They are a strange seed that combines arcane magic and life force, an unfolded scroll, and a triangular crystal bottle filled with a shallow layer of water.

These three things were brought back by Blake himself, but now they need to be combined, but the pirate cannot do it alone.

This is something that requires the cooperation of many spellcasters.

Although as official members of the Grand Wizard Salon, they had been informed of the uses and origins of these three things in advance, when they actually saw them, even the well-informed former guardian Ms. Aegwynn couldn't help but exclaim. Amazed.

"I had only heard of their names in myths and legends. I never thought I would be able to see and touch them with my own eyes."

The guardian lady raised her hand, and with the support of weak magic power, she lifted three things into the air.

The scroll jumped and opened in front of everyone's eyes, revealing a very complex structural diagram of the building. It was designed almost like a palace and was divided into two parts: upper and lower.

The buildings above the ground can be regarded as covering and protecting the underground shafts. Of course, there are thousands of supporting magic runes used to stabilize the actual performance of this set of buildings after they are built.

This is the design blueprint of the Sunwell, just like the construction plan of a nuclear bomb in the magical world. Theoretically, if you understand it thoroughly, you can make a magic nuclear bomb with your hands.

Of course, the blueprints are important, but without the raw materials, this knowledge is nothing but the art of slaying a dragon.

Just like every bragging physics teacher who claims they can make a nuclear bomb with their own hands, their attempts often fail when they try to buy centrifuges and enrich uranium.

What really matters is the thin layer of water in the crystal bottle.

Aegwynn stretched out her hand to take it in her hand. She looked at the flowing liquid in the bottle in front of her. It could also reflect colorful dazzling lights under natural light. Even through the crystal bottle, she could still feel the content contained in those water droplets. the power of.

"So amazing, so pure."

The guardian squinted his eyes and commented:

"If it were me fifty years ago, I would definitely get it even if it cost me to destroy this island. It can create a legendary caster out of thin air, and if the essence is gathered, it can benefit a demigod mage. endless."

"But that's diluted."

The drunken Blake slumped on his chair in a boneless posture. He blinked and covered his head, and said in a hungover posture:

"Only a drop of eternal living water is added to it, and it is mixed with thirty times the purest elemental water. It's not that we don't have more, it's just because only this combination can prevent the breath of the eternal well water from leaking out.

If it is known that we have a whole bottle of Eternal Water Essence in our hands, then all of us here will be captured and taken to Nazjatar to accept the Queen's "Love Trial" in the next second.

Don't be shy, everyone.

I know you all want to witness the power of the Well of Eternity. Open the lid and take a whiff. You deserve it, but not too much. Such a pure scent of world blood is not something ordinary mortals can bear.

If you don't want to contaminate yourself with magic addiction, then you'd better take it easy. "

With the pirate's "encouragement", Master Aegwin reached out and unscrewed the lid of the triangular crystal bottle. The next moment, a stream of pure and gentle magic burst out from the bottle.

It's not violent, but it's very, very pure.

Many times more mellow than the magic power escaping from the Sunwell, it gathered in Dean Lanyue's mage tower and formed a whirling wind of magic that enveloped everyone.

This feeling is very special for spellcasters.

It's like a person who has lived in the plateau all his life and suddenly arrives in the plain. After taking a few deep breaths of magic, he actually feels "drunk".

While my mind feels dizzy, my body feels great!

A little more!

So they took a second bite almost at the same time.

Including the old lich Merry and the young lich Kel'Thuzad, they all have the same action. They just changed their life forms. They don't need to breathe, but their need for magic power still exists.

The scene before Blake's eyes was like Ms. Aegwynn opening a devil's box, and a devil named magic was tempting all the spellcasters present.

The opened crystal bottle was suspended in front of everyone's eyes, vibrating in the air, waiting for the first person to reach out and grab it.

The pirate looked at the three people in front of him with interest.

He was curious about who could resist the temptation of magic and drink the diluted magic water in the crystal bottle?

But he soon became disappointed.

The two lichs were the first to wake up.

Their unique life form makes them strong-willed and difficult to seduce. Ms. Aegwynn was a few seconds late, but it was not because she was seduced by magic.

Instead, she was "analyzing" the power attributes of this mellow magic power through the "slightly tipsy" experience just now.

"It originates from the energy gathering of the arcane force. Its magical form is something that cannot be born naturally in the material world. No wonder you call it the 'blood of the world'.

The magical form of this thing is consistent with the rules that make up the material world, which is the energy source of the so-called 'clergy'. "

Aegwynn stroked her hair, reached out and took the crystal bottle in front of her, and slammed the lid on it. She tossed the crystal bottle up and down in her hand and said:

"If a world can produce such a thing, then it must be in the heart of the world. These eternal waters are definitely the most gorgeous and greatest miracle that has ever been born in this world.

But it also made me more curious.

This seed!

It needs to be irrigated with such magical water to grow healthily. What kind of power will it bloom after it matures? Is it just about curing addiction? "

"'only'?"

Blake blinked and said in a sinister tone:

"Ms. Aegwynn is indeed a former guardian. The elves have spent ten thousand years failing to solve a problem. How come it is just 'just' to you?"

"Hey, if you are angry, don't take it out on me!"

Aegwynn shouted to the pirate without fear. She moved her fingers and held the Arcandor seed in front of her in her hand. She said:

“I didn’t say that addiction is a simple problem, but if you just pursue a cure, rather than a ‘perfect cure,’ the problem is not unsolvable.

Azshara can easily do it with the power of the ancient god. After all, I have never heard of any Naga being addicted to magic?

Just one transformation of life form can free the elves from the torture of magic addiction forever. I doubt that Queen Azshara chose to sign an agreement with N'Zoth after realizing the explosion of the Well of Eternity. She may have wanted to do it all at once. A plan to save his subjects from the pain of demonic addiction. "

"That's the magic of this seed."

Dean Lanyue, who had been silent, explained at this time:

"It can achieve 'perfect cure' for magic addiction and all symptoms similar to magic addiction. According to the description of Farodin, the ancient traveler who has been taking care of it, the fruit born after the seed grows is a balance of magic and life. It In addition to curing the body's thirst for magic power, it can also greatly repair the defects in the body caused by the transformation of magic power.

In other words, if we can cultivate Arkandor to maturity, then not only the Quel'dorei elves' addiction to magic that has not yet exploded on a large scale will be eliminated.

Even the children of the night who have been transformed by magic can return to their normal life form.

This is a rare treasure.

Ten thousand years ago, I saw many such fruit trees in Queen Azshara's court, but I didn't know what it was at that time. I just knew that the queen would regularly send her maids to pick fruits. Make Queen's Cider and distribute it to every resident in Zin-Azshari.

Perhaps at that time, the Queen realized the influence and erosion of the magic power of the Well of Eternity on the elves' bodies, and she used the fruits of this magical tree to ensure the health of her subjects.

Unfortunately, the big explosion in the Well of Eternity completely destroyed everything, and the Queen had no time to save those precious trees before sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Only this one seed has been passed down and has been guarded by the secretive Valley Walkers for generations. "

Having said this, Dean Lanyue sighed and said:

"Now that the three things have been gathered together, our next task is still not easy. The design of the Sunwell is not perfect. We need to refer to the structure of the Nightwell to improve it.

We need to absorb the advantages of the two magic wells and find ways to make up for the shortcomings. There is no need to worry about Farodin taking care of this after Alcando's seeds are planted.

The biggest problem is the dilemma we will face if the magic well is exposed.

The Nightborne can fight for the Sunwell and the Quel'dorei, and now that the Sunwell has been destroyed, the birth of a new magical well will inevitably lead to competition between the two races.

They may even share the same hatred.

Therefore, we must keep it completely secret until its construction is completed. In addition, we must give the upcoming magic well a legally defensible claim."

"No need to beat around the bush, Dean, I will help you contact Queen Azshara."

Blake coughed a few times and said in a languid tone:

"I just want to have a good chat with my Queen about her enrolling me in a class without my permission, but Queen Azshara will not dedicate it to her once she knows that we have the Eternal Well in our hands. If she does, we will all become traitors in her eyes.

You all saw how she treated traitors on the island of Quel'Danas.

So before I set off, you have to come up with a plan, a plan that can make the Queen suppress the anger in her heart, and a plan that can make Azshara give up the water of the eternal well.

Yes, I'm talking about the second draft of my upcoming flesh-reshaping experiment.

As a close minister of the Queen, I know that although the Queen never judges people by their appearance, she is a woman after all and she cares very much about her appearance.

Although in my opinion, turning into a naga does not diminish her charm, but the light of the light in the past turned into the monster she is today, I think she must not feel very good.

So, everyone, my research materials have been submitted to you, and now it’s up to you to help me complete the second draft of my paper. "

After saying that, Blake stood up, holding his pipe in his mouth, and said carelessly:

"That's right, everyone, there's nothing wrong with your ears. I'm just asking you to help me finish my thesis, and I won't pretend this time.

Because I'm angry now

I am in a bad mood.

Don’t worry about everyone’s mood!

I'll help you with Azshara, and you'll help me finish my thesis. This is a very reasonable and fair deal, right? "

Several great wizards at the meeting looked at each other. After a few seconds of silence, Dean Lanyue pushed up his glasses and said:

"We can help you complete the experiment, but you have to write the paper yourself."

"make a deal."

The pirate waved his hand and said:

"The masons I have appointed will be here soon. We can discuss and study the internal structure of this magic well later, but digging the foundation and laying dust to cover the surface buildings should begin now.

In order not to attract the attention of other forces, no magical power can be involved before the main body of this magic well is completed.

If you claim to maintain peace, you cannot actively cause signs of chaos. Therefore, everyone, you have to find a way to teach the masons how to build this complex building.

In other words, you all have to become foremen.

In addition, workers’ wages must not be deducted.

I don't want to live through a hell of a 'brotherhood' in Tol Barad, even though my wives won't get stoned over the head."